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Thursday, November 1, is the feast of All Saints. It is a holyday on which Catholics are obliged to attend Mass.-........ ~-.~

THERE'S a sense of autumn at St. Joseph's Church in Fall River. Each fallseason, parishioners Rosemary Gasperini and her father Dan Netto decoratethe altar area in memory of Louise Netto, their mother and wife respectively.(Photo by Irene Corey) ,

Portugueseconsul's

•compassionremembered~ The late Aristides de Sousa

Mendes put his life on the linefor people of many faiths, saidBishop Sean R O'Malley,OFMCap.

FALL RIVER - People of all faithsgathered October 20 to remember a de­vout and heroic man who risked and losteverything as he helped 30,000 refugeesflee from the Nazi horrors of World WarII.

At a 7:30 p.m. service in St. Anthonyof Padua Church, hundreds from thearea's Portuguese and Jewish communi­ties paid tribute to Aristides de SousaMendes who was the Portuguese consulin Bordeaux, France in 1940 as thou­sands of refugees from all parts of Eu­rope found themselves trapped.

His action and that of two of his sons,to laboriously within three days hand­write 30,000 visas allowing the refugees,including 10,000 Jews, to escape to free­dom over the Pyrenees and into Spainwas heroic but devastating to himself, hiswife and his family.

"For what he did, in disobeying theexpressed order not to issue visas givenby Portugal's dictator Antonio OliveiraSalazar, de Mendes himself died povertystricken in 1954," said Bishop Sean P.O'Malley, OFM Cap., one of the keyspeakers at the program.

In a later interview, the bishop saidthat "We gathered to bring attention andtribute to this very Catholic, very reli­gious and courageous man whose deci­sion to help these refugees was never rec­ognized during his lifetime."

Among the speakers was one ofMendes' 14 children, 71-year-old son

.John Paul de Sousa Mendes Abranchesof Pleasanton, Calif., the guest of honor.

Abranches said he travels internation­ally hoping to share the legacy of hisfather's deeds and 'making them remem­bered. He described it as a story thatshows how one person can make a pro­found difference in many people's livesand how much the world today needs tohear of such courage, dedication andcommitment.

Other presenters included Dr. RonaldSchneider of Somerset, a practicing phy­sician in Fall River as well as a notedhistorian and speaker; and Antonio TelesFazendeiro, the Portuguese consul forgreater Fall River and New Bedford.

The evening included a number ofreadings and talks that focused on deSousa Mendes. '

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ners and meetings.The Order, which traces its origin back to

1099, has a fundamental aim to strengthen.the Christian way of life of its members, withabsolute faith in the pope, in addition to sus­taining and aiding works and institutions ofthe Catholic Church in the Holy Land. Atpresent, the Order has more than 20,000

. knights and ladies, and is established in morethan 29 countries with'49 lieutenancies, 20

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VESTED - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., presents insignia of officeduring the solemn Mass and investiture ceremony of candidates for the Eques­trian Order of the Holy 'Sepulchre of Jerusalem on October 19 in St. ElizabethSeton Church, North Falmouth. (Anchor photo by Bruce McDaniel)

Diocese hostsequestrian order

By DAVE JOLIVET

EDITOR

CAPE COD - Th'e Upper Cape was thesetting for the Annual Investiture Ceremoniesand Business Meeting for the Northeast lieu­tenancy of the Equestrian Order of the HolySepulchre of Jerusalem last weekend. Order'members from Massachusetts, Maine, NewHampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island re­membered deceased comrades and welcomednew constituents at a series of Masses, din-

St. Anne'sSchool seeks

relieffrom 76~

year-oldpa~es~ More new modern windows

are needed to keep thestudents andstaffwarm thiswinter.

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER - While the vintagewindows at St. Anne's School on For­est Street have served decades of stu­dents well, no one is sorry to see themgo.

"The huge wooden windows havedone their job since this school wasbuilt in 1925, but they were long at thestage of rattling and letting wind, rain,and even snow enter the classrooms andoffices," said Principal Felipe Felipe.

The school's administration beganaddressing the problematic windows afew years ago and at start of school thisfall, just short of half of the school's400 dilapidated windows have beenreplaced with new aluminum ones.

Last week, Felipe, Vice-PrincipalBrenda Gagnon and Development Di­rector Joseph Castro, talked to The An­chor about the ongoing financial cam­paign to outfit the entire four-storyschool with the modern, double glass,low maintenance windows.

"Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFMCap., celebrated a special Mass lastmonth and we held a luncheon after­ward to show our appreciation for allthose who contributed to the windowsproject and to everyone who assisted,"Felipe said.. "Maintenance upkeep in a buildingthis old is a continual struggle," headded.

The funding for the windows thusfar has come from many sources.

Castro is in charge of the annualdrive aimed at paying for the windows, 'measuring approximately seven feet by40-inches, which cost approximately$700 apiece. The fund-raising has re­alized more than $140,000 thus far, andit is anticipated that it will take at leastthat amount to install more new win­dows throughout the school.

'The annual window drive will kickoff on January 2, 2002, and it includesa mailing to the school's alumni as wellas local businesses and parishioners ofSt. Anne's Church," Castro said.

Rather than set a target figure to beraised "we're simply asking for dona­tions," Felipe said. "We honor thosewho contribute, or in whose memorythey donate by putting a memorialplaque on each new window."

Some of the regular funding "comes

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mitment to associate membership.The celebration in the Fan Riverdiocese coincided with those inFrance and around the world accord­ing to Sister Nancy Stiles of Balti­more. Sister Stiles was a memberof the planning committee for theliturgy and said that it was a big dayfor th~ community. .

"It's great for everyone to gettogether and celebrate ourcommunity's heritage. It's an im­portant milestone."

Jean Baptiste was remembered atthe Mass for his constant prayer. It.was said that his prayer never ceasedand in his nightlong vigils and trav­els he forgot himself for the sisters .and for the greater glory of God.The sisters were advised to"drawstrength from his example. "We arecalled to place our trust in the Lordand be open to where the Spirit callsus," said Sister Grace in a closingreflection. .

Abanquet followed in the churchbasement. . '

In Your Prayers.Please pray for the followingpriests during the coming week

. Oct,301992, Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Stanton, Retired Pastor, St. Paul, Taunton

.' Nov.l1924, Rev. William H. McNamara, Pastor, St. Mary, Mansfield·1927, Rev. Louis N. Blanchet,Assistant, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River1944, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John F. Ferraz, PastOr, St. Michael, Fall River

,1953, Rt. Rev. Msgr. GeorgeF. Cain,Pastor, St. Mathieu, Fall River1987, Rev. William E. Farland; Pastor, St. Joseph, Taunton1988, Rev. William F. Gartland, CSC:,Stonehill College, North EaSton1994, Rev. John F. Sullivan, SS.CC., Retired Chaplain, Sacred Heart

Home, New BedfordNov. 2 . -

A memento for the repose of the souls of0!1r bishops, priests and penna-nent deacons not on this list .

1923, Rev, Joseph S.Fortin, Founder, St.'Iean Baptiste, Fall River .,1933, Rev. Michael V. McDonough, Chaplain, St. Mary's Home, New

Bedford

Nov. 3 .1988,Rev. Jose M. BettencourteAvila, 'Retired Pastor, Our Lady ofMt.

Carmel, New Bedford ..'

Nov. 41990, Pennanent Deacon James M. O'Gara

HOLY UNION of the Sacred Hearts Sister Celine Rainville,center, prepares to places a stone· in a bowl of water during aMass at Sacred Heart Church, North Attleboro, celebratingthe anniversary of the order's founder. (AnchodGordon photo)

Holy Union Sisterscelebrate birth of founder

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. NORTHATILEBORO-More'than one hundred Holy Uirion ofthe

. Sacred Hearts Sisters apd associatesgathered October 13 atSacred HeartChurch to mark the 200th anniver­sary of the birth of their founder,Jean-Baptiste Debrabant.

A 10 a.m. Mass was celebratedby Father David A. Costa and HolyUnion Sisters from around theUnited States traveled from as faras Baltimore, Md., to share in theimportant milestone.

"We're here to, celebrate ourfou'nder today," said Holy UnionSister Milry Lou Sullivan of Bos­

. ton. "It's a time to rejoice in his vi­sion and charisma and in the giftthat was given to him and the world."

Following the opening song ~dThe gesture on the part of the . greeting, Father Costa invited an

congregation IS an expression of the religious to place a stone they hadHoly Cross mission that calls for a been given into abowl ofwater with"preferential option for the poor." the pascal candle. In a moving dis-

The land will become the site of play, all of the Sisters came up in France, John Baptist Debrabanithe new 12,OOO-square-foot home· pairs and celebrated their unity and joined with a group of women whoof My 'Brother's Keeper, from existence as living stones.' were living together in prayer andwhich volunteers' will deliver fur- "Wecome today as liying stones,'" worked with the poor. He became

. niture and f<;lod to people il) need. said FatherCosta, "and Iam blessed the guide for them and helped es-to be with you." tablish schools in Douai and the sur-

He said we must remember that rounding area. Service to the poor,the saCrament of baptism makes us' especiany women and children, re­one' and added that the plueprint sides at the heart of their ministry.founder Jean-Baptiste Debrabant set" Over the years their mission ledforth' ... a life of simplicity, soli- them to expand onto four continents.tude, «harity and obedience is a Their ministry here in the Unitedfoundation that grew into this won- States began in 1886 when 10 sis­derful tree of devotion. . ters from Ireland, France and Bel-

"May the prayer and sacrifice of gium arrived in Fall River on Octo­Jean-Baptiste Debrabant call us to ber 13.follow Christ more closely,'-' Father ''They thaJ1ked God for their safeCosta said. . arrival inAmerica,"said SisterGrace

The Holy Union Sisters are a Donovan. "We remember those sis- .congregation of women religious ters in ourcommunity today and wewhose origin dates back to 19thcen- are grateful for those who guided ustury France. In 1826 in Douai, and introduced us to. sacramental

. life."In additio~- to their renewal of

baptismal promises, the sisters alsorenewed their vows during the Massand associates renewed their com-

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Bob Kerr, columnist for theProvidence Journal will be theguest speaker. Well respected as ajournalist for more than 20 years,Kerr was a personal friend of thelate Father McCarrick. Kerr willspeak on their involvement incommunity projects in Fall River.

Father McCarrick, who died in1996, was well known not onlyas pastor of St. Joseph's Church,but also for his community workon behalf of the youth of thiscommunity.

A native of Revere, FatherMcCarrick was ordained a priestfor the Diocese of Fall River onSt. Patrick's Day, 1956. He spentthe next 40 years ministering tothe needs of parishioners at St.Mary's Cathedral, as director ofthe CYO, chaplain to the FallRiver Fire and Police Depart­ments and as pastor at St.Joseph's.

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THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF

THEIR FOUNDER JEAN­

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liturgy. Th,is, they pointed out,adds weight to recognition by ac­centing the community context of,the endeavors that are honored.

Although prudence was notmentioned as such in the semi­nar, this virtue definitely was im­plied. 'One of the princ.iple at­tributes of prudence is docility. ..

Thus, the virtue of prudencewould counsel parishes to studytheir demographics along with thevarious attitudes and practicesamong parishioners. When par­ishes neglect such research, theyleave themselves open to igno­rance, substituting hearsay for thetruth, along with poor decisionmaking and loss of credibility.

One pastor recalled'that hisparishioners had been accustomedto thinking of people from im­poverished cultures as poor par­ish supporters.'A survey he c~>n­

ducted revealed just the opposite.This finding allowed him to givecredit where credit was due, andalso to prod wealthier people tofollow the example of the poor.

It goes without saying thatthere isn't a parish today thatdoesn't yearn for success. If suc­cess is to be achieved, parishesneed to employ skilled peqplewhose virtue it is to know, hearand recognize people~ This is thebottom line for parish success.

the living word

Ttie''''secret 'behindsucqessfUI"parishes

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICKCATHOUC NEWS SERVICE. virtues they possess.

Although not mentioned byWhen we think of successful name during the semiriar, the vir­

parishes, stories of thriving com- tue of kindness often was impliedmunities, innovative programs .as a central ingredient for success.tailored to the particular needs of . A main' attribute of kindness isparishioners and staffs working empowering others and allowingtogether harmoniously com(~ to them to 'be themselves. The an­mind. ,tithesis to empowerment is a siJ-

But as,stirring as. these stories periority attitude tha~ leads toare, it is even. more inspiring to micromanagement that underval­unearth the roots of their success, ues the gifts and talents of others.to discover how they came about. One pastor of a successful par- .

On October 11 .. Washington ish emphasized that encouragingTheological Union in Washing- staff to use their unique talents.ton, D.C., hosted a seminar titled and gifts to the maximum is im­"Involving the Laity: Lessons penitive to success. He was quickfrom Parishes ofExcellence." The to point out that his entire parishseminar revolved around four par- operation is modeled on. thisishes that are praised for their ex- Vatican Council II principle.cellence in the book "Excellent Gratitude is yet another vitalCatho~ic Parishes," by Paul virtue for parish success, andWilkes (Pauli&t Press, 2001). translates simply into remember-

Throughout th~ seminar, one ing and rewarding those respon­indispensable principle continu- sible for that success. A wordously was heard: The moral fiber closely associated with gratitude

. of people supersedes innovative is "recognition," which reassuresprograms when it comes to creat- co-workers by saying, in essence:ing successful parishes. "We know what it took to achieve

So often when we think of w~at you did; we are deeply ap­successful parishes, our focus preciative; we can't thank youis on the design of programs, enough; you are a gift to us!"their uniqueness and appeal. Several participants at theBut to unearth the essence of a seminar stressed the importancesuccessful parish, our conver- ofcreating opportunities for pub­sation needs to go beyond pro- lic recognition at award dinnersgrams to people and. the unique and also within the conte,xt of the

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. EXECUTIVE EDITOR'Rev. Msgr. J.olln F. Moore.

NEWS EDITOR, OFFICE MANAGER, James N. Duntiar Barbara M. Rels .

.EDITOR .David B. Jollvet .

Serving' the common good

Just when one thought. the ship ~as on course and headingin the right direction, the big wind of the Steamship Authority

. threatens to alter the course. 'Long an autho~ity to itself, the Steamship Authority has

waged a continuous defensive battle to save its dictatorialcontrol of all ferry and freight service to the Islands. In thepast few years this chokehold has created a monstrous trafficproblem for all roads leading to the Cape and the shipping

,ports especially those of Hyannis and Falmouth. With theadvent of freight service to the Islands from New Bedford, aglimmer of hope began to appear. It also has become obviousthat passenger service from the same ports would indeed helpto unclog access to the Cape. When the issue of a high-sp~ed

passenger vessel was proposed, common sense wa,s left tofounder on the shoals.

The' whirlpool of discontent was further enhanced whenverbiage of disagreement reached an alltime low as NewBedford was likened to a terrorist. The Grey Lady of Nan­tucket reflected that the Whaling City was nothin'g more thana "terrorist." Quite a poor choice of words considering thecontext of usagy that was directly mentioned September 1'1.

At the heart of the matter is the fact that. some SteamshipAuthority members are determined at all costs to keep con­trol. of this "state" agency in their own wheelhouse. Whilepursuing a very narrow vision of pub1!c service 'for the com­mon good, their actions are in fact becoming a real threat topublic safety. If freight service from New Bedford does notbecome a reality then it is estimated that an additional 11,000trucks alone could clog the already archaic Cape Cod roadsystem. As· one commentato~.reflected, if that happens someresidential roads on the Cape. would become "constant 9fframps" for buses and trucks carrying people, fuel, freight anddangerous cargo.

Granted that passenger and freight service from NewBedfordto~the.I!,!Iands is a crucial strategy iri the city's eco­nomic life, the request for high-~pee.~tser.v.ice.is not an unrea-.sonable one. Y~t, 'thl(. crisis':goes bey.ond the ~self-interest of

. local communities. It is one that integrates the common good..The common good concerns the life of all, not just a few. The ,common 'good .requires' the social' well-being:,a.nd.develop- 'ment of the group itself. Development is the epitome of allsocial duties .. There is no question that it. is the: function ofauthority to arbitrate between various particular interests butalways in the name of the common good. All authority shouldmake. accessible to each what is required for safety, healthand work. . ,

In ihis particular time of oUf lives, human interdepeQdenceis not an option. World events certainly should make this quitevivid in our world condition. No state can become islandsand no islands should condition a state. If the Steamship Au­thority cannot .or refuses to choose· the path that services thecommon good, another agency should assume proper direc­tion. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shouldnow ready itself to fill a void of public responsibility andaccountability that seriously cannot be achieved by the cur-

, rent Steamship Author,ity. After all,. it is the role of the state todefend and promote the common good of all society.

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Communicators urged to gothe distance to spread tl)e faith

to pray daily."Darkness itself, in prayer,

will turn into the loving faceof God," he said .

Solitude, too, is important,he said. .

"One of the greatest gifts isthe gift of our own peace. Youcan't share it if you haven't fe~

it," he said.Wicks also said people

should remember those whohave been present to them dur­ingtimes of despair.

"Think of what you can goto whe'n life's dark," he said.

He also said to view life sim­ply as children do.

"Be a person without guile,which is countercultural incommunications. Just (be) hon­est and direct," he said.

:'You can't do it for others ifyou don't know for yourselfthat you are loved by God," headded.

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River - Fri., October 26, 2001 5view that stressful times call forfaith and reveal its healingpower.

."In our darkest moments, ourconfusing moments, we look toJesus," he said. ,

He said darkness can helppeople gain persptective on lifeand learn about cdmmunity, butsaid they have to ilearn to copewith darkness. :

Coping requires having self­awareness, self-love and com­passion, Wicks said.

These are needed, he said,because clients and co-workerscan drain people's energy.

He also spoke of the valueof one's presence.

"Our presence tq others, evenwhen we least expect it, can bea great gjft," he said, explain­ing that it gives others the loveand freedom they need to bethemselves.

Wicks also told his listeners

in soliciting donations of gui­tars for youngsters in parishchoirs.

"In the last II years, I'vegiven away 5,582 guitars," hesaid. .

The archbishop also said thatinvolving people of all nation­alities in broadcast programscan help show that differencescan enrich, not divide.

"It's good for them and goodfor the 'rest (of the Church),"he said.

J:he assembly's keynotespeaker was Robert Wicks,whose address was on "TheSimple Care for the HopefulHeart,"

'Wicks is a professor in thegraduate program for' pastoralcounseling at Loyola College'sgraduate center in Columbia,Md. He is also the author of 30books, a consultant and aspeaker.

He is known for his ideasabout integrating spiritualityand psychology, which is basedon his experiences with medi­cal professionals and those inthe helping professions, like therelief workers at ground zeroin New York City.

'In his speech, he shared his

Rockville Centre diocesan Catholic missing, we can add names to thecemeteries office in Westbury, said existing monuments (at the familyhis office has reCeived many phone' ·:plot)-in.ilieir memory, 'even thoughcalls about what options exist for . they are not actually buried there,"those killed but whose bodies prob- Barlin told The Long Island Catho­ably won't be found. lic, Rockville Centre's diocesan

. "For families who have relatives newspaper.Families also can erect a monu­

ment for the missing person on a newgrave site, he said. "Most people arelooking to wait a little while longerfor some sort of identification." .

Memorial services are being cel­ebrated throughout the Rockville'Centre diocese as families continueto search for some closure in the wakeof the attacks.

Father Robert Morrissey, vicechancellor of the diocese, said, "If itis possible to positively identify ashes.from any part Qf the cremated re­mains of an individual's body, thesemay be placed in a worthy containerand a funeral Mass may be cel­ebrated.",

The cemeteries office also willassist any family. experiencing eco­nomic hardship with the properburial procedures.

Barlin noted that there is a planto construct a memorial monumentat Holy Rood Cemetery in Westburyfor the victims of the trade centerattack.

"It allows the people in the dio­cese to have their names inscribedhere," Barlin said, "especia:lly ifthere ,are no remains for that person,"

"It's difficult for our staffbecausewe're dealing with so many youngpeople with families, and our ownattachment to the situation," headded.

with Father David Garcia, thecathedral's rector, andPassionist Father Leo 1.Gorman of Passionist Commu­nications in Pelham, N.Y.

Father Garcia opened theMass by welcoming the 115communicators attending theassembly from around the coun­try and acquainting them withhis parish's history.

He told of the Franciscans'founding of San Fernando in1731 as the first parish inTexas. The church, completedin 1749, is the oldest cathedralin the United States, he said.

"The cathedral has survivedfires, floods, wars and plagues,"

. Father Garcia said. "We willalso survive terrorism, I'msure."

As coordinator of thecathedral's television ministry,Father Garcia thanked those atthe Mass who helped to air itsbroadcasts internationally.

In his homily, ArchbishopFlores asked the communica­tors to consider "how else canwe reach more people?"

He said that getting youngpeople involved in the Churchwas one important way, and heshared the story of his success

Sister Philomena Marie McCartney, O.P.(Prioress) and Leadership Team

Dominican Sisters of Hope(Ossining and Newburgh, N.Y.,

and Fall River, Mass.)

Letter to the EditorEditor:

As w~ gathered for the U.S. Dominican Leadership Con­ference Annual Meeting, we learned that the United Statesgovernment and its allies have engaged in military actionagainst the Taliban in Afghanistan.

We, who are preachers of God's love and reconcilia­tion, are profoundly saddened by this turn of events. Wedeeply regret that military action was considered necessary.Our Christian faith leads us to declare that violence, canonly breed violence. This action calls us to deeper prayer insolidarity with the innocent victims of violence and terrorismaround the world. "

Many of our sisters, especially those who serve in NewYork, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, have been touchedthrough losses within their own families and among thosewith whom they serve in their various ministries. Those whoare teachers have shed tears with their students and of­fered a listening ear to their concerns for the future. Thosein health care professions have offered comfort and sup­port to those in their care. Many sisters have helped to raisefunds for the families of victims or made themselves avail­able for needed services.

On September 11, in all our convents prayers were of­fered and we continue to join in prayer with all people whocall for healing and reconciliation within the globalcommu­nity.

~ John E. Kearns Jr.,Assistant Director ofCommunications forthe Fall River dioceseattended the gathering.

WESTBURY, N.Y. (CNS)­For many families who have lovedones among the 4,500 missing fromthe September II attack on theWorldTrade Center, there may never be abody to bury.

Neal Barlin, director of the

By JAN KILBY

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

SAN ANTONIO -. Arch­bishop Patrick F. Flores told agroup' of Catholic communica­tors gathered in San Antonio tobe like the Franciscans whotraveled long distances to spreadthe faith in the Americas.

"They didn't let distancestop them, and neither shouldwe," the San Antpnio prelatesaid in a homily at the openingliturgy for the Unda-USA 2001general assembly, held October17-20. 0

Unda-USA is the organiza­tion for Catholic.radio and tele­vision broadcasters and commu­nication directors. for dioceses'and religio'us orders. The orga­nization derives its name fromthe Latin word "unda," whichmeans wave.

Amid the mariachi sounds ofthe choir in San Antonio's SanFernando Cathedral, the arch­bishop concelebrated the Mass

6 THE ANCHOR - Di()Cese ofFall River - Fri., October 26, 2001

There's, something wrong 'hereDerek Jeter, Alfonso Soriano,

Bernie Williams; Andy Pettitte?Classy, classy, classy and classy.

Actually, it was kind Qf fun tosee the Yankees disassemble theSeattle Mariners with such ease;

the same Seattle club thattore through the AmericanLeague during the regularseason.

The Mariners,may havemore til1ent, but they don'thave what it takes to be achampion. TheYankees do- hearts and smarts.

More than likely, theYankees will win another

championship this year. And whatbothers me most is that it doesn'tbother me more.

And kudos to the New Englandversion of the Brady Bunch. Sec­ond-year QB Tom Brady has madethis Patriots season fun again. Andall this wouldn't have been pos­sible hadn't Drew bled so.

Dave lolivet is a formersports editor/writer and the cur­rent editor of The Anchor.Comments are welcome atDave.lolivet@Anchornews.org.

might have made your decisionseasier and perhaps have moved themin another direction.

First of all, neither partner in amixed marriage (between a Catho­lic and a baptized person of anotherChristian denomination) is required

Understandably, stability in amarriage is as a rule more easily as­sured when both partners share thesame faith. Yet, as Pope John PaulII wrote some years ago, mixedmarriages contain numerous ele­ments that could contribute much

to the maniage, particularlywhen both parties are faith­ful to their religious duties("FamiliarisCollsortio,"No. 78).

Toward this end, the pro­spective bride and groom areencouraged to establish con­tacts with each other's min­isters and learn as much aspossible about their partner's

to sign a promise that all children religious convictions and practices.will be baptized and raised Catho- Since bOLh partners may feel se­lic. . ' rious con '1itments to their respec-

The Catholic partner signs two tive relig'I' .IS denominations, theystatements. (1) "I reaffirm my faith are encouraged to "discuss thein Jesus Christ and intend to con- Catholic baptism and education oftinue living that faith in the Catho- the children they will' have, andlie Church." And, (2) "I promise to where possible come to a decisiondo all in my powerto share my faith on this question before the. mar-with our children by having them riage." (All these norms are foundbaptized and raised as Catholics" - in the Official Catholic Directory ona significantly different kind of Ecumenism;' 1993, Nos. 143-151)promise than the one you describe. I realize your decisions are now

The non-Catholic partner signs finalized, and ofcourse yourage andor promises nothing. The priest who ,your own children are considerableis helping the couple prepare for the factors. From my experience, how­maniage signs a declaration that the ever, you both might have profitednon-Catholic partner is aware of this from some of these recommenda­affirmation and beliefof the Catho- lions as you were weighing your op­lie. tions. At least they may be helpful. ,The couple then need to work to other couples presently anticipat­

togethertoresolvetheirreligiousdif- inga mixed maniage.ferences without either of them be- A free brochure in English oring asked to compromise their con- Spanish outlining marriage regu­sciences. This has all been official lations in the Catholic ChurchCatholic procedure since 1970. ·and explaining the promises in an

Beyond this, Catholic ecumeni- interfaith marriage is available bycal directives emphasize that the sending a stamped, self-addressedChurch's primary concern in such envelope to Father John 'Dietzen,maniages is to uphold the strength Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. .and stab,ility of the indissoluble mar-' Questions may be sent to Fa­riage union and the family life that . ther Dietzen at the same address,flows from it. . . or e-mail: iidietzen@aol.com.

battle the Yanks, an~ watchingMartin and Jackson battling in theNewYork dugout. It didn't get anybetter than that.

Buttoday's Yankees? There's nobickering. It's just not the same.

Skipper Joe Torre is a class act andconsistently makes the Yankeeslook good, and they make him'lookgood. '

His sidekick, Don Zimmer, is abaseball genius in New York, whilein Boston he was called a gerbilby one of his own pitchers.

I still HATE the Yankees. It'sone of my jobs as a Red Sox fan.But I don't hate the Yankee play­ers (with the exception of RogerClemens who's hated by most base­ball fans in general).

Questionsand

AnswersBy Father

John J. Dietzen

My View IIFrom the rt·\

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Q. I am a practicing Lutheranand was a widow with three chil­dren. I met and became engagedto a wonderful Catholic man. W~intended to marry in my church .after completing all the prepara­tions with his priest. We hope tohave a child though I amnow 40 years old, andchances are rapidly de-clining. ,

At our first meetingthe priest informed us wewere required to sign apromise that childrenfrom the marriage wouldbe baptized and raisedCatholic. We had dis-cussed religion in depth beforedeciding to miuTy, and we agreedthat all the ,children would beraiSed in the same religion.

Since we both feel the'differ­ences between our two faiths werenot extreme, we considered at­tending Catholic services for atime with the children before de­ciding.

We asked the priest what the·consequences would be if we didnot sign the paper and were toldthe marriage would not be recog­nized, and my husband would notbe allowed to receive Commun­ion.

After this meeting with t~e

priest and the way the options (orlack of them) were presented; wedecided to stay with the LutheranChurch.

We have since married and arevery happy. My reason for writ­ing is to learn if this is truly thepolicy of the Catholic Church orjust of the parish. The majority ofmy friends and neighbors, and my .husband's family are all Catholic,and they have supported us.

A. Unfortunately, if you' heardthe priest correctly, you failed to re­ceive accurate information that

Mixed marriages: Promisesabout religious upbringing'

TheYankees are'not predestinedto win another World Series titlefor the city of New York. No Sp0rt­ing event can ever take away thepain and suffering of SeptemberII. ,. No, the Yankees will

win another championshipbecause they're just ·sodarned good. And they'reas good off the field asthey are on.

It used to be fun forRed Sox fans to HATEthe Yankees. We all knowthat we will never see achampionship in our life­time, but we took comfort when,the Yankees didn't.

I remember the days When guys.like Reggie Jackson, GooseGossage, Mickey Rivers,' WillieRandolph and Craig Nettles usedto make Red Sox fans' collective .blood boil., It was fun to hate guys like BillyMartin, thurman Munson andRon Guidry.

I can fondly remember beingat Fenway Park one Saturday af­ternoon in 1978 watching th~ Sox

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WESTPORT - A service forpeace and justice will be'held Sun­day at 3 p.m. at Our Lady ofGi-aceChurch. It will include Benedictionof the Blessed 'Sacrament and ro­sary. For more information call 508­674-6271.

vention will be held Saturday atBishop Connolly High School. Itwill begin with registration at 7 a.m.and is themed "Love Bey<:md AllTelling." For more information call508-678-2828.

.TAUNTON - The Taunton Dis­trictCouncil of Catholic Womenwill hold its Taunton-AttleboroCorporate Communion Supper Oc­tober 29 at St. Jacques Church.. Itwill follow a 6:30 p.m. Mass cel­ebrated by Bishop Sean ..,p.O'Malley, OFM Cap. .

MASHPEE - A day of prayerand reflection sponsored by theDiocesan Department of PastoralCare will be held November 17 atChrist the King Church for all in­volved in ministry to the sick. Thisincludes Eucharistic ministers andpastoral visitors.

TAUNTON - Hospice Care ofGreater Taunton i's in need of vol­unteers to care for terminally illpatients during the day. They alsoare seeking volunteers to be tele­phone companions, provide be­reavement support, transportationand clerical assistance. For moreinformation call Linda Silva at508-822-1447.

NORTH DIGHTON.Twenty-four-hour E~charisticAdoration is held at St. Joseph's'Church every first Fr.iday of themonth.. It·begins following the 8a.m. Mass and ends before the 8a.m. Mass on Saturday. For moreinformation call Father JamesMcLellan at 508-822-1425.

ORLEANS -A Separated-Di­vorced Catholics Support Groupwill meet October 28 at 7 p.m. at St.Joan of Arc Church. Welcome is at6:30 p.m. Guest speaker SueDupuis will address the topic"Dealing with the Holidays." Formore information call Father Rich­ard Roy at 508-255-0170.

MASHPEE - Tom Cordaro,chairman of the Pax Christi USANational Council, will speak atChrist the King Parish during a dayof recollection tomorrow erititled"Alive in Christ 20P I." It will be­gin at 8:45 a.m. and feature severalspeakers. For more information call

'508-477-7700 or visit the website:www.aliveinchrist.ws.

TAUNTON - Registration f9rBrownie and Girl Scouts and Jun­ior Girl Scouts interested in earn­ing the "Family of God", or "I

. Live ·My Faith" medals will beheld at Immaculate ConceptionChurch November 3 at I p.m. Formore information call '508-823­1633.

FAIRHAVEN - A First~ridayMass will be h~ld November 2 at 7p.m. at St. Mary:s Church. Theevening is sponsored by the Menof the Sacred Hearts, FairhavenChapter, and it will include a holyhour following Mass. Refreshmentswill follow.

ATTLEBORO - Singer-musi­cian John Poke will perform at theShrine churc~ tonight at 7:30 p.m.This evening of song and prayerwill include audience participation.

The .Shrine church will be' thesite for a healing service and Masson Sunday at 2 p.m. It will includethe opportunity for people to beprayed over individually. For moreinformation call 508-222-5410.

Grief education programs at theShrine will feature the followingtopics: "Meditation: ReducingRisk Factors," November I; "Con­necting with.WharDoes not Die,"November 5; "Holidays: Preserv­ing Memories," November 1"5;':Remembering: Sources of Com­fort," November 19; "UnexpectedReminders," November 29. Formore information call the Counsel­ing Center at 508-226-8220.

A seminar for women entitled"Coping with Depression and Anxi­ety," will be held at the Shrine No­vember 3 from 9:30 a.m: to 4 p.m. Itwill be led by Christine Homen andfeature several seminar topics. Pre­registration is requested by Octo­ber 29. For more information call508-236-9082.

FALL RIVER - A program en­titled "Moral and Spiritual Con- ,cerns: Dignity of the Human Per­son," will be presented by JesuitFather Edward Vacek on October30 from 7-8:30 p.m. at BishopConnolly High School. Registra­tion and refreshments will be at 6p.m. For more information call 508­678-2828.

FALL RIVER - The annual Di­ocesan Catholic Education Con-

CENTERVILLE - The DrewFayne Memorial Blood Drive willbe held November 5 from 2-7 p.m.at Our Lady of Victory Church. To.schedule an appointment ~all MaryAn;her at 508-7'75-6591. '

EAST FREETOWN - Heartsand Hands will hold iis fourth an­nual memorial service for parentsand family members who have lost

, a child, November 4 at 3 p.m. at St.John Neumann Church, 157Middleboro Road. Anyone wish\ngto have their child remembered atthe service and in a memorial booksheuld call 508-991-5433.

EAST TAUNTON -:.... A Mass ofRemembrance will be celebratedNovember 3 at 10 a.m. at Holy Fam­ily Church, 370 Middleboro, Av­enue, for members of the parish whodied between Nov. I, 2000 andOctober this year. Deceased mem­bers of the parish will also be re­membered at the Mass and refresh­ments will follow in the church hall.

'The Great War': The horror of it

People power through lawalism" isn't going to help thepoor of Bogota. Laws that al­low them to turn what theyhave into what they own, sothat assets rise from the graveof dead capital,. would help.So would national moral andcultural renewal that confrontsthe habit of corruption andbreaks it, not just in courts, butin hearts. That's the Church'schallenge.

George Weigel is a seniorfel­low of the Ethics and PublicPolicy Center in Washington,D.C.

THEANCHOR-DioceseofFall River-Fri., October 26, 2001 7

protect the property of thewealthy but no one else.

De Soto applauds the legalreforms that have opened theThird World to foreign inves­tors but then asks, what aboutthe little people? Shouldn't thelaws be made "hospitable," as heputs it, for the little investors,the people who" have, together,more assets than the foreigners,but who can't use those assetsas assets because they have noway to demonstrate legal own­ership?

Railing against "neo-Iiber-

the four billion men and womenon the planet who live in coun­tries where the things they infact have - including theirimaginations, wits, and wills ­can't be turned into assets be­cause of legal systems that'don't

work and the corrup­tion they engender. Ifyou have a house, forexample, but can't le­gally own it becausethe legal system is in­efficient or corrupt,your house isn't an as­set. It's "dead capital."

Of which, accordingto De Soto, there is alot in the world. The

Peruvian economist estimatesthat "the total value of real es­tate held but not legally ownedby the poor in the developingworld is $9.3 trillion." In Egypt,for example, De Soto estimatesthat the poor own, but can't turninto productive assets, some$240 billion of real estate ­which, he notes, "is equivalentto all investments in Egypt overthe last 200 years, including theSuez Canal and the AswanDam."

De Soto. doesn't blame thesituation" so much on bureau­crats as on bad laws ~ a "wallof paper," as he puts it, thatkeeps the poor from turningdead capital into resources theycan develop. That wall.of pa­per, in turn, ~reates wha. DeSoto calls "property apartheid,"in which the rules are rigged to

I

parallels the thinking ofHernando de Soto, one of LatinAmerica's most imaginativeminds. De Soto, an economist,has long argued that the prob:lem in much of the Third Worldis 'that people with economic

energy, entrepreneurial skills,and real assets "haven't been in­serted into the system" - mean­ing the market that would allowthem to turn that energy, thoseassets, and those skills intovalue. What's missing in muchof Latin" America is what DeSoto calls "the ru les of thegame," which he explains by asports analogy:

"It's like a soccer match. Youcan put up goals if you want toand you can put some whitelines on the turf, but if there areno rules, you can kick your op­ponent, you can make a goalwifh your fist, one team can have24 members and the other oneonly eight members. If there areno rules, there is no game."

And, of course, there are noreal players. That, De Soto, sug­gests, is what has happened to

GeorgeWeigel

In early September I was lec­turing in Bogota, Colombia, andhad the chance to talk with arange of Catholic leaders in thatstrife-torn land. In trying toparse their country's continuingpoverty, one group of Catholicscholars regularlyblamed ~'neo-liberal-

ism," which is oftenLatin America codelanguage for the" globalmarket. No dou btthere are ways inwhich the marketcould function better inColombia, for the ben-efit of all Colombians.But this instinctiveanti-market reaction struck meas hollow - and perhaps evenan evasion.

I got the same reaction froma senior churchman who said,in so many words, "Thiscountry's problem isn't the mar­ket. It's corruption. Entrepre­neurship can't work here be­cause there's no legal structureto protect entrepreneurs andsmall investors. The people whosuffer most from this pervasivelawlessness and corruption arethe poor. The greatest challengefor the Church's social doctrinein Latin America in the early 21 51

century is legal reform, whichmeans mounting a sustainedchallenge to the pandemic cor­ruption that afflicts LatinAmerican countries."

It was an arresting thought,not least because it so closely

We celebrate Veterans Day in the United States Many more soldiers on both sides were killed. "Iteach year to remember and honor the soldiers was the final convulsion of the most horrific andwho went to war, answering the call of the coun- costly war in history," Peter wrote.try. This day meant so much to my father. For many, World War I is a forgotten war,

We would go "to the yearly parade in our city, something that happened between the Civil Warand he would tell me about why Armistice Day "and World War II. But if any war should be re­- as it was then called - was so important. This membered,. it is this one, especially as we nowday. in 1918 signaled the . again experience war.end of World War I, a This was the war thattragic 'horror story be- The Bottom forever changed howgun when he was just 12 war was fought. It setyears old, living in L:ne .th"e pattern for futuresouthern Italy. Jl. wars: millions of casu-

He would still cry in alties; civilians as wellhis old age remembering By Antoinette Bosco as soldiers. It initiated ahow his father saved new globalism that nowthem from starvation by ...-----------C..;. J-I characterizes our foreignburying food in the ground out in the fields, leav- policy. It spawned the rise of communism thating some for the soldiers who, out of their own would rule in Russia and its satellites for the nextnecessity, would raid homes for food. "70 years. "

He left home at age 13, traveling by foot, hid- The war accounted" for the anger and madnessing out, doing whatever work he could as he made of Hitler, a German soldier in World War I, whoit to north Ilaly and then to France, with a goal was infuriated by the peace treaty. Hitler plannedof one day getting on a boat to America. He made his rise to power for another chance to get backit, a few months after the armistice was signed. " at the Allies. It was a precedent for the horror of

I never knew how important World War I was the Holocaust.until my late son Peter, an expert historian on "Sadly, World War I made the 20th century whatwar, wrote a book on this conflict. I was shocked it was.when he told me of a decision made by AIlied On Veterans Day, we should remember our sol­representatives on the early morning of Novem- diers, while we never forget the war that inspired"bel' II, 1918. this day of remembrance. It was "the war to end

At 5 a.m. Germany signed an armistice with wars." Wrong.the Allies. But then someone got a brilliant idea. But this still must be our mission: to work forFor the sake of "historical drama," news of the the lasting peace for which Christ gave his life.armistice could be held until II a.m. Then the War must go for a crucial reason. Our survivalnews could be catchy, reporting that the armi- as a human race is at stake. Even Gen. Douglasstice had taken effect on the II th hour of the MacArthur, who served in both world wars, came11th day of tne 11th month! to that conclusion.

As Peter told me, this delay was taken by many When he was 71 he wrote: "Sooner or later, jfcom'manders as a signal for a final blood bath. civilization is to survive, war must go." Amen!

I WOMEN DRESSED in purple and lace carry incense asthey walk behind the icon of Our Lady of the Clouds in Lima,Peru, recently. The image of the Virgin Mary was carried inprocession with Peru's most revered icon of Christ, the Lordof the Miracles. The annual procession drew thousands ofCatholic believers. (CNS photo from Reuters)

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. "This building was acquiredthrough the special gen~rosity ofthe Knights of Columbus as a giftto His Holiness Pope John Paul IIas a means ofassisting him in call­ing the family of nations to walktogether on the path to peace," theplaque reads.

In addition to the Champion ofPeace Award honoring institutionsand the annu.al Path to Peace .Award presented .to some promi­nent individual, Servitor Pads(Servant of Peace) awards aregiven annually to lesser-knownindividuals~

The awards are to be presentedNovember 26 in connection witha fund-raising concert at CarnegieHall.

spreading the Gospel Of Christthroughout the world, particularlyin their uncompromising defenseof the sanctity of human life andthe family." .

In 1994, the Manhattan build­ing where the Vatican mission tothe United Nations and the Pathto' Peace Foundation have offices

.was bought with the help of a $2million loan, later canceled, fromthe Knights of Columbus.

In 1999, Archbishop Jean­Louis Tauran, who holds theVatican post equivalent to foreignminister and oversees the U.N.mission, joined then-SupremeKnight Virgil C. Dechant in .un­

.veiling a plaque of recognition inthe entryway of the building.

FATHERTIMOTHY Goldrick,pastor of St. Bernard's Church, Assonet, recently conductedthe annual "Blessing of the Animals" celebrating the Feast of St. Francis. Parishioners hadthe opportunity !obring their pets to be blessed. This year, in addition to several dogs andcats, was a six-week-old opossum. .

.Vatican's U.N. nuncio to give pea~e

'. award .to Knights of ColumbusNEW YORK (CN.S) - Arch­

bishop Renato R Martino, Vaticannuncio to the United Nations, hasannou.nced that the Champion ofPeace Awarq given by the Path toPea(;eFoundation would go this·year to the Knights of Columbus.

The foundation, an agencyfounded and leq by the archbishopto carry out projects related to thework of the. Vatican's. U.N. mis­sion, initiated the Champion ofPeace Award last year with a pre­sentation to the Knights of Malta.

Announcing this year's award.reCently, Archbishop Martino said

.. the Kllights of Columbus were"consistently devoted to support­

.ing the Holy Father and the HolySee on countless'initiatives for

Retrouvaille are sent," he said. ''Youmow the pain. Butyou say, 'It's nottoo late..We've been there. W~un­derstand.' By sharing your stories,you send a message of hope andpromise." .

Father ScWegel said newscastsand newspapers since the terroristattacks in New York, Washington'and Pennsylvania have been filledwith images and stories ofheroes ­ordinary people giving their lives to .save others, rescue workers anqcharity workers toiling endlesslythrough the rubble of the World· '.Trade Center towers in New YOlk TWELVE MEMBERS of the former Msgr. Coyle High School class of 1941 attended theirLikewise, the' ministers of 60th anniversary reunion at Benjamin's Restaurant in Taunton recently. Their guests wereRetrouvaille wade into marriages on .' Coyle and Cassidy High School Headmaster Dennis Poyant and the daughters of the .Iatethe verge of co.llapse.. Coyle coach Jim Burns; Sister Mary Catherine and Pattie Brazil. In this class of 63 stud.ents,

But the beauty of Retrouvaille, seven became priests. Seated from left: Emma and Joe Murray, Father Louis Boivin andFather ScWegel said, lies in the fact Fath~r Jude Morgan; middle row: Dennis Poyant, Father John Driscoll, Father Thomasthat its work is the ministry ofordi- Connolly, Barbara Laughlin, Tom Burns, Eddie Malo, Sister Mary Catherine and Pattie Bra­nary people, called by God to do zil; back row: Lois and Ed Downing, Ed Laughlin, James Curley, Albert Shovelton, Ann Malo"extraordinary things, but not with- a'nd Bob' Doherty. Doherty chaired the event with help from Joe Murray and Tom Burns.o~t his help and .hi.s grace."

He said the Retrouvaille experi­ence of seeing' nearly broken mar­riages healed shows how God canbring hope and healing to the worldafter September 11.

'The events of September 11have changed the way we think, theway we act, the way we live," Fa- .theJ: ScWegel said. But in the wakeof the attacks, the nation also has .seen an outpOuring of faith, he said.

''Our churches,' synagogues andmosqueshavebeen filled withpeopletrying to sort things out," he said.. ''It is into this time of heartache

that you have been sent. You are liv­ing proofthatGod can transform anytragedy, any turmoil into a force forgood," Father ScWegel said.

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Hornilist at the opening Mass ofthe 2001 Retrouvaille InternationalCouncil in 'Kansas City, the priestsaid' Retrouvaille ministry demon­stratesthat nothing is hopeless. Theministry, devoted to helping couplesin troubled marriages, draws itsname from the French word for re­discovery. .

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Bishop Raymond 1. Boland ofKansas City-St. JoSeph celebratedthe Mass at Kansas City's Hyatt Re­gency Crown Center Hotel.

BishopAnthony J. O'Connell ofPalm Beach, Fla, chairman of theU.S. bishops' Committee on Mar­riage and Family Life, and'dozensofRetrouvaille priest-chaplains fromaround the world concelebrated withhim.

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At the same event, AbdulwahabAlkebsi, executive director of theIslamic Institute in Washington,said distortions of Islam pain himand other Muslims.

"We are as ashamed of them us­ing Islam as you would be of Hitlerrepresenting Christianity," Alkebsisaid.

''We are witnessing not a clashof Islamic civilization with the cul­ture of the United States, but a grossviolation of Islamic law;' said Ed­ward McGlynn Gaffney, aValparaiso University law professorand editor of book reviews for theIslamic jurisprudence volume."Osama bin Laden no more reflectsthe subtleties of Islam than TlTI1o­thy McVeigh reflected the Gospelof Jesus Christ."

AI-Hibri said ignorance aboutIslam among Muslims is a part ofthe problem.

For example, in Pakistan, wheremany of the Taliban's leaders wereeducated, Islamic schools, known as"madrasahs;' havebeen increasinglydominated by teachers who followtheTaliban's views oflslam, she said.

The U.S. State Department's2000 report on International Reli­gious Freedom in Afghanistannoted that most of the Taliban lead­ership attended rnadrasahs in Paki­stan associated with schools ofthought considered extreme bymany other Muslims., 'The Deoband school has long

sought to purify Islam by discardingsupposedly un-Islamic accretions tothefaith and re-emphasizing the mod­els established in the Koran and thecustomary practices of the ProphetMohammed;' said the report.

YOUNG BOYS study the Koran at a school in Dashti Kolain northern Afghanistan. (eNS photo from Reuters)

Scholars, Muslim leaderschallenge ,bin Laden's Islam

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Inthe weeks since plane hijackingspainfully focused U.S. attention onsuspected terrorist leader Osamabin Laden and Afghanistan's rul­ing Taliban, many people have triedto understand how such attackscould be carried out in the name ofreligion.

As the phrase "Islamjc terroristbecame attached to the attacks,.re­ligious scholars of many faiths de­cried the events and bin Laden'sdeclarations as gross distortions ofIslam. Far from encouraging suchacts, they say, Islam considers warto be a last resort and strictly pro­hibits killing civilians.

"Islamic fundamentalism" is "alot more political than religious;'said Azizah Al-Hibri, a law profes­sor at the University of Richmondand founder of Karamah, a Muslimwomen's human rights legal orga­nization. Al-Hibri edited a new Jour­nal of Law and Religion volume onIslamic jurisprudence and headed aWashington panel discussion on ste­reotypes of Islam in early October.

AI-Hibri said bin Laden hasturned his anger and frustrationwith the government of SaudiArabia into a campaign against theUnited States and has very effec­tively manipulated Islamic teach­ings to justify his actions and re­cruit followers.

'The Koran tells us that if any­one kills another unjustly, it is as ifhe killed a whole people;' she said.'The victims of the World TradeCenter attack were notjust the miss­'ing and the dead, but a whole coun­try. How could such a violent act becommitted by a person of faith?"

and sex from first light until sun­down during the Islamic calendar'smonth of Ramadan;

- pilgrimage. A pilgrimage, or"hajj," to Mecca, Islam's holiestcity, at least once in a lifetime isconsidered obligatory for thosewho are physically and financiallyable to make the trip.

Like Christians, Muslims believeGod forgives sins. The Koran con­tains many passages about the mercy

oJ God Muslimsalso believe in ajudgment day, res­urrection, heavenand hell and angels.

Unlike Catholi­cism and otherChristian denomi­nations, Islam hasno central authoritystructure. Dietaryrules include a pro­hibition on eatingpork, animals thatwere not killed inthe proper way andproducts made withany animal's blood.Alcoholic bever­ages also are forbid­den.

As for ward­robes, men andwomen are ex­pected to dress in amodest and digni­fi,ed w~y, In someIslamiC cultures,women are re­quired to wear afull-length robecalled a "chador"and a face-coveringveil. Likewise,Muslim men some­times are required

to wear beards and head coverings,depending upon the local culture.

Another Islamic term that hasbeen widely used but little ex­plained is 'Yihad," which meansstruggle and can apply to any kindof daily effort to please God. Insome uses of the word, 'Yihatf' andspiritual discipline are similar inmeaning.

Islamic scholars say the type of'Yihatf' in which arms are taken upin defense of Islam or a Muslimcountry can only be declared by thereligious leadership or a Muslim,head of state who is guided by theKoran and the Supna. There is greatdebate within Islam about whetheranyone is qualified to invoke thiskind of 'Yihatf' today.

birth and the miracles he per­formed.

Islam does not recognize Jesusas the son of God. However, it re­gards his mother, Mary, as the pur­est woman in all creation. In fact,the Koran contains more passagesabout Mary than does the New Tes­tament.

Followers ofIslam emphasize itslaws over theology and religiouspractice over belief. These tradi-

tions are derived fromMohammed's words and deeds,known as the Sunna, which in­cludes reports from his companionsabout his life. '

Comrrion to all Muslims, how­ever, are five fundamental obliga­tions, known as the five pillars ofIslam. They are:

- profession of the faith. Sim­, ply, ''there is no God but God, and

Mohammed is his messenger";- worship. Specifically, five­

times-a-day prayers known as"safat';

- almsgiving, known' as"zakat," which means purificationand'growth;

- fasting. Muslims are obli­gated to abstain from fOod, drink

WASHINGTON (CNS)­With an estimated one billion fol­lowers, Islam is the second largestreligion in the world. Islamic orga­nizations say there about sevenmillion Muslims in the UnitedStates; ofthose, 85 percent are U.S.­born.

Islam draws its name from theArabic terms for peace and lovingsubmission to God's will. Its fol­lowers consider it to be both a reli­gion and guidelinesfor a complete wayof life.

Historic recordsof Islam date fromthe time of theprophetMohammed, whowas born in Mecca,in what is nowSaudi Arabia, in570. Beginning atage 40, he beganreceiving revela­tions from Allah,theArabic word forGod, through the 'angel Gabriel.These revelationsreceived over thecourse of 23 yearswere compiled dur­ing Mohammed'slifetime in a bookknown as the Ko­ran, or the Quran,the spelling pre­ferred by manyMuslims.

Muslims be­lieve the Korancontains the exactwords ofGod, con­veyed in Arabic.Islam's origins aregenerally the sameas those of Christianity and Juda­ism. They share many of the sameprophetic revelations - for in­stance, Abraham's message thatthere is but one God. Muslims be­lieve Islam was founded by Allahand is a reiteration ofevents knownto Jews through the Torah and toChristians in the Bible through thetime of Jesus.

They recognize a chain of manyprophets - a great number of themfamiliar to Christians and Jews. TheKoran refers to 25 prophets, andtreats Noah, Abraham, Moses,Jesus and Mohammed as the mostsignificant.

The Koran considers Jesus oneofGod's greatest messengers to hu­mankind, acknowledging his virgin

Priest says Islamic foreign ministers oppose terrorismJERUSALEM (CNS) - A Catholic priest who at­

tended the recent Islamic Conference of Foreign Minis­ters in Qatar said representatives of 57 nations declaredthemselves in opposition to terrorism.- 'They expressed that firstly Islam must be distanced

from (those extremists who) use it," said Father Majdial-Siryani, legal adviser to the Latin-rite Patriarchate ofJerusalem and a member of the Palestinian delegation.

Father al-Siryani said that, while participants in therecent meeting seemed to align themselves with the waragainst terror, they noted that the war should not be seenas a war of Christianity or the West versus Islam, but

one against civilization. age between terrorism and "Islamic and Arab peoples'In their final declaration, conference participants said right to self-determination, self-defense, sovereignty, re-

Islam "calls for peace, coexistence, tolerance and re- sistance against Israeli and foreign occupation." Thesespect among people, highly prizes the dignity of human they termed "legitimate rights enshrined in the U.N.life and prohibits the killing of the innocent." charter and international law."

"The conference stressed the need to undertake a . ''They stressed the need to define what terrorism is;joint effort to enhance dialogue and create links or otherwise it would include a lot of categories which wecontacts between the Islamic world and the West in do not feel are terrorism, like Palestinian self-defense,"order to reach mutual understanding and build bridges said Father al-Siryani.of confidence between the two cultures," said the fi- Representatives of Greek Orthodox and, Protestantnal statement. churches also were included in the Palestinian delega-

In addition, conference participants rejected any link- " tion.

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two commercial breaks. Each includes a briefholiday message from Msgr. Jim Lisante, direc­tor of The Christophers, a nonprofit organizationfo.unded in 1945 to share the belief that each in­dividual can make a difference.. Previews of some of the' programs can be seen atwww.christophers.omttvprograms.html.The programsare available for airing beginning November 20.

To secure broadcast rights for any or all, "Christopher Closeup" holiday specials, sendan e-mail to Jacqueline Jehle at tvradio­

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calendar of the Catholic Church,but. the book is useful for Or­thodox, Anglican and LutheranChristians who are devoted tosaints as well. Selections includefounders and repre~entatives ofvarious religious orders andmartyrs, and historically signifi­cant persons within and beyondthe Catholic community. In thisgrand array are supplementaryfigures such as Mohandas K.Gandhi, Florence Nightingale,

"LIVES OF THE SAINTS:FROM MARY' AND ST.FRANCIS OF ASSlSI TOJOHN XXIII AND MOTHERTERESA:' by Father Richard P.McBrien. HarperSanFrancisco(New York, 20(1). 672 pp•

"ALL SAINTS: DAILY RE­FLECTIONS ON 'SAINTS,PROPHETS AND WIT­NESSES FOR OUR TIME,"by Robert Ellsberg, CrossroadPublishing (New York, 1997).560 pp.'

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and substance as the author's pre­vious "Lives of the Popes."

The promotional material de­clares Father McBrien's book is"the first all-new compendiumthat is truly international, ecu­menical and interreligious inscope." This is misleading.

Several years ago RobertEllsberg, editor in chief of OrbisBooks, produced "All Saints:Daily Reflections on Saints,Prophets and Witnesses for Our

Time," conl:isting' of365 images of well­known and lesser­known humans ­some Christian, somenot. Ellsberg pioneered

As of June, Pope the concept of lookingJohn Paul II had can- past the specific reli-onized 451 saints and gious affiliation of thebeatified more than character he sketches1,000. During his pQn-. " and also through theirtificate he has not.on,ly , ,>~7 personal flaws to seecreated more sain~s :~'.J how God is actively re-than any other pontiff \ vealed in their lives.before him, he has ' ,\~ . This is obviouslyc'anonized more of ~'\'~\' . not a traditional collec-

~~~{~~~~~:i;:~:: ~~. ~!~e:~1~i:n~:.:~~~today. Pe~ple on per- ' " ized·. Yet this user-sonal spiritual quests. friendly, more popu-are looking to emulate larly written guide en-earthy models of sanc- courages readers to dis-

.tity rather than ethe- cover people throughreal miracle workers. whom God may be atSaints help us under- work - with or with-stand that sanctity is out the Church's formalnot just a concept but recognition.something that. is em~ Again, the breadth

'bodied and lived. of subjects chosen isSaints are ordinary awesome. Characterspeople who happen to from Old and New Tes-live the Gospel in extraordinary John Wesley, Anne Frank and taments appear alongside Chris­ways. The spectrum of sanctity the Rev. Martin Luther I\ing Jr. tian and non-Christian witnessesis broad and deep. The narrative core of the book to the faith from the last two

In his book "Lives of the is introduced by a series of help- millennia. Ellsberg helps theSai nts': From Mary and S t. ful essays on the nature of saint- reader to appreciate that GodFrancis of Assisi to John XXIII hood and of. spirituality. Saints, speaks through many personsand Mother Teresa," Father Ri- not only shape but mirror ~he within a'nd beyond the processchard P. McBrien, a professor spiritual values of their eras. of canonization.of theology at the University of Some actually serve in retro- For those new to the saintsNotre Dame, has c.reated a schol... spect as "countersigns" of sanc- or a bit bored with reading tooar~y and a d~votlOn~1 ~,o~ko,~ tity when, for example, their many "authorized" narrativessaintly narra~lves. HIS LIves. psychologically unhealthy atti- and eager to begin the excitingare an offenng for the whole tudes toward their own bodies spiritual journey of discoveringChurch and for the world. His and toward the reality of sexual the meaning of sainthood, bothselectio~s are co.mprehen.sive, intimacy sanctified by the sac- books (depending on your Iiter-

. but obVIOusly, With so Wide a rament of marriage were cofi- ary tastes) are compelling. Readselection to choose from, they tradictions, not affirmations, of the selections through an entireare not. complete. . . the Gospel.' . year. Return to them as resources

Stones are arranged as qatly This is a work of intellectual' for'personal reflection, sermonsreadings according to the yearl~ vigor, written in the same spirit or talks.

ality of its performers. Somemild verbal vulgarities and afuzzy m,oral stance towardstealing, but the .film is basi-

. cally innocuous. The U.S. Con­ference of Catholic Bishopsciassification is A-JI - adultsand adolescents. The Motion'Picture Association of Americarating is PG ~parental gui~­

ance suggested. (Fox)"Play It Again, Sam" (1972)

Woody Allen plays a bald­ing, bespectacled loser whogrooves on Humphrey Bogartmovies (and even conjures upBogey for on-the~spot advisein touchy situations). Whenhis beautiful, brainy wife (Su­san Anspach) walks out on

, him, his best friends (DianeKeaton and Tony Roberts).de­vote themselves to. setting 'upblind dates (Jennifer Salt,Viva, and Joy Bang). A veryfunny comedy directed byHerbert Ross, it's not a familyfilm, but one that most olderteens and adults will·thor­oughly enjoy for some wittyinsights into the mating game.The U.S. Conference of Catho­lic Bishops classification is A­III - adults. The Motion Pic­ture Association of America·rati'ng is PG - parental guid-.ance suggested. (Paramount)

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His words would prove pro­phetic.

After having personally leadmany of the refugees to safety andreturning to Lisbon, de Sousa.Mendes was riot oll1y dismissedfrom the fo~eign service, but dis­barred asa lawyer.

"Doors were closed to him andhis family, and his ~hildren were

forced to go into exile,and he and his wife

died In penury,"Bishop O~Malley

related.He added: "Be­cause de SousaMendes was athird orderFranciscan,and buried inhis brownhabit, I ended

. the programwith the,

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glish.". The bishop also

ARISTIDES presented toDE SOUSA MENDES Abranches a large

brass cross which inAmerica is known as The Portu­guese Cross, as a remembrance ofhis visit to Fall River.

"That particular cross is verymuch associated witli the Portu­guese people because it was thecross of Prince Henry the Navi­gator who was the discovereraildcolonizer ofAzores and Madeira,"Bishop O'Malley explained.

NEW YORK (CNS) - Thefollowing are home videocas­sette reviews from the U.S.Conference of Catholic Bish~ops' Office for Film. andBroadcasting: Each videocas­sette is available on VHS for­mat. Theatrical movies onvideo have a U.S. Conferenceof Catholic Bishops c1assifica- .tion and Motion PiCture Asso­ciation of America rating. Allreviews indicate the appropri­ate'age group for the video'au­dience.

The following films were di­recte'd by Herbert Ross, aBroadway .choreographer­turned-film-director who diedin October.

"Max Dugan Returns"(1983)

A long-absent father (JasonRobards) turns up at the home'of his daughter (Marsha Macson), an impoverished widowwith a teen-age son (MatthewBroderick). He has only sixmonths to live,. is remorseful,and also has more than' a half­million in cold cash of dub'i­ous origin neatly packed in oneof his suitcases. Bland, con­trived comedy written by NeilSimon and directed by HerbertRoss, it is mildly amusing.thanks to the skill and person-

CoonsolIt was sppnsored by the Dio­

cese of Fall River, the Jewish Fed- .eration of Greater" New Bedford,The Center for Portuguese Cul­ture and Language, and,the Cen­ter for Jewish Culture at the Uni­versity of Massachusetts -Dartmouth. .

Coordinators w'ere FatherMarc' H. Bergeron, ecumenicalofficer for the Fall Riverdiocese, and StevenGorban ofthe JewishFederation. RabbiWilliam Kaufmanof Temple Beth

, EI, Fall River, .also attended.

BishopO'Malley in hisinterview alsonoted that "Weknow that deSousa Mendes'decision. wasmade followingthree days inprayer and fastingbecause he realizedthe consequences forhimself ... and when youhave a family you knowthe decision not only im­pinges on your own' ca­reer but on that of the welfare and

: security and welfare of your wifeand children.". De Sousa Mendes is remem­

bered as saying: "... I cannot standby while people lose their lives.Even If I am discharged from myduties as a consequence, I can onlyact as a Christian and as my con­science dictates."

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They urged news media to avoid"language that distorts religious andcultural realities" and appealed totalk-show hosts "to refuse to engagein expressions of bigotry that couldincite prejudicial acts against inno­cent people."

At the press conference Cardi­nal Law said, "We're focused spe­cifically on acts of hate, of preju-

. dice, of violence directed againstpersons who might share somebackground with the alleged terror­ists, and we condemn these kindsof acts."

Rev. Kessler said the leaders de­cided to promote models for goodinterfaith worship, build on exist­ing speakers' bureaus and take othersteps to foster better interreligiousrelationships and build a commu­nity of dialogue.

A. Karim Khudairi, chairman ofthe Interfaith Committee of the Is­lamic Council ofNew England, saidmembers of the Muslim communitywere particularly grateful for the op­portunity to get together and sharefeelings and ideas.

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ceivemail with yellow labels it indi­cates that the sender does not knowyour new address. Your magazineswill be forwarded to you for 60 daysafter you move. Three to 10 daysafter you move, the post office will

Bay State religious leaders callinterfaith tolerance 'holy work'

BOSTON (CNS) - In a jointstatement more than 50 Massachu­setts religious leaders urged theirpeople to take up the "holy work" of

_interfaith understanding, respect andcooperation. .

Led by Cardinal Bernard F. Lawof Boston, the leaders issued thestatement at a recent press confer­ence following a breakfast meetingat the cardinal's residence.

It was the second time since theSeptember I I terrorist attacks thatkey religious leaders across the BayState met at Cardinal Law's hometo discuss shared concerns and ajointresponse to the terrorist violence andits aftenilath.

Nearly athird ofparticipants wereleaders of Massachusetts Muslimcommunities or of New Englandregional Islamic organizations.

Among the statement's signerswere the state's other Catholic dioc­esan bishops; the Rev. Diane C.Kessler, executive director of theMassachusetts Council ofChurches;and a wide variety of Protestant, Or­thodox, Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist andother religious leaders.

"In the midst of this unparalleledevil (of the terrorist attacks), we haveall witnessed extraordinary deeds ofcompassion, concern and coopera­tion," the leaders said.

"We also, however, have seen

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sidered simply a tool for teachingthe Catholic faith. .

"The celebration of the holymysteries is above all an act ofpraise to the sovereign majesty ofGod," an act which recognizes itsneed to be complemented with ef­forts to fulfill· God's will in everypart of life, he said.

"A liturgy which does not havea reflection in life would become·empty and certainly not pleasing toGod," Pope John Paul II said.

The pope also thanked the con­gregation for the work it has donesince its lastplenary session in 1996,inclucting the May publication ofnorms for translating liturgical texts.

"On this subject, I exhort thebishops and the congregation to takeevery care so that liturgical transla­tions are faithful to the original" textin Latin, he said. "A translation, infact, does not represent an exercise.in creativity, but a precise commit­ment to keeping the sense of theoriginal withoutchanges, omissionsor additions."

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tiful prayers with wHich the priestexpresses the deepest sense of hu­mility and of reverence before thesacred mysteries; these reveal thevery substance of any liturgy,". thepope said.

Every liturgical celebration, hesaid, must be marked by "a profoundsense of the sacred."

The individuals at Mass and thecommunity as a whole should havethe experience of being in the pres­ence of the holy, the pope said.

"Consequently, the attitude re­quired cannot help but be perme­ated by reverence and by the senseof awe which flows from knowingyou are in the presence of the maj­esty of God," he said.

While he mentioned the prayersin the Tridentine Missal, Pope JohnPaul also praised the congregation'sefforts to ~pply faithfully the litur­gical guidelinesofthe SecondVaticanCouncil.

As the council taught, he said,the Mass cannot be reduced to anaesthetic reality, nor can it be con-

The National Institute on Agingsuggests that if you get the flu, youshould rest in bed, drink plenty offluids, and take medication such asaspirin or acetaminophen to relievefever and discomfort.

For more infonriation you canget a copy of the "Nationallnsti­tute Health Flu Sheet". Call theNational Institute on Aging (NIA)at 1-800-222-2225.

ert Cresto,associate state director ofAARP Massachusetts. He ~tated,"Even if you are 65 and in goodhealth, you are among those whoare at greatest risk for complicationsfrom the flu."

***According to a recent MayoClinic Health Letter, you might wantto make a cup of tea.a daily habit.just for the potential health benefitSof it. .

Studies find that tea drinkers tendto have lower rates of cardiovascu­lar disease and cancer. The role oftea in promoting health is not a newidea. The Chinese have used tea in amedical fashion for 4,000 years.

Numerous studies have looked atthe potential cardiovascular benefitsfrom drinking tea. It is thought thatthe flavonoids found in tea help pre­vent alterations to low-density lipo­protein (LDL) cholesterol· that setthe stage for damage to the arteries.This damage can eventually lead toheart attack and stroke.

Laboratory studies indicate thatblack tea may be capable ofprevent-

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) ­Priests and laity must show attitudesof humility and reverence before themystery ofthe Mass, Pope John PaulII said.

In a message to the Congrega­tion for Divine Worship and theSacraments, the pope said the Ro­man Missal- or Mass book - is­sued by Pope Pius V after the Coun­cil of Trent contained prayers thatbeautifully expressed those attitudes.

"The people ~f God need to seein priests and deacons a comport­ment full of reverence and dignity,able to help them penetrate invisiblethings even without many words andexplanations," said the recent mes­sage to congregation members.

The message was given to themembers during their late-Septem­ber plenary meeting; the Vaticanprovided no explanation of why itspublication was delayed until Oc-tober 17. .

"In the Roman Missal, referredto as that of St. Pius V, as in variousEastem liturgies, there arc very beau-

Senior issues

Pope says priests, laity Dlust showhUlDility, reverence at Mass

Each winter, millions of peoplesuffer from the flu, a highly conta­gious infection. It spreads easilyfrom person to person mainly whenan infected personcoughs or sneezes.

Au, the short name for influenza,is caused by viruses thatinfect the nose, throat andlungs. Itcan be life threat-ening in older adults orpeople with chronic iII-nesses. Au viruses changeyear to year, and scientistsmust make new vaccinesto treat them. That is onereason why flu shot'> willprotect you for only oneyear.

In Massachusetts, theflu season usually begins in Decem­ber and peaks as late as February.According to public health officials,the annual flu shot can be more ef­fective when received four-sixweeks before the season's start.

Those at greatest risk for com­plications from the flu should getthe flu shot as soon as the vaccine isavailable. The flu shotdoes not causesideeffects in most people. One rareexception is people who have a se­vere allergy to eggs. Anyone whohas this allergy should not get theflu shot.

What are the symptoms of theflu? According to information fromthe National Institute on Aging, "Aucan cause fever, chills, dry cough,sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, aswell as headache, muscle·aches, andoften extreme fatigue." Most peoplewho get the flu recover in one totwo weeks. But some people developserious and possibly life-threateningcomplications. Older people' andpeople with chronic illnesses run thegreatest risk ofgetting secondary in­fectioJ.ls, especially pneumonia. Inan average year, flu leads to.about20,000 deaths nationwide.

"Everyone age 65 oroldershouldget a flu shot as soon as it is avail­able in your community," says Rob-

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Prelate S1JYS. lDore arlDS, poverty, ,

IDea," greater disasters .to' cOlDetred exploited by terrorists includepoverty, lack of respect for hu­man rights, intolerable refugeesituations and physical or psycho­logical 'oppression, Archbishop

. Martino s~id.

Archbishop Martino said that"the growing gap between the richand the poor" was "a threat to thestability of the planet.". "'A continuation of the unjust

status quo will inevitably continue-fueling conflicts' and will lead toeven more conflicts in the decadesahead," he said.

Turning to the question of armscontrol, the nuncio spoke firstabout the "almost limitless quan­tities of small arms and lightweapons" that he said were re­sponsible for killlng some 10,000people per week, mostly civilians.

The U.N. conference on smallarms this past July made someprogress, but was limited becauseits agreements were not bindingand in any case dealt only withillegal aspects of the arms race,he said.

Archbishop Martino also ex­pressed regret that "another set­back" came in the failure of ef­forts during the past year tostrengthen the U.N. BiologicalWeapons Convention.

Regarding nuclear weapons,the. nuncio reminded the GeneralAssembly committee that theVatican repeatedly had called forimplementation of the nonprolif­eration treaty, and had itself rati­fied the Comprehensive Test BanTreaty earlier this year.

He called for a change in them~ntality of those who possessnuclear weapons and "cla.im thatthey are essential to security."

"Now is the time to dispel thisclaim and to declare that the con­tinued possession of nuclearweapons and other weapons ofmass destruction is endangeringall humanity, and that they mustbe abolished," he said.

ByTRACY EARLY

CA1l-IOLIC NEWS SERVICE

AN AFGHAN refugee rid~s his cart f~om the Shamshatoocamp near Peshawar, Pakistan. The U.N. High CommissIonerfor Refugees said it expected more than one million Afghansto head to neighboring countries in the wake of continuing U.S.­led air strikes in Afghanistan~ Pakistan already hosts more thana million Afghan refugees. (CNS photo from Reuters) ,

'community to this act of terror­ism demands leadership of the

,UNITED NATIONS - A highest order," he said.Vatican statement delivered at the Archbishop M~rtino said thatUnited Nations last week said a as the first response "those re­world trend toward "more arms sponsible must be apprehendedaI:Id more poverty'~ is leading to- 'and'brought to justice through dueward "disaster~ even greater than process." .what we endured on) I Septem-' However, he warned that "thisber;': must be done in a way that does

.Archbishop Renato R. Martino,' iiO'tqexpose even'i'riore iniioceritVatican' nuncio to the United Na- civilians to death and destruction."tions, said th~t, '~th,is(fimessing...:·; ~'~Violenee, on top of violencetime must teach us that violence"'~ will only lead to more violence,"and war are not inevitable." , he said. "This is a time for wis­

"The basic requirements for, dom and perseverance. Justice,the peace we seek (are) the elimi- not veng~ance,must be our goal."nation of weapons of mass de- The ar~hbishop said a failurestructiori, the curbirig of the arms to deal with the causes of violencetrade and the eradication of mas- would "do' a disservice to thosesive, .endemic poverty," he said. who haye died i~ ihis tragedy.""We have no choice if humanity In all the various causes, a com-is to survive." mon denominator is a hate that

, Addressing a committee of the amounts to "hatred of humanityU.N. General Assembly dealing itself' and '''kills even the one whowith disarmament, the nuncio hates," he said:

, began by noting that "we meet in But he said this hatred must bea time of profound distress" 'be- overcome by qeilling with thefac- ,cause "the evil of terrorism has tors that produce it, not by "actsstruck in unimaginable ways." of revenge."

"The response of the. world Breeding grounds for the ha-

By CAROL ZIMMERMANN

CA1l-IOUC NEWS SERVICE

12 THEANCHOR-DioceseofFalIRiver-Fri.,October26,2001

Woman clings to faith,memory of hus,band

Dickinson tried to tell her daugh­ter that their prayers were being

MANALAPAN, N.J. ~ Two answered, even if they weren't theweeks after the World Trade Cen- way either of them would want.ter attacks, a religious education "I've gotten stronger through allteacher went on with her scheduled this;' said the woman who has hadlesson plan - teaching third~grad- to spend her days filling out formsers that God is good. and making phone calls about her

. Linda Dickinson told the stu- husband of II years instead of get­dents at St. Thomas More in ting things ready for her new baby.Manalapan that they couldn't blame "Withoutmy faith, I don't knowthe terrorist attacks on God. where I'd by, except in a comer

"I wanted to help their faith somewhere," she said one monthgrow and let them know God is after the tragedy.protecting them," she said. Dickinson met her husband 18

The lesson ~asn't from a text- 'years ago when they both workedbook, but from the personal expe- at the same five-and-dime store. Inrience of this 35-year-old parishio- all the time they've known eachner whose life was changed forever other, she said, they've never ar-by, the events, of September II. gued: -

That morning, her husband, "I'm hyper. He's laid back," shePatrick, who worked with the . said, still referring to him in theAmerican Stock Exchange, was at- present tense.tending a ,"He isbreakfast very easymeeting at .going, laidWindows 'on 'back, de-the ,World voted to hisrestaurant, famiiy, aon the 107th hard workerfloor of the and strong,"World Trade she said, not-Center. ing that was. Dickinson, all she would

who is ex-say.But aspecting' ,a her 'eyesbaby in De- welled with,cember, felt tears, sheshe' Jii~l(i tei.' !i4ded,"","~,so",:talir~¥o'~ ''tiii'' "li~f\\;~Ys,':siu'd~nts Ju1t . " ~.. , . "He"s'>" my' >as' she, had " ' .. ,~:~ strength.spoken to her '" - ',' -. :-;, He's the loveown seven- =-"'~""~~''':-'':'',,:,~'':·.r:I''::'''·.:J': of"h1y iife:'

yea r - 0 td LINDA DICKINSON'S husband, .TQe. onlydaugpter. Patrick, is among more than 4,500' bYe. I thank '

',"I di~n' t people missing one month after the ter.: God eve.ryknow what roristattackonNewYork'sWorldTrade day for glv­they had Center.Atherp'arish St.ThomasMore ing him tobeen tJear- . " . me."ing. If 'I In Manalap~n, N,;J.,. she told Cat~ohc· . Shenoteddidn't' go, News Service" ,Wlthout my faith, I'thatthehard"th~y ,might don't know ~h~re I'd b~:'The couple's est 'part will',s~y, 'Our second child IS due In. December. be 'raisi~g ,o~~' CCD (CNS photo by Mary Knlghn children ont~acher ,is , ,her own,abandoning us,''' she told Catholic even if she has hardly been aloneNews Service in an interview at St. in the 30 days since the attack. EachThom~More, a parish located near ,day, family members, friends andsl?r,awlipg new neighborhoods, parishioners have stopped by withfaimlands and dozens offarm mar- bags of groceries and meals, want-

.' kets overflowing with pumpkins. ing to do something, anything, toIt is a parish that seems to add help.

new members each week and also They have been there ever'since ',has kept a steady supply of votive that fateful morning, whencandles burning over the past month Dickinson didn't even know'herto mourn the 'deathS of seven pac husband had the meeting at therishio,ner.s from the terrorist attacks. World Trade Center. ,

"I believe with all my heart, and That's why Dickinson didn'tI have taught my daughter, that this realize the impact of the collaps­(life) is not all there is," she said. " ing buildings as she; ~Iike nearly

In fact, on the morning of Sep- everyone else in the country, wastember 12 she told her daughter glued to her television set that'Erin, who had been wondering why morning' when she came backso many people had gathered at the from a walk.house the night before, that "if . Only later;. when she couldn't

,daddy 'died, God protected him and' contact her husband did it sink inhe's in'a better place." that he and her sister'~ husbandhad

But in'the days and weeks after been together on one of the topthe trag~dy, both she and her floors of the tower and that bothdaughter held out hope' that maybe, were lost.mfracuh:~u'sly, the man ~ey' I,oved "I put my head in my hands andwas ~afe, in' an air pocket under the started crying, thinking 'Did I justcollapsed structure. see my husband die?'''

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Pope asks Church to launch newinitiatives for defense of family

Vatican elevates marriedcouple to rank of 'blessed'

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pression ofcommitment toward thepeoples and nations ofAfrica by theCatholic Church in the United States,the U.S. government and the inter­national community."

The 57-page pastoral statementon theAsian and Pacific presence inthe U.S. Church, titled "Harmonyin Faith;' has been proposed by theCommittee on Migration, headed byBishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio ofCamden, N.J.

The committee said the statementseeks to express the bishops' appre­ciation ofAsian- and Pacific-Ameri­can Catholics, underlirie the chal­lenges they face in the United Statesand find practical steps "for their ap­propriate integration into theChurchin the United States." .

The new Pastoral Plan for Pro­Life Activities, a comprehensive ef­fort at all levels of the Church tocombat threats to life at all stages,was proposed by the Committee onPro-Life Activities, headed by Bal­timore Cardinal William H. Keeler.

It takes into account new threatsto life since 1Q85, such as partial­birth abortion and the destruction ofhuman embryos for the sake of re­search on embryonic stem cells.

On U.S. Church legislation, thebishops 'will be asked to approve anorm giving diocesan bishops dis­cretion to permit qualified laypeople, in particular cases where itis needed or useful, to preach in achurch or oratory, but never at thetime reserved forthe homily at Mass.

They also will be asked to voteon norms governing permission forqualified priests, religious and laypeople to talk about Catholic teach­ing and morals on radio or televi­sion or to participate in radio or TVprograms which treat those topics.

. With the November meetingBishop Joseph A. Fiorenza ofGalveston-Houston ends his three­year term as USCCB president andBishop Wilton D. Gregory ofBelleville, m., ends his term as vicepresident.

If the bishops follow past prac­tice, Bishop Gregory is the mostlikely to be elected president fromamong the 10 normnees for that post.

,THEANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River-Fri., OClober26, 2001

Bishops face fullagenda in NoveInber

AFGHAN REFUGEE Haseeb Ullah, 13, shines shoes offa street in Peshawar, Pakistan. Haseeb works an average of10 hours a day earning the equivalent of one U.S. dollar. (CNSphoto by Martin I-ueders)

By JERRY FIlTEAlJ

CAlliOUC News SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Three ma­jor documents face the U.S. Catho­lic bishops when they meet in Wash­ington this November: A call to soli­darity with Africa, an updated Pro­Life activities plan and a statementon the growing Asian and Pacificpresence in the U.S. Church.

The bishops will elect a newpresident and vice president for thenext three years, as well as a trea­surer-elect and 22 new committeechairmen or chairmen-elect

They will vote on a budget, plansand priorities for their national of­fiees and complementary norms ap­plying general Church law in the U.S.Church in the areas of lay preachingand the discussion ofCatholic teach-ing on radio and television. .

They plan to discuss the newnorms for translation of liturgicaltexts issued last May in a Vaticaninstruction. A preliminary discussionwh«n the bishops met in June re­vealed strong disagreements withsome aspects ofthe new instruction.

They will vote on a motion toremand an English translation ofthenew General Instruction of the Ro­man Missal to the International Com­mission on English in the Liturgyfgr reworking in light of the newtranslation norms.

They will hear a report on theworld Synod of Bishops, held thisOctober in Rome, on the role ofbish­ops in the ChurCh today.

The November 12-15 meeting atWashington's Hyatt Regency onCapitol Hill will be their first as theUnited States Conference ofCatho­lic Bishops. -

That name took effect along withnew statutes July 1. Before that thebishops had a two-conference na­tional structure, the National Con­ference of Catholic Bishops andU.S. Catholic Conference.

The statement, "A Call to Soli­darity With Africa," has been pro­posed by the bishops' Committee onInternational Policy, headed by Car­dinal Bernard F. Law of Boston.

It "seeks to generate a new senseof urgency and a more visible ex-

the protection of life, health and the environment;city planning and regulation; school systems, "be­ginning with the right of the parents to choose"between public and private institutions; and la­bor and tax laws, "which cannot be based onlyon a consideration of single subjects, overlook­ing - or even worse, penalizing - the nuclearfamily."

-"Many ask themselves: Why is the family soimportant? Why does the Church insist so muchon the theme of matrimony and the family? Thereason is simple, even if not everyone succeeds inunderstanding it: On the family depends the des­tiny of man, his happiness, the ability to givemeaning to his existence," the pope said.

"Man's destiny depends on that of the family,and that it why I will not tire of affirming that thefuture of humanity is strictly tied to that 'Of thefamily," he said.

The 81-yearcold pontiff met with Italian fami­lies in St. Peter's Square October 20 and celebrateda beatification Mass the following day for Luigiand Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi, the Church's firstmarried couple to be declared blessed.

By JOHN THAVIS

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

By JOHN NORTON

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Warning that the family'scentral role in society was under attack, Pope JohnPaul II called on the Church to launch new educa­tional and political initiatives in its promqtion anddefense.

"Above all it is necessary to pass from a con­sideration of the family as a sector to a vision ofthe family as the criterion to measure all politicalaction, because all the dimensions of human andsocial life are correlated to the good of the fam­ily," he said.. The pope made his remarks in a message toCardinal Camillo Ruini, head of the Italian bish­ops' conference, who was organizing celebrationsfor the 20th anniversary of"Familiaris Consortio,"a papal document dedicated to the family.

Praising the Italian initiative, the pope appealedfor more Church-sponsored conferences, familyevents, and cultural, social and political initiativesto underscore the family's centrality.

He said consideration of the family should di­rect all political decisions, including norms for

Martins, head of the sainthood was pregnant unexpectedly for acongregation. fourth time, doctors told her there

VATICAN CITY - At the . CardinaISaraiva,writinginthe· wasa99percentchanceshewouldprodding of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican newspaper, emphasized die unless she aborted the baby.Vatican has 'found an "ordinary" what he saw as the highlights of' The couple said they could notmarrit<d couple to beatify and hold the Quattrocchis' vocation as a do that; a daughter was born inup as models of holiness for the married couple: their deep prayer 1914 and is still living. Mariawhole Church. ,. . herself lived another 51

Lu igi and Mari a r::;:;--------,r-...--r~:1I!lI"-r----....,......--..years.Beltrame Quattrocchi, Faced with the risk oflawyer and homemaker, death, Maria Quattrocchifather and mother of four gave herself to "the mys-children, lived their mar- terious and loving designried life in early 20th- of divine providence,"century Rome. On Octo- Cardinal Saraiva said.ber. 21, they became the As detailed in new bi-first couple in the history ographies, .Maria andof the Church to be el- Luigi had an intenseevated together to the courtship, documented inrank of "blessed." love letters they wrote

Three surviving chil- and saved. They marrieddren of the couple wit- in 1905 and had their firstnessed the historic event three children in the fourin St. Peter's Square. years that followed.

The beatification has People described theirspecial significance for household as a happy andPope John Paul. In 1992, noisy one, especially athe asked officials in his mealtimes, when every-saint-making congrega- one seemed to want to talktion to turn their atten~ at once. The couple puttion to lay people. In par- an emphasis on prayer,ticular, he wondered why too, and had frequent vis-no married couple was its from a priest.on the Church's calendar After 21 years of mar-of saints. riage, when Luigi was 46

With Church leaders and Maria was 41, thepromoting saintliness as couple gave up sexual re-a vocation for all Catho- '--__-" :.. .J lations, at the suggestionlics, they needed lay ~UIGI AND MARIA Beltrame Quattrocchi of their spiritual adviser.people in all walks of life became the first couple-in the history of the', _ .Biog~aphers tre~t tlie'as examples of holiness Church to be elevated together to the rank 'of pomt WI~ great delIcacyin action. "bl d" fth' . . and say thIS was not some-

Two years after the esse, one 0 e major steps toward canom- th' l' d . h "f .pope's remarks, the pa- zation, (CNS photo from Catholic Press Photo) ci~~' ~~:as :~xp:~~~I~perwork for the saint- ofchastity that could openhood causes of the Quattrocchi life, their activity in Church as- new avenues of spiritual growth.couple arrived at the Vatican. sociations, the "atmosphere of Luigi died in 1951 at the age

Officials found that Luigi and mutual affection between the par-. of71. Maria cut back on her writ­Maria truly lived "the holiness of ents and their children," and the ing activity and, slowed by agea couple, in perfect communion fact that three of their four chil~ and disease, devoted much of herof views, of feelings and of dren became priests or nuns. final years to prayer. She died inspirit," said Cardinal Jose Saraiva When Maria discovered she 1965 at the age of 81.

SENIOR ANDREW Carreras of Bishop Stang High School,North Dartmouth, is congratulated by Principal Mary AnnMiskel on being named a scholar in the National HispanicRecognition Program. He was among only 4,200 studentsfrom around the nation to be so honored and .was chosen forhis score on the PSAT test.

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HEADMASTER DENNIS Poyant meets with members ofthe Freshman Class to discuss adjusting to high school. Fromleft, seated: Amanda Medeiros, Poyant, Samantha Farias andSteven Amorim;.standing: Kayla Walsh, Ryan Wellman, S~raVentura, Jamie Sulliv~n, Ashley Correia, Vanessa Caramelo,Alyssa Gracia, Steve Moniz and Graig Martin.

COMMENDED STUDENTS - Six students from BishopFeehan High School, Attl.eboro, were recently named Com­mended Students in the 2002 Merit Scholarship Program.From left: Edward J. Kalafarski, Elizabeth Callahan,Katherine Rose, Marie Stewart, Kelly O'Keefe and RobertPyne. They placed among the top five percent of more thanone million students taking the PSAT exam in the UnitedStates. .

ments, community service and ath­letic accomplishments. Twelve fi­nalists selected from among thecountries 23,000 high schools willreceive their awards live on ESPN2 prior to the ESPN broadcast ofthe College Heisman MemorialTrophy Awards.

To track a student's progress inthe award competition or find outmore about the program go to:wendyshighschoolheisman.com orcall 800-244-5161.

letic Club, and is awarded to an out­standing female and male senior.

Those nominated are: MatthewR. Coute and Lisa A. Ramos ofBishop,Connolly; DerekJ. Goguenand Heather K. Johnson of BishopFeehan; Amelia E. Monteiro andJohn P. Walsh ofBishop Stang; andMichael P. Caputo and Katelyn E.Viera of Coyle and Cassidy.

Each was nominated by theirhigh school principal and will bejudged based on academic achieve-

IN RESPONSE to the call from President Bush for all children in America to send onedollar to the White House, students at Notre Dame School, Fall River, rose.to the occa­sio'n and prepared to mail their donations. .

lending a hand.

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14 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., October 26, 2001

CHELSEATHIBOUTOT and Abaigeal O'Brien, second-graders at Holy Name School,Fall River, display Ted.dy Bears and a check from monies collected to help children of theSeptember 11 disaster victims. The students raised $1,530 and 30 cuddly bears. Theanimals and the check were sent to the offices of the New York archdiocese.

FALL RIVER - Students rep­resenting the four diocesan highschools were recently nominatedfor the 200:4 Wendy's High SchoolHeisman Award. It is awarded tothose who achieve success in allwalks of life: as students, athletes,role' model~ and leaders in theircommunities.

The award was created byWendy's International, the NationalAssociation of Secondary SchoolPrincipals and the Downtown Ath-

'Seniors nominated for national award'---

THE ANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River - Fri., October 26, 2001 15

How' not to h.andle angerBy CHARLIE MARTIN • CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

conflicts. However, when it isskipped, little that is constructiveoccurs.

Whether in a friendship, in adating relationship or within afamily, people who care about'each other need to make a dealthat they will honor their sharedlove by always agreeing to atimeout when one of them callsfor it.

Clearly, the individuals in thesong need to make this commit­ment. Otherwise, they should stopusing a word, "love," that in noway describes how they treat eachother.

Your comments are alwayswelcome. Please address:chmartin@swindiana.net.

CATECHISTS OF the religious education program at St.Bernard's Church in Assonet wash a truck as part of a fund­raiser to benefit victims of disasters and the Knights of Co­lumbus' fund for families of deceased.fire fighters, emergencymedical personnel and police officers. The St. Bernard'sKnight's of Columbus co-sponsored the program with thecatechists and raised $657. Among those pictured are DanielO'Leary, Barret Castro, Kaitlyn Mangels and Tiffany Levesque.

music, take time to pray. Dosomething that helps you dimin­ish anger's intensity. It is diffi­cult to be reasonable and appro­priate when alI you feel is angry.

After this half hour, checkyourself to see if you can talkabout the situation without us­ing words of accusation, blameor attack. If not,.take a 24-hourtimeout. TelI the other personthat you care about the relation-

.ship, and thus you need time sothat your behavior won't benegative. It is amazing how dif­ferent situations seem once wehave slept and alIowed time topass.

Of course this'is just one stepin successfully handling difficult

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Keep it up, homegirl.Don't you quit.

You know the way you scre'amis the ultimate.

And when I walk away justwatch the clock

I bet I don't even get aroundthe block. '

I said let's talk about it

rent chart hit "Every OtherTime." The song gives an apt de­scription about how not to handleconflict in a relationship!

The couple in the song gothrough a variety of histrionics asthey deal with their problems.They walk out and slam the door.They lie about each other to 'mu~

, . tual friends. They destroy each~,#~ aA~ other's property.~kr«~~ Yet, given alI this melodrama,

the guy in the song says: "But'~ when I think about it, I'm so.in~ love with her," that is, "every

other time.""Love" is one of the most

misused words· in society, soit's difficult to know what hisreference to this word means.Certainly, their treatment ofeach other doesn't match anyunderstanding of love that we

who aspire to be today's dis-ciples of Jesus would compre­

hend.Dealing with conflict is an es­

sential part of any relationship.When you are angry with some­one you love, how you respondoften determines whether you re­alIy do care about the other or ifyou are just using the other indi­vidual to meet your own needs.

Christians need to take an ap­proach that differs significantlyfrom the behavior of the couple inthe song. Because anger is a veryintense emotion, it IS easy to over­react. Unless we give,a!1ger timeto cObl, we are likely to throw gason the fire. Once we bum up thecaring connection in a relationship,love rapidly diminishes.

As a pastoral counselor, I of­ten encourage people to take atimeout before addressing theiranger with those they love. Thistimeout needs to .last at least 30minutes. Go for a walk, listen to

As she walked out on me andslammed the door

One day we'll laugh about it'Cause we're always playin'

those gamesEvery other time(Repeat refrain.)

(Repeat Verse 3.)SungbyLFO .Copyright (c) 2001 by J Records

LFO's second album "Life IsGood" is receiving mixed reviews.Some critics like it and see de­velopment in the group's music.Others think this three-guy bandhas sold out in the direction of apop sound after their highly suc­cessful first disc.

Off this new CD is their cur-

EVERY OTHER TIME

I said let's talk about itAs she walked out on me and

slammed the doorBut I laugh about it

'Cause she's always playin'those games

Deep down I know sheloves me

But she's got a funny way ofshowin' me how she cares

Last night she did a doughnuton my lawn

And drove out with her hand inthe air

Oh, yeahRefrain:

Sometimes it's blackSometimes it's white

Sometimes she's wrongSometimes I'm right

Sometimes we talk aboutit

Or we figure it outBut then she'll just change

her mindSometimes she's hotSometimes I'm cold

Sometimes my head wantsto explode

But when I think about itI'm so in love with her

Every other timeYeah; every other time

Sometimes we sit aroundJust the two of us in the

park benchSometimes we swim around

Like the dolphins in the oceanof our hearts

But then I think about the timeWhen we broke up before

the promAnd you told everyone

I wasn't OKSometimes I walk around

the town .For hours just to settle downBut I take you back, and you

kick me down'Cause that's the way, uh-huh,

uh-huh, I like it(Repeat refrain.)

Do' not be afraid: Still good advice?By AMY WELBORN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Fear.Feeling it a bit more than

usual these days?Don't worry. You're not

alone. In these strange, sadweeks since September 11, lots,of people, no matter what age,are feeling a lot more fearfulabout daily life than they everhave before.

Sales of gas masks and gunsare way up. Pharmacists haverun out of Ciprol, the antibioticused to treat anthral'. People arestaying at home, not travelingas much as they used to.

Even celebrities aren't im­mune. In mid-October, DrewBarrymore canceled the premierof her new movie, to be held inNew York, for fear of terrorist

attacks.Perhaps you've felt it too.Maybe tall buildings and air­

planes evoke different feelingsthan they used to. You've won­dered if you realIy want to goto a football game or concert ata stadium. What's in that bigtruck that just passed your caron the interstate, anyway? Is thewater safe? The mail?

It's not just the terroristthreat, though. It's the war, ofcourse. Everyone from thepresident on down is telling thecountry to get ready because thiseffort might take a long time.How long? Long enough foryour dad or mom who's in thereserves to see action? Longenough for you to turn 18 and

.consider whether to join up ornot?

Listen. I'm not going to sithere 'and tell you that there'snothing to be afraid of. At thispoint, there is. Our government

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has worked very hard sinceSeptember 11 to round up sus­pected terrorists, so the chancesof another attack are less thanbefore, but they are, we have toadmit, stili there. War is a real­ity. Those who participated inany way, shape or form in kill­ing 6,000 innocent people on

September 11 declared the war.It's natural to be anxious,

worried, nervous or even afraid.We almost can't help feeling that.way, considering the news we'reseeing and hearing every day.

But here's some more news,and it doesn't come from the net­works, and it's n6t in the news­paper:

"Do not be afraid" (Mt 17:7).That little verse from Mat­

thew isn't the only place you'llhear Jesus saying those words,you know. He says them overand over, throughout the Gos­pels, whenever he finds peopletrembling with fear: Do not beafraid.

Is Jesus being unrealistic? Ishe telling his listeners thatthere's nothing to be afraid of?

Not quite. Jesus doesn't

promise freedom from suffer­ing to his folIowers. In fact, heindicates pretty consistently thatthe opposite is true and practi­cally guarantees those who fol­low him that they will suffer.

But he still tells' them not tobe afraid. Why?

Because, quite simply, fearand faith just don't go together.Mind you, when Jesus tells usriot to be afraid, he's not tellingus to be foolhardy. He's not say­ing we shouldn't be cautious ortry to protect ourselves and oth­ers from potential physical harm.

But he's reminding us that fearcrowds out faith. When we livein fear, we're letting external cir­cumstances and other people con­trol our lives - and guide ourchoices - instead of God.

Do not be afraid.

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,,-, , 16 THEANCHOR-DioceseofFall River-Fri., October 26, 2001

BLESSING - Holding his crosier, Cardin~1 Bernard Law, with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley,OFM Cap., to his left; give final blessing during October 20 investiture Mass at Christ theKing Church, Mashpee. On the day prior, the traditional memorial Mass and Vigil Service formembers 'of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre was celebrated in St. ElizabethSeton Church in North Falmouth.

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dow replacement work is beingdone in stages by one firm, Castro

reported. Some ancillary and mi­nor work is usually needed afterthe installation, he added.

Currently all but three of theschool's classrooms are in use toaccommodate the students ingrades kindergarten through gradeeight, and those three rooms areleased out io theHospice program.

One of the events that benefitsthe school is the annual HarvestFestival, slated for November 3and 4 this year and held at theschool, sponsored by the school'sParents' Group. .

''The monies raised go towardsmany of the school's projects andin the p~t some,of the money wasearmarked for the windows,"Gagnon noted.

Felipe urged that anyone whograduated fi'qm· St. Anne'sSchool to contact the school of­fice "so that we can put them on 'a list to be contacted and in­formed about what's going on attheir alma mater and talk aboutiis future."

Those interested. can call St.Anne's School at 508·678·2152." .

Continued from page oneSt. Anne'sfrom individual benefactors aswell as' alumni who we honoredat the recent Mass and thebrunch," said Gagnon. "And wehavedress-down-days, at whichchildren pay $2 and that goes for

. the windows, as well as schooldances which raise about $300and that too is for the windowfund." .

Those and a number of otherschool-sponsored events tha'traise funds "are being tapped be­cause the windows are our prior­ity spending at this time," Gagnonadded. "In the meantime we haveput many other important areas ofconceni on hold."

"There were times when thewind was strong that one couldfeel' the cold coming in fromaround the loose-fitting windowswhich often whistled loudly,"Gagnon ,noted.

,"Besides providing the comfortand warmth the 400 students andstaff''of 22 teachers and aides andsupport s~ need, the new win­dows .also prove economical'be­cause they substantially cut down

. on heating costs," Castro explained.. ,Now in its fifth year, the win-

KNIGHTED - Msgr. John A. Perry, pastor of St. Patrick'sChurch in Falmouth; kneels as he is knighted by CardinalBernard Law into the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepul­

',chreof Jerusalem's Northeastern UeutenanGY in the UnitedStates, at Christ the King Chu'rch, Mashpee.Msgr. Perry wasamong seven priest-knights inducted at ceremonies lastweekend, (Anchor photos by Bruce McDaniel)

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A Mass at the Seacrest, cel­ebrated by Bishop Riley, wrappedup weekend's events on Sundaymorning.

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,James F. Lyons and FatherManuel P. Ferreira, as well as sev- .eral couples from across the dio­cese.

, The day concluded with a din-

of which are in the UnitedStates.

The Diocese of Fall River was__in line to qost this year's events.

Every 'other year, the BostonArchdiocese hosts, with the re­maining New England diocesesdoing so on a rotating basis.

There was a Mas.s of remem­brance for deceased membersand promotions for cu~rent,

members at St. Elizabeth SetonChurch, North Falmouth .

. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFMCap., was the principal cel­ebrant and homilist at the lit­urgy also attended by BishopsJohn B.' McCorm'ack ofManchester, N.H.; Thomas L.Dupre of Springfield; AuxiliaryBishQp.George E. Rueger of

'Worcester and AuxiliaryBishop Emeritus Lawrence J.Rile'), of Boston. BishopO'Malley also blessed and pre­sented' th~ medallions for thenewly promoted members.

. A dinner followed at theCoonamesselt Inn in Falmouth.

Saturday morning, at theSeacrest Resort in Falmouth, at­tendees listened to the director ofthe Near East Society report onevents in and around Jerusalem.

Later that day, an InvestitureMass was held at Christ the KingChurch in Mashpee, where Car­dinal Bernard Law, grand prior of.the northeast lieutenancy, was theprincipal cel,ebrani and homilist.Also attending were BishopsO'Malley and Riley, and Auxil­iary bishops .Richard G. Lennon~dWalter J. Edyvain of Boston.,

At the Mass several new mem­bers were 'welcomed into the or­der, including Bishops Lennonand Edyvain, diocesan priestsMsgr. John A. Perry, Father

GLAD LADS.- Seventh-grader Andre Azevedo and first-.graderTimothy Martins are happy with the tig~t .new win­dows at St. Anne's School that will keep them warm this win­ter. Upcoming f\,md-raisers will forward the ongoing windowreplacement project. (Anchor photos)

, PRETIY TOO - New aluminum,windows colorfully de­pict the signs of the season at St. Anne's School on ForestStreet. Seventh-grader Ashley Page and first-grader -JulieLachance are among hundreds of students made more com­fortable because of the window renewals.