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b'Summary of today\\u2019s show: On our usual Thursday news show, Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, and Greg Tracy reviewed the headlines of the week, including Tuesday\\u2019s election, discussing their personal recollections of the day and results; Cardinal Timothy Dolan\\u2019s gracious letter to President Obama congratulating him and praying he will work for the common good; the other social issues voted on across the country; 2012 Cheverus award winners; the Adopt-a-Priest program; and the passing of a priest of almost 60 years service.\\nListen to the show:\\n\\nWatch the show via live video streaming or a recording later: \\nToday\\u2019s host(s): Scot Landry and Susan Abbott\\nToday\\u2019s guest(s): Gregory Tracy, managing editor of the Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston\\nLinks from today\\u2019s show:\\n\\n\\n\\nSome of the stories discussed on this show will be available on The Pilot\\u2019s and The Anchor\\u2019s websites on Friday morning. Please check those sites for the latest links.\\n\\nToday\\u2019s topics: Question 2; Dolan on Election; Cheverus awards; Serra Boston\\n1st segment: Scot Landry welcomed everyone to the show and said we\\u2019re returning to our usual Thursday topic, the news that affects us, and that will include just a bit of election news. Susan Abbott said it\\u2019s been a long week. She said she debuted as a photographer for the Pilot this week with a photo of Sr. Ignacio holding a \\u201cNo on Question 2\\u201d sign outside the polls on Tuesday at 7:45am standing with her walker. Sister was at the polls for hours on Tuesday in the freezing cold. Scot said he was amazed at the number of people he saw tweeting and Facebooking photos of themselves with their No on 2 signs. Gregory Tracy said he went with Cardinal Se\\xe1n to the cardinal\\u2019s polling place, which is conveniently across the street from the cathedral rectory. After he voted, the cardinal greeted the people standing outside with signs. Greg said if he saw a sign on a ballot question it was for No on Question 2. He never saw a Yes on Question 2 and none on any of the others.\\nScot said he is curious whether Cardinal Se\\xe1n drew attention when he went to vote. Greg said there was a number of media there, but mainly because of the location in Boston, but while they noticed him they didn\\u2019t pay too much attention to him. Some regular people from the neighborhood came up to say hello, but no other ruckus.\\nSusan said she\\u2019d never held a political sign before, but because it was for a life or death issue, not a candidate, she\\u2019s still processing the sights and sounds and people. She told the story of encountering some of the voters and the positive reaction she got. Then she talked about talking to a young man who asked why he should vote No. Scot said his sense is that there were more than 10,000 people who were part of the team to stop assisted suicide in Massachusetts.\\nGreg talked about how the Pilot had to hedge its story about Question 2 because the final, final count was not in as of press time. Scot noted the quotes in the story, including that from Fr. Matt Williams:\\n\\n\\u201cI praise God for the results of today. I thank God for the leadership of Cardinal Se\\xe1n, who has been nothing less than heroic in leading the fight to defeat Question 2. Our pastors need to be commended for the work they have done on the front lines in mobilizing their people and helping to get the word out, and also our young people who we have seen that when they are presented with the truth about life and love, they respond. They become tremendous advocates for life. They become protagonists for the New Evangelization,\\u201d Father Williams said.\\n\\nScot said Fr. Matt has said in recent weeks that even though this is a difficult ballot campaign, the Catholic Church mobilized in Massachusetts for the first time in a massive way all for the same cause. Greg said pro-life, anti-abortion efforts is universally unifying in the Church, and this turned out to be another example. He said most people who were early supporters did so out of an ignorance of the reality. Susan said you could always tell when someone hadn\\u2019t read the bill. The educational effort was a vital part, as was the spiritual effort.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe other big story on Tuesday was the re-election of President Obama and Cardinal Timothy Dolan wrote a letter to him congratulating him.\\n\\nDear President Obama,\\nIn my capacity as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, I write to express my congratulations on your re-election as President of the United States.The people of our country have again entrusted you with a great responsibility.The Catholic Bishops of the United States offer our prayers that God will give you strength and wisdom to meet the difficult challenges that face America.\\nIn particular, we pray that you will exercise your office to pursue the common good, especially in care of the most vulnerable among us, including the unborn, the poor, and the immigrant.We will continue to stand in defense of life, marriage, and our first, most cherished liberty, religious freedom.We pray, too, that you will help restore a sense of civility to the public order, so our public conversations may be imbued with respect and charity toward everyone.\\nMay God bless you and Vice President Biden as you prepare for your second term in service to our country and its citizens.\\nSincerely yours,\\nTimothy Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York President United States Conference of Catholic Bishops\\n\\nGreg said Cardinal Dolan isn\\u2019t going to blast the president in this kind of letter. The cardinal recognizes that we\\u2019re all Americans and patriotic. We just want our rights to religious freedom and to life to be respected and he expresses that for us. He\\u2019s asking for the president to find common ground to end the divisiveness. A broad exemption is an easy accommodation, so do they want to compromise or continue to divide? Scot said Dolan wrote that Obama can restore a sense of civility and then demonstrated that with his letter. Susan said the cardinal isn\\u2019t strident, but also doesn\\u2019t mince words. He sets the tone for further conversation. Susan said she\\u2019s encouraged that Obama in his speech referred to the need for God\\u2019s grace.\\nScot talked about teaching his children to pray for the newly elected or re-elected even though he didn\\u2019t support them or vote for them. Even if we\\u2019re concerned about particular candidates, never underestimate the power of prayer to move someone\\u2019s heart.\\n\\n\\n\\nScot said the Pilot has an article on the various social issues voted on coast to coast. He said he knows assisted suicide in Massachusetts was tracked nationally as well as some marriage votes. But there were others as well, including an attempt to repeal the death penalty in California. Scot explained that generally speaking the bishops oppose death penalty as not necessary in this day and age. The votes on marriage allowed same-sex marriage by close votes. In Florida, one initiative would have banned public funding for abortion, to allow public funds to go to religious agencies, to amend the Affordable Care Act. A referendum for parental notification of a minor getting an abortion did pass in Montana. Puerto Rico had a nonbinding referendum to request to become the 51st state. Greg talked about having gone to Guam a year ago and saying that it might be nice to bring in two new states, Atlantic and Pacific.\\nThe panel talked about regional loyalties, which is especially true of Texas, and his sense is that Puerto Rico would be the same. He thinks it would add to the health and character of the US.\\n2nd segment: Scot said on November 18 at 3pm at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Se\\xe1n will present 121 Cheverus Award medals to recognize people who have served our parishes over a number of years. Most are nominated by pastors, approved by regional bishops, and given to Cardinal Se\\xe1n. The cardinal also selects a few personally. Scot said it\\u2019s like a lifetime achievement award, not just for someone who leads on thing.\\nThe celebration is a week earlier this year, not on Feast of Christ the King, because the Cardinal will be in Rome on that Sunday for the Consistory of the College of Cardinals. Susan said she loves to see these awards and there\\u2019s always people she knows. She named the people from the list that she knows. Scot and Greg also discussed the people they know on the list. This is the complete list:\\n\\nMrs. Anna Abbruzzese, Cohasset Mrs. Deborah Albano, Tewksbury Deacon John Alexander, Merritt Island Ms. Mary Beth Ammann, Somerville Dr. Angelica Avcikurt, Chestnut Hill Ms. Judith Bell, Dorchester Mrs. Cecile Benotti, Weston Sister Kathleen Bettencourt, OCarm/P, Peabody Mrs. Donna Biggins, Sudbury Mr. George & Mrs. Joan Bishop, Somerville Mr. James Bocelli, Malden Mr. Charles Braid, Revere Sister Mary Braley, S.C.N., Newburyport Deacon Robert Breen, Medford Mrs. Madelyn Brown, Medford Mr. Timothy Buckley, Waltham Ms. Kathleen Callagy, Lawrence Mr. Stephen Cavanaugh, Brockton Mr. Peter & Mrs. Laura Chan, Stoneham Mrs. Mary Frances Chisholm, Tyngsboro Dr. Henry (Hang Rok) Cho, Canton Sister Maureen Clark, CSJ, Watertown Mr. John Collier, Braintree Ms. Margaret Costa, Boston Ms. Olga de los Santos, Lynn Mr. Lawrence Destefano, Lexington Mr. David & Mrs. Anne DeVoe, Salem Ms. Shirley Di Iorio, Jamaica Plain Mrs. Felicia DiFeo, East Boston Mr. John DiMasi, Billerica Ms. Patricia Dineen, Belmont Ms. Marijane Dosdall, Wellesley Ms. Joyce Durst, Mattapan Mr. John Dwyer, Duxbury Mr. John Ellis, Jr., Brighton Mrs. Mary Fagan, South Boston Ms. Anne Farmer, Danvers Ms. Madeline Feldmann, Braintree Ms. Herondina Ferreira, Watertown Ms. Elizabeth Folloni, Bridgewater Mrs. Iwona Gajczak, Quincy Mr. Joseph Galluzzo, Andover Mrs. Elaine Garcia, Marlborough Ms. Kathleen Garon, North Andover Ms. Ann Garvey, Natick Mrs. Anna Gaudet, Newton Mrs. Patricia Gavin, Norwood Mr. Craig Gibson, Winchester Mr. James Gregory, Stoneham Mr. Meynardo Gutierrez, Medford Mrs. Loretta Haley, Newburyport Ms. Katherine Harless, Malden Mr. John Harrington, Reading Mrs. Lois Harrington, Stoneham Mr. Michael Hatch, Sr., Avon Mr. Walter Hunt, Boston Mrs. Mary Hurley, Hingham Mrs. Justine Hyppolite, Waltham Miss Clare Joyce, Milton Ms. Margaret Keefe, Lowell Ms. Jean Kelley, Boston Mr. Donald Kelly, Halifax Mrs. Theresa Kiernan, Dorchester Mr. Fred Klingmeyer, Wellesley Deacon William Koffel, Framingham Mrs. Paulette Lacoursiere, Hingham Ms. Mary Laverdure, Groveland Deacon Roland Leduc, Lowell Mrs. Janice Leonard, North Reading Ms. Eveline Lima, Marlboro Brother James Lucas, O.M.I., Tewksbury Dr. Aloysius Lugira, Woburn Attorney Henry Luthin, Brighton Mrs. Raye Mahoney, Peabody Mr. Charles Mangine, Needham Mrs. Carmella McCourt, Brockton Mr. Gerard McGrath, Quincy Mr. John McNeice, Canton Mr. Charles J. Murphy, Sudbury Ms. Joan Nelson, Boston Mr. Peter Thong Nguyen, Saugus Deacon John Nicholson, Marlborough Ms. Bernadette Obas, Mattapan Mr. William O\\u2019Halloran, Watham Mr. Richard Paquette, Haverhill Ms. Carol Parillo, Dedham Mrs. Edith Pedro, Cambridge Mr. Phong Pham, Lawrence Dr. Wilfrid Pilette, Framingham Ms. Judith Pinard, Ayer Mrs. Angiolina Pizzicannella, East Boston Ms. Janet Platt, West Newton Mrs. Mary Plourde, Brockton Ms. Jacqueline Proctor, Beverly Ms. Charlotte Quealey, Lowell Mrs. Maureen Rodino, Wellesley Ms. Mary Romano, Boston Mr. Mario Rosa, Cambridge Mr. Francis Russell, Readville Ms. Jan Sandberg, Lowell Ms. Frances Shawcross, Winchester Mr. Walter Shea, Kingston Mrs. Josephine Silva, Somerville Mr. Alvaro Soares, Nashua Dr. Robert Sperber, Brookline Mr. Ernest St. Laurent, Foxborough Deacon Daniel Sullivan, Milton Mrs. Barbara Suojanen, Medfield Mrs. Janet Swenson, Braintree Ms. Jennie Swenson, Hanover Mr. Charles Tautkus, Abington Mrs. Malida Thelusme, Brockton Mrs. Susan Tocci, Townsend Mrs. Donna Vaira, Ayer Mr. Raoul Vincent, Newton Mr. Thomas Walsh, Beverly Sister Mary K. Walsh, CSJ, Milton Sister Mary Jude Waters, OP, Watertown Ms. Virginia Williams, Duxbury Mr. Lee & Mrs. Eleanor Wright, Medford Sister Peggy Youngclaus, SND, Boston\\n\\nScot pointed out in particular that John McNeice would be a unanimous inductee in any Hall of Fame for benefactors to the Catholic Church in Boston, along with Tom Flatley and Jack Shaughnessy. Everyone is invited to the liturgy and CatholicTV will be broadcasting this Mass live as well.\\nAlso in the Pilot is the Dorchester-based St. Mary\\u2019s Center for Women and Children in the former St. Margaret\\u2019s hospital. They provide a number of programs for kids recovering from trauma, a radio broadcast program for young teen girls, a shelter for homeless families, a home for pregnant and parenting teens, a jobs program for women re-entering the workforce, and an education center for women earning their GED. Scot said there\\u2019s some moving testimonies in this story. Greg said he was stunned to find out about all these programs and the number of families they\\u2019re helping. He noted their history goes back to the late 1800s. It grew out of a ministry of the Daughters of Charity for abandoned children. Susan said there was lots of talk during the election about women\\u2019s issues, but this is really about women\\u2019s issues, training them to be self-sufficient and raising them up out of poverty.\\n\\n\\n\\nScot said the Serra Apostolate is offering it\\u2019s fourth annual Adopt-A-Priest apostolate. Volunteers are sent a sealed envelope with the name of a priest for people to pray for daily. For more information, go to their website or call 978-462-1057.\\nIn other news, Fr. John P. Kelly passed away last week. He was 95 years old and ordained in 1945. He served in Boston, Cambridge, Braintree, and Somerville. At St. Joseph\\u2019s in Somerville he was part of the first team ministry in the Archdiocese. Greg said at the time it was a brand new idea. He served the parish for 35 years and more, living there after retirement.\\nScot encouraged listeners to visit the Archdiocese of Boston\\u2019s website.'