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Beyond abortion to infanticide

Bishop O'Malley issues statementon FDA approval of abortion pill

~ Diocesan Pro-Life directorzeroes in on the issues andthe elections.

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER - As the U.S. SupremeCourt ~ppears to be running roughshodover Pro-Life tenets and opening the wayto infanticide, Father Stephen A.Fernandes, director of the diocese's Pro.,.,Life Office, took aim at the latest crisisimperiling the unborn.

His comments came even as the Christian world continues its celebration of Respect Life Sunday this week.

In an interview with The Anchor, Father Fernandes called attention to the develcrping situations in U.S. law as well ascalling attention to the duties of Catholicsto vote according to conscience in the upcoming presigential elections.

"We were certainly pained when President Clinton twice vetoed bipartisan legislation which sought to ban partial-birthabortion, but the Carhart Decision comesas a even greater blow," Father Fernandesasserted. "They really insisUhat the taking of a life ... inches and seconds awayfrom full birth must be subordinated to the'right to choose' of the ~other."

He was referring to the Supreme Court'sJune decision in Stenberg v. Carhart that

expanded the 1973 Roe v. Wade right tokill unborn children in the womb to children almost completely born, partial-birthabortion in its most horrid state.

What the high court has w'rapped in themantle of the Constitution is a doctor stopping in mid-delivery of a child in its second or third trimester of development and

"In his encyclical entitled "The Gospel of Life," Pope John Paul II encouraged the building of an authentic civilization of love. The Food and Drug Administration, by its approval today of theearly abortion pill known as RU-486, promotes, both metaphorically and in fact, aculture of death. The abortion pill RU486 has no use other than to kill innocent, unborn human life. Its use, what-

with the child's head still inside its mother,kills it brutally and then extracts the body.

In making that decision,the court overrode the judgment of the American Medical Association and respected specialiststhat partial-birth abortion is never medically necessary.

"We get frustrated and then become resolved to act even stronger than ever toeducate and legislate in so far as we can,"Father Fernandes said. "The Carhart Decision immediately affected Nebraska and30 other states which have legislation banning partial-birth abortion."

He said talking about such a gruesome

ever the circumstances, is morally wrong. _I encourage the faithful of the Church

and, indeed, all people of good will, todefend human life vigorously in order tooffer our world clear signs of hope that anew culture of human life will be affirmed."

Turn to page six for the eNS storyon the approval by the FDA ofthe abortion pill RU-486.

procedure is obfuscated by many who'would rather say 'choose what,' rather thanspeak plainly.

"As discouraging as that Supreme Courtdecision, was, there is something evenmore frightening happening, the responseby the National Abortion Rights Action

League to passage of the U.S. bishops-endorsed Born-Alive Infants Protection Act,"he added.

Sponsored by U.S. Rep. CharlesCanady, R-Fla., the act states that any infant "who is completely expelled or extracted from the mother and who is alive"is a person under federal law, regardlessof the child's lung development, his or herchances of survival or whether the babysurvived an abortion.

Babies who survive botched abortionswould be entitled to receive medical careunder the measure. .

The U.S. House passed the measure onSept. 26 on a 380 to 15 vote.

"One would say, 'good heavens, doesn'tCongress have something more to do because this can't be necessary,''' said FatherFernandes. "I think the average man on thestreet would say that yes, the child needsprotection."

He said the proof that Congress "is onthe mark in trying to pass this legislationis seen in the response by the NARAL thatthis measure is an attack on Roe v. Wadeand the right of women to choose. Theabortionists have taken off every mask intheir response to this measure which cannot be criticized by any right-thinking individual. The face of the abortionist is infanticide. They go far beyond the child in

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By JOHN THAVIS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Katharine Drexel hangsfrom the facade of St.Peter's Basilica Oct. 1.(CNS photo from Reuters)

tum to the lady and ask for a sign. Diago was instructedby the woman to collect the flowers he found atop a hilland she arranged them in his cloak or tilma and sent himback to the bishop.

It is said that the bishop, whowas a Spaniard by birth, prayedthat the sign would be aCastilian rose, a flower notnative to Mex·ico. Later,when Diago arrived heopened his cloak and theflowers which fell were~astilian roses and the image of Our Lady ofGuadalupe was imprintedon the inside of the garment.

That original cloak hasbeen studied by scientists and they are convinced thatthe image of Mary couldnot be the work of humanhands. The material of thecloak is a harsh fiber fabric,impossible to paint on, yet it

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Our Lady of Guadalupeicon replica to visit diocese

By MIKE GORDON

ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - The Fall River diocese will be getting a special visit when a replica of the icon·of Our Ladyof Guadalupe is welcomed here Oct. 21 through 29.

The life-sized replica, measuring four feet by six feet,was a gift of the Mexican Bishops to the United States in1991 and is brought here under the sponsorship of the FallRiver District Council of Catholic Women. The originalremains in Mexico, but the replica travels the United Statesyear round.

District Church Communities Chairman ClaudetteArmstrong has been in charge of the icon coming to thediocese. She said that bringing it here was. important andsomething that her group wanted to do for the millennium.

"We have a living rosary every year around this time,but we wanted to do something very special for Mary inhonor of the jubilee," said Armstrong. "It's very important and significant for the diocese."

The replica recalls a miracle on December 12, 1531when the Virgin Mary appeared to Mexican peasant JuanDiago at Tepeyac Hill near Mexico City. She instructedDiago to tell Bishop Zummarago to build a church on thesite where she stood. That church now is center for thelargest shrine in the western hemisphere.

The bishop doubted Diago's story and told him to re-

Pope canonizesMother Drexel

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II canonizedthe second U.S.-born saint, Mother Katharine Drexel,and said her use of a family fortune to help educate

the poor was a shining example ofAmerican generosity.

At a jubilee MassSunday the popepraised MotherDrexel, a Philadelphia heiress, for recognizing the dangersof racism in U.S. society, then giving allshe had - spirituallyand materially - tofight it. She eventually founded more'than 60 schools forAfrican-Americansand Native Americans.

"Katharine Drexelis an excellent ex

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dening and praying. She was acaring person and had a profound devotion to the BlessedVi rg"i n. Mary.

She leaves a sister, CeciliaNavas in Bogota; and niecesand nephews, all in Colombia.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 29 in the Provincial House Chapel of the Dominican Sisters of the ·Presentation on Elm Street. I~termentwas in Notre Dame Cemetery,Fall River.

ment. Due to failing health, shewas missioned to the Good Shepherd Center in Marlboro in 1996.

Sister Gertrude is su·rvivedby two nieces and a nephew;and members of her GoodShepherd community,

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 29 in .the GoodShepherd Center Chapel inMarlboro. Burial was in MountBenedict Cemetery, WestRoxbury.

North .Dartmouth and MichaelSmith. of Fairhaven; anothersister, '-Patricia Manning, ofNew Bedford; and nieces andnephews. He was also theb'rother of' the late Jame·s J.Smith, Nora Feener and JuliaG~mba·:· . -. .".

41is funeral Mass was celebrated Thursday in St. 'Juli,eBilliart . Chu·rch, NorthDartmouth. Burial. was in St.Mary's Cemetery,· New Bed.ford. .

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. .. . Oct. 14 " .< 1.918, Rev. Demlis M.Lowney, Assistant,\Sacred Heart,Taunton

1972, R~v. Msgr..Edward B. Booth, Pastor:Emeritus, S1. Mary, NorthAttlebore·· .

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.on the New Bedford waterfrontf6r many years and was a member of the Fish Lumper's UnionLocal 1749.. He was a ·memberof St. Julie .Billtar-tParish. inNorth: DartmbiJth' and a·foi-mermember of St. Lawrence Parish, '. '. ~ - . .,~.- " . .- '.~" ",' .:in New Bedford. He se·rved in·:the U.S. Army during the Ko-rean War. ~

. Besides his priest brotherand nun sister, he leaves threeother brothers, Rpbert Smith offreetown, Philip Smith of

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the Good Shepherd, a community ,with a lifestyle of. prayerand ·activities suited to the contemplative life, in Morristown,N.J., in 1931.·

Sister Gertrude professedher first vows on July 22, 1934and' was assigned to the vest-

. meot department. -. She was subsequentlymissioned to Providence! R.I.,and Dix Hills, N.Y., where sheworked in the altar bread depart-

Gall:6~12; Ps111 :1'-2,7-10; Lk'10:25..37 .Gal 1:13-24; Ps139:1-3,13-15;Lk 10:38-42GaI2:1-2,7-14;Ps 117:1-2; Lk11 :1-4Gal 3:1-5; (Ps)Lk 1:69-75; Lk11 :5-13Ga'13:7-14; Ps111 :1-6; Lk11 :15-26Gal 3:22-29; Ps.105:2-7; Lk11":27-28Wis 7:7-11 ;Ps .

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DIGHTON - Dom'inican nities in Colombia. She wasSister of the Presentation skilled with her hands andCe.cilia Leonor Navas, 93, of . taught sewing until 1942.the Provincial House,3012Elm She came to the UnitedStreet, died Sept. 25 in Saint States and was assigned toAnne Hospital, Fall River. Saint Anne Hospital where she

Born in Bogota, Colombia, worked in the kitchen for 30a daughter of the late Rafael years. She then went to Marianand the late Cecilia Pardo de ' Manor· in· Taunton where she

. Navas, she spent 73 years. in worked with the sisters there.religious life. After retirement in 1975,'

She entered the Dominican Sister Cecilia was sent to the'Sisterhood in 1925, in Bogota Provincial House where sheand served in various commu- was busy sewing, knitting, gar-

,NEW. REDFORDAmbrose V.:Smith, 75, brotherof Msgr. ·John·1. Smith, pastorof St. Pius X· Church in SouthYarmouth~ arid'of Merc'y ·SisterM.aryNor~ Smith of New Bedford, died ~onday at the Hallmar!c Nursing and Rehabilita-

. tionCenter.Born in Fairhaven, the son of

the. late Ambrose and· the iateNora (Sparrow) Smith, he hadlived most of hi~ life in NewBedford before moving toDartmouth last' year. Until re,tirement he was a fish ·Iumper. . .' /

Sister Cecilia Le9Dor Navas OP

MARLBORO - Contemplative Sister of the GoodShepherd Gertrude Hardy, 89, diedSept. 26 at the Good ShepherdCenter after a long illness. Sheha'd served as a member of herreligious community f~r 69years.

She was born in Elmhurst,N. Y., the daughter of the lateNichola~ and the late Gertrud(Dormerod) Hardy. She enteredthe Contemplative Sisters of

Sister Gertrude Hardy CGS

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PRO-LIFE walkers from the Diocese of Fall River take part in the annual Walk For Life lastSunday in Boston. (Photo courtesy of Madeline Lavoie.)

Convocation will key on'Teaching Gospel of Life'

in this county and Europe,Glendon has received honorarydoctorates from numerous universities including the University ofChicago and the Louvain.

The workshops and their speakers include:

- "The Law and Life-Affirming Principles at the End of Life,"with Attorney Daniel Avila, associate director for Policy and Research of the MassachusettsCatholic Conference, representingthe four Roman Catholic Diocesesin Massachusetts on public policymatters. He has helped to implement a statewide educationalproject on assisted suicide andend-of-life care called'''In Support

. of Life'"- "Catholic Teaching on Re

produc~veTechnologies," with Dr.Peter J. Cataldo. He is currentlythe director of research at the National Bioethics Center in Boston;

- "Domestic Violence," withKelly Chhim, an immigration andRefugee Domestic ViolenceProject coordinator for Catholic

Social Services in this diocese. Sherecruits volunteers from four ethnic communities to help ·educatepeople about domestic violence;

- "Teaching the Joy of Chastity," with Chris Godfrey andMarian Desrosiers. It will centeron the crucial role parents playasprimary educators of their teens.Materials will be made availablefor classroom and home use.

Godfrey is president of LifeAthletes, Inc., a member of theIndiana Bar, and author of thepopularcuoiculum "That's WhereI Live - A Guide to Good Relationships." Desrosiers is assistant'to the director of the Pro-LifeApostolate in this diocese. For thepast seven years she has lecturedon Pro-Life, chastity and Project

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Several workshops led by keypresenters are slated and exhibitsare also planned.

The keynote address at 9:20

a.m., at St. Julie Billiart will begiven by Mary Ann Glendon, wholed the deleg~tion of the Holy Seeto the Fourth U.N. Women's Conference in Beijing, China, in 1995.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFMCap., will preside at the morningprayer of the convocation at 8:45a.m., and will close the day at Plenary Session beginning at 2:40p.m., during which he will introduce his pastoral letter on "Respectfor Human Life."

Glendon is the Learned Hand

Professor of Law at Harvard University. In 1994 she was appointedby Pope John Paul II to the newlycreated Pontifical Academy of Social Science. She is also a member of the Pontifical Council forthe Laity. A native of BerkshireCounty, Glendon taught at BostonCollege Law School and at theUniversity ofChicago Law Schoolat the Gregorian University inRome.

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Con'sciously or unconsciously,. philosophies are.we've cultivated new b~haviors When we talk of better, can wethat leave us feeling over- truly say the quality of life is at astretched: an appetite for bigger higher level than it was during ourapparatuses, faster transportation, grandparents' time? Are we more'

, more activities, larger portions of at peace in the large and luxuriwhatever we see. or can get our ous environments we have crehands on and luxuries.' ated? Do our surround-sound sys-

.Insatiable consumerism in so- terns and sophisticated computersciety is like a runaway truck speed- afford us a mental space that reing down a dangerous road. To put freshes our spirit? Most imporit anotherway,wehave lost a cer- -tant, has what we call, "progress"tain sense of asceticism and the helped us to cultivate a betterability to pe calm, cool and col- spiritual life?lected -:- temperate, that is. If the answer is "I don't think

If there is one thing that most so," we need to take a good hardcertainly would sink George Bush look at what the word "b.etter"or Al Gore in the quest of the means in our life.

, White House, it would be to ask If we find ourselves, Americans to become more tem-' hyperventilating, lacking energy,

perate and ascetical. The in thing jumpy and unfocused, it might bewith Americans is to champion . a sign that we need to ado'pt a newprogress, which translates into the philosophy that says, "Small isphilosophies of "more is better," beautiful, less is better, and calm"the biggetthe better" and "what- ing and denying ourselves is aever you do, don.'t deny yourself." healthy way to renew the human

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Do you feel stressed out because you are being stretched tothe'limit? If so, your feelingsprobably aren't unfounded.

Not only do both spouses workoutside the home in most 'families, but most will tell you that onweekends they taxi their childrenfrom one place to the next at afrantically stressful pace.

If'their jobs require use of theairlines, they no doubt experienceall ~he stress caused by cancellations and delays. FOf the airlin~s

are reporting that the number offlights is maxing out.

Oil supplies, plentiful not toolong ago, have be~n overtaxed bynew demands :.- among otherthings by gas-guzzling sports utility vehicles, bigger cars and otherluxury items. Faced by a possibleoil shortage this winter as well ascurrent high prices at the gaspumps, ,even our wallets arestretched thin.

And the Church is not exemptfrom feeling overstretched. AI

'most every day we hear priests

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Caring for a~l creationIn 1990, Pope Jqhn Paul IT issued his World Day of Peace Message..

It was entitled ''The Ecological Crisis: A Common Responsibility."Thiswas the ftrstVaticanstatement devoted entirely to the ecological question. The pope initiated his appeal with the reflection that "there is agrowing awareness that world peace is threatened not only by the arm~

race and regIonal conflicts, bl,lt also by a lack ofdue respect for na.ture."He emphasiZed that the ecological crisis is a moral issue.

Subsequently, in 1991, the bishops of the United States released theirown pastoral statementon the eiwironment. These appeals by the pope,bishops aQd other Catholic religious leaders means that the Catholiccommunity needs to take up the challenge to view environmental issuesas not merely political or economic concerns, but see them as mattersrelated to faith life.

In this regard the bishops,note well the link-between faith and envi-ronmental issues. "

In doing this the Church seeks to promote a consistent ethic of life. Instriving to protect the dignity of every human person and promote thecommon gOod of the human family, the Church champions the rights ofthe unborn; it strives to bring dignity to the poor; it works to overcome

, the evils of racism; it welcomes the stranger and it promotes the family' ; ,as the center of human culture. The Church recognizes that the web of"life is linked as well to the protection of God's gift of creatIon.

It is important to realize that care for God's creat~on is a religious issue.God is the creator of our universe and all that is in it. The "Catechism ofthe Catholic Church" calls our attention to the fact that our'Creed beginswith the creation of heaven and earth. It also reflects ,that the SeventhCommandment, "You shall not steal," enjoins respect for the integrity ofcreation. Use of the mineral, vegetable and aninial resources of the ~ni

verse cannot be divorced from respect for,moral imperatives. "A further notation of the Catechism states: "Man's doinif!ion' over

environment and other living beings fashioned by'the creator is not ab, solute; it is limited by concern for the quality of life of his neighbor,. including generations to come; it requires a religious respect for the

integrity of cre~tion."It is obvious that maily people encounter environmental issues as a

community concern. As we well kIlow, speciftc concerns about environ.mental public health, the curse of toxic waste, the cost of cleanup

. become the daily litany Qf public officials. Many nonreligious peoplecan easily see the ethical dimensions of these problems and as a resultkno~ they have to grapple with ethics. ' .

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to seriously consider environmental issues, and they should, it shouldbe based on a response offaith and not mere politics. Thiscan be achievedfrom an acknowledgment of our tradition. This 'tradition includes ourview of the environment as shaped, biScripture, spirituaiity, ethics andsocial teaching. By viewing the environment from these vl¢.ous sources,we can indeed make a unique and distinct contribution to the manyaspects of environmental concerns.

Respect for nature and respect for human life are, inextricably related. In this view it is important that we treat all ofGod's creation notmerely from a humanitarian stance. We should reflect on the inclusiveness of all life as God's gift. In this light, by preserving natUral environ~ments, by protecting endangered species, by respecting all of humanlife, and by laboring to make environments compatible with local ecol-

.ogy, we demonstrate a respect for creation_and reverence for God theCreator. Humanity is at a crossroads. Reading the signs of the times wycan either ignore the harm-we see o~\ve can take up our responsibilitiesto the creator and creati.on with renewed commitment.

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At approximately 7 p.m., depending on the time it takes for marchersto arrive, the Mass will take place inSt.Anne's, across fromKennedy Parkon South Main Street.

Msgr. George W. Coleman, diocesan vicar general, will be.the principal celebrant

Disabled orelderly persons shouldproceed directly to St. Anne's, whereaspecial area will be reserved for them.

The procession and Mass for Peacehas been held annually in the diocesesince 1975.

join in a renewed public dialogueabout such issues as urban sp~awl,

loss of farmlands and forests, air andwater pollution and the destruction offisheries. Work to protect the localfood base and preference for locallygrown food are specifically mentioned.

Beyond those issues, the bishopscall (or afundamental change ofheartregarding the consumption of material goods, n~ting that the UnitedStates, which has four percent of theworld's population, consumes 25 per-

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FALL RIVER - Catholics arebeing asked to examine their behavior as regards to the environment in apastoral letter issued Wednesday byBishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap.,and other bishops in Massachusetts aswell as those in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Calling the preservation of the environment a leading moral issueof theday, the bishops issued their statementon Oct. 4, the feast of St.. Francis ofAssisi, patron saint of ecologists.

The pastoral invites Catholics to

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. Peace next Monday, Oct. 9, the CQlumbus Day Holiday.

As in previous years, marchers willmeet no later than 5:45 p.m., at St.Mary's Cathedral, corner of Springand Second streets, to process abouta mile to St. Anne's Church.

The procession will begin at 6 p.m.Marchers will carry candles, recite therosary and sing Marian hymns in various languages.

For whom ·is· theanointing ofthe sick?

6 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., October 6; 2000

RU-486 approv~l.seen as latestcapitulation to abortion backers

disorders or chronic failure of theadrenal glands, those receivinglong-term therapy with corticosteroids or those allergic to

. mifepristone or"prostaglandins.-Women who smoke more than 10cigarettes a day are warned thatits effect on heavy smokers is notknown. .

The process by which an RU486 abortion takes place will involve three visits to the doctor,including a follow-up two weeksafter the first drug is taken.

At the first visit, the woman receives 600 mg of mifepristone bymouth. Two days later, she takes400 meg (micrograms) ofmisoprostol, a prostaglandin. Thedrug combination then cuts offnourishment for the embryo andinduces uterine contractions, causing the embtyo to be expelled.

The third visit to the doctor isto determine whether the abortionhas 'actually taken place.

"Many have misleadingly pro<moted mifepristone as a panacea,"said Quinn. "In reality, chemicalabortion is an intense, three- to 15day regimen involving multipleoffice visits and a combination ofdrugs with the possibility of life"threate~ing complications."

cific circumstances in which people should beanointed, such as old age, before serious surgeryand sick children who have sufficient use of reasonto be comforted by this sacrament.

Q. We like to.have Masses offered for our family "and our deceased relatives. We understandthat in some parishes more than one Mass stipend is accepted for the same Mass. Can Massesbe offered for more than one intention now? (Illinois)

A. As I'm sure you are aware, every Mass is offered for many intentions, including all the living

and all the dead. TheEucharistic Prayer~, inaddition to other parts of.the liturgy, make thatclear.

Regarding Mass stipenps, however, Canon948 says, "SeparateMasses are to be appliedfor the "intention forwhich an individual offering, even if small, has

"been made and accepted." "In other words; only one stipend or offering may

be accepted by a priest for anyone Mass. To dootherwise is, according to Church law, outside thehands bf individual priests. One obvious reason isto avoid abuse in offering and accepting Mass sti-pends. . .

When additional priests concelebrate the sameMass, which is common today in many circum

.stances, since all the priests are actually celebrantsof that Eucharist, each one may individually accepta stipendfor the Mass.

• A free brochure outlining basic Catholicprayers, beliefs and moral precepts is availableby sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope toFather John Dietzen, Box'325, Peoria, IL 61651.

Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen atthe sa~e address, or e-mail: [email protected].

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also pledged to continue effortsagainst RU-486, which is known.generically as mifepristone and is

. used along with a prostaglandindrug to cause abortion in the firstfew weeks of pregnancy.

"We will shout it from the rooftops: RU-486 kills innocent human persons," Brown said. "TheU.S. Congress must resolve toconduct oversight hearings atonce so that the Food and DrugAdministration is held accountable for this raw, inhumane decision that will destroy babies andmaim women." .

. Danco Laboratories in NewYork was expected to have thedrug on the market in about a·month. It would be sold directlyto doctors and not through pharmacies.

Joseph M..Scheidler, executive.director of the Pro-Life ActionLeague, called.RU-486 "a deadlypoison to a tiny, defenseless unborn baby7 he said, .land it canbe lethal to the child's mother aswell."

The FDA said RU-486 shouldnot be used in cases of confirmedor suspected ectopic pregnancies,when a intrauterine device is inplace, or by those with bleeding

Q. Because my mother is seriously ill, I'vebeen attending parish ceremonies of what weused to call extreme unction. Several people receive this sacrament who don't look sick at all.

The liturgy ofthe anointing ofthe sick is beautiful and comforting for our family. But isn't itrequired anymore to be in danger of death toreceive it? (Pennsylvania) .

A. The sacrament for the sick is one that has. undergone significant development during the past60 years or so. The Vatican Council II document onthe sacred liturgy recognized this when it said, "Theanointing of the sick (theofficial name today) is a _---.....;,-------r--::::iiiiiii:::::::-'hsacrament not only for Questio,'nsthose who are in danger dof death." an· .

Thus, while it is for Answe~sthe sick, it is by no JI.

means exclusively forthe dying. In the Scrip-<ture passage that formsone of the main bases for L- -..

this sacrament, St. James .,says: "Is anyone sick among you? Let him ask forthe elders of the' church. They will pray over himand anoint him in the name of the Lord" (Jas 5: 14).-

To receive the sacrament of anointing, t.herefore,an individual need not be in danger of death, but"dangerously ill" either from sickness or advancedage.· Older people are considered eligible simplybecause of the general inflrmities of advanced age,even if they at present suffer no specific illness.

In their guidelines for this sacrament, the Ameri- can bishops observe that "sickness is' more than amedical phenomenon. Sickness is a crisis situationin the life of a Christian as regards his salvation~ hislife with Christ in the community of the Church."

Anointing of the sick, then, may be ministeredto people suffering from various kinds of physical,

.spiritual or emotional crises.The 'ritual for anointing mentions severa,l spe-

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WASHINGTON - Approvalof the Fr~nch -abortion drug RU4&6 for use in the United Stateswill "further numf our consciences to the violence of abortion and the taking. of innocenthuman life/' said the head of theU.S. bishops' Pro-Life office.: Gail Quinn, executive directorof the bishops' Secretariat for ProLife Activities, "said the approvalgiven Sept. 28 by the Food andDrug Administration was "the lastin a series ofcapitulations to abortion advocates who dismiss serious concerns about the drug andits effects." .

Cardinal Anthony J.Bevilacqua of Philadelphia saidhe was "dismayed" at the FDA'sdecision, which represents "another assault ... on unborn babiesand possibly the mothers."

Gloria Feldt, president ofPlanned Parenthood, said theFDA approval would "create anew era for choice for women"in America, where more than 1.3millionsurgical abortions are performed each year. -

Judie Brown, a Catholic whoheads the American Li fe League,

nization, the program will focus onthe early detection and treatment of <breast cancer. Pre-registration is required for mammograms by callingJo-Ann Ruijson at MassPRO (800)334-6776, ext 422;

. - Oct. 15: "Making StridesAgainst BreastCancer."Annual fivemile fund-raising walk along theCharles,River in Boston, sponsoredby theAmerican CancerSociety. For .

- information call Maria Cabrales at675-5686 or Karyl Benoit at 6745600, ext. 2515;

- Oct. 25: "Hereditary Risk ofBreast and Ovarian Cancer." 8~9 .a.m., Nannery Conference Room. Afree professional and communityeducation program featuring Chris- .topher Ho, genetic counselor withMyriad Genetic Laboratories. Registration required. Call CommunityOutreach at 675-5686.

Anderson joinectthe Knights inthe District ofColumbia in 1985. Heserved the local order as grandknight, district deputy, state advocate, !ltate secretary and state deputy.

From 1987 to 1997, he was the, Knights' vice. president for public

policy in Washington. He· wasnamed assistant supreme secretaI)'in 1997 and supreme secretary in1999. . ,

Anderson, who also is vice president of the John Paul II Institute forStudies on Marriage and the Familyin WaShington, taught there from1988 to 1998. He has been a visiting professor since 1983 at theinstitute's facilities at the LateranUniversity in Rome.

In 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed him to the Pontifical Academy for Life:He also has been honored with knighthood in.the Orderof St. Gregory the Great and theKnights of the Holy Sepulcher.

In the announcement, Andersonpledged dedication to the mission ofthe Catholic Church, to Church leaders, to members and their families,and "to the fostering ()f a culture ofIife."- .

Anderson also stressed the importance of the Knights' insurance.program, which ha~ $40 billion ofinsurance in force, and said theKnights would continue to promoteit. "It was integral to Father(Michael) McGivney's founding vision of the Knights of Columbusspirit of mutual aid and is central toour work today," he said. "

The Knights' board also announced other top-level appointments: Jean Migneault as deputysupreme knight; Chafles H. Foos assupreme secretary; Kenneth N.

,Ryan as supreme treasurer; andNestor V. Barber as supreme masterof the Fourth Degree.·

In addition, the board re-electedPat A. Cipollone as supreme advocate.

Except for Barber, who will continue to work from San Jose, Calif.,the others will work at Knights'headquaiters and livejn the greater'

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FALL RIVER - Saint AnneHospital will offer a month-long series ofevents for women and healthcare professionals as it observesOctober as breast cancer awarenessmonth. They. include:

- Oct. 7: a day-long program',"The Best Things in Life Are Free."It offers free access to mammography screening; free massages andmanicures; sessions on exercise,combating depression, weight lossplanning and floral arrangement;

_and apublic showingof the originalpaintings ofartistVictoria Mathiesenwho will be available. Pre-registration is necessary for mammogramsby calling Community Outreach at675-5686;

- Oct. 11: "Women, TakeCharge of Your Life," from.l-4 p.m.in Clemence Hall. Sponsored by theMassachusetts Peer Review Orga-

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Theboard of directors of the Knights ofColumbus has named Carl A.Anderson, 49, as the 13th &upremeknight, or chiefexecutive officer, ofthe 1.6 milfion-member internationalCatholic fraternal service organization.

A knight since 1985, Andersonhas been a member of the Knights:board and was named supreme secretary in 1999. The announcementof his promotion was made lastweek at Knights' headquarters inNewHaven: .

Anderson succeeds Virgil C.Dechant, 70, who is retiring after 24years as supreme knight. Dechantwill remain on the Knights' board.

Dechant said he was leaving"with the great satisfaction" that the.leadership was passing to Anderson."His strength of character, vastKnights oJ Columbus experience,together with the know-how andpolicy skills he acquired in a distinguished public service career, makehim especially well qualified to leadthe order in its next phase ofgrowth,"said Dechant.

In the Knights' announcement,'Anderson also praised Dechant's 35years of service as a Knights' official. "The Knights of Columbus isfar larger, stronger,. and more relevant to 'the needs of those irservesbecause of his leadership," said thenew supreme knight.. Anderson and his wife, Dorian,

have five children and live in Madison, Conn. He earned a philosophydegree at Seattle University and alaw degree froll) the University ofDenver.

From 1976 to 1983, he was a legislative assistant at the-U.S. Senate

-and a legal adviser to the secretaryof the Department of Health a.ndHuman Services. He held various'positions in the Reagan administration, including special assistant to thepresident and acting director of theOftice of Public Liaison, 1983-87.During that time he helped developthe administration's Pro-Li fe' andpro-family initiatives. .

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legislators. Surely this was the be- We change our laws to fit ourginning of the end of such barbar- determination of good and evil.ity. We watched in disbelief as the And one immoral law leads to anPresident of the United States other.twice rejected the will ofCongress In many ways, the Church is noto stop partial-birth abortions. longer the great teacher. 'Nor are

Proponents of abortion seem to the schools, or even families and,have little concern for wheth~r or parents. In our society, civil lawnot those who are unborn or par- " has become the great teacher.tially born are human beings. But The -law says it is all right totheir argument of "choice" is re- kill infants. Or the law says it is allally much deeper and light years right to kill those who are feebleolder than they may realize. For or dying. And the law sOITletimeswhat does the argument of says govemm'ent will pay for it."choice" really mean? How many children have been

To get to the root of the evil, raised in accord with such moralone might read the "Book of Gen- values? How many more beforeesis" and the story of Adam and it ends?Eve, and how God told them they How do we counter this?might eat the fruit of any tree but The Sisters of Life, which 1one, the tree that gives knowledge founded in 1991, take care ofpregof what is-good and what is bad. nant women, and they help thoseFor Adam and EV'e it wasn't who have had abortions to pick upenough to be made in God's im- ' the pieces of their lives. They teachage, to be children of God. They the sacredness ofevery human life.had to become gods so they could But they do more. And it was fordetermine for themselves what is this reason they were founded.good, what is evil. They pray.

And so many of us determine What is happening in our coun-today: for me, abortion is fine. 1 try in regard to the destruction ofhave my priorities. 1 have my innocent human life is somethingneeds. 1 will determine for myself diabolical, something. that c.an bewhat is right, what is wrong. And driven out only by prayer and fastyet we know that only God is the ing, supported and within the conultimate legislator of morality.To text of all the Pro-Life efforts naclaim the right to kill the innocent tionwide. This is why' the Sistersis to claim to .be God! Except of of Life pray, fast, and do penance.course, the true God would never They spend about half Qf each daykill the innocent. That would con- in prayer and contemplation, andtradict God's own law. ' the other haif in apostolic works.

In "The Gospel of Life," Pope What do we need for a new cul-John Paul II says that "freedom ne- ture of human life? Gratitude andgates and destroys itself, and be- joy. Each Sister of Life has in hercomes afactor leading to the de- room a small sign: "Without joystruction of others, when it no there can be no SisterofLife." Lifelonger recognizes and respects its should mean joy, joy in this Godessential link w'ith the truth... who brought us out of darknesswhich is the foundation of personal into His marvelous light. A peopleand social life" ("The Gospel of of life, for life. "Gratitude,ahd-joy,"Life," 19). This is the case when our Holy Father say~ "and th~ inone makes choices based not on comparable dignity of man impelsthe truth, but only on his or her us to share this message with ev-subjective and changeable opin- eryone." .ion, or even selfish interest. This That is what the Pro-Life moveview of freedom, says our Holy ment is about. We are not simplyFather, leads to a serious distortion anti-abortion as we are so oftenof life in society. If the promotion painted to be. We are Pro-Life, proof self is understood in terms of the mystery of life, pro the wonabsolute autonomy, people inevi- del' of life, pro the joy of life. Andtably reach the point of rejecting ,we are impelled to share this mesone another. Everyone else is con- sage with everyone. We need tosidered an enemy f~om whom one bring the Gospel of Life to thehas to defend oneself. And soci- heart ofeveryman and woman andety becomes a mass ofindividuals to make it penetrate every part ofliving side by side but without any society. This involves above allmutual bond. Each asserts him - . proclaiming the core of this Gosor herself independently of the pel, which is the procla)TIation of

,other, and in fact, intends to make a living God, who is close to us,his or her own interest prevail. who calls us to profound commun-

We see this in politics and gov- ion with Himself and who awakemment, where the inalienable ens in us the certain hope of eterright to life is today questioned or nal life. It is the presentation ofdenied on the basis ofa parliamen- human life, as a life of relationship,tar)-' vote or the will of one part of agift of God, the fruit and sign ofthe people. We vote on what is His love, it is the proclamation thatright or wrong. And ~ope John Jesus has a unique relationshipPaul II says of this: "To 'claim the with every person, which enables,right to abortion, infanticide and us to see in every human fac.e, theeuthanasia, and to recognize that face of Christ.right in law, means to attribute to CardinalJohn J. O'Connorhuman freedom a perverse and evil wi!s the beloved Archbishop ofsignificance: that of an absolute New York until his death in Maypower over others and against oth- 2000. He served as chairman ofers. This is the death of freedom" the NCCB Committee for Pro-("The Gospel of Life," 20). Life Activities from 1989-1992.

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is not in the process of being bom because "a woman seeking an abortion isplainly not seeking to give birth."

"This appalling trend is sufficient initself to warrant immediate passage ofH.R. 4292," Quinn said.

The Born Alive Infants Protection Actof 2000, sponsored by Rep. CharlesCanady, R-Fla., states that any infantcompletely expelled or extracted from hermother and who is alive" is a person under federal law, regardless of the child'slung development, his or her expectedchances of survival or whether the babysurvived' an abortion."

"Our immediate task, as this Congressnears its end, is to ensure that the lethalmentality of Roe (vs. Wade) does notclaim new victims - vulnerable humanbeings struggling for their lives outsidethe womb," Quinn added.

'''Enactment of HR 4292 is necessaryto ensure ,that all infants who are bornalive are treated as legal persons for thepurposes of federal law," said DougJohnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee in a letterto Congress.

Glendon, the Learned Hand Professor ofLaw at Harvard Law School. Many educators, catechists and Pro-Life representativeswill also be on the program.

"They will address the whole spectrumof human life issues and we are excitedabout this," he added.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Househas approved on a 380-15 vote a bill thatthe head of the U.S. bishops' Pro-Life office had called necessary to counteract an"appalling trend" in the U.S. courts toward approval of killing babies outsidethe womb.

Gail Quinn, executive director of thebishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, had commented on the Born-AliveInfants Protection Act in an earlier letterto members of Congress.

The bill went to the Senate on Wednesday where passage was considered unlikely before the adjournment of Congress today.

In her letter, Quinn said the U.S. Supreme Court's June 28 decision on partial-birth abortion in Stenberg vs. Carhart"extended its abortion jurisprudence toprotect the killing of partly bom children- giving encouragement, however unwittingly, to those who would justify outright infanticide."

In addition, she noted thatthe 3rd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in July struckdown New Jersey's ban on partial-birthabortion, saying that the child involved

a reminder that there will be a convocationjointly sponsored by the Pro-Life Apostolate and the Catholic Education Center onOct. 28 at Bishop Stang High School, NorthDartmouth, entitled "Teaching the Gospelof Life."

, The keynote speaker will be Mary Ann

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added. "I firmly believe that all these otherhorrors .... infanticide, physician-assistedsuicide, euthanasia ... are stemming fromthe devaluation of human life which is theunfortunate fruit of 28 years with Roe v.Wade, which gives the license for abortion."

That license, he said, "has so become apart of our natural culture and mind-set thatit has affected how we approach the valueof human life in general, and we are seeingthe byproducts."

Father Femandes made it clear that whatCatholics can do is pray every day that ournation will again respect the lives of everyhuman being from the moment of conception to natural death; leam about abortion;speak out against it, and serve and organizein behalf of life. And they can also vote, hesaid, "and this is an election year."

One issue can overtake the others, saidFather Femandes, and he offered an example:

"If a man was running for president ofthe United States and had an exemplary

. record in social justice issues; was a wonderful fami"ly man and had worked himselfup through service in local goveminent; wasa great communicator and was one in whomwe could entrust foreign policy and economics, yet said he has slaves on his farm,then I think we could say his keeping slavesgives a lie to many other things he's sayingand it is counter to everything I believe inas a Catholic American, and I cannot votefor that man."

He added that "The right-to-choosephantom has become the slavery issue ofthis new millennium because of its pervasive effect on everything else a man willthink and act and believe if he were in government."

On a local bent, Father Femandes issued

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the womb was truly meant to be aborted,and something went wrong, "according tothe abortionists, that child should not beprotected, even after birth, from t~e

abortionist's knife. That's how far we'vecome."

The Pro-Life director said he's glad thata wholesome embrace of what we havecome to call the "consistent life ethic" isgaining momentum and people are becoming educated about the perils of physicianassisted suicide and how precarious thedeath penalty is.

"But the abortion issue must be recognized as the fundamental life issue, that thereis a priority to the abortion question," he

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the very first to draw attention to thedeparture that Roe v. Wade represented from the most basic principlesof theAmerican political tradition andto call for its rever~aI. And in 1998the U.S. bishops said: "AsAmericans,as CatholiCS and as pastors, we write... to call our fellow citizens back toour country's founding principles,and most especially to renew our national respect for the rights of thosewho are unborn, weak, disabled andterminally ill. Real freedom rests onthe inviolability ofevery person as achild ofGod" ("Living the Gospel ofLife," No.6). "

American Catholics are uniquelycalled to be the leaven that spreadsthrough the nation, recalling it to itsfundamental purpose. If precedinggenerations had heard thatAmericanswould one day argue that liberty in-cludes the right to do away with life,they would have been astonished atthe illogic. The right to exercise thefreedom to make choices presupposes respect for life as inviolable.Choice cannot be regarded as in anysense prior to life.

Our responsibility as Catholicsand as citizens does not end with opposition to abortion and assisted suicide. We must never be indifferent tothose who suffer from poverty, viQlence and injustice. Any politics ofhuman life must work to resist theviolence of war and the scandal ofcapital punishm~nt. Any politics ofhuman dignity must seriously addressissues of racism; poverty, hunger, employment, educa~ion, housing andhealth care. As Catholics we shouldstrive to ensure that our "fellow citizens do not forget the primacy of life,or the foundational role it occupies·within the constitutional order of"rights we enjoy. We must encouragepublic figures and those who wouldlead to defend life.

In many ways, the model for public leadership in a context .where thenation faces a profound assault on itsunderlying principles is provided byAbraham Lincoln. The slavery crisiswas a similarly intractable conflictwithin American society. As an institution, slavery had legal protection;as a social institution it had ·widespread support. Lincoln understoodthat it collided massively with theprinciples of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Yet,alone, he was not able constitutionally to effect its aboiition. His policywas to adhere to the rule of law whereit applied, while at the same timeworking mightily to bring about the

, longer term change that wouldachieve abolition. A similar exerciseof leadership is called for by themounting crisis generated by expanding assaults on the right to life.

. As Christians it is important toreach out to all men and women ofgood will, and indeed to join withthem in bringing forth the best possibilities present within our imperfectworld. That common groul)d is mostpowerfully present in American secular principles ofrespect and reverencefor individual dignity. By seeking tomake the Gospel of Life central topolitical life, Christians can maketheir fullest contribution to the common good of the nation.

David Walsh is professor ofpolitics _at Catholic University ofAmerica. .

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· The right to life is the very firstright named in the Declaration ofIndependence. In Thomas Jefferson's'memqrable formulation, the. UnitedStates ofAmerica was founded on therecognition that all human beings are."endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable RightS, tIlat among

/these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Pope John Paul II has often notedthe special commitment of the UnitedStates to hl.!man rights. The greatness of our country lies in "respect

· for the dignity and sanctity of humanlife in all conditions and at all stagesof development," he said at the conclusion ofhis 1995 visit to the United

.States. Today the responsibility is oursto ensure .that these same principlescontinue to inform our exercise ofself-government.

Nowhere is. this more clear thanin connection with the contemporaryassault on the fundamental right to .life. To devalue life is to strike at thevery foundations on which theAmerican republic is erected. Without the right to life no other rights arepossible;' to the extent that life itselfis jeo"pardized, all other rights areequally threatened. -

So it ,is that the U.S. bishops haveidentified "abortion and euthanasia

· [as the] preeminent threats to humandignity because they directly attack,life itself, the most fundamental human good and the condition of allothers." ,

It may well be.that the public wouldprefer not to be reminded of the massive legal violation of human rightswhich takes place daily in our midst.A decade of almost. unprecedentedprosperity and the absence of majorinternational tensions have tended topromote indifference to the sufferingof others. A conspiracy ofsilence begins to feed an inclination for collective amnesia and we become less in-

·clined to accept the challenge offeredus of "hving the Gospel 'of life." .

Public amnesia, however, exactsa terrible cost. It is nothing less thanlosing touch with who we are as anation. Permitting the rights of someto be ignored revises the whole concept of rights. We now regard them'not as rights received from our creator, and therefore "unalienable," but .as rights dispensed by courts and legislatures. Like every other creation ofthe government, rights become subject to emendati()n and suspension.If the rights of some have becomearbitrary, then the rights of all havebecome uncertain.

But rights are indivisible and anissue of rights cannot be subjected tothe normal give and take of the political process. If only some humanbeings possess them then they are nottruly human rights. They are merelythe advantages that the politicallymore powerful enjoy over the mostvulnerable. Such domination ofsomeover others is precisely what the ruleof law is expected to pre'vent. Lawcannot play favorites and still remain.what law is meant to be. An abroga-'tion of the most fundamental right tolife, not merely in 'practice, but in lawitself, constitutes more than an ordinary political problem. It precipitatesa crisis of a moral and constitutionalnature -'- a crisis which has been ongoing for more· than a quarter of acentury since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in Roe v. Wade

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Nations remains committed to theprinciple that abortion is never to bepromoted as a means of birth control.Even at Beijing, when greatly outnumbered, the Holy See was able to savefamily-protection language by shiningthe spotlight into those proceedings.

The time has come to recognize,however, that the Holy See in theUnited Nations has too often beenlike the little Dutch boy who prevented a flood by keeping his fingerin the dike. The time has come to heedthe Holy Father's urgent call to families themselves to become... protagonists' of what is known as 'familypolitics' and assume responsibility fortransforming society."

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UN. conferences into offshore manufacturing sites for converting thepopulation-control agenda into "international standards," which couldthen be used to influence not only international agencies, but domesticpolicies and programs offoreign aid.In this way, a contr~versial agendacan affect the lives of millions of .people without ever having been subjected to the test of the ballot box.

The Holy See's activity in theUnited Nations has shown that even afew voices can make a differencewhen they speak the truth and call'good and evil by name. Much of thebest language on social justice in recent U.N. documents is there becausethe Holy See proposed or defended it.'Thanks to the Holy See, the United

interest, though to what extent it isdifficult to say.

This new class - the mobile,semi-educated, knowledge workersthat populate every nation's governmental agencies, corporations, universities, professions, mass mediaand social service agencies - increasingly have more in commonwith each other than with the poor intheir own societies.

The world has never before seenanything quite like the amorphous,stateless bid for social control by aclass that seeks not to rule, but tomaintain a position. Their movementhas no head, but many arms movingmore or less in the same direction.Their common direction arises lessfrom conspiracy than from unconscious parallelism. They are not somuch against the family as determined not to let the family, religionor any other institution stand in theway of what they want.

Where foreign aid.is concerned,they will give.millions for "reproductive services" but pennies for maternal and infant nutrition, clean wateror primary health care. The mainsource of all problems in the worldin their view is overpopulation, andtheir main solution is to eliminatepoor people.

It is easy to see why well-financed,new class-interest groups tlock to international organizations like theUN. and the European Court ofHuman Rights. Operating far from public scrutiny and democratic accountability, organizations like the International Planned Parenthood Federation have made every effort to turn

must safegu~d these rights."No one could reasonably object

to that proposition if it simply meansthat no rights, including the rights ofthe family, are unlimited. But, together with other U.N. developments,notably the subtle erosion of themoral authority ofparents in the 1989Convention on the Rights o(theChild, the 1995 guidelines lookedvery much like paR: of a deliberateeffort to set individual rights in opposition to family relationships andto undermine the status of the familyas a subject of human rights protection.

Any doubts on that score wereremoved by the draft document forthe U.N. Women's Conference thattook place in Beijing in 1995:. Prepared by the U.N. Committee on theStatus of Women, the draft barelymentioned marriage, motherhood orfamily life. When marriage and family life - and even religion - were'mentioned, they were presentedmainly in a negative light - assources ofoppression or obstacles towomen's progress. At the Beijingconference itself, a coalition led bythe European Union continued thistwo-pronged effort to "deconstruct"the family and to remove every positive reference to marriage, motherhood, the family, parental rights andreligion, all this supposedly in thename of individual liberty and freedom.

But it would be a mistake to regard the assaults on the family-protection principleas merely misguidedefforts to promote freedom and equality. They ,are also about power a!1d

By MARY ANN GLENDON

The United Nation's UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights proclaims that the family is entitled toprotection from society and the state.But there is no evidence that thedeclaration's drafters expected the,U.N. itself to play much of a role inprotecting the family. Now that theU.N. and its specialized agencieshave developed into sprawling bureaucracies symbiotically entwinedwith large international lobbying associations, it is easy to wonderwhether the family needs to be defended by such organizations or pro-tected against them! ,

To understand how the familyprotection principle came under attack in the United Nations, considera remarkable series ofevents that tookplace in 1995. Early that year, theU.N. Secretariat for the InternationalYear of the Family issued a booklet'stating that "the basic principle ofsocial" organization is the humanrights of individuals, which have beenset forth in international instrumentsof human rights."

That idea sounds innocentenoughuntil you begin to wonder how it fitswith the earlier declaration that thefamily is the basic unit oI'society. Thesecretariat anticipated this question.It is true, they admitted, that "severalhuman rights documents" refer to thefamily as the basic social unit and thatthey guarantee protection and assistance to the family, but "the power ofthe family is and should be limitedby the basic human rights of its individual members. The protection andassistance accorded to the family

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in Washingtori, included discussions of conversion of heart as thesoul of ecumenism, what they

. agreed on as two eucharistic communities, and some of the "irritants"that hindered relations betweentheir churches.

One of the irritants raised,' hesaid, was the Catholic Church'spractice of conditional baptism ofEpiscopalians who became Catho-·lic..

He said the question of eucha- .ristic shanng rose frequently in the

early ARC-USA meetings,,and back then "the pessimistssaid it could take 10years; theoptimists thought it would be .five."

In his homily at ajoint celebration. of AnglicanEvensong at the cathedral,Bishop John J. Snyder of St.Augusfine, Fla., said ,the"great hope, comfort anqjoy"he finds in the dialogue "hasbeen tempered by frustrationand greater sadness when we

could not celebrate and share theEucharist at the same altar."

Bishop Snyder, attending his final meeting with the dialogue after10 years as Catholic co-chairmansaid, "Our collaboration has provided me with a rare view ofthe richness and variety of the Church's Iife,a glimpse of the passion forecclesialunion for which we strive." .

Lo.o\<ing,baG.k at the:; ':extraoroinary and positive" progress madeand ahead at the "differences that

. still divide us," he urged participantsto look to the word of God, proclaimed during their prayer io-.gether, for "direction and challenge."

and Eucharist."The Catholic rejection in 1896

of the historical validity of Anglican orders remains an unresolvedissue in Catholic-Angiican dia-

.Iogue."Cardinal Willebrands made a

point of telling me privately that before he went to Lambeth (headquarters of the world Anglican Communion) Pope Paul VIcalled himin anq said to hini that when he had

:called the Anglican Church a sisterchurch; he had done so advisedly,"Bishop Vogel said. ,

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Anglican and Catholic scholars in- bury, Michael Ramsey."vited "a new.generation of Angli- Shortly before the ARC-USA.cans and Roman Catholics·... to join. meeting, ~ note from the V:aticaniIi ,the ecumenical enterprise." Congr~gatlOn .for ~: Doctnne of

The Anglican-Roman Catholic ' . the Fatth to bIshops conferen.cesConsultation in the U.S.A. - around the world warned agamstARC~USA - held its first meet- referringJo non-Catholic churchesing in June 1965, six months be- as "sister churches" ~xcept for thefore the end of the Second Vatican Orthbdox or o~ers lIke them thatCouncil. . "have preserved a valid episcopate

Thirty-five .Years later,meeting last week at the Col- ,lege of,Preachers of the .fn his homily at a joint celebration ofWashington National Calhe- Anglican Evensong at the cathedral,dral, the group ofbishops and Bishop John J. Snyder of St. Augusttheologians celebrated their, ,ine, Fla., said the "great hope, comfortlong collaboration and the .and joy" he finds ,in the dialogue "hasrecent top-level proposal to been tempered by frustration andfo~ an inte~a~ional Joint., greatersadness whenwe could notcelUmty 'Co~mlsslOn to. pro- ebrate and share the Eucharist at th'em~te AnglIcan-CatholIc re- .same altar."umon. _

, That proposal came from .the May 2000 meeting' inMississauga, Canada, ofAnglicanand Catholic bishops from 13 countries, led by Anglican ArchbishopGeorge Carey of Canterbury, England, head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and CardinalEdward I. Cassidy, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Chris~

, tian Unity.,' .. 'It said on~ of the primary tasks

oN:hecommission should be to"prepare~ ajoillt Anglican7Roman .Catholic declaration 0f agreementon the apostolic faith which weboth profess.'~

. The communique also recalled· "with particular gratitude (Pope)Paul VI's refere1!ce to the Anglican

bears a clear portrait of Our Lady. it may bring to people and,the Paul School at 11 a.m.; andSt."It's been a lot of work and diocese. "I hope many who come Stanislaus School at I p.m. On the

responsibility to bring Our Lady for healing are healed; that it will 24th it will be at St. Michael'sof Guadalupe here from New . bring people back to the Church, School at 9 a.m. and at Holy TrinYo~k," said Armstrong; "but it's candidates to the priesthood and ,ity School at 1 p.m;a labor of love. My love for an end to abortion and euthana- On' Oct. 24: it will be at OurMary keeps me gbing."A. mem~ sia. She's here to ~ring grace and Lady of Grace Church> Westber of the Fall Ri"ver District to heal." . port, from 7-8 p.m. for an inter'council of C~tholic Women, The following is a schedule of cessory prayer service ~ndArmstrong said that she receives where the image of OUf Lady of Benediction;a newsletter about Our Lady of Guadalupe will be hoqored in Fall On Oct. 26: there will be·a pro-

· Guadalupe on a regular basis River and New Bedford: cession from St. James Church,and one day the information Oct. 21: it will be displayed at New Bedford, to St. Hedwigabout hosting the icon just about the 4 p.m. Mass at St. Louis de Church where a 6 p.m. Mass will

· jumped off the page. I knew it France Church, Swansea. be celebrated;would be "a great thing for the On Oct. 22: it will be present On Oct. 27: a 9 a.m. Mass (indiocese," she said. at the ,annual.living rosary and English) will be celebrated at St.

The image is filled with sym- Benediction 'of the Blessed Sac- Hedwig Church and the icon willboIs and was used originally to raplent at 2 p.m. at St. Louis de be on display from 10 a.m. to 2:30help in the conversion of Aztecs France Church. Bishop Sean P. p.m. for visitation. At 3 p.m. ato Christianity and stop them from O'Malley OFM Cap. will preside service for the sick will be heldperforming child sacrifices. The and roses will be placed at the at the parish. At 7 p.m. a Mass (in·Virgin is known as the patron icon during the ceremony; Spanish) will be 'celebrated bysaint ,of the unborn and the icon Oct. 22: from 6-8 p.m. a ser- Bishop O'Malley; . .is the only apparition where Our vice of intercession for the' ill and On Oct. 28: it will be on disLady.left an actual picture of her~ disabled at St. Louis de France . play at the Pro-Life Conventionself.' . Church. Confessions will be:· at Bishop Stang High School and

Armstrong was moved as she heard; then at weekend Masses at St.talked about the arrival of the' Oct. 23 and 24: it will be George Church, Westport; .

· icon in Fall River. "I hope it re- 'brought to local schools for pri- Oct. 29: it will leave the dionews and strengthens people's vate prayer services. On the 23rd cese for Michigan following an. 11faith to Mary and Jesus," it will be at Bishop Connolly High a.m. closing ceremony at St.'Armstrong said when.asked what School at 9 a.m.; SS. Peter and George's Parish.

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immensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goooness may opento me the doors andloll1ake me enter into It to foim my life all inYou, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before·Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the littlegroup of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT.· Pros:trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg ,that itclothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, DivineWill. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, theenrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not wantthe human will to have life in this heart any lot:\ger. I will cast itaway from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall havea singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things andconducts them to God. 'He~ prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity

that They permit me to live in the cloister of the' Divine Will andthus, return in me the first order of creation, just as the creaturewas created. '

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen· of the Divine Fiat,take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the DivineWill. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and willteach me to livein and to maintain myself in the order and the .bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate mywhole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the·doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively toYour lessons. You will coyer me with Your mantle so that theinfernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sac~ Eden to entice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will.

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

Saint Joseph, you will t:>e my protector, the guardian of myheart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. Youwill keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again,that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. '.

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- "The Pro-I)fe Message:How to Pray It, How to Teach It,"with Linda Thayer. The educationconsultant for the Pro-Life Officesof the Archdiocese of Boston, shewill key on~ategies that also embrace a lifestyle of love for everyhuman being as a unique and special creation of God;

- "End-of-Life Issues: StayingTrue to Catholic Teachings," withDr. Mary Patricia Tranter. She isdirector of guidance and bioethicsinstructor at Coyle-Cassidy HighSchool in Taunton. She has lectured throughout the diocese onend-of-life issues and the Catholic perspective.

Pre-registration for the twosessions is necessary. Contact theCatholic Education Center, 423Highland Ave., Fall River, MA02720. No phone registrationsare accepted.

and Native Americans. Usingher inheritance, she built missions and schools dedicated tohelping them.

She later decided to becomea,nun and founded the Sisters ofthe Blessed Sacrament, whichcarried out a teaching apostolateamong the poor. The pope notedthat Mother Drexel taught a spirituality that combined prayerfulunion with the eucharistic Lordand zealous service to the victims of racial discrimination.

Among those who came to ,Rome for Mother Drexel's canonization were many, who hadmet her personally before herdeath in 1955, including somewho had been taught in herschools. '

Attending the Mass weremembers of the Sisters of theBlessed Sacrament, whose 225nuns run more than 40 schoolsand ministry sites in 13 states.Also present were faculty, students and alumni of Xavier University of Louisiana, whichMother Drexel founded in 1915and which became a leading institution for black education inthe segregated South.

Among' those seated near thealtar was ,Robert Gutherman,whose cure from inner ear disease in 1974 'was attributed tothe miraculous intercessio'n ofMother Drexel.

Earlier this year, Church authorities officially recognizedanother miracle attributed toMother Drexel's intercessionwhen a U.S. girl; Amy Wall, wascured of deafness in 1994. Thatcleared the way for MotherDrexel's canonization, completing a process that began 36 yearsago in Philadelphia.

The pope's sermon touchedbriefly on a recent war of wordsbetween the Vatican and Chinaover the canonizations, which

ception and the Gospel of HumanLife and Conjugal Love," withFather Roger Landry. He holdsdegrees·in sacred theology, moraltheology and bioethics and is parochial vicar at Espirito Santo Parish and chaplain at Bishop Connolly High School, both in FallRiver;

- "The .Death Penalty: ItsMyths, Reality and the Gospel,"with Notre Dame Sister PatriciaMcCarthy. She has worked formore than 27 years with the poorin the field of education, focusingon nonviolence, about which shehas been lecturing since 1989;

- "Project Rachel and theTask of Healing Post-AbortionAftermath," with Eileen Snow. Itwill focus on the national programthat invites men and women intothe process of healing, reconciliation and a return to wholeness.Snow, currently the retreat teamminister for Project Rachel, ministers in the Archdiocese of Boston;

- "Contemporary Challengesto the Church's Position on Abor-

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ample of that practical charity andgenerous solidarity with the lessfortunate which has long been thedistinguishing mark of AmericanCatholics," he said.

During the two-hour liturgyin St. Peter's, Square, the popealso canonized 120 Chinesemartyrs, calling them models ofcourage for all China. Respond-'ing indirectly to criticism fromChinese authorities, the popesaid the 87 natives of China and33 foreign missionaries all lovedChina, and their canonizationwas an honor for tlw country.

Also declared saints wereSister Josephine Bak,hita, ablack African slave from Sudanwho became a member of theDaughters of Charity, and Sister Maria Josefa Sancho deGuerra, a Spaniard who foundeda religious order, the Sister Servants of Jesus of Charity, in thelate 1800s.

More than 3,000 rain-dampened U.S. pilgrims applauded asthe sainthoo'd decree for MotherDrexel was read at the start ofthe Mass. A banner hung fromthe facade of St. Peter's Basilicadepicted Mother Drexel walkingwith two schoolchildren, an African-American boy and a Native American girl.

The liturgy's second reading,from the letter of James, was a'pointed warning to the wealthy.In his sermon, the pope contrasted that warning" with theconviction of young KatharineDrexel that' "her family's possessions were not for them alonebut were meant to be sharedwith the less fortunate." Born in18581 she came to inherit an investment banking fortune worth$14 million.

The pope described how, asa young woman she was deeplymoved by the suffering enduredby many African-Americans

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THE SISTERS of Mercy were recently honored at. Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, for many years of

service. and commitment to the school since founding itin 1961. Honored, from left are: Mercy Sister PatriciaHarrington, 31 years of service; Mercy Associate AnneMeloni; Mercy Sister Pauline Goodall, 25 years of service; Mercy Associates Anne Carroll and Karen Brennanand Mercy. Sister Zita Foley, 15 years of service. .

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BISHOP CONNOLLY High School, Fall River, recently announced its newly elected National Honor Society officers for the 2000-2001 school year. They are, from left: Erin Lenaghan,president; Benjamin Grace, vice president; Marisa Toomey, treasurer; and Andrea Guillot,secretary.

MERIT SCHOLARS - Bishop Feehan High School,Attleboro, announced. that several students were invitedto the National Meri~ Scholarship Program for excelling inthe PSAT test. They are, from left: Molly Corcoran, Nicole.Nadeau, Andrew Fellows, Catherine Poholek, Patrick Ward, .~ennifer Canesi and Jonathan Myers.

Feehan honors,Mercy Sisters

~ READYTO LEARN - Teacher Christine Mello welcomes twins Chelsea andAshley Oliveira to kindergarten at Espirito

. Santo School, Fa:!I River, last month. Theschool has more than 250 students enrolledfor the 2000-2001 school year.

~ PREKINDERGARTEN TEACHERMichelle Roussel helps het young studentsat Espirito Santo School with a classroomactivity. With her are Tristen Harrop, JarydAntrim, Eliza Chattman, Evan Sousa andBriana Pereira. .

to serving God's people,especially those that are sick, poorand uneducated. Their missionis to help people to overcome theobstacles that keep them fromliving fulland dignified lives andtheir mission. is carried out in .schools, hospitals, affordablehousing developments, emergency shelters, retirement centers, women's centers and retreatcenters.

ATILEBORO - Mercy Daywas celebrated recently at 'Bishop Feehan High Sc'hbol tohonor the Sisters of Mercy whofounded the school in 1961. Theday inclul;!ed Mass celebratedby the school's chaplain FatherMichael Kuhn and it involvedthe current Mercy Sisters andMercy Associates,

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what you talk about or what youdream. At the end of the year, thequestion won't be, "What did you'plan?" In school, and in life, the inevitable heart of the matter will be,''What did you do?"

book reports.Those are good ideas, but you

only get marked on what you do,not on what you say you're going todo.

Getting your regular homeworkdone is worth 10 times more thanplanning an elaborate project withpictures and diagrams, and then notgetting your homework done.

Plans and dreams are safe andeasy. Theyjust spring to mind. Talking about your plans can be risky,creating the illusion that you alreadyaccomplished something. Even ifyou don't get around to the actualwork, you convince yourself thatyou're the sort ofperSon who wouldhave if something else hadn't comeup.

Nobody gives points forpossibilities. The most humbling wordssomebody can say are, "You haveso much potential." It means, "Youcould be accomplishing things, butyou aren't."

Daydreams are the same. Theydon'tteplace real work. Ifyou imagine being a scientist someday, doyour algebra tonight. If you dreamof Iife'as a writer, write - and putextra time in on your English.

A successful school year, a yearof accomplishment, is not an accumulation of the equipment you buy,

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More than 40 workers traveledthree hours by bus from Wasco, nearBakersfield, to represent their 1,400co-workers at the ceremony and paytriqute to the Virgin Mary. The newrose will be produced outside Bakersfield.

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quality ofyour work. All those complicated notebooks and multicoloredpens don't take the notes for you. Aleather-covered calendar- or evena $400 computerized organizer m<\kes you feel like a serious stu-

dent the first day of class. Still, itwon't make a moment's differenceifyou don't make a listofwhat needsdoing and then do what's on the list.. Having a computer program tellyou when the test is scheduled onlyhelps if you actually study for thetest.

The second trap is confusing saying with doing, words with actions.. You've got a plan all worked out.This semester you'll make nothingless than a B+. By the end of theyear, you'll be nominated for theHonor Society. You'll study every

. night for two hours, whether you'vegot any assignments or not. You'.lIspend every. Saturday morningdown at the library,working onyour

J&,ckson & Perkins, with its unionmaqagement award for having one ofthe best labor relations records in thecountry. .

During the last six years, the alliance has "really set a new example inagriculture for how management and .worker relationships should really ex- .

ist," said UFW President'Arturo Rodriguez.

A rose cultivated byfannworkers and named after Our Lady of Guadalupe

. also serves to recognize herrole in the stOJggle forworker' rights, saidRodriguez.

''There is never an eventor march that takes placewithout (the image ot) theVirgin ofGuadalupe in frontofus, really caring for us andgiving us the guidance weneed in our struggle to bring

A U.S. rose grower and the United Farm about dignity and justice forWorkers have joined forces to produce a new fannworkersthroughoutthisrose named, after Our Lady of Guadalupe. nation," he said.(eNS phQ~~).?ourtesy Jackson & Perkins) Adam Chavarria, execu-

, tive director of the Hispanic .nam~"il Lose after Our Lady of <;ollegeFund, said that in growing and

. Gu~al}Jpe," lab technician Isabel selling the roses and making it pos.Rojas told The Tulings, Los Angeles sible for desc;:rVi~gLatino students toarc.hd!ocesan newspaper. ..': afford a college education, "at each, "We're've!yhqnored;' she added,". step along the way Latinos will be

noting that'most of the companis touched. by the Our: Lady ofworkerswho will be growing and cul-. ' Guadalupe rose.:' .

. tivating the rose are of Mex~~an.heri- The idea for the rose was, sepa-,tage. . -, rately suggested by Dolores Huerta,

Company spokesman Bill Ihlerec- co-founder of the UFW, and byognized the "strong and strategic part- Msgr. George Parnassus, pastor ofnership thafJackson & Perkins cel- St. Victor Parish in West Holly-ebrateswith United Farm Workers." wood.'

''As acompany, we have benefited, The Our Lady of Guadalupe rosethe union has benefited, and the work- bush is available from Jackson &ers have benefited;' he said. Perkins by telephone at (800) 292

The AFL-CIO recently honored 4769, or on the Internet atBear Creek, the production arm of www.jacksonandperkins.com.

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Reenacting the 16th-century miracle ofJuan Diego in Mexico, six-year-oldRigoberto Gomez held the comers ofhis folded tilma as he approached Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles.

Flanked by six little girls dressedas angels, the youngster un- . .'folded the tilma, spilling outrose petals and revealing theimage of Our Lady ofGuadalupe on the cloth.

The occasion was the un~

veiling and blessing ofanewsilvery-pink, sweet-smellingtloribunda rose named forOur Lady ofGuadalupe, during arecentceremony at OurLady Queen of AngelsChurch (La Placita) in LosAngeles ..

The rose's creation, notedthe cardinal, was a reflectionof an extraordinary alliancebetweenJackson & Perkins,the world's largest rosegrower, and the United FannWorkers, the union repre-senting its workers. .

'This is astunningexampleofhowthe two can work together," the cardinal told so.me ISO'people gathered forthe ceremOIJY, !J1any waving roses anasmall red tJFW flags.

Jackson & Perkins said proceedsfrom sales of the rose will go to theHispanioCol!ege Fun~, a national organization that gives scholarship aidto Hispanic students, and other assistance to Liitino communities in theUnited States.

Cardinal Mahony said he plans toplant the special rose to adorn theshrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe inthe outdoor plaza of the new Cathe-dral of Our Lady of the Angels. .

The key to $uccess in schoolBy CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS


Each fall, students launch intonew classes confident that this yearthey will really get in gear. This yearthey won't get behind in their homework. This year they will start workon the big projects early, and dosomething really special.

Some kids spend hours in theoffice-supply store, buying organizers and fancy, color-coded notebooks for all their subjects. Othersspend hours discussing their planswith friends or writing down lists ofideas so they'll clearly, be in mind.Manyjustdaydream about how successful they will be.

Unfortunately, in school and in·real life, hopes and dreams and plansdon't count for all that much. Theydon't giveextracredit for good ideas..What matters in the end is what youdo.

Schoolwork can be hard, and success takes real effort. There are waysof conv.incing yourself that you'reon track - without actually puttingin the effort. They seem like goodideas, but they'rejust traps. Each letsyou feel good about yourself for awhile, but none ever will bring therewards you really want.

The first trap is confusing thequality of your equipment with the

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TAUNTON - A program cn- ,titled "Understanding the Liturgy,"will be held on Oct. 19, Nov. 2 and9 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Coyle andCassidy High School. Speakers include Msgr. Stephen 1. Avila, Father Jon-Paul Gallant and LisaGulino. For registration call theOffice of Adult Education at 6782828.

NEW BEDFORD - The Courage Group will meet on Oct. 14 at 7p.m. at the rectory of Holy Name ofthe Sacred Heart of Jesus Church.Courage is a support group forCatholic men and women confronting same sex attraction issues andwho are striving to lead chaste lives.For more information call Msgr.Thomas Harrington at 992-31,84.

NEW BEDFORD - The Music Ministry Group of St. Joseph-St.Therese Parish will sponsor a· firstFriday/Saturday celebration beginning tonight at 8 p.m. with Mass. Itwill be followed by the rosary andBenediction of the Blessed .Sacrament. For more information call .Marshall Connolly at 984-0800 orthe rectory at 995-5235 .

NEW BEDFORD - The CalixGroup, which enlists Catholic menand women who-are gratefully celebrating recovery from alcoholism,drug addiction and other dependencies, will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. atthe parish center of Holy Name ofthe Sacred Heart of Jesus",Church.Newcomers are always welcome.

Church, 121 Mount Pleasant Street.Its regular monthly meeting will beheld o,n Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in the parish cente'r. For more informationcall Mary Macedo at 993-9179.

NORTH DARTMOUTH-ASeparated-Divorced Support Groupwill meet on Oct. 9 from 7-9 p.m.at the DioGesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. The topicwill be "Free to Be Me," and willin~lude a video presentation by Jesuit Father John Powell.

WEST HARWICH ---: The S1.Francis of Peace Fraternity, Secular Franciscan Order will meet Sun

'day for a noon Mass at Holy Trinity Church. 'It will be followed bydiscussions.

NEW BEDFORD - The Daughters of Isabella Hyacinth Circle #71will take part in a living rosary onSunday at 5:30 p.m. at Holy_Nameof the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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, NEW BEDFORD - BirthrightofNew Bedford is seeking volunteersto help work in its office and be partof a team to support women duringpregnancy. For more information callAnn Tremblay at 995-9248.

ATTLEBORO - The LaSalette Shrine will offer the program "Mary in the Millennium," onSunday at 2 p.m. at the new Shrinechurch.

On Oct. 21 the Shrine will hostFather John Hampsch of Los Angeles as he presents two separateseminars "Healing Your FamilyTree," from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and"Spiritual Waters," from 6:30-9

. p.m. Pre-registration is required.For more information call 2225410.

ATTLEBORO FALLS - Aworkshop for the "In Support ofLife" initiative, entitled "Comfortand Hope for the Dying," will beheld on Oct. 17 from 7-9 p.m. at St.Mark's Parish hall, 105 StanleyStreet. It will focus on the sanctityof human life and be led by MaryPatricia Tranter. For more information call 699-7566.

EAST TAUNTON - HolyFamily Parish will celebrate its100th anniversary on Oct. 22 withMass at II a.m. Bishop Sean P.O!Malley OFM Cap., will be principal celebrant and it will be followed by a banquet. All current andformer parishioners' as well as

.. friends of Holy Family are welcome. For banquet information call824-5707 no later than Oct. 15.

FAIRHAVEN - The Life TeenGroup of St. Mary's Church, 41Harding Road, will kick.off its new

, year on Oct. 15 with,a 6 p.m. Mass.A meeting and pizza party will follow. Attendees are invited to gatherat 5:30 p.m. for pre-Mass musicwarm-up. For more information callPaul Levesque at 992-7300 or bye-mail [email protected].

ATTLEBORO - The LaSalette Center for Christian Livingwill present a retreat entitled"Evening ofRecollection: Prayer inMid-Life and Later Years," on Oct.

t05 p.m. at the La Salette Shrine's new'church. It will include-several speakers, musicians and Mass. For more information contact Bud Miller at 6753847.

ATTLEBORO - St. John theEvangelist Parish will sponsor two

'workshops at the Hospitality Center, 1 Saint John Place, this month..They are "Catholic Teaching andLegal Issues In Support of Life,"Oct. 10 from 7-9 p.m., by FatherDavid Pregana and Atty. EdwardCasey; and "Palliative Care at theEnd of Life Including Pain Management and Family Support Issues," Oct. 17 from 7-9 p.m., byEleanor Murphy,-Hospice Pr,ogramManager. .

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ATTLEBORO - The annualDiocesan Young Adult Conferencethemed "Be Radical, Be Catholic,"will be held on Nov. 4 from 8:30 a.m.

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