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her death.Prayers were said at Masses

across the country as people heardnews of the Paris accident that tookDiana's life.

News of her death was broken toher two sons, Prince William andPrince Harry, by their father, PrinceCharles, who was divorced from theprincess in 1996.

As tributes to her poured in fromworld leaders, including U.S. Presi­dent Bill Clinton and South AfricanPresident Nelson Mandela, peopleremembered her pioneering supportfor people with AIDS and her morerecent work for a worldwide ban onanti-personnel landmines.

On his way to Mass with :~is fam­ily in the northeast of England, Brit­ish Prime Minister Tony Blair saidhe was "utterly devastated'" at thenews. Blair, a practicing member ofthe Church of England, regularlyattends Mass with his wife and chil­dren, who are Catholic.

"How difficult things werdor herwe can only guess at," he said, hisvoice cracking with emotion."People, however, kept faith withPrincess Diana. They liked bel', they'loved her. They regarded her as oneof the people. She was the people'sprincess. That is how she will stay,how she will remain in our hearts,and in our memories foreveJ."

Entering a tunnel near the city cen­ter at high velocity, it hit a pylon andricocheted off a tunnel wall.

An autopsy revealed that thedriver had a blood alcohol level threetimes the French legal limit. Frenchauthorities were still investigatingthe relationship between the photog­raphers' pursuit and the crash.

In Britain, France and elsewhere,the incident sparked immediate criti­cism of paparazzi, who supply pub­lications with celebrity photos,sometimes to the detriment of theirsubjects' privacy.

Diana was one of the world'smost photographed women, oftenusing her star quality to attract at­tention to issues of importance to her.But ever since the early days of herengagement to Prince Charles, sherepeatedly complained about the te­nacity of some members of the pressin search ofcandid and revealing im­ages and facts about her private life.

Cardinal Ersilio Tonini ofRavenna, Italy, was quoted Sept. 1in the Rome daily newspaper IIMessagger.o as s~ying the press had"chased (Diana) ferociously, likedogs chase their prey." The cardinaladded that her death was "one of theworst aspects-of our time."

. Princess of the peopleCatholics across Britain joined

the re~t of the nation in mourning

TERESA AND DIANA-Britain's Princess Diana holdshands with Mother Teresa after the two met briefly at theMissionaries of Charity home in the Bronx section of NewYork last June. The princess died from injuries sustainedin a car accident Labor Day weekend. Two others werekilled in the crash. (CNS/Reuters photo)

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Mother Teresa and her MissionariesofCharity offyred their condolencesover the death of Diana, Princess ofWales, remembering Diana's and thenuns' mutual concern for the poor.

"I am very sorry. All the sistersand I are praying for her and her fam­ily to know God's peace and com­fort in this moment," Mother Teresasaid during an impromptu press con­ference Aug. 31.

"She had come to my house, andI had been to hers (Kensington Pal­ace in 1996)," said a sad-lookingMother Teresa at her motherhouse.in Calcutta.

The Nobel laureate nun spoke ofthe 36-year-old princess havinggreat love for the poor and wantingto know more about them and thehandicapped, reported. UCA News,an Asian church news agency basedin Thailand.

"I remember her as full of com­passion for the poor and disabled,"she said.

Mother Teresa's close associate,Sunita Kumar, who spoke for theorder, told UCA News that the 87­year-old nun was "shocked to know

.that the princess died after a tragiccar accident" in Paris Aug. 31.

Pope expresses sympathyVATICAN CITY-Pope. John

Paul II also sent a message of sym­pathy to Britain's royal family.

In a Sept. 1 telegram, the Vaticansecretary of state, Cardinal AngeloSodano, said Pope John Paul was"deeply saddened" at the news ofDiana's death the previous day, and"has offered prayers commendingher to our Heavenly Father's eternallove."

Cardinal Sodano asked CardinalGeorge Basil Hume. of Westminsterto convey the pope's "heartfelt con­dolences to Her Majesty QueenElizabeth II, assuring her that heshares the sorrow of the Britishpeople."

Cardinal Hume told Vatican Ra­dio in an interview Aug. 31, the dayof Diana's death, what reaction heexpected of Britons.

"Once the shock is absorbed, thenyou begin to feel sad that somebodyyoung and somebody who had such .a place in the life of the nation shouldbe taken from us in this way," Car-'dinal Hume said. "This is one of thegreat tragedies of our present day.

"She will be remembered withgreat gratitude by so many of thosewhom she endeavored to assist in somany ways."

Cardinal Hume had been bne ofthe religious leaders involved 'in thewedding of then-Lady Diana Spen­cer to Charles, Prince of Wales, in1981 at St. Paul's Anglican Cathe­dral in London.

Since then, the cardinal had mether on many occasions, accompany­ing her on visits to Catholic chari­ties such as the Passage Day Center,a project to aid London's streethomeless, and in 1994 to the open­ing of a hostel run by the DepaulTrust for homeless young people.

Princess Diana was active in hu­manitarian causes such as caring forAIDS patients and lobbying for theel~mination 'of anti-personnel landmmes.

Diana's companion, Dodi alFayed, and adriver were killed inthe crash, which occurred late Aug.30; a bodygu;rrd survived, and theprincess died several hours IateI':Thecar had sped through Paris, chasedby photographers on motorcycles.

During her active years sheserved at convents in Fall River,New Bedford and Vinton, LA. Shealso served as a nurse's aide inFrance. She retired in 1966 and in1992 entered. her community'shealth care center. She is survivedby nephews and nieces.

Interment was in Springfield.

So from her New Jersey home,Weichand contacted 15 U.S. hos­pitals, only to find the costs prohibi­tive and no hospital willing to un­dertake the surgery as a charitycase. She turned to the press, ap­proaching New York-area newspa­pers and television stations, beforegetting a call back from the NewYork CBS news affiliate.

"We were getting desperate be­cause the baby was getting worseand was on oxygen," she said.

Not long after word got out thatthe CBS affiliate was working on astory, administrators at DeborahHeart and Lung Center in BrownsMills, N.J., had a change of heartand agreed to perform the surgerywithout charge to the Wang family.By that time, Newark's Beth IsraelHospital also offered to treat Yinengfor free.

Ultimately, peborah Heart andLung Center agreed to cover eventhe expenses for both.Wang and hiswife, Li Min, to stay at the hospitalwhile their son was there.

Weichand persuaded Air Chinato donate round-trip tickets for thefamily. Even long-distance providerSprint kicked in two hours of freecalls to China to allow Weichand tomake arrangements for the trip withWang.

"They have no expenses wh~t­

soever," Weichand said.On Aug. 22, Weichand and her

husband, Ralph, met the Wangs atKennedy Airport in New York. Twodays later, the Sacred Heart com­munity welcomed the family dur­ing the 7 p.m. Mass.

After the Aug. 29 surgery, doc­tors said Yineng would probably behospitalized for about two weeks.The Wangs were expected to staywith Weichand and her family forabout a month until it is safe for therecovering baby to travel.

work to expand' the geographicchapter activities of Salve Regina's13,000 alumni and supervise theactivities of the school's chapter ofthe Student Alumni Association.

Prior to graduating from SalveRegina in 1995, Ms. Fuchs servedas a student intern in the Alumniand Parent Affairs Office for fouryears. She is the daughter ofSuzanne Philippon of Pottstown,PA., and the granddaughter of~aoul Philippon o( Brunswick,ME.'·"

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Sister Henri Joseph, SSJ, 98,died Aug. 29 in Hoiyoke. A nativeof St. Flavien, Canada, and thedaughter of the late Joseph andDelvina (Savigny) Bedard, she en­tered the congregation of the Sis­ters of St. Joseph in 1915 and was inher 82nd year of religious life at thetime of her death.

By JOSEPH CATENA

DOVER, N.J. (CNS) - Surfingthe Internet one June evening mayhave turned Gloria Weichand intoa life saver.

Weichand, a member of SacredHeart Parish in Dover, came acrossa plea from a man in China formedical help for his infant son.Before the summer was out,Weichand was able to make ar­rangements to bring the Chinesefamily to New Jersey, where a lo­cal hospital was prepared to do thesurgery without cost to the family.

After months of Weichand'swork, the infant underwent emer­gency surgery in Dover Aug. 29 andwas expected toremain hospitalizedfor several. weeks before returning"to China.

Haikou Wang had written to achat room focusing on adults withcongenital heart disease looking fora way to help his I-year-old son,Yineng, who had been diagnosedwith six serious heart abnormalities.

Beijing's leading heart hospitalwas unable to operate, Wang wastold, because of inadequate re­sources. A doctor at Children's Hos­pital in Boston was willing to per­form the surgery, Wang's Internetmessage said, but the cost of morethan $25,000 was well beyond hismeans. As an ~sociate professor atthe NanjingAgricultural University,his income is about $70 a month.

Weichand periodically loggedonto the Cachnet Heart Patient CareCenter line because her 20-year-oldson Bill has congenital heart dis­ease. Seeing Wang's message strucka chord.

"I said I would like to help him,"she said.

"Every baby deserves a chance,"Weichand said. "And no baby, orchild for that matter, should haveto suffer."

NEWPORT-Carolyn Fuchs ofMiddletown has been named Di­rector ofAlumni and Parent Affairsat Salve Regina University.

Since joining the Alumni andParent Affairs Office in 1995, Ms.Fuchs has steadily earned in­creased responsibilities in officemanagement, most recently as as­sistant director. As director, Ms.Fuchs will oversee the activities ofreunion weekend, family weekend,and homecoming events at theUniversity. In addition, she wili

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"We work with individual families.From that we have seen a lot ofchanges,~'Father Nilema said,

"People here really long for some­thing, for their roots, their culture,which is concrete," he added. "Ouryoung people, they really have no

conviction.""The second millennium Chris­

tians were Christians by culture,cradle Christians," he said "This willchange radically in the third millen­nium," when "Jesus will have to be­come an intimate savior ... the hopeof our future,"

Father Link, a high school andseminary teacher in the Chicago Arch­diocese, characterized the comingmillennium as a time of change. Newmodels of leadershipare emerging, hesaid, "calling us to be healers, peace­makers, companions, colleagues withJesus - - servant-leaders in a worldfilled with egos and tyrants,"

According to another recent na­tional survey - on use of the Inter­net and other communication tech­nologies - few Catholic educatorslook to the Internet as a resource forreligious education because of theirown inexperience and the cost of thetechnology.

More than 2,000 Catholic schoolprincipals, directors of religious edu­cation, parishioners and media wereinterviewed by the University of Day­ton for the ACTA (Adult CatecheticalTeaching Aids) Foundation, based inChicago.

"What this survey tells us is that ifthe new media exist within the homeenvironment, they have become partof the fabric of life," said Sister An­gelaAnn Zukowski, director of the In­stitute for Pastoral Initiatives at theUniversity of Dayton.

"Why not find creative communi­cation technology programming forareas of religious education?" sheasked.

To increase use of new technolo­gies in religious education, research­ers suggested teacher training pro­grams, a national "think tank" tobrainstorm new applications, and pub­licizing applications already beingused effectively by Catholic dioceses.

Back in Chicago, a catecheticalconsultant atth(: archdiocese's Officefor Religious Education just finishedhis first book, "Tools for Teaching:Classroom Tips for Catechists,"

Joe Paprocki, a former religionteacher at Quigley South PreparatorySeminary and a director of religiouseducation at SI. Mary of the Assump­tion Parish, said it was important thebook be laid out like a home improve­ment book.

"A friend of mine who is a com­puter nut said that this book is a lotlike the 'teaching for dummies' seriesofcomputer books out there," he said."I don't mean to suggest that cat­echists are dummies, but it is laid outto help supplement their formal train­ing,"

Baltimore still goes to the parishchurch where he grew up. "I go tochurch regularly every Sunday," hesaid. "Just having the church is spiri­tually uplifting."

Bundy credited the leadership inthe church and his family for "havinghelped make me a better person."

Dawn Gravesande-Hewitt of theDiocese ofAlbany, N.Y., converted toCatholicism three years ago and wasconfirmed in the faith June I. "I haveseen a whole difference," she said.

Her friend, Janice Bibb-Jones, saidshe senses "mon;: of a self-assuranceand a self-identity. I'm more secure inbeing an African-American in main­stream society a<; well as in a main­stream religion such as Catholicism."

Father Nicholas Nilema, a Tanza­nian now doing ministry in the Arch­diocese ofPortland, Ore., preferred notto talk about himself, but about those

schools were released Aug. 26 by theprofessional society of educators inBloomington, Ind.

In a random phone poll, 1,517adults, including 1,017 parents of pub­lic school children, were interviewed.

Forty-four percent ofthem favored- while 52 percent opposed - "al­lowing students and parents to choosea private school to attend at public ex­pense."

When the words "government ex­pense" replaced "public expense" ina parallel question, the public dividedequally, with 48 percent in favor and48 percent opposed.

This support has been growingsince 1993, when only 24 percent ofAmericans questioned' in the samepoll said they were in favor.

The survey also showed broad sup­port for reforming the existing publicschool system and for PresidentClinton's education proposals on tax­credits, computers in classrooms, andnational testing standards.

Meanwhile, catechists found inspi­ration for the millennium at two re­gional meetings.

"When the jubilee comes, it's timefor - as our Holy Father says - 'arenewed appreciation for the Spirit,'''said Maria Harris, who addressed 700religious educators at t~e second an­nual Chicago Catechetical Confer­ence. The meeting was sponsored bythe archdiocesan Offic~ for ReligiousEducation.

Harris, an author,lecturer and con­sultant in New York, said the jubileeis a time to examine the challenges ofministry unique to the ~nd of the 20thcentury.

Among trends in catechesis dis­cussed in Chicago is an increasing in­terest in family-based religious edu­cation, said Marilyn Kl1lwczyk, direc­tor of religious education at HolyCross Parish in Deerfield, where stu­dents attend classes with their parents.

"This is the wave of the future,"she said. "We need to have flexibilityin approaches to honor the variety offamily lifestyles."

In Massachusetts, about 300 dioc­esan and parish religious educationdirectors met for the ninth biennialNew England Convocation forCatechetical Leadership.

The conference wa~ co-sponsoredby the New England Conference ofDiocesan Directors of Religious Edu­cation and the National Associationfor Parish CoordinatotslDirectors ofReligious Education.

Jesuit Father Mark Link, author ofnumerous religious education publi­cations, said in a keynote speech thatcatechists in the third millennium"will have to be Christians by personal

the Diocese of Memphis, Tenn. "It hasgiven me a sense of connectivity."

Callicott added that through his ex­perience with the congress, he knowsnow that "there is a God who believesin a right order."

Fixing society's ills has not workedas well as it could, he said. "But there'sa saying that it is darkest before thedawn," Callicott added. 'The congressgives you a vision of that dawn."

"If you participate," said delegateAndrea Johnson from the ArchdioceseofPhiladelphia, "you know what yourrole's going to be a'i an African-Ameri­can Catholic. You have to be where theaction is to know what the action is.

"We've got a long way to go, butwe know where we're going," saidJohnson, adding she feels better "spiri­tually as well as mentally" comparedto five years ago.

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Congress delegates say lives have improvedBy MARK PATTISON

BALTIMORE (CNS) --Delegatesat the eighth National Black CatholicCongress, which met Aug. 28-31 inBaltimore, say that for the most parttheir life within the Catholic Churchand American society is better nowthan when the congress last convenedfive years ago.

In an unscientific sampling of del­egates, many attributed the improve­ment to a richer personal spiritualityas well as a deeper involvement inchurch matters, especially at the par­ish level.

Some acknowledged there was stillmuch ground to cover in terms of rac­ism within society and church struc­tures that seem to minimize the impor­tance of individual faith.

"The congress five years ago wasan example of empowerment," saiddelegate James A. Callicott Sr. from

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WASHINGTON (CNS)-Catho­lic educators around the country werebeginning the school year amid newdevelopments and challenges, alongwith a 50-year-old reminder of theimportance ofCatholic values to U.S.society.

The SI. Louis Archdiocese cur­rently is marking the 50th anniversaryof Catholic school desegregationthere, seven years before the U.S. Su­preme Court ruled that "separate butequal" school policies throughout thecountry were unconstitutional.

In the Cleveland Diocese, the firstCatholic school initiated by parentsand unaffiliated with any religious or­ganization opened Aug. 26.

And though U.S. public schoolsstill enjoy strong public support, a newnational survey shows that increasingnumbers of Americans approve gov­ernment financial support or vouch­ers for students wanting to attendCatholic and other private schools.

In addition, catechists who gath­ered in Chicago and Springfield,Mass., looked ahead to the challengesof a new millennium, while other re­ligious educators are exploring newcatechetical tools.

Father William Bamaby Faherty,a Jesuit historian, recalled that itseemed to be an unspoken aspect ofthe late Cardinal John E. Ritter's as­signment to SI. Louis that he wouldaddress racial inequality.

"It was the whole area of racial jus­tice - not just integration of schools- but the whole question of integra­tion of parishes, of treating our blackCatholics as fellow full Catholics andblack citizens as fellow full citizens,"Father Faherty said.

In Cleveland, Bishop Anthony M.Pilla blessed the new Seton School insuburban Hudson before classes be­gan for more than 80 students regis­tered in kindergarten through sixthgrade.

Dominican Sister MarieDamicone, the principal, said that Se­ton parents, who worked long hourswith teachers to get the school ready,can be proud of their accomplish­ments. "There is a spirit here, a tre­mendous dedication," she said.

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Thank God, Johnson said, "forthe 'back bones,' the ones who say,'Nobody else will do it. I'll bethere.' The church is in need of moreback bones. And we all got a backbone."

Johnson also took the youthsamong the 3,000 delegates to task.To young people who say, "'I don'tget nothing out of church," J'Jhnsonasked. "Well, what did you give?"

Young people's talents and giftsare wanted and desired in thechurch right now, he told them:"Why wait until you're 75, yourteeth falling out, nose hair" wear­ing Depends undergarments, beforeyou praise and serve the Lord?"

Johnson said Catholics will knowwhether theirs is a live chur,:h or adead church.

"Live churches constantly chang­ing while dead churches don't haveto," he said. "Live churches l:ot lotsof noisy kids. Dead churctles arefairly quiet.

"A liye church, their expensesalways exceed their income. A deadchurch takes in more money thanthey ever dream of using. A livechurch is concerned with planningfor the future. A dead church onlyworships their past," he continued.

"A live church focuses on people.A dead church focuses 011 pro­grams. Before you can have a pro­gram you've got to have a relation­ship with the people. You can't justhave a bulletin announcement:'Y'all come,''' Johnson said.

"Live churches evangelize," hesaid. "Dead churches fossiliZo~."

... be it."Young people want to see Jesus

in their lives "right now," Johnsonsaid. "If the church fails to attractyoung people, they will look foralternative methods."

"If we don't open the doors now,there won't be another NationalBlack Catholic Congress again....There won't be nothing but us inour strollers, our wheelchairs andour walkers because all the youngpeople have gone."

"We must stop playing churchand start being church," he said.

Norshould they have come to thecongress looking for new programsto bring youths back to the church."Why look for something newwhen the old still has room for im­provement," he asked, "when youhaven't done anything (recom­mended by) the old congress backin 1992?"

Johnson tagged many churchgo­ers as different kinds of "bones";the "knock bones," "thejaw bones,""the tail bones" and the "wishbones."

"Any time you want to do some­thing with young people, the knockbones will knock it out the win­dow," Johnson said.

The jaw bones, he added, will say"I'll do it, I'll do it." "But when itcomes time to do something youdon't '-'now where they've gone to."

The wish bones "wish somebodyelse will do it," Johnson said. Andthe tail bones "think they've got anassigned pew, and they sit on theirtail bone and soak up all of God'sblessing and don't know how tominister to anybody else." ~

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By MARK PATTISON

BALTIMORE (CNS) - IfCatholics want to get young peopleback in church, they had better un­derstand youth culture or they willwatch their church wither and die,said a youth minister from the Dio­cese of Galveston-Houston, Texas.

"If you don't know the music ofTupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G.and Lil' Kim, you don't know youthculture," Brian Johnson said in anAug. 29 keynote address to theeighth National Black CatholicCongress, meeting in Baltimore. Hequickly added the cable televisionchannels Black Entertainment Tele­vision, VH 1 and MTV to that list.

"If you don't know the music,then how can you sit down and dis­cuss it?" asked Johnson, 32. Thatlist even includes new gospel mu­sic stars like Kirk Franklin who usehip-hop music arrangements to·praise the Lord.

"If you want to know why theydon't come to Mass at St. Francisbut you see some of them going intoMount Moriah Baptist Church, thenyou don't know youth culture," saidJohnson, associate director of theGalveston-Houston Diocese's .Of­fice ofYouth Ministry.

When young people ask whyCatholics do what they do in churchand "your only answer is, 'It's tra­dition,' you've lost the youth cul­ture," Johnson said.

"Young people know what thechurch is against. But do they knowwhat it is for?"

Johnson admonished congressdelegates not to just tell about theirfaith, but to "show it, and live it, and

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but residents of Southeastern Massachusetts know well that themonths of September and October are our second summer andone of the most beautiful seasons of the year. Many touristsfeel that now is the best time to visit our beaches and islands.

Nevertheless, the cycle of human events reflected in students'return to schools and universities brings finality to vacation timefor most people. Reports clearly indicate that this July andAugust were perhaps the best tourist months in decades. Thecombination of weather and dollars made the period bountifulfor the thousands who depend on the vacation season for mostof their income.

Tremendous numbers, including the First Family, .flocked toour area. In many ways, in fact, the focus of the nation haszoomed in on this wondrous area that is ours. But longstandingareas of concern should be addressed, chief among them beingour transportation dilemmas. The Cape Cod bridges and theiraccess roads have been under study for years, with automobilebackups occurring every weekend as cars, campers and trucksmake our rotaries massive merry-go-rounds. Studies, plans andprojects of the Commonwealth designed to alleviate the situa­tion have failed to make any perceptible headway.

Meanwhile, our airports are a laughingstock. Projects de­signed to expand runways and improve facilities have been allbut abandoned. For example, the New Bedford airport update,a natural national connector to the Cape and Islands, is at astandstill. The excessive zeal of conservationists and politicalmachinations have combined to thwart practical solutions thatwould lead to an expanded job market on Cape Cod. Theunderused Otis Air Force Base, where a domestic airport couldeasily exist side by side with a military facility has simply lan­guished. Ideas are plentiful; action is minimal.

But the real millstone impeding progress on the Cape is thetired Steamship Authority. Constricted by narrowmindedness,it breeds nothing but confusion, confinement and ceaseless com­plaint. It cannot meet public demands, let alone expectations;it refuses to broaden its outreach to embrace new concepts andit is reaching the limit of its transportation capabilities. CapeCod roads were never meant for 18-wheelers! Its Hyannis fa­cility has limited possibilities for expansion; and more wharfparking lots and a shuttle bus service do not answer the needs offrustrated visitors.

In short, the Steamship Authority needs a transfusion if it'sto remain viable. All indications are that the population ofCapeCod and the Islands will continue to grow. Services must beexpanded to meet the challenges that will arise in the next fiveyears. New ships and, above all, new port facilities are essen­tial. Container cargo and auto transport ferries are needed. Thecommercial transport facilities of a New Bedford pier are cru­cially needed by the Authority. The combined power of theCommonwealth and its people should be employed to facilitate.the resolution of the Authority's uncompromising position.

For both public safety and for the need as development ef­forts expand, every attempt should be made to solve our trans­portation difficulties. We will not be able to function on land,sea and air in the third millennium if we retain a 19th-centurymind-set.

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most high calling is to experiencethe joy, peace and fullness of lifehere and now as promised by Jesusto those who love him and to enterinto eternity forever united withthe Trinity: Father, Son and HolySpirit.

With the eyes of faith, we seethe Spirit leading each person torenew and deepen his or her com­mitment to Jesus Christ, the Lordof history and Savior of the world.This grace-filled time is meant tobe seized and acted upon.

Perhaps we can take time tostudy the Word of the Lord, to par-

joyful and holy event of the GreatJubilee, the year 2000. Pope JohnPaul II in his letter Tertio MillennioAdveniente (On the Coming of theThird Millennium) states: "In theChurch's history every jubilee ispA:epared for by Divine Provi­dence. This is true also of theGreatJubileeoftheYear2000...Welook with the eyes of faith to ourown century, searching out what~ever bears witness not only toman's history but also to God's in­tervention in human affairs."

He continues, "The SecondVatican Council points out withfresh vigor to the men and womenof today that Jesus Christ is the'Lamb ofGod who ~akes away thesin of the world' (In 1:29), the Re­deemer of humanity and the Lordof history." The Council reaf­firmed the universal call to holi­ness and stirred the laity to seekmore profoundly after personalholiness and to contribute to thebuilding up of the body of Christ,the Church.

This time of preparation for themillennium is much like our fam­ily reunions. We re~all the joys ofour life, we remember the peoplewho have helped form us into thepersons we are today, and we re­flect, with those we love, upon themeaning of life.

The focal point for the year1997 is Jesus Christ. We remem­ber that "Christ, the Redeemer ofthe world is the one who pen­etrated in a unique unrepeatableway into the mystery of man and·entered his 'heart.''' John Paul IIreechoes the Council's proclama­tion that it is Jesus Christ who"fully reveals man ,to himselfandbrings to light his most high call­ing."

In Christ, we diScover who weare and our great dignity as humanpersons. Jesus Christ becomesman that we may Share in the di­vine nature of Go~. As man, hesuffers, dies and is raised again.He ascends to Heaven and sits atthe right hand of the Father. Our

JOllrney to the millennium

Weekly GeneralAudience Message

Pope John Paul II

By LISA M. GULINO

DIOCESAN DIRECTOR OFADULT EDUCATION

Certain moments in this jour­ney which we call life resonatewith a spirit of recollection as westop for a while and travel downmemory lane. For me, such anoccasion was my brother's recentordination to the priesthood. Thisjoyful and holy event drew peoplefrom across the country and, moreamazingly, from the distant past.We rejoiced with many whom wehadn't seen in over I () or 20 years.Friendships were rekindled andfamily bonds strengthened. In themidst of laughter we recalled sillymoments, with tears we remem­bered those who had gone beforeus, and with a spirit of thanksgiv­ing we reflected on the innumer­able blessings given us by our God.

The personal journey of an in­dividual is not isolated from thatof the whole of humanity. It is pre­cisely for this reason that we, asmembers of God's family, arecalled to participate fully in the

Dear brothers and sister.s,In our catechesis on the Blessed Virgin Mar~ we are now

looking at Mar~ as the model of the church's holiness. In Mar~,

the church has a'read~ reached perfection, appearing "withoutspot or wrinkle" and having been made "hol~ and without blem­ish" (Eph 5:27J. But the individual followers of Christ are notsinless, and the~ must strive to increase in holiness by overcom­ing sin and evil. In this task they raise their eyes ~ to Mary, whoshines forth as "the model of the virtues" ["Lumen Gentium,"65J. Mary is the model of faith for the church, she is the modelof hope and of love. Through her motherhood and her associa­tion with Christ's sacrifice on the cross, and by, her maternalpresence ,in the early church, she cooperated in tt,e work of oursalvation, and she continues to sustain the Christian communityand all believers in their generous commitment to proclaim theGospel of Jesus Christ.

I om pleased to eKtend special greetings to the English- speol<ingpilgrims and visitors present at today's audience, e,specially thosefrom England, Motta, Ugmda, Mol~sia, thePhilippines and the UnitedStates. Ma~ the 'grace and peace of our lord Jesus Christ bewith you alwaysl ....... ,.' ..

Food drive honorsFather Foister

Today and tomorrow all FallR~ver fire stations will accept do­nations of non-perishable fooditems to be given to food pan­tries for distribution to the needy.The food collection, now in itssecond year, was initiated by thefamily of the late Father John R.Foister as a means of continu­ing his longtime service to low­income families.

Father Foister was a diocesanpriest for 37 years and for 28 ofthose years was also fire chap­lain for Fall River, Somerset andSwansea. Family members saidsome 80 large boxes of foodswere collected last year and it ishoped that even more will bedonated this year.

6 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 5, 1997

Kenyan bishops plead lor peaceNAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) ~ Kenya's bishops appealed

to the public to help quell ethnic violence and promotepolitical reform in the troubled African country after sev­eral weeks of protests and mob attacks. "We, the Catholicbishops, are together with you in these very critical dayswhen we all sense that something very wrong is happen­ing in Kenya," they said in an Aug. 27 statement. "It is notonly for religious leaders to hear the cries of the poor, thehomeless, the hungry, the victims of violence and injus­tice;' the statement said. "All Kenyans must speak out thetruth to those in power, without violence but with courage."

Sierra Leone archbishop appeals lor aidOTTAWA (CNS) - An archbishop from strife-torn Si­

erra Leone said help is needed to rebuild schools, hospi­tals and churches destroyed or looted during the nation'ssix-year civil war. But Archbishop Joseph H. Ganda of Free­town and Bo, Sierra Leone, said Aug. 25 during a visit toCanada that little reconstruction work can be done untilthe current embargo against the West African country islifted. The embargo was imposed by West African nations,led by Nigeria, after mutinous soldiers ousted the demo­cratically elected government of President Ahmed TejanKabbah in a coup May 25. Kabbah, elected in February1996, has been living in exile in Guinea since then.

By Antoinette Bosco

The church should develop "models for the hu­man community," he affirmed. His goals forHighbridge community were to provide affordable,well-designed apartments where people would haveadequate space ~o live comfortably, and to orfer resi­dents health services and an opportunity to improvetheir skills.

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FamilyTalk

This June, Cardinal O'Connor led hundreds ofresidents in a procession through the neighborhoodto celebrate the work that had gone into thecommunity's incredible comeback.

Rowena Daly, who helped orgal)ize the June event,said: "The renaissance of Highbridge is more than astory of bricks and mortar. Rather it is a story of for­merly homeless families becoming homeowners,blighted buildings being renovated to yield nearly1,000 new apartments, the construction of two-fam­ily homes on abandoned lots, the development of OurLady of Mercy Medical Village, the expansi.on of aneighborhood federal credit union, and the establish­ment of social and economic programs to strengthenthe community."

Close to $70 million was invested in this renova­tion project through the joi nt efforts of the HighbridgeCommunity Development Fund Corporation, theNew York Archdiocese and city, state and federalagencies.

But none of this would have happened withoutthe ground-floor push from the Catholic parishes andCardinal O'Connor, who supported the Highbridgeeffort enthusiastically. I felt such pride in knowingthat the Catholic Church was the prime mover in thisremarkable transformation of a neighborhood.

Daily ReadingsSept. 8 Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6;

. Mt 1:1-16,18-23 or 1:18-23Sept. 9 Col 2:6-15; Ps 145:1-2,8-11 ;

Lk 6:12-19Sept. 10 Col 3:1-11; Ps 145:2-3,10-13;

Lk 6:20-26Sept. 11 Col 3:12-17; Ps 150:1-6; Lk 6:2'l-38Sept.12 1Tm 1:1-2,12-14; Ps 16:1-2,5,7-13,11;

Lk 6:39-42Sept.13 1 Tm 1:15-17; Ps 113:1-7;

Lk 6:43-49Sept.14 Nm 21:4-9; Ps 78:1-2,34-38;

Phil 2:6-11 ; In 3:13-17

You are right to want to go places and meet people.Start a regular exercise program using one OJ moreactivities. I;:xpand your friendships by inviting oth­ers to exercise with you. With new friends and im­proved physical well-being, you will be on your wayto a richer, more rewarding life.

Reader questions on family living and childcare to be answered in print are invited. Addressquestions: The Kennys; St. Joseph's College; 219W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

This summer the National Civic League namedthe Bronx one of the top 10 All-America Cities.

I moved to Long"Island in the 1950s and most ofthe families I met there in the next several decadescame from the boroughs of New York. Many l)f themwanted to get away from deteriorating areas of thisgreat metropolis.

The area with about the worst reputation was theSouth Bronx. Starting around the late '50s, a drasticdecline had begun there. Many buildings that hadonce been grand were burned out. The area had thatabandoned, trashed look about it, as people who couldafford to moved away.

In one South Bronx neighborhood, Highbridge, acertain strength and hope remained, sustained bythose who belonged to the parishes of Sacred Heart,St. Francis of Assisi and Christ the King, the Catho­lic churches that originally had served the Irish andItalian immigrants. Now the ethnic population is pri­marily African- American, Hispanic and Haitian, butthe needs of the people are the same: digni fied hous­ing, health care, social and economic help and a com­munity to be proud of.

Achieving these goals might sound like pie-in-the­sky talk, but it's not. An absolutely amazing renewalhas taken place in Highbridge, thanks to a nine-yeareffort initiated and led by people who are part of theArchdiocese of New York.

In 1988, the Department of Neighborhood Hous­ing of Catholic Charities, with the blessing ofCardi­nal John 1. O'Connor, assembled a development teamto revitalize this community. The team created the'Highbridge Community Development Fund Corpo­ration. Msgr. Donald Sakano, long involved with thehousing needs of communities, was named presidentand chairman. This was a job close to his heart.

"Housing is more than shelter," Msgr. Sakano toldme. "It's the starting point, where you wake up in the.morning, and the context for family learning and find­ing faith in God. It is critical for the church to beinvolved in housing, where people can live in dig­nity. Because of the sacredness of human existence,it behooves us to improve conditions for people."

Exercise benefits body and soul.Dear Mary: I am 73 years old, widowed two Community centers and health clubs often offer

years. Since my husband died, my life has stood classes in these exercises. If classes are nOl~ avail-still. I think I need to get active both physically able, look for videos or find a teacher in your area.and socially. I am quite healthy and can hope to Invite a friend to exercise with you. When establish-live many years, but the future appears pretty ing a friendship, sharing an interest is far better thanbleak right now. Suggestions? - Mississippi just meeting to talk.

, You have taken the first and perhaps the hardeststep. You are motivated to change. Good for you.Improving physical well-being generally leads tobetter spirits and a disposition to try new things.

"Use it or lose it" is the key to physical well-be­ing. People of all ages benefit from exercise suitedto their years and physical ability. You have manyenjoyable choices. .

Walking is the exercise of choice at any age.Choose sturdy comfortable shoes designed for walk­ers. Start slowly, gradually increasing speed and dis­tance. Aim for four days per week, interspersingwalking days and days off. On the other three daysrest or choose another activity.

Weight training is no longer only for 20-year-olds.Following a guided training program using light­weight hand-held dumbbells is beneficial for seniorsas well as young people. One such program in a nurs­ing home dramatically improved balance andstrength in seniors over 90.

Swimming is good exercise .at any age. Swim­ming laps is difficult if you never have been a swim­mer. However, water aerobics, that is, walking andexercising in waist- to chest-deep water, providespleasant exercise even for nonswimmers.

Yoga, which provides exercise, gentle stretchingand relaxation, can be started at any age. The Delaneysisters, Sarah and Bessie, took up yoga at age 60and, when past age 100, became the best-selling au­thors of "Having Our Say" and other books.

Tai chi, long a favorite in the Orient, improvesgrace, balance and serenity. Most of the best practi­tioners of tai chi are in their later years.

All these exercises are gentle. Practicing themleaves one refreshed, not exhausted. Most relievestress and promote relaxation as well as providingphysical activity. Exercising in a group or class pro­vides social as well as physical activity.

Church works to rebuild a neighborhood

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Oregonians vote on assisted suicidePORTLAND, Ore. (eNS) - As Oregonians prepare to

vote on a proposed repeal of their law allowing physician­assisted suicide, they are facing a new round of discus­sion and debate on the meaning of their unique legisla­tion. In a 1994 referendum voters narrowly approved theOregon Death With Dignity Act, making it legal for doctorsto provide lethal drugs to terminally ill patients who re­quest them. This November they face a new referendum,Measure 51, which would repeal the 1994 law. In mid-Au­gust the Oregon Medical Association took a full-page ad­vertisement in the state's largest newspaper urging citi­zens to vote yes on Measure 51.

.Catholic schools led integrationST. LOUIS (CNS) - Fifty years ago this fall, the late

Cardinal John E. Ritter changed the path of Catholic edu­cation in the St. Louis Archdiocese by integrating theschools. Seven years before the Supreme Court ruledthat the "separate but equal" school policies then in placein much of the country were unconstitutional, many peoplein St. Louis were shaken by then-Archbishop Ritter's.di­rective that all archdiocesan schools should b.e open toany child who met the scholastic requirements. Whatstarted as a quiet effort in a confidential memo from thearchdiocesan chancellor, Auxiliary Bishop John P. Cody,became the subject of daily newspaper headlines andnearly led to civil court, as a group of white parents foughtthe integration efforts.

Hog larming athreatWASHINGTON (CNS) - Corporate hog farming is being

increasingly seen by Catholic Church leaders as a threatto the viability of U.S. rural life. Sandra A. LaBlanc, com­munications director for the National Catholic Rural LifeConference in Des Moines, Iowa, said the conference re­ceives more calls from dioceses about the corporate hogfarming issue than anything else.The biggest overall threatis the loss of a way of life that has sustained rural Americafor generations. Family farmers, trying to compete with thecorporate farms, go into debt with bank loans. One mis­hap and they can lose their farm. That is less likely to hap­pen in corporate farming, according to Christopher Dodson,executive director of the North Dakota Catholic Confer­ence.

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By FatherJohn J. Dietzen

Questionsand

Answers

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September 71966, Very Rev. James E. McMahon, Pastor, Sacred

Heart, Oak Bluffs1984, Rev. Raymond Pelletier, M.S., LaSalette Shrine,

Attleboro

SeptemberS1868, Rev. Thomas Sheehan, Founder, Holy Trinity,

West Harwich

September 101966, Rev. Hugo Dylla, Pastor, St. Stanislaus, Fall

River1969, Rt. Rev. Felix S. Childs, Pastor Emeritus, Sa­

cred Heart, Fall River

September 111987, Rev. Joachim Shults, SS.CC., Our Lady ofAs­

sumption, New Bedford

September 121962, Rev. John J. Galvin, Assistant, SS. Peter and

Paul, Fall River1986, Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Fourth Bishop

of Fall River 1951-19701995, Rev. John R. Foister, Pastor, St. Louis de France,

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line hubs when he was kicking around (or beingkicked around) the Mediterranean.

Wisely, episcopal authorities have avoided form­ing any. formal groups to write a pastoral letter onthe proliferation of conferences, congresses, work-

shops, etc.Besides, they probably get the best parking spots.

I hope St. Paul did too.Your comments are welcome always. Please

send them to Uncle Dan, 25218 Meadow Way, Ar­lington, Wash. 98223.

the New Catholic Encyclopedia. Church law in thismatter, he says, is more a reminder of this obliga­tion than the cause of one.

Sharing in the Eucharist is rooted in filial love ofthe Father, the virtue of gratitude and the spiritualneeds of the Christian life...It is more like the needto eat than a duty arising only from positive law"(13:788).

Maybe you can help your daughter look at Massa little more from this adult perspective, rather thanas a younger child whose sense of responsibilityarises only from rules and laws.

A free brochure answering questions Catho­lics ask about cremation and other funeral regu­lations and customs is available by sending a

, stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father JohnDietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St.,Bloomington, III. 61701.

Questions for this column should be sent to Fa­ther Dietzen at the same address.

The goal of healthy spiritual maturingQ. We've had many arguments with our teen- 'day eucharistic sacrifice. It is part ofchurch law now,

age daughter about going to Mass, but she has ofcourse. But the church had no such rules at all foralways gone with us. Recently she was confirmed,many centuries; it was simply taken for granted that,says she can now make up her own mind about it if people's Christian faith was genuine, they wouldand has decided not to go. be there.

It's not that important, according to her, bll- Father William Sherzer puts it well in his entry incause she was neVllr taught any such obligationin her weekly religion classes. I do know the di­rector of these classes is opposed to "legalism."Do you have any insights that would help? (Iowa)

In the church there are many emphases (whichare not to be confused with emphysema patients orthe residents of Ephesus in Asia Minor to whom St.Paul wrote a letter which was apparently withoutzip code and ended up in the New Testament).

It is being emphasized that Catholics should be­come more familiar with the Bible, that the churchshould defend marriage and human life, and thatCatholics should put on more workshops than anyother religion.

Scholars have been reticent to comment verystrongly about what Scripture says about workshops.Ho~ever, there is a clear key in Jesus' observationthat "where two or more of you gather in my name

"

Workshops, Catholic style

Tradition is ambiguous on when the statement be­gan to include the (~nding ..... there will be a late reg­istration fee and limited parking."

Workshops have evolved since St. Paul's timewhen attendees were sometimes stoned, beaten andjailed. And there was rarely the appearance of any­one with a master's degree in ministry, much less adoctorate in theology.

Brochures, workshop programs and stale baglunches are not mentioned in any of Paul's writings,a clear indication that it was much later in churchhistory that the rnultitask, multicourse "conference"was to appear.

Catholics remain admittedly sloppy in this regard.Conferences are nearly indistinguishable from con­ventions, congresses or celebrations. To make mat­ters more complicated, there are seminars, gather­ings, "weekends," "encounters" and "calls."

On a purely non-ecumenical note, non-Catholicconference planners must be intimidated. As a de­nomination with more divisions, rifts, arguments andcauses than an extended Irish-American family, wecan truly pound out the workshops. Other groupsfall prey to the temptation to just start another con­gregation.

Catholic get-togethers on various topics are nowso prevalent they compete for perk points. For ex­ample, a national right-to-life convention and a Serraregional gathering include golf tournaments andtours. It just makes sense to take out one's frustra­tion with the Supreme Court or the vocations crisisby smacking the living bejabbers out of a golf ball.

The closer to a Disney complex, Las Vegas, At­lantic City or Graceland a convention can be sched­uled, the better. St. Paul did not have to consider air-

A. First, even if she didn't hear about an obliga­tion to participate in Sunday Eucharist from anyoneelse, which I doubt, she certainly heard it from you.

It seems your daughter may be simply experienc­ing some not uncommon spiritual growing pains ofadolescence.

Being "opposed to legalism" can have manymeanings, some of them good and some not so good.On the not-so-good side lies the spiritualcrippledness of doing things solely out of legal obli­gation when we should be doing them eventuallyfrom inner convictions.

As children we may well view attending Massand other obligations as something we ought to dobecause someone -- parent, teacher, priest - saysso.

As we grow through adolescence into adulthood,however, actions that flow from faith need to be moreand more internalized until they become part of our­selves.

This process includes much reflection, question­ing, asking reasons, even expressing disagreementwith some points. Ultimately, making our faith some­thing inside, part of our personality, is the goal ofhealthy maturing.

Particularly is this true of our sharing in the Sun-

Francis of Assisi and broke hishead off. No respect for this saintof animals!

There are the little annoyances.More than once I have comehome to find raccoons busily go­ing through my garbage:. Myheadlights catch their behindspumping "hell for leather" downthe hill when they hear me driveup.

We have groundhogs Jivingnear our parish field. I've seenthem waddling around the baseson our diamond like overweightplayers in a veterans' game. Theydig holes and leave the placebumpy.

In the winter the field micetake up residence under my houseand sometimes in the church. Forthe most part we co-exist peace­fully, so long as they stay belowstairs.

I also like the silence he:re. Itis easier to find God in silencethan in noise. When I open thewindow at night there is no con­struction noise, no traffic di n, nosirens. Just crickets and owls.

There was a time when priestsin our archdiocese thought ofcountry life as a kind ofexile fromthe sophistication and pleasure ofcity life. Today it is mission tograce, despite the occasionalsnake on the path.

and could do nothing, but she al­ways had the good sense to praywith humility.

"Dear Lord, I will never beable to love my neighbor as youlove her, but you Lord living inme can love her for me." She justdelegated her inadequacies away.

The word "sacred" is less im­portant than the word "holy." Sa­cred things derive their sanctionfrom human institutions.Churches are sacred places,church vestments are someti mescalled sacred, but never holy.

Only people are holy becausethey are filled with the HolySpirit. The Scriptures are holybecause they contain the word ofGod and produce the fruits of theHoly Spirit.

Mother Teresa named her com­munity Missionaries of Charity.It captures perfectly the vocationof everyone who is called to beanother Christ.

Holiness is everyone's voca­tion.

Dear God,Help us to remember those in our

communities and around the world whosuffer at the hand of violence. Let themfeel in their hearts your everlasting andunconditional love. Please bestow onall of us a spirit of peace that we maywork toward an end to verbal, physicaland emotional violence in our society.

Amen

from the Anglo-Saxon word"halig" or "hal," meaning wholeand healthy. The English word"hale" (hale and hardy) comesfrom this root: Over the years ithas acquired a religious signifi­cance coming to mean "one whois spiritually healthy, whole, well­integrated." A person who is heav­enly minded is aware of God'spresence in a way that is n9t self­conscious.

Consequently, there are manymore holy people than we mightimagine. Since all the baptizedhave the Holy Spirit in them, andsince most Christians are awareof God's presence in them, theypossess a kind of ontological ho­liness. If they are not yet saintsthey are at least saints in training.

Jesus is the perfect model ofholiness. Compared to him we areall woefully inadequate.

The Little Flower dealt withthis inferiority problem in a mostcreative' way. She knew that com­pared to Jesus she was nothing

my parish I stop and marvel at thedeep green of the heavy forestaround us. I think of RobertFrost's line, "The woods arelovely, dark and deep."

Occasionally I've gone downto the Chesapeake Bay to look outover the water and watch the bigships headed up to Baltimore ordown to Norfolk and the oceanbeyond.

All around me are remindersof God's creativity and goodnessthat I tended to forget about in thecity.

At night the sky is dark, and Ican see stars. I think of Psalm 8:"When I see the heavens and thework of your hands, the moon andthe stars that you have arranged,

. what is ... mortal man, that youcare for him?"

In the early morning the deercome out to nibble the foliagealong the edge of our athleticfield. I take my coffee to the backporch and watch them from a dis­tance.

Lately the deer are gettingbolder. They come right up to thehouse and eat the shrubs. Onenight I thought I heard an intruderon the porch. I grabbed myhockey stick, ready to do battle,and surprised a doe near the backsteps. Skipping away, sheknocked over the statue of St.

By FATHER PETER DALY

I bent over to pick up a stickon the sidewalk in front of the rec­tory, but it slithered away. What Ithought was a tree branch was abig black' snake. St. Patrick cer­tainly never made it to southernMaryland.

We have lots of snakt<s, benignand poisonous. I've seen copper­heads crawling under our wood­pile, and black snakes slitheringharmlessly around the lawn.

Most of my life I've lived inbig cities: Chicago, Washington;Baltimore;Rome. The closest I'veever come to being a "countryboy" was the seventh~inning

stretch at Oriole Park, with every­body getting up and dancing to"Thank God, I'm a Country Boy."

But after years of being an in­ner-city priest, I skipped over sub­urbia and came here, by God'sgrace.

When I was first assigned toPrince Frederick, Md'., I thoughtit was on the edge of the knownworld. But after three years I candefinitely say I like it.

It is not the lonely alienationof Georges Bernanos' "Diary ofa Country Priest," rather thefriendly coziness of "DonCamillo and His Flock."

I feel closer to God. Some­'times when I'm driving around

How many people are holy?

Thank God I'm a country priest!

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

In a video presentation aboutMother 'Teresa of Calcutta, a re­porter called out to her: "Mother,some people think you're a livingsaint. How do you feel about that?"

Without missing a beat she re­plied, "You, sir, have to be holyin your position just as you are,and I have to be holy in the posi­tion God has put me in. So it isnothing extraordinary to be holy.Holiness is not the luxury of thepure. Holiness is a simple duty foryou and me. We have been cre­ated for that."

What a marvelous answer. Shediffused the question without ap­pearing to be boastful and stateda simP.te fact. We are all called tobe holy, and by virtue of the HolySpirit living in us we are indeedholy.

This is what is meant by theterm "the common holiness of thefaithful."

The reporter asked a goodquestion, but Mother Teresa re­fused to be drawn into a self­analysis. If he had more time hemight have asked, "What is yourdefinition of 'holiness: Mother?"

Her answer to this question isjust as simple. Holiness is God inus. Holiness is allowing God touse us as instruments of his love.

Ofcourse, you and I know thatsome people, by the grace ofGod,are better instruments than others,but the essential ingredient, thatis, the Holy Spirit, is there in ev­ery baptized soul.

The word "holiness" is derived

Two girls, ages 3 and 5, vis­ited Mother Teresa Aug. 25 andsang "Happy Birthday" to her. Asshe blessed the girls, she told..them to "pray and pray also forme."

A Missionaries of Charity nuntold UCA News that MotherTeresa had made a "remarkablerecovery" from heart and lungproblems and malaria last year.The illnesses culminated in anangioplasty, her third, after acuteheart failure last November.

"It is a miracle," the sister said."We all need her, and we pray forher long life."

The fourth Missionaries ofCharity general chapter was post­poned from last October, but be­gan in January as Mother Teresa'shealth improved.

It made Missionaries of Char­ity history by electing SisterNirmala Joshi to succeed MotherTeresa as superior general, a po­sition she had held uncontestedsince founding the congregationin 1950.

Despite her persistent heartcondition, Mother Teresa visitedRome May 15 to receive PopeJohn Paul II's blessing. She alsotraveled to New York and Wash­ington to attend professions ofMissionaries of Charity nuns.

Before returning to CalcuttaJuly 20, she received the presti­gious U.S. Congressional GoldMedal June 6 for her impact onthe lives of people "in all walksof life."

She also received the Indo­American Society Award for ex­cellence for her contribution topromoting better understandingand a spirit of service and sacri­fice throughout the world.

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Millions wish Motherhappy 87th birthday

MOTHER TERESA receives a garland from a Missionaryof Charity on the occasion of her 87th birthday Aug. 26 inCalcutta. Mother Teresa is well but still needs medicationand constant attention, according to sources from her order.(CNS/Reuters)

CALCUTIA, India (CNS) ­Mother Teresa turned 87 Aug. 26with millions of admirers, includ­ingworld leaders, wishing her ahappy birthday.

This year, Mother Teresa'sbirthday saw singing, joyful facesin contrast to last year's prayer­ful atmosphere, when she spentthe day in a hospital intensive careunit.

The Missionaries of Charityfounder is well, but still needsmedication and constant atten­tion, reported UCA News, anAsian church news agency basedin Thailand.

Recovering from a cough,Mother Teresajoined a thanksgiv­ing birthday Mass at 6 a.m. Shesat in a wheelchair in her usualplac~ before the altar, near thedoor of the Missionaries of Char­ity motherhouse chapel inCalcutta.

She said prayers in a loud andclear voice and walked slowly butunaided in the offertory proces­sion with a Missionaries of Char­ity nurse beside her.

After the Mass, remainingseated in her wheelchair, she gaveher blessing to all in the chapeland greeted photographers andothers waiting outside on thestone courtyard to catch a glimpseof her on the first-floor balcony.

Messages from around theworld wished the Nobel laureatenun a long life. Schoolchildrenand people of various religionscame to greet Mother Teresa andreceive her blessings.

Seated in her wheelchair andaided by a member of her order,she handed out Miraculous Med­als and a card that invokes prayerfor peace, love and service.

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college assistant in 1979, joiningnew Iowa coach Hayden Fry. Fryhas led the Hawkeyes to three RoseBowls, and Alvarez said he learnedorganization from Fry.

"He was very demanding, verybusinesslike," Alvarez said of Fry."It was like working for a corpora­tion."

Alvarez's final preparation forthe UW job was three years as anassistant to Lou Holtz at the Uni­versity of Notre Dame. Holtz'steams, including the 1988 nationalchampions, emphasized carefulgame preparation. Alvare2: said hetook a football philosophy of stress­ing the fundamentals from Holtz.

The Badger coach has had hisopportunities to take profe:ssional­level jobs, "and I'm not :;aying Inever will," but so far he hasspurned the National FootballLeague. As a rule,professional jobsoffer higher salaries and higherpressure, and mid-season firingsaren't unknown.

"An owner can get up in themorning, have an argument with hiswife, and fire you," Alvare:~ joked.

"He would be a leader in any­thing he wanted to do, because hetreats people well," Father Burkesaid of Alvarez. "To see what hedoes to motivate young people andcoaches, he's got a great gift."

Many people around this state,of course, root vociferously forBadger victories. But being the manresponsible for getting those victo­ries puts Alvarez in the spotlight,along with his family.

"Just to have dinner out is reallyhard," Father Burke said ofAlvarez's celebrity status. Thecoach called it "a double-edgedsword. You get a lot of opportuni­ties that other people might not get,but there's no privacy."

Alvarez's oldest child, Dawn, ismarried and lives in Rapid City,S.D. His younger daughter, Stacy,graduated from Marquette Univer­sity law school this year and is en­gaged to be married. His son, Chad,is a junior at UW-Madison and re­cently spent a semester studying inEngland.

"It was very important for mythree children and my wife that theyhave their own worlds, not being·wrapped up in my being a coach,"he said.

Alvarez, who started his eighthseason as head coach with the Bad­gers' 1997 football opener Aug. 24against Syracuse at East Ruther­ford, N.J., said he has been stronglyinfluenced by three of collegefootball's winningest coaches.

Bob Devaney, for whom heplayed at the University of Ne­braska, "really was ahead of histime, how he dealt with players,"Alvarez recalled, adding thatDevaney got along with all kindsof people. "He was at ease in a min­ing town in Pennsylvania, or inblack tie at a governor's dinner,"Alvarez said.

After several years of highschool coaching, Alvarez became a

Football coach says family helps throughhighs and lows of season

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN head football coach Barry Alvarez says his supportivefamily helps him through the highs and lows of his job. From left, son Chad ,lllivarez,daughter Stacy Alvarez, Alvarez holding grandson Joe Ferguson, wife Cindy Alvarez,daughter Dawn Ferguson and son-in-law.Brad Ferguson. (CNS/photo)

By BILL KURTZ

MADISON, Wis. (CNS) - Dur­ing his first seven years as Univer­sity .of Wisconsin head footballcoach, Barry Alvarez has experi­enced the peaks and valleys of ahigh-profile, high-pressure job.

.Four years ago, he took the Bad­gers to their first-ever Rose Bowlvictory. He has since led the uni­versity to decisive wins in two morebowl games.

Yet the coach received strongcriticism after a late fumble led to alast-minute loss to Northwestern inthe 1996 homecoming game.

But Alvarez, 50, seems to becoping with the pressures inherentin coaching, the job he hopes tokeep doing for years to come.

"I like what I do," Alvarez toldthe Catholic Herald, Milwaukeearchdiocesan newspaper, during aquick but wide-ranging interviewearlier this year. "I enjoy workingwith young people."

"This job has 'highs and lows,"Alvarez said matter-of-factly."When you have a close, support­ive family, (in) difficult times, closefamilies draw c1ost:r together."

Another source of strength forAlvarez is faith. "I have a verystrong belief in God," he said."When you're in a demanding jobwhere you have huge disappoint­ments, you have to have !'iomethingto draw from."

Alvarez said he was baptized aLutheran, but his wife, Cindy, isCatholic. He frequently attendsMass with her at St. Maria GorettiParish in Madison.

"You could classify me as ecu­menical," Alvarez said.

Father Michael Burke, St. MariaGoretti pastor, has known Alvarez~ince the coach first came to Madi­son. He was rector of the formerHoly Name Seminary, where theBadger team held pre-season train­ing camp each year.,

Since participants are at differ­ent states on their journey to heal­ing, they are able to support and en­courage on another in their meet­ings. New hope is felt upon hear­ing from a.peer, "it does get bet­ter."

During the 1996-97 season, 156youngsters in this diocese partici­pated in Rainbows and at several ofthe sites a parallel program calledPrism was available to parents.Since confidentiality is fundamen­tal to the philosophy of both pro­grams, children and adults knowthat anything said within theirgroup stays there.

A new season of Rainbows willsoon be starting at each of the sites.Information and registration formsmay be obtained by contacting thedirector, Sister Eugenia Brady,S.J.c. at the Office of Family Min­istry, tel. 999-6420 ext. 15. Parishesand schools interested in bringingRainbows to their own facility arealso encouraged to contact SisterBrady.

The journey through life is oneof the most demanding paths a per­son ever travels. The aim of theRainbows process is to walk thispath with grieving families and tooffer support from a caring Chris­tian community.

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As God put a 'rainbow in the skyas a sign of hope, so the Rainbowsprogram has brought hope and anew lease on life. to grieving chil­dren in the Fall River Diocese forthe past four years. On October 1stthe Office of Family Ministry will

·begin its fifth season of outreach to~youngsters who have experiencedi a significant loss in their lives i.e.·divorce or the death of a loved one.

While it is neither therapy norcounseling, Rainbows nonetheless

.: provides reassuring peer support to~children who are grouped by age.from. kindergarten to eighth grade.· At the Family Life Center in North· Dartmouth and seven other loca-· tions throughout the diocese, 59·trained facilitators provide sensitive _~ listening and offer a space where, the children are encouraged to.share,their feelings in an atmospherewhere they come to see that theyare not alone, different, or to blame.

Remarkable results follow evenone session of the Rainbow process.Parents and teachers testify to thechange of the participants. Moodsimprove, conduct at home and inschool change for the better and the~young people show signs of more

self-esteem. One little girl smiledshyly on leaving her group and said,"I don't feel alone anymore.'.' .

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Dylan rode to fame in the 1960sand '70s with hits including "LikeA Rolling Stone," "The Times TheyAre A-Changin'" and "I Shall BeReleased." His eniglpatic lyrics of­ten rang with prophetic referencesto biblical themes.

In 1979-80, he niade several al­bums with Gospel-style songs thathighlighted his o~n interest inChristianity. The song "Gotta ServeSomebody" became a hit, but notall his audiences liked lyrics thatasked, "Are you ready to meetJesus?" and Dylan'snew preachingstyle during concerts.

Born Robert Allen Zimmermanto Jewish parents in Hibbing,Minn., in 1941, he left the area at ayoung age. With his guitar, har­monica and a talent for songwriting,he quickly became one of the hot­test stars in a nationwide folk mu­sic revival.

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Bob Dylan to perform for pope.at Italian Eucharistic Congress

By JOHN THAVIS

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42n'd annual Franco-AmericanPride Day Sept. 7 begins with abilingual outdoor Mass at 12: 10p.m. with Bishop Louis E.Gelineau principal celebrant andhomilist. The afternoon will in­clude entertainment for children

ROME (CNS) - Bob Dylan,whose songs of protest, love andspiritual change made him a folk­rock superstar, will join in a con­cert for Pope John Paul II in Italythis fall, organizers announced inlate August.

The performance, scheduled forSept. 27 in the central Italian cityof Bologna during a national eucha­ristic congress, is being billed as thefirst "rock concert" for the 77-year­old pontiff.

In an interview with USA Todaypublished Aug. 27, Dylan expressedsurprise on hearing he would beperforming for the pope.

"The pope, huh? I guess if theVatican is reporting it, it must behappening," he said.

Some 300,000 youths are ex­pected to attend the: music vigil,with the pope giving a speech andremaining in attendance for at leastpart of the concert. Dylan, who en­joys immense popularity in Italy,will bejoined by thre:e well-knownItalian rock and pop stars.

Dylan was chosen because hismusic is "true and beautiful," and"the church welcomes whatever istrue and beautiful and good," saidMsgr. Ernesto Vecchi, a vicar of theBologna Archdiocese.

"Bob Dylan is one of the bestrepresentatives of a highly poeticand spiritual rock music, and I be­lieve he has recently moved closerto Christianity," Msgr. Vecchi said.

It will be Dylan's first Europeanperformance following his hospital­ization last spring for histoplasmo­sis, a potentially fatal heart infec­tion.

12 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of FaIl River - Fri., Sept. 5, 1997

Russian religion law more tolerantQ By JOHN THAVIS

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Thenew version of a religious freedomlaw in Russia replaces a referenceto the Orthodox church wilh themore inclusive term of "Christian­ity," Vatican Radio reported.

Officials working on the draftlegislation say the law's preamblewiIl state that Christianity, Islam,Buddhism and Judaism are an in­alienable part of Russian history,the radio said Aug. 27.

An earlier version of the legis­lation referred to Orthodox Chris­tianity but omitted any reference tothe Catholic Church. It was vetoedin July by Russian President BorisYeltsin after objections by PopeJohn Paul II and others.

The pope and church officialswere concerned that such a lawwould lead to discriminationagainst the minority Catholic com­munity in Russia. Yeltsin's veto,while pleasing the Vatican, was metwith sharp criticism by the RussianOrthodox hierarchy, which hadstrongly supported the proposedlaw.

The revised legislation is ex­pected to be discussed in the Rus­sian parliament in early September.

Meanwhile, Russian OrthodoxPatriarch Alexei II met with Arch­bishop Christoph Schonborn ofVienna, Austria, Aug. 27 to discuss

the tensions between the twochurches. No details of the encoun­ter were immediately available, butin remarks afterward the patriarchdefended the original religious free­dom legislation, according to theRussian news agency ITAR-Tass.

"I think we have our own tradi­tion and history, and they should betaken into account in our legisla­tion," Patriarch Alexei said.

"However, one sometimes triesto impose North American normson us," he added.

In July, some Orthodox leadersblamed outside pressure forYeltsin's veto. In addition to theVatican objections, the U.S. Con­gress threatened to withhold someforeign aid funding if the measurewas enacted.

The Vienna Archdiocese was tohave hosted a historic meeting withthe pope and Patriarch Alexei in

.June. The meeting was caIled off,however, when the Russian Ortho­dox hierarchy raised objections tothe wording of a proposed jointstatement that was to have beensigned on the occasion.

The Russian Orthodox continueto accuse the Catholic Church ofag­gressive proselytizing in traditionalOrthodox territory.' Catholic lead­ers deny this and say they are oper­ating within the guidelines estab­lished by Catholic-Orthodox dia­logues in recent years.

.. ITALIAN PILGRIMS are stopped by Israeli soldiers from entering Bethlehem as partof security measurers following recent terrorism. Israeli government officials all'owedthem in a short time later. (eNS/Reuters photo)

Closure lifted, Palestineansawait access to Jerusalem

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

mensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open tome the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all inYou, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate beforeYour Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the littlegroup 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 intelligenc;e, theenrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not wantthe human will to have life in this heart any 10J:lger. I will cast itaway from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happi­ness and of l.ove..With It I shall be always happy. I shall have asingular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things andconducts 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 thefirst order of creation, just as the creaturewas created. :. '

Heavenly ~other, Sovereign and Queen of the Divirie Fiat,take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine'Will. You will be my guide,.my most tender Mother, and willteach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and thebounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate mywhQle being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me thedoctrine of the Divine.)Vi1l and l will listen most attentively toYour lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that theinfernal serpent dare not penetrate into this s.acred 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. burn 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, imd wi)! k~p the keys of my will in your hands. You willkeep my heart jealously. and shall never give it to me again, thatI may be sure of never leaving the Will of God.

My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in every­thing so that my.Eden may flounsh and be the instrument thatdraws al.l'men ir:tto the Kingdom ofthe Divine Will. Amen.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank(CNS) - The Israeli DefenseForces have lifted the internal clo­sure on Bethlehem, permittingPalestinians to travel to other Pal­estinian-controIled towns but notto Israeli-controlled areas, such asJerusalem.

Most Palestinians living inBethlehem work in Jerusalem. AsofAug. 27, when the internal clo­sure was lifted, they were still notable to get to their jobs.

"This is not a big achieve­ment," said Bethlehem Mayor'Hana Nasser. ''This is not what weare looking for. It is a very minorstep taken in the right direction. .What we are looking for is the Iift-

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ing of the total closure. We cannow move within our district, butthat is not enough." .

At the Vatican, a spokesmansaid the nuncio to Israel, Arch­bishop Andrea Cordero Lanza diMontezemolo,' had met with Is­raeli Foreign Ministry officials toexpress deep concern over theBethlehem closure.

The spokesman, Father CiroBenedettini, said the nuncio's ac­tion had fallen short of a formalp~otest, but had made clear theVatican's disapproval of the mea­sure..' The Vatican, newspaper,

L'Osservatore Romano, said theVatican had voiced its diplomaticobjections in order to favor a re­turn of "tolerance and understand­ing" to the region. .

"Negotiation remains the onlypractical instrument to restart thepeace process between Israel andthe Palestinian National Author­ity," it said in a front-page article

.Aug. 28. The newspaper called on

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prevent "enemies of dialogue"from gaining the upper hand."Palestinian and Israeli leaderscannot forget that, in front of theinternational community, in frontof the family of nations, in frontof the conscience of the entireworld, they have made a commit­ment to make the region safe andlivable," it said.

Israeli Prime Minister Ben­jamin Netanyahu said on IsraeliRadio from South Korea, wherehe was visiting, that the Israeligovernment has intelligence in­formation indicating a terroristcell active in the Bethlehem areahas plans to carry out another at­tack in Israel. He said the closurewould re'!1ain in place until ,Israelisecurity is assured. .

The'c1osure was imposed fol­lowing a double suicide bombingin Jerusalem July 30. Israellift~dthe closure from other West Banktowns an'd GazaAug. 15, but keptit in place in Bethlehem ,and tHeneighboring towns of BeltTsahour and Beit Jala. ., A parish priest in Beit Jaia saidthe effects of the closure havebeen severe. ' !

. "This area around BethlehemespeCially lives from touris'm, andsince one. month everything hasstopped. The people, they are suf­fering. (The Israelis) have openedup 'some points between the vil­lages, but not to Jerusal~m, andthat is very important, also forreligious reasons," said ~ather

Yousef RizekI, director of theLatin-rite Patriarchate ofJerusalem's school in Beit Jala."Nothing is enough. We needpeace and need justice.~We needto see 'all the fruits from die peaceprocess," he said.

"Everything will come backagain with goodwill from bothsides," he added. "We hope andwe do not lose hope; we are suf­fering at the moment."

In late August, Palestiniansprotested the extended closure ontheir city.

Palestinian youths and Israelisoldiers clashed at Rachel's Tombat the entrance to Bethlehem,which is under Israeli control.Palestinians threw rocks at thesoldiers, who responded with teargas and rubber bullets. SeveralPalestinians were injured duringthe confrontations.

On Aug. 23 a group of some600 Italian pilgrims held a prayerservice at the border bel:weenBethlehem and Je'rusalem whentheir convoy of buses was not per­mitted to go through the.c:heck­point. They were even~ually per­mitted into the city after si~veral

Israeli .officials, including De­fense Minister Yil:zhakMordechai, intervened.

"We did not protest 'againstanybody, \ye just'prayed and saidwe had the right to go in toBethlehem," said Father RcdolfoCetoloni; spokesman for thegroup. "We prayed and sang andwhen we finally arrived, thepeople of Bethlehem also sangsongs of praise and joy. We wantthe right to pray in a Chr:istianplace.... It was very emotional. Ithink the soldiers were also bappythat we were able to go through."

Political and religious leadersin Bethlehem led a demonstrationAug. 25 attempting t~ op~n up aroadblock of boulders set up bythe Israeli .Defense Force:. be­tween Bethlehem and BeitTsahour.

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Bernini, as well as the Vatican mo­saic makers and other artists whohad labored to make the basilica anenduring statement about Catholicfaith.

James and Ine Connelly ofWestCork, Ireland, said they were "de­lighted" and "mesmerized" bySchwarz's descriptions. "It meansso much to me to be here," IneConnelly said at the end. "And it issuch a joy to have a guide like her

Later emperors introduced theexecution of Christians as a formof entertainment there. St. Peter wasamong those martyred in the arena- within view of a marble obeliskthat used to stand in the arena's cen­ter and now occupies the same po­sition in St. Peter's Square.

After pointing out severalplaques, doors and other features ofthe basilica's exterior, Schwarz tookthe group inside. They were laterjoined by 12 visitors from theformer Soviet republic of Georgia- the one among them who spokefluent English translated for therest.

Together they heard about theworks of Michelangelo and

to answer questions not only aboutthe church, but also. about the Eter­nal City.

Schwarz studied theology fortwo years at a lay institute in Romeand took courses in liturgy at aBenedictine university specializingin the subject.

"Questions on these matters docome up during the ,visits," she said."And I prefer to answer them accu­rately, or not at all."

Schwarz said most of the peoplewho take her tours are Catholic, andmany of them have found the pro­gram on the recommendation offriends back home or in their guide­books. But the turnout is uneven.There are days when the groups getso large that they're "unwieldy," shesaid. And on some days, no oneshows up. '

On a recent Thursday, eightslightly shy peopl~ from Ireland,Holland, Australia and Israel turnedto face a brisk and chipper Schwarz,who had her back to St. Peter'sSquare. She asked them to imaginethe place not as it appears today, butas a grassy hill rolling down to theTiber River. On that hill in the year37, the Roman emperor Caligulahad a gigantic spotts arena built.

"That would certainly put a newtwist on Easter."

Showing off St. Peter's, as wellas singing in the Vatican choir, meshnicely with Schwarz's paying job.

. She works half-time as the Englishservice editor of Propaganda Fides,a weekly bulletin from the Pontifi­cal Congregation for the Evangeli­zation of Peoples, which overseesmissionaries.

"I feel that this volunteer workis every bit as useful as what I do atFides," she said. "And I do it gladlybecause it feels almost like homehere. It's like showing peoplearound my own home."

A resident of Rome for 30 years,she is enough of a local to be able

POPE JOHN PAUL II blesses the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square to celebrateEaster. Millions of people from all over the world visit the Vatican each year. (eNS/Reuters photo)

basilica literally from the ground up- starting with an artist's concep­tion of the sports arena that stoodon the site in ancient Roman times.

The groups meet at 3 p.m. justinside the portico, at an unobtrusivewooden desk in the shadow ofa tallpillar. There are no tickets on sale,since it costs nothing. No signs ad­vertise the program, and the guideswear no uniform.

"We used to have a sign on a postjust in front of the desk," Schwarzsaid, sighing. "But then a differentcardinal was placed in charge ofSt.Peter's, and he removed almost allexterior signs, including the oneslisting the Mass times." However,a desk is better than nothing, shenoted. When the program waslaunched in 1975, the guides wouldjust walk up to people entering thebasilica and offer them a free tour.

Schwarz said a priest started theprogram after he heard a guide ona commercial tour giving inaccurateinformation on Catholic Churchdoctrine during a walk through thebasilica.

"And one time, I myself heard aguide tell his people that the boxon top of St. Peter's tomb containsthe bones of Jesus," she scoffed.

81. Peter's: Free tours from the ground upBy LYNNE WElL

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Aquarter of an hour into an afternoontour of St. Peter's Basilica, PennySchwarz stopped to confess some­thing to her group.

"We're not going to look at ev­erything," she said. "We'd be herefor a week. My voice would disap­pear, and so would you." Her ap­preciative listeners laughed, clearlycharmed by this refreshing and out­going font of information on a sub­ject as intimidating ill scope as St.Peter's.

A native of Devonshire, En­gland, Schwarz is a volunteer tourguide at the Vatican. She offers athorough, 90-minute: view of the

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St. Joseph's School, NB, presents awards

13 - parents are strongly cautionedthat some material may be inappro­priate for children under 13."Pippi Longstocking" (L(~gacy)

In this animated adventure, thespunky 9-year-old girl of the title(voice of MelissaAltro) awaits herfather's return from being lost at seawhile engaging in amusing e:ncoun­ters with neighboring children, aninterfering busybody and a pair ofbumbling burglars. Directed byClive Smith, the production hascolorful but unexceptionalcartooning, though Pippi's carefrcehigh jinks should delight youngviewers and lead some to the booksrecounting other of her advcntures.The U.S. Catholic Conference clas­sification is A-I - general patron­age. The Motion Picture Associa­tion ofAmerica rating is G -- gen­eral audiences.

"She's So Lovely" (Miramax)Gritty, unappealing story of a

woman (Robin Wright Penn) who'storn between the two men who loveher - her first husband (Sean Penn)who's just been released from a 10­year stay in a psychiatric a1iylum,and her present husband (JohnTravolta) who has provided a goodhome for her and their threl~ chil­dren. Directed by Nick Cassavetesfrom a script by his late father, JohnCassavetes, the arbitrary lov(: storyinvolves three unlikable people insordid situations that evoke littleaudience sympathy, though thercare occasional flashes of wit andoriginality sprinkled throughout.Some violence, including an off­screen rape, sexual references, oc­casional profanity and much roughlanguage. The U.S. Catholic Con­ference classification is A-IV ­adults, with reservations. The Mo­tion Picture Association ofAmericarating is R - restricted.

"Texas Chainsaw Massac: re:The Next Generation" (Cinepix)

Repulsive horror yarn in which asadistic quartet of rural psychopaths(led by Matthew McConaughey) tor­ture and murder teens on prom nightwith only one survivor (ReneeZellweger). Writer~director KimHenkel's sick sequel to its 1974 and1986 predecessors borders on thedepraved with its continual displayofjokey graphic mayhem. Excessivcviolence, a flash of nudity, much pro­fanity and recurring rough languagc.The U.S. Catholic Conference clas­sification is 0 - morally offcnsive.The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - restrictt:d.

Notre DameSchool opens

Notre Dame School's staff andstudents returned for the new schoolyear with half-day sessions onWednesday and Thursday bl:foreLabor Day. Classes officially re­sumed full schedules Sept. 2 andPrincipal Anne Conlon welcomcdstudents back and led a prayer thefirst. day of school. Notre Damewelcomed three new teachers thisyear: Joan Dam, grade 7; SandyChica, grade 4; and John Travers,music. To celebrate the opening ofschool, Rev. Richard W. Beaulieuwill celebrate Mass on Sept. 9 atNotre Dame de Lourdes church inFall River.

MOVIE REVIEWSNEW YORK (CNS) - The fol­

lowing are capsule reviews of mov­ies recently reviewed by the U.S.Catholic Conference Office forFilm and Broadcasting."Excess Baggage" (Columbia)

Mirthless comedy in which a ne­glected teen (Alicia Silverstone)tries to stage her own kidnappingby getting in the trunk of a carwhich is then stolen by a thief(Benicio Del Toro) unaware<>-of herpresence. Directed by MarcoBrambilla, the witless narrativerambles aimlessly on as a host ofunsympathe~ic characters vie tocash in on the ransom. Brief vio­lence, underage drinking, 'sexualinnuendo and intermittent profan­ity. The U.S. Catholic Conferenceclassification is A-III - adults. TheMotion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 - parentsare strongly cautioned that somematerial may be inappropriate forchildren under 13.

"G.I. Jane" (Hollywood)Hokey melodr.ama in which a

woman officer (Demi Moore) un­dergoes the rigorous training pro­gram for the Navy's elite combatforce, the SEALS, and overcomesvarious obstacles to graduate andbecome a battlefield hero. Directedby Ridley Scott, the story offers noreal insights about women in themilitary, concentrating instead onO'Neil's endurance of all mannerof pain and suffering to prove she'sas tough as any man, but the resultis hardly worth the effort. Muchbrutality, some violence, severalsexual situations, a flash of nudity,occasional profanity and recurringrough language. The U.S. CatholicConference classification is A-IV- adults, with reservations. TheMotion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - restricted.

"Hoodlum" (MGM)Stylish but violent tale of the

deadly struggle between upstartgangster Bumpy Johnson(Laurence Fishburne) and mobsterDutch Schultz (Tim Roth) for con­trol of the numbers racket in 1934Harlem. Director Bill Duke's am­bitious, loosely fact-based dramatends to glamorize the criminals'lifestyle until they finally pay withtheir own lives or those close tothem. Ambiguous depiction ofcrime, recurring gory' violence,brief sexual encounters, continualrough language and much profan­ity. The U.S. Catholic Conferenceclassification is A-IV - adults,with reservations. The Motion Pic­ture Association of America ratingis R - restricted.

"Kull the Coriqueror"(Universal)

Brawny fantasy in which a sol­dier-turned-king (Kevin Sorbo) ischeated out of his kingdom by a sor­ceress (Tia Carrere), then regains thethrone with the help of a beautifulslave (Karina Lombard). DirectorJohn Nicolella's sword-and-sorcerystory has visual treats but overact­ing and stilted dialogue make itmuch less than fantastic. Recurringstylized violence, brief bedroomscenes, some sexual innuendo andseveral crude expressions. The U.S.Catholic Conference classification isA-III - adults. Motion Picture As­sociation of America rating is PG-

How Does That Make You Special.What Can You Do to Make OthersFeel Special?" and Sarah wroteabout her favorite family tradition.In addition each student received atrophy and green carnation in honorof Kevin's favorite color.

Money for the fund comes froma food basket raffle held once a yearby students, teachers, family andfriends. They collect canned goodsand non-perishable items for sev­eral weeks and raffle them off in thechurch hall during St. Joseph's"Novemberfest."

an essay contest open to fourth.andfifth grade students at St. Joseph's.

Miss Barbara Leach, teacher andcontest co-cordinator, announcedthat 33 students entered unsignedessays to be judged by the Pillsburyfamily this year and first place win­ner of a $1000 tuition credit wasfourth grader Jenna Laporte whochose to write her favorite storyabout Jesus.

Runner-ups were Joshua Souzaand Sarah Pimental, also fourthgraders who will each receive a $1 00credit. Joshua chose as his topic"What Makes You Feel Loved and

Teens must take responsibility for decisionsBy MARK PATTISON .

vorced. "It's our philosophy (at SADD). Cullinane firmly believes fam- to infuse the student popuation withIly tog~th~rness. can keep teens the attitude, 'I need to look at myfrom dnnklOg. own behavior,'" Cullinane said.

'The issue for me was we started SADD is starting a new cam-right at birth with our three children. paign to continue to drive down­We saw them as capable of making ward the drinking, driving and~heir own decisions," he said, add- death statistics ofAmerica's young.109 they were given opportunities There's ,no catchy slogan,:'that gave t~em highs" such as ski- Cullinane said. '''What we say to the109 and actlOg. young people is: The decision is

Cullinane's children are now yours. You must accept responsibil­"happy, productive adults," he said. ity for the decision."

He also taught CCD for the bet- SADD has chapters in 85 to 90ter~art.oftwodecadesatSt.Anselm percent of U.S. high schools, withparIsh 10 Sudbury, Mass. "For them an estimated 7 million students in­it was important to see a model," valved in different activities. "AsCull~nane said of his c~ild.ren. "It the problem exacerbates, it's simplewas Important to transmIt thIS to my that chapters become' much morekids." active," Cullinane said.

He loved teaching CCD. "If you One effective activity in somedO,n't love i!, you fake it," Cullinane schools is a "ghost walk," in whichsaId, .and kids see th~ough t~at. a different student is tapped every

HIS anecdotal eVIdence IS but- 23 or 24 minutes, which is how fre­tressed by a recent study by Lloyd quently somebody dies in a drunk­Johnson at the University ofMichi- driving accident.gan. The study, Cullinane said, The students' faces are thenfound that children's 'incidence of made up - sometimes with a pastyalcohol and drug abuse is much less white substance to make them re­":hen par~nt~ have a, strong rel!- semble ghosts - and they stay seg­gl~us af~IIatl~n, and IOcI~de theIr regated from, although highly vis­chIldren 10 relIgIOUS practIces. ible to, the rest of the student popu-

A federal study, according to lation.CUllinan~, has sho,:"n a dramatic Having a SADD presence in thech,an~e In teen ~t~ltudes toward high school is one thing, Cullinanednnkl~g and dnvmg. !eens are admitted, but "acceptance of themore lIkely to attend partIes that are mission is quite another." .alcohol and drug free, he said.

St. Joseph's School of New Bed­ford recently presented memorialscholarships to students who wrotewinning essays. The awards aregiven each year in memory ofclass­mate Kevin Michael Pillsbury, whowas diagnosed as having cancer onthe last day of school in 1993 andwhose brave battle ended on GoodFriday, 1994, at age ten.

In .his memory, the KevinMichael Pillsbury Memorial Schol­arship Fund has been established.Yearly, it awards a tuition credit forthe upcoming school year to a first.place winner and two runners-up in

ESSAY AWARDS were present~d to students of St. Joseph's School in New Bedford aspart of the Kevin Michael Pillsbury Memorial Scholarship Fund. They are from left to right:Je~na Laporte, 1st place winner; Sarah Pimental, runner-up; Barbara Leach, contest co­ordinator; and Joshua Souza, runner-up.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Teen­agers who drink must take respon­sibility for their actions, said theexecutive director of StudentsAgainst Driving Drunk.

Bill Cullinane, a Catholic, notedthat while there is much greaterawareness about students anddrinking, that awareness is not al­ways borne out by statistics.

Cullinane said in an interviewthat though teen deaths from drink­ing and driving have dropped 60percent since SADD was foundedin 1981, the number of deaths in1996 rose nearly 6 percent ·fromyear-before levels - which he at­tributes to an increase in the ado­lescent population and a similar in­crease in binge drinking.

SADD is likely to get more vis­ibility thanks to "The Accident: AMoment of Truth Movie," a made­for-TV film on Monday, Sept. 15,9-11 p.m. EDT on NBC. An an­nouncement at the end of the filmwill give a SADD phone numberviewers can call to get more infor­mation.

The movie is about a bright highschool senior who faces an uncer­tain future after her best friend iskilled in a drunk driving accident.Its star, Bonnie Root, has admittedto having a drinking problem in herown high school years, which wasmade worse after her parents di-

Guilt and RomanceBy CHARLIE MARTIN

Our Rockand Role

ABOUT YOUTH

Our Lord God loves. everyone

unconditionally,without limits.Maybewe could

. try too. .

Granted, our educational sys­tem almost seems designed some­times to bore that glimmer of in­terest right out of you with rotememorization of seemingly dis­jointed, meaningless facts, busy­work, worksheets and unimagina­tive teaching.

But since there's no way ofgetting around the fact that youhave no choice except to be inschool, make the best of whereyou are.

One of the most importantways you can do that is by reallypursuing whatever glimmer ofcuriosity you have about a subject.Don't give into thinking that "Ihave to do this so I can get a gradeso it can go on my transcript so Ican get into college so I can get ajob so I can ..."

Which is, of course, the waytoo many students and even par­ents think about this whole schoolbusiness.

If that describes your percep­tions, you have written yourself anice little script in which you playthe role of bored student, with noother purpose than to wait for thenext summer to roll around.

But how about writing a dif­ferent script this year?

You're the main character,swimming easily in a sea of wis­dom and knowledge. You arebuoyed by the fascinating ideasand writings produced by peoplewho grappled with the same ques­tions you do: Why am I here?What makes the world go round?Who am I?

You emerge with answers thathave endured, not because of thearbitrary decision of an anony­mous curriculum committee butbecause they're fascinating andcan help you figure out who youare.

What script ingredient makesthis possible?

It's called an open mind. Doyou have one?

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AgeFOR YOUTH

THEANCHOR- Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 5,1997 15

A different script for anew school year

By AMY WELBORN

Summer's over.Again.Remember back in Mayor

June when that glorious stretch ofsummer days looked unbelievablyvast and luxuriously, almost sin­fully relaxed?

Now the alarm's ringing.Time to go to school.If you're like the kids I know,

you probably have mixed emo­tions about returning to classes.By the first week of July, youmight have started teetering onthe edge of serious boredom, withtoo much time on your hands andmissing your friends.

In fact, one. of my studentscalled me not two weeks afterschool ended. When I asked howshe was doing, she said: "Well,I'm kind of ready for school tostart again. I really miss every­body."

Gee whiz, I thought. She wantsto be there more than I do, andthey pay me to go!

But as anxious as you are toget back in the routine of seeingyour friends, that enthusiasm isundoubtedly tempered by the rea­son everybody's there in the firstplace.

Work. Classes. Reading, writ­ing and arithmetic.

Who could look forward tothat?

You, maybe?Well, maybe not the work, but

do you think you could rustle upsome interest in learning somenew stuff?

More students than we knowdo feel a slight flutter of excite'­ment when they contemplate theirnew class schedule or leaf throughthe pages of a neat stack of pris­tine textbooks.

Part of \t is the implication ofmaturity that comes with moreadvanced course work:

"Wow! I'm taking chemistry.""That sounds so cool: I'm ac­

tually a calculus student! It almostsounds like I'm in college."

There might even be some ex­citement 'about being exposed toideas and ways of thinking you'venever encountered before. .

If you feel even the slightestinkling of anything like this, buildon it, and make this year a reallyfruitful one.

place. He adds that he was"young" and "knew every­thing." However, now he is"guilt- stricken," sobbing withhis head on the floor. What isthis guilt telling him?

He tries to escape his guiltby telling himself that "wewere merely freshmen, sug­gesting that he is not respon­sible for mistakes that hurt an­other. Unfortunately, he iswrong. We are always respon­sible, no matter what our age,for how we treat others.

Sometimes, we enter rela­tionships casually, not thinkingabout our responsibilities to theother person or to ourselves.But it is not OK to close oureyes to what we see going onin a romance.

For example, if you recog­nize that your dating partner ismore emotionally invested inthis relationship than you are,gently address this concern.Tell him or her that you wantto date, but that you also wantto be open to other relation­ships.

But what should you do ifthe other person refuses to dateanyone but you or decides tomake more of the relationshipthan you do?

Clearly, you cannot controlanother's choices. Yet, you canbe straight about things. Don'tdo anything deceptive. If youhave a date with someone else,tell the first person. It is a bigmistake to get trapped into anexclusive dating relationshipwhen you are not ready forsuch a commitment.

Such situations are. emo­tionally complex. Often, it iswiser to stop dating the firstperson. Again, be caring, butbe straight. Tell him or her thatyou no longer want to date.

The message in this songdeserves discussion betweenparents and their teens, or inhigh school youth groups ortheology classes. I'd like tohear your reactions and com­ments.

Send me your ideas on thissong's message, and I'll try toshare them with readers.through a future column.

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

the lyrics refer to suicide?While such an unfortunate pathpresents a separ~te issue, thiscolumn will address the moregeneral concern Of personal re­sponsibility in relationships.

The character in the songsays: "I won't b~ held respon­sible; she ~ell in lpve in the first

The FreshmenWhen I was young,I knew everythingAnd she a punkWho rarely ever took adviceNow I'm guilt strickenSobbing with my head on the floorStop a baby's breathAnd a shoe full of rice

(Repeat refrain)

My best friend tookA week's vacationTo forget herHis girl took a week's worthOf valium and sleptNow he's guilt-strickenSobbing wi1h his head on the floorThinks about her now andHow he never really wept.He says,

We tried to wash our handsOf all of thisWe never talk ofOur lacking relationshipsAnd how we're guilt-strickenSobbing with our headsOn the floorWe fell through the iceWhen we tried not to slip.We'd say,

Refrain:I can't be held responsible'Cause she was touching her faceI won't be held responsibleShe fell in loveIn the first placeFor the life of meI can't rememberWhat made us think thatWe were wise andWe'd never c:ompromiseFor the life of meI cannot believeWe'd ever die for these sinsWe were merely freshmen

(Repeat refrain)

Written by Brian Vander ArkSung by The Verve PipeCopyright (c) 1996 by Sid FlipsMusic/EMI April MusicInc.(ASCAP)

THE VERVE Pipe's "TheFreshmen is quit~ interesting.I suppose that this group wouldfall under the label of "alter­native rock, but this song issofter in sound than most ofthis popular genre.

The song presents a .somberaccount of young romance. Do

16 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 5, 1997

Prayer~ Donations Urgently Needed

Indian Mission Director Pleads for Help

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School started last month and I'm unable to pay the bills ... this •. .

summer's much needed school repairs cost more than expected. •Plus delivering water and food to elders and families in remote •areas of the reservation cost more than budgeted ... but how could :I say no to people so desperate for something as basic as water? •

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• work! •: Idon't want to have to say "no" to even one child or one elder :• who needs help. Will you join in our love for these First •• Americans who live in. such difficult circumstances? •: I pray you will join in this partnership of prayer, love and :• concern. Our needs are great. Please help us make quality •: education a reality for needy Navajo children. :

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A nearly 40-merriber strongcorps of dedicated lay missionariesteach and carry out theotherwork ofthe Mission. This "other work" in­cludes maintaining the buses and vanswhich travel the remote mesas tobring the children to school; prepar­ing two nourishing meals daily forthe children; and bringing both foodand w!lter to aging Navajos living inpoverty in remote areas of the barrenReservation.

New lay missionaries often ask,"Can this be America?"

They've experienced failure inother schoolS or inability to get toschool from great distances.

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300 children, most of themNative American, join in prayerto keep their school from closing.

For many of our students,the school at St. BonaventureMission is their "last hope."

The Indian boys and girlsattending St. Bonaventure IndianMission and School live withthe following realities:• 55% ojthe Navajo popula­

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• McKinley County (wherethe Mission is located) hasthe highest poverty rate(43%) in the state,.

• The suicide rate among Na­vajo teenagers is ten timeshigher than jor their agegroup in the u.s. popula­tion at large.

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These children "do without"as a way of life ... will you helpthem?

Trusting in God, everyone atthe Mission prays for urgently­needed help.

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