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Bishop appoints four new pastors

of the Appeal in the Cape Cod and is­lands deanery, reported a considerableincrease in the numberofsuccessful con­tacts as the result ofthis effort in the areaencompassing Barnstable County andthe off-shore island communities.

At the parochial level, many pas­tors will be launching follow-up pro­cedures to enlist the participation ofparishioners. Representative of thateffort was Father William L. Boffa,pastor of St. Stephen Parish in Attle­boro, who sought additional suppliesto help the outreach planned in that par­ish community. Appeal headquartersis making supplies available to helppastors expand the solicitation process.

Contributions to the Appeal may bemade to any ofthe 111 parishes through­out thediocese or they may be addresseddirectly to Diocesan Headquarters, 344Highland Ave., P.O. Box 1470, FallRiver, MA 02722. Telephone inquiresare welcome at (508) 676-8943.

Early reported returns from the dio­cese include those from leading par­ishes in the separate geographic areas:

New Bedford$500 - Lemieux Heating, Inc.$200 - The Pine Framery$150 - Daughters of Isabella, Hyacinth Circle #71$100 - State Road Cement Block Co., North Dartmouth

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Charities Appeal isat $1.2M mark

FALL RIVER-The 1998 Catho­lic Charities Appeal has surpassed themillion dollar mark with proceeds atpress time at a total of $1.2 million.

The report, by Msgr: Thomas J.Harrington, director of the Appeal, andMichael Donly, diocesan director ofdevelopment, said the returns offer en­couragement. But they noted that thereremains a great deal of work if suffi­cient revenues are to be collected to sup­port the endeavors of the diocesan of­fices by way of agencies, institutionsand apostolates which theAppeal funds.

Msgr. Harrington said that it is fartoo early in the process to experienceany comfort. He said he and Donlyagree that anecdotal reports from pas­tors and special gift coordinators tendto be encouraging.

An exceptional amount of energywas devoted to promoting the Appealand its needs 10 prospective friendsin business and industry and in theprofessions and civic organizationsthroughout the diocese.

FatherThomasC. Rita, area director

LEADING PARISHESAttleboro Area

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Seekonk $54,733SI. John the Evangelist 15,837SI. Mark, Attleboro Falls 15,185SI. Mary, Mansfield 13,660SI. Mary, Seekonk , 12,238

Cape Cod AreaSI. Pius X, South Yarmouth $98,284Corpus Christi, East Sandwich 28,510Christ the King, Mashpee 28,199Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville 27,702Holy Trinity, West Harwich 26,764

Fall River AreaHoly Name $30,817SI. Thomas More, Somerset 20,750SI. Stanislaus 17,950Santo Christo 17,769Our Lady of the Angels 13,787

New Bedford AreaOur Lady of Mount Carmel $29,095Immaculate Conception 24,482SI. Mary, South Dartmouth 16,701SI. Anthony, Mattapoisett 14,498SI. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth 13,631

Taunton AreaSI. Anthony $21 ,350SI. Ann, Raynham 18,264Holy Cross, South Easton 14,207Immaculate Conception, North Easton 11,118SI. Mary 8,520

NATIONALS$300 - La Salette Fathers and Brothers, Attleboro$110 - Atty. Patrick K. Cunningham, Lincoln, R.1.

Taunton$1,300 - Taunton District, SI. Vincent de Paul Society$500 - SI. Joseph's SI. Vincent de Paul Society; Davol/Taunton Printing, Inc.$400 - Holy Rosary Sodality$350 - SI. Jacques' SI. Vincent de Paul Society$300 - SI. Anthony's SI. Vincent de Paul Society; Polish American Civic Club; SI. MaximilianKolbe Guild, Holy Rosary Church$200 - Gay &Gay Attorneys, P.C.$175 - Sowiecki Funeral Home$150 - M·M Marcellus Lemaire; Alexio Insur. Agency, Inc.; Holy Rosary's SI. Vincent dePaul Society; Silva Funeral Home, Inc.$100 - Craven's Motel; Alan M. Walker &Co., Inc.; SI. Jacques Council of Catholic Women;SI. Paul Council of Catholic Women; J.R. Tallman & Co., Inc.; Leahy's Liquor Store; Craig J.Martin, Atty., P.C.

nal. He has served as parochial ad­ministrator at St. Jean's since Jan.14 of this year.

Father Babicluk is also a nativeof Taunton. He was ordained to thepriesthood Jan. 4, 1986. He hasserved as parochial vicar at EspiritoSanto Parish, Fall River; St. FrancisXavier Parish, Hyannis; ImmaculateConception Parish, Fall River; OurLady of Lourdes Parish, Taunton;and St. Patrick Parish, Wareham. Hehas also served as chaplain at theTaunton Catholic Middle School. Hehas been parochial vicar at S1.Patrick's, Wareham, since Jan. 14,1998.

Father Fitzpatrick, another nativeof Taunton, was ordained a priest

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MAY CROWNiNG-Michael Eppler, a second grader inthe religious education program at Holy Redeemer Parish,Chatham, places a wreath on the statue of the Blessed Vir­gin Mary in the parish's May crowning ceremony, tradition­ally held on the first Sunday of May. Michael was a memberof this year's first Communion class.

Father Robert A. Oliveira, pastorofSt. Mary Parish, North Attleboro,will be pastor at St. Mary Parish,Norton.

Both assignments are effectiveJune 24.

Effective July I, Father EdwardJ. Healey, chaplain at Cape Cod Hos-'pital, will also assume duties as di­rector of pastoral ministry to thesick.

Father Andrade was ordained tothe priesthood May 31, 1986. ATaunton native, he has served as pa­rochial vicar at Our Lady of HealthChurch, Fall River, and at St. Johnof God Church, Somerset. He hadbeen the chaplain at St. Anne's Hos­pital and since 1996 has been advo­cate/auditor for the Diocesan Tribu-

WESTPORT-Members of themedia from southeastem Massachu­setts, Cape Cod and the Islands willmeet with Bishop Sean P. O'Malleyand other diocesan communicationsofficials at a May 20 noon luncheonmeeting at White's of Westport, tomark World Communications Dayin the Fall River Diocesl:, announcedFather John F. Moore, secretary forcommunications.

Paul A. Rixon, recently retiredpublisher of the Sun·Chronicle,Attleboro, will be the guest speaker.

The program will include com­mentary from the bishop and timefor dialogue by participants.

Each year, Pope John Paul IIasks bishops' conferences aroundthe world to set aside a special dayto focus on the work of communi­cations media in our society. Thisobservance, known as World Com­munications Day, is celebrated inthe United States as wdl as in mostother countries during the month ofMay in the weeks nearing Pente­cost.

Father Moore and John E.Kearns, Jr., diocesan assistant direc­tor of communications, have ex­tended an invitation to representa­tives of newspapers, radio stations,local cable operations and televisionstations serving communities in theFall River Diocese to attend the lun­cheon to get better acquainted, con­sider the vital role each plays in thecommunity and to review mutualareas of concern.

Reflecting on similar events heldin recent years, Father Moore said,

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Members ofmedia to meet

FALL RIVER-Bishop Sean P.O'Malley named four new pastorsas he announced clergy assignmentsin the diocese.

Father David M. Andrade, cur­rently the parochial administrator ofSt. Jean Baptiste Parish, Fall River,will become pastor there effectiveMay 20.

The other three new pastors, ef­fective June 24, 1998, are: FatherFreddie Babicluk, Jr., the parochialadministrator of St. Patrick Parish,Wareham, who will become pastorof St. Patrick Parish, Fall River.

Father James M. Fitzpatrick, pa­rochial administrator of St. PatrickParish, Fall River, who will becomethe new pastor of St. Mary Parish,North Attleboro.

FatherTimothy P. Reis, currentlythe chaplain at Falmouth Hospital,Falmouth, will become pastor of St.Joseph Parish, Taunton.

Two current pastors have re­ceived new assignments. FatherArnold R. Medeiros, pastor of St.Mary Parish, Norton, will becomepastor at S1. Patrick Parish,Wareham.

Dominican Sister Margarita C. Velez

PRIESTS CURRENTLY SERVINGMay 16 Rev. Raul M. LagoaMay 17 Rev. Benito Lagos, IVEMay 18 Rev. Paul T. LambMay 19 Rev. John Lanci, CSCMay 20 Rev. David J. LandryMay 21 Rev. Richard B. LandryMay 22 Rev. Thomas E. Lawton, CSC

May 201952, Rev. Antonio L. daSilva, Pastor, Our Lady of Health, Fall River

May.191940, Rev. Ambrose Lamarre, OP1941, Rev. Thomas Trainor, Pastor, St. Louis, Fall River1988, Rev. Arthur C. Levesque, Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, New

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1941, Rev. William McDonald, SS., St. Patrick, Falmouth1960, Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Joseph Sullivan, P.R., Pastor, Sacred Heart,

Fall River , . ./1981, Rev. Arthur C. dosReis, Retired Pastor, Santo Christo, Fall River

.. May 171951, Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, D.O., Third Bishop of Fall River

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GUILD CELEBRATION-The Women's Guild of BlessedSacrament Parish in Fall River recently celebrated its 40thanniversary with a banquet at McGovern's Restaurant whichmany of the past presidents attended. Pastor Father GeraldP. Barnwell, center, installed incoming officers that included,seated from left, President Helen Ouelette and Vice Presi­dent Gladys Barre; and standing, Secretary Doris La Rueand Treasurer Lucille Laferriere.

STEWARDSHIP WORKSHOP-More than 60 people from area parishes attended theStewardship Witness Speaker Workshop sponsored by the Diocesan Stewardship Commit­tee at St. Ann Church in Raynham recently, Among those providing practical tips on presen­tation of lay witness talks included, seated, from left. speakers Anne Levasseur, Christineand Dr. James Schwarz and committee member Liz Flynn; and standing, from left, DeaconJohn Welch, speaker Art LaChance, Father Marcel H, Bouchard, committee members Tho­mas Pasternak and Richard Pierce, Father Philip A. Davignon, committee member EdwardRomano and committee member and speaker James M. Reilly.

Daily ReadingsMay 18 Acts 16:11-15;

Ps 149:1-6,9;In 15:26-16:4a

May 19 Acts 16:22-34;Ps 138:1-3,7-8;Jn16:5-11

May20 Acts 17:15,22-18:1;Ps 148:1-2,11-14;In 16:12-15

May 21 Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3,6-9; Eph 1:17-23or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23; Lk 24:46-53

May 22 Acts 18:9-18;Ps47:2-7;In 16:20-23a

May 23 Acts 18:23-28;Ps 47:2-3,8-10;In 16:23b-28

May 24 Acts 7:55-60;Ps 97:1-2,6-7,9;Rv 22:12-14,16-17,20; In 17:20-26

Parish nursing.program semlnar

set/or June 13FALL RIVER-The Congrega­

tional Health/Parish Nursing Pro­gram at Saint Anne Hospital willsponsor a seminar, "Medicine forMind, Body, Spirit," June 13, 10a.m. to I p.m., at Cathedral Camp,East Freetown.

Geared for nurses, clergy, pas­toral staffers, lay leaders and alliedhealthcare personnel, the programwill be presented by Dr.Pamela M.Pettinati, chief of alternative medi­cine and complementary medicineand director of the Mind-BodyProgram at St. Elizabeth HospitalMedical Center, Brighton.

The program is free, but pre­registration is required. Deadlinefor registering is June 6. For infor­mation and to register call Domini­can Sister Carole Mello at (508)674-5741. '

Anniversary MassAn anniversary Mass for Edel

Quinn, a former Legion ofMary en­voy to Africa, will be celebratedMay 18, 1 p.m., in St. AnthonyChurch, Mattapoisett. All are in­vited to attend.

tolate, not only in the Archdioceseof Washington, but also at nationaland regional levels. She became acitizen in 1962.

After serving from 1993 to 1995as the director ofevangelization forthe diocese of Brownsville, Texas,she returned to the ProvincialHouse in Dighton" serving as theprovincial secretary until her death.

She leaves three brothers, Dr.Ignacio Velez and Ernesto Velez, of .Medellin, and Jesuit Father LuisGuillermo Velez of Bogota; foursisters, Helena Garcia, MercedesLondono and Sofia Velez, all ofMedellin, and Cecilia Anderson of 'Venezuela; and ni'eces and neph­ews.

Her funeral Mass was celebratedWednesday in the chapel at the Pro­vincial House. Following crema­tion, burial will be in Colombia.

Monday at the Catholic MemorialHome, Fall River. She was the hus­band of the late Edward F. Neylon andmother of Father Bruce M. Neylon,pastor of S1. Mary Church, Seekonk.

Born in Fall River, the daughterof the late John Cholewiak and thelate Maryanna (Guzik) Cholewiak,she lived in Fall River for most ofherlife and was educated in local schools.

Before retiring in 1978, she hadbeen employed for 15 years as a ma­tron at the Fall River Park Department.

She was a member of S1. PatrickChurch, Fall River, and its Women'sGuild and th~ Four Seasons SeniorCitizens' Club.

Besides Father Neylon, sheleaves another son, John E. NeylonofTwin Mountain, N.H.; two daugh­ters, Gail C. Noonan ofSeekonk andKathleen M.Oliveira of Assonet; asister, Stella Gasior of Somerset; sixgrandchildren; three great-grand­children; and nieces and nephews.

Her funeral Mass was celebratedThursday in St. Patrick Church. In­terment was in St. Patrick Cem­etery, Fall River.

Mrs. Corneille"Connie" D'Avolio

LYNNFIELD-Mrs. Corneille"Connie" (Edwards) D' Avolio, wifeofAtty. Gerald D. D'Avolio, execu­tive director of the MassachusettsCatholic Conference, died Monday.

She was a 1964 contestant in theMiss Universe Contest, qualifyingas Miss Maine of 1964.

Besides her husband she leavesa daughter, Lisa Foster of Bradford;a son, Assistant Atty. Gen. GeraldD. "Jay" D' Avolio of Lynnfield;two brothers, Reginald and GeorgeEdwards of Maine; and two sisters,Clarissa Pare and Priscilla Edwards,also of Maine.

Her funeral Mass was celebratedWednesday in St. Joseph-St.Lazarus Church by Cardinal Ber-'nard F. Law. Interment was in HolyCross Cemetery, Malden.

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"They provide a wonderful opportu­nity to strengthen the working rela­tionship between Bishop O'Malley,the diocese and all involved in mediaefforts in our communities."

In his message for this year's ob­servance ofWorld CommunicationsDay, the pope underscored the influ­ence of the media and the ability theyhave to "bring people together andenrich their lives. The means of so­cial communications, properly used,can help create and sustain a humancommunity based on justice andcharity; and, insofar as they do that,they will be signs of hope."

The Second Vatican Councilcalled for a day of focus on commu­nications in each diocese, at the dis­cretion of the bishop, in its docu­ment, Inter Mirifica, on the meansof social communications.

The communications day cel­ebrations vary from diocese to dio­cese and from country to country, butusually include workshops, lun­cheons, award programs and specialMasses to bless communicators.

D.C. He was named parochial vicarat S1. Mary Parish, North Attleboro,in 1994. He has served as diocesandirector ofContinuing Education forClergy and Faithful since 1994.Since 1997 he has been dean of theAttleboro Deanery. He has alsoserved as chaplain to the Girl Scoutsand Camp Fire Girls in the NewBedford Area. He has been pastor ofS1. Mary's in North Attleboro sinceJune 1994.

Father Healey was ordained apriest on June 6, 1987. He wasnamed parochial vicar at S1. Pius XParish, SouthYarmouth, in 1987. Hewas appointed chaplain at Cape CodHospital in 1983, while remainingdirector of ministry to HispanicCatholics on Cape Cod.

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was parochial vicar at St. John ofGod Church, Somerset; St. George'sWestport; S1. Anthony's in Tauntonand Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton.He was chaplain at Taunton Catho­lic Middle School from 1976 until1988, when he was named adminis­trator of St. Anthony of Padua Par­ish, Fall River. He was named ad­ministrator at St. Eliz;1beth Parish,Fall River, in 1993 and made pastorof S1. Mary's, Norto,n, March I,1995.

Father Oliveira is a native of FallRiver. He was ordained to the priest­hood on July 23, 1977. He wasnamed parochial vicar at Holy NameChurch, New Bedford, in 1977, andin 1983 studied at The Catholic Uni­versity of America in Washington,

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New pastors

FATIMA SCENE-Bishop Sean P. O'Malley blessed marble statues depicting the appari­tions of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal, on the lawn of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Swanseaon Tuesday night following a Mass celebrating the 40th anniversary of the parish's founding.Pastor Father George F. Almeida, at left, purchased the figures in honor of his father andmother during a recent visit to Fatima. The statues arrived on May 8 and were erected justhours before the cE~remonies. .

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

Rev. David M. Andrade, from Parochial Administrator of St.Jean Baptiste Parish, Fall River, to Pastor of S1. Jean Baptiste Par­ish, Fall River.

Effective May 20, 1998Rev. Freddie Babiczuk, from Parochial Administrator of St.

Patrick Parish, Wareham, to Pastor·of S1. Patrick Parish, Pall River.Rev. James M. Fitzpatrick, from Parochial Admini$trator of

St. Patrick Parish, Fall River, to Pastor of S1. Mary Parish, NorthAttleboro.

Rev. Arnold R. Medeiros, from Pastor of S1. Mary Parish,Norton, to Pastor of S1. Patrick Parish, Wareham.

Very Rev. Robert A. Oliveira, V. F., from Pastor of S1. MaryParish, North Attleboro, to Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Norton.

Rev. Timothy P. Reis, from Chaplain at Falmouth Hospital,Falmouth, to Pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Taunton

Effective June 24, 1998Rev. Edward J. Healey, to Director, Pastoral Ministry to the

Sick, while remaining chaplain, Cape Cod Hospital.Effective July 1, 1998

June 16, 1984. He has been parochialvicar at St. John Church, Attleboro;St. Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis;and 5S. Peter and Paul Parish, FallRiver. He has also servf:d as Catho­lic chaplain at Cape Cod Hospital inHyannis. He has been the parochialadministrator at St. Patrick Parishsince Oct. 8, 1977.

Father Reis was ordained a prieston May 31, 1986. A native of NewBedford, he has been a parochial vicarat St. Mary Parish, South Dartmouth;St. Anthony Parish, East Falmouth;and St. John ofGod Parish, Somerset.He has been chaplain at FalmouthHospital since May 1997.

Father Medeiros was born inCapelas, St. Miguel, Azores. He wasordained a priest May 10, 1975. He

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late' from what has become themodern state of Israel to determinethe time and manner of thb end ofthe world.

In my personal study of theApocalypse I have found it a bookimpossible for me to put down.Ironically, the "last word" in theApocalypse is, in fact, about begin­ning and beginning again: "Amen.Come, Lord Jesus! The grace ofthe Lord Jesus be with all th,~ saints,Amen."

This twofold "Amen" de.fines ina remarkable way the two voles ofChristian existence. Since the risenChrist is the Alpha and Om'~ga, theprinciple of a new world, we say"Amen" to the future: "Coine LordJesus." But to say "Amen'" to thefuture is not to switch off or resignfrom the present. We a:lso say"Amen" to the present, welcomingit as an event of grace: "The graceof the Lord Jesus be with all thesaints." It is here and now that wemust bear witness to the 1}ope thatinspires us.

Far from being a book that fillsone with feelings of gloom anddoom, the Apocalypse gave firstcentury Christians the sure hopethat the old order (the Roman Em­pire) was passing away and that theLord Jesus would make aU thingsnew. Even today the old order (anysinful dominant culture) is alsopassing away and our world is be­ing renewed by the light of t::Je Gos­pel imd the surprising power of theHoly Spirit. This is why the Apoca­lypse is considered by the Churchto be a most appropriate readingduring the Easter season.

tionalpolitical situation in the lightof the Bible use two major argu­ments. First is that all the prophe­cies of the Old Testament relatingto the first coming of the Messiahwere precisely fulfilled, tlius thoserelatjng to his second coming willbe fulfilled with the same precision.

In reality, Jesus does fulfill theScriptures, but often in an unex­pected way, and always with addedmeaning. That is why the authorsof the New Testament did not hesi­tate to introduce changes into thetext or interpretation of the ancientprophecies by reason of the newthings which came to pass in Jesus.

, It was not for naught that Jesus,promised that the Holy Spirit wouldinstruct as well as remind hisapostles ofall' thathe had told them!This is why it is' futile to assume·that all Old Testament prophecies

, were fulfilled literally and in detail.What is important is ..the meaningof the events on which people at­tempted to shed light by bringingup to date the ancient words of theprophets.

The second argument relates tothe meaning one gives to the wordIsrael. Fundamentalists assert thatwith the creation of the state of Is­rael 50 years ago, the end of theworld and assault on that nationwill follow. However, in both theApocalypse and the remainder ofthe New Testament, it is clear thatthe word Israel has a primarily theo­logical value: it is a way of denot­ing the people of God, not a clearly­defined political territory. Therewas no state of Israel in biblicaltimes and so it is wrong to extrapo-

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. , The Apocalypse of John plays aprominent'role in the present cycleof readings for the Easter season. Aswe approach the year 2000, manypeople are speculating,on an "apoca­lyptic scenario." I vividly remem­ber that at the height of the GulfWareach side was conjuring up imagesofArmageddon, but both sides werewrong in regarding each other asSatan or accusing each other of dia­bolical motives and maneuvers.

, There is nothing wrong with de­siring Christ's return, but to saywith certainty that it is imminent isanother matter! Whocan forget HalLindsey's popular book, "The LateGreat Planet Earth," originally pub­lished in 1970 at the height of the

,Cold War. In the name ofevangeli­cal Christianity, seven million cop­ies were sold and people began tobelieve the beast from the abyss wasthe Soviet Union! But with the de­mise of the Soviet Union and thecollapse of the Iron Curtain at theend of the 1980s, H.al Lindsey'sfame has vanished.

Whether the beast was identifiedwith the pope, Cromwell, Napo­leon, Hitler or Gorbachev, the re­sult has been the same: history goeson, and the predictions ofthe inter­preters are consigned to thejunkyard of exegetical curiosities.Yet history's inexorabledisconfirmation of all such attemptsnever seems convincing enough tothe next generation for it to refrainfrom speculating!

The fundamentalist readingswhich interpret the current interna-

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EDITORRev. John F. Moore

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.The merger of Daimler Benz and the' Chrysler Corporationshould be 'a clear indication to aJ.! Americans that the EuropeanUnion is indeed a rising superpower. The euro-dollar will be achallenge to our financial structJlre even without the participationof the isolated·British. Yet Britain too is feeling the power of thecontinent, with lowly Volkswagen buying its prestigious Rolls­Royce company. These two events alone are very real indicatorsof Europe's new power.

To date, many of our European dealings have been undertaken inthe framework of a post World War IT mind-set. The United Statestends to deal with a united Europe only in theory. Somehow we can­not bring ourselves to believe that the many nations and cultures thatmake up Europe could ever be united as a single world power. Havinglived in an international world where divide and conquer was the rule,we somehow fail to recognize the need of others to be united.

Our first failure was to ignore the reality of the Common Mar­ket. This economic union of European nations has changed thelives of all its participants. Improved living standards, financialsecurity and the creation of investing opportunities have resultedfrom this economic wonder which has nurtured the present con­cept of a stable European Union. Very often our view of Europe isas an American vassal, inward looking in political affairs but al-ways se.eking the proverbial handout. '

The shoe is now on the other foot. The E.U. has been the realmajor force in the development of cohesive stabilized nations inEastern Europe. The fact that Europeans consider diplomatic of­fices a priority has helped them form a network with far-reachinginfluence. Their time tested skills in this regard have made ourown diplomatic service seem mere political favoritism. Lookingat recent appointments ofAmerican ambassadors, one quickly re­alizes that. political donations count for far more than diplomaticintegrity. Sad to say, oUf professional diplomats are; too often theproduct of political patsyisl11., . .: ,,'

The E.U: is the 'major financiafbacker of efforts to cool many ofthe world's political hot spot~. In 1995, it gave Russia $1.5 billionto help its transition from Communism to capitalism. The U.S,gave only $234 million. -iii th2'Current -Asian crisis; fne~E.U~ hascontributed over $20 billion. Outreach to China, the other nationsof Asia, and Latin Aineric3; has Jtlet with stunning success, whileat home-the E.U. has been so helpful to the former'dictator-ruledstates of mid-Europe that it has led them successfully t9 member-ship in the democratic family. '

There are some mind-sets that this nation must achieve with re­gard to the E.U. if we are not to play the second fiddle. Our massivemilitary imbalance has led us to look at peoples only as friends orfoes; but consider how the American taxpayer pays for this.

We have been led to believe that it is more important to buy abomber than to educate a child. The E.U. looks at its economicexpenditures in a very different light.

As we journey into the new millennium, we Americans shouldbegin to pay more attention to Europe. We will be dealing with acontinent that is using a single currency and whose influence aroundthe world is growing day by day. As communications become evermore instantaneous, economies more interd~pendent and diplo­matic skills more effective, the United States must take a look atEurope as it is, not as it was. Our rather simplistic attitude' is out­dated and archaic, yet the roots of our culture are basically Euro­pean. We have much more in common with the Europeans t,hanthe "old country" attitude. The E.U. will indeed be our partner ifwe give if'the attention and status it deserves.'It and we mustbecome equal partners.

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II Our priests must be beacons of light inthe dark," said Archbishop Gabriel

Zubeir Wako, of Khartoum in Sudan."Their vocation, lived with tenacity, love anddedication is essential for the Church tobecome a sign of hope." t The priests of

whom the arch­bishop speaks arethose who servethe more thantwo millionrefugees dis­placed by adecade-long civilwar in Sudan. /IIt

Hunger and disease plague many • I;' t tSudan..e refuge.. but, their faith IS a com) or 0 seekeeps them strong. that the refugees,

although so poor, are calm, filled with thepeace that comes from faith," said Arch­bishop Wako. "This gives me courage andconfirms my belief that despite the cruelties ofthis war, Jesus Christ is truly among us." tPlease pray for Archbishop Wako and theSudanese refugees. And, please, offer yourhelp through the Propagation of the Faith.

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was finding ways to get bishops moreactively involved in the priests' coun­cils, Father Wolf said.

A third item on the agenda, hesaid, was an interest in updating adocument, now 25 years old, pub­lished by the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops on spiritual renewalof the American priesthood.

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Localpriest attended nationalpriests' meetingreflect the polarization addressed inthe Common Ground Initiative. Buthe urged them to take into account thedifferent viewpoints of some priestsnot present as they entered into theirdialogue.

When one delegate reported thathe found ordinary lay Catholics un­interested in the kind of issues dis­

cussed under the Com­mon Ground theme,Msgr. Murnion saidwide differences ofout­look often persisted un­spoken even when notopenly discussed.

To another delegatewho said the CommonGround Initiative repre­sented an inward-look­ing attitude, Msgr.Murnion replied thatthe effort was intendedto deal with polariza­tion in the church so

FATHER BERGERON that it would not blockwork Qn behalf of thechurch's mission.

Franciscan Sister Katerina Schuth,a professor at St. Paul Seminary inMinnesota and a member of the Com­mon Ground committee, has been en­gaged in an extensive study of semi­naries. She reported that a number ofyounger men entering the seminary EXPERIENCED, PROMPT, RELIABLEtoday believe in the need for "goingback" to some period in the past they FREE ESTIMATES. INSUREDthink was better, though they are tooyoung to have experienced it. Shewarned that absorbing these men asnewly ordained priests could presentfuture difficulties.

Father Donald J. Wolf, a priest ofthe Archdiocese of Oklahoma Cityand NFPC president for the 1997­2000 term, told CNS that the conven­tion session on Common Ground wasarranged in response to a letter Car­dinal Bernardin sent a number ofgroups when he launched the initia­tive.

Although some prominent churchfigures, including cardinals, havequestioned the validity of the Com­mon Ground approach, no one on theNFPC board objected to it, FatherWolf said.

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FALL RIVER - The CatholicCommon Ground Initiative launchedby the late Cardinal Joseph L.Bernardin of Chicago served as theprogram theme for thE: recent annualconvention of the National Federationof Priests' Councils inEast Rutherford, N.J.,reported Father Marc R.Bergeron, who attended.

The pastor of St.Anne Parish here, Fa­ther Bergeron is wind­ing up his second three­year-term as a NFPCboard member for theProvince ofBoston. Hisresponsibilities were torepresent the four dio­ceses in Massachusettsas well as the diocesesof Maine, New Hamp­shire and Vermont onthe board.

"A Fall River priest has held thisoffice for many years and priests fromthe Fall River Diocese have beenmembers for the 30 years of theFederation's existence," FatherBergeron said. "The delegate's post.will now pass to a priest of the dio­cese of Worcester and that diocesewill host the NFPC convention ill2001."

Following up on the opening ad­dress by Archbishop Oscar H.Lipscomb of Mobile, Ala., CardinalBernardin's successor as chairman ofthe Common Ground committee, ap­proximately 175 priest delegates andpastoral leaders devoted their morn­ing and afternoon sessions to thetheme, "Standing on CommonGround."

To give the theme a specific fo­cus, delegates were asked to holdsmall-group discussions at the roundtables where they were seated, andshare their hopes and fears about howthe church would adapt to the dimin­ishing number of priests.

Msgr. Philip 1. Murnion, directorof the pastoral life center, said mostof the delegates appeared to representa "center-left" position, and so did not

Dear brothers and sisters,In our contimling preparation for the Great Jubilee of the

Year 2000, we begin today a reflection on the Holy Spirit, towhom this year is particularly dedicated.

The Holy Spirit's action and identity are gradually revealed insacred Scripture. The Hebrew word "ruach" refers to the lifegivingbreath of God. This breath was active at the moment of creationand continually sustains and renews created reality. In' the OldTestament, "ruach" often indicates the action of God's spirit, whoguides the people. The spirit transforms weak men into the char­ismatic judges of Israel and descends in a more permanent wayon the kings. God engages in dialogue with his people "by his spiritthrough the former prophets" (Zec 7, 12 l. Isaiah foretells thebirth of one on whom the spirit of the Lord would rest, thuspointing to the New Testament understanding of the Spirit asperson and as gift. Already the Old Testament emphasized twomarks of the Spirit: his absolute transcendence, and his greatpower. Nothing that is good, true and holy in the world can beunderstood without reference to the spirit of God.

I warmly welcome to this audience the ecumenical groups fromEngland and WalE!s and the Lutheran visitors from Denmark. IeKtend a special greeting to the priests and laity from the Dioceseof Thamarasserry and to the Brothers of St. Gabriel from India.Upon all the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors, especially thosefrom England, Wales, Denmark, India, the Philippines, Australia,Thailand, Canada and the United States of America, I invoke theabundant blessings of Almighty God.

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Memorial Day: Reading, writing, war

My guess is that most-people thesedays think ofMemorial Day as time off,a weekend to celebrate the beginningof the coming warm season. But for meand people of my generation, whoclearly recall the days ofWorld War II,this special day is one of memories.

My father used to call this holidayDecoration Day. Once when I wa<; veryyoung I asked why. He said it was be­cause this was the day people weresupposed to remember the soldierswho had died in all the American warsever fought, go to cemeteries and deco­rate their graves. We needed a holiday,he said, because the sacrifices of thesoldiers would be forgotten without it.

Ididn't know then that war was soonto become the dominant reality of mylife, starting with the atrocity at Pearl Afraid to "come hODle" to chur(~h

I bled for others. We saw Michael,·our friend, beautiful and facing a bril­liant future when he went to Vietnam,and childlike and broken when hecame back. He had been hit: in thehead with a helicopter propeller aftera mission. He survived, but with per­manent brain damage.

Now more than ever, I questionwhat my father told me - that Me­morial Day is a once-a-year proddingofour consciences to remember thosewho sacrificed their lives for our free­dom. All of us who have ever knowna classmate in a coffin, or a Michael,know we need to set aside MemorialDay for the opposite reason: not be­cause we don't remember, but be­cause we can't forget.

need to unravel the degree of sinful­ness. We just put that in God'!; handsin the sacrament of penance and relywith total trust on his forgiveness.

Please give yourself time to sitquietly and read slowly and reflec­tively the first part of the parable ofthe forgiving Father (Lk 15: 1:1-24).

Do this two or three times. Real­ize this father Jesus is talking aboutis God. And the father's anxiety to bereconciled to his child is God.'s atti­tude toward you.

I hope others who think repen­tance, forgiveness and return ;}re outof reach will do the same.

Finally, you can be sure you're notthe only one in the church with thesame kind of story. There are many,and a number of them feel as a::one asyou do. Do what you know i1: right,pick up your life as a Catholic andmove on.

A free brochure outlining basicCatholic prayers, beliefs and moralprecepts, is available by senlrling astamped self-addressed envelope toFather Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria Ill.61651.

Questions for this columnshould be sent to Father Dietzen atthe same address.

assume you are following the maxim:Virtue is its own reward.

Virtue of itself may make our childfeel good, but it's still wise to recog­nize when our child does what heshould. One of my pet peeves is theparent who will not recognize: goodbehavior, but responds with a lectureand some punishment for misbehav­ior.

You get whatever you "pay" atten­tion to. I don't want to make the mis­take of noticing only when my childfails to behave well, never when hedoes behave well.

I am happy for you that your chil­dren behaved well for you withoutsome way of rewarding them. For mypart, I want to notice, to say thankyou, to provide some tangible re­sponse when my children do well.

Most fast-food places providesmall token rewards just for enteringtheir stores. Businesses recognize ef­ficient work in many ways: withraises, time off, bonuses, etc. TIley dothat because·it works. Parents shouldbe at least that wise.

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their sons for life, never dreamingthey would meet death so young,drawn by force into chaos and de­struction brought on by war.

For me, so young then, war itselfbecame the enemy.

By the time Vietnam exploded, Iwas the mother ofseven. I was in dan­ger of facing the unthinkable - thatmy two oldest sons would have to gooff to war if that confused conflict in.Vietnam did not end. As a newspaperreporter at that time, I met the moth­ers of the dead, the missing in action,the prisoners of war and saw a des­tiny I could not face without protest.

As it turned out, my sons didn'thave to go to Vietnam. They both gothigh numbers on the draft lottery. But

I feel I'm not a "real" Catholic be­cause of the abortion and the pre­marital sex.

I consider myself pro-life now,but I feel I can't really be that be­caUse I already committed the sin.

My family is all fragmented ­alcoholism, drug abuse, anger atGod and others, and so on. In be­coming a practicing Catholic Iwould be alone in it. I'm scared tobe a young lady alone in pews fullof whole families.

I guess I need advice, Father.What should be my first step? Howcan I, with all my sins, and notknowing how to do it, deepen myrelationship with God and mychurch? (Ohio) .

A. I was deeply moved by your let­ter, not only in·compassion for you, butbecause so many other "baby boomers"or post-boomers responded to that col­umn in ways similar to your own.

My only straight and honest an­swer for you is, God wants you back!

, You have done some very wrongthings. You obviously ackno\\:ledgethat and are deeply repentant.

However, whatever you have doneis past, and there's no possibility or

ents do to shape and mold our chil­dren, to get them to behave as wethink they should. Whether a child'sbehavior is good or bad, we can re­spond in three ways: positively (byrewarding), negatively (by punishing)or we can ignore it.

Punishment is ordinarily a poorway to motivate children (or anybody)in the long run. Punishment alwaystakes some time and attention, andbecause of that provides "secondarygain" to the bad behavior. This is why'you hear the parental complaint: "Themore I get after him, the worse hegets. He's just doing it to get atten­tion."

Time and attention are a reward.We don't want to reward bad behav­ior. Better to identify what we wantfrom our childre~ with a positive re­sponse when they do their tasks.

Rewards come in many forms.They include our time and attention,eye contact, gestures like "thumbsup," touches and a smile. They mayalso include small food treats, pointsor gold stars, small toys, privilegesand trips (like picnics and swimming).Rewards are a way of saying thankyou for completing a task, even a re­quired task.

I don't understand your positionthat we should not reward good be­havior, even though ,it's expec.ted. I

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Q. A friend sent me your recentcolumn about baby boomers andconfession. I'm not a ''boomer.'' I'monly 25, but I could relate to theperson who wrote to you.

I grew up with a mother whowas, and still is, angry at the Catho­lic Church. As a result, I was bap­tized and made first penance andCommunion, but we had little in­volvement with the church.

I now live in a different town andhave established a relationship withGod, which I would like to deepenby joining a parish, going to con­fession and becoming a practicingCatholic.

But where do I start? I am ask­ing for your brochure on confes­sion, but it's deeper than that.

Father, I was a promiscuousyoung lady in my early 20s. I alsoaborted a child at 20. Several yearsago I joined a 12-step program,found God and realized he wasthere for me all those years I re­jected bim.

I pray several times daily now.Each Sunday I walk the two blocksto church, only. to walk back home.

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Dear Dr. Kenny: I couldn't be­lieve my eyes after reading yourrecent column on 'Getting Chil­dren to Do Chores.' I have sevenchildren, and they never expecte~

to be rewarded for making the bedthey sleep in, hanging up the clothesthey wear, helping with the dinnerdishes or putting away their toys.

They know they are part of aloving family, a little community oftogetherness. I might say 'hurry up'and we will go on a picnic or swim­ming! Sorry I do not agree with youabout giving children a reward forwhat they should be doing in thefirst place. (Missouri)

Reward children for chores?

It was later that the charm turnedsour when we saw our high schoolsbecome nearly all-girl classes because

. the boys wanted to sign up for the warand we watched the first flag-drapedcoffin come into the church.

I can't remember the names ofmany of my high school classmates,but I remember, by name, the boys inthe Cathedral Academy who wentfrom basketball to Okinawa and else­where, and never again walked thehalls with classmates. Their pictures,for us never to forget, were in ouryearbook.

We, the teenagers of the'40s, wereold before our time. I would look atthe grieving mothers and could see soclearly that they ha(i expected to raise

You must have had an unusualfamily. Most parents have difficultygetting children to do householdtasks, even daily routine chores thatthe children "should" do as membersof the family.

Our focus as parents is on results,on achieving the desired outcome. 1_would not argue with what you sayhas worked for you. It doesn't workthat way for everyone.

I like my job as a psychologist. I'mnot sure, however, that I would con­tinue to do it if I did not get paid.

Discipline is all the things we par-

By DAN MORRIS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Harbor as I became an adolescent.At first the rallying cry of U.S.

patriotism had a romanticism aboutit. Still young, we chanted hate­Germany, hate-Japan slogans,cheered the young men in theirglamorous uniforms, crunched cansfor recycling, counted ration stampsand bought war bonds,

Graduationmarches to a

disturbing tune

Once again we find ourselves en­tangled in that special time of year .when our mailboxes are full of an­nouncements of happy events - notthe least of which are several hundredhigh school graduation announce­ments from persons who have ouraddress and hope we will send backmoney.

Rather than spend hours sortingthrough the cards to determine whichones might be an acquaintance or rela­tive, many of us just. send along aquick check.

Which brings up the agonizingquestion: Why do we have to make aspecial trip to the county seat to spendthree hours begging surly countyclerks for a certified copy of ourchild's birth certificate so we can reg­ister them for Little League whenthere is so much else going on?

May and June are always jammed, with vacation planning, 25th anniver­

sary receptions, end-of-school-yearevents, weddings, showers, ordina­tions, the opening of trout season andthe NBA playoffs.

And Little League.No wonder graduating high school

kids think they deserve a trip to Mauior the Netherlands just because theylived through shop class and businessEnglish. Everyone is too busy to tellthem otherwise.

Well, that has to stop.Not all that long ago, high school

graduates were pretty happy to receivea congratulations note from AuntSophie, a student deferral from thedraft board and a clandestine bottleof Uncle Melvin's home brew.

These days, parent "GraduationParty Committees" form in the fall.They fund-raise all year. They brow­beat fellow families into believingtheir children's lives will not quite befull if they aren't gifted with somekind of exotic junket when theygraduate.

Wouldn't it be something if par­ents raised funds all year so they coulddonate a water system to a remotevillage in the name of the graduatingseniors?

Or if the graduates were given a. post-graduation stay at a retreat cen­

ter rather than a week at Disneyland?Or if someone were to convince

these wonderful young people that thepursuit of God should be just as im­portant to them as the pursuit of abachelor's degree or a job with astrong 40lK plan? Gosh, maybemore important?

Somewhere along the line toomany of us have acquiesced.

We have let our soon-to-graduatechildren not only listen to the PiedPiper of self-absorption, we're sing­ing along.

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• Columban father says lay missionaries are becomingthe key workers in the evangelization effort.

By JUDITH BANDY

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DUBUQUE, Iowa--At night as he wanders the poor sections ofSantiago,Chile, Felix Doughty stops to talk with young people and persuade those whoneed drug rehabilitation to get help.

Doughty isn't your typical missionary, according to Columban FatherCharles Duster.

He is a young layman from Fiji who works with a lay missionary team inChile. And he just may be part of the future of Catholic missions, FatherDuster told The Witness, archdiocesan newspaper of Dubuque.

Father Duster, a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who was in Dubuque re­cently, has spent all but eight of the last 24 years ministering in the Fiji Islands.Currently, he teaches canon law at the seminary there, but he also spends part ofhis time screening and training lay Fijians for mission work in other countries.

The role of missionaries is changing, he said. The Society ofSt. Columban,which began in Ireland in 1916 as a missionary order, established its lay mis­sionary program 18 years ago. Plans for the order's future were discussed inChile at its recent General Assembly, a meeting held every six years.

"In the past, missioning was thought to be the work of priests and nuns,"said Father Duster. "But more and more the idea of lay people working sideby side with clergy in the field is becoming the norm."

Fiji has already sent four teams to Chile, Ireland and the Philippines. A five­member team from Chile is currently completing its third year of service in Fiji.

Sometimes, Father Duster said, lay people, such as Doughty, can reachpeople in a community. Laywomen have also been helpful in making contactwith women of other cultures, such as Pakistani or Indian, where men andwomen don't intermingle.

Unlike other programs, the lay missionary program in Fiji is faith-based,not skills-based. "You may be a nurse, but that's not what you are being sentto ·do. Your job is to share faith, organize neighborhoods, build Christian com­munity," he said.

St. Anthony's Church - Portuguese126 School St.Taunton, MA 02780Saturday, 8 p.m.

TauntonCoyle Cassidy High SchoolAdam St.Taunton, MA 027801st &3rd Thursday 7 p.m.

SomersetSt. John of God996 Brayton Ave.Somerset, MA 027261st Thursday 7 p.m.

SeekonkOur Lady of Mt. CarmelTaunton Ave. Route 44Seekonk, MA 02771Wednesday 7 p.m.

St. Mary's Center385 Central Ave.Seekonk, MA 02771Thursday 7:30 p.m.

RavnhamSt. Ann's Church - Bilingual660 North Main St.Raynham, MA 02768Monday 7:30 p.m.

North FalmouthSt. Elizabeth Seton Church481 Quaker Rd.N. Falmouth, MA 02556Thursday 7 p.m.

North AttleboroSt. Mary's Center14 Park St.North Attleboro, MA 02761Thursday 7 p.m.

St. Joseph's Church51 Duncan St.New Bedford, MA 02745Tuesday 7 p.m.

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Cape Cod & IslandsCorpus Christi Church324 Quaker Meeting House Rd.E. Sandwich, MA 02537·2170Monday 8 p.m.

Holy Trinity ChurchRoute 28 • Damien HallW. Harwich, MA 02671Thursday 7:30 p.m.

Our Lady of the CapeStoney Brook Rd.Brewster, MA 02631Wednesday 7 p.m.

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What is a Prayer Meeting?

Do I have to raise my hands and pray like the others do?No - you should pray as you feel comfortable, as if you were alone with Jesus. Pray as you feel comfortable,but respect others and the way they feel comfortable praying.

Do I have to say "Praise the Lord" or "Alleluia?" No- you do not have to say or do anything you are notcomfortable with. Just keep open to the Holy Spirit and pray however you wish - JUST PRAY.

Is a Prayer Group a parish organization? No - a prayer group is made up of individuals that get togetherweekly as a family for the purpose ofgiving Jesus the praise He deserves. The first and primary purpose of allprayer is to praise and honor the God who created us and give us all the gifts and blessings we enjoy each day.

How willi grow spiritually? Attend the prayer meeting each week, read from the Bible at least 15 minutesdaily, talk to the Lord throughout the day and take time to listen to Him.

What should I keep in mind when attending a Prayer Meeting?Come at least 4-5 times before makingjudgment.Pray as you feel comfortable - let others do the same.Pause between songs, readings and teachings to allow the Spirit to work.Don't concentrate on others - concentrate on Jesus and you.All ages are welcome - we are all children of God.Don't be afraid. you are with friends.If you have any questions. ASK. Please don't leave until you get an answer.

Finally, "My prayer is thatyour love for each other may increase more and never stop improvingyour knowledge and deepening your perception so that you may always recognize what is best.This will helpyou to become pure and spotless and prepare for the Day ofChrist when you willreach the perfect goodness which Jesus Christ produces in us for the gloryandpraise ofGod. "Phlllpplana1:9-110

Below is a list ofprayer groups in the Fall River diocese.

Attleboro Espirito Santo Youth Group - EnglishHoly Ghost Church 311 Alden St.71 Linden St. Fall River, MA 02723Attleboro, MA 02703 Friday 7 p.m.Monday 7 p.m.

A Prayer Meeting is a weekly gathering of Christians to give praise, tl:1anks, honor and love to Jesus Christas our Lord and Savior. It's a time we gather in community, to praise God on a one-to-one basis as the HolySpirit moves us.

A Prayer Meeting is not a discussion club, a therapy session, or a time for counseling. We come to give ourfull attention to Jesus - through the help of the Holy Spirit.

A Prayer Meeting has 2 purposes:1. To praise, worship and honor God2. To build upthe Body of Christ as brother and sisters

How long do Prayer Meetings last? Usually a minimum of 1Yz hours. Matthew 26:40 "How is it that youwere not able to watch with me for one hour?'

year, the sources said. In addition tothe Sunday Mass obligation, the textdescribes Sunday as a day for reflec­tion and meditation and says this risksbeing lost today.

Pope John Paul has spoken aboutthe Sunday obligation ofCatholics onmany occasions. Yet Mass attendancecontinues to drop in some parts of theworld, particularly Europe.

Italian bishops recently expressedconcern about the low level of Sun­day Mass participation. According toa survey by a national Italian pollingagency, just under 20 percent of Ital­ian Catholics go to Mass on Sunday,compared to 28 percent five years ago.In Rome, the attendance rate was only16 percent, the poll said.

Network.Local speakers included Father

Francis Peffley, associate pastorof theWoodbridge parish, and HughWilliamson, a parishioner at St.'WiI­Iiam of York Parish in Stafford andformer associate director of the Fam­ily Life Center International.

Father Peffley, during his homilyat Mass, challenged the audience touse St. Joseph as a role model. "St.Joseph is a man of honesty, characterand integrity," he said.

"As a father, we are given the graceto be a holy husband and father," Fa­ther Peffley added. "It's not just thepriests and nuns who are called toholiness in the Church; every indi­vidual has a vocation to the universalcall to holiness."

Wood challenged the participantsto go beyond the "spiritual goose­bumps" that one receives when at­tending such conferences.

St. Joseph's Covenant Keepershopes to instill in husbands and fa­thers the ability not only to absorbintellectually the information pre­sented at such conferences, but alsoto take positive action by applying itin their own families and marriages,Wood added.

By JOHN TIlAVIS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Pope JohnPaul IT is preparing a document onSunday and the need to maintain it asaday of holiness, Vatican sources said.

The relatively brief papal docu­ment is said to emphasize the obliga­tion of the faithful to attend Mass onSunday, except for serious reason. Italso touches on the sensitive issue ofSunday work. The Church teachesthat Sunday is to be a day of rest andgrace, yet recognizes that abstainingfrom work is not possible for all.

The document was still undergo­ing changes in early May and wasexpected to be published later this

By BOB LAIRD

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - "If thefuture of the Church passes throughthe family, then the future of the fam­ily passes through the father," said thefounder of a Catholic men's organi­zation.

Steve Wood, founder of St.Joseph's Covenant Keepers, wasspeaking at a conference at Our Ladyof Angels Church in Woodbridge. Itwas the organization's first meetingin the northeastern United States.

Wood related statistics on prob­lems with the family today, and howmany children have lost their faith, hesaid, because they never received itfrom their parents.

The focus of St. Joseph's Cov­enant Keepers, he said. is to "fix Dadfirst and the kids will <:orne by them­selves."

"If you gave me a $100 millionbudget (to improve families), I'drather take $10 and change Dad," saidWood, president of Family Life Cen­ter International in Port Charlotte, Fla.

The conference, which attractedabout 250 men, also featured JeffCavins, host of the "Life on the Rock"series on the Eternal Word Television

8 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., May 15, 1998

Wichita confirms 2,000 during outdoor liturgy

Old TestaDlent WisdoDl books gain in popularity

Latvian Archbishop asksRussia to end squabbles

of God and the Spirit."Before the confirmation Mass, a

'youth rally was held outside CessnaStadium.

Rally leader Justin Stroh, a Min­neapolis-based singer, songwriterand Catholic performer, stre~:sed theimportance of "Confirmation '98.""Not just the sheer numbers ofpeople," he said, "but in what con­firmation means in the spiritual lifeof each person here."

women connect with their own tra­dition. "When God is refen:ed towith a feminine pronoun, it's a greatway for women to connect withScripture," she says..

"Wisdom literature was veryimportant for the fathers of thechurch," says Father LeoLefebure, a professor of system­atic theology at Mundelein Semi­nary in Chicago. He has writtenan article detailing the c1ea:r pre­cedent from the early church foraffirming Sophia as an image andname for God.

"The divine in Christ can benamed either masculine as 'logos' orfeminine as 'Sophia,''' he exp1:lins.

By pointing to the universal ex­perience of God, it provides an op­portunity for dialogue with otherreligions. "And it breaks us out ofany literal image of God as male,"he said.

Though he expects the imageof Sophia to become more hmil­iar in the future, he is unsure ofthe long-term impact. "It':; tooearly to tell if Sophia will re­emerge as a central naml: forGod," he said.

esteem for the world's youths, andhe thanked diocesan officials for in­viting him to attend Confirmation'98 and be the principal celebrant ofthe Mass.

"This confirmation celebrationwas a very meaningful and beauti­ful message delivered to the city,"said Archbishop Cacciavillan."Hopefully the youth will be the firstto feel the responsibility now to pro­fess their faith and their acceptance

has transcended academia. Envi­ronmentalists were attracted to itstheology of the creating God. Thosein interreligious dialogue recog­nized that nearly all religious tradi­tions contain teachings similar tothose in Wisdom and seized on itsunifying potential.

Yet much of its attraction hasbeen for feminists craving feminineimages of the divine.

Wisdom literature contains nu­merous references to Lady Wis­dom, or "Sophia" in Greek. Al­though there is some disagreementas to whether Sophia refers to aquality of God or a description ofGod, many feminist scholars havegrasped onto the image because ofits ability to expand the metaphorsfor God beyond exclusively maleones.

"I think women almost instinc­tively connect with this image," saidMercy Sister Mary Ruth Broz, co­director of Wellstreams Center ofFeminine Spirituality in Chicago."It really enables them to get intouch with the sacred within them­selves."

The Wisdom imagery also helps

2000.Because Pope John Paul II has

designated 1998 as the Year of theHoly Spirit, Bishop Gerber decidedit would be the ideal occasion to calltogether the entire diocesan familyto celebrate the Holy Spirit, with aspecial emphasis on the sacramentof confirmation and its influenceupon the young.

Archbishop Cacciavillan notedPope John Paul II's great love and

MASSIVE CONFIRMATION - More than 2,000 young people dressed in white dot thefield of the Wichita State University football stadium for their confirmation Mass May 3. Theceremony was the largest single event held in the 111-year history of the Diocese of Wichita,Kan. (CNS photo by Christopher Riggs)

their causes."There's something about this

tradition that people really identifywith," says Notre Dame de NamurSister Camilla Burns, whose classon Wisdom literature draws crowdsof students at Loyola University'sInstitute of Pastoral Studies.

"The Wisdom literature is aboutthe art of living. It's about beinghuman," Sister Burns said. ''There'ssomething very compelling aboutthat."

The Wisdom books of the OldTestament include Proverbs, Job,Ecclesiastes, Sirach:Solomon, Songof Songs and some Psalms.

They are full of advice aboutavoiding gossip, being a goodneighbor, being just in your busi­ness dealings and other details ofeveryday life. Wisdom literatureoften holds up the deeds of the righ­teous while criticizing those of thewicked or foolish.

Although the familiar story inthe Book of Job has enjoyed wideappeal for centuries, the otherbooks of the Wisdom tradition havebeen seen as problematic.

But the popularity of Wisdom

people of tomorrow," he said.The archbishop joined Bishop

Eugene 1. Gerber ofWichita and 17.other bishops and abbots fromthroughout the Midwest in admin­istering the sacrament of confirma­tion during a Mass held at CessnaStadium on the campus of WichitaState University last week.

It was the single largest gather­ing ofCatholics in the 111- year his­tory of the diocese and one of thelargest celebrations of its kind in theUnited States this year.

Confirmation candidates, whoprocessed into the stadium with theirsponsors, wore white robes with aspecial medallion on a red ribbonaround their necks. About half of thecandidates were from the Wichitaarea, but many others traveled up tothree hours with family, friends andother supporters to pray and partici­pate in the confirmation Mass.

The event, dubbed ''Confirmation'98," is part of the Diocese ofWichita's process of spiritual prepa­ration for the jubilee called Disciples

• Feminine imagery seenplaying role inrenewed interestby women.

By HEIDI SCHLUMPF

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

CHICAGO - The story of Jobis one of the best known in the OldTestament, and most people haveheard of the proverb "Pride goesbefore the faiL"

Even Generation Xers can singthe chorus of the Byrds' "Turn,Turn, Turn."

Still, many Catholics are rela­tively unfamiliar with the Wisdomliterature in the Old Testament.

But that's changing.Once seen as a, "country

cousin" to the more popular sal­vation tradition in the HebrewScriptures, Wisdom literature is

. becoming popular with peoplehungry for Scripture that appliesto their everyday lives. Environ­mentalists, feminists and those in­volved in interreligious dialogueare finding scriptural support for

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WICHITA, Kan. - Pope JohnPaul II's personal representative tothe United States challenged thou­sands of confirmation candidates toaccept the responsibility of publiclyprofessing their faith and acceptingGod in their lives.

While a crowd estimated at morethan 20,000 people looked on, Arch­bishopAgostino Cacciavillan, papalpro-nuncio to the United States, de­livered that message during an out­door Mass in Wichita, where nearly2,800 young people received the sac­rament of confirmation.

The archbishop asked those gath­ered to seek the "superior perspec­tive" in all things of life, includingthe human quest for beauty, powerand riches that the world's youngpeople seem to find so attractive to­day.

"Unless there is a superior per­spective for these things and a vi­sion for superior values, the youthcannot be good, and cannot be good

By JONATHAN LUXMOORE ropean Union, Imants Liegis, ac-CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE cused Moscow ofusing Russian mi­

nority grievances to "destabilize theWARSAW, Poland - A Latvian country."

archbishop has urged the Russian The Moscow sanctions caused agovernment to stop interfering in, 29 percent drop in Latvian stockdisputes over citi- ,... """!"' .... ' prices. Managers .zenship rights of Managers~ofLatvia's 70 of Latvia's 70Latvia's Russian largest companies warned largest companiesminority. in mid-April that sanctions warned in mid-

"If the prob- Id 160 000 . b April that sanc-lems are solved cou cause , )0 tions could cause

losses in the republic's mainhere, then every- fl' h . d' . 160,OOOjoblossesthing can be IS ery; cosmetiCS, me Icme in the republic'ssorted out," said and transport industries. main fishery, cos-Archbishop Janis metics, medicinePujats of Riga, Latvia. "But ifMos- and transport industries.cow continues to interfere, the situ- Moscow has maintained inter-ation will become unstable." mittent pressure on Latvia since its

The 67-year-old Church leader September 1991 independence.spoke in a telephone interview amida growing crisis over the positionof ethnic Russians, who make up athird of Latvia's 2.5 million inhab­itants.

Russia imposed sanctions onLatvia in March following amend­ments to a 1994 Latvian citizenshiplaw. The amendments would delaythe right of non-Latvians beyond age40 to seek naturalization as citizens.

The Latvian government prom­ised to modify the law in mid-Aprilafter criticism from Western gov­ernments. However, 688,000 resi­derits could be denied Latvian citi­zenship before the year 2000.

Archbishop Pujats said he be­lieved Latvians, whose numberswere reduced to 52 percent by So­viet-era immigration, had a right toprotect their national culture. Headded that in the Latvian city ofDaugavpils, Latvians constitute just13 percent of the population.

"The small Latvian nation can­not pose any danger to the greatRussian one," Archbishop Pujatssaid.

He added that Catholic ties withLatvia's Russian Orthodox Churchremained good and said he believedthe tensions could be ended if "bigpowers" kept their distance.

Latvia's ambassador to the Eu-

Partial-birlh abortions banned in Wisconsin

Florida mulls 'Choose life' license plates

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Wisconsin became the 23rd stateto ban partial-birth abortions, al­though court orders have blockedenforcement in 12 of them. In Ken­tucky and Oklahoma, bans awaiteda governor's signature.

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States with partial-birth abortionbans now in effect or soon to go intoeffect are Alabama, Florida, Geor­gia, Indiana, Mississippi, SouthCarolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,Virginia and West Virginia.

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"We believe in the philosophybehind the plate, but we're leav­ing it up to parish communities to

U.S. Catholic bishops' Secretariatfor Pro-Life Activities, was com­menting on recently released data onthe Federal Drug Administration'sfirst formal testing of RU"486.

The Associated Press reportedApril 29 that the U.S. testing foundthat the drug ended pregnancies in92 percent of test subjects. The pro­cedure was considered a success ifpregnancies were ended within 15days of taking the drug.

nate a life when the child is in themidst of being delivered into thisworld."

The bill Thompson signed waspassed by the state Assembly on a77-17 vote last May and by the Sen­ate on a voice vote March 26. It pro­hibits the controversial procedureunless the mother's life is endan­gered, and makes performance ofpartial-birth abortions a Class Afelony punishable by life in prison.

"This issue has captured ourhearts, for the people of Wisconsinwill not stand for a procedure soheartless to occur in our state," thegovernor said in his statement."This is a matter of humanity. Ban­ning partial-birth abortions is sim­ply the right thing to do."

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - A pro-lifespokeswoman for the U.S. Catho­lic bishops said news reports on re­sults of U.S. testing of RU-486 areincomplete and fail to examinewhat she called "the appalling psy­chological ordeal" that use of theabortion regimen causes.

Helen M. Alvare, director ofplanning and information for the

• Gov. Thompson signsbill outlawing thl3immoral practice andsetting stiff penaltiesfor its violation.

By CATHOLIC NEWS SE:RVICE

MADISON, Wis. (CNS) - Gov.Tommy G. Thompson has signedinto law a bill banning partial-birthabortions in Wisconsin.

In a statement release:d by hisoffice in Madison, the Republicangovernor said, "Partial-birth abor­tion is a morally repugnant andethically corrupt procedure thatwill not be tolerated in Wiscon­sin. It is unconscionable to termi-

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --Floridadrivers will be able to purchase"Choose life" specialty license platesin the near future, if Gov. LawtonChiles signs a bill that has receivedfinal approval in the Legislature.

The yellow license plate, whichfeatures a crayon-style drawing ofa smiling boy and girl above the"Choose life" slogan, will be oneof 40 specialty plates available foran additional fee from the state'sDepartment of Highway Safety andMotor Vehicles.

Opponents in the Legislaturesaid it would mark the first time thata license plate had been approvedwhich carries a political message.They warned of a potential for roadrage and mentioned the bombingsand shootings at abortion clinics.

But Rep. Tom Feeney, a Repub­lican who sponsored the legislation,said the plate does not urge that thelaws on abortion be overturned.

"It advocates a personal and pri­vate choice," he said. ''This is a pro­choice tag."

Choose Life Inc., a nonprofit or­ganization developed to promote theplate, raised the $30,000 applicationfee.and the $22,000 needed for state­wide marketing of the tag. The groupalso gathered more than 14,000 sig­natures from those who said theywould be willing to buy the plates.

Russ Amerling, secretary andtreasurer for Choose Life, said pro­ceeds from the license plate, whichwould be sold at $15 above theregular fee, plus a $2 processingfee, will go "to help women whoare committed to carrying theirchild to term and placing himlherin an adoptive family.'

"No funds can go to any organi­zation that performs abortions, ad­vertises for or refers women toabortion services," he added.

The Respect Life Office in theDiocese of Orlando voiced its sup­port for the effort in a letter and

10 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., May 15, 1998

"Deep Impact" won't be remembered

multiple sclerosis. Director MichaelWinterbottom chronicle!: the effectsof the insidious ailment on the ath­lete and his lover with unsentimentalgravity that gives way to an upliftingclimax. Sexual encounters, brief nu­dity, occasional profanities and fre­quent rough language. The U.S.Catholic Conference classification isA-III - adults. Not rated by the Mo­tion Picture Association of America.

"The Hanging Ga:rden"(Goldwyn)

Pretentious Canadian clunkerabout a homosexual (Chlis Leavins)who returns home after a lO-year ab­sence to attend his sister's wedding,then wallows in painful recollectionsof his abusive childhood and unhappyadolescence. Writer-dire:ctor ThomFitzgerald paints an ugly picture of awildly dysfunctional Iri:ih Catholicfamily in picturesque Nova Scotia, butthe intercutting of past and present,the real and the imagin ary, proveshopelessly artificial and (:motionallyunconvincing. Some depi ction of sexacts, religious caricature, bathroomhumor, incessant rough language andfrequent profanity. The U.S. Catho­lic Conference classification is 0 ­morally offensive. The Motion Pic­ture Association of America rating isR - restricted.

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.NEW YORK (CNS) - The fol­lowing are capsule reviews of mov­ies recently reviewed by the U.S.Catholic Conference Office for Filmand Broadcasting.

"Artemisia" (Miramax)Melodramatic French production

based on the life of 17th-century Ital­ian artist Artemisia Gentileschi(Valentina Cervi), who at age 17 fallsin love with the painter (MikiManojlovic) hired to give her draw­ing lessons until her father discoversthem in bed, her lover is sentenced toprison for rape and she goes off onher own to start her painting career.Writer-directorAgnes Merlet changesthe historical record of the 1612 rapetrial into an upbeat feminist romancewhich turns Artemisia into a modemwoman breaking with the artistic andmoral conventions of her time. Sub­titles. Several fairly graphic sexscenes, some nudity and occasionalrough language. The U.S. CatholicConference classification is A-IV ­adults, with reservations. The MotionPicture Association of America rat­ing is R - restricted.

''Black Dog" (Universal)Contrived action thriller in which

an ex-con truck driver (PatrickSwayze) is coerced into transportingassault weapons across state lineswhile' pursued by murderous hijack­ers and federal agents. Directed byKevin Hooks, the result is standardTV-movie fare. Intermittent violence,occasional profanity and an instanceof rough language. The U.S. Catho­lic Conference classification is A-III- adults. The Motion Picture Asso­ciation ofAmerica rating is PG-I3 ­parents are strongly cautioned thatsome material may be inappropriatefor children under 13.

"Clockwatchers" (BMG)Office drama in which four

temporary secretaries bond,then are gradually tom apartwhen they come 'under suspi­cion after other employees' per­sonal items begin disappearing.Director Jill Sprecher's charac-ter study proceeds sluggishlybut succeeds in exploring thefrustrations of being treated asa disposable corporate cog.Sexual references, petty thiev­ery, a few profanities and an in­stance of rough language. TheU.S. Catholic Conference clas­sification is A-III - adults.The Motion Picture Associa­tion of America rating is PG­13 - parents are strongly cau-tioned that some material maybe inappropriate for childrenunder 13."A Friend of the Deceased"

(Sony Classics)Glum comic tale set in Kiev,

Ukraine, where an unemployedtranslator (Alexandre Lazarev)who has hired a hit man to killhim changes his mind but can­not cancel the contract so hiresyet another hit man to kill thefirst one. Director VyacheslavKrishtofovich creates grim so­cial satire from the economicinstability in post-CommunistUkraine, which is seen as hav­ing left ordinary people adriftwithout a moral compass. Sub-titles. Brief violence, fleetingnudity and sexual situations.The U.S. Catholic Conferenceclassification is A-III - adults.The Motion Picture Associa­tion of America rating is R ­restricted.

''Go Now" (Gramercy)A young soccer-playing

Scotsman (Robert Carlyle)working as a plasterer inBristol, England, begins a se­rious love affair (with JulietAubrey) only to find himselffacing life in a wheelchair Source: Catholic Book Publishers Assoc.when he is diagnosed with

A poll commissioned by Moral­ity in Media in February showedthat 59 percent of those surveyedsaid the FCC should work harderto enforce the broadcast indecencylaw and wanted the ban extendedto midnight, while only 28 percentthought the TV rating system wasan effective alternative to enforce­ment of the indecency laws.

"More than ever, TV viewersneed the know-how at their finger­tips to fight back," said a statementby Morality in Media presidentRobert W. Peters.

While sure to have a big impacton its box-office opening week­ends, "Deep Impact" may have onlyslight impact on viewers' memories.

Because of a massive naturalcatastrophe, suicidal and sexual ref­erences, occasional profanity andan instance of rough language, theU.S. Catholic Conference classifi­cation is A-III -adults. The Mo­tion Picture Association ofAmericarating is PG-13 - parents arestrongly cautioned that some ma­terial may be inappropriate for chil­dren under 13.

, the flood of humanity tries to getout of the way.

When the special effects takecenter stage, they are spectacular,but one has waited a long time forthe payoff and it's over all too soon.Nonetheless, the street-level andbird's-eye views of Big Apple sky­scrapers being dwarfed by the gar­gantuan tsunami are eye-popping.

Since the real danger of anEarth-comet collision, while re­mote, exists, it is almost welcomethat there is not the typical last­minute, completely happy ending.

tistics on TV viewing habits; anddisplays evidence of TV's negativeeffects on children, adults andfamilies.

According to the organization,the book also supplies answers toarguments "routinely used by thedefenders of TV trash"; gives asummary oflaws against indecencyand obscenity on all forms of TV;provides results of opinion surveyson whatAmericans think ofTV; and

, reviews surveys and studies ofTV'ssexual, vulgarity and violent con­tent.

MORGAN FREEMAN stars as President Beck in the ac­tion thriller "Deep Impact." The U.S. Catholic Conference clas-

,sification is A-III- adults. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautionedthat some material may be inappropriate for children under13. (CNS photo, from PararnountJ~ictures)

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK - Morality inMedia, an interfaith media watch­dog organization, has issued an ex­panded edition of its handbook,"TV: The World's Greatest Mind­Bender."

The handbook includes how tomake indecency complaints to theFederal Communications Com­mission; lists the top TV advertis­ers and their products; gives theaddresses and phone numbers ofkey TV executives; provides sta-

TV watchdog's handbook is guidefor concerned viewers'

By GERRI PARE

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK - A death toll inthe millions is predicted when acomet larger than Mount Everest isdiscovered on a direct collisioncourse with Earth in "Deep Impact"(paramount).

First observed by high schoolastronomy buff Leo (Elijah Wood)and confirmed by an astronomer(Charles Martin Smith) -whosedeath in a fiery car crash provides agratuitous action movie opening - ­the comet's existence has been keptsecret from the public.

Enter ambitious network re­porter Jenny (Tea Leoni), whostumbles onto the literally earth­shattering story, forcing the presi­dent (Morgan Freeman) to admit tothe world it is true, but that amanned spacecraft (led by RobertDuvall) loaded with eight nuclearwarheads is being sent to explodethe comet.

As directed by Mimi Leder, themovie then follows four storythreads as Armageddon ap­proaches. There is the White Houseplan to save a million people, mostchosen by lottery, in an under­ground cave should the spacecraft'smission fail.

Meanwhile, Jenny's career soarsbut her relationship with her di­vorced parents (Vanessa Redgraveand Maximilian Schell) changesdramatically. Young Leo is chosenin the lifesaving lottery and canbring his family but is more con­cerned about his girlfriend (LeeleeSobieski, looking like a juvenileHelen Hunt).

Lastly, the "Messiah" spacecraftlands on the comet and four crewmembers try to set the warheadsdeep in its surface -and fail. Withonly four implanted, the resultingexplosion simply creates two com­ets still on course, one of which willhit off the Carolinas, creating a tidalwave that will drown the entireEastern seaboard, the other's powereven more devastating and final.

Unfortunately, as a disaster epic,the thrills are few and fleeting whilethe personal stories appear con­trived - and are allowed to becomeschmaltzy.

Freeman's gravity in the role isappropriate, but underlines that themovie could use a sprinkling ofcomic relief that never materializes.Instead there are predictable scenesof mass panic and clogged roads as

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SWANSEA-The Somerset!Swansea Ultreya of the Fall RiverCursillo Movement will hold anUltreya at 7 p.m. May 17 at St.Patrick's Church, Somerset. Thewitness speaker is Paul Grillo. Allwelcome. For more informationcall Claire Stevens at 678-3831.

be held in the CCD Center ofHoly Name Parish at 7 p.m. May18. It will be followed by the ro­sary and prayers in honor of theBlessed Virgin, conducted byMsgr. Thomas Harrington.

SEEKONK-A candlelightwalk themed "Pathways ofPeace," will be held on May 19beginning at 7 p.m. It will startat the Mildred Aitken School andproceed to Seekonk High School.People throughout the diocese arewelcome to attend and raiseawareness about violence.

SEEKONK-The prayergroup of St. Mary's Church willhost a pre-Pentecost evening inthe parish center, 385 CentralAve., on May 28. It will beginwith a 7:30 p.m. Mass celebratedby Father William Campbell andbe followed by fellowship andrefreshments. All welcome.

NEW BEDFORD-FatherAndre Patenaude of La SaletteShrine will offer an evening ofsong and prayer at St. JamesChurch, 233 County Street, onMay 17 at 7 p.m. For more infor­mation call Helen Heffernan at994-2252.

SOUTH YARMOUTH-ASeparated - Divorced CatholicsSupport Group will meet at 7 p.m.May 17 at the Life Center of St.Pius X Parish. Welcome is at 6:30p.m. Topics will include "Main­taining a Healthy Life Style." Formore information call Father Ri­chard M. Roy at 255-0170.

MASHPEE-A Mass of re­membrance for infants and chil­dren who have died will be heldat Christ the King Parish, May 31at 10 a.m. Family members areencouraged to attend and enrolltheir loved ones' names in thebook of remembrance, read atMass. All welcome.

Ministry at UMass Dartmouthwill sponsor a program entitled"The Sacred Journey," where par­ticipants will have the opportunityto walk a labyrinth as ~ form ofspiritual pilgrimage. To registercall Sister Madeleine at 999-8872or 996-1305. Space is limited.

FALL RIVER-HospiceOutreach will present a Discus­sion About Grief for Widows andWidowers on May 26 from 6-7:30p.m. It will be held on the 4thfloor at 502 Bedford Stteet. Pre­registration is required. For moreinformation call 673-1589.

NEW BEDFORD---The nextbusiness meeting of HyacinthCircle Daughters of Isabella will

MANSFIELD-Catholic So­cial Services will spbnsor anadoption information session onMay 31 at St. Mary's Parish Cen­ter from I :30-4:30 p.m. for thoseinterested in adopting a domesticnewborn, older/special needs orinternational child. For more in­formation call 674-4681.

FALL RIVER-Bishop SeanP. O'Malley will celebrate a Massfor Pentecost at 7 p.m. May 30 atSt. Mary's Cathedral. Music andreadings will be in English, Por­tuguese, Spanish and French. Allwelcome. For more infonnationcall 822-2219 or 679-6732.

FALL RIVER-The CursilloMovement of Fall River will holda diocesan Ultreya on May 29 at7:30 p.m. at Notre Dame Church.All welcome. For more informa­tion call Frank Lucca at 679­6329.

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ATTLEBORO-The musicalgroup "Elijah" will be featured atthe La Salette Shrine coffee houseon May 16 at 6:30 p.m. All wel­come. For more information orto be put on the coffee house mail­ing list call 222-5410.

A healing service will be heldat the shrine on May 17 at 2 p.m.It will include Mass and the op­portunity to be prayed over andanointed individually.

The shrine's cafeteria will hosta chopstick auction on May 23 at7 p.m. Free coffee and dessertwill be provided.

A Bible study group will meetat 10 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. on May13,20, and 27. Sessions are heldin a classroom above the gift shopand are led by Father JosephRoss. All welcome.

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

ASSONET-St. Bernard'sLegion of Mary has changed itsweekly meetings to Tuesdaymornings at 9:45 in the confer­ence room. New members wel­come. For more information callJean Fairhurst at 672-3623.

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ATTLEBORO-A s(~rviceofprayer, healing and peace entitled"A Time of Remembrance" willbe held at 2 p.m. May 17 at St.Stephen's Church for parents whohave lost a child through miscar­riage, stillbirth, or sudden infantdeath syndrome.

12 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River-Fri., May 15, 1998

Deaths prompt Church's stance on suicides. , .

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Consecration to the Divine Will

church has a pastoral. obligationto ensure that the .Catholic burialof a victim of suicid.e does notgive scandal and does not contrib­ute to the anguish of others.

volver, then turned the gun onhimself.

Ninety minutes before theshooting, Tornay left a note inFrench for his mother with an­other guardsman. Vatican inves­tigators examined the note andgave it to the family. The Vati­c,an declined to reveal the con­tents, citing respect for thefamily's privacy.

Without naming their source,an Italian news agency and anumber of Italian papers pub­lished the message May 8.Among other thing:s, Tornaywrote that he had be,~n unfairlydenied an award, "the one thingthat I wanted" after suffering "allthe injustices" of mom than threeyears in the corps.

"I swore to give my life forthe pope and it is exactly this thatI am doing," Tornay wrote.

The Vatican issued no com­ment on the note, or on remarksby Tornay's family 2.nd friendsto Italian and Swiss media cast­ing doubt on investigators' find­ings that the guardsman had suf­fered a momentary "fit of mad­ness."

be up legal authorities to deter­mine and moral guilt would be de­termined "obviously, by Godalone."

At the same time, he said, the

confirmed, said the Stasi wouldhave welcomed assistance froma Swiss national with a Vaticanpassport and proximity to thepope.

A spokesman for the agencyresponsible for archiving theStasi material said it was tooearly to tell conclusively whetherEstermann was·the agent men­tioned in the files.. Estermann joined the Swiss

Guard as an officer in 1980 andattracted international attentionin May 1981 when he leapt toPope John Paul II's side to try toshiel,d him from an attempted as­sassination in St. Peter's Square.

'The pontiff recalled that act inremarks at a general audience,and Esterrnann was praised forhis faithful service to the HolySee at a funeral Mass in St.

, Peter's Basilica. Estermann and,his ~ife were killed in their homeon the night of May 4, hours af­ter Pope John Paul had pro~oted

him to head of the corps. Inves­tigators found that CedricTornay, a guardsman with an ap­parent grudge againstEstermann, shot the couple atclose range with his service re-

Navarro-Valls said.The spokesman referred to the

young Swiss Guard as "a victim,of himself, but still a victim."

Criminal guilt, he said, would

VATICAN SWISS GUARDS carry the coffin of Swiss Guard Cedric Tornay into S1. AnneChurch for his funeral May 7 at the Vatican. According to investigators, Tornay killl~d himselfafter shooting to death Swiss Guard Commander Alois Estermann and his wife, GladysMeza Romero, May 4. (CNS/Reuters photo)

Vatic'andenies Swiss Guartl'scommander-was'3 spy

By LYNNE WElL

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (eNS) ­Within days of the shootingdeath of the Swiss Guard com­mander, the Vatican issued aterse denial to reports that the of­ficer had'spied for a Communistgovernment.

In a two-sentence statementMay 8, Vatican spokesmanJoaquin Navarro-Valls said a re­port by a Berlin tabloid newspa­per that Col. Alois Estermannhad passed documents to theformer East German secret po­lice was "not being given thele'ast consideration."

"It is not the first time that in­congruities' (have been) writtenabout an honest' man," thespokesman ,add~d.

, The Bei-liner Kurier said May7 that files kept by the govern­ment in Eas~ Berlin, which werearchived after' German unifica­tion, showed that from 1981 to1984 Estermann sent at leastseven reports to the secret policeagency known as the Stasi.

The story, repeated in otherEuropean newspapers but not

For·much of this century, theCatholic Church prohibited pub­lic funerals and Catholic burialsfor those who committed suicide.The prohibition was contained inthe 1917 Code of Canon Law, butwas dropped from the new codepromulgated by Pope John PaulII in 1983.

Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vaticanspokesman, said the change wasin line with "a greater I,lnderstand­ing of human psychology, espe­cially regarding certain illnesses,including very serious forms ofdepression." ,

The spokesman, who trainedas a medical doctor and holds adegree in psychiatry, said such ill­nesses could allow someone toappear to-function normally, butto experience such interior an­guish "that it seriously places injeopardy human freedom and canlead to an act of suicide;"

"Reflection on this has led tothe conclusion that some forms ofsuicide can be considered the re­sult of an illness in which humanfreedom was,s~riously damaged.This person does not have the full­ness of his freedom. Therefore, ifhe is a victim because his free­dom is not fully functioning, thisact is not morally imputable,"

Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me h~re before the im­mensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open tome the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all inYou, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate beforeYour Light, I, the least ofall creatures, put myself into the little'group of the sons and daughters ofYour Supreme FIAT. Pros­trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that itclothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You,' DivineWill. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, theenrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not wantthe human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast itaway from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happi­ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall pave a ,singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things aridconducts them to God.

Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinitythat They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will andthus return in me the first order of creation, just as t~e creaturewas created. ,

Heavenly Mother,.sov~reignand·Queenof the Divine Fiat,take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the DivineWill. You will be my gl,lide, my most tender Mother, and willteach me to live iri and to maintain myself in the order and thebound~ of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate mywhole ~ing to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me thedoctrine of tne Divine Will an,d 1will listen most attentively toYour lessons. 'You wilLcover me with Your mantle so that theinfernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to en­tice me and make"me,fall into the maze of the human will.

Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Yourflames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me toform in me the Life of the Divine Will.

Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of myheart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You willkeep my heartjealously and shall n~ver give it tl? me again, th~t.

I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. '- .My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in every­

thing so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument thatdraws,all me!1,into tne Kingdo~,of the Divine Will. Amen.

(In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreia 1865-1947Child of the Divine Will)

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By CINDY WOODEN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Two re­cent suicides - of a Swiss Guardat the Vatican and of a bishop inPakistan - prompted questionsabout Catholic Church teachingon suicide.

While the Catholic Church- considers suicide an affront to

God, the giver of life, ahd an of­fense against the bonds of loveand friendship which tie peopleto one another, in most cases thechurch avoids passing moraljudgment on a person who feltpushed to such an extreme.

Vatican officials were prepar­ing the funeral of a Swiss Guardwho committed suicide after mur­dering his commander and thecommander's wife when newsreports came that a Pakistanibishop com~itted suicide May 6.The bishop reportedly took hisown life to protest a death sen­tence issued against a Christianconvicted of blasphemy. .

A funeral Mass was celebratedfor the·young Swiss Guard in theVatican's St. Anne Church the dayafter a funeral in St. Peter's Ba­silica for the Swiss Guard com­mander and his wife.

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River~ ~ri., May .IS, .199~ 13AppealContinued from page 12

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St. Bernard $500 Fred Bopp; $300 Dou­glas Michaud; $100 Warren MacDougall,Charles McCarthy, John Piekos, MarianoRezendes, John Zeb.

CENTERVILLEOur Lady ofVictory $1,750 Msgr. Henry

T. Munroe; $500 Mrs. Helen E. Dugan, M-MWilliam Eagan, Jr., M-M Edward Kirk, M-M Wil­liam Zimmer; $350 Bernadette Black, M-M An­thony DeDecko; $300 M-M James F. Holland;$250 M-M Sean P. O'Neil; $200 M·M JohnAnderson, M-M Daniel J. Gallagher, KalliopeG. Garoufes, M-M James E. Mu~pl'o/, M-M Ken­neth Perry; $150 Thomas DePaola, M-M Ri­chard Griffith, M-M James T. McCarthy, M-MJames R. Queeney; $125 M-M Patrick Lee,M-M Stanley McLean; $100 Mrs. FrankAndres, M-M Peter C. Atcheson, M-M DavidBisbee, Mrs. Anne M. Clarke, M-M Patrick E.Costello, Dr. & Mrs. Leonard J. Cullen, M-MJoseph C. Cullinan, M-M Mark E. Dean, Tho­mas Eager, Irene Farrell, M-M Henry Fellows,M-M John F. Grady, John J. Grarnolini, Dr. &Mrs. Raymond J. Hill, Jr., M-M William Kenney,Mrs. Blanche MacDougall, M-M Elio Mattozzi,M-M J. Paul McDonnell, M-M JosephMcMahon, M-M William Miner, M-M AlexanderD. Morgan, III, M-M James E. Nadeau, M-MCornelius O'Sullivan, M-M Donald Rogers, M­MWalter Roncka, Louis Sault, M·M StewartSmith, M-M Frederick H. Spero, M-M EdwardD. Tocio, M-M Edward M. Toka~.

EAST FREETOWNSt. John Neumann $ 500 Dr. Doris

Thibault; $250 Dr. &Mrs. Gerald Masaitis; $200Jacqueline Mathieu, M-M Russell laBrie, Inloving memory of Yvette LorraineDemoranville, M-M Donald Thompson; $150Donald Munroe; $120 M-M William J. Towers;$110 M-M Michael Conway; $100 DonaldChausse, M·M William Collins, Michael &Jamie Cody, M-M Thomas Stone, M·M RogerLamy.

FAIRHAVENSt Joseph $200 Raymond Starvish; $1 00

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Blessed Sacrament $200 Father LucienJusseaume.

Espirito Santo $31 0The 1998 Confirma­tion Class; $1 00 M-M David Jordan, M-M JoseArruda, Irene Vasconcellos.

Our Lady of the Angels $1500 FatherTavares' parents, Jose & Mariana Tavares;$225 Deacon John Branco; $150 M-M TobiasJ. Monte.

St Anthony of Padua $800 Father JohnC. Martins; $300 Holy Name Society, St.Vincent dePaul Society; $200 M-M AlanTeixeira; $150 The 1998 confirmation class;$100 Sociadade do Rosario, M-M Jose C.Sardinha, M-M Liberal Silva, M-M RonaldTavares.

St. Jean Baptiste $100 M-M ArthurDesbiens, M-M Daryl Gonyon, M-M DonaldPineau.

St. Joseph $500 Miss Alma Foley; $350Mary Whittaker; $150 Mr. Joseph D.Harrington; $130 Mr. James Ponte; $120 Mr.Clement Dowling; $100 Patrick J. Foley, MiissHonora Foley, M-M Bernard Tomlinson, MissJulia Harrington, M-M William Nugent, ArthurMachado, Mrs. James Perkins, Dennis JamesHickey, M-M Thomas Corey, Mr. Richard R.Martel, Jr., M-M Edward Leblanc, Jr.

St. Louis $100 M-M Andrew Rebello, M­MJohn Silvia, M-M John Victor.

.St. Stanislaus $1,200 Afriend; $625 M­M Dennis Cunningham; $550 M-M DesireLeGuyader; $435 A friend; $300 M-M JohnHadfield, John Deveney, Jr.; $275 M-M PaulKlaege; $250 M-M Michael Souza, BiszkoFamily, M-M Philip Lapointe, M-M ThomasSkibinski, M-M Arthur Viana; $240 M-M JanGrygiel; $200 Donna Boyer, M-M ThomasCournoyer, Afriend, M-M Thomas Pasternak,M-M Ronald Feijo, Jean Willis, M-M JohnDeveney; $235 Afriend; $175 M-M DominecDiMeglio; $160 Rita Quinn; $155 M-M RobertEmond; $150 M-M Matthew Cunningham, SI.Vincent de Paul Spciety, Lucille Carvalho,Josephine &Mary Niewola, Beverly DeMoura,Deacon &Mrs. Frank Mis, M-M Adrien Perry,Beard Family; $130 Warren O'Connell, PaulaKing; $125 M-M Andre laCroix, Jan &HonoraTorres, Jennifer Teves; $120 M-M JosephMinior; $110 A friend, M-M GeOrge Pereira;

$104 Eleanor Roberts; $1 00 In memoryof Jo­seph F. Gromada, M-M George Wrobel, M-MStephen Kulpa, George Moura, M-M StanleyPruchnik, Sophie Kocon, M-M Henry Paruch,M-M Leo Dube, M-M Scott Mitchell, FeliciaBarbiarz, Y~ette Murphy, M-M John Minior, M­MMichael Zwolinski, Emily Przewoznik, M-MSteven Rys, M-M William Louis, JoannBozzuto, M-M· David Feeney, A friend, M-MThomas Drewett, Clair Ponte-Goncalves, M­M Thaddeus Waskiewicz, ChristopherHaponik, M-M Rogelio Cabellon, Anna Reid,Barbara Dubiel, M-M William Correiro, M-MCasimir Iwanski, M-MTom Mullane, M-MJohnMacedo, M-M John Kinnane.

FALMOUTHSt. Patrick $5,000 Father Francis X.

Wallace; $1,200 Marianne E. Keevins; $500Father James A. McCarthy; $350 John J.O'Connor; $250 M-M John Molongoski, JohnJ. Norton; $200 Dr. Edward Fttch, Gerald Flynn;$150 M-M Robert J. Ferris; $100 Mrs. AnneClancy Botsch, M-M David Carr, M-M JohnCondon, Mrs. Kathleen Craig, Cyril and OlgaA. Fennelly, M-M Peter A. Golato, M-M MichaelR. Grady, John Hayes, M-M William G. Kelley,Deacon and Mrs. Patrick Mahoney, EdwinMedeiros, M-M Armand Ortins,

HYANNISSt. Francis Xavier $1,000 Father Edward

J. Byington, James T. Reagan, Former spe­cial agents of the FBI; $500 Paul & MaryHeidemann, M-M Richard W. Peckham; $400International Lions Club; $350 CandaceFlaherty; $300 M-M Alfred Fournier; $200 PaulJ. Antonellis, John Creney, Philip & RuthArsenault, Anne P. Griswold; $150 Patrick F.O'Connor; $100 William J. Carmody, DavidLussier, Mrs. C E McAdoo, William & ElinorBill, M-M John Barrows, Mary Hannon, Mrs.Joseph Mendes, Dorothy Clark, Dr. &Mrs. PaulJ. Canniff, Robert Cotell, Anneva L. Smith, M­MJames Murray, M-M Richard Dresser, M-MJohn F. Allen, M-M John E. Mitchell, Jr., M-MMarshall Lovelette, John Mulkeen, Evelyn G.Rose, Margaret M. O'Connor, M-M GeraldHarvey, Mrs. William Conlon, M-M ThomasLoughlin, M-M Robert Taylor, Ann T. Maiella,M-M Anthony lamele, M-M ,Edward J. McCarty,Mrs. Marjorie Chipman, Austin Bell, Robert C.Kelley, Edmund Souza.

NEW BEDFORD

Holy Name $600 M·M Charles Dolan;$500 James Flanagan; $200 Colleen Bruce,M-M Eric Erickson; $1 75 Salvatore Gimmalvo;$150 M-MJoseph S. Finnerty, George Rogers;$125 M-M Lester Chace; $120 Donald Buckley,M-M Charles Cabral, Jr.; $110 HowardRicketson; $100 M-M Robert Arruda, M-MTerence Beehan, M-M Joseph Brunette, M-MLeo Cole, M-M Hugh Earley, John Correia,Helen Mcintyre, M-M John E. Macedo, SarahMurray, M-M Robert Sylvia, M-M GeorgeSwansey, Patrick Wilkinson.

Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe $120Julia Gonzales; $100 Matilde Ortiz.

St. Joseph $250 Frank Calabresi; $200SI. Vincent dePaul Society; $125 Anonymous;$100 Anonymous, In memory of M-M RaphaelBeaulieu, M-M Raymond Belanger, M-M DavidBurr, M-M Henri J. Herbert, M-M ReneL:Heureux, Deacon & Mrs. Maurice Lavallee,Rosa Myers, Therese Tousignant.

St. Hedwig $240 Anthony &Edith Silva.St. Mary $500 Dr. & Mrs. Roger Lacoste;

$300 In memory of Jesse Mathews; $200 Dr.&Mrs. Gerald R. Carrier, M-M John H.LeBoeuf, M-M Daniel Costa, M-M GilbertCosta, M-M Ronald Walsh; $100 M-M RogerFernandes, M-M Paul Marashio, M-M HelenBaillargeon.

St.Theresa $300 M-M Joseph Mandeville;$250 SI. Vincent dePaul Conference; $150 M­M Charles Jodoin; $110 M-M Paul Carrier;$100 In memory of Salome & ConradBissonette, Eleanor Y. Strong, M-M HenriValois, M-M Alfred Lemieux.

OSTERVILLEOur Lady of the Assumption $ 2,700

Father Thomas L. Rita; $1,500 Anonymous;$730 M-M MichaellK. Sullivan; $600 Anony­mous; $500 Rita Catalano, M-M Ernest J.Gavel, Mrs. Barton Tomlinson; $300 M-MCelestino DiGiovanni; $250 M-M Ronald Day,M-M Paul J. Myrick, M-M John D. Sullivan;$200 Grace O'Connor, Father Roger Nolette,OSB, M-M Francis L. Swift; $150 M-M FrancisR. Staffier, M-M John V. McManmon; $100 M­M Alfred Bafaro, M-M David Bradford, M-MJon L Bryan, Mary Callahan, William H. Car­penter, Arthur Corcoran, M-M Robert P. Cronin,M-M William Cunningham, M-M Kevin

Donnelly, Dorothy Eastham, Robert Elskamp,Thomas Fallon, M·M Eugene H. Fournier, M­MAnthony J. Freitas, Claire & Lewis Mann,M-M David McCarthy, Jessica M. McConnell,Mrs. William McCormick, M-M Melvin J. Pauze,M-M Andrew F. Picariello, Joseph C. Roche,Jr., Mrs. Paul Mark Ryan, M-M George Rucker,M-M John F. Savage, M-M Frank Sullivan, JohnVanAmsterdam, M·M Shelson White, Dr. &Mrs. John J. ladworny.

SEEKONKOur Lady of Mount Carmel $5000 Mrs.

D. Anthony Venditti; $600 M-M Charles Brett,Hendricks Pools, Mrs. Richard Kendrick; $500M-M Henry Foley, M-M Francis Gibbons; $375M-M John Hendricks; $300 M-M Gary Heaslip;$200 M-M Richard LaPorte; $150 M-M Rich­ard Guliano, M-M Jesse Hendricks, M-M Alfred1 Morris, Jr.; $140 M-M Robert Desrochers;$130 M-M John Szostek; $125 M-M ThomasCastle, Robert Roderick, M-M FreemanTreacy; $120 M-M Daniel Arico, M-M RayCorrigan, Mrs. Jeremiah Downes, M-M Rich­ard LeClaire; $100 Jane Barker, M-M JosephCamara, Jr., M-M George Castro, Mrs. JamesDuncan, M-M Stephen Dunn, Mrs. Louis C.Dupere, M-M Alfred George, M-M James Hall,M-M Eric Hamel, M-M Normand Hamel, M-MThomas Kerwin, M-M Philip Klingaman, M-MDaniel Leite, M-M Edward Martin, M-M Will­iam McAuliffe, M-M John Mellen, M-MJeremiah O'Connor, M-M William J. Quirk, M­MRoy Raposo, Seekonk Oil Corporation, Mrs.Cornelius Shackett, M-M George Smith, M-MRalph Tortolani, M-M Stephen Tracey, Mrs.Charles Vaslet, M-M William Ward.

St. Mary $ 400 Dr. Eugene &DebraDiGiovanni; $200 Gerard &Sandra Matton, M­MJohn Murphy; $150 Eleanor Lalime, Todd &Marylou Moran, Earl &Joan Bastow, Daniel &Corinne McKinnon, Jacqueline Walsh; $125Robert & Mary Gravel, William & FlorenceDzija; $100 Raymond &Helen Keough, DorisMurray, David &Cindy Mullen, Joseph &Dor­othy Palana, Gerard & Rosemary Lavoie,Jeanne Martel, Edmund & Dolores McCann,Amelia Perry, Harold & Helen McCormick,Robert & Pauline Zonyk, Richard & AnitaComeau, Anne Sevigny, Louis & MargaretDelPapa, Eileen Barker, Mary Boldt.

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ship. Yet, what a song de­scribes and how it affects a lis­tener can be two diJIerentthings.

The song makes the pointthat love is not always noticedby others. Sometimes, what wegive by caring is not appreci­ated.

As the woman's letter says,we can't control how anotherperson experiences our gift oflove. The woman has no powerover what others say about her.

Yet, I want teens to knowthat the choice to love alwayscreates good. It may nOl: estab­lish the connection with an­other that you desire, but lov­ing another never is just losteffort and energy.

Let's say you really careabout someone. You try to sup­port him or her in positiveways. At 'the same time, youwant to date this person. How­ever, he or she is just not inter­ested in more than friendship.You might feel like saying "Ifyou could only see."

Probably you will feel dis­appointment. However,"choos­ing to continue caring aboutthe person also means accept­ing his or her decision not todate.

Naturally, this does notmean giving up on dating al­together. You can still date oth­ers while remaining a friend ofthe first person.

As Christians, we try to liveas Jesus did. We believe thatlove makes a difference. Infact, we believe that love is thedifference.

Yes, there will be times inloving others when we will sayto ourselves, "Ifyou could onlysee." But we still go on loving.

Your comments are al­ways welcome. Plea~ie ad­dress: Charlie Martin, 7125W 2008, Rockport, Ind.47635.

Our Rockand Role

By CHARLIE MARTIN

him all the time and that I lovehim very much. Every time Ihear Tonic's 'If You CouldOnly See,' Ican't help but thinkof my son."

Her wordS witness to thepower of music. Music helpsus recognize and release thefeelings stored in our hearts.

Clearly, the song is not ad­dressing a mother-son relation-

Love goes unseen

If You Could Only See

If you could only seeThe way that she loves meThen maybe you would understandWhy I feel this wayAbout our loveAnd what I must do.If you could only seeHow blue her eyes can beWhen she saysWhen she saysShe loves me.

Well you got your reasonsAnd you got your liesAnd you got your manipulationsThey cut me down to sizeSaying you love but you don'tYou give your love but you won't.

(Repeat first verse)

Seems the road less traveledShows happiness unraveledAnd you got to takeA little dirtTo keep what you loveThat's what you gotta'doSaying you love but you don'tYou give your love but you won'tYou're stretching out your armsto something that'sJust not thereSaying you love where you standGive your heart when you can.

(Repeat first verse twice)

Written by Emerson HartSung by Tonic Copyright (c) 1996by PolyGram Records Inc., EMI BlackwoodMusic/EM and M Music Publishing (BMI)

A READER in Evansville,Ind., sent me these touchingcomments about the new charthit from Tonic, "IfYou CouldOnly See." She wrote: "I am adivorced mother with only one'son. I know by my son's wordsand actions that I am talked badabout by my son's father andthe father's family. I want myson to know that I think about

FALL RIVER-Bishop Connolly High School principal AnthonyS. Nunes and Brother Richard Lunny, CFX, academic principal, re­cently attended the 95th annual convention and exposition of the Na­tional Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) in Los Angeles,California.

"Catholic Education: Spotlighting the Mosaic" was the theme forthe convention and delegates from all levels of Catholic educationparticipated in more than 400 professional workshops and sessions.Topics included special education, early childhood development, re­ligious education, school boards, curriculum, and legal issues/publicpolicy.

"It's always encouraging and very affirming to see so many dedi­cated Catholic educators from allover the country come together andcelebrate the gift that we are to the Church's teaching mission," saidNunes about the convention.

Guest speakers included ambassador Alan Keyes, writer of a.nationally distributed current affairs column; Mary Higgins Clark,author of the book "Where are the Children?"; and Dr. MichaelBerenbaum, president of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual His­tory Foundation. The convention also featured general sessionsand liturgies and nearly 700 booths. Over ten thousand delegatesattended.

MATH AWARDS-Connolly students Marc Normandinand Michael Teixeira, second 'and third from left, receive cer­tificates of merit for their outstanding achievement in the Mas­sachusetts Association of Mathematics League Competition.Presenting the awards are Math Department ChairpersonCarol Pesce and Principal Anthony Nunes.

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GO COUGARS! Students from Our Lady of Mount CarmelSchool in New Bedford took part in the 1998 News Bowl USAContest on current event knowledge. More than 60,000 stu­dents participated nationwide. Eighth grade students (shownabove) placed fourth in their division among the teams en­tered from Massachusetts.

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PARTNERS IN SCIENCE-Alexandria Lapierre (left) andAngela DeBarros of Our Lady of Lourdes School, Taunton,were named first place winners for grade four in the school'sannual science fair. Their project was entitled "Which PlantLoses More Moisture?"

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ST. MARY'S CEMETERIES,NEW BEDFORD

ALL FLOWERS WILL BE PICKED UP ONOR AFTER MONDAY JUNE 8TH

May 25th at 12 noonin the Chapel at Sacred Heart Cemetery

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Kids who weren't privileged tomove in the exalted circles of thepopular discovered why, and readwhat the movers and the shakers oftheir class really thought about them.

Of course Ellie was upset.Now, Jill wasn't thrilled either,

but being of a clearer head than herfriend, was able to take responsi­bility.

"We shouldn't have done it," shesaid to me simply. "It was wrong."

Ellie could admit it too, but nei­ther could she stem her fury withthe future private investigatorwho'd found the thing.

"It wasn't hers" she pouted, "andshe shouldn't have taken it."

Granted, so the next period Ifound little Sherlock Holmes,talked with her and then got all threeof them together after school for anapology session.

There wasn't any serious troublethat came out of it. One boy whowas rather cruelly targeted in the"Collected Works of Ellie" assuredme that he was OK, even thoughhe didn't quite get why she had tobe so mean.

Ellie gulped that yes, indeed, shehad learned her lesson. Shewouldn't ever write stuff like thatdown again so it could be found.And if she did write it, she'd throwit away as soon as possible.

.Was that the only lesson Ellieshould have learned?

Shouldn't she have been alertedto the harm that the vicious side ofher personality could inflict on oth­ers and even herself, and commit­ted herself to doing somethingabout it?

which one of the girls had left ontop of the lockers.

The classmate read through it.Then, for some strange reason, shedid something odd. The girl herself

described it as a sort of quest forjustice, but whatever her reason shedid it.

She took the notes that mockedGuy and handed them over to Guy.She sorted out the notes that madefun of Susan and helpfl,llly passedthem on. After she'd finished hermission of spreading those particu­lar epistles to all concerned, sheproceeded to share the notebookwith a rapidly expanding group ofinterested parties.

This had started in the morning,and now, after lunch, Ellie and Jillwere starting to hear about it.

People they'd called friends totheir faces discovered that the girlsgleefully dissed them behind theirbacks, made crude jokes about themand even insulted their parents.

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flge'FOrt YOUTH • ABOUT YOUTH

SHARING A LAUGH-Students from St. StanislausSchool, Fall River, enjoy a pizza lunch following a specialMass for middle school students at Notre Dame. From leftare Jeff Dzialo, Kyle Pankowski, Steve Moniz and DannyWhipp, who were among hundreds who helped devour over250 pizzas. (Anchor/Gordon photo)

By AMY WEL.BORN

CATHOL.IC NEWS SERVICE

Ellie sat outside my office, wadsof tissues clutched in her hand andfriends anxiously fluttering about.

"I have to talk to you," she hic­cuped.

Accompanied by her "personalassistant," Ellie shot into my officeand onto a chair even before I hadthe door fully open.

"It's OK," she gulped, wavingwhat now looked like a giant spit­ball toward her friend. "She knows.She's a part of it, too."

Ellie and Jill were in big trouble.Not with a teacher or an adminis­trator, mind you, but with a groupwith much more power: their peers.

It seems that Ellie and Jill kept acertain notebook. On the lines ofthis pure white paper, they pennedpages and pages of none··too-com­plimentary words about classmates.

They also passed not(~s to eachother with the same generoustheme, and these notes were stuffedin the book - a slam book, as it'scalled in some places.

Can you guess why Ellie was up­set (in a state of hysterical fearwould be a more apt description).

The notebook had be(~n found.A classmate - not a friend, not

an enemy - found the notebook,

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