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Church wary of P.I. race, says bishop MANILA, Philippines (NC) The Philippine bishops' conference has declined to endorse candidates for the Feb. 7 presidential election, said retired Bishop Francisco Claver of Malaybalay, Philippines.

Bishop Claver, who works with the institute on the Church and Social Issues, said the hishops want a fair and honest election 'and that they are sensitive to charges of partisanship and would not identify with any party or candidate.

Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila has met with the opposition candidates, but also has refused to endorse a ticket.

Corazon Aquino, widow of murdered opposition leader Benigno Aquino, and her former chief rival, Salvador Laurel, have announced they wHl challenge President Ferdinand Marcos in the election. Mrs. Aquino will be the presidential candida,te, but she and La'urel will run as a team for his party, the United Nationalist Democratic Organization.

Cardinal Sin said he thought most Philippine bishops see Mrs. Aquino as the moral alternative to Marcos, but they cannot and should not commit the church to support her candidacy.

But Cardinal Sin said the church shouId not offically dedare its support for any candidate, so that separation of church and state can be upheld.

The cardinal has frequently criticized the Marcos government. But he embraced Marcos during a birthday celebration for him earlier this year, later explaining that he has a dual role as critic and 'as seeker of reconciliation among the contending Philippine factions.

Cardinal Sin was asked about the endorsement after Mrs. Aquino had declared her confidence that she enjoyed the support of the church. Laurel has said the cardina'l promised the church's moral backing.

"Cory probably meant many bishops would vote for her," the cardinal said, adding he was confident she could effeotively exercise moral leadership if elected. "But I say that as a private citizen, not as the 'archbishop of Manila," he added.

Bishop Claver said the Philippine :bishops are expected to draft a pastoral letter on the election when the conference meets in mid-January.

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MSGR. ANTHONY M. GOMES, diocesan Bishop's Ball director, looks' ~pprov足 ingly at Erin Rose material held by Catholic Charities Appeal staff members Fern White (left) and Rosann Patota. Erin Rose is among decorator shades of cloth that will adorn Lincoln Park Ballroom Jan. 10. (Torchia photo)

,Final ,Ball preparations underway Over 100 volunteer workers will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, to decorate for the 31st annual Bishop's BaH, to take place Friday, Jan. 10.

The presentees' and bishop's boxes, the orchestra stage, the foyer and the dance floor will be adorned with materials in decorator colors of sweet pink, Erin rose, pure white and silver lame. As in the

past, the materials are a gift to the Ball from the Swan Finishing Company of FaH River.

Ball proceeds benefit diocesan summer camps for underprivileged and exceptional children.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Ball director, announced that Al Rainone's Orchestra will provide music in the main ballroom from 8

p.m. to 1 a.m. next Friday and Monte Music will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the ballroom lounge.

The presentee program will be at 9:10 p.m. and the Grand March is scheduled for 10 p.m.

Msgr. Gomes wiII introduce Bishop Cronin at tpe conclusion of the Grand March.

Tickets wiIl. be available at the door.

Natasha's funeral Mass at North American College

Pope consoles parents ROME (NC) -

Pope John Paul

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sympathy" to the parents of an ll-yea,r-old U.S. girl killed in a terrorist attack on Rome's airport Dec. 27.

In a message read Dec. 30 at the funeral of Natasha Simpson, the pope said he was praying for the repose of her soul and for strength for her family.

The message was read by U.S. Archbishop Justin Rigali, an official of the Vatican Secretariat of State. He ,represented the pope at the funeral Mass at Rome's North American College.

The pope w::mted the girl's

parents "to know that he is close to them in the pain and suffering that only they as parents can experience in all its fullness," the message said.

The pope offered them "the support of his prayers," it said.

The girl was killed when four terrorists, .identified byauthorities as Palestinians, hurled hand grenades and shot at a crowd of people at Leonardo da Vinci Airport. Fifteen people, including five Americans, died in the attack, and 75 were wounded.

The pope has called the raid a "despicable attack" and a "bloody event which offends

human and Christian consciences."

The girl's parents, Victor and Daniela Simpson, are journalists accredited to the Holy See who frequently cover Vatican events.

Victor Simpson and the couple's 9-year-old son, Michael, were also wounded in the attack, but not seriously.

Several hundred people attended the funeral Mass. Among concelebrants were two Vatican officials, Irish Father Diarmuid Martin, a member of the Pontifical Council for the Family, and Msgr. Pierfranco Pastore, secreTurn to Page Two

VATICAN CITY (NC) Governments must guarantee religious rights because human destiny "cannot be reduced to material and economic factors," says Pope John Paul II. "Only when the integr~1 spiritual as well as material wellbeing of people is promqted witl human dignity be upheld., .and almighty God's eternal will be respected and obeyed," he said in a speech to Ataul Karim, Bangladesh's new ambassador to the Holy See. There is a growing global awareness that there are certain universal rights and duties which "include freedom of expression. of assembly and of religious belief and practice," the pope said, speaking in English.

"It is the task of the political and juridical order to encourage and make possible the exercise of these liberties," he said.

The pope said that the -Holy See's diplomatic effort focuses particularly on "the defense of fundamental human rights" in its efforts "to promote dialogue ,and collaboration among people and nations."

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Rights Continued from page one good will, of whatever religious conviction, will find ample op. portunities for cooperation and commitment," he said.

The pope praised "the coexistence in Bangladesh of various religious traditions side by side" and asked for "an ever-increasing harmony and mutual understanding. " Most of Bangladesh's 92 million people are Moslem. Catholics form less than 1 percent of the population. Buddhism and Hinduism are also important religions in the country.

Also on Dec. 28, the pope encouraged evangelization through the mass media and said that Italian Catholic schools should not be viewed as alternatives to public schools.

In Italy, religious instruction is offered to students in public schools on an elective basis.

"The Catholic school respects the state school, affirms its importance, has profound and 路loyal esteem for it, and does not offer itself as an alternative to it but as an integrating institution in service of the citizen," said the pope to 500 members of the Italian Catholic School Federation.

He asked Catholic educators "to form a sense of charity" in Catholic students.

"This is perhaps the most delicate obligation" of Catholic scbools, Pope John Paul added.

It means, he said, developing a human sensitivity which includes "respect for your neighbor, a sense of demi>cratic tolerance" and flexibility. '

Retired priests of the diocese gather with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin for traditional holiday Mass and luncheon.

Pope consoles parents Continued from Page One tary of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications.

Earlier Pope John Paul had said that the Dec. 27 terrorist attacks at Rome and at the international airport in Vienna, Austria, should prompt governments and individuals to create a united "barrier against the spread of violence."

The attacks left at least 18 people dead, most of them at Rome's Leonardo dB. Vinci Airport, 'and about 120 wounded.

Austrian and Italian authorities said the attackers were probably Palestinians and their main ~rgets were the check-in counters of EI AI, Israel's state

airline.

Three of the four attackers at the Rome airport were killed in a shootout with police and Israeli airline sceurity agents. The other was wounded and captured. He told Italian police .he was a Palestinian born' in a refugee camp outside Beirut, Lebanon.

One of the attackers at the Vienna airport was killed and the other two captured.

The Palestine Liberation Organization condemned the attacks and said its members were npt involved.

"Once again violence has swept away innocent lives, giving rise to anguish and dis-

may in every part of the world," the pope said, The pontiff invited "every citizen, especially the holders of a'uthority, to unite their forces to create a barrier against the spread of violence."

It was the third time the pope hud condemned the airport raids.

On Dec. 27 the pope issued a statement in, Italian deploring the Rome airport attack and a similar message in German deploring the attack in Vienna.

The raids were an example of "the barbarous use of violence which causes turmoil in the ordered progress of society," the pope'said, An editorial in the Dec. 29 L'Osservatore Romano, the Vati~++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++芦 can newspaper, echoed the pope's \ caB for united action to end political violence.

It asked political leaders to develop a "serious plan" and form "operative and decisional Honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary agreements" to combat an "organized plot of terrorism, death Practice the devotion of the five First Saturdays and unhinged designs."

"Occasional words and reThis devotion was requested by Our Lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917, when peated declarations and deshe said: "God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. nouncements are no longer "I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart enough," said the front-page and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If people listen to my editorial. requests, Russia will be converted and there will be peace."

The raids occurred shortly after 9 a.m. when men armed Then again, o~ December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia, one with automatic weapons entered of the children of Fatima, and told her the following: the Rome and Vienna passenger "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the terminaIs. They threw hand graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the first Saturday of five congrenades and sprayed bullets in secutive months, shall the area around the EI Al counters.

1. Go to confession and receive Holy Communion, At least 15 people, including three of the attackers, died as a 2. Recite the Rosary, result' of the Rome raid. Most' of those killed were holiday travel3. And keep me ,company for a quarter of an hour while ers.

Among the dead were five meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary U.S. citizens, including Natasha Simpson.

4. With the intention of making reparation to me."

Rome airport chaplain Father Franco Serfustini, who was 50 To practice this devotion, you '''!1ust fulfill the requests of yards away at the time of the Our Lady, doing so in reparation for the offenses committed attack, was quoted in a news against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Confession may be report as saying: "I heard people shouting and crying. There made during eight days before or after the Communion. were people lying on the ground. , (Courtesy of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, ~ One was trying to stop a hemorSt.. Hedwig parish, New Bedford,. Mass.) ~ rhage with 'a belt. While I was helping the wounded I blessed .+~~+~~***~~~~~~+~~+*~~~~+~~~~*~**+~~~+~~~~~~*++~++++++*++++++++~~++++++, several dead bodies."

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) - The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a fetus is not a human being under state law.

'The decision, handed down Dec. 6 in St. Paul, means that a man accused of killing an 8-anda-half-month-old fetus in a 1984 automobile accident cannot .be charged in the death.

An official of the U.S. bishops' pro-life office in Washington said the decision "boggles the mind."

It was strongly criticized in a Dec. 15 editorial in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.

Father Gino Concetti, a moral theologian and editorial writer for the newspaper, said it would probably aid the spread of abortion.

"Abortion is practiced largely on the basis of the false thesis that an unborn conceived being is not a person," wrote the priest.

"Taking the latest steps in this direction was a recent Supreme Court decision of the State of Minnesota. This thesis is opposed to the juridicial tradition according to whieh 'a conceived being is subject to rights," he added. ,The Minnesota court ruled that no specific state statute addresses whether a fetus is a human being. The 6-1 ruling was given in a case where an 8-anda-half-month-old fetus died as the result of an automobile crash. The court said that the man responsible for the accident could not be charged in the death of the fetus. He had been indicted by a county grand jury for driving while under the infiuence of alcohol.

'Not an industry', NEW YORK (NC) - Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sullivan of Brooklyn has warned Catholic hospital administrators against a national trend to turn health care into a business. For Catholics,_ the bishop said, health care is "not 路an industry but a ministry." He pointed out that the business approach involves policies that contradict the Catholic motivation for entering the health-care field.

On Biloxi council Very Rev. William J. Kelley, SVD, a Mansfield native and rector of Divine Word Seminary, Bay S1. Louis, Miss., has been elected to the presbyteral council of the diocese of Biloxi.

To serve on the council for three: years, he will represent religious order priests of the diocese. Like the Fall River Priests' Council, the Biloxi Presbytera.1 Council supports the bishop in governance of the diocese.

Vincentians The Fall River diocesan council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will meet at 8 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Taunton Salvage Center, 19 Kilton Street, Taunton.

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ordination tomorrow Members of the Fall River diocese are ,invited to attend a Mass at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, at which Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will ordain five young men to the transitional diaconate.

All are presently serving in diocesan parishes. Their names, hometowns and the parishes in which they are stationed follow: David M. Andrade, Taunton, serving at St. John the Evangelist, AUleboro; Freddie Babiczuk Jr., Taunton, St. John the Baptist, New Bedford; Thomas A. Frechette, Osterville, Holy Name, Fall River.

Maurice O. Gauvin Jr., Fall River, Holy Name, New Bedford; Timothy P. Reis, New Bedford, St. Thomas More, Somerset.

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Sr. Marie Michel The Mass of Christian Burial was off,ered Monday at Blessed Sacrament Convent, Fall River, for Sister Marie Bernadette Michel, 95, of the Sisters of St. Joseph, who died Dec. 27.

A native of Canada 路and the daughter of the late Gedeon and Lea (Lessard) Michel, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1914 at Blessed Sacrament Convent. As a cook for the community, she spent most of her religious me at Blessed Sacrament, with the exception of two years at a convent of the order in Vinton, La, She is survived by two sisters, Rita Gauthier and Jeannette Michel, both of FaU River. .

Vatican II gives youth key role VATICAN CITY (NC) - Catholic youths should be the "most committed and enthusiastic inheritors" of the Second Vatican Council" said Pope John Paul II at a recent general audience.

Youths have a key role in developing the relationship of the church to society now and in the future, :he said. .

"The coun~il grows in you.

Become its most committed and enthusiastic inheritors," the pope said. . He said delegates to the Nov. 24-Dec. 8 extraordinary Synod of bishops emphasized ,the need for youth to become actively involved in the church.

Joint ordination?

Rome~C) An international commission of Catholic and Lutheran theologians has offered a unity plan to church leaders .based on joint ordination of clergy by bishops of both faiths.

The plan attempts to 'overcome theological and historical difficulties hindering a joint recognition of ministries, basicaHy because of the Catholic position that valid ordination can only be passed on through the apostolic succession. .

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FATHER RESENDES

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"He was aiways a priest," said Father A'rnold A. Medeiros, homilist at the Chirstmas Eve funeral of Father Manuel M. Resendes, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Taunton.

Drawing on Scripture and the Vatican II Decree on Ministry, Father Medeiros, parochial vicar at Our Lady of Lourdes, said that Father Resendes lived the life of service they held up 'as an ideal. "He lived totally as a priest," he said, adding that the former pastor, "a dear, kind man," was devoted to his parish, regarding its members as his family.

He was also distinguished by his great love for Our Lady whom he considered as hi!! godmother, in accordance with ancient Portuguese tradition.

The pastor enjoyed gardening and fishing, noting at the time. of his retirement last July that he looked forward to time for both hobbies.

He died Dec. 21, two hours into his 77th year.

Born in Rabo de Peixe, Sao Miguel, Azores, he was the son of the late Leonel M. and Mariana de Jesus (Cabral) Resendes.

After attending' primary school in Rabo de Peixe, he entered the Seminary of Angra, Terceira, Azores, in 1927 and was ordained in Angra June 20, 1937, by Bishop GuHherme Augusto da Cunha Guimaraes.

After serving in Azorean par-

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ishes for several years he came to the United States in '1947 and subsequently -served 'as parochial vicar at St. John the Baptist and Immaculate Conception parishes, New Bedford.

May 12, 1964, he was named pastor of Our Lady of Health parish, Fall River, remaining there until June 4, 1970, when he became pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes, from which position he retired last July 3.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronfn was principal celebrant at Father Resendes' Mass of Christian burial, with many priests of the diocese as concelebrants.

Among the pastor's survivors are nieces and nephews in Somerville and in Montreal.

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The Year of the Fanatic?

It is difficult to pen a hope for peace as the' New Year begins when one recalls last week's horrendous slaughter in Rome and Vienna.

In fact, it would be well as we begin this year to consider that the airport siaughter visited upon innocent citizens is in all likelihood but a pattern for events yet to come. Most forecasters agree that the bloodbath just past is no more than a foretaste of events to follow.

In spite of pleas from the world community, terrorists are alive, well and ready to strike anywhere and anyplace. World experts in terrorism had predicted a holiday tragedy and feel that we must brace for more such carnage. But somehow this message has not reached the stage of public credibility, especially in this country.

One must realize the nature of the fanatic. He or she is excessive in person and personality. With uncritical devotion, the fanatic will employ whatever means deemed necessary,to promote his or her cause. Intensity of motivation combined with unbridled imaginati"on give the zealot deadly potential for destruction and murder.

With this in mind, one realizes that it is nearly impossible to stop the fanatic from translating thoughts into action. When one is' completely possessed by and willing to die. for a cause, the worst can and should be expected.

Yet somehow most people think that a terrorist could never intrude into their lives. We are so immersed in television and movie violence that many of us can hardly separate fact from fiction. As a result, what is real becomes fantasy. Graphic news reporting might jar us a bit but it's always happening to the other person. Somehow it never hits home until we ourselves are involved.

Not only individuals but governments are' affected in this way. Italy, for example, knew that a raid was planned on the Da Vinci airport, yet no additional precautions were taken to protect holiday travelers. Indeed, tht: airport was so poorly guarded that four fanatics were able to drive up to the entrance and slip undetected into the departure area with assault rifles and a cache of hand grenades, this in a major international airport which has been the target of 26 attacks in the past 16 years.

Anyone who has traveled abroad in the. past year knows full well the lack of security with regard to international flights.

Any fanatic could repeat in any of our airports the scenario of Rome or Vienna and nothing is' being done substantially to change the situation. Passenger protection is for all practical purposes nonexistent. The presence of security guards and a routine walk through a checkpoint station are no guarantees of protection from the fanatic.

If we know of this danger, if we are aware of our vulnerability and if we realize that every time we go to an airport our lives are endangered, it would seem that something should be done by those in authority to remedy the situation. Unfortunately, no solutions seem to be emerging.

If the fanatics are to be thwarted, each and every citizen must take them seriously. They are not playing games. Once this is realized, collective action and influence should be brought to bear upon the proper authorities. Government must act. Political verbiage and expressions of regret after the fact will not stop terrorism.

International cooperation must supplant ideological pursuasions, to the end that people may travel with security of mind and person. Terrorists must know that they cannot achieve their goals by attacking the innocent and intimidating the public at large.

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'As the hart panteth after the fountains of water, so my soul panteth after thee, 0 God.' Ps. 41:2

Unbiased 'eye on television

By Henry Weeks NEW YORK (NC) - The television industry is more than an entertainment factory or source of news and information. First and foremost, it is a highly lucrative business which generates large sums of money for both those who work within it and its stockholders.

One of the reasons it is so lucrative is that there is relatively little competition becau~e broadcast frequencies are few and wiring for cable is expensive. T4e stakes are high and with few players in the game, the payoff can be quite profitable. .

The public is little-informed about television beyond the programs it offers.

When Capital Cities bought ABC and Ted Turner tried to get control of CBS, the news media reported on it. It was also news when Gen. William Westmoreland sued CBS and Accuracy in Media charged that the PBS "Vietnam" series was factually inaccurate.

But such coverage ,is only sporadic and from a news perspective.

This provides little understanding of how television works as an industry or system of communication. Yet these aspects of media are just as important as the programs people watch, often more

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue ,so.

Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 To provide a more coherent picPUBLISHER ture of how television functions in Most R(~v. Dani~1 A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. contemporary society, the magaEDITOR FINANI:IAL ADMINISTRATOR zine Channels of Communication Rev. John F. Moore Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan was founded in 1981 with a grant

from the Markle Foundation. Published by a nonprofit organization, it qeals with the art, business and technology of television. Its editor in chiefis Les Brown, former media reporter for The New York Times and highly regarded as an author of books on television.

The magazine's premise is that TV is so important in our society that an independent journal is needed to report and comment on it from the public perspective rather than from that of any particular part of the industry.

Over the past four years, Channels has fulfilled that commitment with distinction. With only a small editorial staff, the magazine has relied on well-researched, clearlywritten articles by a wide range of knowledgeable writers.

Taking the issue of children's programming, Channels has published two excellent articles in the recent past. .

The first is Walter Karp's critique of Saturday morning children's llhows. He found them scary, not because they were overly violent or encouraged aggressive behavior in their young viewers, but because they promoted conformity - instead of self-reliance and individualism.

Karp faulted such "do-gooders" as Action for Children's Television and congressional leadership for pressuring the networks into sanitizing children's shows of any violence by substituting so-called "pro-social values" in their place.

This was a thoughtful but quite controversial piece that tried to路 examine what Saturday morning was teaching youngsters and it came up with conclusions that differed from what ACT and others had been saying.

The second article, by child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, argued that children's television had to deal with violence rather than avoid it. "It is very important for children to develop the right attitudes toward violence - and closing one's eyes to its existence can hardly be considered the most constructive attitude."

Once again, this was a corrective to the body counts of behavioral psychologists. Parents are rightfully sensitive to this question of video violence and Bettelheim encouraged them to help guide their children's growth in imagination.

Both articles ran counter to much that ACT and network programmers have been doing in their attempts to make television a more healthy growing experience for the young. What they suggested was that the "pro-social" formula was no more creative than the violent action formula.

The point, however, is that Channels represents an important public voice in the world of television that parents should know about.

Who Moved?

If God seems far away, who moved?

A good resolution "I like it when September comes because I start getting mail, "said 77 year-old Sarah.

"You know, those Christmas catalogs start coming and they come all the way up till Christmas.

I try to order some little thing so they will keep sending them." She examined her thin hands and said wistfully, "It's nice to get mail."

I find it hard to relate with her because, being a columnist, I'mon everyone's mailing list. In addition to the many weekly diocesan papers I get, I receive routine mailings from groups and causes plus reader and professional mail.

Enough that several years ago the Postal Service sent us a polite letter saying that unless we got a bigger mailbox they would be forced to discontinue home delivery. We did.

Mail means different things to different people. To me, it often means work. I feel virtuous when I've caught up on my desk mail and I groan when a new batch arrives. On busy writi.ng days, I put off going to the mail box as long as possible.

But to isolated people like Sar~h, mail and television are their major pipelines to the outside world.

They wait and watch for the postman, often detaining him in small talk. If there's no mail, there's a deeper feeling of isolation. Even junk mail is welcome.

Here is where we can help. All of us know one or two isolates who

don't get out much because of frailty or lack of transportation.

We may send them a Christmas card but that's about it.

If we understood how much mail means to them, we would do more to alleviate their loneliness and isolation. It doesn't take much time to write a little note, telling what we're doing and asking how they are. We don't need a holiday or an excuse to write.

There are cards on the market for practically every month. In those months without a major holiday, we can send a personal note or one of those cards that says "Thinking of you."

It's also thoughtful to enclose a clipping or a photo. In fact, that's a good excuse to write, if we need one. If we read magazines and papers with an eye for an article, cartoon or news item that pertains to an isolate's life or interests, it will spur us to write.

During a particularly bad week in which every couple I ran into was quarrelling I had a feeling that all married people must live most of their lives very unhappily. Halfjokingly, I blurted out to a woman that the lovey-dovey propaganda 'about the bliss' of married life was hogwash.

No sooner had the words left my mouth than she replied with a gleam in her eye, "Oh no, it isn't! There are golden moments that make it all worthwhile."

She 路reminded me of how precious is the experience of a special moment in life, short as it may be.

How true her words are! Those moments may not come in the same manner for everyone but one thing they have in common is the feeling of wanting to hold onto them forever. Their memory is the hope and glue that holds together so much and keeps so many going.

Often the golden moment is found in an embrace which says, "You are everything to me." A reunion with a beloved can so stir the heart that it heaves with a sigh that can only be called heavenly.

Music and the arts can rouse the spirit and make us feel literally lifted out of self.

Mother Nature is no slouch in creating golden moments, be they her dazzling colors on a clear, crisp fall day or.fir trees blanketed in snow under a blue sky.

Golden moments have an irony about them. They sometimes devel-

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feel forgotten. They love to hear from old parish friends.

If you aren't a letter writer, then consider a monthly phone call. Or a magazine subscriptio,n so that, like Sarah, these isolates don't have to wait for the Christmas catalogs to fill their empty mailboxes.

Getting mail isn't really the issue.

Being remembered is. When isolates (and this includes prisoners) receive mail from outside, it tells them they are still persons worthy of remembrance. It gives them a connection with the community. It tells them they are real.

A local police officer told me of an elderly couple who calls weekly with a suspected intruder report.

There's never an intruder but they' are lonely for outside contact. "So we come, look around, go in for coffee, talk awhile and leave. It's sad." . .

If each of my 4 million readers did this, imagine the effect. What happiness we could foster. Don't forget former clergy, brothers and sisters who are retired and may

Isolation and loneliness are sad.

We may not be able to alleviate them in person but we can by taking the time tei write a note or make a phone call.

op, when they are least expected.

They might be found in letting go of something or someone we felt bound to. In a moment of total release, a sudden peace can be found in the most unlikely place.

Nor is it unheard of that what seemed at the moment to be the blackest day of one's life turned out to be a cross that became a necessary step for moving toward new life.

Then there is the golden moment of moments when the presence of God is felt so strongly that it leads to total rapture. As beautiful as the world and those closest to us may be, all melts into insignificance at such a moment. The eyes of the spirit supplant our human eyes and life is seen in the most beautiful relationship it can produce - when Creator and the created embrace.

Huge debts v ATICAN CITY (NC) - Latin American countries should unite to solve their huge foreign debt problems, says Pope John Paul II. The debts "aggravate the situation of poverty and social imbalances in broad sectors ofthe Latin American world," the pope told Latin American political leaders attending a conference in Rome. Many Latin American officials have said that their debts cause social unrest because their underdeveloped economies have to use money earmarked for development to make loan repayments. Brazil, Mexico and Argentina have the largest Third World foreign debts.

Rules for neW" altars' . Q. I am on the renovation comfor our parish church. We are planning a number of new appointments for our centennial celebration next year.

Included is anew altar. We have discussed the kind of altar we would like but are wondering about altar stones. All older altars had relics of the saints in the top of the altar. We have heard that this is not necessary anymore but I have been asked to find out what is required now, if anything. Can you help us? (Pennsylvania) A. I've received several questions about this same subject re cently. Apparently a lot of remodeling is .going on.

To begin with, altar stones with relics are no longer required. In fact, unless certain conditions are fulfilled, they are not even permitted.

In early Christian times, the eucharistic sacrifice was offered over the tombs of the martyrs.

Later the practice developed of having a marty.r's body, or part of it, placed in the table of every altar as a continuation ofthat tradition.

As time went on the architecture of churches and altars became quite different. The altar gradually lost its identity as "the table of the Lord." In most cases, at least in larger churches, it became part of a large superstructure containing statues of angels and saints or other architectural decorations.

In its present reform of the liturgy, the church clearly is attempting in every possible way to make the altar table the central and prominent feature ,of the church building, as it should be. .

The introduction to the Rite for the Dedication of an Altar (promulgated on-the authority of Pope Paul VI in 1977) requires that the altar be constructed a way from the wall so the priest can easily walk around it, and that it be in a centrallocation where it will draw the attention of the whole congregation.

In. any new churches, statues, pictures of saints or relics may not be placed on or over the altar.

In other words, the altar is dedicated to God and the meaning of the traditional practice of dedicating altars in honor of the saints must be made clear to the people with this in mind.

The instruction provides for a continuation of the tradition of placing relics of martyrs or other saints in the altar but only under the following conditions: I. Relics intended for such use must be of such a size that they can be recognized as parts of human bodies. Tiny relics of one or more saints should not be used.

2. Great care must be taken to be sure the relics are authentic. It is better for an altar to be dedicated without relics than to have relics of doubtful credibility.

3. A reliquary (container for the relics) must not be placed on the altar, or in the table of the altar (altar stones formerly were placed in a niche in the table of the altar itself). It must be placed beneath mitte~

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 3, 1986

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FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

(necrolo9YJ January 4 Rev. Eugene L. Dion, Pastor, 1961, Blessed Sacrament, Fall River January 6 Rev. James F. Roach, Founder, 1906, I mmaculate Conception, Taunton January 7 Rev. Alfred R. Forni, Pastor, 1970, St. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford January 8 Rev. Alfred J. Carrier, Founder, 1940, St. James, Taunton Rev. John Kelly, Founder, 1885, St. Patrick, Fall River Rev. Arthur C. Lenaghan, Chaplain, 1944, United States Army January 9 Rev. William F. Morris, Pastor, 1982, Corpus Christi, Sandwich January 10 Rev. Jourdain Charron, O.P., 1919, Dominican Priory, Fall River Rev. George H. Flanagan, Pa~颅 tor, 1938, Imaculate Conception, Fall River Rev. Msgr. Emmanuel Sousa de Mello, 1977, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton

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the altar, as the design of the altar might allow.

The Code of Canon Law (Canon 1237) provides that such gepositing of relics should be reserved to fixed altars, that is, altars which are attached to the floors so they cannot be moved.

Q. My friend is a Catholic and in love with a man from another country. Sometime ago he was married just to remain in the United States. Is there any hope for their getting married soon? (Louisiana) A. If it can be proven that this man entered into a marriage primarily for the reason you indicate, and did not intend a real marriage commitment to his first wife, this fact would be an obvious basis for a possible annulment of his first marriage.

This type of case has become, if not common, at least frequent during the past 15 or 20 years, particularly involving refugees from Latin America and Caribbean nations.

But each case must be handled individually by the tribunal of the diocese in which the individuals live.

Please suggest to your friend tha t she ask her parish priest as quickly as possible for his advice and assistance.

Q. What can we do with old blessed pictures and statues that we don't want to keep and can't be given away?

They may be burned, broken or otherwise destroyed and then discarded. Such items are no longer considered blessed once they lose their identity.

A free br'ochure including answers about children and confession is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to' Father Dietzen at the same address.

To head NCEA WASHINGTON (NC) - The National Catholic Educational Association board of directors has elected'Sister Catherine T. McNamee. dean of Dexter Hanley College at the University of Sc.ranton. president of the 81-year-old organization. She will take office in July. succeeding Msgr. John F. Meyers. who has been NCEA president since 1972.

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Community marred KAMPALA, Uganda (NC) Uganda's Christian community is marred by immorality, opportunism and self-aggrandizement, despite the country's 100-year Christian history, its bishops have said. In a recent pastoral Jetter the bishops expressed concern over illicit sex, abuse of public office, civilian-military relations and mistrust among Christian denominations. Instead of being examples, there is often "little that distinguishes the lives of many Ugandan Christians today from their fellow citizens," they said.

The prelates also said that many Ugandans have been displaced by "recent disturbances."

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Bishops, says Cardinal Silvio Oddi, head of the congregation. .The document will soon be presented to Pope John Paul II, he said.

For about five years the congregation has been preparing the writings, which would serve as a guide for locally written catechisms, he. told National Catholic News Service.

The new catchism emphasizes traditional church teachings on such matters as original sin, the soul, hell and punishment, Cardinal Oddi said. He said some national catechisms "skip over" these points or fail to present them clearly.

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Carainal Oddi, a 75-year-old Italian, was one of several synod members to propose a catechism.

Another was Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston. The synod in its final document endorsed the idea as part of a needed "systematic catechesis" in the church. It made clear that such a catechism or compendium would serve as <l "point of reference" for national and regional groups that, now prepare catechism texts.

None of the published synod documents, however; made mention of the clergy congregation's project. Cardinal Oddi said he did not refer to the text of the congregation's draft catechism when he addressed the synod, but presented his idea in general terms.

Much post-synod speculation has centered on who would prepare SUCh. a catechism. In his talk to the synod, Cardinal Law

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proposed that a commiSSIOn of cardinals be given the task and that the world's bishops be consulted.

But Cardinal Oddi said that if the pope approves the draft text, only the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith would need to review it further. Under current church organization, the clergy congregation has the primary responsibility for ·cate· chetics. The doctrinal congregation deals with doctrinal matters.

At a press conference Dec. 12, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the doctrinal congregation, said a churchwide catechism would "require cooperation among several congregations."

He did not refer to the project already undertaken by the clergy congregation.

Cardinal Oddi said the second section of the draft catchism, 60 clauses on moral teaching, will be ready in January.

The pope did not tell the congregation to prepare the catechism, Cardinal Oddi said. "But when I explained it a couple of years ago to the pope, he said it was a very good idea," he added.

The doctrinal section will be a return to the "basic truths" of faith, Cardinal Oddi explained. "The clergy congregation has found that many catechisms do not necessarily teach wrong things, but skip over basic elements of the faith, such as original sin, the soul, hell and punishment," he continued.

The issue of responsible parenthood will be .discussed in the light of Pope Paul VI's encyclical "Humanae Vitae" and recent talks by Pope John Paul II, said the cardinal.

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NEW YORK (NC) - Three Franciscan priests were awarded $1.32 million by New York- City to buy a rundown building which they will renovate into a shelter for homeless mentally ill persons.

Fathers John Felice, John McYean and Thomas J. Walters, who run two similar residences in the city, were given 'the money

by New York Mayor Ed Koch, who praised the priests' compassion for the homeless and mentally disabled.

The money came from a $2 million settlement by real-estate developer Harry MacK lowe for having ordered the demolition of four buildings near Times Square last January, including one used primarily by welfare recipients, without city permission.

In May it was announced the priests would receive' the $2 million if they submitted a proposal to the city on the pur· chase of a building within 100 days. The deadline was Aug. 15, _ and the priests submitted their proposal on Aug.12.

Receiving the money is a "blessing" but "all blessings are mixed," Father Felice said in a phone interview with National Catholic News Service.

It's a relief now that the "nightmare" of waiting has ended, the priest said, but he said he was disappointed that the city did not award the entire $2 million.

Now it will take "prayer, fasting and some 'letters to foundations" to make up the $600,000 difference of the $1.92 million price tag for the building, Father Felice said.

The city did not award the . entire amount because it did not want to exceed the assessment value· of $1.32 million, Koch said. To grant more would be a waste of the taxpayers' money, he said. The remainder will go to other projects, he added.

Father Felice said he is pleased with the $500,000 the New York State Department of Social Services Housing Homeless Assistance Program has awarded to refurbish the building.

The grant should pay for the entire renovation, he said.

Judy Berry, of the state housing assistance program, said the "fabulous track record" of the priests is the reason they were awarded the grant.

The Franciscans run two other buildings which house mentally ill homeless persons.

'TV's potential WASHINGTON (NC) - Television should be viewed as a "tremendous opportunity" to serve the needs of American young people, Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan told participants in a national teleconference marking the church's annual World Communications Day. Calling it "kind of tragic" that much discussion about children's television is negative, Keeshan said people should focus on television potential to inform and educate children.

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Serious iUness DelU' Editor: Of all the emotions one feels during '8 protracted illness, that of helplessness is a-mong the most devastating. The more one thinks about what one should be doing, the further into the hole of despair one sinks.

Yet faintly on hears 3. reminding voice that no place escapes His healing ;nand. When one is limited to the basest of life's functions, it becomes apparent that only God offers an outlet.

Helplessness is God's message to 'US Mdproviding a chance to communicate with Him. These prayerful Interludes Jift the burden of helplessness by offering spiritual benefit to others.

One wonders. however, why or how God selects who will suffer. I know of course that nothing happens without His intervention and that He has ehosen my sorrows with care.

It is my fervent hope that in "these blackest hours my weak and worried voice has been heaN and that someday I may see my painful prayers answered.

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Progress report Dear Editor: It's been one year since my son-in-law David Hamilton bad his bone marrow transplant and I just want to tell you that prayers do get answered.

David is coming along veljl well - working parttime at his old job. He's on his way!

They leave in mid.January for followup tests .in Seattle. Hopefully good news will continue.

So thanks for all your efforts.

Bette anQ Ed Wojciechowski North Scituate;' RI 'The Aadwr for Dee. 21 1984 told the story of Pamela and David Hamlhon of GreeDville, ~ David, strldten with leukemia. needed treatment at a center in Seattle. HiI' who was to donate boDe marrow for a transplant, also had to be In seattle, but needed aeCOlDllleM.tioD. 'ill a- supportiVe and 'welcoming home. Tbrough the efforts of the Anthor :the Providence Visitor and the Catholic Northwest Progress, newspaper- of the Seattle archdiocese. such a home was found. Editor

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Dear Editor: Our state legislature will shortly be involved with a pI'O~ posed amendment to the state Dear Editor: constitution.

After reading "l\. Modern It reads: "No provision of the Missionary"

by Antoinette BosMassachusetts Constitution shall prevent the General Court from co. Anchor. Dec. 13,) I was unregulating Or prohibiting abor- able to let this story end there. tion unless prohibited by the My husband and I met Ferdinand United States Constitution, nor Mahfood last year at the borne shall any provision of the consti- of -Mr. and Mrs. William Cartution require public or private -den of seekonk, coordinators for funding of abortion, or the pro- Food for trn! Poor tin this area.

We are living proof that this vision of services or facilities program works. We have a son, therefore, beyond -that required by the United States Constitu- Father Raymond Marquis. OMI, tion. The provisions of this arti- working in the mountalris of cle shall not apply to abortions Haiti. They visited the mission required to prevent the death - asked our son what he need· ed - this is what is given, not of the mother."

The 1!llllendment is permissive. leftovers from manufacturers not mandatory. To become ilaw, that (;annot be used in a foreign it must be voted on by the legis- - country.

For the 'last 10 years, since iature, then placed on the ballot and passed by a majority of our son has been in' Haiti. we voters in a statewide referendum. -have worked yellt'-round to help In 1983 taxpayers paid for him financially. and otherwise.

8500 Medicaid abortions at a If we lived to be 100, we could cort of $1.4- million. The use of never have contributed a:ll that state tax dollars was mandated this organization has done for by the judiciary without oppor- his missiOn in this short a time. tunity for approval by taxpayers May the good Lord bless this or elected legislators.

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DUring the seSSion Margueritli the- Sacred Hearts -of JeSWlMary based in Fall _River and oeius, iegional treasurer, report- Fairhaven recently Qttended a ed on a meeting in' Spain of day . of ~ection'_ '4t their· treasurers of the congregation at' which the fiDllneialo'situation House of Prayer in Fall River.

Intended to -prepare the sis- of the commui'lity W1lS waluated ters for 1986, the day had as its in view of its commitment to _ theme A Community of Praise. service of the poor.

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Noonan, 59, is described by the National Right to Life Com· mittee as "an em:inent legal scholar who's written several_ m'ajor pro-life works, including 'J\. Private Choice.'''

"A Private Choice" is a 1979 book on the legal and social eonsequences of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decisions legalizing abortion.

Recipient in 1984 of the University of Notre Dame Laetare Medal, the oldest award given to U.s. oatho1ics, Noonan was praised by Holy Cross Fild1er Theodore Hesburgb, university president, as :1 lawyer, historian and theologian. '

New liberation theology document VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican hopes to issue a second document on liberation theology' in mid-February, says Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The document is being prepared in consultation with bishops' conferences, he s.,id at a press conference.

as class warfare and use of vio· lence to promote social change - is against Catholic teachings.

The document aIso_'praised many aspects of liberation theology, especially its desire to correct social injustices, and prOmised the congregation would issue another document concentrating on its positive aspects.

In September 1984 the doctrinal congregation issued a document on liberation. theology warning that uncritical borrowing Of, Marxist concepts - liuch

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This contact should be personal Both parties should con~ .I" . 'th I er 10 a pre Jmlnary way WI the priest. ' Tb.c date of a wedding ~ set any sooner should not , v<> than six months after the pre~ liminary personal contact with the priest. This time span will not be reduced unlesS grave reasons exist.

Marriaae Preparation Programs The Diocesan OfficeofFam~ ily Ministry cO,nducts a var~ iety of Marriage Preparation programs, conveniently sche· duled- throughout th.e year in various parts of the diocese.

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It is to be remembered a degree of maturity is requisite for marriage, Rarely will a couple of which one or both parties are under 18 yean of age be a1lowed to make formal plans for marriage.

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These: preparation sessions supplement meetings which will be arranged between the couple and the priest who will celebrate the marriage.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 3. 1986

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for four years has been executive editor of The Litchfield County Antoinette BQsco thanks God Times, a publicalion in. northwest· for the difficulties she'has expc· ern Connecticut. , rienced. The energetit: woman, a She had wanted to beCOme a feature columniJit syndicated in writer since age nine, she explliinOO The Anchor (see column below) during a recent interview with The and about a dozen other Catholic Anchor, but instead found herself newspapers nationwide, cons~ders a pre-moo student at the College of benelf"a balanced person, som~­ St. Rose, Albany, NY. one wbo has been through tough One day the late Father James times." Noting that unpleasant Kelle-r, founder of The Christoevents can either. be constructiye. phers, a movementthat stimulates or- destructive, "you can become personal initiative and responsible bitter or bettc;,r, "she opined. action in line with Christian prin-Ms. Bosco, who prefers being ciples, especially in the fields of called Toni ratherthan Antoinette, educalion, government, industrialrela-

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"One of the ways to change the Wj)rld is to write," the priest told his audi~nce. "That sowed the seed," said Ms. Bosco.

She chose w write for the Catholic press beca use she "wanted to make a difference"; she has been associated with it for about 30 years, in 1962 helping start a diocesan newspaper, The Long bland Catholic. _ She spent II years with tbat publication.

"It changed my life to be part of the initial staffing of the paper," she said, "and to have an editor who said,"like Father Keller, "lets get out there and change-the world.

She points to that time as her outstanding experience within the framework of religious journalism.

As a great believer in honesty, Ms. Bosco also says she tries to be a good sJWrl and to Sec the humor in life. Her definition of honesty: "A kind of real harmony between what is and what you think is out there, unity between tbe truth and what is you."

He-rcolurnns often deal withsuch basic honesty and with "being human," a theme that is of vast importance to her.

Homeforthe journalist is Brookfield Center, CT. There she pursues her hobbies of planting trees and baking. "I'm really. the earth mother," she jokes. Another joy is "making a home for- my children to return to." Her-seven chiklren. ranging in age from 22 to 35, have made her a grandmother many times over.

The Bosco clan is "prool that a single.parent family can work," sne said. After a 1967 divorce, the family had to "rebuild," a task in whkh her children were very willing to join her,-she- said proudly.

"My children are my best friends," . she' declared.

The basic rule in her home, Ms. Bosco said, was that no one was allowed to deliberately hurt himself. herself or anyone else. "It covered a multitude of situations," she smiled.

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By Antoinette Bosco I was listening to a country music station while driving the other day. One song made me smile with its homespun, wholesome theme. The man was singing, "This ain't Dallas or Dynasty:.aod I ain'tJ. R. and you're not Sue Ellen. ~ He went on to say, we're just a working couple, trying to make a marriage and a life. or words to that effect.

The song reminded me of-a recent conversation where someone said this is the "Dallas and Dynasty" generation. The person 'pointed 10 the emergence of the so-called "yuppies" as proof that the' value of being wealthy is II desirable goal for many young people today.

There is no question that a new class of Americans has been developing - the affluent young professionals wilh considerable disposable income who have set personal wealth as a goal.

That's different from the college student goals I saw a decade aod a

half ago. I was a faculty member on a t:ollege campus throughout the '70s. When I first arrived there, students still had a great deal of idealism and concern about the poor, the Vielnam War and interracial justice..

By tbe mid-1970s this had begun' 10 change. 'Polls and internal campus studies showed a marked shift in what youth wanted. Now more of their goals came out with dollar signs attached. The most important thing to many college- students as the decade came to a close appeared to be getting a good. high-paying job.

Apparently many "yuppies" arc reachingthatgoaltoo. TheCensus Bureau reported that as of July 1984 people in the 25 to 40 age group made up 24 percent of the U. S. population. Also. more than 10 percent of U.S. households, 8.8 million. had annual incomes of about $50,000 in 1983, almost double that of 1980.

When l'was in high school and college, the nuns reinforced cer-

tain principles. As Christians in the world we were supposed to be dedicated to uplifting the poor from disillusionment. feeding and educating all children, and upholding justke and fairness for all.

I wonder if that see-d could take root on t:ollege campuses today?

Robinson Grover, director of the University of Connf:cticut's cen· ter at Torril}gton, said recently: ·Students are very pragmatic now. " And the president of the Universityof Hartford, Stephen Trachtenberg said:, "People tend to have an eye on where they are going (careerwise) rather than deal with more transcendinj questions."

"Trancendingquestions"concern the deeper question9 of what life is a'll about. Who ga~'e us life? Why are we here? What are weealled to do?

Those questions never come up in the narrow, albeit very glittery world of "Dallas" and "Dynasty."

If our own young people choose Ihe values promoted by such programs. we are a nation in trouble.

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To merge technology, .Gospel SAN ANTONIO, Texas (NC) - Catholic communicators face the challenge of merging new technology with the Gospel message, 250 members of UnQa-USA were told during a general assembly of the organization held last month in San Antonio.

John Kearns Jr., assistant to Father John F. Moore, Fall River diocesan director of communications, represented the Fall River diocese at the three-day meeting.

Kearns serves on Unda's membership committee, which is explo'ring ways of expanding the communication organiz'ation's membership base.

Borrowing a spelling fiom the Spanish, the theme of the Unda meeting was "Comunicacion: Mission for a New Frontier." Unda, the latin for wave, was chosen as the organization's name to symbolize communications transmitted by electromagnetic waves. Unda represents Catholic broadcasters, radio and television syndicators and diocesan communications personnel.

"The church is a community created and sustained by communication," Father Richard McBrien, chairman of the theology department at the University of Notre Dame, told the gathering at its closing session.

"Catholic broadcasters no more than Catholic journalists can look the other way when the credibility of Christ's message is compromised by the institutional lapses of the church. . . nor can Catholic broadcasters ignore serious coJ;lf1icts, even among cardinals and bishops" on issues such as the role of national bishops' conferences or misuse of funds by Catholic agencies, he said.

"When we communicate Christ's message - whether from a pulpit or in a classroom, whether in a news'paper or in a magazine, whether on television or radio we cannot transmit platitudes innocent of the social, economic, and political implications of that messge," said the priest.

Also a' convention speaker was Christopher Dede, professor of

education and studies of the future at the University of Houston, who urged the church to "seize the initiative" in the current technological revolution.

He noted the role of the church in the earlier print revolution. "But I'm not so sure the church will lead the next revolution unless we are quick to rush out and seize the initiative. I suggest that the role of the church is for leadership, rather than management."

In other Unda meeting activities, Father Edward K. Braxton, a black theologian and author, urged the communicators to assist in educating black Catholics and the wider Catholic community in regard to church teaching on racism.

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Catholic communicators have the "opportunity to write new scripts" in regard to racism or sexism, said Father Clarence Williams, a black radio producer, during a panel discussion of "The Frontiers within the American Church."

Columban Father Colm Murphy, general secretary for Unda:' World, the international body to which Unda-USA belongs, told convention participants that Catholics need to know that the media can work in their favor.

"Some people just don't know how the media function," said Father Murphy, director of a Catholic communications center in Wonju, Korea.

MEMBERS OF the Attleboro District Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society present Father Kevin J. Harrington, head of the Diocesan Apostolate to Hispanics in the Taunton area, with a $500 check to aid victims of the disastrous mud slide that recently devasted parts of Puerto Rico. Father Harrington will forward the donation to Puerto Rican church authorities.

Representatives of communications agencies which participate in the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America, the church's satellite-linked programming and communications systems, voted to establish a CTNA affiliates association: and formation of Unda committees on women in communications and on multiethnic, multicultural concerns was announced.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri."Jan. 3, 1986

By ATTY. ARTHUR MURPHY

& ATTY. RICHARD MURPHY

You've already broken the winter coats out of mothballs and had the snow tires put on the car, all ready for another New England winter, like it or not.

A New England winter, of course, means a fair amount of snow and ice, joy for those of us who like to ski and misery for those of us who hate to shovel. .

Whichever category you fall into, snow may be something for you to think abo!1t. What do you know about a property-owner's liability for injuries in snowy or icy steps . and walkways?

Ice .and. snow liabilities Historically, a homeowner's liability to persons injured on his land was based on the legal category of the person injured. There were three legal categories of visitors: business invitees, licensees and trespassers. The degree of care a homeowner had to take to protect a person on his land (and avoid liability for accidental injuries) varied, according to visitor category.

Today, however, things are a little simpler. The courts in Massachusetts recently revised the traditional rules, eliminating the need to figure out what kind of a visitor is on your property before you know what duty of care you owe him. The new rule in Massachusetts is that a home owner owes a duty of "reasonable care" to all lawful visitors. That includes both business invitees and licensees. It doesn't include trespassers; they aren't lawful visitors.

Trespassers, therefore, remain in a separate category. The duty toward adult trespassers remains the same: youare only required to refrain from wantonly, willfully, or recklessly injuring them. The homeowner's duty toward child trespassers, however, has been changed. Vou now may be found路 liable for any injury to a child trespasser that's caused by your failure to use reasonable care in keeping your property safe. This means

that child trespassers are now pro- free of blame for snow and ice-. tected to the same extent as lawful related injuries just because it is visitors. someone else's job to keep the It's a little easier to predict when walks clear. If you know or ought you11 be liable to whom now, but to know that the walkways and you're also going to be liable more stairways on your property are not often. being kept adequately clear, you When it snows and freezes, you may be liable for any injuries that have the same duty to take reason- occur, even though you have deleable care to prevent injuries on gated snow removal duty to someyour property that you do at all one else. other times of the year. ReasonAs a private property owner, able care will most usually mean you cannot be held liable for injurclearing snow and ice from walk- ies attributable to falls on ordinary 'ways and especially from stairs, accumulations of snow or ice on and sanding or salting any icy the public way. If, however, you areas. If there are special circum- are responsible for an "artificial" stances (you live on a farm or you accumulation of snow or ice on the never use a certain door,) different adjoining sidewalk, you may be actions on your part may consti- liable for resulting injuries. Artifitute reasonable care. cial accumulations might include As always, reasonable care is a snow from your roof fallen onto slippery term, usually one that is the sidewalk, water drained from defined in retrospect, after the . your roof gutters onto the sideaccident has already occurred. The walk and frozen there or deposits custom in your neighborhood on of snow cleared from your propsnow and ice removal may have erty left on the public way. some bearing on the definition of Massachusetts' counties, cities reasonable care. So, too, will any and towns are likewise exempt local ordinances on snow removal; from liability for injuries attribube sure to know whether there are table solely to natural accumulaany in your area and what they tions of snow and ice. An injured are. Some municipalities, .for in- person suing such a public body stance, ~equire persons who have must show that the place where he fire hydrants next to their prop- or she fell was unsafe even without erty to keep the hydrants free and the snow or ice. In other words, clear of ice and snow. the public body is only liable if an already unsafe condition was aggreRemember (landlords, especial- gated by the presence of snow or ly) that you won't necessarily be ~e. .

If you are seeking to hold a county, city or town liable for snow or ice-related injuries, you must give your proposed defendant notice of your injury within thirty days of the accident. Vou must include your name and address as well as the time, place and cause of your injury in your notice.

Notice is probably unnecessary when you are seeking to hold a private property owner rather than a public body responsible for your injury. But this is by no means a settled matter. The wisest course of action, if you plan to try collecting damages for your snow or icerelated injury, is probably to give notice to whomever is responsible for your injuries.

Most ,homeowners carry liability insurance that covers injuries to people who slip on snow or ice.

If you don't have this sort of coverage now, you mightthink about adding it. Remember that a law suit brought against you for an arm broken on your icy walk will cost you a fair amount of money, even if you win. Insurance can sometimes save you the cost of路 defending yourself in court. ' Keeping walkways and stairs clear of ice and snow, of course, is always the best insurance.

The Murphys practice law in Braintree.

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Contrary to some news reports, it does not expand .indulgences linked to broadcasts of papal ceremonies, said Father Ronald Krisman, associate di~ector of the committee.

Since 1968 a plenary indulgence could be gained by those who fulfill all other necessary conditions and receive the pope's solemn Christmas or Easter blessing "Urbi et Orbi" (to Rome and the world) by radio or TV. An indulgence, as defined in church norms, is "the remission before God of the temporal punishment dUe;: for sins already forgiven as far as their guilt is concerned." Several conditions are attached. The recipient must go to confession and communion within "several days" and offer prayers for the pope's intention.

The new- Vatican decree was released Dec.路 17. It said that bishops may noW grant plenary indulgences .to radio listeners or TV viewers who for "reasonable cause" caimot participate personally in a Mass at which the bishop gives an apostolic blessing.

Msgr. Frederick McManus, a leading liturgy and canon law expert who recently wrote a legal commentary on indulgences for the Canon Law Society of America, said the "reasonable cause" 'would certainly include the homebound who regularly can participate in Mass only by TV. But it could also include others who, because of distance or other rea-

sonable cause, are unable to attend in person, he said. For some occasions such as Christmas midnight Mass or tile Easter Vigil, it may simply be that the cathedral is packed and no more people can get in, he said.

Under the 1968 norms cited by the decree, each bishop may designate three solemn feasts a year in his diocese on which he imparts an apostolic blessing at t~e end of Mass, with a plenary indulgence attached, to those present. Solemn feasts include the holy days of obligation and a few Sundays and other major feasts.

The new decree says that for a radio or TV participant to receive such a plenary indulgence, he or she must fulfill "the usual conditions of confession, communion and prayer for the Supreme Pontiff's intention."

It says the person must attentively follow "tne rites themselves transmitted by radio or television while they are being performed."

Msgr. McManus said that seemed to mean that it m.ust be a live broadcast of a whole Mass thus excluding delayed broadcast, newsclips, excerpts. or broadcast or home videotape replay of the original service.

When Pope Paul VI reformed indulgence practices in 1967, he said that gaining a plenary indulgence demands the proper frame of mind on the part of the recipient. It is required, he wrote, "that all attachment to sin, even to venial sin. be absent."

Msgr. McManus said Pope Paul tried to rid the notion of indulgences from any "mechanistic approach" with his strong emphasis on conversion of heart and reception of the sacraments as conditions for a plenary indulgence.

The new radio-TV permission, he said; seems to apply only to the one rule of the 1968 Vatican indulgence norms under which diocesan bishops are automatically empowered "to impart in their respective dioceses, according to the prescribed formula, the papal blessing with a plenary indulgence three times a year on solemn feasts of their own choice, even if they only assist at the solemn Mass."

Bishops are able to grant such indulgences oilly to people actually present within their own diocese or personally subject to them, so those outside a bishop's territorial or personal jurisdiction cannot gain a plenary indulgence by receiving his blessing.

In a nationally telev~ed Mass, such as Christmas midnight Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral, for example, it would mean that if a plenary indulgence were impaited, only members of the New York Archdiocese would be eligible recipients.

Aboriginal rights SYDNEY, Australia (NC) Australians must develop a coherent and consistent policy toward aboriginal land rights, said Bishop Raymond Benjamin of Townsville, secretary.of the bishops' committee for Aborigines. In an interview during a meeting of the Australian bishops' conference in Sy~ Bishop Benjamin said the issue of aboriginal land rights is not "about mining, or money or prope~ty," but "about'life..... Aboriginal people feel that' they are not living unless they have land which is theirs," he said. "Otherwise they remain refugees - strangers and prisoners within their own country."

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Slim pickings for hunger stamp

By NC News Service Catholic Relief Services has asked donors to ask tht; postmaster general to make permanent a postage stamp which urges an end to hunger, but a U.S. Postal service spokesman said that the chances Were small.

Beth Griffin, spokeswoman for CRS, said the permanent stamp would be much like the commemorative "Help End Hunger"stamp issued last October. Hunger organizations, including CRS, urged people to, use the 22-cent stamps on their Christmas cards. ..It reminds people that hunger is a continual problem in this country and abroad," Ms. Griffin said. CRS is the U.S. bishops' overseas aid agency.

The stamp was issued Oct. 16, World Food Day, to remain in general circulation only until Dec. 13, said Postal Service spokesman Jim Van Loozen.

The stamp's stark design, by Jerry Pinkney of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., depicts the debilitated faces of Oriental and black child-

ren and an elderly white woman. symbolizing the plight of millions suffering from hunger.

The commemorative stamp was proposed in 1983 by Phyllis AlRoy, a volunteer for The Hunger Project, who sees the stamp as a means to raise hunger awareness.

Mrs. AlRoy and other Hunger Project volunteers gathered 100,000 signatures on a petition which accompanied the proposal to Postmaster General William Bolger and the services's Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee. ''There are certain stamps which are reissued every year, such as the Love stamp and the Christmas stamp. We would like to see the same thing with the hunger stamp."

Ms. Griffin said.

The chances of that occurring are "slim to none," said Joe Brocket of the Postal Service's stamps division. However, "We just don't know'at this point," he said.

Ms. AlRoy said she was told the same thing about getting the stamp printed in the first place.

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Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m.

WLNE, Channel 6. Diocesan Television Mass.

Portuguese Masses from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each Sunday on radio . station WJFD-FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on television Channel 20.

Portuguese . Masses from Our Lady of Lomdes and St. Anthony of Lisbon parishes, Taunton: 7 p.m. each Sunday and 6 p.m. each Monday on V.A. Columbia Cablevision, Channel 27.

Mass Monday to Friday every week, 11:30 . a.m. to noon, WXNE, Channel 26.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a pand program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan , director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"Brcakthrough," 6:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 10, a program on the power of God to touch lives, produced by the Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden, Conn.

"The Glory of God,," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 27.

"MarySon," a family pup-

pet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thursday', Fan River and New Bedford cable channel 13.

"Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. Monday, cable channel 35.

On Radio Charismatic programs with Father John Randall are aired from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday on station WRIB, 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at 1 p.m. each Sunday.

Programs of Catholic interest are broadcast at the following times on station WROL Boston, 950 AM: Monday through Friday 9, 9:15, 11:45 am.; 12:15, 12:30, 1 p.m.

Contemporary Christian rock music is heard at 5 p.m. each Saturday on WDOM, 91.3 FM, Providence College radio; also at 9 a.m. each Saturday on WSHL, 91.3 FM, Stonehill College radio. Produced by the Good News Catholic Radio Ministry of Taunton and reaching dioces!!n Hsteners in Taunton, Fall River, Easton and Attleboro, the program also discusses artists, concerts and videos' connected with this fastgrowing sector of the rock scene.

Franciscans support mission studies Immaculate Conception province of the Order of Friars Minor, h,eadquartered in New York City, has endowed a $75,000 mission scholarship at the Washington Theolog,ical Union, to be known 'as the James K'ane Scholarship for Mission Studies.

Members of the province serve at St. Louis parish, Fall River; St. Kilian parish and Regina Pacis Center, New Bedford; and St. Joseph Friary, Buzzards Bay. _ Previously Franciscans of Holy Name province established

the Franciscan Chai,r of Mission Studies 'at WTU. Province memb~rs serve at Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford.

Officials, noting that most religious communities' participating in the Theological Union have active mission apostolates, said that the Franciscan benefactors expre~s support for the "central role of mission activity in the universal church" and for "the pastoral and theological development of worldwide evangelization."

Presidential nod to Michael Novak WASHINGTON (NC) - President Reagan has named Michael Novak to a new Presidential Task Force on Project 'Economic Justice.

Novak, a close observer and sometime critic of actions taken by the U.S. bishops in such areas as economic justice, holds the George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute! Washington.

He graduated summa cum laude in 1956 from StonehiH College, North Easton. The col-

lege maintains his archives on an ongoing basis.

Family farmers NEW YORK (NC) - Bishop Maurice Dingman of Des Moines, Iowa, said ina recent New York interview that unless national policy is changed to ensure a "fair price" for farm products, there will be "no family farmers in 10 years." The bishop spoke at a press conference sponsored by the American Jewish Committee spotlighting anti-Semitic attempts to blame the farm crisis cn Jewish financial interests.

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By NC News Tall and' thin, Jesuit Father Andrew Morrison, 66, looks more like a Victorian cleric than a feisty Third World editor who's taken on a hostile government.

He edits the Catholic Standard, weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Georgetown, Guyana. The newspaper, eight typing paper size pages, is seen by its supporters as the sole independent journalistic critic of policies and officials in the economically depressed, Idaho-sized country perched at the top Elf South America. ._ "I have a 'lot of satisfaction in this work," Father Morrison, a Guyanese of English extra,ction, told National Oatholic News Service. "I know I am speaking fs>r the people."

The Standard has been sued six times by government offioials, including prime ministers, angered at what they considered personal attacks.

One case went against the Catholic Standard, costing it some $8,400, a lot of money for a tiny newspaper with a, deficit of nearly $10,000. But the amount was raised within two weeks by an .appeal to average Guyanese.

The U.s. State Department's human rights report for 1984 said that whi'le there has been some improvement regarding rights in Guyana, there were "continued infringements on the freedoms of the press and assembly and harassment· of the opposition."

Father Morrison said he has been called by government offioials a "congenital Har," a "cassocked obscenity" and a "journalistic perversion."

His paper's coverage is broad, including political, economic and church news. "Stop Cringing, Fight For What Is RJght, Chase Tells Union," a recent headline -announced over a story about a trade union activist who accused . the government of being "founded on fraud."

Father Morrison said he has been forced to buy newsprint at a high price from the government-own~d Guyana National Newspapers Ltd., because the government refuses to allow him to ,import paper.

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The newspaper is quoted widely by the press in other Caribbean Basin countries, he said.

The Jesuit had no journalistic - experience before becoming the Standard's editor in 1976, except for publishing a parish bulletin. He had spent 15 years in parish and youth work and was vicar general of the Georgetown diocese.

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. Q. How do you make your parents understand you and your feelings? They treat me like a child. Fin 14, almost 15. 1bey expect me to act maturely but treat me like a child. Is there anything r can do? (Virginia)

adult. Therein lies the source of much of your conflict and bewilderment. .

No doubt your parents want to ,let go, but at the same time they know you still have much to ,learn. So they 'let go slowly A. First, you cannot "make" land cautiously, occasiona~ly A tip of The Anchor cap to the your parents understand you and drawing on the reins. This can following students from Coyle your feelings. Force won't work cause you uncertainty and and Cassidy High School, Taunin such ill situation. You can sometimes bewilderment. ton: Tim Carney, awarded the only attempt (sometimes in a What can you do? 'Be aware Balfour Trophy as MVE in the fumbling way) to help them that this phase of your life is a C-C/Bishop Feehan Thanks. understand you. temporary phase of ,learning and giving football game; Doug DuThey, for their part, can only growing. The uncertainty will charme, Todd Trojano, Brentry to help you understand them finaJ.ly pass, and you will gain don Furtado, Jay Doherty and and their viewpoints. Under- assurance. Try to, be patient with Brian Terrien for their selection standing can never be forced. the awkwardness of your presto the Southeastern MassachuThis should not be surprising. ent situation. setts All-Conference football It is well nigh impossible for any Cultivate, if you can, a sense team: Tracy Kelley 'and Paul one person to fully understand of humor about the mistakes Lewis, picked as All-Conference another. It seems no matter how and misunderstandings that are .performers by the Southeastern much we ,reveal ourselves to Massachusetts Conference crossBISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin recently enjoyed a pas- others, a portion of our personal- bound to occur. , country coaches; and Ducharme, .

Even if you get really mad at toral visit to Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. Second ity remains hidden.

Trojoano, Kelley and Lewis, your parents, try to keep the This is partly because there selected by The Taunton Gazette from right is Sister Mary Faith Harding, RSM, Feehan prinlines of communication' with to personare so many aspects for its All-Scholastice Team in cipal. Students, from left, are Karen April, Laura Morrisality and partly because we may them open. ette, Katrina Brooks, Tony Cabanna and Kevin Maguire. their respective sports.

And some time, when calml:1e reluctant 'to ,reveal ourselves ness prevails and one or both fully..

Still, you can, when the time of your parents are in a talkaAMY GRANT has spent most . is right, have talks with your tive mood, ask them if adults of her career singing "Christian parents either separately or to- continue to grow. ro~k," a blend of rock music One especially honest man 'in getherabout what you think with Christian lyrics. Her cur- and feel. our neighborhood who is in his rent single made the pop charts, Try, however, to keep' the early 70s told me he expects to a rarity for this type of music. emotional temperature low and , keep growing until the day he The song speaks about atti- the 'atmosphere calm. Try to dies.

"Somewhere beyond the tudes toward disappointment and have sound reasons for why you grave," he said, 'Tn truly be think and feel the way you do. pard times. Ms. Grant encourages mature!"

Keep in mind that at this time us to move beyond 'anger and to Send questions to Tom ienBy Charlie Martin trust that ,love will find a way of your life at least two things are certain: you are no longer non, 1312 Mass. Ave•. N.W., to improve our situation. She stresses that God's presence wiII a child and you are not yet an Washington, D.C. 20005.

FIND A WAY be ,a strength for us: "Is there You tell me your friends are distant any circumstance that he can't You tell me your man's untrue see you through?"You tell me that you've been walked on The song suggests that anger And how you feel abused. can be a block to g,rowth. Yet

By Cecilia Belanger strength to go on because of that So you stand here an angry young woman there ,are times when we calmot knowledge. "So," she added, "I Taking all the pain to heart When people lose hope they can put up with a Jot of inconhelp feeling angry. Anger is not hear you saying you want to see changes wrong in itself but js a natural "lose direction. They don't know veniences and pain in this life." ut you don't know how to start. response. to disappointing or where to go. If a person can't Makes sense.

L~l find a way painful circumstances. What is see Hght at the end of the tunThe power of prayer is work. (How do"1{~u kn~w?) important is how we handle our nel days are dreary, dark and ing in the Hves of many. Some long.

There. is little joy in life.

Love will findCi ",ay anger. tell me the New Testament is (How can you see~) The romanticist sings, "When their guide to living. They try It does little' good to repress or I know it's hard to.see the past ignore anger. Over time, storing hope is gone we carry on;" the to imitate Jesus and the QisAnd still believe up anger only hurts us more, Christian says, "Go to the Christ ciples who were "devoted to Love is gonna find a way making us more likely to unload you've forgotten 'about but who prayer." "When I pray," said (I know that) it on someone who did not cause has not forgotten you." It one," I feel I am holding a oneLove will find a way sounds simplistic, but it works. on-one meeting with God." it.

(A way to go) Someone once said that "hope Is there any better feeling . Love can make a way Perhaps the hest approach to' needs help." He or she was right. than to believe that God, the (Only love can ~now) anger is to accept its presence We 'anchor our hopes too much Leave behind the doubt and do what 'we can to change to things that are based on the Father, wants to have fellowship LOve's the only out the situation causing the anger. material. No one is saying that with His children? He has creLove will surely find a way.

Doing this may mean finding ~ the material is not necessary, ated usf~r fellowship. He has I know this life is a strange thing· way to share how we are feeling but is it worth the worry we revealed this in so many ways.

When Jesus was baptized I can~t answer all the whys with the other person. Being as- allow it? We've misplaced our there'was the voice from heaven, Tragedy always finds me sertive with feelings may be the priorities; we are called to be Taken again· by. surprise. only . way to ,right a wrong stewards, for God' is 'the real "This is my beloved Son." It was Hke saying, "This is my I could stand here an angry young woman brougl;1t against us. . owner of everything.

Son and I ,am proud of Him." I Taking all the pain to heart ' At 'other times, nothing can There are those who complain mention this for the mother But I know that love can bring changes be done to bring about a change. that the Church 'no aonger em- afraid to express her pride in And so we've got to move on.

Life is unfair sometimes. These phasizes an "other world stance." her son for something he had If our God his song not sparing are times when we especially I can remember when it was done. She did not hoast or brag, Came to rescue you .

God. While being angry criticiZed for that. It used to be. but she was still afraid that need Is there any circumstance may be appropriate, don't 1et said . of preachers, "The only others would misinterpret.

That he can't see you through? this anger become a barrier to theme they ever preach is pie in No one accuses God of boastRecorded by Amy Grant. Written by ,Michael W. Smith and his strength. His presence can the sky," yet 'another world' is ing when he lets, us know we Amy Grant. (c) 1985 by Meadowgreen Music Co., help us face what must be dealt one of the major tenets of our please Him. We know where with in our lives.

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Mass honors Roger Maris NEW YORK (NC) New Yorkers 'filled St. Patrick's Cathedral Dec. 23 for a memorial Mass paying tribute to Roger Maris, who died of lymph cancer Dec. 14.

New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner asked Cardinal John O'Connor of New York to hold the special service for the former' Yankee right fielder who in 1961 hit 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth's >legendary 60-homer record that had stood for 34 years.

Former President Richard M. Nixon, New York Mayor Ed Koch, baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth a~j ex:~com-missioner Bowie Kuhn were among an estimated 3,000 who attended the afternoon service.

So were Phil Rizzuto, who 'led the prayer of the faithful, and other baseball figures such as Yogi Berra, Jim Bouton and Sparky Lyle. Delivering the eulogy was sports commentator HowaI'd eosell. In the front pews were Maris' wife, Pat, their six children, .all in their 20s, and grandson Steven, 7.

At the end of the Mass Cardinal O'Connor recaHed the applause that used to greet Maris at Yankee Stadium and asked the congregation for "one last burst of applause" in his honor.

A long standing ovation followed.

"Steven," the cardinal said looking down to the front pew, "you were not around to hear your grandfather applauded in the stadium, but you'U remember this. OK?" Maris 51, was a native' of Hibbing, Minn., but was buried in Fargo, N.D., where he grew up. He began his major league career with the Yankees :in 1956, was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals after the 1965 season, and helped lead the Cardinals to a pennant before he retired in 1967.

In .his 10 years with the Yankees, they took the American League pennant eight times and the World Series four times.

He was named Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1960 and 1961.

CYO baseball awards A recent Banquet of Champions honored the Anawans, the 1985 Bristol County CYO Baseball victors. Special awards were presented to the Bristol County MVP, the batting champion, the outstanding pitcher, the outstanding defensive player and the rookie of the year. Sportsmanship and competitors trophies were also awarded.

The Bristol Cou~ty batting championship trophy went to Steve Mendonca (Kennedy), who hit .457. .

Ken Pedro (North End) won the outstanding pitcher award with 9-2 for the season. He also led the loop with 121 strikeouts.

Steve Kern (North End) won the rookie of the year award.

Kern, drafted by the Detroit Tigers in June, now a University of Massachusetts freshman, hit .377 for the summer.

Defensive player of the year ,laurels went to shortstop Lane Steek (Maplewood) and Bob Boutin (South End).

The ~eague competitors' award was shared by three players. Mark. Borkman (South End) was honored for his hitting and fielding ability. Bill Courville (Kennedy) pitched extremely well and finished second in strikeouts with 116, while Rob Arruda (North End) was singled out for his intensity of play and his season-long efforts,' hitting .355.

John Jackson (Somerset) and Mike Wheaton (Anawans) shared sportsmanship awards.

MVPs for the championship Anawans were Tom A'ldrich and Tony Spencer. Aldrich hit .417 with six homeruns, Spencer .38,4 with ten homers.

Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local list· ings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "Bad Medicine" (Fox) Misfit American students' attend a bogus medical school in Central America in this film which insults Catholics and Hispanics and contains bad jokes about incest and drug abuse. 0, PG-13 "fever Pitch" (MGM-UA) A well-meaning docudrama about compulsive gambling which doesn't work, giving neat answers to a serious problem.

Brief partial nutlity and vulgar language. A:3, R "Rocky IV" (MGM·UA) Rocky' Balboa is back in the ring for the fight of his life against the Russian Olympic fighting ma: chine. The squeamish may find the boxing scenes brutal. A3, PG "Santa Claus: The Movie" (Tri-Star) The story of Santa Claus sets off to a good start but slows down when a subplot about a wicked toy maker is introduced. Some secularization of religious symbols may confuse children. A2, PG "Young Sherlock Holmes" (Paramount) Wonderful mystery film which recounts the school days of the master sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Although not based on an Arthur Conan Doyle taIe, this picture is true to their essence. Excellent acting and great special effects. Nightmare sequences may frighten young children. A2, PG-13

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Dinesen's years as a plantation owner in East Africa and of her love affair with a hunter. Because of the low moral character of the protagonists, it is classified A4, PG. "A Chorus Line" (Columbia): The film version of the hit Broadway musical provides an intense look at the backstage emotions and fears at a Broadway audition. Hard-hitting and entertaining, "A Chorus Line" makes an effectfve transition from stage to screen. Because ~ mature subject matter, it is rated A4, PG 13.

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"Enemy Mine" (Fox): A science fiction parable about a human '(Dennis Quaid) and a reptilian alien (Louis Gossett Jr.), who's star systems are at war and who are marooned on an uninhabited planet where they must work together or perish. Plodding plot and leaden direction.

Because of violence and a confusing sequence involving the reptilian alien's reproductive process, it is rated A3, PG-13. . Films on TV Saturday, Jan. 4, 8-11 p.m.

EST (CBS) - "Superman: The Movie" (1978) Christopher Reeve is the Man of SteeI in this entertaining film version that tends to run out of steam about two-thirds of the. way through.

Some restrained violence. A2, PG

Sunday, Jan. 12, 8:30-11 p.m.

EST (ABC) - "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) - .James Bond's antagonist is intent on corner"Clue" (p£fl'amount): Parker Brothers' Board game cqmes to ing the world diamond market in life in a mildly entertaining order to finance his villainy. screen version. Slapstick comedy Everything about this entry in prevails, but good nostalgic fun .. the 007 series seems tired, including Sean Connery's performA2, PG ance. The usual sexual byplay "The Color Purple" (Warners): calls for an adult rating. A3, Steven Spielberg's impressive PG film version of Alice Walker's Religious TV Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Sunday, Jan. 5 (CBS) "For Acting and photography are superb but the story lacks cohesion Our Times" - The history of and unwittingly reinforces racial the religious observance of Epipsterotypes. Because of these hany. stereotypes and its sexual Religious Radio themes, it is rated 0, PG 13 Sunday, Jan. 5 (NBC) "Guide"Out of Africa" (Universal): line" - New Zealand Cardinal Slow moving, but beautiful Thomas Williams discusses the photography highlights this recent synod on implementation dramatization of storyteller Isek of the Second Vatican Council.

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The plot is mindless and meandering. Because of vulgar language and gratuitous sexual innuendo, it is classified 0, PG.

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Iteering pOintl "'ILlCI" CHAIIMEN .

Ire asked to submit news Items for this column to 11Ie Anchor. P.O. BOl 7. Fall River, 027n. Hame of city or town should be included as well as full dates of all activities. pleau send news' of future rather than past events. Hote:. We do not carry newt of tundraisln, activities such .. bln,os. whlsts, dances. suppers and bazaars.

We are happy to carry notices of spiritual prOllram~, club meetln.s. youth prolects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundralsln. prolects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor Iiusiness office, telephone 675-7151.

On Steerlnll Points Items FR indicates Fall River. HB Indicates Hew Bedford.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, NB Prayer meetings: "New Creation": 7 p.m. Mondays, church basement.

O.L. Mt. Carniel (Portuguese): 7 p.m. Thursdays, church. Youth Prayer community: 7 p.m. Fridays, church basement.

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SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET St. Francis of the Cape fraternity: meets 2 p.m. Sunday, St. John the Evangelist parish center, Pocasset.

Father Edwin Dirig, OFM, willcelebrate Mass and speak on "Avoiding Worldliness." All welcome. Information: Dorothy Williams, 394-4094.

BLUE ARMY Five Hour Vigil: begins at 7 tonight, Sacred Heart Church, 341 Summer St., New Bedford. All welcome. Information: Ann Levasseur, 822-6866.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, church, followed by rosary and Benediction. Information: Joyce Miller, 992-8777.

First Friday Mass: 7 tonight, followed by meeting of the Ladies of the Sacred Hearts Association.

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Ultreya: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10.

College students home for the holidays are invited to brunch with the parish priests.1 p.m. Sunday, rectory.

Altar boys' epiphany party: 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow, parish center.

CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE COD Meeting 7:45 p.m. Jan. 8, St. Pius

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- Summer 1986 June 15·20 A Theological Colloquium Raymond E. Brown, S.S. (Passion Nar· ratives). Marlene Halpin, O.P. (Forgiving: Present·Perfect), Boniface Ramsey, O.P. (Developing Images of Christ), Reginald Haller, O.P. (Musical Settings on the Pas· sion).

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AT ANNUAL celebration of the feast of S1. Stephen, the first deacon, permanent deacons and their wives gather at St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River. From left, Estelle S~anley; Father Robert S. Kaszynski, S1. Stanislaus pastor; Mimi Nasser; Father Janusz Jancarz, S. Ch., S1.

Stanislaus parochial vicar; Deacons Joseph P. Stanley and Andre Nasser. (Torchia photo) CHARISMATIC RENEWAL, NB

FRANCISCANS, FR Rosary group:.meets 7 p.m. WedMass and meeting: 6:30 p.m. Jan. nesdays, main church. All welcome. .

12, Ro~e Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Prayer group: meets 8 p.m. Fridays, Father Clinton Hall. All in- chapel, 1600 Bay Street, Fall River.

Information: Mark Shea, 672-3837. vited. Information: 428-9456.

Youth group sports night: 6 to 8 CATHEDRAL, FR p.m. Sundays, Sandwich High Vincentians: meeting 7: 15 p.m.

School gym. All welcome.

Sunday, rectory.

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Prayer meetings: 7:30 p.m. Mondays, parish hall.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Fellowship meeting, 7 p.m. Jan. 12.

SEPARATED AND DIVORCED, FR Support group for separated, divorced and remarried Catholics in the greater Fall River area: meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 14 and Jan. 22, Our Lady of Fatima church hall, Swansea.

Solemn celebration of 80th anniversary of parish school: 10:30 a.m.

Mass Sunday, followed by birthday banquet, school.

Solemnity of the Epiphany: chalk and incense will be blessed and distributed at all weekend Masses.

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SACRED HEART, FR First penance for parish secondgraders: II a.m. Jan. II, church. -

ST. MARY, NO. ATTLEBORO Healing service and Sunday Mass: 2 p.m. Jan. 12, church.

CYO Council: meeting 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 7, parish center.

BREAD OF LIFE PRAYER GROUP, FR In conjunction with Blessed Sac-' rament parish, Fall River, the prayer community will offer a scripture study course based on the gospel and letters of John, beginning at 7 p.m.

Feb. 19 at Blessed Sacrament.

The course, open to all, will be held on nine consecutive Wednesdays. Information and registration: Fred Demetrius, 644-2375. Registration deadline: Jan. 31.

The community will also sponsor Life in the Spirit seminars Jan. 25 . and 26. All welcome. Information and registration: Alice Sardinha, 673-3506. Registration deadline: Jan. 20.

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Manuel J. Morris, recently honored as the parish's Marian Medal recipient, and his wife Lena celebrated 60 years of marriage at a renewal of vows ceremony at Sunday Mass. Morris has been a parish usher for 64 years.

Faith Journey with Christ for confirmed teens: meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, St. Joseph's School kitchen.

Liturgy Commission: meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, rectory.

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Exposition of Blessed Sacrament: Prayer meeting: 8 p.m. Jan. 8, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown, held _ after 11:30 a.m. Mass Fridays. Adoration 2 p.m. Fridays, shrine. the first Wednesday of each month.

Host group for January: Our Lady's ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT. Chapel, New Bedford.

Healing service: begins with 2 p.m.

VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON Mass Sunday, followed by laying on Meeting: 8:15 p.m. Jan. 6, Im- of hands, church. Doors open 12:30 maculate Conception Church, Taunp.m. Church wheelchair accessible. ton. 7 p.m. Mass precedes meeting.

Information: Lucille L. Pimental, Guest' speaker Father Joseph F. 992-5402.

Richard, AA, will give a slide presentation on the Soviet Union.

ST. ANTHONY OF THE DESERT, FR SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Adoration of Blessed Sacrament: Parish Council: open meeting 7 noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, holy hour 5 p.m. Sunday, Father Coady Center. to 6 p.m.,-St. Sharbel Chapel, 300 ST. CLARE SECULAR North Eastern Avenue.

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