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By Jerry Flnteau WASHINGTON'~NC) For the past five yea-rs, Bishop Thom­ as C. KeI1y has been point man for the U.S. bishops in dealings with the government, the' Holy See, and other bishops' confer­ ences around the world.

Bishop KeHy, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catho­ He Conference (NCCB - USCC) since 1977, has been at the cen­ ,ter in developing and implement­ ing national church policy on bdth public and in-church issues.

He is a man of simple lifestyle, symbolized by Ithe fact that his episcopal crozier, emblematic of his pastora'l role; is a genuine shepherd's crook. Such croziers are usually ornate, often adorn­ ed with gems; but the bishop's staff, ot blond ash, cost only $7, raised by donations of .25 apiece from the priests working with him at NCCB headqu8l1ters. ' Now ~m archbishop, named to head the archdiocese of Louis­

ville, Ky., the new prelate talked 'to NC News about issues and trends in the American church.

Asked about the work and di­ rections of the NCCB-UseC, he said: "On an issue like disarma­ ment, for example, it was a great challenge for the bishops to de­ cide Ito ,issue a pastoral letter on 'that. It took great courage to an­ nounce that we were going to do it, tha't we ,have the know-how (to analyze and address the is­ sues involved), that we can teach collegially on an issue ,like tha1t,

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On the U.S. bishops' recent backing of the Hatch Amend­ ment, which would ndt prohibit abortions directly but would -re­ verse the Supreme Court decis­ ion that abortion is a womaJ;l's right and would allow the staltes and Congress to pass 1egislation restricting or prohibiting abor­ tion: "That was a huge leap, and I'm happy ,it came while I was around," said the archbishop.

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WAASHINGTON (NC) Catholic editors are ~reeting the new year facing up to 175 per­ cent increases in postal cpsts.

Rates for Catholic newspapers and magazines and other non­ profit publications are scheduled to go up Sunday, with the big­ gest jumps coming in out-of­ county mail costs.

For The Anchor, postal rate rises alone wiD amount to more than $20,000 annually. Added to that, printing costs have risen 6 percent this year and the Nation­ al Catholic News Service has an­ nounced an 8 percent rate hike to subscribers.

Father John F. Moore, editor, said that total increases' will amount to a yearly hike of well over $30,000 in publication ex­ penses, despite cost containment efforts now being mounted.

"This new postal action is placing an exorbitant burden on the private sector, already taxed in so many ways," he said, noting that increases will heavily affect religious publications.

"These publications are arms of organizations that on other fronts have already been called upon to replace services no long­ er supplied to the poor and handicapped by federal pro­ grams," pointed out the priest.

"How often can government ex­ pect to come to the same source?" he queried.

The biggest share of the postal increase is in the per piece charge on each item of mail on top of the pound rates for mail­ ing.

Editors can offset a part of the costs by presorting much of their own outgoing mail, but

even presorted mail will cost more.

Currently, newspapers can pre­ sort out-of-county copies to car­ rier route and pay 0.9 cents per piece. Under the new scheme, the per piece rate for mail sorted to carrier route will be 4.5 cents - or five times as much. Rates for mail sorted to zip code (but not carrier route) will go from the current 1.9 cents per piece to 5.5 cents per piece. Rates for non-sorted mail will go from 3.5 cents per piece to 7.1 cents.

However, even costs under the presorting system can fluctuate based on other costs and vari­ ables.

Overall, it is estimated, Cath­ olic newspapers face increased mail costs of 50-175 percent, or 50 cents to $2 per subscription.

Long Fight The. fight over increased pos­ tal rates for the non-profit press goes back to 1971, when Congo ress and then-President Richard ]'Jixon reorganized .the :post off­ ice department.

Among other things, the new­ ly-named Postal Service w'as charged with being more busi­ ness-like and efficient, and that meant making traditionally fa­ vored users of the mail, such as small newspapers and maga­ zines and similar publications, .pay more of the costs.

Rates were scheduled to rise gradually over an extended per­ iod. But now the higher rates scheduled for implementation by 1987 (in most classes of mail) instead have been slated to take effect Jan. 10.

Traditionally small religious and community newspapers,

magazines and other publica­ tions, profit as well as non­ profit, have been regarded as in­ struments of the public good which deserve favored postal rates.

"It was considered 'public­ benefit' mail," said Ralph Stew­ art, a postal service spokesman.

"This probably goes back into the history of the United States."

About 200 years ago, George 'Washington spoke of the need to keep people informed. Citi­ zens are sometimes flighty, he implied, suggesting that "the touch of a feather would turn them away."

"Let us bind these people to us with a chain that can never be broken," Washington proposed.

And the U.S. mail system was set up.

"Within the past several years, however, Congress and the pos­ tal service have turned away from the traditional principle that the public interest justifies low second-class postal rates," the Washington Post remarked in a 1975 editorial.

The fight in Congress over higher mail rates continued throughout the 1970s. Members of Congress came and went, ad­ ministrations changed, but the arguments remained essentially the same: the postal service an­ nounced plans to raise rates and religious newspaper groups such as the Catholic Press Associa­ tion protested.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Catholic press is essential in a world where the mass media are among "the strongest powers that affect the destiny of human­ ity," Pope John Paul II said Jan.

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Speaking to bishops from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, the pope said that "the Catholic newspaper is not a superfluous thing but a necessary instrument for evangelization."

"Today more than ever one sees the importance of the for­ mative work of the Catholic press, aimed at enlightening con­ sciences, at dissipating false in­ terpretations, insinuations and manipulations, in respect for the opinions of others and in faith­

ful dialogue, backed by the con­ viction that each man, redeemed and loved by the Lord, is called to truth," he said.

"It must always be concerned, in fact, with educating the read­ er, maturing in him or her that healthy mentality which classi­ fies the facts according to su-

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Statements of Massachusetts members of Congress on tuition tax credits

perior principles," the pope add­ ed.

Pope John Paul said the Cath­ oli<: press is important "for the diffusion of Christian principles and for the defense of Catholic positions in society ... and for the formation of a healthy and open public opinion on every good cause."

He praised the Italian national Catholic newspaper, Avvenire, which is currently edited by a priest from the Emilia-Romagna region, Msgr. Emilio Tonini.

Pope John Paul's talk to the bishops, who were in Rome on their "ad Iimina" visits made every five years, also stressed 'Turn'·to Page Six

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MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (NC)-The ire which has caused people to condemn martial law in Poland should also be directed to other countries where human rights violaltions are worse, according to ,Father James T. Noonan, superior general of the Maryknoll Fathers and ,Brothers. Father Noonan has asked the U.S. government to develop a "consistent policy" and oppose"violations "i~ countries that profess an anti-SovieJ position and who are our economic paritners, if they violate God-given human rights, of their people." Human rights problems are especially grave ;in the Philippines, La~tin America and South Africa, said the MaryknoH 'leader 1n a statement issued Dec. 30.

NEW YORK (NC)-CaI'dinal Terence Cooke of New York, who is the U.S. mili­ tary vicar responsible ,for the' pastoral care' of all Catholics in the U.S. armed forces and ,their families, has announced plans to establish a House of Prayer and Study for Peace in ,the U.S. Catholic military vicariate. Cardinal Cooke said the center would open "early 'in the new year'~ and would be dedicated to prayer and interdisciplinary studies aimed a't prevention of war anCl achievement of "peace with justice."

A WOMAN prays at memorial to slain miners outside Wujek coal

mine in Katowice, Poland. Tlte men were killed when security forces cleared'strikers from the mine. Miners' lamps hang on the cross and safety helmets and wreaths are on the wire fence. (NCiUPI Photo)

WASHINGTON (NC)-Polish refugees seeking asylum will bring a "breath of fresh air" into the Utti,ted States, according ,to John McCarthy, director of the U.S. Catholic Conference Migration and Refugee Services. McCar,thy said that he believes the Polish refugees, with their strong work ethic and deep religious and cultural back­ ground, "wHI be helpful to our naltion" and wHoI "fit into the fabric of our society."

He will go ,to A,ustria in mid-January to begin resettling nearly 60,000 Pplish refugees there. Many of 'the Poles in Austr.ia are expected to go to Australia, Canada and other ~uropean countries as well a~ the United States, he said. '

WASHINGTON (NC)-Twenty-four congressmen have asked Navy Secretary John F. Lehman to change othe name of the nuclear submarine USS Corpus Christi. "Corpus Christi!' 'is,Latin for "body of Christ." In a letter ito Lehman, the congressmen ~aid, "We understand that this name was selected Ito honor the City of Corpus Christi, Texas," but "we believe that it is inappropriate ito name an instrument of death and destruction "Body of Christ.' " The congressmen recommended transferring the name to a hospital ship "or. some other non-lethal naval'vessel."

LOS ANGELES (NC)--',"If there 'are fur,ther cuts in healith services, there will be deaths, especially among the poor," according to Falther Luis Valbuena, who testified before the Los Angeles ·County Boal'd of Supervisors on the effects of budget cuts. As he spoke, Father V~lbuena, pa~tor of Mary Immaculate ,Church, Pacoima, Callf., held in his arms an infant from his pa,rish who had almost died when county health facili­ ties were unavailable.

MIAMI (NC)-Archbishop Edward A. MoCal'thy of Miami and Msgr..Bryan O. Walsh, archdiocesan director of Migra1tion and Refugee Services, were among 17 civic leaders protesting "inhumane" conditions a't the Immigration and Naturalization Ser­ vice Krome Avenue detention center in Miami. More than 700 Haitians are confined to the camp where husbands and wives are separated from each 'other; showers and sanitary facilities are limited and fences with barbed wire surround the camp,

ANCHORAGE, Ataska (NC)-Archbishop ,Francis T. Hurley of Anch6rage has arranged for six Polish seamen who defected from their fishing vessel to be detained at Holy Spirit Retrea'tCenter iristead of'!in jaiL The archbishop said that to prevent thei,r imprisonment, he enHsted ,the aid of Alaska's senators and the U.S. Catholic Cpnference's Migration and Refugee Serivices. The, seamen, who boarded an American tugboat Dec. 24, could have been jailed, according to a 1952 immig,ration 'law requiring detention of aliens without proper documents applying for asylum at seaports ~f entry.

(UNDATED) (NC)-A statement signed by seven members of the Cuban ,Bishops' Conference voiced concern that conflicts in Central America and the Caribbean region are a threat ,to world sltability. The bishops a,lso alluded to increasing U.S. hosti'itty toward Cuba under the Reagan, aC\,ministration, saying that "vaguely defined actions and threatening words and actions are always a risk in relations between states. The risk 'is even grea'ter when lit is powerful nations threatening the smaller ones."

ROBERT, GONzALES, 33, walks through South Bronx with his three ,adopted sons" Gilbert, 15, Michael, 13, Robert, 8. A single man, he was 'turned down. r.epeatedly byadoptton agencie~: until the Catholic Home Bureau accepted his application. (Nt Photo)

PITTSBURGH (NC)-:Pittsburgh's homeless "shopping bag ladies" now have /their own shelter from the cold. Beth'Iehem Haven, opened lin a downtown church basement during Christmas week, is the city's fil'st overnight hospice for women. It offers a wa,rm .bed', showers and security Ito 10 women under sponsorship of the ecumenical 'Downtown· Pittsburgh Ministerium. ' . .

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OAKLAND, Calif. (NC) ­ Margaret Mealey, former ex­ ecutive director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), and her sister, Mary Mealey, were injured when they were robbed Dec. 21, Margaret's 70th birthday, in Oakland.

Margaret Mealey, chairman of the board of Catholic Golden Age, suffered two broken wrists and a fractured spine. She was released from' Providence Hos­ pital in Oakland Dec. 24. Mary Mealey's wrist was broken.

Margaret Mealey was execu­ tive director of the NCCW from 1949 until 1977. She has served on a variety of national and in­ ternational groups on the role of women and the laity in the church and society.

She was' an observer at the Second Vatican Council and served on President John F. Kennedy's Commission on the Status of Women.

109 electors

By NC News ServIce The number of possible papal electors dropped to 109 at the end of December when Cardinal Thomas B. Cooray, retired arch. bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, turned 80 on Dec. 28 and Car­ dinal Franjo Seper, former pre­ fect of the Vatican Congrega­ tion for the Doctrine of the F 'th d' d 0 30 ec.: _. al ,Ie Under rules established by the late Pope Paul VI, members of the College of Cardinals who are over 80 cannot participate in a conclave to elect a new pope.

Cardinal Cooray's birthday al. so opens another spot for a new member of the College of Car­ dinals under Pope Paul's rules, which call for a maximum of 120 cardinal-electors but set no lim­ it on the number of cardinals over 80.

Currently, Pope John Paul II, unless he changes the rules set

by Pope Paul, could name a maximum of 11 new cardinals.

Cardinal Cooray, a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, is the only Asian among the 15 cardinals over 80.

Yugoslavian Cardinal Seper, 76, headed the doctrinal con­ gregation from January 1968 un· til his resignation. last Nov. 25.

DIOCESAN AND AREA OFFICERS of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul greet Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at the annual corporate communion of the Fall River Particular Coun~il, held at St. Patrick's Church, Somerset. (Torchia Photo)

Ballroo~ to be decorated Sunday Over 125 members of com· mittees planning the 27th annual Bishop's Charity Ball will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at Lincoln Park, North' Dartmouth, to decorate the ballroom.

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pIe and red mat~nals to d~cora~e the presentees ·and bishop s boxes, as well as the ballroom entrance, ·foyer and stage.

Bishop Cronin will be making his 12th appearance at the ball, to be held Friday, Jan. 15. Pro­ ceeds benefit thtee Nazareth Hall schools for excepti9nal children as we!1 as four summer camp&l for the exceptional and under­ privileged.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Ball, has announced that the Tophatters under the direction· of G~ne Ari­ eta of' Taunton, will play' for dancing from 8 to 8:45 p.m. in the main ballroom and from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the ballroom lounge.

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OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT Bishop oDaniel A. Cronin has granted permission to Rev. James E. Murphy to be absent from the diocese for pastoral ministry in the Hispanic Apostola'te 'in the Archdiocese of· Anchorage, Alaska.

APPOINTMENT William F. O'Neill to. St. Jacques 'Parish, Taunton, as Assofiate 'Pastor, effective Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1982.

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Buddy 'Braga's orchestra of Fall River will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the main ballroom.

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

After the march,' Bishop Cro­ nin will speak and the program will be climaxed with the release of 1000 multicolored balloons.

Ball tickets will be available at the door.

US responsibility is emphasized (UNDATED) (NC) Two U.S. Catholic prelates - Bishop John S. Cummins of Oakland, Calif., and Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, general secretary 'of the U.S. Catholic Conference ­ stressed in talks the responsibi­ lity of American Catholics to consider how the policies and actions of the government and multinational corporations effect people in other nations around the world.

In an address to the Holy Childhood Association in New

Orleans, Bishop Kelly noted that "Catholic social teaching in the last 15 years has. : . recognized the signs of increasing material interdependence in the world and it has challenged Catholics to work with people of all faiths to transform material to moral interdependence."

Said' Bishop Cummins in a sermon in Oakland, "We as Catholics have a great sensitivity to the international scene and what affects large portions of the world outside affects us."

Diocesan priests will shortly receive posters and other ma­ terials for use in connection with observance of the 1982 Week of Prayer for Christian . Unity, Jan. 18 through 25.

Father Horace J. Travassos, chairman of the diocesan ecu­ menical commission, said that the theme for the week is "That All May Find Their Home in You, o Lord."

Among observances in the Fall River diocese will be. the sixth annual Week of Prayer spon• . sored by the Greater New Bed· ford Clergy lIlnd Religious Asso­ ciation.

The week marks the 75th an· niversary of what was origin­ ally known as the Chair of Unity Octave, begun by Father Paul Wattson, SA, founder of the Society of the Atonement and a pioneer U.S. ecumenist.

Services will be held at 7:30 each night from Jan. 18 through 25 at the following New Bed­ ford churches: St. Martin's Epis· copal; Bethel AME; Pilgrim United; Holy Name; Trinity United Methodist; Friends' Meet­ ing House; St. Paul's United Methodist; and South Baptist.

Swansea and Somerset churches will join in a service at· 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at S1. Michael's Church, Swansea.

Father Paul Carrier will preach .and music will be by the Somer­ set-Swansea Interfaith Choir, di­ rected by Father William Camp­ bell, pastor of St. Dominic's par· ish, Swansea. . . In Rome, Vatican Radio said that choice of the Unity Week theme was made at a recent meeting in Milan of a joint com­ mission of representatives of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches.

"The theme has its' point of departure in Psalm 84 which ex­ presses the ardent desire of the Israelites, having returned from exile, to go to' the temple, where their trials are transformed into blessings and a scattered people find again t.heir unity in the one Lord," Vatican Radio added.

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the moorins.-, Beware Begin ,Blast There can be little doubt that the government of Israel has placed its closest friend in the free world, the United States, in a most embarrassing and awkward situation.

The unilateral decision by Israel to annex"'>the Golan Heights is indeed inopportune in timing and fact. Consider­ ing the target dates of the Camp. David accords, ;with special reference to the Sinai, Mr. Begin has regrettably attempted to muzzle America. He has succeeded in uqder­ mining and sabotaging the trust of the American people.

When one views the total picture of Begin's .approach , to his own nation, it becomes obvious that he has' little .concern for other peoples and nations. In short, he wants everything his own way. An obvious example of thiS is the recent decision of Israel to attack an Iraqi power plant.

Begin took this action on his own without any consulta­ tion with the government that is his closest ally.

This is but one of many instances that give rise to misgivings. One wonders now about Jerusalem. Will Begin 'annex the West Bank? Does he still intend to make America a hostage of his personal ambitions?

These doubts reflect the tension Begin has currently created in -the most volatUe area in the world. Until now' the United States has for all practical purposes supported Israel unquestio~ingly. De facto, Israel exists because of U.S. support and the generosity of the American ,Jevyish community. '.. ' I Yet how long can such assistance be given to a govern­ ment that continually undermines the national interest of the U:S.? How long can Begin continue to make America look stupid? How long must our own well-being be tied to an unpredictable and unreliable partnership?

These are but a few of the questions that surface as a result of the bellicose mandate of. the Begin government.

Achievement of peace in the Middle East is perh~ps the greatest challenge that we as a nation will face -in :the New Year. Every avenue toward this goal should be :ex­ plored but it cannot be reached by one nation alone. , The Camp David accords are but a single part of the total effort that must be made to bring all Mideast natiOns to the peace table. The voices of nations, such as Sa:,udi Arabia, should not -go unheard. Our own nation should hot waver. This country has an obligation to be a catalyst 'for Mideast peace, exploring every possibility with every ! leader.

It should also be noted that no lasting peace can ~ be reached without the support of the displaced Palestinian peoples. The United States ~hould encourage every effort to give these refugees a voice in negotiations involving their own future.

The ancient hates and fears that seemingly perme~te all discussions on Middle East peace, should not be an ex­ cuse for war. America should not be overawed by the strident Begin blasts. Nor should it be forced· to walk' a road of religious. intimidation. It should always be kept­ in mind that Jerusalem is a city holy to many faiths. I As the days of this New Year pass and the months' fly by, more and more words will be written on this subject. , As the rhetoric and accusations increase, it is imperative that the United States should not be disillusioned in its peacemaking efforts. At the same time, it must never for­ get that its prime responsibility is to its own people.

As a nation we ought to resolve that no more Ameti­ cans become shrapnel bait for international ambitiQn ~ be ­ it Arab or Israeli.

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'Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.' Cant. 4:7

The nuclear threat

By Father Kevin J. Harrington Can there ever be a "just. nu­ dear war"? If 'we apply the tra­ ditional criteria for a just war, I find it impossible to justify such massive destruction of hu­ man life. .

The American bishops are let­ ting their voice of sanfly be heard through the strong voice of public opinion that supports even greater expenditures for the arms race.

Ronald Reagan may have re­ ceived a mandate frorri the elec­ torate to support the nuclear arms "race, but American Catho-. lies have had their consciences challenged by the strong opposi­ tion to nuclear' armaments of Pope John Paul II and the American bishops.

The war game of condoning bnltality and inhumanity in the name of a "just cause" loses its validity. on the level lof nuclear de:.tructlon.

Society holds a child less reo sponsible for violent actions than .an adult. Likewise, a child has less capacity to hurt someone in a fist fight than has an adult.

Natural law seems to assume that we are not given the means to destroy until we are better able to control our urge in that dirl~ction. With nuclear weapons, therer is no such safeguard.

There is a temptation to focus solely on the arms race between the two superpowers. Such a preoccupation makes us ignore .the far greater danger that is

most likely to cause a nuclear disaster.

The real threat to world sta­ bility is the indiscriminate pro­ liferation of nuclear weapons.

It is less likely that a super­ power will unleash nuclear de. struction, because it has so much to lose. Perhaps the next nu­ clear bomb will be detonated by a group of terrorists who may feel' as! jf they have nothing to lose.. , Each of us is responsible for supporting, protesting or' pas­ sively consenting to our nation's war policy. It is naive to ignore ,the destructive potential of mod­ ern weaponry. In a democracy, each citizen must assume the responsibility of acting in good conscience with regard to the issue of wa~ ~nd peace. We can­ not delegate this responsibility to our politicians.

Much can be learned by apply. ing the just war criteria de­ sigJ:led in the days of conven· tional war to our nuclear age. . This procedure raises two spe­ cific questions: how despicable must political; economic and so­ cial conditions be to justify the use. of nuclear weapons; and have we exhausted every non­ violent alternative?

But the basic queition to which we must respond is this: can- a nuclear' holocaust ever be the lesser of two evils?

How we answer these ques­ tions determines whether we are absolute or relative pacifists.

Men and women of both con­

victions have been a part of the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church; and we ·must remember in this connection that the just war ·argument is a theory, not a dogma.

There is a temptation to be­ lieve that there will never be a ilUclear war because we feel that no nation would risk such a tragedy. This' mentality has led to the recent increase in spend­ ing on nuclear weapons and their deployment.

In this situation the United States must recognize that it should be an example to the world of what it means to achieve peace through working for justice. As stewards of a large percentage of the world's natural resources and as the most advanced technological so­ ciety in history, we must not succumb to the temptation of looking at the world as simply a place in which to compete for a limited number of resources.

We should heed the words of Archbishop Joseph Bernardin to' the· American bishops at their annual meeting in November: '.'By living in one of the super­ powers we are called to a spe. cific form of witness.· The very created order is· threatened by nuclear war. We who believe that we are stewards of life and creation, not its mas~ers, must use all the religious and moral vision we have to prevent a threat to what God has created, what we could destroy but never create." '.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Jan. 7, 1982

Don't feel guilty

Seven year-old Jeff be­ haved obnoxiously all da~ long. It was one of those days when he took every­ one else's good mood as a per­ sonal affront. Finally, for lack of any other excuse, he hauled off and hit his little sister. His mother, up to ,her nerves with his behavior, condemned him to no television for life and promp­ Iy felt guilty about it.

"Why?" I asked her later.

"Because TV doesn't have anything to do with hitting," she said. "Isn't the punishment supposed to fit the crime?"

"Your punishment made lots of sense," I told her. "You just weren't creative enough in draw­ ing the connection. Next time, say something about the fact that TV violence is obviously beginning to rub off on Jeff so you are removing that influence for awhile, adding that when it looks as if he's a peace-loving sibling again, you'U consider re­ instating his tube time."

"Why didn't I think of that?" she exclaimed.

Meting out proper punishment can be a frustration for parents.

We worry about being too strict, too lenient, or too quick to judge, to be sure, but we 'feel most uncomfortable with a pen­ alty that has little to do with the misdemeanor.

I submit that most any pun­ ishment can be linked with al­ most any misbehavior if the pa­ rents use a little imagination.

Lets look at the process.

There are really only five or six non-abusive punishments open to parents - banishment to one's room, no allowance, earlier bedtime, no TV, no car, grounding, and extra chores.

Others, like forced apologies are more gestures than penalties.

Likewise, there are really OJ11y a few basic situations calling for correction: sibling fighting, talk­ ing back, sinking grades, abuse of curfew, fnend-time, or car and/or disobedience. Serious problems involving drugs and friends caU for more serious ap­ proaches tha'n no TV.

While conventional wisdom in the past few years has held that religion has become a powerful force on Capitol Hill, a new study maintains that it may be even more powerful than many have thought.

Details of the study were re­ ported in the December issue of Psychology Today in an article titled "Religion on Capitol Hill: How Beliefs Affect Voting Be­ avior in the U.S. Congress." The Search Institute of Minneapolis, a non-profit research organiza­ tion, aided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Hu­ manities, conducted the study by interviewing 80 members of the House and Senate on their re­ ligious beliefs. Belief patterns were then compared with the actual votes of each member.

"If we want to guess how members of Congress will vote, it will not help much to find out which denomination they belong to," wrote Peter L. Benson, a psychologist and head of the reo search team that carried out the study.

"But if we know exactly what kind of God they believe in, what values they hold, and just how religion shapes their view of their place in the world, then we can predict with considerable accuracy how they will vote on particular issues."

Menson said the fact that a member of Congress is Catholic, Baptist, Methodist or Episcopa.

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What does a poor report card have to do with limited car use?

Simple. Anybody smart enough to drive in today's traffic is smart enough to get B's. Like­ wise, any child who talks back or slams doors obviously prefers to be alone, so cleaning his room or the garage gives him that op­ portunity.

So, given the two lists, how If a girl argues .with her sib­ do we handle the connection, ling while doing chores, she making the punishment a logical 6urely prefers doing them alone. response to the misbehavior? Qr if a boy hits his sister, she We think first. Then, in the most needs recuperation time so he in­ non- emotional, matter-of-fact herits her work for a day or two. voice possible, we choose the Chores and allowance? Another punishment most likely to im­ easy link. If chores aren't done, press the child and point out the someone else has to do them so connection.. that person is entitled to the al­ Here are 'a few. If a child con­ lowance, whether it's a sibling ' stantly fights or lets his grades or Mom. The secret to this technique slip, he obviously needs more rest in order to ,be better na­ is the comfort with which pa­ tured or to concentrate more on rents utilize it. Arguing is out his studies. This means, earlier when such rational consequences bedtime and/or less TV and are explained. If arguing does friend time. (We even permitted' occur, it merely means the child one who was bored and inatten­ needs more rest .. , you get the tive at Sunday Mass to go to idea. bed earlier on the following Sat­ God gave us two wonderful urday night so he would be more gifts among many: children and energetic during liturgy. The common sense. By pairing the next morning he sang the covers two, we can survive. And we off the Missalette). don't have to feel guilty about it.

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Iian has little to do with his vot­ By ing pattern. Members of each denomination are spread through JIM a variety of belief patterns and political ideologies, a fact borne LACKEY out when one considers that senators on opposite poles of the political spectrum, 'Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Jeremiah the general public to affirm that Denton (R·Ala.), are both Catho­ Scripture is the word' of God, lics. according to the study. And like The study found that, contrary the general public" most memo to popular belief, Capitol Hill bers of Congress believe in an "conservatives" are no more re­ afterlife. ligious than Capitol Hill "lib­ The study also admitted, how­ erals." As a matter of fact, the ever, that though church mem­ least religious group of all tends , bership is higher in Congress to be moderate, voting at times than in the general public, some with the liberals and at times in Congress may have political with the conservatives. reasons fOr holding church mem­ "Our findings suggest that bership. liberals and conservatives differ A final conclusion was that in kind of religion but not in de­ there are two very different gree or quantity," according to types of evangelicals serving on Benson. "The themes certainly the Hill. differ, but when it comes to re­ "The larger of the two types is, ligious behavior, issues like fre­ indeed, extremely conservative," quency of prayer or Scripture Benson said. "But an important reading, church inVOlvement, and minority is liberal, voting con­ importance of religion, conserva­ sistently for civil liberties, inter­ tives and liberals are much the national aid and hunger relief, same." and against military expendi­ In the case of liberals, Benson ture." said, ~'religious ideology fuels How the religious beliefs of their concern for social justice." Capitol Hill politicians actually Another finding of the study affect their political votes is a was that, contrary to another more difficult question to an­ common charge, members of swer. But Benson said members Congress are no less religious of Congress know that their re­ than the public at large. The ligion does have an impact on politicians are more likely than their votes.

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gets icy welcome

Thousands of older Amer­ icans could freeze to death this winter. A pamphlet cal­ led "Accidental Hypothermia in Older Adults," which has been submitted to the government for publication, would help prevent this. But it hasn't been published yet, and if things continue as they are, it may not be out be­ fore the first crocuses shine through the snow.

Government is always a great glacier. But its natural tenden­ cies are, in this case, stiffened by a freeze on government publica­ tions decreed by Budget Director David Stockman.

Hypothermia is an insidious, Trojan-horse-kind of affliction.

The victims do not know what is happening; nor do those who visit or take care of them. The first ~ymptom is confusion.

Others include shivering, cold and stiff muscles, puffy face and forgetfulness. The author of "Ac­ cidental Hypothermia," W. Moul­ ton Avery, tells, in clear lan­ guage and large type, what the symptoms are and what to do about them.

He also gives pZ:llctical sug­ gestions as to how to forestall their occurence - by keeping "toasty warm" at all times. Ex­ ample: "Wear a hat ,and scarf to insulate your head and neck."

And "cotton is rotten" for win­ ter.

Avery, 33, head of the pri­ vately funded Center for Envi­ ronmental Physiology, devotes full time to the study and pre­ vention of hypothermia. He pre­ pared his pamphlet for the North Carolina Senior Citizens' Federa­ tion. It is the only one of its kind. Thousands of government pamphlets are redunt\ant or fri­ volous. H'is is neither.

In the introduction, he states the urgency of the problem: "Thousands upon thousands of older adults are stricken each winter and die quietly in their own homes, the victims of neg­ lect, inflation' and rising fuel costs which they are unable to pay."

He boldly states that the gov­ ernment owes its old more than survival: "Comfort is an equally impor­ tant consideration. Far too many of our nation's older adults are miserably cold in their own homes, and this is an unaccep­ table situation. They have a right to expect more from the society to which they have con· tributed so many years, and we have an obligation to work to end their suffering."

Most of the bureaucrats in the Reagan administration warmly agree. Representatives of the Department of Health and Hu­ man Services, Action and the Department of Energy are doing their bl;st to see that this life·

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saving manual gets into print and around the country - to public libraries, churches, super­ markets, fuel assistance offices and senior citizens' centers. ,But it is not so easy. It never is in government. The bureau­ crats have to add a chapter on heatstroke, which took many lives in the South last summer, to give it more national flavor.

And due ,to the Stockman freeze, they have, moreover, to draw up memos, hold strategy sessions and compose legal po­ sition papers in order to get a warm smile from OMB. "All this nuttiness added on," is how one bureaucrat, with an understandable passion for an­ onymity, puts it.

The Stocltman guidelines, set forth in Order 81-lu, state that, to be considered for exemption, publications must be held not only to a standard of "providing essential services" but also com­ ply with "mandatory provisions of law." The second condition requires government lawyers to search the books to find some­ thing that says you will not break the law if you help save lives.

The question as to why these departments did not start pre­ paring for action before the first snow - much of the Midwest is below freezing and New Eng­ land is blanketed - is one that rIo one can answer. The Public Health Service somehow never got around to it. A big govern­ ment conference on hypothermia is scheduled for February, which will, of course, be much too late for a lot of old people who are hudled over their kitchen stoves, wearing their hats and scarves and wondering if they are going to make it through the day.

Fuel assistance can help, but in some states the requirements are of draconian severity. In North Carolina, for instance, anyone with $1,000 in -the bank is not eligible.

Says Avery, "They are saving the ,money for their funerals.

Don't you think that's the bitter· est irony? They're going to die sooner because they have just enough to bury themselves."

What may be a more bitter irony is that the cost of printing the hypothermia manual prob­ ably comes to $50,000, which is not a big-ticket item, even in the Reagan administration.

One frustrated official said, "Why are we even discussing this? Why isn't it being done, when it's so obvious it should be done?" tn'''''''·II'''''''ltIl'ln.nlOl,n ........,.",..",,,.......,,,,,,..,....,.,,,..""...".m_.•_

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Holy inflation' WASHINGTON (NC) - The Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy has allowed U.S. bishops or religious superiors to begin transferring church property or taking out loans up to $1 mil­ lion without prior permission from the Holy See. The new limit will ease paper work for religious superiors and bishops, who are usually responsible un· der church law for seIling church property or indurring debts. As recently as 1952 per­ mission from the Holy See was required for local church authori­ ties to sell a piece of property worth more than $5,000 or to contract a debt or mortgage above that amount, according to the canon law books.

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE Religious Graduate Studies

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Il-YEAR-OLD Quoc, bung Nguyen, cent~r, manages a smile. as he rel~tes' his pe~­ lous flight, froin Vietnam :via a fishing boat that ~as' stopped .11 b~es ~y pirates. He is now with his aunt and her daughter, left, and hiS brother, nght, 10 MIlwaukee, where all were resettled by Catholic Relief Services. (NC Photo)

VIew of church

Continued ~rom page one: manifestations of prayer renewal. ernment 'liaison aspect of the "A second is the liturgical reconference's work: "This has i al- newal - not j'ust the use of the ways been a feaJture· of the cpn- veimacular, bu't a renewal in Announces ference. One of the main reasons preaching and better use of the '. Spring Offerings we're here ~in Washington) is, to Scriptures. We have a lively, at· (Starts Jan. 18, 1982) address Congress on Nationa'1'is~ 'tra.ctive, reverent liturgy, and sues. :this has made for a more dynamIt's not lobby.ing. We're giv'ing ic kind of life in the church," ~Reifgious Education'. the church's view, ·bu't not lobHe called the '1i:turgical renewal Youth Ministry bying. For example, we're fre-' OM of the most important fruits Elaine Scully ... Fri. 9:3().11:30 a.m. quently asked (by congressional of 'the Second Vatican Council Philosophy of Education committees or staffs) how a par- ami said emphatically, "This was Elaine Scully .. Tue. 9,3().11:30 a.m. ticu·lar piece of legislation will worth waiting for," .impact on the :Iocal churches," Another important trend. of reo Religious Studies and the conference responds by cent years, he said, is that "we Christ'; Word and Redeeme'r' gllithering information and p~e:. are getting an ever-improved resenting it to Congress. ! ligious education," Urban Mullaney . ' Mon. 3:45-5:45 p.m.

Asked about President Rea:· "On the other side of the led~ Sacraments and Worship gan's cutbacks on social pro- ger," he added, 'we have some Giles Dimock Mon. 7·9 p.m. grams and NCCB opposition to a divisions that didn't use .to exist.

Seminar on number of Reagan's domestic "Some women are experiencing Existential Theologians poiicies, Archbishop KeHy com- ,dissatisfaction with the gover­ Raymond Gibson . mented, "When we see things we riance of the church, the ordina­ · Tues. 3:45-5:45 p.m. don't 'like, we're constantly ~e· tion question, and so forth. There Principles of Moral Decision minded that the people elected are· some desirable aspects of Philip Smith Wed. 7-9 p.m. him, !the people voted for him, on that;: but it's been painfu'I, too, History of Spirituality ,that platform.". ! because some women feel very Mary Ann Follmar He said he. was particula,rly hurlt by the present situation, · Thurs. 3:45-5:45 p.m. concerned personaHy about cut- and. their .pain is our pain," _ backs in programs for :the poor When Archbishop KeHy was Biblical Studies and in education - "We won't asked flow'he felt about his ap­ Theology of Paul have a strong country if the pe:o- pointment to the Louisville Arch­ Terence Keegan .... Mon. 7·9 p.m. pie are stupfd," - diol:ese, he broke into a happy Passion and Resurrection He said Reagan foreign policy smile.

Thomas Aqu'inas Collins has caused some of the' sharpest "I'm delighted, I'm absolutely .................... Tues. 7-9 p.m. differences between the confer- . delighted," he said. 'To be a dio" Message of the cesan bishop is wonderful. . ·ence and the administration. I New Testament Marcella Shanley .

On EI Salvador: "We have: a ,"In any priest's heart, you · Wed. 3:45-5:45 p.m. terrible fear that U.S. weapo~s want to work with people, to be Parables of Jesus are being used .against innocent in their midst, for Ithem. I cer­ Patrick Reid Thurs. 7-9 p.m. persons:" ta'inly haven't had that oppol'tun­ .. Asked what trends he finds ity in Washington, though it's INQUIRE: striking in American· Catholi- been a good experience here.

Graduate Programs" cism, Archbishop Kel,ly said, "My heart is already in 'Ken­ Religious Studies Dept.

"Orie of the most'encouraging to tucky."

Providence College me is the deepening of faith.

Would he bring any speCial There are a number of pheno- quality ,to. his new ministry by Providence, R.I. 02918 mena that show this. being a religious and a member -~Or call: (401) 865·2274 "One is the growth in the of Ithe Dominican order? "Thank Providence College admits students of any race, sex. color. creed and national or ethnic prayer group movement., By this you for asking that. As a Domini­ origin, Handicapped persons are encouraged I mean not just the charismati!= can, I'm devoted to preaching the 10 apply. movement, but all the different . word of God, and I look forward

MIAMI (NC) ~ Archbishop Edward McCarthy of Miami said he was most impressed with the' "joy of the people" of Ha­ vana in welcoming newly ordain­ ed Archbishop Jaime Lucas Or­ tega Alamino.

During the episcopal ordina­ tion of Archbishop Ortega on Dec. 27, Archbishop McCarthy extended fraternal greetings and 'congratulations on behalf of the bishops of the United States.

The archbishop emphasized that his visit was soley ecclesi­ astical and had no political overtones.

According to media personnel covering the event, there are 210 priests ministering to the entire island of Cuba. Ninety of these are in the Archdiocese of Ha­ vana.

At the ordination ceremony, speaking in Spanish, Archbishop McCarthy pointed out that at one time the Catholics of Florida belonged to the diocese of Cuba and that the first Catholic church, founded in 1565 in St. Augustine, Fla., belonged to that diocese.

In 1709, Bishop Dionisio Re­ sino, the first Cuban-born bishop, was named auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Cuba and assigned to live and serve in Florida. In 1795, a Cuban bishop was ap­ pointed bishop of Florida and Louisiana."

to doing that: on a big scale.

"My Dominican life has had a great impact on me personally, more than anything else in my life. My life of prayer, my min­ istry are :inexorably tie'd to my Continued from page one . vocation as a Dominican. Every­ the importance of good homilies thing I am lowe to them," in evangelizing.

Asked whalt priorities he would . "Among various modes of have in the Louisville Archdio­ evangelization, homiletic preach. cese,"·For me the top priority is ing has an eminent place, be­ the priests," he sa'id. "There is cause of its integral part in the no ministry without them," eucharistic celebration and its He also stressed the need for evangelizatiori and said that in 'direct link to the liturgical pro­ clamation of the word of God," recent years ."there has been a the pope said. g~eat rise in consciousness about '. "It is necessary, above all, to . 'that. understand and keep in mind the "To experien'ce the Gospel and socio-cultural context in which the word of God is the greatest the faithful live in order to be challenge of any ChrisNan," he able to offer an effective teach­ concluded. ' ing consistent with reality," he added. .

The pope urged priests to pre­ pare for their preaching duties through "a faithful adhesion to the authentic and perennial January 8 magisterium ,(teaching author­ Rev. Alfred J. Carrier, 1940, ity) of the church, in order to Founder, St. James,' Taunton never confuse souls with hypo­ .Rev. John Kelly, 1885, Found. theses and erroneous doctrinal er, St. Patrick, Fall River interpretations" or with a global Rev. Arthur C. Lenllghan, vision that does not take into 1944, Chaplain, United States account humanity's relationship Army to God.

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January 10 Rev. Jourdain Charron,O.P., 1919, Dominican Priory, Fall River Rev. George H. Flanagan, 1938, Pastor, Immaculate Con­ ception, Fall River Rev. Msgr. 'Emmanuel Sousa de Mello, 197,7, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton January 13 Rev. Emile Plante, M.S., 1954, La SaletteSeminary, Attleboro Jan~ary ~4

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Billings method used' throughout the world

Agca

By Nancy Frazier NC News Service Mehmet Ali A'gca, who was convicted of trying to kill Pope John Paul II, is on hunger strike at the Marino Del Trono Prison in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. .

Agca, who was 24 yesterday, began the hunger strike Dec. 20, five months after the start of his trial for the attempted assas­ sination of Pope John Paul May 13 in St. Peter's Square.

Prison officials said Agca, de­ scribed as a rightwing terrorist by authorities in his native Tur­ key, has refused all food and taken only water since the hung­ er strike began.

Sentenced to life imprison­ ment by a Rome court last July, Agca is seeking a new trial by the Vatican and rejects Italy's jurisdiction over the case. A Vatican-Italian treaty requires trial in Italy for people accused of crimes committed on Vatican soil.

MEHMET ALI AGCA The hunger strike which began Dec. 20 was Agca's third at the at the Vatican, the sources said.

When Agca decided to end his maximum security prison in As­ second hunger strike,a prison He also asked the prison chap­ coli Piceno. His first, in late . lain, a Capuchin, to relay his employee advised him to start October, lasted one day. The se­ with small quantities of food. request to the Vatican. cond' time he refused food from He is allowed out of his 10 Instead, according to II Tempo, Nov. 21 to Dec. 3. During the by 13-foot cell for a maximum of he ate "an incredible quantity" second hunger strike, he con­ four hours each day to walk of bread and cheese and fell sumed water, sugar, vitamins alone . in a fenced-in area. He asleep. and potassium.

One of Agca's favorite activ­ neither smokes nor drinks and has never made a purchase at ities, the newspaper said, is to Agca's mother, Muzeyyen Ag­ the jail commissary. watch the Italian news on the ca, who had threatened to com­ Although Agca has never been television in his cell. Each of the mit suicide if her son did not seen in prayer and does not have 70 cells in the prison, which end the first hunger strike, ap­ pealed for an end to the third a copy of the Koran, the Moslem houses about 100 men, has a fast in late December, according holy book, he demands, when television set.

According to the prison to the Ankara, Turkey, daily not fasting, that his meals be in compliance with Islamic law, the sQurces, the' only time that Agca newspaper, Cumhuriyet.

Mrs. Agca, who lives in the sources said. He refuses meat has missed the evening news because the animals are not since Aug. 10 was Dec. 3, when eastern Turkish village of Ma­ latya, told the newspaper that killed by Italian butchers in it· he fell asleep after ending his \ second hunger strike. she had written to Pope John way acceptable to Moslems.

Paul asking him to convince her son to end the hunger strike.

"I believe that the pope, as a religious leader, will contribute Addressing the "number one from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at St. to making my son stop his that faces church musi­ Pius X Church, South Yarmouth. problem" strike," the 52-year-old Mrs. cians of tIle diocese, a wedding The -other will be from 7:30 to Agca told the newspaper. ' music workshop will be offered 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John "I do not believe that he is at two sites by the diocesan the Evangelist Church, Attle­ guilty," she' added. "Through an boro. chapter of the National Associa­ Italian journalist. I have sent a Denise Morency of the music tion of Pastoral Musicians. letter to the pope asking him ministries of St. Luke's Hospital, "Musicians often have diffi­

to pardon him. I ask that my New Bedford, and St. Julie's par­ son be tried again in the Vatican culty in explaining to engaged

ish, North Dartmouth, will dis­ and according to the laws of the couples why certain popular cuss working with couples in are inappropriate "f6r wed­ songs Vatican." preparing wedding music and The Vatican has not confirmed ding liturgies," said Glenn Giut­ other leaders will be Sylvia Rog­ tari, director of the diocesan receipt of.·the letter by the pope NPM chapter and of music at ers, Sacred Heart parish, Oak nor made any comment on Ag­ Bluffs; and Scott Anderson of St. Mary's Cathedral.·

ca's hunger strikes.

The workshops will update the Attleboro host parish.

A Rome daily newspaper, II . All parish musicians are in­ musicians on wedding music and Tempo, recently described Ag­ to the workshop and en­ vited resources and will include dem­ ca's daily life at the A'scoli Pi­ gaged couples planning theill ceno jail, about 100' miles from onstrations of new compositions. wedding liturgies are also wel­ Music bibliographies and copies • Rome. The article was based on come, Giuttari said. interviews with some of the 112 of selected parish policy state­ prison officials and employees ments on wedding music will be The Family allowed to have contact with distributed and discussed and there will be time to consider "The family may be regarded Agca, who has been held in so­ litary confinement since Aug. 10. common problems and solutions, as the cradle of civil society and said Giuttari. Participants are it is in ·great measure within the The young Turk spends sev­ eral hours a day writing in a encouraged to bring new music circle of family life that the des­ ~iny of states is fostered."-Pope notebook or composing appeals they have used successfully.

One session will take plilce 'Leo XIII to Italian officials for a retrial

LOS ANGELES (NC) - Drs. John and Lyn Billings of Mel­ bourne, Australia, whose Billings ovulation method of natural fam­ ily planning has spread in one decade to all continents and more than 100 countries, are often asked: "If your method is really ef­ fective, why do you have nine children?"

The Billings, who take great joy in their nine children and 23 grandchildren, find it curious that some people equate effec­ tive family planning with a small number of children.

"Our family spent Christmas together at our holiday home in the hills near Melbourne," Bil­ lings said. "There were Lyn and I, our nine children and their spouses and the 23 grandchil­ dren, 43 of us altogether. It was our greatest Christmas ever."

Billings said he and his wife came to know the pope quite well during the 1980 world Synod of Bishops. They were among 16 couples selected from around the world to be auditors at the synod sessions. One morning they had breakfast with the pope, Billings said.

"Pope John Paul is very welI informed about our work and he has given us great encourage­ ment," the doctor added.

"As a flow-on from the Synod of Bishops," .he said, "already there is evidence of increased in­ terest and promotion of. pro­

grams of the Billings ovulation method and other natural family planning methods as welI. AlI are "getting strong impetus.

When the bishops g~t together and put emphasis on something, the whole thing really goes."

In the Fail River diocese the taught Billings method is th.rough the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, with Sister Lu­ ciDe Levasseur, SMSM, direct­ ing a program which will make

instructor· couplles available throughout the diocese. Sister Lucille may be reached at 999· 6420.

Stressing that the Billings method of natural family plan­ nin,g is a new development, Bil­ lings said,' "The old rhythm method is obsolete. It was good for some couples, but not enough. Some women's cycles are too irregular.

"Our worle clearly is prosper­ ing and the future looks bright," he added.

Rate hil{es Continued from page one cause of high postal rates and other production costs.

"It would seem the federal government views with uncon­ cern the progressive exclusion of all but the very rich from ef­ fective media communications," said Atonement F:ather Charles Angell at the time.

"Low postal rates have tradi­ tionally enabled religious and other public interest groups to inexpensively air their views. To­ day the tlumber of people who can effectively get their ideas across to the public is rapidly diminishing. What does this spell for the future of our free society?"

Eagles named Father Peter N. Graziano, ex­

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Departm~nt of Social Services,

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central office. His responsibili­

ties will be in the field of fiscal and personnel management pro­ gram development. A graduate of Northeastern Unversity, he holds a master's 'degree in ad­ ministration and planning. ,., -,- ·'r..··

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By Tom Dermody

"more'~ in this equation is people, to feed.

Last fall's harvests were Nationally, 3 million farm record-breakers, but U.S. bishops acres vanish under asphalt and are finding it difficult to rejoice. concrete each year. But as bad as They are concerned about wide­ :the conversion problem is, the 'spread land abuse, a problem 'erosion threat to farmland may thE:y see as moral as Well as be even worse. About 5.5 billion economic. tons of soil are washed or blown How is the land abused? Gov­ from fields each year. ernment studies show that man Some soil erosion is natural­ is stealing it - covering it with the pr.oblem is negIect. Al1mough the asphalt and concrete of shop­ ,there ,are methods of l'imiting ping centers and subdivisions, , erosion, many farmers cultivate power plants and parking lots. their :land wastefuHy. Terracing, Worse yet, the land he leaves planting trees for wjndbreaks, in. :agricultural p!1oduction he new plowing' methods and crop heiRS nature steal through eros­ 'rotation can slow erosion, but ion. these methods often are not used.

Bishop Edward W., O'Rourke When, topsoil oJeaves, field of Peoria places the potential . yields plummet. Yet 1981 was a crises caused by soil erosion and bumper crop year. How do good non-agricultural development yields come from 'bad fields? nea.r the top of all global prob­ "Additional fertilizers make up lems -'- in fact, just behind nu­ for >the difference," said Gus 'clear chaos.

Dornbusch, deputy Illinois state "Second ,to getting blown up, 'conservationist. "But we can ex­ starving to death is a pretty bad pect tha't sornewhere down !the way ;to die," he said. line yields wi'll begin to drop."

Starving to death? Perhaps.

In the meantime, another prob­ If present Itrends continue, !the lem is caused by fertiHzers, ~n­ United States w:ill no ,longer have secticides and herbicides used to enough land in production by the maintain 'high yields. Unless year 2000 to meet increased do­ farmers using chemicals take mestic. and export demands. Less . special care to. prevent erosion, land: less soil, less food. The only a vidous circle becomes evident.

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First, erosion strips the land of ,topsoil so ithe farmer must use chemicals to keep yields up. But the neXit year erosion returns, sweeping both I>oil and chemicals away, meaning the farmer must replace :Iost fertilizer again and again, as long as the erosion con­ tinues. More chemicals, less top­ soil.

One year ago the 72 bishops of the Midwest presented their case for the ·Iand in a statement en­ titled "Strangers and Guests: To­ ward Community ~n the Heart­ land." "'We must keep in mind the land's inherent status as a gift from God for Ithe human family - God's chrJdren - and our own responsibility to be God's stew­ ards upon it for the benefit of all people...

"The land is living and helps provide Hfe for all creatures.

When it is abused the 'land and all·creatures dependent on it suf­ fer. ,Abuse of the landis there- , fore abuse of people, abuse of God's creation and abuse of the responsibility of stewardship," Ithe bishops said.

Bishop Maurice Dingman of Des Moines, Iowa, {lmme'diat,e past' president of the National Catholic. Rural Life Conference

(NCR,LC), has also implored equally 5) the land should be con­ The United States government farmers to .use their consciences served and restored; 6) ,land use is crying for mor~ Carl Olsons. in making decisions on ,land use. planning must consider social When the State Department "I am eager for the day to envlironmental impacts; 7) ~and and the Council on Environmen­ come when farmers will make use shouId be appropriate to iand ta,1 Quaiity put, out "Global decisions, not on the basis of quality; 8) the 'land should pro­ 2000,;' in 1980, detailing the pro­ profit, but rather on the basis mate a moderate livelihood; 9) jected staJte of the earth's natural of moral principles," he wrote in the land's workers should be able resources in 2000, Newsweek the July issue of NCRiLC's Rural to become the land's owners and magaZine interpreted the report Life Page.

10) ,the ~and's mineral wealth this way: should be shared.

"FundamenJta.Ily, the preserva­ "It reads Uke something out Carl Olson: a memberl of St. of the 'The Empire Strikes Back.' tion of the family farm and the stewardship of aand are mora,1 Bernard's Parish, 'Bushnell, m., The place: Ear-th, a desolate plan­ problems. They are questions of and McDonough (I'll.) County's et slowly dying of dots own ac­ right and wrong. Each person 1981 Conservation Farmer of the cumulating follies. Half of the Year, is an example 'of one of forests are gone; sand dunes must make a judgement of con­ science," he wrote.

God's stewards on ,the land. spread where fertile farm lands Bishop Dingman is enthusias­ At 69, although he may have once lay. Nearly 2 million species a few years on some of his fann­ tic about the U.S. bishops' dn­ of plants, birds, insects and ani­ volvement in the land crisis. "'We ing neighbors, he is also years mals have vanished. Yet man is are now prepared ,to touch the ahead of most of them in the propaga;~ing so fast that his cities consciences of our people wHh area of soil' conservation. haV'e grown as large as his na­ a full-scale program of evangeli­ "We d,idn't haV'e any dust tions of a century before." . zation and advocacy," he said. blowing off my fields," Olson The 'report said that, because The 72 bishops of the Midwest said, but he was one of few of less quaHty farmland coupled have prepared a half"hour film farmers in Ithe county who could with population growth, hun­ based on "Strangers and Guests," make such a statement. dreds of millions of persons will a shorter 1O-minute film and a He spoke with the confidence be 'hungry. series of slide presentations and of a man who has just made his Tha1t's 18 years from now. study guides to help in the evan­ home burglar-proof. And, lin a gelization effort.

"This is the moment of truth," sense, t'hat's how it is wHh his farm. While wind and rain are ' sa'id Bishop Dingman. "All of us Ten principles of 1and stew­ ardship are stressed: 1) the ,land 'IiteraHy stealing Ithe land off are strangers and guests upon the 'land. Oui' response must be is God's; 2) people are God's many fields, Olson and other con­ stewards on Ithe 'land; 3) the serva~ion-minded farmers have prophetic as we become a ilight­ house in a 'world that needs the land's benefits are for everyone; found ways to keep their invest­ light of, faith."

4) the land should be distributed men1t safe.

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We have three other children, one of whom is older and two younger. Shil! is probabRy hardest I on me and her 7-year-old broth­ , er. With him she never misses I-a chance to tease. Usually, she . won't leave. him ,alone until she ! has him crying.

I She starts in on me especially when I am very busy or very tired. Within minutes I, find my­ self screaming at her. We go at each other until one of us goes off in rage or tears, or else my husband intervenes.

Please give some suggestions on how to handle our daughter.

I She is a good girUn most other ! ways. She works hard at school and home, does her chores_and i even will do the dishil!s or ~ac­ I uum spontaneously.' It is just her mouth I ean't stand.

I Thirteen seems ,to be an es­ I pecially troublesome age for Igirls. It is not uncommon for them to bad-mouth everyt~ing, I as you so vividly' describe.' , Your daughter will almost cer~

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We can assume that she picks on her little btother and you be­ cause the' two of you provide her with the "best" response.

While the response may seem negative to you, it apparently provides sufficient attention to be rewarding to your daughter.

Consequently, you must ignore her mouth. Do not try to out­ shout her. Respond briefly to any factual content, and not at all to the .rest. This will not be easy for you because your daughter appears to be a master at creating verbal disorqer.

If you cannot ignore her, get away from' her for a few min­ utes. Ask her nicely to leave the room. If she won't leave, then you leave. This simple practical strategy works. It takes two to fight.

The same strategy can apply to her teasing her little brother.

Get them apart. Counsel him to stay away from his sister at such times.

Surprisingly, he may gravitate toward her' like a moth toward a flame. Despite the teasing, he may secretly relish the noise and uproar. In this case, se!1d 1

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Separation is a much saner way to terminate these verbal batt,Ies than trying to point out the unfairness or striving to pro­ mote justice. Any arguing will only be like throwing gasoline on the fire.

You said your husband inter­ vened sometimes. If he can han­ dle her better than you can, let him. Don't be too proud to ac­ cept his help at this stage. He can supervise her chores for the moment, go off with her, what­ ever it takes to avoid the con­ tinuing confrontation.

Like others, your daughter craves attention. Since you should ignore her mean mouth, try to give her attention for her routine chores and, her spon­ taneous help. Take frequent no­ tice of these virtues. If need be, keep written records of her good acts, just to remind yourself to notice them.

Thirteen-year-old girls are fre­ quently very skilled at verbal abuse and initiating games of family uproar. The best way to stop this is to refuse to play.

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after all? "Perhaps such a film, I thought, would help the pope in making his message' under­ stood. Because - and I see this clearly - his message is not well understood. His words are deformed and his intentions mis­ understood. I know because, be­ ing Polish, coming from a dif­ ferent part of the world, my intentions are misunderstood in the same way. Many people mis­ understand my reactions to . many issues simply because they have no idea of· the kind of events that affected me. And so, because I find such misunder­ standing extremely. painful, I wanted' to do something to al­ leviate it," "So what I wanted to do in this film is to show the condi­ ,tions that helped to make the pope the way he is;" Zanussi .said. "'By so doing, I hoped to do something useful. First for him, secondly for our country too.

For Poland is not well under­ stood, and today we stand des­ perately in need of the world's understanding...

Bishop resigns VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of 70-year-old Bish­ op Donal R. Lamont of Umatali, Zimbabwe, an outspoken critic of the white minority regime which ruled that African coun­ try as Rhodesia until last year.

To succeed the "Irish-porn Bishop Lamont, the pope named Msgr.

Alexia 'Muchabaiwa, 42, vicar • general. of the Archdiocese of Salisbury" Zimbabwe.

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uestion corner

By Father John Dietzen Q. n know the Catholic Church in the United States has a posi­ tion on conscientious objection.

Do these statements of the Am­ erican bishops really now give a moral way out of going into the anned forces? (Texas) A. If you're asking whether the position of 'the American Catholic bishops is that a good Catholic can be a conscientious objector to all war, or to one specific war (such as, for exam­ ple, Vietnam) the answer is yes.

However, you seem to imply' that these declarations of recent years suddenly and for the first time make conscientious objec­ tion moral. Quite the contrary is true.

The United States hierarchy has made clear that refusal to participate in a war's. violence and killing can flow directly from traditional Catholic "reli­ gious training and belief." They support this claim from a num­ ber of official sources, including positions taken by the entire Catholic Church in Vatican Coun­ cil II. Without in any way suggest­ ing that conscientious objec­ tion is the only moral posit!on a Catholic might assume, they even urge draft counseling fa­ cilities and employment assis­ tance for such objectors.

Just as we esteem those who conscientiously serve in the arm­ ed forces, they said, "so also we should regard conscientious objection and selective conscien­ tious objection as positive indi­ cators within the church of a sound moral awareness and ,'~­ spect for human life."

In other words, according to the bishops, the church needs consciencious objectors to get across part of its message of re­ spect for life.

About a decade .ago, the world Synod of Bishops in Rome ad­ dressed this delicate question.

said, "that international conflicts should not be settled by Wt\', but that other methods better befitting human nature should be found. Let a strategy of non­ violence be' fostered also, and let conscientious objection be recognized and regulated by law in each nation."

Thus, the American Catholic position is not at all radical. It shriply says in another way what our bishops insisted on in an­ other pastoral letter to Cath­ olics of our country (1968). Man­ kind will keep using war and violence to solve their problems until enough young people sim­ ply refuse to participate in them.

Q. Is is true that at one time Catholics were allowed to go to confession only once in a life­ time? (Florida) A. There's much dispute about the practice of the very early church in the matter of forgive­ ness of sin. About all we know for sure is that doing penance and being reconciled with the church for sins committe~ after baptism was an essential of Christian belief from the begin: ning.

Theologians, bishops and even popes argued for a long time in the first centuries after Christ about whether forgiveness of sins could be obtained more' than once after baptism, especi­ ally for the three capital sins of murder; adultery and idolatry.

There's no clear evidence, how­ ever, that the church's policy was ever this rigorous in prac­ tice.

The beliefs and rite for the forgiveness of sins varied enor­ mously during the first thousand or so years of the church, and only gradually took t~e form familiar to us.

Questioris forr this column should be sent to !Father Dietzen, St. Mark's Parish, 1113 W. Brad­ ley, Peoria, W. 6n606.

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Attack denounced JULI, Peru (NC) - Maryknoll Father Albert Koenigknecht, apostolic adminstrator of the pre­ lature of Juli, denounced an at­ tack on the prelature's Rural Education Institute as "an off­ ensive cowardly act," He pledged to "keep on working on behalf of our people, particularly the poor." Forty masked men at­ tacked the institute injuring two Maryknoll nuns. The unidentified assailants harassed the institute's lay and Religious personnel and held them prisoners for an hour.

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He's a model for lay people today who want to try to do something instead of simply carping about politics, economics and society, according to Ber­ nard oBarbiche, a Frenchman who knows and speaks about Ozanam as though' he were a close friend.

Barbiche, a professor at the Ecole des Chartes in Paris, a na­ tional institute of historical doc­ uments and records, has worked on numerous volu,mes of Ozal1­ am's letters and writings.

During a visit to Denver, he was interviewed by the Denver Catholic Register, the archdio­ cesan newspaper.

Ozanam founded the St. Vin­ cent de Paul Society with six colleagues. in 1833 to aid the poor. He was a scholar who used his talents as a writer and speaker to defend the church against attackers, but realized, Barbiche said, that words alone were not enough, that Christians should live their faith.

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Paul puts the, people on the spot

By Father John J. Castelot

~tewardship

St. Paul breaks -forth in his first letter to the people of Co­ rinth with a series of biting ar­ I guments regarding the resurrec­ I tion of the body.

I In the first part of Chapter 15 Paul wrote about this with rela­ tive calm, appealing to logic and I to faith. But in verse 29 he in­ , !troduces some references so per­

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I The first is a case in point.

I"U the dead' are not raised, what I about those who. have them-, I selves baptized on behalf of the Idead? If ' the, raising. of ,the dead is not a reality, why be baptized ion their behalf?" At least 30 in­ 'terpretations have been advanc­ ted' to explain this puzzling al­ lusion. . i . The most obvious meaning ,would' seem to be that some ,Corinthians practiced'a proxy' baptism.Somehow they got ,the :strange idea that they 'could' go through the ritu.al of baptism 'and . transf~rits effects to rela­ ~ives and ,friends who had' died ~spagans.' Such thinking would reduce, the sacrament to magic ~nd ignore the fact that baptism !

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is a sign and seal of faith. Ob­ viously the 'dead are incapable of making a faith commitment.

Paul do.es not indicate how widespread - the practice may have been, but certainly it was common enough for him to base an argument on it. Neither does he pass judgment on it, but that' is not his present. concern. He is intent to show how illogical the people. are: If the' raising of the dead is not a reality, why be baptized in their behalf?

Abruptly he changes the sub­ ject and reminds them' of his own lifestyle..He is, in effect, putting the!" on the spot, asking if they thi~k he isa fool.

After all, because of his hope of resurrection, Paul risks death every day. He is hounded by op­ pone~ts. Opce they stoned him so violently' that they "dragged him out of· the town, 'leaving him ther,e for dead" (Acts 14:19).

He was beaten, jailed, run out of town. Writing to his beloved Philippfans .from Ephesus, Paul indicates he is not SUfi! he will' get out 'ot' Jail alive. (Philippians· . 1:20-26) Paul is Ilrobably referring to some such' harrowing experience . as this when he says he "fought.

those beasts at Ephesus." The expression immediately suggests the cruel practice of condemning Christians to fight wild beasts in the arena, but such a literal interpretation is hardly plausi­ ble. It is not likely he would ,have lived to tell about it. Fur­ thermore,' as a Roman citizen, he could not legally be condemn­ ed to such a fate.

In the heat of an emotional appeal, Paul is using a graphic figure of speech and asking the people why on earth he should have endured such constant ha­ rassment and suffering. For purely human motives? ' If only human motives were involved, if there were no resur­ rection to hope for, then they all might as well live according to the pagan slogan: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.," Implying that some of the people are in fact living this way, he admonishes them: "Do not be led astray any longer.

'Bad company corrupts good morals.''' . Paul's conclusion betrays his deep emotion: "Return to reason, as you ought, and stop sinning.

Some' of you are quite ignorant' of God; I say it to your shame."

The National 'Catholic Stew­ ardship Council always gives. a three-part answer to the ques­ tion of how people can contrib­ ute to the church. They can, the organization says, give from their . time, their treasure and their talent.

"Stewardship" points to' the care exercised in one's respon­ sibilities. In this age of ecology, it is common to hear about the need for stewardship of the en­ vironment but when we speak of stewardship. in parishes, we mean the sense' of responsibility people must. take for' a vital parish. The buildings and the.' bills, the services and the very life of the parish need the con­ tributions of. man)" people.

A pastor recently' remarked, "I never thank a .parishioner for a donation. I always tell the donor that I thank God he or she. h~s the opportunity to make I such. a donation." .

The comment reflects the at­ titude" deeply rooted in the Bible, that we have all been Em­ I trusted with various gifts,givl:)n to us so that we can serve God ,and one another.

If there is a need for steward­ ship in the parish,. there is 'also a need for stewardship of and i1y. The wife accepts the coins and, since 1979, the mission has ,:,y Lenore Kelly by the parish. The parish is and promises to use them well. been self-supporting, with more I The' Hispanics at Our' Lady of people bound to each other at Sister Maria Louisa Munoz than half the parishioners con­ Guadalupe Mission in Muscatine this time and in this place. But recalls the initial struggles to tributing regularly.

Iowa, are meeting in- small;, the parish also belongs to the "Hispanics have a lot to' offer establish a base for Hispanics. n,eighborhood groups, becoming whole church. the church," says Sister Irene Many came as migrant workers f·riendsand sharing their faith.'

Just as St. Paul urged support Munoz, who sees a core group F:ather Edward O'Melia vicar to Iowa during the 1950s and of leaders developing along with for the church in Jerusalem in 1960s and settled.. in Muscatine, oIf the mission which' serves the early day~ of Christianity, Turn to page thirteen f'pur Iowa towns, says: "Because West Liberty, Conesville and there is a need now for parishes­ Columbus Junction.

"It was each neighborhood. group is to contribute their time, talent clear that they badly needed .small, it can become strong." and treasure to the whole' . something of their own to iden- • Our LadY' of Guadalupe par· tify with," says Sister Munoz. church. Many parishes contrib­ i~lhioners are proud of their new ute a significant sum to con­ ThereJore" in 1972, Father c~urch center. cerns beyond those addressed in

By Janaan Manternach Thomas Buechele' joined Sister I It's not just another church the various diocesan and nation­ Munoz to begin a ministry to al .collections. . building, says Father O'Melia.

Paul stood on top of. the steps "It's a symbol of community and the Spanish speaking. Eventually in front of the Roman head­ A shift seems to be occurring illS goal is evangelization - to the Davenport diocese purchased quarters, the Fortress Antonia. in many parishes away from draw Spanish·speaking families a small home for meetings and Armed soldiers guarded him. scraping together funds and tal­ in 1975 Our. Lady of Guadalupe Their commander, Claudius, . b,ack to the church." Many par­ ents as needs arise. People are i~:hioners,he explains, are from . was established. stood off to the side. The crowd being urged to decide in ad­ As the mission prospered, ~ filled the stairway and over­ )'1!Jfal Mexico where their only vance how they will contribute. c,ontact with Catholicism was at mission council representing the flowed into the temple area be­

By Katharine Blfd This means, for example, that four areas was formed. An initial low.

III monthly M~ss. they are encouraged to give Parishes, like families, are Paul began to' tell them how time and talent to the various struggling. against inflation and I The mission encourages fiestas endeavor was to make the 'mis­ sion self-supporting and to con­ he grew up in Jerusalem. He ex­ parish ministries. a nd celebrations of Mexican na­ energy costs., struct a church in Muscatine. plained that he was a Pharisee. ti,onal holidays. Hispanic tradi­ It also means they are asked Nevertheless, many pastors tions' are followed whenever Money was raised mainly Then he told them how he met to make a commitment regarding praise parishioners' for financial through raffles, sales, dances the Lord on the road to Da­ the amount of money they will responsiveness. Father Joseph ppssible. and a pledge campaign. mascus and was sent to preach So, at weddings, the new hus­ donate during the year. This ap­ ,Byron, of St. Rose of Lima Par­ to the gentiles. h!md gives "arras," or coins, to Trained leaders visited mis­ proach, of course, is more fea­ ish in Gaithersburg, Md., said his wif~ as a symbol of his wil­ At that point, some began to sion members to explain stew­ sible for people whose incomes for instance: "So far we have ardship and, mission expenses; Turn to Page Thirteen allow them to make such plans been very fortunate. People here li:f1gness to support the new fam­ and who are accustomed to bud­ are trying to keep up with their -:-:~----------_._----­ geting their money for each church commitment." '. month and year.

At St. Mark's Church in ,Vi· The role' lay members of the enna, Va., pastor Father Thomas parish assume in overseeing fi­ Cassidy thinks giving is up o~er­ nances and in making appeals all. At the end' of the first y~ar to fellow parishioners appears of a three-year pledge campaign to be increasing. It has been . for building a new church,' he said that when the church's new said, 97 percent of parishioners Code of Canon Law is promul­ had lived up to their combined gated, it may mandate a finance $1 million in pledges. . committtle _for parishes. This How do parishes spend their would acknowledge the degree of responsibility parishioners funds?

-Liturgies. should 9ring to the process of St. Mark's budgeted $42,000 gathering and expending the monies of the parish.

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Continued from page twelve for expenses connected with liturgy last year. This includes $1,200 for the art committee which decorates the Church for liturgies and $1,900 for music expenses, including a part-time music coordinator and copy­ righted music materials. Work­ shops for people on parish com­ mittees run to about $2,600.

-Religious education.

At St. Rose's, salaries are the single largest expense. Father Byron explained that the parish considers it important to pay a decent wage. Therefore, when hiring a new director of religious education, depending on exper­ ience and education, the parish expects to pay a salary of $15,000-$20,000.

The total religious education budget at St. Mark's Parish for the past financial year was $110,000, which included $78,000 in salaries.

--Parish appreciation nights.

Some parishes sponsor an annual social evening featuring dinner and entertainment to thank the many people who volunteer their services. To serve 400 people, expenses can run to $1,000 or more.

How are parishes saving?

-Energy.

A large parish in Saginaw, Mich., hired experts to conduct a study of energy-saving means.

In response to their advice, it is making its buildings more energy efficient.

In the 25-year-old education center this means replacing some' windows with heavily insulated walls.

Also, the heating system has been conditioned for maximum efficiency. The parish hopes that· these renovations will pay for them!ielves in terms of energy costs saved.

Some parishes combat energy costs by altered use of facilities.

In a recent year, St. Mark's util­ ity bills ran $19,500, much of it for air conditioning and heating, including a $2,500 service main­ tenance contract. To save on air conditioning, weekday liturgies are now celebrated in the rec­ tory basement.

Major purchases.

Because interest expenses are so high, many parishes are pay­ ing cash for big-ticket items, first soliciting bids.

All parishes provide many services which are not self-sup­ porting. Often nothing or only a minimal fee. is charged for workshops. One pastor said that parishioners who donate serv­ ices to the parish attend work­ shops at no charge, even though leaders may be paid up to $100 daily.

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"Rid the earth of the likes of him! He isn't worthy to live!"

The soldiers drew their swords.

Claudius, the Roman comman­ der, ordered the soldiers to take Paul inside the headquarters and question him under torture.

Claudius. was determined to dis­ cover why people were so upset about Paul.

The soldiers led Paul to a dungeon, stripped him to the waist and tied him to a post in the center of the room. They were ready to flog him.

Paul turned to the officer in charge.

"Is it legal to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?" he asked. The centurion was alarm­ ed. He knew that the law for­ bade flogging a Roman .citizen.

He ran to his commander. "Do you, realize what you are doing?" he asked. "This· man is a Roman citizen."

Claudius rushed into the dun­ geon. "Is it true?" he asked Paul.

"Are you a Roman citizen?"

"I am," Paul answered.

"It cost me quite a sum to get my citizenship," Claudius mlised . aloud. He was not born a Ro­ man, so. he had to buy his citiz­ enship.

"Ah," Paul replied, "but I am a citizen by birth!" Paul had been born in the city of Tarsus where the Roman authority Mark Anthony had granted citiz­ enship to the inhabitants'.

At Paul's response, the sol­ diers backed away from him.

Claudius himself became afraid.

He knew what might happen to him if the emperor learned that. he had punished a citizen of Rome without a trial.

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·ERtIE, Pa. (NC) - Some 950 Benedictine priests, sisters and brothers have asked the U.S. bishops to' develop a compre­ hensive "theology of peace" as part of their current delibera­ tions on war and peace in the nuclear age. In a letter to a special committee of bishops es­ Continued from page twelve ta~lished last year to take a two permanent deacons and five· new look at church teachings on catechists who are completing a war and peace the Benedictines two-year training program. called the peace issue "the most Mrs. Casas says: "Our parents critical problem in the history have kept the faith, the language of the human race." "It is time,' and the traditions alive. Now it we think, for the American is up to us to pass these on to Catholic Church to say a forth­ our children. We hope they will right NO to further development feel proud and keep them alive of nuclear arms by our nation," said the letter. too'"

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However, several parish lead­ ers remarked that retre~ts, whether for .adults or teen­ agers, customarily are self-sup­ porting.

Some parishes provide coun­ seling. At St. Mark's, two train­ ed staff members whose educa­ tion was partially sponsored by the parish, provide marriage and family counseling at a relatively !ow fee, usually between $10 and $15 an hour.

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The other categories of A-I through A·IV will remain essen­ tially the same; although the words "morally unobjectionable" will be'dropped. That is, the cate­ gories on movie suitableness will read as follows: A-I, general pa­ tronage; A-II, adults and adoles· cents; A-III, adults; and A-IV, adults with reservations.

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One learns much from Christ­ mas cards and messages. As one acquaintance wrote" "What would we ever do, those of us who hate to write letters, were it not for Christmas, and a chance to keep in touch!"

"Keeping' in touch" usually means detailing year-long activ­ ities and problems. '.. At Christmas we amateur theologians like to tell one an­ other what such and such a pas­ sage in the gospels means to us: An elderly lady wrote me, "Why do people co'ncentrate so much on what they are going to eat? So, if we are hungry for one meal, wasn't Crhist some­ times hu'ngry?" She says she lives humbly and asks for little and she gets disgusted to read or hear of others forming pres­ sure groups and 'asking for so' much. "Whenever we ask for something: more," sl:le, writes,. "someone else has' to suffer." , I find that ,those who want few material goods really do re­ late to Jesus.' Their letters are full, of his tender' ministries (whi(:h titey' tty to 'duplicate).

They write of how he waived the honors Cif condition in his birth and the comforts of~ pro­ perty in his life. He hungered, often, slept under 'the ,skY,shiv- , ered with cold, s,peot hi,mself,

physically, was tired and got al­ most no sympathy. , So if we are inconvenienced now and then, is it too much if we share cold and fatigue with our Lord? People complain too much. They want someone else to do the sacrificing and wish to escape that virtue themselves!

I We think it heroic to tak~ un­ e~pected suffering calmly. Peo­ pie call us brave. But Jesus, saw the sorrow and he went for­ ·ward into it, knowing what he must endure. He selected, the path of sorrow and suffering. . In all this he showed us i that he came to minister and' ndt be ministered unto. Away with pampering he was saying. $top expecting the world t6 wait on you hand, ~nd foot., : This past year I lost two dear friends, both deeply., spiritual.

They bore pain such as wpuld cause others to despair. Both said they were not' asking God to remove, the ,p,ain, siIppl~ to have the, strength tQ. bear it.: 'I thought of the 'words of St. Bernard: "Let us listen," he said, "to no one who would persuade' us to' come down from the crpss;­ let us persist in remaining I on ' the cross, let us'die on the cross, let us be' taken down 'by !the hands of others and not by 'our own, 'afterhis example, who'~aid on the cross" 'It is finished.','" ~i'

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By Tom Lennon Teen suicides have increased by a whopping 300 percent in the past 20 years. Why? Some experts attribute it to the increased pressure young people face today.

Many teens, especially loners, live in fear of that' world out there. They'll have to get a job and, complete and overcome all 'sorts of obstacles. ' , Perhaps ,you too experience fear of this world, even- though you are far from suicide. What attitude should you try to adopt o_ and try to impart to anyone you suspect is thinking of sui­ cide?

Be aware that everyone ex­ periences fear at certain times.

Across the street from me is an SO-year-old widow who for the first time in her life is living alone. She's frightened but, she keeps going day after day.

Several years ago a friend took up teaching after years of , writing in solitude. He feared 'facing a class of young people.

He told me, "The walk to my first' class 7>Vas long and scary.

I; had to repeat to myself, 'Keep on going. Ypu can do it.'''.

A popular song some years back 'put it this way: "When . you walk through a storm, hold your head up high, and don't be afraid of the dark.. ."

I'd like to put up in every school a 'large' ban~er saying simply, . "Hang in there,",

Often the things we fear 'most don't materialize. Instead the un­ expected happens, and althOligh it is sometimes scary, we meet the challenge. , It is helpful to talk to y<?ur friends, younger and older, about what you' fear. You might also wish to talk to a priest or some other counselor. " Often the person who fe~ls weak and frightened really has untapped reserves of courage.'

By Charlie MartJn

THE OLD SONGS

candles burning, glasses are chilled, and soon she'll be by Hope and pray she'll say that she's willing to give us another try And if aU those plans I've made don't melt the lady's heart I'U put on the old 45's. ' And maybe the old songs, will bring back the old times IMaybe the old lines wiJI sound new Maybe she')) lay her head on my shoulder I Maybe old feelings will come through iMaybe we')) start to cry and wonder why we ever walked away IMaybe the old songs wiJI bring back the old times . :And make her want to stay. :It's been too long' sirice I've seen her face light up when I come !home ' U's been too many hours I've wasted starin' at the phone :Sweet old songs I'm counting on you to bring her back to me ,I'm tired of list'ning' alone. ' Maybe the old songs wilJ bring back the old times Maybe the old lines will sound new . , Maybe she')) lay her head on my shoulder Maybe old feelings will come through 'l\1aybe we')) start to cry and wonder why we' ever walked away :Maybe the old, songs will bring.back the old times And make her want to stay, want to stay , 'WeI. maybe we')) ,start to cry ,~d wonder why we ever walked away , .

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sings "The. Old Songs." It's a song that s~ggests a" way to rebuild' a broken relationship. It' involves burning candles, chilling glasse's und putting 'on the old 45s.' .

I That methOd might fit well iit a I romantic dream. But there are n:iore effective ways to heal bro­ k,bnness, assuming the relation­ sl~ip is one we ought to try to hl~aI. :The most important step is pl~rsoilal. We must face the pain I

and honestly examine the cause of the breakup. We may need another, p.erson's, help to do this objectively. For the intensity of our feelings could distOl:t our understanding of the problem.

If a broken relationship is to be mended, both 'individuals must want to accept and learn from what has happened. And someone must take the first step.

It takes ,courage to take the first step. Manilow make's no mention of how he arranged his

rendezvous, but no better wa exists than direct communica­ tion.

We have to take the risk 0 sharing the sadness and regret we feel. That means asking the other for time together; it also means allowing the other to free­ ly accept or reject this invita­ tion.

In Manilow's song, the hope is that the combination of musi and memories will soften he painful heart. However, rathe than listening to music, th couple ought to listen to eac other's hurt.

Often the real cause of separa tion is deeper than we firs think. 'For example, one may ap pear ,jealous of how much atten tion the other gives to his 0 her friends. While the jealous may be the visible problem, th real problem may be a proble with trust. If the couple takes th time to discuss that prQblem, painful separation can be avoid ed.

What does it mean to for give? For one thing, it, coul meanac'tively looking for way to resolve the hurt. Blame an guilt are not effective in re establishing relationships. Bu forgiveness bas'ed 'on a commit ment to listen to each othe offers the possibility of recon cjliatioJ1.

We can't always expect to hea pain in Ii day. Whatever cause the separation took time to d its damage, and now even mor time may be needed to rebuild.

Not that all our time togethe should be work. There may be time to "put on the old 45s" an remember what 'was good abou the past. And, if we begin wit forgiveness and a commitmen to make the future different fro the past, these times of celebra tion will also take on meaning.

In any love relationship, som pain is met. But those willing t w.ork at love may also heal thi pain. The closeness and care tha keeps love growing need contin ual re-creation.

So take the plunge. Jump i~to the cold water. Move into th,at world out there. And never neg­ lect, prayers. like this from Psalm 62: In God is my' safety and, glory, The rock of my strength. I Take refuge in God all you people.

I Trust him at all 'times.

Pour out your hearts before I him For God is our refuge.

Don't throw your life away., Hang in there~ Send questions to' Tom Len­ non, .1312 . .Mass. Ave. .N.W~, Washington, D.C. 20005.

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By Bill Morrissette

ports watch Holy Name Retains Crown, D'Ambrosoo Sparkles Sparkling performances by Tom D'Ambr~io provided the highlights of the Holy Name hoopsters of Fall River's march to their third consecutive Holiday Festival Basketball Tournament in the Kennedy Center, New Bedford. Holy Name is the only champion the tourney has known in its three-year existence.

Excelling in the playmaker role, D'Ambrosio scored 67 points in the three tournament games, 24 in the quarter-finals in which the Holy Namers routed St. Julies of No. Dartmouth, 65-33, 22 in the champions' 47-46 victory over Our Lady of Grace of Westport in the semifinals and 21 as Holy Name clinched the championship with a 69-52 win over Martin Middle SchooFof Taimton in the championship final.

In the final Doug Edmonds contributed 19 points and Tom Karam 13 for Holy Name. Don

Bates, with 21 points, was high scorer for Martin Middle, who got a 10-point effort by Jim Do­ zier.

• Martin Middle defeated St. Mary of New Bedford, 49-36, in the quarter-finals and Our Lady of Assumption, 43-38, in the semifinals. Our Lady of Grace eliminated Mt. Carmel of New Bedford, 54-29, and Our Lady of Assumption defeated Tauton Catholic Middle School, 50-24 in the quarter-finals.

It is worthy of mention that D'Ambrosio representing Morton Middle School of Fall River, was the winner in the 12-13 age bracket in the Greater Fall River division of the Elks Na­ tiona I Hoop Shoot Foul Shoot­ ing Contest held in Durfee High School. He caged 20 of his 25 throws. He, along with other, winners, advances to district competition, to be held in the Kennedy Center on Jan. 16.

eyo Baseballers Honored A banquet of champions hon­ in batting with an average of oring Kennedy, the 1981 Bristol .378 and led the league in hom­ County CYO Baseball ~eague ers with eight. champion, was held in White's First baseman/pitcher Dick Restaurant, Westport. Awards Phillips, of Central, was awarded were made to several players. the Sportsmanship Trophy, Paul For the second consecutive Amorin, of South End, the De­ fensive Player of the Year season Bill Shea, Jr., was select­ ed as the most valuable player. award. Bill Silvia, of Maplewood; In a release from the league it and Mike Marchand, of North is reported that "he had more End, shared the Competitor's victories than any other league Award.

Ray Correia South End, Sil­ pitcher, hit well in the playoffs via, and three Somerset players and played his second base posi­ - Paul Goyette, Brendan Shea tion flawlessly in Kennedy's sur­ and Norm England - were pre­ prising playoff victories."

Members of the Kennedy squad sented special award jackets. included coach Bill (Shifty) Shea They had finished their final - the MVP's father ,- assistant season and had played at least two seasons. coach Russ Gibson, Ken Med­ New Bedford did all its scor­ eiros, John Hart, Bob Pavao, Glenn Larrabee, Steve Tierney, ing in the first period in defeat­ Carlin Hart, Mike Nunes, Mark ing Fall River South, 3-0, last Rodrigues, Tom Carroll, Chris Sunday night to regain the lead Lima, Dave Mitchell, Bill O'Brien, 'in the Bristol County CYO Lester Wilkinson, Stephen Burke, Hockey League. Before that game the teams had shared the league Phil Harrington, Steve Harring­ ton and, of course, Bill Shea Jr. lead.

In the companion game, spark­ John Jackson of the Somerset ed

by Greg Smith's three-goal team won the batting champion­ performance, Marion, in its best, ship trophy with an average of .486. His 34 hits included six scoring effort of the season, up­ doubles, six triples and three set Somerset, 5-2. Both now • home runs. He drove in 30 and share the league cellar.

Sunday night's games in the scored 20 runs. Steve Mercier Driscoll Rink, Fall River, have of So'uth end, .456, was' the run­ Marion vs. Seekonk at 9 o'clock, nerup.

Fall River vs. Somerset at·10.

The Outstanding Pitcher's Trophy went to Steve Ogden, of Knowing the Poor North End, for the third con­ secutive season. Over the three­ "We who live in the richest year span he won 21 games, lost country in the world - we who six, allowed only 60 earned could feed the whole world ­ runs in 187 innings and fanned need to find ways of cooperation 337 batters. and mutual aid to lessen the suf­ Lance Smalley and Mike Mor­ fering of so many who are eira, battery mates for Somerset, hungry . . . We come to know shared ~ookie-of-the-Year hon­ the poor in the' breaking. of ors. Smlllley had a 6-1 .record .breact, they come to know. 'us and an earned run' average of and all come to know ,Christ." , 1.31. Catcher Moreira was 10th - Dorothy Day

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Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for' gen­ etal viewing; PG-parental guidance sug­ gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

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(given to films not morally offensive which,' however, require some analysis and explanation): O-morally offensive.

New Films uReds" (Paramount): This three and a half hour film, direc­ ted and co-written by Warren Beatty, is about John Reed, the radical journalist who wrote about the Russian Revolution in "Ten Days that Shook the World." It is the best, most in­ telligent and most appealing Am­ erican movie in quite some time.

Beatty never lets its sheer spec­ tacle overcome the love story that is its essence. Beatty and Diane Keaton are excellent as John and Louise Reed. Though there is occasional rough' lang­ uage and the fjlm takes a be­ nign view of adultery and radical politics, the context prevents blurring the moral viewpoint of a mature viewer. A3, PG "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"

(United Artists): A brilliant and witty young sculptor (Richard Dreyfuss) survives an auto acci­ dent as a paraplegic dependent upon a dialysis machine and con­ stant medication. Deciding he doesn't want to live under such circumstances, he gets a lawyer to get him released from the hospital, though this will result in his speedy death. Dreyfuss is excellent as is a fine supporting cast. The material, however, is a little thin and becomes repeti­ tive as Dreyfuss reiterates his stand. What he wants, in terms of Catholic moral theology is not suicide, since there is a prob­ able justification for judging that the means used to keep him alive are "extraordinary" and therefore morally dispensable. Lacking a clear presentation of the moral options, however, most viewers will probably see the situation as a simple choice between liv­ ing or committing suicide. Be­ cause of this and because of a nude sequence, the film is rated A4, R.

The uGhost Story" (Universal) cast includes Fred Astaire, Mel­ vyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and -Patricia Neal but despite such 'talent it's an intellectually impoverished film version of Peter Straub's novel about a vengeful spirit stalking four old codgers who had sent her to the bottom of a Vermont pond 50 years before.

Had there been a bit more in­ telligence expended on the story and characterizations and less attention lavished on special ef­ fects, "Ghost Story" might have made a good film~ As is, because of extravagant nudity and graphic sexuality, it has been .c1a~sifi.ed 0, R. , ,"Buddy

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(United! Art· ist~): T~~s ill-conceived attempt to turn 8 so-so French farce

about a ruthless hit man and a suiciaal cuckold into a, 'vehicle for Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon is unfunny and taste­ less. Because of vulgar and ob­ scene language, some nudity, and low moral tone, it is rated B, R. "Four Friends" (Filmways): Danilo Prozor, (Craig Wasson), a young Yugoslavian immigrant, comes of age in the '60s in this uneven film. The characteriza­ tions are for the most part sketchy or, in the case of Geor­ gia. a loud-mouthed girl inex. plicably beloved by Danilo and his two high-school friends, abrasive and' unsympathetic.

There is some brief nudity and a distant shot of, a couple making love. Because of this and because sexual promiscuity figures in the .plot, the film is rated A3, R. "Rollover" (Warners): Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson . are entangled in high finance in this failed attempt to make ro­ mantic melodrama of an econ­ omic apocalyps~ caused by Arabs folding up their money and silently stealing away. The plot is complicated without being clever and the characterizations are shallow. Because of rough language and two or three fair­ ly restrained- love scenes, it is classified A3.

"Pennies from Heaven" (Uni­ ted Artists): Comedian Steve Martin plays a straight role in this almost unqualified disaster.

As an unsuccessful peddler of sheet music in the Depression era, Martin is beastly to women and takes refuge from harsh real· ity in lavishly choreographed production numbers. Because of amorality, prostitution and abor­ tion, the film is rated A3, R. "They All Laughed" (Fox): This screwball comedy is agress­ ively unfunny as it follows the antics of an odd assortment of New Yorkers. Due to illicit sex­ ual relationships figured in the plot, it is rated A3, PG. "Neighbors" (Columbia): This attempt to turn novelist Thomas Berger's black comedy into a vehicle for John -Belushi and Dan Aykroyd is a dismal failure de­ void of laughs and insight. Be­ cause of unusually crude and graphic language, it has been classified O,R. "Sharky's Machine" (Warners): Burt Reynolds, who also di· rected, plays a tough and aggres­ sive Atlanta detective demoted to, the vice squad because of overzealousness in making an arrest. Here he sets out to get a shadowy Mr. Big of the drug traffic by close observance of his girl friend. The film has some good monaents and is consistenly entertaining but the good mo­ ments don't compensate enough for a lackluster conclusion and an uncertain focus. Because of graphic violence and exception­ ally crude language, the film is classified A3,R. "Heartbeeps" (Universal): This dreadful little comedy about two robots who fall in love is at 79' minutes probably the longest

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short movie ever made. Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters have an impossible task as the romantic robots. A movie to be avoided at all costs. Al,PG. "Modern Problems" (Fox): Chevy Chase plays an air Traf­ fic controller with ESP in this dreary, slipshod comedy.Be­ cause of vulgarity and incidental sexual byplay, it is rated A3,PG.

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Parents of confirmation candi­ I Boys in grades 5 through 8 Kindergarten through 6th dates will meet at 7 p.m. Mon­ wishing to be ,altar boys are ask- grade CCD classes will resume day in the church hall.

I. ed to call Father Bruce Neylon Saturday.

ST. MARY, NB .

Parents and children preparThe Couples' Club will meet lat the rectory.

ST. RITA, MARION ing for :fiirst penance will meet at 8 p.m. Sunday :in the rectory Confirmation candidates will in the parish center at 6 p.m. basement. Daily Mass is offered I ST. ANNE, FR meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the .'

The Blessed Sacrament will be Sunday. at 7 a.m., preceded 'by the rosary rectory.

Confirmation classes will re­ and Litany' of Our Lady. The exposed tomorow fonowing 11:30 a.m.

Mass.

An hour of adoration sume Wednesday, Jan. 20.

The CYO SCHOLARSHIP January rosary intention is for The annual CYO All-Star hurting, separated and divorced '1 and repara.tion will take place first group of candidates and from '2 to 3 p.m. 'in the shrine. their parents will ma~e a retreat Game in benefit of the Rev. parish families.

I St. Anne's ultreya will meet at Sunday, Jan. 24. The second Charles A. Donovan Scholarship ST. STANISLAUS, FR , . - I 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the home of group aild their \ parents lare Award will be played at 7 p.m.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronirt will ,Normand and Bertha Morri.s- scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 21.

Thursday, March 25, at the Dris­ celebrate 10:30 a.m. Mass Sun­ coll Rink, Fall River.

sette, 475 Tecumseh St., Fall SECULAR FRANCISCANS day, initiating parish obvewance I River.

Devotions will be held in .

St. Francis of the Cape Fra­ ST. JOSEP.H,FAI~HAVEN of the Year of Our Lady of New members are welcomed Czestochowa and blessing the' I honor of the Pilgrim Virgin, in ternity will meet at 7:10 p.m. the Morrissette home for a week.

Tuesday at St. John's parish cen­ by the junior and senior folk parish Czestochowa tapestry. 'ter, Pocasset, for Mass and an choirs. Further information: Mrs. A .famJily life seminar will be .I HOLY FAMllLY, TAUNTON .ministry leaders address on "Sowers of Light."

Osuch, 994-3405. held at 6:30 p.m.. Sunday; Jan. I Family The parish council will meet 17, with Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred IGeorge and Diane Durant. have All welcome. at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14.

Varieur discussing husband-wife lannounced that Jim, and Mary SACRED HEART, FR relationships and sexuality.

Perry and George Mastin have Weekly bulletins will be dis­ FAMILY BEGINNINGS, FR Father Thaddeus Winnicki Ijoined the team of the new partributed as parishioners leave A winter semes of programs will meet with anyone interested lish . undertaking, which expects Mass. To facilitate this, bulletin for parents of in,fants and young in beginnJing the study of Polish to initiate many programs in the racks have .been installed on the children will begin Tuesday at at:8 p.m. tomorrow in the school. Icoming year. . last pew at the end of each aisle.

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'ST. MARY, SEEKONK Confirmation sessions will reNutritrlon, child health and safe­ I The annual appreciation' dinsume Saturday, at which time ty and coping with parental ten­ BLUE ARMY sions will be among discussion The Blue Army of Our Lady ner for participants in parish candidate interviews will be topics. Further dnformation: 674­ of Fatima will hold its monthly 'minilstries and their spouses will .. conducted.

The - parish sewing group 5741, ext. 262. holy hour and meeting at 2:30 ,be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. . meets at the rectory from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Fatima Church, New Bedford. I CCD classes will resume Sat- p.m. each Tuesday. All welcome.

Ski Club activities resume All welcome. .

SS. PETER, & PAUL, FR flrday.

Wednesday. Members meet at All are welcome at the annual 5:30 p.m. in the church parking parish council open meeting, to lot, ski in Franklin and return to be held at 7 p.m. Sunday. Offi­ Swansea by 11' p.m. cers will be elected.

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ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA Families and godparents of all children baptized during 1981 are invited to attend 9:30 a.m.

Mass Sunday, the feast of the baptism of our Lord. Baptismal promises will be renewed and refreshments will follow Mass. . Knights of the Altar will Vlisit Boston Monday, Jan.' 11. The day will include a visit with Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Dailey and tours of the State House and Quincy Market.

On Wednesday, Jan. 13, K of A members will ·attend 'a Second District Court session in Fall River, hearing an address by Judge Thomas Quinn and parti­ cipa'ting in Martin Luther King Day activities.

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