>>> COMING UP, LUCKY SEVERSON HELPING DOCTORS WITH END OF LIFE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR PATIENTS.

WITHOUT THEM, PATIENTS MAKE DECISIONS THEY DON'T WANT AND LOOKING AT ST. BENEDICT FOR SCHOOL IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATING YOUNG MEN FROM THE CITY'S MOST TROUBLED NEIGHBORHOODS.

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>> WELCOME.

I'M KIM LAWTON SITTING IN FOR BOB ABERNATHY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WITH HILLARY CLINTON NOW THE PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, BOTH PARTIES ARE RAMPING UP EFFORTS TO UNIFY THEIR MEMBERS.

ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO TRY TO PERSUADE EVANGELICAL VOTERS TO SUPPORT HIM.

EVANGELICALS ARE A KEY PART OF THE GOP COALITION BUT MANY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP.

THIS WEEK, PROMINENT SOUTHERN BAPTIST LEADER RUSSELL MOORE CALLED HIM A LOST SOUL.

TRUMP HAS PLANNED A MAJOR MEETING WITH HUNDREDS OF EVANGELICAL LEADERS FOR JUNE 21st.

MEANWHILE, ATHEISTS AND OTHER SECULAR VOTERS ARE TRYING TO FLEX THEIR POLITICAL MUSCLES.

THOUSANDS GATHERED ON THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON FOR THEIR SECOND "REASON RALLY."

THE RALLY WAS ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT SCIENCE OVER RELIGION, BUT THIS YEAR'S MAIN FOCUS WAS THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

ORGANIZERS SAID IT WAS TIME FOR POLITICIANS TO REALIZE THAT SECULAR PEOPLE ARE PART OF AN IMPORTANT VOTING BLOC.

>> THIS IS THE RECOGNITION THAT NEARLY A QUARTER OF ALL AMERICANS HAVE NO RELIGION AND TO TAKE AND FRAME YOUR POLITICAL CONVERSATION IN RELIGION WILL NO LONGER RESONATE.

>> IN RECENT ELECTIONS, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WITH NO RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION HAVE VOTED DEMOCRATIC.

BOXING LEGEND AND MUSLIM CONVERT MUHAMMAD ALI IS BEING MOURNED ACROSS THE NATION.

ALI DIED A WEEK AGO ON FRIDAY AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

SOME 14,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED A TRADITIONAL MUSLIM FUNERAL PRAYER SERVICE FOR HIM ON THURSDAY, WHERE HIS COFFIN WAS PLACED TO FACE MECCA.

MUSLIMS TYPICALLY BURY THEIR DEAD WITHIN 24 HOURS BUT ISLAMIC LEADERS SAID THAT'S NOT A STRICT RULE.

ACCORDING TO MUSLIM TRADITION, ALI'S BODY WAS WASHED, ANOINTED AND WRAPPED IN CLOTH WITHIN A DAY OF HIS DEATH.

AN INTERFAITH MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ALI WAS HELD ON FRIDAY.

MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEGUN IN RAMADAN, THEIR MONTH LONG SEASON OF FASTING FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN.

OBSERVING RAMADAN IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR MUSLIM REFUGEES LIVING IN CAMPS AND OTHER MAKESHIFT HOUSING.

FOR SOME SYRIAN REFUGEES, THIS IS THE SIXTH RAMADAN AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES.

HUMANITARIAN GROUPS ARE CONTINUING EFFORTS TO DELIVER AID TO DESPERATE FAMILIES INSIDE WAR TORN SYRIA.

BUT ONGOING VIOLENCE, SOME OF IT TARGETING CIVILIANS, IS HAMPERING THOSE EFFORTS.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL HOST A SUMMIT ABOUT THE WORLDWIDE REFUGEE CRISIS DURING THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SEPTEMBER.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THE SUMMIT WILL ADDRESS HOW THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN BETTER PROTECT AND ASSIST REFUGEES.

THE WORLD LEADERS WILL DISCUSS WAYS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT AND TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES TO BE RESETTLED IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

AT A VATICAN SUMMIT THIS WEEK, POPE FRANCIS PLEDGED TO HELP VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN DAY SLAVERY.

THE POPE SIGNED A 10 POINT DECLARATION THAT REFERRED TO FORCED LABOR, PROSTITUTION, AND THE TRAFFICKING OF ORGANS AS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

THE DECLARATION EMPHASIZED THAT SUCH CRIMES SHOULD BE PROSECUTED AND PUNISHED.

IT ALSO PROMISED TO BETTER SUPPORT VICTIMS.

JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS JOINED FRANCIS IN SIGNING THE DECLARATION.

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI VISITED THE U.S.

THIS WEEK.

HE MET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND ADDRESSED A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.

DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECONOMIC ISSUES TOPPED HIS AGENDA.

DURING THE VISIT, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF NON--IN DUE RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN INDIA.

MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, AND SIKHS SAY THEY ARE FACING INCREASING DISCRIMINATION THERE.

CALIFORNIA'S RIGHT TO DIE LAW TOOK EFFECT THIS WEEK, MAKING PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DYING NOW ACCESSIBLE TO ONE IN SIX AMERICANS.

UNDER THE LAW, TERMINALLY ILL CALIFORNIANS CAN LEGALLY HASTEN THEIR DEATHS BY ASKING DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE LETHAL DRUG COCKTAILS.

ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE OF FAITH SUPPORT THE LAW, MANY OPPOSE IT.

TWO OF THE STATE'S LARGEST RELIGIOUS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, CATHOLIC AND ADD VENNTIST HOSPITALS, SAY THEIR DOCTORS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE.

END OF LIFE ISSUES CAN BE AGONIZING ON MANY LEVELS.

SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE END OF LIFE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR DOCTORS END UP RECEIVING AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT IN HOSPITALS THAT THEIR DOCTORS WOULDN'T WANT FOR THEMSELVES.

PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF DOCTORS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND AREN'T TRAINED TO DO IT.

LUCKY SEVERSON TALKED WITH LEADING PALLIATIVE CARE EXPERTS WHO ARE TRYING TO CHANGE HOW THINGS ARE DONE.

>> ROBERT GILL SUFFERS FROM KENNEDY'S DISEASE AND IS RECEIVING PALLIATIVE CARE AT A VA HOSPITAL IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA.

>> KENNEDY'S IS LIKE ALS, BUT ALS IS FAST.

YOU DIE QUICK.

MY CASE IS VERY SLOW.

>> SO WHAT DOES THAT AN UP DAY LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO A DOWN DAY?

>> WELL, AN UP DAY IS I'M FEELING GOOD, I'M NOT IN PAIN.

I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE ALIVE.

>> GILL IS A NAVY VETERAN AND RETIRED OPERATIONS MANAGER.

HE HAS DECIDED HE DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND THE LAST DAYS OF HIS LIFE TETHERED TO MACHINES AND RECEIVING ALL THE TREATMENTS MODERN MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS TO OFFER.

>> SOME PEOPLE WANT TO PITY THEMSELVES.

OTHERS JUST WANT TO SAY MOVE ON, ENJOY LIFE.

>> I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO MAKE PLANS AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THE TOPIC IS SO THREATENING TO THEM.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T PLAN FOR IT, THEY ARE SUBJECTED TO TREATMENTS THAT ARE, A, NOT HELPFUL AND B, NOT WHAT THEY WANT.

>> DR. JV PERIYAKOIL IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANFORD UNIVERSITY PALLIATIVE HOSPICE CARE SPECIALIST.

SHE SAYS THAT FAR TOO MANY OF THE 2.6 MILLION AMERICANS PROJECTED TO DIE THIS YEAR WILL DIE IN A HOSPITAL EVEN THOUGH THEY A MAJORITY WOULD RATHER DIE AT HOME.

>> DYING IS NOT BEING IN THE ICU, 20 TUBES COMING OUT OF YOU BEEPING EVERYWHERE.

FAMILY IS OUTSIDE, DOCTORS SURROUNDING WITH THEIR COMPUTERS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT DYING SHOULD BE.

DIEING IS A SOCIAL, FAMILY, PERSONAL EVENT.

WE REALLY NEED TO FREE DYING FROM THE HOSPITAL AND TAKE IT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE IT BELONGS.

>> IT TURNS OUT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICAN DOCTORS DON'T WAND TO END THEIR LIVES IN A HOSPITAL EITHER.

DR. PHILLIP PIZZO IS A DEAN EMERITUS AT THE STANFORD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

>> ANYWHERE FROM 80 TO 95%OVER THEM SAY THEY WANT TO DIE OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL.

THEY WANT TO DIE AT HOME.

THEY WANT TO HAVE THE FAMILY AROUND THEM.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE OON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS.

AND THEY WANT TO HAVE COVERAGE FOR THEIR OWN.

>> HOW ABOUT YOU?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I FEEL THE SAME WAY.

AND I'VE THOUGHT CAREFULLY ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF MY CARE.

AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD VERY CLEAR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT AND WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FAMILY AS WELL.

>> THERE'S A TIPPING POINT IN EVERY ILLNESS WHERE THE TREATMENT BECOMES MORE BURDENSOME THAN THE DISEASE ITSELF.

AT WHICH POINT YOU ARE KEEPING THE BODY ALIVE AND THE PERSON MAY NOT REALLY RECOGNIZE THEIR FAMILY.

THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHO THEY ARE, THEY MAY NEVER EVER COME BACK TO THE PERSON THEY USED TO BE.

AND AT THAT POINT, YOU HAVE TO PAUSE, WHAT AM I DOING HERE?

>> PEOPLE JUST USE THEIR DIGNITY.

THEY WEAR GOWNS.

THEY LIE IN BED ALL DAY.

IN A WAY, DEHUMANIZED.

>> NOT ONLY THE LOSS OF DIGNITY.

IT'S OVERWHELMING OUR MEDICAL SYSTEM.

THE U.S. SPENDS ABOUT 2.5 TIMES THE AVERAGE OF MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ON HEALTH CARE AND END OF LIFE CARE THAT THIS COUNTRY REPRESENTS A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THAT EXPENSE.

ALMOST 80% OF THE COST OF FINAL YEAR OF LIFE ARE SPENT IN THE LAST MONTH ON INTENSIVE AGGRESSIVE TREATMENTS PATIENTS DON'T WANT.

THE IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE COST, HE SAYS, IS GOING TO GET MUCH MORE.

>> WE'RE LITERALLY ON THE CUSP.

IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS, 20% OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO BE 65 YEARS OR OLDER.

>> THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, MOST OF THOSE 65 AND OLDER WILL NEVER HAVE AN END OF LIFE DISCUSSION.

THAT'S A FINDING OF A MAJOR STUDY BY DR. BJ THAT 99% OF DOCTORS DON'T LIKE TO DO THEM.

>> IT'S NOT EASY TO SIT DOWN WITH FAMILY OR A CHILD WHO MAY FACE END OF LIFE AND HAVE THAT KIND OF HONEST DIALOGUE.

YOU NEED TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DO THAT.

>> MEDICAL SCHOOL TRAINED ME TO GO OUT THERE AND SAVE LIVES AND TO DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN.

SO IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO SAY, LET ME DO ONE MORE TEST.

>> OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HAS SO MANY PERVERSE INCENTIVES THAT LEAD TO DOING MORE RATHER THAN LESS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT DOES IS NOT PERMIT PHYSICIANS OR OTHER CARE PROVIDERS TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN AND TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT THE PREFERENCES OF THE FAMILY OR THE INDIVIDUAL IS ABOUT.

>> SINCE DOCTORS WERE NOT INITIATING THESE CONVERSATIONS, DR. VJ CREATED THE STANFORD LETTER PROJECT TO ALLOW PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO SAY WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THEM AT THE END OF THEIR LIVES.

MICHAEL WHITE'S BROTHER, JERRY, RECENTLY DIED OF CANCER IN A HOSPICE.

NOW THE RETIRED FIREFIGHTER WANTS TO PREPARE FOR HIS OWN DEATH IN CASE HE CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.

>> HOW DO YOU MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS IN YOUR FAMILY?

>> MY WIFE WILL DECIDE.

SHE KNOWS HOW I AM ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE.

>> IF YOUR HEART WERE TO STOP, DO YOU WANT US TO ATTEMPT TO RESUSCITATE OR RESTART YOUR HEART OR DO YOU WANT US TO ALLOW YOU TO GO GENTLY?

>> NO, I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO BE RESUSCITATED.

>> OKAY.

WOULD YOU WANT TO BE ON A BREATHING MACHINE?

>> NO.

>> DR. VJ TALKS ABOUT END OF LIFE TO JUST ABOUT ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN.

HERE SHE'S SPEAKING TO A LARGE GATHERING OF NURSES, ONE OF WHOM RELATES HER EXPERIENCE WITH AN 18-YEAR-OLD PATIENT WHO WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE A CANDID CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS END OF LIFE.

>> HE WAS JUST SO WISE HEARING THAT HE WAS DYING AND HEARING WHAT IT MEANT AND HEARING WHAT THEY COULD OFFER HIM.

AND EVERYBODY KIND OF LEFT, INCLUDING HIS MOM, AND HE LOOKED AT ME, AND HE HAD NEVER LOOKED AT ME IN THE EYES AND HE HAD NEVER SAID THANK YOU AND HE DID BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND THEN HE ASKED FOR A HUG AND I HUGGED HIM AND WE BOTH CRIED.

>> IT'S TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AT THE BEDSIDE OF A DYING PATIENT.

AND BE THERE FOR THE FAMILY.

I'VE TAKEN CARE OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS AND IN EVERY SINGLE SITUATION, YOU LEARN SOMETHING THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW BEFORE.

>> THIS IS CHAPLAIN MARK GOODWIN.

>> MANY TIMES, IF IT'S A SPIRITUAL QUESTION AND THEY'RE ASKING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO MY SOUL, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO MY ESSENCE WHEN I DIE.

I REALLY TRY TO HELP THEM DRAW ON THEIR OWN SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDINGS SO THEY CAN GET TO A PLACE OF PEACE WITH THAT.

>> I ALWAYS WORE MY RELIGION IN MY HEART.

ONLY MY HEART.

NOBODY KNEW ABOUT MY RELIGION.

BUT SINCE COMING HERE, I JUST HAD A VISIT THIS MORNING BY THE CHAPLAIN.

AND I HAVE ABOUT FOUR VISITS A WEEK.

AND I ENJOY THEM.

>> DR. VJ IS HEARTENED, SOME MIGHT EVEN SAY EXCITED THAT HER LETTER WRITING PROJECT IS CATCHING ON IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

THAT WILL BE GOOD NEWS TO DR. PIZZO WHOSE REPORT "DYING IN AMERICA" WAS NOT VERY OPTIMISTIC.

>> I THINK THE HEADLINE UNFORTUNATELY WAS THAT OUR APPROACH TO END OF LIFE CARE IN THE UNITED STATES IS STILL PRETTY BROKEN AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

>> ONE REASON DOCTORS HAVE NOT BEEN CONDUCTING END OF LIFE DISCUSSIONS IS THAT THEY TAKE TIME AND THE DOCTORS WERE NOT COMPENSATED.

BUT AS OF 2016, MEDICARE WILL REIMBURSE DOCTORS WHO DO TAKE THE TIME.

FOR "RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY," I'M LUCKY SEVERSON IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA.

>>> WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ANNOUNCED IT WILL REMOVE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS FROM TWO LARGE STAIN GLASSED WINDOWS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN 1953 AND HONOR CONFEDERATE GENERALS STONEWALL JACKSON AND ROBERT E. LEE.

CATHEDRAL LEADERS SAY THEY WILL LEAVE THE REST OF THE WINDOWS AND USE THEM AS A CATALYST FOR A SERIES OF PUBLIC EVENTS ON RACISM, SLAVERY, AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION.

THE PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH.

IN JERUSALEM, RENOVATION WORK HAS BEGUN ON THE SHRINE THAT MANY CHRISTIANS REVERE AS JESUS' TOMB.

THE PROJECT WILL REPAIR THE ANCIENT CHAMBER THAT HOUSES THE TOMB IN THE CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE.

THE REPAIRS ARE THE FIRST SINCE 1810.

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE SITES IN THE WORLD.

A POIGNANT LOST AND FOUND THIS WEEK.

THE AUSCHWITZ MEMORIAL MUSEUM HAS RECOVERED SOME 16,000 PERSONAL ITEMS OF THE JEWS KILLED AT THE FORMER NAZI DEATH CAMP.

THEY WERE STORED BY POLAND'S FORMER COMMUNIST REGIME AND THEN FORGOTTEN.

THE BOXES CONTAINING THE PERSONAL EFFECTS WERE DISCOVERED AT THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN WARSAW AND RETURNED TO THE MUSEUM EARLIER THIS MONTH.

>>>S IN THIS SEASON OF GRADUATIONS AND TODAY, WE LOOK AT ST. BENEDICT'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IN THE MIDST OF THE VIOLENCE, DRUGS, BROKEN FAMILIES AND POVERTY THAT PLAGUE THEIR CITY, THE MONKS FOUND WAYS TO SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATE YOUNG MEN.

WHAT'S THEIR SECRET?

JUDY VISITED TO FIND OUT.

>> NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

A CITY STRUGGLING TO OVERCOME A HOST OF PROBLEMS.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 32% POVERTY RATE.

THIRD HIGHEST IN HOMICIDES IN THE NATION.

HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT.

LOW ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A CITY THAT IS IN GREAT NEED AND IS SUFFERING.

>> MARYLOU BONGIORNO IS A FILMMAKER WHO WAS WORKING ON A SERIES OF DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT HER HOMETOWN WHEN SHE DISCOVERED THIS PLACE IN NEWARK'S INNER CITY.

ST. BENEDICT'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL BLED BY A GROUP OF 13 MONKS.

WITH A STUDENT BODY THAT IS 80% AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO, THE SCHOOL HAS A NEAR PERFECT GRADUATION RATE.

95% WENT TO COLLEGE.

SECRET TO SUCCESS?

ST. BENEDICT'S OPERATES MORE LIKE A MONASTERY THAN A SCHOOL.

THE MAIN SUBJECT TAUGHT HERE IS A COMMUNITY.

>> YOU SEE SIGNS AROUND THAT WHATEVER HURTS MY BROTHER HURTS ME.

SO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

THAT'S THE GREAT SENSE OF LIVING IN A MONASTERY.

>> BUT ST. BENEDICT'S IS THE SCHOOL THAT ALMOST WASN'T.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1848 TO EDUCATE THE SONS OF THE UPWARDLY MOBILE ITALIAN, POLISH, SLOVAK, AND IRISH CATHOLICS.

BUT THE RIOTS OF 1967 DROVE MANY WHITE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL.

AFTER THE NEWARK RIOTS AND WITH ENROLLMENT DWINDLING, ST. PENN BENEDICT'S PREP CLOSED FOR A YEAR.

A THIRD OF THE MONKS LEFT TO LIVE IN ANOTHER MONASTERY AND A CORE REMAINED BEHIND DETERMINED TO REVIVE THIS SCHOOL.

>> WE'RE HERE AS A SIGN OF GOD'S PRESENCE.

OF FAITH.

THAT'S KIND OF WHO WE ARE AS MONKS.

WE TAKE A VOW OF STABILITY OF PLACE SO EVEN THOUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGE AROUND US ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE STAY.

>> IT'S 9:15 A.M. TIME FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO GATHER FOR THE DAILY CONVOCATION, WHAT THE STUDENTS REFER TO AS CONVO.

COLOR COORDINATED SWEATSHIRTS IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT CLASSES.

STUDENT LEADERS REPORT THE DAY'S ATTENDANCE, DISCUSS UPCOMING ACTIVITIES.

EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SAY WHAT'S ON HIS MIND.

IN THE SENCHS OLD TRADITION OF MONASTERIES, THEY SING A HYMN AND THEN PRAY LAUDS OR MORNING PRAYER.

ST. BENEDICT'S HAS 13 BUILDINGS.

AN OLYMPIC SIZE POOL, TWO GYMS, AND A LARGE THEATER FOR STUDENT-LED PRODUCTIONS.

BUT FEW WHO ATTEND CAN AFFORD TO PAY THE ANNUAL $12500 TUITION.

THE SCHOOL MUST RAISE ABOUT $6 MILLION EACH YEAR THROUGH ALUMNI DONATIONS AND GRANTS FROM CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND AREA FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

VIOLENCE OCCURS DAILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE MANY OF THESE STUDENTS LIVE BUT HERE AT ST. BENEDICT'S, NO SECURITY MONITORS OR EVEN LOCKS ON THE LOCKERS.

THE EMPHASIS IS ON PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

>> SO MANY TIMES AT SCHOOLS, THEY RUN SO HEAVILY FROM THE TOP DOWN.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS HELPING THE KIDS.

ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG MEN OF COLOR.

BECAUSE SO MUCH IN THEIR LIFE IS THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE NO CONTROL.

>> MUCH OF THE SCHOOL'S PHILOSOPHY IS BASED ON THE 1600-YEAR-OLD GUIDE TO MONASTIC LIVING, THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT.

>> IN TERMS OF SILENCE AND IN TERMS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND COMMUNITY AND FORGIVENESS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT IN THERE THAT RESONATES WITH THEM.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS AMAZING WHEN THEY FINALLY LOOK AT THE RULE AND SAY, OH, THAT'S WHY WE DO THAT HERE.

>> FOR INSTANCE, STUDENTS WHO DO SERIOUS INFRACTIONS IN MOST CASES ARE NOT SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED.

TAKING A PAGE DIRECTLY OUT OF ST. BENEDICT'S RULE.

THEY ARE, QUOTE, EXCOMMUNICATED FOR A TIME FROM THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

>> YOU TRY TO GET THEM TO REFLECT ON THEIR INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY.

SO YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> WHEN JAHHEER JONES GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH ANOTHER STUDENT, FATHER EDWIN REQUIRED HIM TO ASSIST MASS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS AND PARTICIPATE IN A BIBLE STUDY.

LIKE MOST OF THE 536 STUDENTS HERE, JONES IS NOT CATHOLIC.

HE'S A PENTECOSTAL PROTESTANT.

HIS MOTHER WELCOMES THE EMPHASIS ON CATHOLIC MONASTIC PRACTICES.

>> THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE MONKS HAVE WITH THE STUDENTS AND I DO LIKE THE WAY THEY TALK TO HIM AND TREAT HIM AND GIVE THEM A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, AND A SENSE OF HOPE.

>> MUQKA POOLE WAS IMPRESSED BY A COUSIN WHO ATTENDED ST. BENEDICT'S AND THEN WENT TO COLLEGE.

>> COLLEGE ISN'T SOMETHING I'M USED TO OR MY FAMILY IS USED TO.

SO WHEN I HEARD THIS, I WAS SURPRISED.

HE TOLD ME, YOU GOT TO GO THERE.

>> MUQKA HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY IN MINNESOTA.

HE IS ONE OF THE 60 STUDENTS WHO LIVE ON CAMPUS IN A BUILDING NEXT TO THE MONASTERY.

>> WELL, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS.

IF I WASN'T LIVING HERE, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'D PROBABLY BE HERE AT 11:30 AT NIGHT ANYWAY.

>> THERE IS A STRONG EMPHASIS ON COUNSELLING.

>> NONE OF US LIKES TO LOOK AT OURSELVES WHEN THINGS ARE DIFFICULT.

>> GROUPS LIKE UNKNOWN SONS.

WHOSE MEMBERS NEVER KNEW OR HAVE LITTLE CONTACTS WITH THEIR DADS.

>> I'M HERE BECAUSE I AM HURTING SO BAD ON THE INSIDE BUT I CAN'T SHOW IT BECAUSE I'M A MAN AND IF I'M A MAN OF COLOR, THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPRESS EMOTION IS VIOLENTLY.

>> WE'VE DISCOVERED WHAT WE MANIFEST OUTWARDLY AS POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH COGNITION.

I MEAN, IT HAS TO DO WITH EMOTIONAL DISTRESS THAT A YOUNG MAN'S GOING THROUGH.

SO THAT THEY BEGIN TO TURN THAT ANGER IN ON THEMSELVES AND LITTLE BY LITTLE DESTROY THEMSELVES.

>> BUT ST. BENEDICT'S CAN'T ALWAYS PROTECT ITS STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE INFLUENCES.

TYRONE HEGENS WAS A STUDENT LEADER WHO WENT ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE BUT SIX WEEKS BEFORE HIS COLLEGE GRADUATION.

>> I PARTICIPATED IN AN ARMED ROBBERY WITH THREE OTHER STUDENTS THAT LED TO MY INCARCERATION FOR THREE YEARS.

>> HE SERVED HIS TIME AND THE COURT HAS SINCE EXPUNGED HIS CRIMINAL RECORD AND NOW WORKS FOR A CORPORATION ON A MANAGEMENT TRACK.

TEACHERS COLLEGE AT NEW YORK'S COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IS CONSIDERING WRITING A STUDY GUIDE THAT USES ST. BENEDICT'S AS A MODEL FOR URBAN EDUCATION.

FATHER EDWIN SAID HE'S ASKED ALL THE TIME IF ST. BENEDICT'S METHODS CAN BE REPLICATED ELSEWHERE.

>> I THINK TWO THINGS ARE ESSENTIAL.

WHOEVER THE HEAD OF THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO LIVE THERE.

IT NEEDS TO BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT SEEMS YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY PRESENT.

>> AS WITH MOST AMERICAN MONASTERIES, FEW MONKS HAVE JOINED NEWARK ABBEY IN RECENT YEARS.

THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE SCHOOL WITH THE MONASTIC COMMUNITY DOESN'T GROW.

AND RAISING $6 MILLION A YEAR IS ALWAYS A BATTLE.

FATHER EDWIN SAYS HE DOESN'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME WORRYING.

>> ALL I CAN HEAR IS THE VOICE OF THE LORD TO MOSES.

GO FORWARD.

DON'T STOP.

AND A WAY WILL OPEN.

>> FATHER EDWIN SAID, IN THE END, IT'S ABOUT TEACHING THESE YOUNG MEN THAT THEIR LIVES HAVE MEANING.

>> WHO AM I?

WHAT AM I HERE FOR?

NOW, WHEN YOU TALK TO A TEENAGER ABOUT THAT, THEY LOOK AT YOU AND ROLL THEIR EYELES.

YOU TEACH SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO REFER TO WHEN THESE QUESTIONS BEGIN TO WELL UP IN THEIR HEART ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE AND THE MEANING OF THEIR LIFE, THEIR LIFE IN THE FACE OF DEATH AND WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

>> AS LONG AS THERE IS EVEN A SINGLE MONK LEFT, FATHER EDWIN SAYS THAT IS THE MISSION ST. BENEDICT'S PREP WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT IN THE HEART OF THIS CITY.

FOR "RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY," I'M JUDY VALENTE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

>>> MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD ARE OBSERVING RAMADAN WITH THE NEW MOON AND SPECIAL PRAYERS, SPECIAL FOODS TO EAT TO BREAK THE FAST.

AND JEWS ARE CELEBRATING THE FESTIVAL HONORING GOD'S GIFT OF THE TORAH TO MOSES.

AND MANY CELEBRATE BY EATING DAIRY PRODUCTS.

THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR NOW.

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