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Migrants are year-round apostolate in Hyannis By Marcie Hickey
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MEMBERS OF the Brazilian community at S1. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, celebrate feast of N ossa Senhora Aparaceda with outdoor procession and singing and liturgical dance in church, top three pictures; gather for baptisms of Peter Edward Oliveira (left) and Thomas Silva, Others, from left, Thomas Loughlh, Brazilian apostolate coordinator; Deborah Oliveira, Peter's mother; Vereini and Waldemar Silva, Thomas's parent:;; Father Paul Medeiros, OMI, Father John C. Ozug.
Recalling the Wise Men from the East who traveled to Bethlehem to greet the Infant Savior, the U,S. bishops' Migration and Refugee Services traditionally marks the week of the Epiphany as National Migration Week, This year celebrated Jan, 6 through II, its theme is "Make Room: Open your mind; open your heart; open your arms:' The theme will be explored at a national teleconference, to be held Jan. 7 and to be broadcast via satellite to many downlink sites, including Providence. Some dozen representatives of Fall River diocesan offices involved in providing services to immigrants will attend the Providence teleconference, said John Kearns, assistant to Father John F, Moore, diocesan director of communications, One person for whom the welcoming theme is a year-round reality is Tom Loughlin of Hyannis, head ofS1. Francis Xavier parish's outreach to the Brazilian migrant community of Cape Cod. His ministry includes helping to arrange a weekly Portuguese-language Mass at S1. Francis Xavier and, when necessary, providing food and other necessities for Brazilian migrants, most of whom live in the Hyannis area. Origmally a project of the S1. Vincent de Paul Society, the Brazilian apostolate has become a fulltime project for the softspoken retired department store manager. Loughlin, a member of the Vincentians, first became involved when members of the large Brazilian community in the Boston area, moved to the Cape and sought help from the church, He is now responsible for contacting new arrivals and keeping in touch with settled Brazilians. "I contact about 50 people a week by letter or in person and help those in need with food or clothing," he said. "They have all sorts of backgrounds;' said S1. Francis Xavier parochial vicar Father John C. Ozug, who coordinates the Brazilian community Mass, "Some are not well-educated, but others are, One man taught French in Brazil and is a custodian" here, he said. "Most come from large families;' said Loughlin. "There are always new faces," he added, but there is also a core community that attends the weekly Mass at S1. Francis Xavier. The apostolate has been a challenge for both Loughlin and FaTurn to Page II
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Bishop Marshall succeeds Springfield Bishop' Maguire WASH INGTON (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph F. Maguire of Springfield, and appointed Bishop John A, Marshall of Burlington, V1., as his successor. Bishop Maguire, 72 and a Roxbury native, has headed the Springfield diocese since 1977, After graduation from Boston College and S1. John's Seminary, Brighton, and after serving as secretary to the late Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston, he was for 18 months in 1976-77 coadjutor bishop of Springfield. The changes were announced in Washington Dec. 27 by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, apostolic pronuncio in the United States. During his tenure in Springfield, Bishop Maguire was episcopal moderator of the Holy Name Society and was a member of the U.S. Catholic Conference Communications Committee.
In a Dec. 27 statement, Bishop Maguire thanked his staff, priests, deacons, religious and the people of the diocese for their generosity, courtesy and kindness. He called the appointment of Bishop Marshall "a great blessing for our diocesan church." Bishop Marshall, 63, was born in Worcester. He studied at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Sulpician College in Montreal and at the North American College and Gregorian University in Rome. He was an assistant pastor and teacher in the Worcester diocese and served as business manager of the North American College before being named bishop for the Vermont diocese in 1971. He directed a major Vaticanmandated study of U.S. seminaries that began in 1981 and was completed in 1990. The study, which included visitations to all U.S. seminaries, wa~ aimed at Turn to Page Two
35 presentees named for Bishop's Ball At what will be Archbishopdesignate Daniel A. Cronin's last Bishop's Ball in the Fall River diocese, 35 young ladies will be presented to him by their fathers or other escorts. The ball will take place from II p.m. to midnight Friday, Jan. 10, at White's of Westport. Miss Claire O'Toole of Fall River, presentation committee chairman, said that the presentees and their escorts will rehearse at 6:30 p.m. Jan; 7 at the restaurant. They represent one-third of diocesan parishes and are drawn from all areas of the diocese. At 9 p.m. the night of the ball, Archbishop-designate Cronin will
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SCHOOL SERIES A series ofinformative features on di<)c~Sl.tnschools begins this weei< .on page 13 and will appear periodically during 1992.
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Pope sends envoy to Croatia VATICAN CITY(CNS)- Pope John Paul II has sent a highranking Vatican official as his envoy to the victims of the fighting in Croatia. He is Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, president of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers. The pope has donated food, medicine, an ambulance and health
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Continued from Page One determining how well the seminaries had implemented the norms and decrees of the Second Vatican Council. Bishop Marshall told the 1990 world Synod of Bishops on priestly formation that "nothing is so fundamental to priestly formation as the teaching of a systematic theology, faithful to the tradition of the church and to her living magisterial authority." He is currently a member of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees on Priestly Formation and Priestly Life and Ministry. Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law called Bishop Maguire a loyal friend and respected colleague who fulfilled his responsibilities with, competence, compassion and good, humor. "While he will no longer carry the burden of administration, his pastoral zeal will continue to be a gift in the diocese he has served so well," Cardinal Law said. Bishop Marshall "is held in great esteem by the bishops of the United States because of the superb way in which he shepherded a visitation of all the seminaries in this country," Cardinal Law said.
SEATTLE (CNS) - The passage of Washington state's Initiative 120 backing abortion rightsfinally certified by the state Dec. 13 after a recount - is not being viewed as a defeat by the prolife and Catholic groups that opposed
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BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin accepts a gift from Fall River District St. Vincent de Paul Society president Len NicoIan after a recent Mass for district Vincentians at St. John of God Church, Somerset, where Father Daniel L. Freitas (next to bishop), diocesan moderator of the Vincentians, is pastor. Also on hand for the Mass and communion breakfast were (back row, from left) Armand P. Gauthier, district treasurer; Arthur Texieira, district secretary; Lizette Soares, assistant secretary; and Father Francis L. Mahoney, (right) district moderator. (H ickey photo)
Bishop's Ball Marianne Marques, S1. Anthony of Padua. Fall River; Lori Ann Raposa, St. Patrick, Fall River; Heidi Waring. Sacred Heart, Fall River; Erin Wells, S1. Dominic, Swansea. New Bedford area: Erin A. Aguiar. Attleboro area: Melissa Hiltz, S1. S1. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth; Mary. Norton; Erinn Hoag, Holy Rebecca Babineau, S1. George, WestGhost, Attleboro; Elizabeth A. Philport; Kelly Lynn Cabral, Our Lady lips, S1. Mary, Mansfield; Dianne T. of Mount Carmel, New Bedford; Rivelli, Sacred Heart, North AttleSuzanne Marie Demers, S1. James. boro. New Bedford; Kathleen Edwards, Cape Cod & Islands area: Danielle Sacred Heart, New Bedford; Michelle Akin, S1. Pius X. South Yarmouth; Levesque, S1. Anthony, New BedBrigett Marie Bisbee, S1. Francis ford; Cara Marie MacDonald, S1. Xavier, Hyannis; Suzanne Lopes, Patrick, Wareham; Rebekah Silva, S1. Peter the Apostle, Provincetown; S1. Mary, South Dartmouth; LynnMelisa Lubash, Our Lady of Victory. Centerville; Amy Rich, Christ. Marie Sylv.ia, Holy Name, New Bedford; Erin Kathleen Tweedie, S1. the King. Mashpee; Erin L. SylvesLawrence, New Bedford. ter, Corpus Christi, Sandwich; ChristTaunton area: Lynn Faria, S1. ianne Weiler, Holy Redeemer, ChaJoseph, Taunton; Michelle Gauththam. ier. S1. Jacques. Taunton; Katherine Fall River area: Sandra AnunciaAnne Murphy, S1. Peter. Dighton; cao, Our Lady of the Angels. Fall Michelle Desiree Plouffe. S1. Joseph, River; Shannon M. Belloni, S1. North Dighton; Katie Rheaume. Michael, Swansea; Cremilde Costa, Sacred Heart. Taunton. Our Lady of Health. Fall River; Michelle Anne Kaczynski', Immaculate Conception, Fall River; Cheryl Lynn Macek. S1. Patrick. Somerset;
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SISTER DOROTHY KELLEY, left, was recently commissioned as pastoral care leader for Sisters of the Good Shepherd in residence at Cranberry Pointe Nursing Center, Harwich, by provincial superior Sister Sheila Kelly, right. Mass for the occasion was celebrated by Father Tom Mara, center. The new leader, a licensed practical nurse, holds a master's degree in social work from Boston College, and has served for many years as a social worker and child care supervIsor.
Father Armand Paul Paradis, SJ; 56, a psychologist with a private practice, died in San Francisco Dec. 22 after a' prolonged illness. His funeral rites took place Dec. 26 at the University of San Francisco. . Boni in New Bedford, he atten'ded the former St. Anthony High School in that city before entering the Society of Jesus in 1953. After theology studies at Louvain University, Louvain, Belgium, he was ordained in 1966. Father Paradis held master's and doctoral degrees in pastoral counseling and counseled at the UniversityofSan Francisco from 1974 to 197路5, then teaching pastoral counseling at the university from 1976 to 1984 and at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley from 1974 to 1975. Beginning in 1975, he was a psyc,hologist at the Kaiser Foundation Hospitall Medical Center and from 1989 onwards he cond ucted private' practice. .. He is :survived by a brother, Rev. Donald Paradis, MS, stationed in Washington, DC.
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The final tally showed 756,812 votes in favor of the Reproductive Privacy Act and 752,588 against - a margin of just 4,224 votes in the Nov. 5 election ballots. According to Ken VanDerhoef, president of Human Life of Washington, the vote that ratified 1niti- . ative 120 by only three-tenths of I percent broke the stranglehold of the abortion rights movement in Washington state and made it impossible for Washington to be considered a state solidly in favor of unlimited abortion rights. "All people concerned about life issues were able to coalesce and come together and I hope that will continue," said VanDerhoef. "The pro-life movement has been solidified by this campaign." A major political challenge on the abortion issue will be "using the political space" created by the close vote to bring about reforms such as requiring parental consent for minors' abortions, said Ned Dolejsi, executive director of the Washington State Catholic Conference. Initiative 120 defines fetal viability as the point in the pregnancy when "there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus' sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures." But three out of four physicians interviewed by The Progress, Seattle archdiocesan newspaper, before the vote said they found the term '''extraordinary' medical measures" ambiguous. "Without that being spelled out, there's no universal definition of what 'extraordinary' means," said. Dr. Larry Brewer, medical director of St. Peter Hospital Perinatal Clinic in Olympia. "I thmk It'S a very dangerous kind of law to set up," he said. "If we say any baby that requires any special sort of resuscitation measure can be killed through abortion - and to allow any doctor to decide what that measure would be - that's a terrible thing." Dr. .Charles French, ~irector of neonatology at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, said putting babies born at 24 or 25 weeks o"n ventilators is a common procedure at his hospital. Occasiqnally even a baby at 23 weeks is placed on a ventilator, and some survive, he said, but to a rural doctor that could be considered extraordinary treatment.
Vice Versa , "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." Arthur Rubenstein
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Second-grade boy' assists "somebody's mom" FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CNS)A needy family got a Christmas dinner with all the fixings, thanks to a 7-year-old Florida boy. Fred Blakeslee of Fort Pierce was watching television news several months ago when he saw a story about a woman alongside a road with a sign asking for food. "1 thought she was somebody's mom and I wanted to help her," he said. With the encouragement of his grandmother, Jo Blakeslee, athletic director at St. Anastasia School in Fort Pierce, Fred developed a plan to raise money for the hungry. "He started collecting aluminum cans, doing odd jobs and saving
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Father l'homas C. Mayhew Peter the Apostle parish, ProvinceBishop Daniel A. Cronin was town. While there he assisted the principal celebrant yesterday at pastor in building a parochial the Mass of Christian BU'ial for school, later dosed as vocations to Father Thomas C. Mayhew, 60, teaching sisterhoods dwindled. who died Dec. 30 at the Catholic In 1967, he was assigned to S 1. Memorial Home, Fall River, after Joseph's parish, North Dighton, a long illness. where he was in charge of the reliThe Mass was offl~red at Our gious ed ucation program, was Lady cf Mt. Carmel Church, Seeactive in the Cursillo movement konk, where since 1977 Father and developed the ECHO youth Mayhew was first administrator retreat program, still offered in the and then pastor, and where his Cape Cod area of the diocese. body lay in state Jan. I, pn:ceding While at St. Joseph's, he was also an evening wake service. FaH.er Mayhew, a na':ive of Taunton area' CCD director and Starks. Maine, was the son of was a board member for Plymouth Bay Girl Scouts. Mary (Higgins) Mayhew of YarFrom St. Joseph's, FatherMaymouth and the late Ja.mes Franklin Mayhew. He gracluatej from' hew went in 1977 to St. Anthony's Immaculate Conception gnmrnar parish, East Falmouth, for 16 school, Everett, and Cat hedral months, then to Mt. Carmel, High School, Boston, thm pre- Seekonk. At Mt. Carmel, he supervised pared for the priesthood at Maryknoll Seminary, Mar~knoL, N.Y., building of a new church, dediand St. John's Seminary, Brighton. cated in 1982, and continued the Ordained to the priesthocd April work of his predecessor in imple25,1959, by the late BishoJ: James menting the liturgical reforms of the Sec'ond Vatican Council. L. Connolly, he offered 1: is first Mass at his then home parish, Among his initiatives were the parish renewal program and childHoly Cross Cathedral, Boston. Father Mayhew's first assign- ren's liturgies of the Word. He also ment Vias as parochial vicar at St. served on Marriage Encounter teams and worked on various programs sponsored by the Diocesan NOTICE Office of Family Ministry. NEXT WEEK'S Anchor At a month's mind Mass for Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo offered at will be a special souvenir Holy Name Church, Fall River, issue commemorating Archon the day of Father Mayhew's bishcJp-designate Danlel A. death, Father Francis L. MahoCronin's appointment to the ney, Holy Name pastor, recounted Hanford Archdiocese. Our that the Seekonk pastor, then near death himself, counted it a priviregular features will not lege that his rosary was buried appt:ar in order that vve with Msgr. Shalloo. may offer full coverage ()f In addition to his mother, Fahis' years in the rail Riv,er ther Mayhew is survived by a diocese and information of brother, James Mayhew, and a sister, Beverly Hartery, both of Rockinterest on the archdiocese land. Interment was in Holy Famhe will serve. ily Cemetery, Rockland.
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OFFICIAL . His ~xcellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of F'all Rtver, announce; that he has named the Reverend Timothy . Goldrick as Administrator of Saint Rita's Parish in Marion. Effe,:tivl~ January
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K. of C. fund drive benefits handicapped kids The Knights of Columbus Father McSwiney Council #2525 of Hyannis recently cond ucted its annual candy driveforthe Knights' Charity Fund (KCCF). which provides financial support for special equipment needed to assist in the care. training and education of physically and mentally handicapped children throughout the state. Hyannis council members and their families accepted donations at four local supermarkets and area churches: Our Lady of Victory. Centerville; Our Lady of Hope Chapel. West Barnstable; Our Lady of the Assumption. Osterville; St. Francis Xavier. Hyannis; and Sacred Heart Chapel. Yarmouthport. . Frank Marron of West Yarmouth. Deputy Grand Knight of the Hyannis Council and fund drive chairman. reports that receipts currently exceed $4.300. KCCF applications are processed under specific guidelines and should be submitted in writing to Grand Knight John J. Roberts. Father McSwiney Council #2525. Knights of Columbus. P.O. Box 25. Hyannis 0260 I.
Epiphany concert at cathedral At 3 p.m. Sunday, the choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, will present a concert of music for the feast of the Epiphany in the Bishop's Chapel of the Cathedral, which may be entered by way of the Lady Chapel on Second Street between Rodman and Spring Streets. The program will include carols, ancient chants and motets in celebration of the Nativity and the journey of the Magi. The selection is designed to summarize the traditional two-week celebration of Christmastide, stretching from Christmas Day to the observance of Little Christmas or the Epiphany. Music by Francis Poulenc, John Rutter, Michael Praetorius, and Peter Cornelius will be included in the performance, which will be presented a capella and interspersed with poetry by English hymn lyricist Timothy Dudley Smith. The l7-member choir, directed by Madeleine Grace, will be joined by Raymond Delisle as soloist in "TheThree Kings" by Cornelius. All are welcome to attend and there will be no admission charge.
his 'tooth fairy' money, which can be a lot at his age," said Mrs. Blakeslee. Fred, a second-grader at St. Anastasia, raised $50 and his mother, Tina Blakeslee, took him on a shopping spree. A 22-pound turkey, celery, dressing mix, cranberries, butter, rolls, butter cookies and a few extras were presented to Father Mark Christopher, pastor of St. Anastasia parish, to take to a needy family. "I think it helped," Fred said.
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themoorin~ A New Year, A New Resolve The party is over; now the cleanup. It looks as if the latter will be more involved and difficult than the former. As we launch the New Year, the so-called new world order is cracking at the seams. The end ofthe old year brought radical and risky changes to Earth. For over 40 years, two generations have lived and breathed the cold war. Indeed, the entire economy of the superpowers has been based on an extension ofthe World War II mentality, with the mindset so well reflected in Archie Bunker guiding global checkmate politics. Suddenly the world built on guns and butter begatl melting and dissolving. The rise of fundamentalism in governments, religions and people started tearing apart all.iances and treaties, throwing the Mideast into turmoil yet to be quieted. In Europe, it reawakened the long-festering fears of nationalism, the ramifications of which are yet to be faced. The Soviet Union, thought a given on the world scene, broke up into bickering fragments and as the Russian bear lost its grip, its captives sought revenge, often upon one another, as is evidenced in Yugoslavia. Meanwhile a nervous Common Market shrinks in on itself, trying to ignore the infighting of Eastern Europe, further exacerbated by waves of refugees and migrants. Here in America, affairs have also corne to a very sudden stop,. While we try to play the big boy in world politics, our horne front is a disaster. For years we have supported overseas ventures, at the same time conjuring up ways to ignore domestic issues. As a result, bankruptcies, homelessness and unemployment are bringing us to our economic knees, even as our president junkets around the world, seemingly unworried by the national situation. As if this were not enough to swallow, American pride is being deflated by the rising sun of Japanese economic dominance. Unable to formulate its own trade policy based on equal exchange, our gQvernment must crawl to Tokyo to begforfair trading practices. Our inability to forge policies affirming and securing the position of American workers has reduced us to the level of little more than international panhandlers. , Blending these realities into a vision for the New Year, we realize how dim and foggy that vision is. The strength and will needed to steer our future course are hung up on the reefs of international uncertainty and domestic recession. We as a people cannot continue to live with'ourheads buried in the sands of past glories; it is imperative that we rise to the challenges of 1992. Admittedly, we 'are blessed with many freedoms but primarily it is in the living of our national motto, "In God We Trust," that we will overcome our difficulties" many of which arise from our own lack of faith and our corresponding unwillingness to'express faith in Ol,lr public life. As, unwilling or not, we venture into an uncertain future, it ~s imperative that we renew the spirit of our forefathers. We will meet the chaJlenges that await us if we truly share their belief that our republic is indeed a nation established in the providence of God.' , .-
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NATIONAL MIGRATION WEEK, JANUARY 6-11, HIGHLIGHTS THE PLIGHT OF MANY LIKE THIS GUATEMALAN PEASANT WHO IS STRANDED IN A MEXICAN REGUGEE CAMP
"Where can I flee?" Ps. 139:7
Finding the m'ea'nin-g of 'Christmas By Father Kevin J. Harrington
Everyone has, his or her treasured rituals that elicit special holidayfeelings. Nevertheless, whether we are decorating the tree, shopping for gifts, writing greeting cards, hosting or visiting friends and family, our minds and hearts can wander far from the meaning of the first Christmas. Indeed, many people dread Christmas and New Year celebrations because they have had more blue than happy holidays. Tragically, some of us let the ghosts of past Christmases get the best of us. , The feast of the Epiphany is a splendid opportunity to reflect upon the true meaning of Christmas, free from the December disThe Editor tractions'- It is an invitation to salvage the spiritual comfort the season offers from all its secular trapLetters Welcome Letters t~ the editor are wel~omecl. All letters should be brief and the 'pings. Epiphany is a reminder 'bf what the late remarkable Rabbi ~ditor reserveS: the right to co!,!dense llny I~tters if deemed necessary. 'AllAb~aham Heschel once said: "The letters must be signed and contain a home or business a~dress. inner history of Israt;1 is a, history ,of waiting for God, of waiting fOr his arrival." Israel's history mir:; rors the story ~Qf Everyptan. The reason Christmas is such an , attractive'feast'is that Everym!ln desires to b~,cJose to God. We may feeLabandon'ed at times, but in the ,OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOC,ESEOF FALL RIVER heart of hearts of each· of us, o'ur 'Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River religious ~istory, is a history of , . 887 Highland Avenlie!" , ; P.O. BOX 7 waiting for God. There is' a Natl\'e , American saying that reveals' a Fall River, MA 0272Q . Fall River, MA 02722-0007 great insight: "Don't tell me, l'1l Telephone (508} 675-7151 ;, forget; show me, I'll remember; FAX'(508)" 675-1'048' . involve me, and. will understand!" PUBLISHER I The word and witness of the bibliMost Rev, Daniel A, Cronin, D.o., S.T.D. cal prophets were not enough for EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER mankind to understand, the mysRev, John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault tery of God. The mystery of the ~ Leary Press-Fall River Incarnation only comes alive as each person answers Jesus's call to ~
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follow him on the path of discipleship. Every Christmas I invite my friends to read Henry van Dyke's classic Christmas tale, "The Story of the Other Wise Man." I first read this story when I was eight years old and I have never grown tired of it. I happened upon it by chance during a Scout paper drive when the Sisters of Mercy from Holy Family School in New Bedford were discarding old books and papers from their convent. This incident proves the truth of the adage' that one man's trash is another man's treasure! At the risk of ruining the story, I will reveal only its theI11e, summed up in its very first sentence: "Wh9. seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, ma}\ keep the path, ,but wi!1 n'ot reach the goal; w~ile ht:wh<;l wal~s in love may wander far, yet God will bring him wher.e ,~he blessed are." . " , Thefu!l J,eauty o(any'story is, revealed only to t~.wse ~ple to ,idet;l"
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-~ VAT/CAN CITY (CNS),-,,- If people want to imita\e the saints, they should try living the beatitudes, says Pope John Paul·II. In recent ,remarks, the pope said lill people are called to "deep communion" with God. The best way to attain it 'is to follow Christ's own 'advice to his disciples, he said. "The saints in fact are those who put into practice the Sermon on the Mount, and who became poor, humble, merciful, loving, patient, pure of heart and peacemakers" for the love of God, the pope said.
tify with one of its characters. Frank Capra made George Bailey, played by James Stewart, the Everyman in the movie. "It's a Wonderful Life," that has become classic Christmas fare. Artiban, the fourth wise man, has that same appeal that reaches across all barriers of age, gender, race, ethnicity or religious belief. Every Christmas story is a story of a wanted and an unwanted child. We should like to think that every baby is wanted and loved, but the bitter reality is that many children are unwanted, unloved and uncared for. We think also of those innocents whose lives are extinguished even before birth. We may surely hope that all those little ones are taken to himself by the Child who was born at Christmas for them .too; they are not un,wanted by God. In Christ, who 'arrived 'on earth both wanted and "unwantrd. e~ery' hUpa", h'owever "unwan'ted or uriloved, may find llope and love because his love makes~,us in reality.:lov,ed and wanted children.'· ' , The app~al ~f Christmas is that .it calls u.!' ~o lov~an infant in a crib :born in,qur history an4 pe!p,s us to ,understand the mystery of God,with-us. Ultimately, unless we love what seems ,unlovable in us and ,others we wiil'never find room for Jes\ls in ,the il10 of our heart of ,hearts.. , 'The God who begged through Gabriel, for a place fQr the Son of God to be born in Mary's womb is the same God that begs in the least of his brethren for a place in our hearts. We can do no better than Mary a~dsay: "Let it be done unto me according to your Word."
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story Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6 Matthew 2:1-12 Today's celebration should prompt an annual examination of conscience. Are we Catholics really faithful to the good news Jf Jesus, or are we so concerned about our own security that we choose to ignore one of the most basic insight!, of the early church? It takes courage to be a true disciple. The Lord cor.;tinually calls his followers to break thr.)ugh the boundaries of ordinary human security. He asks them to 10Jk ceeper, to inquire more extensively and to renect constantly. He requires them to view reality from a Gompletely new perspecLve. 1 he Galilean carpenter pulls them beyond the limits of their respecta )Ie religion to discover a God who is present in all creation. Nowhere is this point more clearly and forcibly made than in Matthew':) pericope about the "astrologers from the East." . OVI~r the centuries we transform(:d this powerful thfological statement into a simple c1ildren's story and totally overlo Jked its cutting message. For many in Matthew's Gommunity the magi were part of a world which stretc:hed outside Yahweh's domain. I nstead of adhering to a proper biblica I profession of faith (like Herod's. "wise men"), these infidels fou nd :heir gods by searching the stars and plane':s. The Hebrew Scriptures strictly condemned imch ido~atry and mandated death for its adherents. Yet these are the peopfe who actively search for and fi nd "the newborn king of the Jews," while those who possess all the correct religious structures never even bother to travel the few miles from Jerusalem to Bethlehem to check out the event. God is not only working in strange ways, te also is ~orking through stra.nge people. Pau.l eventually he:,ped (:vangelize th(:se same strange peo pIe. In a total turnabout from his s':rict observance of Judaism, he proclaims that God's secret pkn, unknown in former ages, but now revealed by th(: Spirit to the holy apostles
Daily Readings Jeln. 6: 1 In 3:22-4:6; Ps 2:7-8,10-11; Mit 4:1.2-J.7, 23-25 Jem.' 7: 1 In ~k7~10; Ps 72:1-4,7-8; Mk 6:~14-4~· Jeln. 8: 1 In 4:11; Ps 72:12,10,1~-13; Mk 6:1~5-5:~ . Jalln. 9: 1 In 4:19-5:4; Ps 72:1-2,14-15,17; I.k 4:14-22 Jal:n. 10: 1 In !i:5-13; Ps 147:12-15,19-20; lk 5:12-16 Jan. 11: 1 In 5.:14-21; IPs 149:1-6,9; In 3:22-30 Jan. 12: Is 42:1-4,6..7; IPs 29: 1-4,9-10; Acts 10:34-38; lk 3: 15~ 16,21-22
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By FATHER ROGER KARBAN and prophets is this: "In Christ Jesus the Gentiles are now co-heirs with the Jews, members of the same body and sharers of the promise through the preaching of the Gospel." By his dying and rising for all people, Jesus had shown Paul that all people were worthy of evangelization - not just those who were members of "the one true r'eligion." Centuries before, prophets like Third Isaiah had also tried to stretch their people's horizons. "Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem," he declared. "Nations (Gentiles) shall walk by your light, and kings by your shining radiance... AII from Sheba shall come bearing gold and frankincense, and proclaiming the praises of Yahweh." One day, non-Jews will seek the Lord just as fervently as the Chosen People. Though the same message runs throughout the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, most of us are still not secure enough in God's love to be faithful to it. When confronted with the Lord's universal presence. we often retreat into the fortress of
. Worst race riots. predicted by priest OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) - Racism is alive and well in America and. unless it is solved soon, the country is headed in the next 10 years for the worst race riots it has ever seen, according to a priest who works in Chicago's black community. Father Michael Pfleger told Catholic Press Association members in Omaha for a regional convention that Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin said "racism is like peeling an onion - the more you peel, the deeper you get into it, the more you cry." The priest, pastor of a parish on Chicago's predominantly black and Hispanic South Side, was in the news last summer for his protests against alcohol and tobacco billboard advertising in his community. He said he counted 118 billboards for those products within a IO-block radius of his parish, while a similar expedition around a predominantly white parish revealed only three billboards: Seeing it as an outgrowth of hi.s fight against drugs, he painted over three billboards. He was taken to court, but he was acquitted of criminal charges. Racism, he told the journalists, is "as natural as the air we breathe. It's an addiction, and we are all either addicts or recovering addicts." And, like any addiction, it takes recognition and the will to change before anything can be done, Father Pfleger said. Chicago is still one of the most segregated cities in the United States, he noted, yet also one of the most Christian. "It says we've failed," said the priest.
our religious' denomination. Instead of equipping us 'for "the search," the church frequently becomes a haven for the "dysfunctional of faith"; rather than pointing beyond itself. our religion seems content to motion no further than its own traditional boundaries. a departure from Matthew's courageous theology. In his latest book. The Magic Lantern. Father Ed Hays tells the story of two farmers living several miles apart who one day struck water on their property. Each believed his well had "the freshest, sweetest water in the whole world." The farmers' followers engaged in heated arguments about which well was the better. "Eventually the dispute over the wells led to bloody battles between the two groups of water seekers. All of this was very sad. for if either of the farmers had taken the time to reflect on their gift of water, they would have realized that both had tapped into the same underground river of crystal clear and pure water!"
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Comfort and compassion: the great healers
died. He-r doctor had been caring and competent with the woman but had been abrupt with family members. Then after she died, the By doctor was simply not available to talk to them. ANTOINETTE When my caller complained to another doctor that the family was upset about being cut off this way, BOSCO the other doctor excused his colleague's behavior by saying, "Doc, tors don't like to get close to their patients now." Because I am a writer and ediThe caller told me that his own tor, I often get calls from people father had been a doctor who who have something on their minds. often would stress how important One such call came from a man it was to console not only the who was angry. He also was feelpatient but the loved ones wh-o ing hurt for his friend. This is the were also suffering. story he told me: My caller thought I should do a The wife of the man's friend was story on what he considered the in a hospital for a while and then outrageous attitude exhibited by
By DOLORES CURRAN
The beginning of the new year is a good time to clean up the files and sort out interesting bits of information which don't rate a full column. 1991 offered some interesting insights into our lives as a mere moment in history. Here's what I found among my notes and clippings: - More than 4 percent of civilians called to military duty for
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FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. My question is about Jesus. We usually refer to him as Jesus Christ, but I've read some spiritual books that call him Christ Jesus, or even other forms of Jesus. Why are these different names used? (Texas) A. First, let's look at those two names themselves.
the woman's doctor. The caller wanted me to find out if this was the prevailing mentality among other doctors. Then he asked in a pained voice, "If death doesn't matter, what does?" My reaction to the caller wa.s guarded. I couldn't relate to what he assumed was a common problem. I simply could not believe that the doctor's coldness to the woman's family was typical. Most doctors I have known in the decades of my life have been caring and definitely communicative with families. In the last six or seven years, I have read numerous articles in medical journals and daily newspapers attesting to the power of such non-technical therapies as comfort, optimism and
positive emotions in a patient's recovery. After the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Los Angeles several years ago, researcher Donna Lou Udelman said "hope represents a significant medical factor," one that promotes healthy cell production by suppressing the growth of cells that undermine the body's immune system. But the point my caller made that the families of patients should also be treated with comfort and hope - is a valid one. Dr. Marvin Stein, a leading researcher at New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine, reported that stressful events like the loss of a loved one may leave the bereaved family members at risk of becom-
ing ill. Thus, a doctor who is sensitive to the vulnerability of grieving survivors and gives comfort to them is probably engaging in important preventive medicine. What we sometimes forget is that doctors, too, need faith and hope, for researchers have found that patients "catch" what a doctor communicates non-verbally. It is a difficult task to be the one who must always have the answers and the cure, and doctors, too, deserve understanding. Certainly as Christians we should not at all be surprised at the healing powers of love and care. We were, indeed, taught to "comfort the afflicted," a gift which always gives a great deal of comfort to the giver in return.
A compilation of year-end trivia Operation Desert Storm came from nine southeastern states that have less than one-fifth of the nation's population. So the Reservists and National Guards had a distinctly southern flavor. Why is this? - The gap between the rich and poor turned into a chasm in the eighties. America now boasts 1.5 million millionaires. No parallel upsurge of riches has been seen since the late 19th century, the era of the Vanderbilts, Morgans and Rockefellers. Chief executive officers make 93 times the income of average factory workers. Why? -In the past 20 years, while the U.S. Catholic population has grown from 48 million to more than 57 million, the number of priests has dropped from about 59,000
to 53,000. The number of seminaries in the U.S. dropped from 450 in the fifties to 240 today. Why is this? - In the last 50 years, the percentage of Americans who earn their livelihoods on farms has dropped from 40 percent to 2 percent. The Great Plains today hold only 3 percent of the nation's people - and account for one-third of its agricultural products. Farmers are becoming a disappearing species in America. Why is this? - In 1960, both Catholics and Protestants gave an average of 2.2% of their incomes to their churches, but while the percentage has held among Protestants, it has dropped to 1.1 percent among Catholics. Why?
- After 10 years in the making of a pastoral on women, the American bishops were told by Rome that Third World women are not ready for "Western" aspirations and that it is only American women who are'unhappy with their chun:h status. If true, why is this? - Children born in parts of New York have less chance of reaching their first birthday than babies born in some Third World countries. The Infant Mortality budget was cut but a plan to close the Central Park Zoo, which costs the city $2 million annually, was not. Why? - According to the Maryknoll Magazine, Europe's cathedrals are crowded, but only with tourists. "In many parts of Europe, Cathol-
icism has become a cultural artifact rather than a living faith. Sociological studies reveal that only 7 percent of the French and 15 percent of Italians practice their faith. "In the country which boasts the Vatican, why is this? - More American children-died from child abuse during the Persion Gulf War than U.S. soldiers killed in combat. Why is this and why didn't this statistic merit media attention? During Desert Shield, 50 Saudi Arabian women dared to drive automobiles, which is against Islamic doctrine. For this, the country's morality police called for the death penalty. Our American leaders made no comment. Why is this?
The meaning of Jesus' name and titles The name Jesus is one form of several similar Hebrew names (Joshua, Yeshua, etc,), all of which loosely mean "Yahweh (God) is Savior," or the "Salvation of Yaho,yeh," Luke tells us. that this is the name given our Savior at the annunciation to Mary. It is also the name told to Joseph: "You are to name him Jesus because he will save his people from their sins" (Mt. 1:21). The name Christ is not a last name in our sense of this word. It is rather the English (and Latin and Greek) equivalent of the Hebrew word "messiah," the
anointed one, the expected one who would be chosen or anointed by God as th~ king and Lord who . would save hiS people. This .name he.ld a key place m the earliest teachmgs of the church. In the A~ts of t?e Apostles~ th~ mhescsahg~ , Jesus IS thhe Mbesslath , t e fiSt, seems t.o ave een he core of the preachmg of the aposties themselves. (3:20, 8:5, 9:22 and several other passages.) The title was also a great favorite of St. Paul. Our word "christening" is still used occasionally for baptism, since anointing with oil is part of that ceremony. We find all combinations of
those names in the New Testament. Jesus is there, of course, though our Lord is referred to by that name alone very few times. Jesus Christ occurs several times, though the English often quite correctly renders the second word as an a,djective, "Jesus the Christ." The reversal of those names also appears a couple of times, as in "There is no condemnation now for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8: I). By far t'he most frequent designation for our Lord in the New Testament, however, which appears dozens of _times, is simply the
name Christ. The use ofthis title as a proper name for Jesus became common very early after the resurrection. All of these are still perfectly proper, though the form "Jesus Christ" is found most often in more formal literary or liturgical works. A free brochure explaining Catholic tea~hing.and practice .on annulments IS available by sendmg a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Paris_h, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.
Diet and exercise: keeping the weight off By
Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: I have no trouble taking pounds off. My problem is that I put them back on. Everything goes well until I overeat a few times and gradually give up. I want to lose weight again, but this time stay slim and trim. (Pennsylvania) The key to successful and permanent weight loss is you, not the diet or plan. You must take charge of your life. My program is called WeightNo-M ore. Two factors are stressed. More than just your diet, you need to change your lifestyle. A crash diet may work temporarily,
but unless you make permanent changes in eating and exercise patterns, you are likely to revert to your old ways. Go slow, and select a diet you can live with. The second factor is daily motivation. Changing lifestyle can be difficult, especially in a society committed to the good life. You will need to take one day at a time, with daily reporting and stats, plus a regular reward for doing well. Weight No More has five components: choosing, avoiding, exercising, charting and imaging. Here is how they work together. Choose your diet. Select something you can live with. It might be as simple as no second helpings. The most popular diet that one can learn to live with and enjoy is the series of "Calorie Exchange" diets. You would do well to omit foods with refined sugar and fatty
foods. Eliminate all candy, cake, Go slowly in the beginning. If cookies, pie and sugar snacks. you have been sedentary, you may Eliminate fried foods and potato - wish to check with your physician. chips. Choosing your eating and exerSubstitute fresh fruits and veg- cise plan is one thing. Doing it is gies to snack on. Refined sugar another. Motivation can be engives empty calories with no nutri- hanced by charting and guided tional value. imagery. Include an aerobic exercise. No Chart your successes. Focus on weight loss program can be sucyour planned changes in behavior. cessful without such exercise. Keep a chart in the kitchen where The fact that exercise burns you can give yourself credit each calories is not half so important as night for the bag three: following that regular exercise changes what your diet; avoiding the garbage; your body does with the food you and doing your exercise. eat. Instead of storing it in fat, it Count your credits, not your builds muscle. stumbles. Add up your points and Exercise daily for 20 minutes give yourself some small rewards with an aerobic activity. These for point totals. exercises stretch your heart and Guided imagery is a combinalungs, not just your muscles. They tion of relaxation and modern include brisk walking, climbing advertising. Associate your new stairs,jogging, running, swimming, eating and exercise plan with highly bicycling, exercycling and handball. attractive symbols. Use all five You will know you are getting senses to describe the situations. Put a message on tape so you the necessary aerobic effect when your breathing pattern changes. can play it over and over. For
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"Condoln mentality" Deu Editor: It is sad to learn that 1.he largest family newspaper in New England, the Boston Globt;, ad Jpted the "condom mentality" as its "copout" to the AIDS prol:lem, as it recommended that condoms be distributed to our school children. No mention that our ch Idren embraee the virtues of chastit.y and self··control as the only v1ay we can stor~ the AIDS epidemi(:. In the Globe editorial of Dec. 9, "Condoms and Morality," tile edItorial writer states l:hat "Condoms do not encourage youngsters to be promiscuous or to be more inclined to engage in sex." This statement flies in the face of the results of many st Jdies over the past few years. All thest: studies by leading resean hers and mec.ical men revt:aled that the more our young peoplt know of con'~raceptivesor use the same, the more unwantep pregnancies, the more sexual diseases, the more abortions, and the more promiscuity result. And AIDS is one of the most common results! The Globe faults the arguments that the use of condoms is immoral, that condom use encourages licentiousness, and that condom use undermines parental authority. The so-called family newspapj~r states that none of these arguments "holds wa ter." To recommend that our dds play Russian roulette with faulty condoms indicates the GloJe should go back to the books ane forget its eas} way out with its "condom mentality." Robert A. Ward Morality in Media of Massacht.setts
Comment appalls Dear Editor: I was appalled at Si! ter Mary Ambrosia's comme'nts ill Bt:rnard Cas!,erly's column in the Dec. 6 Anchor. Her comment, "All my lift: I had to g:;ve up sex, and nov., after 50 years in the religious life. I have to give up cookies, too?" n:igh~ have been made in jest, but she came across as a frustrated nun. Her commitment to thl~ religious life should relate to positive ,lSpt:Cts of a lif,e she chose, instead of a flip state:ment sounding so much like the sexy commercials we are bombarded with every day. Her comment did a great disservice to all the religious. Sister Vera made her ~.ppt:al for the special collection on behalf of the religious at Immaculate Conception parish in Taurton and, believe me, she made a most favorable impression on all \\ ho heard her, earning everyone's greatest respect. My respect for the religious prompted me to write te, you, the Editnr, to let you know my reaction to the article. Claire M. Hathaway Taunton
Full access asked The following letter lvas originaIlJ sent as an entry ill the Anchor's Christmas contest. While not the award winner, we felt it addressed issues of which all should be a'ware. We therefore '"equested
permission from the author to use ; it in The Mail Packet, together with an amplification she later added. Editor Dear Editor: America is joyfully waiting for Jesus to arrive in .the United States. While traveling through Southeastern Massachusetts (the Fall River diocese), he will surely implement a program designed to make life in the Roman Catholic church more inclusive. He will announce that the cartoon, "Parish Smiles" [Anchor, Nov. 22], is a genuine reality [it depicted a woman complaining to her husband that during Mass she had counted about 20 people doing everything but paying attention .to the liturgy]. Manydeafand hardof-hearing people "keep busy" at Mass for the lack of assistive listening devices or interpreters or because of poor aC<llstics. I, for instance, count the chain links on both sides of the crucifix suspended from the ceiling at Our Lady of the Cape parish, Brewster. Two-thirds of the people over 50 who live on Cape Cod wear hearing aids. V~ry few parishes accommodate this large segment of Catholic membership. Music learned long ago by our elder communicants cannot be followed because a simple page number is unknown. More priest and lay ad ministrators are growing full beards and moustaches which make it impossible to speech read. Churches are expanding by removing the walls behind the altar, thus creating a situation in which the priest or ceremony cannot be followed by deaf or hard-of-hearing people. Programs for CCD students and their parents and a number of other parish functions, including Marriage Encounters for engaged couples and retreats, are inaccessible to the deafand hard-of-hearing. Jesus will remind us that the Americans with Disabilities Act will be activated in 1992 and access for deaf and hard of hearing people in the Fall River Diocese will become a reality. Jesus, hear my prayer for this wonderful Christmas season, so I and my children and future grandchildren may take part in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. In addition, I would like to recommend that our Diocese form an Advisory Committee to address the issue of accessibility. Many parishioners with disabilities are capable of full participation but are hindered by architectural barriers and condescending attitudes. Most churches have great ramps, but once inside the church, wheelchair users cannot maneuver at all. Despite safety codes, wheelchairs always seem to be in the middle of an aisle. Choir lofts prevent many talented musicians from contributing to the liturgy. Altars with several risers prevent people from being eucharistic ministers' and lectors. For the past four years I have been a member of the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board, where I have had the opportunity to see that many parish halls have full access but churches are sadly lacking. F or the past 10 years I have been an active member of the Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled (CORD) and we have been the recipient of funds from the Bishops' Campaign for Human Development. We have used those funds to the fullest degree to make a life for the Cape's disabled. Is it possible that parishes could apply for those funds to make our own
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In closing, I would like to mention that each week The Anchor has various articles concerning handicapped issues; including who is being honored lately, what programs are starting up down south or how great some project is in the Midwest. Let us hope that in 1992 we can report on what our diocese of Fall River has accomplished for its parishioners. Kathleen Kelleher East Dennis
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Shrinkage in Catholic groups explained ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CNS)Women's groups, meanwhiie, Waning anti-Catholicism, a move offered "more help on a personal by Catholics into the economic basis, to support each other," said mainstream and changes within Janet Hagen, office manager of the church are cited as main rea- the Daughters of Isabella. sons behind the drop in memberWhile some secular single-sex ship in Catholic fraternal orders, groups such as Rotary Internasay observers. tional have gone coed, Catholic The Catholic Daughters of Amer- organizations have chosen to reica membership, for example, has main separate. declined from 170,000 in 1986 to "I think it's important for 144,000 in 1991. . women's voices to be heard indeIn the 1960s, Catholic fraternal pendent of men's organizations," organizations had a combined mem- said Lorraine McMahon, execubership of more than 2 million. tive secretary for the Catholic Today, only the Knights ofColum- Daughters. bus - with an alltime membership But women's organizations now high of 1.5 million - is growing face the challenge of women jugsignificantly. gling work, home and family res"There are organizations that ponsibilities, while movies, televidon't do much, that...are not grow- sion and video compete for shrinking," said Richard McMunn, edi- ing free time. tor of the Knights of Columbus' Catholics have also moved into monthly magazine, Columbia. the economic mainstream, where "Those .,. that are movers and insurance, unemployment benefits, shakers in the community are Social Security and public assistgrowing." ance are available, while the church The Knights chose Christopher itself is better organized, providColumbus as its patron to show ing some of the services once offered Catholics played a role in Ameri- only by the fraternal organizations. can history. In the past, the organizations As the American middle class supported workers and combated grew after the Civil War, secular anti-Catholicism. Now they take fraternal organizations like the Elks on such issues as abortion, moraland the Loyal Order of the Moose ity in media and medical ethics. were founded. McM unn said fraternal groups Catholics kept pace with the Daughters of Isabella, the Catholic continue to offer a combination of Daughters of America and the spiritual development, charitable work and social activities. Knights of Columbus. "I think there's a strong hunger Such groups fostered sensitivity to the less fortunate, with direct in a lot of people for the kind of service and charitable contribu- community for Catholic fainilies tions. They also financed and sup- tha t [fraternal organizations I ported orphanages, hospitals and offer," he said. Catholic schools and colleges. Welcome In the era before Social Secur"Let us open our natures, throw ity, the fraternal organizations offered low-cost life insurance. The wide the doors of our hearts and Knights of Columbus has $20 bil- let in the sunshine of goodwill and lion in policies in force today. kindness."-O.S. Marden
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AT RECEPTIO'~ celebrating publication of the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, from left, seated, David Hammond, Seamus Deane, Brien Friel, Seamus Heaney; standing, Father Bartley MacPhaidin, CSC, president of Stonehill College., North Easton. (Bauman photo)
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Publication of a $1,500 collector's f:dition of the Field Day Anthology oflrish Writing was recently celeb::ated at a reception €J Stonehill College, North Easton. The event brought two of the most notee. living Irish authors to the North Easton colleg,e campus. They were poet Seamus Heaney, who read severa:. of his poems, and playwright Brian Friel, who read an excerpt from one of his plays. AI:;o speaking was Seamus Deane of University College, Dublin. The general editor of ':he Field Day Anthology, he paid tribute to the silent p~rtners o:f the :mtho~o gists, saying that "the anthology was a labor of love, not only by those involved in it, but by those who bore with those involved in it." Eddie Baron, among OIganizers of a two-day Irish fe:>tival recently held at Stonehill, which drew an attendance of 30,000, presf'nted Father Bartley MacPhaidin, esc,
college president, with a set of the collector's edition of the Field Day Anthology. Limited to 3851eatherbound sets signed by Deane, Healey and Friel, all directors of Field Day Publications, the three-volume anthology, described as the most comprehensive collection of Irish writing ever published, covers 1500 years of poetry, prose, drama, oratory and political material in Irish, English, Latin and Norman-French and includes biographical and bibliographic information as well as copious annotations. The Stonehill program was cosponsored by the Irish Cultural Centre of Boston where, said Paul Gillespie, a supporter of both the centre and the Irish anthology, "we can congregate to enjoy each other and our Irishness." Also on the program was singer David Hannon, who offered "Gweebara Bay," a song celebrating a beautiful bay in County Donegal, Ireland, Father MacPhaidin's native county.
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Pj-zza p,rince precludes pride DETROIT (CNS} - Thomas Monaghan, who said two years ago h,e wanted to sell his Domino's Pizza chain to devotf' more time to church and charitable a~tivities, announced through a spokesman he was taking the firm off the marklet and returning to t'le helm.· "God will help him find the way," Mike Jenkins, the spokesman, told The New York Times. "He believes he"s being told that he must continue building, that he must continue in the pizza business." Monaghan's $1.2 billion price tag for the privately owned business i'ailed to attract an) serious buyers. "No one wanted to buy it, except on the cheap," Jenk ins said. "If he couldn't sell it, he fe.t he was meant to take it over again." In 1989; when he announced his inten tion to sell, analysts put Domino's value at $250 rrillion to $1 billion. Mc,naghan, 54, a Catholic who was raised in an orphanage, is the founder of Legatus, a.n association of Catholic CEOs which promotes Catholic values in bllsine~s. Legatus is a Latin word r:leaning "ambassador." He has also servf:d or boards of Catholic universities and is involved in several charitable concerns.. among them helpirLg to finance computerization of th': Roman
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Have you written down your 1992 resolutions? That's important so you can check your list from time to time to see how you're doing. " Or, perhaps, like an old dog, you figure it's too late in life to learn new tricks. Wrong. It's never too late. Challenges, both mental and physical, are what we need to keep us alert and healthy. New Year's resolutions are a lot like going to confession: a chance to turn over a new leaf. They're usually very personal, however, and there's no one behind the grilIe to provide counselor measure your performance. Resolutions don't have to be private, however. Some problems are so common in the lives of seniors that I would like to list 10
Retirement fund poster nun hopes to set good example need grants. Another 114 orders declined grants so orders in greater need could receive them. Even so, the grants accounted for only 3 percent of the annual cost of care for retired religious. 57 percent is funded by the orders' savings and 22 percent from Social Security, leaving an unfunded gap of 18 percent. SIster Kirby said she was "surprised, to say the least" when she was asked to appear in the commercial, in which the former music teacher gives piano pointers to a young boy. Retired from active ministry five years ago, Sister Kirby said she has been a ware of the need to provide for retired religious. The collection is "trying to do something to provide for our sisters," she said. She added that her community is not getting the vocations in later years that it did when she entered the convent in 1925 - there were "50-plus and up each year." StilI blessed with good health -her only minor complaint is arthritis, -c- Sister Kirby, the oldest nun in her convent, said the younger sisters there are "very supportive of me, very generous to· me, considerate, look out for me, take care of me when they think I need care." What does she give to them? "I don't know," she said. "I "hope I give them a good example."
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While losing weight and quitting smoking or drinking are highly popular resolutions with us, the Babylonians listed paying debts and returning borrowed farming tools and household utensils as most essential.
WASHINGTON (CNS) - The 1991 "poster nun" for the Retirement Fund for Religious collection in U.S. parishes says that in retirement she's able to "do things that I never could do when I was teaching." For example, "a lot more praying," said 85-year-old Sister John of the Cross Kirby, a Sister of St. Joseph of Philadelphia who grew up in Washington and now lives in a convent in its suburbs. Sister Kirby was featured in commercials for the campaign in which she says, "Looking back, I wouldn't change a thing. Oh, I can't show you a big pile of money I've saved. But I can show you a school, and a hospital, and people. So many people. Saving money for ourselves just didn't seem right." The commercials, and companion radio spots describing a generic "Sister Mary Francis," were sent to diocesan directors of the campaign, who distributed them to local radio and television stations for use as public service announcements. The campaign, in its fifth year and the rhost successful nationwide special collection in the history of U.S. Catholicism, distributed $25.6 million in 1990, with only I percent spent on adminis"trative costs and 2 percent on promotion costs. In 1990, 620 orders received grants, while 117 orders did not
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New Year resolutions As the old year dwindles and the new one approaches, many of us make New Year resolutions. These formal resolves to wipe the slate clean and do better in the year ahead have been around so long that no one knows where or when they began. The practice was first noted in Babylon (where it was probably needed) 4,000 years ago.
POSTER NUN: Sister John of the Cross Kirby, the 1991 "poster nun" for the RetirementFund for Religious collection, gives piano pointers to Jarod Marquardt in a public service announcement television commercial. (CNS / Retirement Fund for Religious photo)
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for most of the things we fear never come to pass. I RESOLVE not to cross bridges before I get to them, for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this. I RESOLVE to face each problem as it comes. I can handle only one at a time. I RESOLVE not to take problems to bed with me for they make very poor bedfellows. I RESOLVE not to borrow other people's problems. They can take better care of them than I can. I RESOLVE not to try to relive yesterday for good or ill. It is gone. I shall concentrate on what is happening in my life today. I RESOLVE to count my blessings, never overlooking the small ones, for a lot of small blessings add up to a big one. I RESOLVE to be a good listener, for only when I listen do I hear ideas different from my own. It's very hard to learn something new when I'm talking. I RESOLVE not to become bogged down by frustration, for 90 percent of it is rooted in selfpity and will only interfere with positive action. Happy New Year!
THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS "Just The Facts, Ma'am" by Ron Polkuk
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• Babies born in Singapore have a better chance of survival than babies born in America Our babies are twice as likely to die before their first birthday as babies born in Japan.
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18th in infant mortality.
• The United States spends 40% more per person on health care than Canada. Twice as much as Germany or Japan spends per person.
• Despite the fact that American scientists invented the polio vaccine, 17 countries do a better job of immunizing their infants against polio.
• By the end of the decade we will be spending nearly $6,000 a year for every man, woman and child in America
• The United States spends six times as much money on insurance company overhead and red tape as we do on an medical research.
• Since 1965, Ameri~an business has seen health costs rise from 9% of potential profits to 56%.
• Between 40,000 and 83,000 people die each year undergoing unnecessary surgical procedures.
• During the 19808, the nation's total medical bill rose by 63%. • Long term care in a nursing home averages more than $30,000 a year, and much more in some parts of the country. • Commercial health insurance companies spend a donar on administrative red tape for every two' dollars that actually go for benefits. • The number of health care administrators is increasing three times faster than the number of doctors.
QUAU1Y • Canadians now live two years longer than we do. And our heart disease death rate is 20% higher than theirs.
SECURI1Y • The number of Americans priced out of health insurance rose by more than 30% in the last decade. • More than 81 million people below the age of 65 have medical problems for which insurance companies often charge higher premiums, exclude coverage or deny coverage altogether. • Five million women of child-bearing age have health insurance that does not cover pregnancy. Those are the facts. We're paying too much and getting too little. It's time we as a nation straightened up this mess.
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Continued from Page One ther Ozug, as neither spoke any Portuguese before be,;oming invo::ved with the project, while many of the Brazilian adults don't speak English, often rl~lying on their children as interpreters because thf'y are learning English in school. "They pick it up so rapidly in school-anyone with d.ildren over age five is learnir.g English more quickly," said Father ::)zug, who has also- learned a little Portuguese. "I can say Mas~;, but if I have a sermon I have to write it in advance and get someone to translate it," he said. The first Mass for th ~ Brazilian community was held Dec. 30, 1990, and was organized by Father John J. Oliveira, who called on Portuguese-speaking priest~ of the diocese for assistance. Services 'continued at 6:30 p.r.:l. Sundays and twice monthly un';il la!t October, when weekly Masses began. Portuguese-language missalet~es are provided for the usua: crowd of about 100, and visiting priests take turns ce~brating the Mass. Recently assisting h,.s bl~en Fathfr Paul Medeiros, aMI, a native ofSt. Anthony's parish, New Bedford, who has spent "9 years in Brazil, where he ret'Jrned last month after visiting thf Fa~1 River diocese on sabbatical. Also assisting in the ministry to Brazilians has been Andre Faria of St. An~hony's parish, Taunton, now a st.udent at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. During the summer months h.e ane! Loughlin made pastoral visits and conducted a census of the Brazilian community to determine nl~eds. .. Andre and I had a good time this summer, though it was tiring work," said Loug::llin. The Brazilians, he said, "are very warm, giving people, and you f('el it when you walk into their horr.es--someom: will disappear and 1hen return with a tray of juicl~." St. Francis Xavier parish has aided the Brazilian apostolate with donations offood, clothing, books, even furniture and bicyclfs, said Loughlin. "The people in the parish are really very good about helping them.. .! always :1ave something in my car." The Vincentians 2.ssembled Thanksgiving baskets to introduce the newcomers to the American holiday, and at Ch.ristmas "a little girl in the parish tel> program
talked her mother into buying some gifts." Others followed suit and the gifts were put to good use, said Loughlin, recalling that when he visited one Brazilian home, he was pleased to see a dozen or so wrapped packages under the treeuntil he found out that the boxes were empty and were merely decorations. The rapid evolution of St. Francis Xavier's outreach from material donations to inclusion of a regular Brazilian liturgy is indicative of the immigrants' desire for a spiritual ministry. Though most come from Minas Gerais (General Mines) in the most actively Catholic area of Brazil, said Father Ozug, most were unable to attend Mass regularly due to lack of priests. "In many areas (of Brazil], if they have Mass once a month that's good," said Loughlin. There have been six baptisms and one marriage among Brazilians at St. Francis Xavier this past year, said Father Ozug. The liturgies, he added, are "very festive celebrations. They sing everything they can sing. And they love confetti" he added, noting that a post-Mass vacuuming ofthe church has been needed on more than one occasion. The community has its own lectors, ushers, choir, and organist. She is Norma Toledo Pires de Oliveira, who was a music teacher in Brazil. The Brazilian community is grateful to the parish and the diocese for the opportunity to have Mass in their native language, accompanied by familiar traditions. "Bishop Cronin has been very nice," said Sebastian Luiz-Gonzaga. "I'm sorry he is leaving. Letting liS have this Mass" has done a lot "to bring this (Brazilian] community together." The most significant tradition the Brazilians have brought to their new home is celebration of Nossa Senhora Aparaceda. Our Lady Appeared. The October feast dates back to the I770s, when a small black wood carving of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception washed up on a beach near Sao Paulo. It was seen as a sign of Providence by the poor of Brazil, then a conquered people. The town where the statue was found, named for the apparition
NECDDRE elects Mrs. Lois E. McKinney, director of the Office for Catechesis, diocese of Bridgeport, CT, was recently elected presidenr of the New England Conference of Diocesan Directors of Religious Education (NECDDRE) for a twoyear term; succeeding Dr. Joseph P. Sinwell of Providence. NECDDRE provides mutual support for those in diocesan ministry, serves the bishops in development of catecheticalleaders and aids national organizations in advancing the catechetical process. Elected with Mrs. McKinney were Ms. Barbara Smith of the diocese of Portland, ME, vicepresident; Robert Humphrey of the diocese of Manchester, NH, treasurer; and Sister Frances Agnes Blake of the diocese of Burlington, VT, secretary. . 11111111111[111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
and site of a shrine, is the scene of processions and fireworks annually on the feast day. Last October on the Cape, about 250 Brazilians gathered at St. Francis Xavier to celebrate the feast with a procession, Mass and crowning of the statue of Nossa Senhora Aparaceda. A reception featuring Brazilian food and music followed. Whether the Brazilian community will continue to grow will depend on job availability, said Father Ozug. But the outreach will continue as long as necessary. "I've enjoyed working with them," said Loughlin, St. Francis' Marian Medal recipient last month. "Once you start you can't quit," because more and more persons in need turn to the apostolate, he said. "I don't know how he manages it," said Father Medeiros, noting that in addition to collecting donations and visiting Brazilian homes, Loughlin always attends the weekly Masses. With Father Medeiros returning to Brazil, Father Ozug may be called upon more often to practice his Portuguese-which is fine with him. The Brazilians to whom he and Loughlin minister are "wonderful, very loving, very caring people... looking for a better life," he said. ..
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Mikhail Gorbachev, ex-president of the dissolved Soviet Union, is an important historical figure responsible for ending "the worst totalitarianism of history," said a commentary by Vatican Radio. Gorbachev was a "protagonist" of these "years of historical anguish," said the commentary, read Dec. 26, the day after Gorba'chev announced his resignation and the Soviet flag over the Kremlin was replaced by the Russian flag. Several days earlier Russia and 10 other Soviet republics that had declared independence signed a treaty creating a new commonwealth of nations to replace the Soviet li nion. Gorbachev allowed "the great strides to freedom from the worst totalitarianism of history" and "reawakened the consciousness of peoples," said the commentary, adding that the ex-president's resignation speech was "a word of hope in wisdom and in the strength of the human spirit, which can build a future injoy and freedom."
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I MAKING PLANS for the 1992 Bishop's Charity Ball from the Fall River area are, seated left to right: Mrs. Raymond Poisson and Mrs. Joseph Gromad'a of the decoration committee; standing, Rev. John F. Andrews, assistant area director and pastor of St. Bernard church, Assonet; and Raymond Lavoie, Westport, usher.
Apartheid foe retires in South Africa DU RBAN, South Africa(CNS) - Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban, an outspoken critic of South Africa's apartheid system, marked his recent retirement with a thanksgiving Mass. attended by about 10.000 people in Durban's Expo Center. Archbishop Hurley, 76. was ordained a bishop March 19, 1947. At age 31 he was the youngest bishop in the world at the time. He was renowned for his consistent opposition to apartheid. He spoke out against atrocities and injustices, led protest marches and defended apartheid victims in courts. He was influential in the move to desegregate South African Catholic schools and was largely responsible for the opening of seminaries to all races. . Archbishop Hurley was one of six representatives from Africa on the central preparatory commission of the Second Vatican Council, and in 1976 he established the ecumenical agency Diakonia to promote action for social justice through Durban churches.
The son of Irish parents, Denis and Theresa Hurley, he was born in Cape Town, where his father was a lighthouse keeper. He was namedanarchbishopJan.II,1951. again the youngest in the world at the time.
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Exhibit illustrates encyclical VATICAN CITY (CNS) - I f a picture is worth a thousand words, can 96 paintings explain a papal encyclical? That's the premise behind an unusual art show on Human Labor that opened recently at the Vatican. The encyclical is "Rerum Novarum," Pope Leo XIII's landmark 1891 statement on labor conditions. Centenary celebrations this year have prompted reams of written commentaries, including Centesimus Annus, a new encyclical on the same topic by Pope John Paul II. The paintings, by artists ranging from Jean Millet to Pablo Picasso and loaned from some 60 muse-' urns around the world, date from a period when ,European painters were discovering social realism and depicting the daily toil of coal miners, factory commuters and migrant workers rather than the lives of heroes and aristocrats. The exhibit reveals the dignity and difficulty of work. Ahaycutter is warmed by the sun, poor fishermen sift through the bottom of their torn dipping nets, an old man combs an ash pile for bits of unburned coal, and men strain at the gas-works factory. Artistic styles go all the way from moral allegory, as in Carl Hubner's "Silesian Weavers," in which a haughty capitalist rejects artisan-woven cloth in favor of industry-produced' textiles to futuristic, as in Kazimir Malevic's colorful cubist painting, "The W000cutter." Some scenes are rural, but hardly idyllic. Vincent Van Gogh's "Two Peasants Planting Potatoes" presents a faceless couple bent over their dreary field at dusk. Urban images in~lude an especially haunting group portrait by Honore Daumier, "The Third-Class Car," depicting poor men and 'women commuting to work by train. The exhibit includes many scenes
of women at work, in traditional and new roles; washing clothes at the river, spreading newly woven cloth on a field, struggling to pull an ox-drawn cart through an olive grove, ,hauling geese on a flatboat, picking rice and - a sign of the times - walking back from, the factory. Francisco Goya's waterhauler stands in a heroic pose, and in an unsentimental painting stonefaced women churn butter. One section is dedicated to society's outcasts and misfits. Teofilo Patini's "The Heir," for example, shows a dead man on a floor of a one-room hovel, his wife bent over in grief and a small baby lying nearby, bathed in light. Patini explained that he wanted to depict , the child as somehow containing , hope for "great social reforms." Most of the paintings are not explicitly religious, but, contain what the catalog calls a sense of "transcedence." A few works are openly political, such as Eugene Laerman's "Strikers at Night: The Red Flag," in which the red banner h~ld by striking workers is a "symbol of hope and revolt" for the proletariat, according to the exhibit's running narrative. "Human Labor" is the first of three planned exhibits organized by an Italian group that includes laypeople and clerics. As many as 200,000 people are expected to view it. The group's idea is that the world of art can furnish a visual subtext to papal teachings. In 1992 a show is planned on The New World Between Conquest and Evangelization, marking the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas. In late 1993, the topic will be Man and the Environment. Organizers say that while the current show depicts 19th-century Europe, it evokes social realities and' attitudes that persist today. "This is not a retrospective exhibit, but one of burning timeliness," said the Vatican Library's Giovanni Morello.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican, which has long battled 'what it considers coercive birth control programs around the world, undertook a new philosophical offensive last November. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences invited about 50 experts including some by no means aligned, with the church's position against contrac~ption to a weeklong conference on population and resources. Besides the guest list, the novelty of the meeting was the Vatican's aggressive - and objective - tackling of an argument used by many population control advocates: that there are too many mouths to feed on the planet. Pope John Paul II and other Vatican officials have been saying for years that population control alone is a dangerous shortcut solution to world hunger and poverty and that the real answer lies in fairer distribution of resources.
At the conference, the issue was investigated by some of the best minds on the subject. Their findings will not be published for several months, but on the basis of a summary statement released by the academy, the conferences gave solid backing to the church's position. It said the root causes of hunger and other population-related problems should be sought in the "mechanisms that give rise to the great inequalities that characterized today'~ world": the foreign debt faced by developing nations, their lack of access to world markets, the excessive food and energy consumption in richer nations, the income gap between the world's rich and poor societies, a'nd the wide disparity in First and Third World education levels. Even while the ~orld's poor are getting poorer, the statement said, assistance from Western and oilrich Middle Eastern coun~ries has dropped by more than one-third as a percentage of gross domestic product. . From the Vatican's point of view, the conference was a major step in shifting the population VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope debate away from birth control John Paul II has named Cardinal toward economic fairness. Joseph Ratzinger to a third fiveThe pope hinted at that in a talk year term as head of the Congrega- a few days later to then U.N. tion for the Doctrine of the Faith, Secretary General Javier Perez de the Vatican said. Cuellar. He said the church, lookThe Vatican, in an unusual step, ing ahead to the U. N.'s 1994 world announced the extension Nov. 25, population conference, wanted to the very day Cardinal Ratzinger's make a contribution to help deter term expired. Three-term appointdemographic agencies from imposments are rare these days at the ing policies that would do "vioVatican; Cardinal Ratzinger's cur- lence" to human freedom. . ial tenure is the longest of any curBut in calling in experts, includrent head of a congregation. ing demographers, nutritionists, The Vatican announcement put economists, agricultural theorists an end to speculation that Cardiand social scientists, the Vatican nal Ratzinger might retire because wanted to make clear that it was of ill health. The 64-year-old Gernot simply looking for endorseman prelate was hospitalized for ment of a foregone conclusion. tests in August and later received Thus the pope emphasized the treatment for an undisclosed illness "independence and scientific compwhile convalescing at home. He etence" of the pontifical academy returned to work fulltime at the and said the Vatican was seeking congregation in November. "reliable data" from the experts. Vatican officials are required to If the Vatican strategy is to offer their resignations every five prick the conscience of the deveyears. Cardinal Ratzinger, one of loped world, the data contained Germany's most noted theologieven in the academy's preliminary ans, was appointed t>refect of the doctrinal congregation in 1981. statement should do just that. A Before that he had been arch- few sample facts: - The world's population, now bishop of Munich. 5.4 billion people, will jump by at Under Cardinal Ratzinger's leadership, the doctrinal congregation least a billion over the next decade, and 95 percent ofthat increase will has been one of the busiest and come in underdevelope.d countries. most controversial Vatican agen- Annual per capita income in cies, issuing major documents on liberation theology, pastoral care· the richer Northern Hemisphere to homosexuals, bioethical ques- countries was $18,330 in 1989; in tions and theological dissent. It the poorer Southern Hemisphere has initiated disciplinary action it was $800, and only $320 in against some theologians seen as southern Asia. - About 93 percent of children dissenting from church teaching, notably Brazilian Franciscan in developed countries attend high Father Leonardo Boff and U.S. school, compared to only 42 percent in developing nations. Father Charles Curran. - Food consumption in the Cardinal Ratzinger has been a chief protagonist in church debates developed world is "abundant, and actions over the last decade. sometimes excessive." Compared Known as one of the sharpest thinkers in the Curia, he caused a stir in 1985 when, in a book-length. interview, he was critical of some directions taken by the postVatican II church. His frequent incisive comments on topics ranging from ecumenism to abortion have prompted a wide range of praise and criticism among Catholics.
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to an average daily calorie intake of 3,400 in developed countries, people in sub-Saharan Africa manage only 2,000 calories - and much lower in many areas, leading to malnutrition. The conference noted that much of the economic burden in the Third World falls on women. Childbearing starts early and is continuous for women in some regions; widespread migration splits fami~ lies and often leaves women as virtual single parents; women in the Third World are less educated than men and treated inferiorlY. The Vatican meeting reflected a philosophical shift occuring among demography experts, one participant said. Twenty years ago, at the height of doomsday predictions on overpopulation"there was pr~s sure on governments to implement vast programs of birth control, sterilization and even abortion. Today, he said, the emphasis is increasingly on better management of global resources. The pope told conference participants that in order to squarely face the problem of population growth and resource distrib4tion, people will have to adopt a "new and austere manner of living." A solution based merely on population containment would only compound the injustice for the world's poor, he said.
"Walk cautiously," bishops told VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II and the leaders ofthe National Conference of Catholic Bishops recently met at the Vatican and discussed progress on the bishops' proposed pastoral letter on women. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, NCCB president, said they told the pope that work on the pastoral was "coming along nicely" and that a Vatican-spoilsored international consultation on the U.S. bishops' pastoral had been "helpful." A second draft of the letter was released in 1990 and work on a third was well under way when the Vatican consultation was held last May. Archbishop Pilarczyk told a press conference then that the U.S. bishops were advised to "walk cautiously and go slowly." Many participants suggested the document should not carry the weight of a pastoral letter, but be a pastoral statement with "a\lesser value of authority." Also present at the recent meeting with the pope were Archbishop William H. Keeler of Baltimore, NeCB vice president, and Msgr. Robert N. Lynch, conference general secretary.
A papal scoldi,ng DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) Former Irish prime minister Garrett FitzGerald said he was once scolded by the late Pope Paul VI for a proposal he had to liberalize Ireland's abortion and divorce laws. FitzGerald, in his ·memoirs published in a Dublin newspaper, said the brief audience with the pontiff in March 1977 left him "somewhat shellshocked. "
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.... ' Pope calls Ulster ·violence sinful VATICAN CITY (CNS) Political violence in Northern Ireland, also known as Ulster, "is sinful and unjustifiable," Pope John Paul 11 told Ireland's new ambassador to the Vatican. The pope spoke at a recent ceremony in which Gearoid P.O. Broin. 51, presented his credentials as the Irish ambassador. The pope was alluding to the
CHAPEL SCENE at Mother Teresa's Calcutta motherhouse. She is not in picture, taken when sisters were praying and, fasting for h,er during a heart episode she suffered in 1989. (CNS/ UPI-Reuters photo)
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thanks to a group of Carmelite nuns, four of Mother Teresa of Calcutta's Missionaries of Charity have a new convenLin ~hiclt to. live a contemplative life praying for those in the Los Angeles archdiocese. Mother Teresa attended the Dec. 23 dedication of the new convent ' in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra. Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony said he hoped the convent would be a "very special place, ... a wonderful treasury of prayer." The idea for the contemplative convent in Los Angeles came from Mother Teresa herself, said a member of her community. "She just said she knew it was [supposed to be)." " The dream became reality when the Carmelite Sisters. of, Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra donated a house 'for the new convent. 'Less tha{l a week· lateI'; after round-the-clock, work by sisters and volunteers, the house stood' After Mass," the Nobel ':Peace. ready for-tlie' Qew community. ~'I'm in awe,,.,.at,how all these Prize winner',-- 'c~alled simply' "Mother'" in Calcutta ,-- led the steps h.ave taken place injust»few assembly in ,prayer. With a soft,.; hours," the cllrdin~ltold Jbe 50 people gathere.d Jor, the new con:low voice she intonc:d thl: first-few words of each prayer;,andthe,nuns vent's 'de4ication, responded. ' ,. The new convent, which'Cardi" Following the prl:lyers: she cli'ir!e na!. Mahony suggested "be named out briefly to meet visitoh,includ- after Mary, Our Lady Queen of ing yourig CatholicjourJlalists who Angels, for whom Los Angeles is, had :risen well befor,e dawn to meet named," bT.ings to seven the num'ber of contemplative houses her. Mother Teresa appear~d, sho"~k Mother 'Feresa, has establis!ted in: hands gent~, and handed the the United States. . Worldwide th~ Missiona,rjes of journalists small yeHow eards: .' , ' Charity have more than,2,500 sis"This is my busin~ss ca'rd," she ters, brothers and -priests working said. "Some businessman gave these, in 420 houses in.72 countries. Sevto me." eral hundred novices and postuIt read: "The fruit of silence is lants are currently in formation, prayer. The fruit of praye:r is faith., and there are some 3 -million lay The fruit of faith is love. The: fruit "co-workers" who serve the poor is service. Tile fruit of ser- alongside ,the professed members ,I of• love • vIce IS peace. - Mother Teresa." of the community. ' ...
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CALCUTTA, India(CNS)-A narrow street lined with Communist Party of India pennants leads to tile motherhouse of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. From the street, the house is partially obscured by a poster of Vla<l.imir Lenin, leader of the Communist revolution in Russia, in 1917 . Inside the motherhouse is a different atmosphere. At a 6 a.m. M~Lss olle recent Saturday morning, about 200 nuns and novices of her order and 40 lay people prayed with Mother Teresa - their shoes off like eve::yone else - a,gainst the back wall of the molilerhouse chapel. M other Teresa's feet were swollen, and as she changed positions - from sitting on the floor to kneeling to standing - it seemed like torture to onlookem. The 81year-old founder ofthe Missionaries of Charity took the longest by far of any nun around h.er to change positions, yet she never asked for help, nor was ar,y offered. Once.in her new position, the tiny, wizened nun restlmed her prayerful posture, sometimes with ' her right fist against her breast, soml~times with both hands pr.essed firmly together, chin restmgon her hands. Mother Teresa sang tile hymns and recited the pra.yer responses, but the unison soprano voices of the other nuns drciwnedout her voice, even when' a listener was only 10 feet away, She was the first to receive communion"then distribl~tedcom~, munion to some of the other nuns.
continuing and often violent struggle in British-ruled Northern Ireland between minority Catholics wanting union with Ireland and majority Protestants fa voring contir.ued ties to Britain. On a Europe-wide level, the pope askt:d Ireland to lead in fostering a Christian culture able to unite Eastern and Western Europe. He also noted that "old prob-
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Awards for acad(:mic l:xcellence latory remarks for members and were presented at a rect nt school inductees. Christina Fasy and Robert T. assembly. Among recipients was Christina Fasy, who received the Pereira were named December Holy Cross Book Aware for scho- Teenagers of the Month. lastic achievement and commitMiss Fasy, daughter of Dr. and ment to school and community. Mrs. James Fasy of Portsmouth, Jonathan Whittenhall received RI, is a participant in soccer, track, the Harvard Book Awmd, given the foreign language club and the for excellence in scholarship and alcohol and drug awareness team high character, combined with as well as the National Honor achievements in other fields; and Society. Frank Garand received t he Bausch Pereira, son of Mr. and Mrs. and Lomb Science Award for holdGeorge Pereira of Fall River, is a ing the highest academie standing participant in baseball, basketball, in sdence subjects. S :holar-athletes for the fall sea- National Honor Society and choir. son. honored at a Dec. ~9 awards * * * * Anne Ricci and Ted Pettine's night, are, for boys' varsity soccer: Greg Czarkowski and Mike Iaco- freshmen social studies classes velL, with honorahle mention to recently undertook an exercise in Tor.l Botelho, Scott Saracf:n and cultural and geographical awareTirr.o Seibald; girls' varsity soccer: ness. Maura McDermott and Barbara Each student was required to Peters, with honorable mention to find information on a country, Maria Davis and Christina Fasy. then present the information to Boys' cross country: Colin Co"n- classmates. The students made ethfoey, Mike Donnelly and Dan nic flags, brought in ethnic foods, McLaughlin; girls' cros; country: and decorated the resource center Katie Abrams and Colken Nolan as a "mirii~United Nations" for a and, second team, Jen Osborne day. and Yvonne Troya. The Larry Bird Shootout, a twoVolleyball: Amy Berube and on-two basketball tournament coAimee Reynolds. ordinated by Anthony Presto, Four Connolly graduates have drew participation from more than received recognition frO'n the Col- one-third of the student body. lege Board for exceptional achieveWinners received Celtic trophies ment on college-kvel Advanced and runners-up received cases of Placement (AP) examinations they soda and tickets to a college bastook last year. ketball game in Providence. Porsha Ingles qualified for the Division winners were: Jen Cur- . AP Scholar with Honor Award by and Katie Marino; Jeff Guirier earning grades of 3 or above on four or more AP examinations . mond and JoeLibrera; Matt Doyle. with an average exam grade of at and Craig Gaudreau; Jaime Rebello and Brian Kiley; and Rob least 3.25. Anne Conforti, Philip Nadeau Pereira and Jonathan Moniz. Impressive numbers of particiand Kimberly Schuller earned the AP Scholar Award for !;rades of 3 pants are also turning out for winter sports: with one-half of the or higher on three AP exams. The Connolly chapter of the student body taking part. "It's the Nation"l Honor Society n:cently biggest winter sports turnout I've inducted 21 new memhers at an seen," said athletic director Mary Jane Keyes. evening ceremony. Graduate Cara McDermott, Those attending heard an invocation by chaplain Father James who now attends Boston College, Mattaliano, SJ ;and an address by' where she participates in track; principal Father John Murray, SJ, was honored at Connolly's recent Fall Sports Awards Night. as well as presentation; by NHS The school retired her uniform. officers Chtistina Fasy, president, and vice president Sara 1 Provost, in recognition of her many acsecretary Daniel Mi:Lau.~hli:l, trea- complishments at' Connolly, insurer Sarah Rodgers and member cluding breaking the state,heptatharon record by over 100 points, Greg Czarkowski. NHS moderator Kevin Bimmler earning 18 s'chool track records closed the evening with c'ongratu- and the state class D triple jump
record, and being named cocaptain, most valuable player and allstar for the Eastern Athletic Conference championship girls' soccer and track teams and the girls' basketball team.
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The Parents' Group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 in the cafeteria to discuss plans for Catholic Schools Week and a fashion show.
Bishop Feehan
Senior Ronald Digget was among winners of a Wang Center art contest in Boston titled"Art by Kids." 50 of the 300 entries to the contest were selected for display in Boston until February, then will be transferred to Amsterdam, 1Iletherlands, through an international youth art exchange. Diggers artwork has her.oism as its theme. He received an award Dec. 10 at the Wang Center. Freshmen have elected class officers and 12 homeroom representatives. Officers are: Terrence Newth, president; Anne Casey, vice president; Carrie Alves, secretary; and Jason Derosa, treasurer.
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A diocesan-sponsored vocations team comprised of priests and nuns Bishop Stang High School, recently spoke to religion classes North Dartmouth, recently held at Bishop Feehan High School, its annual fall sports awards banAttleboro, about what they do and quet for athletes and their families. why they feel God has called them Awards were given as follows. to their particular lifestyles. Stu.Cross country: Laura Geagan dents will learn more about voca(Vincent Hayes Award). tions at a Jan. 27 Vocations Fair to Field hockey; Natalie Gioni be hosted by chaplain Father (most valuable player, offense) David Costa. The fair will emand Tracy Brodeur (MVP, dephasize lay ministry and encourfense). age students to reach out in service . Football: Peter Clark and Craig to the larger community. Thexton (MVPs); Brandon BigeThe freshman Foundations of low and Lee Caouette (Unsung Heroes). Faith class recently held a class Soccer: Burke Doherty (MVP), Mass for which they composed Gabe Houdelette and Andrew their own song about the saints. Kissell (most improved), Jessica Father Costa celebrated the Mass Byron (offensive MVP) and Sara and blessed the students' Bibles. Buchanan (defensive MVP). Kate Brandley's religion classes . Volleyball: Lisa Anderson are learning the art of journaling. (MVP), Carie Perkins (most Each day the students are given a improved). psalm or Scripture passage to Cheering: Christine Garcia reflect upon and to relate to their own lives as a means of building (110% award). . MIAA Sportsmanship Awards: their relationship with God. Amy Muraco, Stacey Torpey, Jim Students are evaluating social Wesoly, Luke Wrobel. .attitudes in Ms. Brandley's and Sophomore Kara Roth and Kathleen Killion's morality classes. senior Luke Wrobel are among .Ms .. Brandley is having students area high school students selected critique all forms of media to to perform in the Southeastern uncover messages and examine District Chorus Festival Jan. 10 how media influence moral develand II at Bridgewater State Colopment. Ms. Killion's students are researching significant moral lege. The junior class recently elected dilemmas of the 20th century, including abortion, racism, capital as officers Christene Patenaude, 路punishment, war and nuclear president; Elizabeth Krudys, vice armaments. Students are required president; Maggie Green, secretary to question knowledgeable mem- and Alison, Fleming, treasurer. bers of the community about their topics and will share the results of their research in class this month. A previously announced blood Currently the religion departdrive to ,test potential bone marment is worki'ng on revisions for row donors for leukemia victim the 1992-93 school year. Changes John Nicholson, initially set for. will be made in the freshman curDec. 22, has been rescheduled for riculum and in the nu~ber and 9 a.m. to 4 p,m. Jan: 19 in the nature of core cburses requi'redfor gymnasium ofSt. John Evangelist graduation. School, Attl{{90ro.
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First, second and third place winners for the fourth annual' science fair: grade 8, Keri Stanovich, Melissa Sieber, Timothy Hanley; grade 7, Jane Coogan, Crystal Monast, Gregory Geisser. Grade 6; Sarah Rando, Peter Snell, Emily Manion; grade 5, Sean Graney, Jason Piva, Michael Michel. Fourth grade winners in an Edaville Railroad contest: Christine Kashtan, Kerry Grochmal, Katherine Holcomb. Kindergarten classes will not switch sessions this year to avoid busing problems, A Jan. 31 Dinosaur Day is planned for the kindergarteners. A "Take Your Child to Lunch" day is scheduled Jan. 10 forfourth grade students and parents or grandparents. Adults attending should register by Jan. 8. Volunteers needed to assist in the Kaleidoscope basketball tournament to be held during Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. Planning meeting: 7 p.m. Jan. 7.
St. Mary/Sacred Heart School N. Attleboro Sixth grader Kevin Donley has won the school's National Geography Bee and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. Fourth, fifth and sixth graders competed during the first round of the fourth annual National Geography Bee, sponsored by National Geographic World, the National Geographic Society's children's magazine and by Amtrak. School winners now continue to a written test; up to 100 top scorers in each state and territory will be eligible to compete in state contests March 27. As St. Mary/Sacred Heart winner, Donley received a globe 'and a certificate from the National Geographic Society.
CYO hooptourney scheduled An old hoop classic, the George Washington CYa Tournament, has been revived. The middle school basketball tourney will again be playe,d inNew Bedford at the Kennedy CYOCenter. Scheduled for the Februa.ry 'Washington's Birthday vacation, teams composed of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade boys and girls willbegin'play Feb: 16.. , Trophies will. be give,l) to the champio'n and runner-up team's in the boys' and girl~' divisions. Membets of the champi'onship squads will also receive individual awards, For applications'corttact diocesan CYO directo( Father'Paul F. McCarrick, 673-1123., .
Bread for World Catholics Rev. John C. Haughy, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Betry. J. Overton and J. William Start'ton liave been named directo'r:s of Bread for the World, a Christian' 'Citizens' hunger movement. ..' . , . Ml)ria Otero, a native of Bolivia ~nd direct.or o.f the路 Washington office of Accion International, will chair the board, succeeding Rev. William J. Byron, SJ, president of Catholic University ,of America. SJ,~ U.S.
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AT RECENT Called by Name liturgy for young men interested in information on the priesthood, held at St.. Thomas More Church~ Sl?iner~;et, ll~f~? Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Msg~. John J. Smith, diocesan director of vocational programs, chat with John W~lcek;nght, so.!~e of the young men in attendanc~ at ,Mass. (Studio D 'photos)' . ,. . .
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of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 3, '1992
Iteering pOintl O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER The Ladies' Guild is offering two $1000 and two $500 scholarships for the 1992-1993 academic year. Information: Mary Bond, 385-2100 or rectory 385-3252. Application deadline May II. Redecorating session 9 a.m. Jan. II; all welcome. ST. MARY, NORTON Confirmation retreats 9:30 a.m. to 5p.m.Jan.12and 19,parishcenter. Pre-baptism class for new and expectant parents 7 p.m. Jan. 8, parish center. Sugar-free juice concentrates are needed by the Attleboro Food & Friends Kitchens. Donations may be placed in containers at church doors. Women's Guild meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 7 with talk by fashion coordinator Madeline Livingston. Pastoral council meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 9. parish center.
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CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Holy Cross, S. Easton, parish retreat Jan. 4-5; St. Anthony, E. Falmouth, confirmation retreat 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow. SACRED HEART, TAUNTON Women's Guild Community Affairs Commission will sponsor a talk at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 in the parish hall by Margaret Pilkington, ombudsman program director for Attleboro Area Youth and Family Services. She will discuss improvement of quality of life and protection of rights for long-term care residents. HOLY CROSS, FR Polish oplatek dinner 6 p.m. Jan. II, parish hall. HOLY NAME, FR Parochial school alumni will hold their first reunion 12:30 to 4 p.m. Jan. 19 at school. Youth group ski trip Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, King Pine, East Madison, NH. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE High School Youth Ministry meeting 6 p.m. Jan. 5, Religious Education center. RCIA class meeting Jan. 5. WIDOWED SUPPORT, ATTLEBORO Meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 3, St. Mary's parish center, N. Attleboro. "Home Alone" video will be shown and Mass will be celebrated. SAINTS & SINGERS CHORUS, BUZZARDS BAY New singers are welcome as are audio and lightingtechnicians.lnformation 759-4690, evenings or weekends. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Epiphany party 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 5. ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLE "Magi Meal" for Epiphany, Jan. 6 at 5 p.m., lower church hall, with members of Church of the Messiah as special guests.
.. CATHEDRAL, FR' . . . ·ST.PATRICK, WAREHAM ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Pastoral council meeting 7 p.m. Diaconal ordination of James MeJunior CYO meets Jan. 9; Mo'BetJan. 5, rectory; finance council, 7 deiros II a.m. tomorrow. Cathedral ter Youth Group organizational sesp.m. Jan. 26, rectory. choir Epiphany concert 3 p.m. Sunsion 4:30 to 6 p.m. Jan. 12; meeting Jan. 14. Human sexuality program day, Bishop's Chapel. All welcome CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE for parents of 5th and 6th graders Baby gifts may be brought to any to both events. Jan. 7, 12 and 26, 7 p.m.; sessions Mass Jan. 4 and 5 for an Epiphany ST. STANISLAUS, FR donation to Birthright. Volunteers Chalk and incense will be distribrepeated Jan. 8, 14,28, 10 a.m. welcome to babysit at 10 a.m. Mass uted at weekend Masses for EpiNOTRE DAME, FR each Sunday. Women's Club meet- phany blessing of homes. Thanks are extended to the Woing and "Visual Trip of Cape Cod" 7 men's Guild for the gifts of a new HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR artificial Christmas tree and a donap.m. Jan. 8, parish hall. Six support group sessions for tion towards a new door for the ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO and friends of cancer church. Census forms should be reBeginning Sunday Jan. 5, Sunday families turned promptly. patients will be held at 7 p.m. each Masses will be at 8, 10 and 11:30 Thursday through Feb. 6 at Bayview a.m. There will be no 7 a.m. Mass. ST. THERESA, S. ATTLEBORO retirement community, 4380 N. Main Healing service and Mass 2:30 p.m. St., Fall River. No charge. Further Parishioners are asked to assist in Sunday. information: 673-1589. a blood donor drive for leukemia victim Nick Nicholson 9 a.m. to 2 ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR p.m. Jan. 19 at St. John's School ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Exposition of Blessed Sacrament Prayer group 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 gymnasium. Parish women will hold noon to 6 p. m. Jan. 5 with holy hour with parish group joined by other a retreat Feb. 28 to March I, Family 5 to 6 p.m. Cape area group leaders. Life Center, N. Dartmouth. Coffee CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH ST. ANNE, FR socials will begin Jan. 5 after 9:30 Diocesan Office of Religious EduSt. Anne Novena 3 p.m. Sunday, and II a.m. Masses; child care servcation will sponsor a catechists' ice will begin also during January at enrichment program at parish center shrine. Cub Scout committee meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, school. the II a.m. Mass. from 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 12. Youth ST. JAMES, NB group pizza and soda meeting 6 HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Alcoholics Anonymous meetings tonight, parish center. All welcome. Thanks go to Mrs. Maria Fonseca held 7 p.m. each Wednesday and for a crocheted frontal cloth for the Saturday, parish hall. ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Blessed Sacrament altar. Mass 6:30 A "pennies from heaven" project JOHN EVANGELIST, which asked visitors to the ChristP.m. tomorrow will bea special Epi- ST. ATTLEBORO mas manger to contribute their penphany celebration for the Portuguese Ladies' Guild meeting 7 p. m. Jan. nies has realized over $100 which community, with Father John Oli- 8, school hall. Spring season plans will purchase materials for inmates veira as celebrant. Youth Group will be discussed. meeting 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5. Members at the Bridgewater state correctional ST. FRANCIS facility who are participating in a are collecting redeemable cans and PRE-FRATERNITY centering prayer program with sev- bottles and are grateful for donations. WEST HARWICH eral St. Joseph's parishioners. Mass and business meeting 2 p. m. SANTO CHRISTO, FR ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, Jan. 12, Holy Trinity Church. FaCatechists' enrichment program 2 HYANNIS ther James R. Nunes, MS, a member to 5 p.m. Jan. 26. Other adults also Annual men's retreat sponsored of the Cape AIDS Council, will be welcome. by Holy Name society Jan. 10 to 12. celebrant and will speak on AIDS. Campion Renewal Center; informaCATHOLIC ALUMNI ST. THOMAS MORE, The Catholic Alumni Club for tion: Jim Hobert, 775-9052; Ed SOMERSET Lariviere, 775-7781; Neil McCarry, Catholic singles will hold a dinner Adult Bible study series begins the 775-7474; Ralph Rocheteau, 775meeting at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the week of Jan. 10, meeting Monday 0473. Brass Rail, 1125 Fall River Ave. mornings and Tuesday evenings. In(Route 6) Seekonk. The club's pro- ST. PIUS X, S. YARMOUTH formation: Father John Sullivan, Medjugorje slides will be shown at gram includes social, cultural, ath673-7831; Pat Pasternak 679-1236. letic, religious and charitable ac- the Women's Guild meeting I p.m. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Jan. 14, parish life center, following tivities. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament coffee time 12:30 p.m. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN following 8 a.m. Mass until II a.m. Youth group meeting 6 p.m. Jan. Mass this morning. TAUNTON VINCENTIANS 19, rectory meeting room; Sister Mass for beatification of Frederic IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Rosellen Gallogly, RSM, of New Ozanam and for deceased members, FR Bedford Market Ministries will dis7 p.m. Monday, Immaculate CooWomen's Guild meeting with a cuss her work with the homeless. ception Church, Taunton, followed Yankee swap 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6. Members are asked to bring a canned by meeting in church hall. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE food. New members welcome. Youth ministry meeting 6 p.m. O.L. ASSUMPTION, Sunday, religious education center. OSTERVILLE Discussion group resumes Friday Choirwillsiogat 10:30a.m. Mass morning, Jan. 10. Sunday..
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Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue hits snags LONDON (CNS) - The Catholic cochairman of the first round of the formal AnglicanRoman Catholic dialogue is somewhat disappointed by the Vatican's response to the report of that round of talks. "I think we achieved substantial agreement, and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decides we didn't," Bishop Alan Clark of East Anglia said. But he said he thought the congregation was "quite right" to ask ARCIC I, the first round of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, to clarify some of its positions. B'ishop Clark was quoted in The Universe, the British Catholic weekly newspaper, as saying he was disappointed that the Vatican had questioned ARCIC's ecumenical method. "I think there are two different cultures at work," he said. "We were working to get behind the words that divided us to find out what we really believed." The Vatican response to the report, coming last Dec. 5, three years after the Anglican response,
said that Roman Catholic beliefs are not fully represented in the document. It praised the commission's work but said parts of the document "do not satisfy fully certain elements of Catholic doctrine" and, therefore, "prevent our speaking of the attainment of substantial agreement." The main sticking points, the Vatican said, include papal primacy and infallibility, the sacrificial character of the Eucharist, the practice of eucharistic adoration and the ordination of women. The ARCIC I report, issued in 1982, followed 13 sessions over II years. The Anglican Communion, in its 1988 official response, said the report's statements on Eucharist, ordination and ministry were "consonant in substance with the faith of Anglicans" and added that statements on authority provided a "firm basis" for continued discussion. Bishop Clark was also quoted as saying the Vatican response could make future Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue awkward. But he added that "I don't think any of us will give up."