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This is the night to shine for thousands of friends of excep­ tional and Underprivileged child­ ren. They'll be dancing until 1 a.m. to the music of the AI Rain­ one and Buddy Braga orchestras at the 29th annual Bishop's Ball.

Among highlights of the tra­ ditional winter social event at Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, will be presentation of 38 young ladies from dioce­ san parishes to ·Bishop Daniel A. Cronin Iby V.incentian Robert McGuirk of North Dighton.

Festivities will begin at 8 p.m. in the ballroom with music by the AI Rainone group and at 9 p.m. in the lounge with the

Buddy Braga musicians.

At 9:05 the bishop will be es­ corted to his box by honorary blll1l chairmen Russell J. April, president of the Altleboro dis­ trict council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and Mrs. David Sellmayer, president of the Dio­ cesan .Council of Catholic Wom­ en.

The presentee ceremony will begin at 9:10, .followed by danc­ ing, a grand march, singing of· the National Anthem by Kenneth Leger and introduction of Bishop Cronin by Msgr. Anthony M~ Gomes, diocesan ball director.

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ORDAINED TO THE TRANSITIONAL DIACONATE in ceremonies last Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral were, from left, Thoma s E. McGlynn, James M. Fitzpatrick, James Ferry, Mark R. Hession. (Gaudette Photo)

WASHINGTON (NC) - End­ ing more than a century of offi­ cial non-recognition, the Vatican and the United 'States announced establishment of full diplomatic relations Jan. 10.

The Vatican, in a brief state­ ment, said the two countries, "desirous of developing mutual friendly relations already exist· ing" had decided to estabHsh re­ lations at the level of an em­ bassy at the Holy See and an apostolic nunciature in Wash­ ington.

The State Department issued the same statement six hours later in Washington, and the White House announced that President Reagan had nominated William A. Wilson, his current persona'! representative to the Vatican, as the first U.S. am­ bassador to the city-state.

Although the United States had diplomatic relations with the then Papal States until 1867,. it was represented at the Vatican by "resident ministers," there­ fore Wilson will be the first full­ fledged ambassador.

The Vatican's spokesman, Father Romeo Panciroli, said the name of the Vatican's pronun­ cio to the United States would be announced later. .

Pope John Paul II's current

representative to the U.S. bish­ ops, Archbishop Pio Laghi, who has served as apostolic delegate in Washington since 1980, could be appointed the new pronuncio.

But the Vatican normally does not announce the name of the pronuncio until some time after the announcement of the estab­ Hshment of the diplomatic rela­ tions.

The announcement raised. to 107 thEl number of nations with diplomatic relations with the Vatican,inc1uding several com­ munist countries. The United States had diplomatic relations with what then was known as the Papal States during a por­ tion of the 19th century, but Congress in 1867 passed legisla­ tion prohibiting funding "of an American legation. .in Rome."

Late last year Congress agreed to lift the ban on fuB diplomatic relations with the Vatican, lead­ ing to the Jan. 10 announcement.

Though the U.S. bishops over the years have taken no position in the public debate over U.S. recognition of the Vatican, their president, -Bishop James W. Ma­ lone of Youngstown, Ohio, wel­ comed the announcement.

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THE ANCHOR­ Friday, Jan. 13, .1984

With . millions of Christians around the world, Catholics of the Fall River diocese will join

in observance of the 77th annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which begins Jan. 18~ the feast of St. 'Peter's Chair in Rome, and ends)an. 25, the feast of St. Paul.

This year's general theme for the Week is "Called To Be One through the Cross of Our Lord."

A particular aspect of the Cruci­ fixion win be considered each day in the light of appropriate scripture readings. Among topics are His Cross Reveals God's Love for the World; His Cross Overcomes Separation; His Cross Gather Us in One Body; He Calls To Challenge the Divisions of the World.

Churches '. n New Bedford, Fall River and Ta,unton have an­ nounced ecumenical programs to be held during or following the Week. .

New Bedford participants have dedi<:ated their observance to the memory of Msgr. Henri Hamel, a devoted ecumenist and former pastor of St. Joseph's parish in that city, who died during last year's Week.

The Greater New Bedford Clergy and Religious Association will sponsor services at 7:30 each night of the week, as follows: - Wednesday, Jan. 18: Trin­ ity United Methodist Church, 473 County Street (at Elm), New Bedford; - Thursday, Jan. 19: South Baptist Church, 745 Brock Avenue, New Bedford; - Friday, Jan. 20: Hope Evan­ gelical Community Church, 368 Middle Road, Acushnet; - S'aturday, Jan. 21: Union Baptist Church, Court and Cedar Streets, New Bedford; - Sunday, Jan. 22: St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Kemp­ ton Street and Rockdale Avenue, New Bedford; - Monday, Jan. 23: St. Mar­ tin's Episcopal Church, County and Rivet Streets, New Bedford; .....,. Tuesday, Ja~. 24: Friends' Meeting House, 594 Smith Neck Road, South Dartmouth; - Wednesday, Jan. 25: St. James' Roman Catholic Church~ 233 County Street, New Bedford.

In Fall River an ecumenical servi~ wi}} be held at 7 p.m.

ThurSday, Jan. 19, at 5S. Peter and Paul Church with Rev. John' Sargelit, pastor of the First Primitive Methodist Church, as homilist and music by the SS. Peter and Paul choir.

The program is traditionally sponsored by the city's Niagara , . Neighborhood churches, consist­ ing of S't. Paul's Lutheran, St. Luke's Episcopal, and Holy cross and Our Lady of Health Catholic' churches in addition to the F~t Primitive and SS. Peter' and Paijl. A reception: will follow it. .

In Tapnton the Greater Taun­ ton CIQl'gy A'ssociation, repre-, senting some 30 area church~. will spOnsor an ecumenical 'ser- .

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NC) - A U.S. Navy commander who dis­ agrees with some aspects of the U.S. bishops' pastoral ~etter on war and peace nevertheless says everyone should read it because it can aid the formation of con· science.

Commander A. K. Cebrowski, a Navy air wing commander from Virginia Beach, Va., wrote in a naval affairs magazine pub­ lished in Annapolis that some "unthinking people" have placed "an ,unfortunate and unneces­ sary bur-den on military and de­ fense industry people" by their interpretations of the letter.

"For example,the bishops do not call for military people to resign or disobey orders, nor do LEO MEDEIROS, brother of the lat e Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, accompa­ they condemn military defense or the possession of nuclear nied by his wife, 'presents a' scholastic check to Laboure Junior College student lin­ weapons," he wrote. da Trubiano. At right is Sister Maureen St. Charles, DC, Labou,e president.

"I found myself one of those burdened people until I read the bishops' letter. I recommend that everyone read it." to- the sick and needy."

He added that the letter "help­ 'The family of Humbert6 .and brother-in·law.

Laboure, is an independent ed me form my conscience on In establishing the $1000 Cardinal Medeiros presented many of the issues surrounding a scholarship in memory of Cardinal Medeiros Memorial ,coeducational"" college con­ the discussion of war and peace." the late cardinal to nursing Scholarship, Sister Maureen ducted by the Daughters of Cebrowski, who was com­ student Linda Trubiano dur-' St. Charles, DC, Laboure Charity of St. Vincent de missioned in the Navy in the Paul. It is the only two year president; commented, "Car­ ing recent ceremonies at La­ mid-I960s through the Reserve boure Junior College, Boston. dinal Medeiros had a special college ,in New England offer­ Officer Training Corps program Presenting the award were commitment to help the poor ing associate degrees exclu. at Villanova University, made Mr. and Mrs. Leo Medeiros, . and less fortunate members sively in health care.

Those wishing to contribute his comments in Proceedings, a brother ~d '- sister-in-law of of our society. It is fitting monthly publication of the U.S. that this scholarship, awarded to the Cardinal Medeiros the cardinal. Also in attend­ Naval Institute. ance were Manuel Medeiros, in his name, will enable our scholarship fund may contact The institute is a century-old another brother, and Mr. and students to prepare for their the college at 2120 Dorches­ 85,OOO-member independent or­ Mrs. Antone Souza, a sister 'own commitments of service ter Avenue, Boston 02124. ganization for the discussion of navao} affairs based at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.

In the article Cebrowski noted that he had been "volunteered" WASHINGTON (NC) - U.S. said a letter from five minority Bishops, the letter "was quickly by fellow parishioners to '.'de­ forgotten," the five bishops said. bate" Bishop Walter F. Sullivan bishops should use the anniver­ : bishops. of Richmond, Va., on the issues The bishops, members of the sary of the Rev. Martin Luther The Conference for Interracial of war and peace.

King Jr.'s birth to reflect on pro- ' board of the National Catholic Justice will assist each diocese "It was, in fact, not a debate gress made in eliminating racism, Conference for .Interracial Jus­ in planning "coHaboration be­ but an effort to help those con­ tice, also asked each, U.S. dio­ tween cultural groups and for cerned form a conscience that to use the new King Holi­

cese ongoing reflection on specific will contribute ·;to peace," he progress being made on inter- said.

vice ,at 7 p.m. Sunday,_ Jan. 29, day, Ja.n. IS, as a uriity day be­ at Memorial United Methodist tween the different cultural . racial justice in the church."

Cebrowski defended the bish­ The five bishops asked their ops' decision to address the is­ Church. The homilist wiU be groups found in the church.

Progress in eliminating racism fellow bishops to assign some­ Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pas­ sues of war and peace.."That the , tor of St. Stanislllus Church, Fall should be measured against the one from their diocese to be a . bishops take up this issue is ap­ River, and music{wiH be by the 1979 U.S. bishops' statement on contact p~rson with the confer­ propriate," he said, "but it is no Memorial United choir and the racism, "Brothers and' Sisters ,to ence to participate in planning less appropriate for military Phoenix Choir of Bridgewater Us," they said. The pastoral and training. officers to enter the discussion deals "with the new face of State College.

The minority bishops are and enlighten their conscience A highlight of the .service wiU , racism today and its continuing Archbishop Robert F. S~nchez of on the ethics of modern war." come when all in attendance dreadful effects on our Native Santa Fe, N.M.; Bishop Ricardo The Navy commander took wash their hands in a symbolic American, Hispanic, and .black Ramirez' of Las Cruces, N.M.; issue with the bishops' pastoral ridding of ca~es of disunity brothers and now increasingly Auxiliary .Bishop Joseph Francis in several instances, however. on the Asiatic members of the of Newark; Auxiliary Bishop Eu­ among churches.

On pacifism, he agreed that A reception win follow ihe community." gene A. Marino of Washington; the rights of the conscientious ceremony.

Although issued by the Na­ and Auxiliary Bishop Harold objector should be respected, but All are welcome to all services tional Conference of Catholic Perry of New Orleans. . he took issue with some forms in the three cities. . of "active non~violence" which The Unity Week observance he said during the Vietnam War began in 1908, founded by caused many to suff~r "great Father Paul Wattson of the Fran­ hardships."

ciscan Friars of the Atonement. sAN FRANCISCO (NC) - The judged to make the year's most

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as the Church Unity Octave. American Catholic Historical As­ original and significant contribu­ call for immediate agreements to

Later it was renamed the Chair sociation has awared its John tion to the historiography of the halt the development of new nu­

of Unity Octave, then its present Gilmary Shea' Prize to Thomas Catholic Church. clear weapons systems. Such a

title: A. Kselman,' assistant professor At the assoCiation's annual halt, he said, eventually would Speaking in 1980 during the of history at' the University of meeting, this year held in San result, in unilateral disarmament Unity Week, 'Pope Johri,Paul II Notre Dame.

Francisco, Paul F. GrendJer, of "because of the. asymmetricsin said: "We must daily ;ask the '•. Kselman won for his book, the University of Toronto was in­ force and capabilities."

Lord for unity until all Chris­ "Miracles and Prophecies. in stalled as president.

He also argued that there are tians, having overcome their Nineteen,th - Century France," no fundamental differences in d,ivergences and reached full published by Rutgers University the moral dffflculties involved ' ,unity of faith, will be able to Press. ..The Remedy in nuclear and conventional war celebrate and take part together The $300 award, named for a "If we begin to pray we shall ' and said nuclear war "has be­ in the one eucharist of the Lord, historian of A'merican Catholic­ cease to sin, but if we cease to come the red herring which' has the sacrament of the coming' of ism, goes to the American or pray we shan begin to sin." ­ distracted us from the funda­ God's kingdom."

Canadian author whose' book is St. Au~stine mental issue of war." \

Scholarship honors late· cardinal

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. ] 3, 1984

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Coyle and ,Cassidy High School of Taunton, as part of the final phase of a million­ dollar capital limpro\1ements campaign, will stage a major phonothon beginning Monday.

For five consecutive evenings, more than 100 volunteers will phone alumni, parents and friends, offering the -opportunity to participate ,in the most ambi­ tious and important development effort in Coyle and Cassidy history.

With enrollment at an all­ time high, expansion and reno­ vation of classroom areas, com­ puter labs, and handicapped ac­ cess and parking facilities, as well as addition of a two-story athletic faciLity, are essential to continuation of the school's tra­ dition of exceHence.

The diocese of Fall River is supporting the Coyle-Cassidy en­ deavor, with 'Bishop Daniel A. Cronin pledging assistance through the Catholic Charities Appeal.

Now, said campaign general chairman Joseph I. Quinn, "the time has come for our own special community to help turn dreams into reality."

"No pledge is too small," add­ ed Mike Tabak, the school's die rector of development. "The Phonothon is as personal as it is effective, insuring that a warm, friendly voice is the bearer of good news about plans for the future."

The phonoton, continuing Jan. 16 through 20, wm originate from Coyle and Cassidy High School. It will seek to reach alumni, parents of current stu­ dents and local and regional friends.

Hispanic. pastoral WASHINGTON (NC) - The 9,50o-word final text of the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter on His· panic ministry was released Jan. 10.

The document, "The Hispanic Presence Challenge and Com­ mitment" is also Ibeing made aVailabl~ in Spanish.

The bishops approved the es­ sence of the pastoral at their November meeting in Washing· ton. After the amendment pro­ cess was completed it was ofi­ cially approved Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and released Jan. 10; The total U.S. Hispanic popu­ lation is estimated as at least 20 million and the United States ranks fifth among the "world's Spanish·speaking countries," the bishops noted in the letter.

The letter spoke against ra­ cism and called for U.S. Cath. olics, Hispanic and non-Hispanic, to work together "to explore creative possibilities' for respOnd­ ing inn~vatively, flexibly and immedia~ely to the Hispanic presence." ' The . 'bishops recommended Spanish and bili~al worship, bilingual ministers and more re­ sources for • Hispanic ministry.

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Now in charge of community PrevostHigh School in Fall River. development and planning at St. He attended St. Norbert Col· Norbert Abbey, De Pere, Wise., lege before entering the Order Father Vanasse will assume his of Canons Regular of Premon­ new duties on March 16 at the New York office of the Propa· tre in 1954. Ordained in 1960, he holds a doctorate in theology gation of the Faith. the Gregorian University in from Commenting on the appoint­ Rome and has done postdoctoral ment, Msgr. William J. Mc;Cor­ studies at the Biblicum. mack, national Propagation direc­ He has taught at St. Norbert tor, said, "Father Vanasse will share an important responsibility Abbey, St. Norbert College ,and for awakening a~d deepening the Catholic Theological Union the missionary conscience of the in Chicago. In Chicago he also People of God in the Uriited served as planning assistant to the Union president.

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"Mission education is a funda­ On home visits Father Vanasse mental objective of the Propa­ has preached throughout the Fall gation of the Faith. As secretary River diocese on behalf of his of the Missionary Union, he will community's missions.

His focus his efforts on deepening mother is a member of St. Mary's the missionary awareness of Cathedral parish.

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Once More - Diplomatic Relations " With the simple 'statement, "ending more than' a century of official non-recognition, the Vatican and the United States announced establismnent of full diplomatic relations January 10," the National Catholic News Service relate'd to its subscribers an event that is more than a mere happenst~nce.

There, are many for whom such an act of diplomacy it will provoke outrage on the part of others, The fact is that 'history has reknit diplomatic ties rudely ruptured'in 1867, ()n the p~rtof the United States, although a consul of the thel). Bapal St~tes con­ ,tinued to serve in the United States until 1895, despite, the fact that the states had been absorbed into Italy in 1871.

The story 'of diplomatic representation ,to ,the Vatican is indeed one of the most interesting areas 'of American history. Few people realize'that reJations between the states began in 1784, when the Papal, States agreed to open some ' Mediterranean ports to U.S. shipping interests. ' , But in the welter of American politics, the; re\4pifica­ tion of Italy 'and dissolution of the Papal States, 'diplomacy .suffered, although during the Civil War both President' Lincoln of the Union. and Jefferson Davis of the' Confed­ eracy sent personal envoys to the Papal States to plead their ,respective causes: After that war; "however,' U.S. diplomatic relations with the papacy were effectively ter­ minated.

One cannot deny that there were and yet are' forces in this country which violently oppose diplomatic ties with the Vatican. Frorrt the hatred of tlJ,e Know Nothings to the bias of a Jimmy Swaggart, there exists among some Americans a vicious' dislike of all and anything "Roman." this bigotry- has been since the earliest days of the country the chief reason why the United 'States ''Would not recog­ ,nize the State of Vatican City. ' .

There is another side of the issue that concerns the Catholic church family itself. Before the appointment of the first apostolic delegate to the Catholic church in this country in 1893, there was much hesitancy, not to mentiqn fear and trembling, on the part of many American bishops with regard to the entire question of having a papal repre­ sentative in the United States.

The bishops wanted to run their dioceses without the close supervision of, Rome. Their all too familiar attitude was that Rome just did not understand the' American' church experience. There was prevalent, in fact, distinct distrust of the European mentality with its strong church­ state ties. Some of the same feelings still permeate some American thinking. , _Actually, there can be little doubt that official diplo­ matic ties between the United States and the Vatican will be of positive benefit to the world family. The present efforts of the Holy See in defense of humaQ. dignity and rights confirm the moral leadership of the pope in the areas of peace and justice.

In addition, it is well known- that the Vatican is one of the world's great listening posts, a constant font of international information. This fact has been recognized by the recent presidential appoinqnents of personal envoys to tlie Holy See. With official diplomatic status this country will indeed benefit from the unique place of the Vatican in world affairs.

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By Jim Lackey WASHINGTON (NC) - Even before word has been set on paper, a proposed pastoral letter by the U.S. bishops on the Am­ erican economy is generating a debate' .similar to that which ac­ companied last May's war and peace pastoral.

In recent weeks leading busi­ ness magazines, such as For­ tune and Business Week, have published short but stinging articles accusing, the bishops of trying to write the Democratic "­ Party's presidential platform or of promoting socialism. A mid­ December symposium on the pr.oposed pastorlll at the Univer­ sity of Notre Dame also added fuel to the fire. . That the proposed pastoral al­ ready is generating such intense discussion is surprising, given the history of the war and peace letter and the more esoteric sub­ ject to be addressed in the new pastoral. The, debate over the previous Jetter, on a topic emo­ tionally significant to major por­ tions of the American public, didn't fully erupt until after its first draft was issued in mid­ 1982.

But while the field of econ­ omics doesn't evoke so strong an emotional response as the question of nuclear conflict, economic policy issues dQ tend to generate heated debate among economists, corporate execu­ tives, union leaders and politi­ cians.

In part the bishops' committee which will d~aft the pastoral

finds itself in the middle of this publican Party. At a session on "Religion and the Economy" debate because of th~ four con­ troversial economic issues the chaired by AEI resident scholar new pastoral plans to address. Michael Novak, several partici­ Those topics employment, pants debated whether the bish­ poverty, trade 'and economic ops should say anything about planning are, issues which ~conomics. have intense advocates on all While some argued Ithat the sides. bishops have no partciular ex­ On employment, for instance, pertise in economics and should Archbishop Rembert Weakland not be expected to provide any of Milwaukee" chairman of, the enlightenment in that field, drafting committee, has - said others said the church has a legi­ Catholic ,social teaching can timate pastoral concern for the make a case for employment effects of unemployment and creation as a top national prior­ should be free to contribute to ity. the public debate. . Such a declaration undoubted­ Also at the session Jesuit ly would get the bishops into the Father Thomas M. Gannon, di­ tpick of such ongoing debates rector of Georgetown Univer­ as the definition of "full employ­ sity's Woodstock Theological ment," the government's role as Center, delivered a lengthy paper an employer of last resort, and ' in which he argued that in a the value of such programs as complex modern society religious the Comprehensive Employment institutions can provide an im­ and Training Act (CETA), which portant moral base that can many church groups supported counteract secularizing influ­ but which the Reagan adminis­ ences on economic development. tration dismimtled as' wasteful.

Archbishop Weakland made a ,Economic planning is another similar point at the last meeting topic bound to raise controversy of the U.S. bishops, when he de­ no matter what the bishops say livered, a progress report on the given the growing national de­ economic pastoral, a report in bate over whether economies which he revealed that the first such' as Japan's operate more draft will not be released until efficiently than systems with after November's presidential less overall government planning elections to avoid faille politicai' or industrial policy-setting. implications.

In the effort he sai¢ the com­ One example ·of the debate al­ ready taking place in Washing­ mittee found through ltearings it ton over the bishops' letter came conducted on the issue, that there at a recent symposium sponsored is a need "to bring tp the em­ by the American Enterprise In­ pirical debate the moral and stitute, a ,40-year-old "think ethical dimensions that are too tank" with close ties to the Re­ often left aside."

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Why would anyone who dream of upward mobility? WlJy makes millions of dollars do some people go through ex­ pain to win? Who, or want to make more? During cruciating what, is prompting us to want the past few weeks this to conquer, to assert ourselves,

question was raised about the motives of a top sports figure.

He was asking for a larger salary, even though he is al­ ready a millionaire.

Let's hypothesize. Could it be that money breeds greed? The more we have, the more we want?

Perhaps the demand· for a sal­ ary increase is not so much the desire to buy more material goods, but rather the sheer en­ joyment received from making an art of making money.

Or, is it possible that when a person becomes a star, a strong feeling of insecurity comes with it? Chief Jl.lstice William O. Douglas, we are told, was very I insecure despite his esteemed position and extraordinary ability with law.

Is an increase in salary a means of affirmation? In the case of the sports figure, is it a way of saying, "I am the best in the league. I need a sign of this in the form of money. This is the way I keep my feeling of security?"

My guess is that 90 percent of the fans and even ·the sports figure will never know the full answer to this question.

Then why bring it up? Because the drive for more money, se­ curity, affirmation or recogni­ tion is the story of life for many people. It is a story that needs to be re~amined during these first weeks of 1984.

For example, what is the phil­ :lsophy behind the American

to aspire constantly?

On the other side of the ques­ tion, does a John the Baptist really make sense to our way of life when he says he must de­ crease in order for Christ to in­ crease? And how does the para­ dox of offering one's life for an­ other fit in the modem world?

Where is the fine line between justified pride and needed humi­ lity?

As we struggle to achieve peace, whether it be in our homes or in the world, should we not re-examine the philosophy of being number one? . Let's say our economy grows in 1984. Everyone has more money. We feel more secure, af­ firmed and recognized. Where will this ultimately lead us? Will the Third World be better be­ cause of our prosperity? Will we have an increased moral and religious sense in our society?

It is not my intention in rais­ ing these q'uestions to lecture my readers. But during the begin­ ning of every new year, we re­ mind ourselves it is time to make a resolution.

Perhaps we are chain smokers, a little heavy with alcohol and bad language, or hot-tempered.

To resolve to curb or to end these habits is considered good.

But in making resolutions, I wonder if we might include some bigger questions that go beyond bad habits - questions that chal­ lenge us to go counterculture.

The questions raised when a millionaire sports figure asks for

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more 'money lead us to questions which very well may affect our and our children's destiny. Am­ erican society has conditioned us to expect more, to shoot always for the top, to move continuous­ ly forward. And forward we move to the beat of the drum.

'But whose drum is it? Ours, God's or the philosophy of an-" other? Resolving this question might just lead us to the best New Year's resolution we have ever made.

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Since The Anchor Is not only a newspaper ot passing Interest but will serve In the future as an Important historical record of events in the Fall River dio­ cese, we wish to take note of the death of any priest, sister, brother or deacon who'has served here at any time or is an area native working elsewhere.

We are weD aware of the deaths of diocesan priests but often learn only by chance of those of other dedicated men and women. We therefore ask reUgious superiors, funeral di­ rectors and/or friends and rela­ tives to notify us In such ~, not only for the record but also to ensure the prayers of those 'in the diocese for the eternal re­ pose of the departed. .

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the hell I did and thinking there's no help. Please tell them about Beginning Experience," ing and ·infidelity that were a I am happy to do so and I whole new way of Jife to me. apologize for not letting readers How could I tell my loving par­ know about this valuable gift ents that- I had failed them after earlier. The Beginning Experience aU they had taught me about (B.E.) is a weekend program de­ the permanence of marriage? signed to help widowed, sep­ "So I suffered for seven more arated and divorced persons years. I. had two babies and make a new ,beginning in life. blamed myself for my husband's Although the program was de­ behavior. If I were more patient, signed by and for Catholics, it prettier, or a better housekeeper, has been open to persons of all he wouldn't drink or treat the faiths from the first. children so badly. I Jived eight An especiaIJy trained team years of guilt and hell. I gave up leads participants through a on God who wasn't answering simple program consisting of my prayers. I stopped going to pres~ntations by the team fol­ church. I hated my friends' who lowed by personal reflection and were happily married. dialogue in small groups. The "One night my five year-old weekend is quiet, reflective and said to me, 'Mommy, maybe if spiritual but because of its inwe drink stuff with Daddy, he tensity also exhausting. ' will like us better and not be Why the need for such a mean anymore.' I knew then I weekend? In addition to the nor­ had to end my marriage. mal trauma of separation events, "To my surprise, I found my many divorced persons see them­ parents and my church a source selves as standing on the peri­ of great support . . . to me, a phery of the church like un­ divorce~ Catholic. They knew of wanted and unloved children. our misery though I tried so hard The B.E. helps them deal with to hide' it. My parents' pastor the psychological grief process told the~ about a weekend called and also offers an opportunity Beginn~og Experience and it for turning pain into grace. saved my life and my sanity.

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spread across the land. It is de­ signed to be a time of closure on the past and a new beginning in the present. Persons who come should be beyond the initial feel­ ings of an.,ger and despair which usually foHow the loss' of one's spouse. They should be at the point of desiring a new begin­ ning and ready to work to make that desire a reality.

B.E. has programs in all states and most dioceses and has a na­ tional director, Rev. Guy Gau. An exciting offshoot is the growth of three B.E. weekends for the children of divorced or widowed parents: one for child­ ren, one for young people 12 to 17 and one for young adults over age 17.

B.E. has been offered in the Fall River diocese and will be again if sufficient' interest ,is ex­ pressed, says Father Ronald A. Tosti, diocesan director of f~­ ily ministry. Further information is available from his office at 500 Slocum Road, North Dart· mouth 02747, tel. 999-6420.

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Peace of mind comes from God, and you have to be open to God to accept it.

"A lot of people foolishly be­ lieve that money can .buy happi­ ness. They think clothes, car:>, vacations and expensive even­ ings out will make them happy.

They think alcohol and cocaine will make them happy. They think exotic sex will make them happy. They think a promotion at work will make them happy.

They think the admiration of other people will make them happy. They think a smart social life will make them happy. They think knOWing everything in The New York Times will make them happy. So they devote their lives to pursuing those things. ' "The result is disappointment and despair, because G~ is the source of happiness, content­ ment, peace of mind. True seren­ ity comes from God. A tranquil soul comes from God. Fulfill­ ment comes from God. There is no such thing as self-fulfillment; there is only God-fulfillment.

Jesus Christ came to show us the way. So go to church on Sundays, read the New Testa­ ment for a few minutes daily, make friends with spiritUal peo­ ple. Beware of zealots, fanatics, oddballs, spiritual superstars, political Christians. Stick with ordinary, old-fashioned Chris­ tians. Find a sympathetic, amiable priest. God is good, and He will bring you along slowly and gradually in faith," What do you think? Write to the editor what you would tell a poor soul.

ledge, better than whatever this world has to offer you - your relationship with God is better than any of these. Everything and everybody else will let you down, but not God. God is al­ ways faithful.

You and I know this, of course.

Too bad we haven't done a better job of communicating it, be­ cause a lot of people don't know it. Our failure to spread the word that God is fulfiHing, and that only God is fulfilling, and that worship of money, of ro­ mance, of success, of applause, of knowledge, etc., is the source of our woes :..... our failure to spread that message is too bad.

I'd tell you how to be a good evangelist except that I don't know how. The most assertive proselyters these days seem to be the socalled born-again Chris­ tians. I've been approached by them several times. They've tried to make a born-again Christian out of me. I always disappoint them. I like all the .things they abhor \ the pope, bishops, priests, religious, saints, sacra­ ments, stained glass, incense, vestments, silent prayer, peace and quiet. I'm much too reserved a soul to go around hollering "Praise the Lord!" all the time.

The style of born-again Chris­ tians makes me uncomfortable.

I think they embarrass them­ selves.

Of course, they would argue that' I lack real faith in Jesus Christ. They would hint that I am an agent of the Devil. The only thing about the Mass that born-again Christians would like is the sign of peace, at which point they could display their affection for one another with energetic embraces and loud pro­ clamations. If the pope put me January 14 in charge of liturgy, which isn't Rev. John J. Lawler, M.M.• likely, I would do away with 1977 Maryknoll Missioner the sign of peace because I re­ January 15 gard it as contrived lind cumber­ Rev. Thomas F. Kennedy, Pas­ some. I'm too selfconscious for the sign of peace scene. I'd make tor, 1948, St. Joseph, Woods Hole a terrible born-again· Christian.

Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, Re­ I should add that I have no tired Pastor, 1977, St. Patrick, beef with born-again Christians, and I'm happy for them if they Wareham January 17 are happy in their faith. I Rev. John Laughlin, Retired wouldn't try to make Catholics out of them. Live and let live, I Pastor, 1967, Holy Ghost, Attle­ boro ~ay. But born-again Christianity isn't my cup of tea. I have to JlUlluary 20 admit, though, that they are at ' Rev. Roland J. Masse, Assis­ least .eager and willing to pro­ tant, 1952, Notre Dame de fess their faith.

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Cape'Cod writer salutes Gregor Mandel

From 1856 to 1866 he observed over 21,000 plants, in the garden The author, a member of St. of his monastery, studying traits Joan Arc parish, Orleans, is such as flower color, plant a semi-retired teacher who grad­ height, seed shape and texture. uated from Boston College and He noted that those traits were did graduate work mt George­ inherited as elements (now call­ town University. His article is a ' ed genes), one element being re­ centennial tribute to Grego!' ceived from each parent. He was Mendel, who died Jan. 6, 1884. the first to discover that all Editor. living organisms possess the Ever since man began observe basic units (genes) by which ing himself and his surroundings characteristics are transmitted he has realized that certain from parent to offspring. This characteristics run in families. finding was of monumental im­ We expect the color. of the hair . portance in the field or" genetics; and cayes, the shape of the chin Father Mendel further learned and nose and m'any other charac­ that each factor or gene could teristics to be inherited - but how? Often a child with black· exist in two forms. One could haired parents shows up with contain instructions for a domin­ ant characteristic, such as height, red hair inherited from a grand­ parent or even more' remote which might prevail over an­ other characteristic, such as ancestor. Why? The answers to such questions dwarfism. The other could con­ are now largely known through tain instructions for a reces­ the science of genetics, founded sive state that did not prevail

by Gregor Mendel as a result of and seemingly disappeared': He found, however, that. such mask­ 10 years of labor in a quiet mon­ ed or lost characteristics might astery garden.

Mendel was born in 1822 in reappear in later generations.

He concluded that if an off­ what is now Czechoslovakia. He spring has either two dominant entered the Augustinian order in 1843 and was ordained a priest or one ,dominant 'and one re­ cessive element, the dominant in 1847.

In addition to theology, he trait wiH prevail. Only if two showed a strong interest in recessive traits are present will botany. P,uzzled by the mystery the recessive trait prevail.'

Having arrived at his now fa­ of inheritance, he set out to dis­ mous laws of heredity. Father cover what controlled charac­ teristics and how they were Mendel presented his findings to ,passed from one generation to science in 1866. But the impor­ tance of his ~ork was neither another.

He knew that no one had bred appreciated nor understood. His hybrids (two plant varieties report made no impression. which had been crossbred) sys­ Lonely and distressed, he tematically for generation after died Jan. 6, 1884; never suspect­ generation, recording exactly ing that he would be famous. It which inherited characteristics was not until 1900 that other appeared in each plant; so he set scientists came across his work out to do that, studying the in­ . and what are now known as the heritance patterns of garden Mendelian laws of inheritance peas. ~ere brought to the attenti?n of

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An obscure priest gave us the answer. the entire scientific world. Thus the Augustinian monk gained the fame he deserved, even though posthumously.

So it was that a humble and obscure Catholic priest working in a monastery garden discover­ ed the laws of heredity. roday genetics is helping doctors in

their continuing quest to con­ trQl and eventually, eradicate disease.

Genetics has also made vital contributions to the science of agriculture, increasing the suc­ cess of animal and plant breed­ ing as attempts are made to im-

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and crops.

It is even possible that the work of this man, now regarded as one of the most influential persons who ever lived, may one day lead to the elimination of world hunger.

Justification agreement climaxes 5-year study'

By NC News Service Those in whom sin begins do uals to awaken' and strengthen The new U.S. catholic-Luther­ nothing to merit justification, justifying faith. an consensus on justification cli­ which is the free gift of God's (7) In justification we receive maxes nearly two decades of grace. Even the beginnings of by faitp the effects of Christ's work by a dialogue group ranked justification, f<;>r example, re­ action on our behalf. Justifying among the most scholarly and pentance, prayer' for grace and faith is not merely historical advanced in the world. desire for forgiveness, must be knowledge or intellectual con­ viction, but a trustful, self-in­ Part of the -21,OOO-word on God's work in us. justification released Sept. 30 4) We remain God's creatures volving response to the Gospel.

summarizes the elements of even when ruled by sin. We re­ 8) Justifying faith cannot ex­ agreement by participants in the . tain the human freedom to make ist without hope and' love; it five-year study. That part fol­ choices among created goods, necessarily issues in good works. lows: but we lack the capacity to turn Yet. the justified cannot rely on (1) Christ and his Gospel are to God without divine help. \ their own good works or boast the source, center and norm of (5) Justification as a transi­ of their own merits as though Christian life, individual and cor­ tion from disfavor and unright­ they were' not still in need of porate, in church and world. eousness .to favor and righteous­ mercy.

Christians have no other basis ness in God's sight, is totally (9) Sin noJonger reigns in the for eternal lire and hope of (inal God's work. ,By justification we justified, yet they remain sub­ salvation than God's free gif~ in are both declared and made ject to sinful inclinations and Jesus Christ, extended to them .righteous.. Justification, there­ the assaults of sin so' that, when in the Holy Spirit. fore, is not a legal fiction. God, left to their own powers, they (2) The prerequisite of final in justifying, effects what he fall repeatedly. Of themselves salvatiqn is righteousness. To be promises. He forgives sin and they remain capable of losing makes us truly righteous. ' saved qpe must be judged right­ justification, but, becau~e of the eous an~ .be righteous.

(6) Scripture, the proclamation great mercy' of God 'in Christ, (3) A~ a consequence of orig­ of the word and the sacraments they may firmly trust and hope inal sin, all human beings stand are means whereby the Gospel, that God will bring them to final salvation. in need of justification even be­ as the power of God' for salva­ fore th~y commit personal sins. tion, comes concretely to individ· (10) The eternal reward prom-

ised to the righteous is a gift, for it depends whoHy on God's grace in Christ, the one mediator between God and fallen, human­ ity. , (11) The good works of the justified, performed in grace, will be' recommended by God, the righteous judge, who, true to

his promises, "will render to everyone according to his works" (Rom. 2:6) (12) The priority of God's re­ deeming will over every human' action in bringing about ultimate salvation is recognized in both our traditions by the classic doc­ trine of predestination.

Prayer gets priest in jail VATICAN CIlY (NC) - A Yugoslavian priest was' sen­ tenced to 50 days in jaB for publish,ing a prayer to St. Leo­ pold Mandic which asks people to' reject materialism, Vatican Radio has reported.

Vatican Radio identified the priest as Father Filip Pavic and said he included the prayer in a religious periodical he publishes.

"St. Leopold Bogdan Mandic, pray to God with all the other saints and blessed Croatians for our parish, for all our people,. so that the theory and practice of materialism will not take pos­ session of them," said the

prayer, considered contrary to the constitution as opposing the MaJ?Cist social-political system.

For the homeless PHOENIX, Ariz. (NC) - His home construction company will donate $1 million over 10 years to the St. Vincent de P~ul Society of Maricopa County to help the homeless, announced <;harJes H. Keating Jr., chairmaJ) of the board of Continental Homes.

The money will help provide shelter and food to the homeless, said Keating.

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Oldest high school has newest library The oldest high school in the Fall River diocese has the newest library.

Students at 75-year-old Holy Family High in New Bedford are enjoying the renovated an(1 aug­ mented Austin Library, thanks to a generous gift from 1940 graduate Margaret M. Austin.

In addition to a sizable infus­ ion of new Ibooks and updated audiovisual equipment, the three­ room ,library area has new floor covering, drapes and lighting.

Miss Austin's gift, which memorializes her parents, is ac­ knowledged by means of a wooden plaque in the lbrary reading room. The work of Flinn of Taunton, its handcarved let­ ters are inlaid with 23-karat gold leaf imported from a Vatican City dealer.

The library accommodates a private study area and space for senior religion classes. It is di­ rected by Alice Mercier with aid when needed from Sister Eugenia

Margaret, ~USC, a Holy Family English teacher who holds a library sc~ence degree.

Miss Austin's gift )Vas also recognized at a recent Holy Family concert, followed by a library reception. Her family's relationship with the school goes back to an uncle, the late Rev. Edward L. KiJ1.igrew, a member of Holy Family's first graduating class in 1908 and also the first graduate to _be ordained to the priesthood.

Miss Austin's mother, Helen (Killigrew) Austin, was a 1909 Holy Family graduate. The lib­ rary memorializes her and her husband, MichaelC. Austin, a well-known ~ew' BedfQ.rd under­ taker who attended Holy Family Grammar School in his youth.

Miss Austin, now retired, work­ ed with her father at the funeral home, which has since passed into other hands.

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By Julie Asher SNOWMASS, Colo. (NC) To those on the outside, contem­ plative life.in a monastery may - seem irrelevant to what is hap­ pening in the "real" world.

But to the "real" world out­ side St. Benedict's Monastery, in the Rocky' Mountains near Snowmass, the Trappist monks' life is a symbol of peace 'and balance.

"Even if they are not religious, the people here have a tremen­ dous respect for the monastery," said Karen D'Attilo, who lives near the 3,500-acre Trappist ranch. "The monastery offers a point of balance here. People know there is a place some­ where where the world stays in balance." .

Ms. D'Attilo, raised a Catholic, said she had turned for a time to Eastern meditation and phil­ osophy to find a deeper spirit­ uality but her discovery of the monastery led her back to Cath­ olicism.

"I like the energy arid the way it operates here," she said. "I see it· as a focal point of the power of Christ. There is a tre­ mendous amount of his prese­ ence here."

The spiritual energy at the monastery also appeals to Father Thomas J. Dentici, administrator ·of Holy Name J»arish in Steam­ boat· Springs,' Colo. "Their ex­ ample shows us tl:1at there's a lot more t9 life than just what we see under our noses or· on this·' side of the grave," he said. "They remind us that we are a pilgrim people going to an everlasting kingdom."

St. Benedict's was founded in 1956 by St. Joseph'.s Abbey, Spe.ncer,-Mass. Monks designed and built the monastery ,?uild­ ings, set in a valley rimmed by 13;000-foot mountains.

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St. Benedict's community is small, with only about 15 monks, ,including two novices. One monk is on leave to help care for his ailing mother.

Father ThOmas Keating, 60­ year-old retired abbot of the Spencer abbey who is now St. Benedict's retreat master and guest master, said that "mon­ astic life is a powerful witness to alert others to the value of developing their own dimension of contemplative prayer. It's one way of leading me in total pur­ suit of the spiritual development the Gospel proposes to all Chris­ tians."

"Moriasticism gives the church a witness . . . of living for God alone," he .added. "Our with­ drawaJ from the world -is not absolute but for the dynamism of monastic life to work it has to be thorough."

Father Keating said modern Trappists emphasize the contem­ plative orientation of the Rule of St. Benedict and the values of si,lence, solitude and prayer. But Vatican II brought some changes in monastic life.

Periods of silence have been relaxed although the monks still observe the traditional "great silence" from evening vespers until after morning Mass. In certain places' in the monastery, there is no' talking unless abso­ lutely necessary, but the monks may converse· as they work and there are times for informal dis­ cussions.

Their white robes are worn only for prayer. Like any other ranchers the Trappists wear jeans for workday chores. Daily, eggs are collected from 10,000 chickens, processed and sent to area restaurants and stores. A solar-heateii greenhouse which supplies many of the monas­ tery's vegetables must be tended, while in summer the monks care for a two-acre garden. Vegetar­ ians, they purchase items such as fruit and macaroni during a weekly shopping trip. There, is other routine ranch work to be done, undertaken with the assis­ tance of a few lay people who live on the ranch in exchange for their work.

The monastery also hosts re­ treats and workshops, hoping, as Father Keating puts it, "to transmit the heart of monastic life to' people."

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There are, so many problems. cisions he wiU ever make. You / blessings upon this· couple, God I don't condemn her for being have neither the right nor the dispenses blessings in lavish and married before, but she never power to make this decision for mysterious ways. Again, 'it.is not up to us to judge whom God will mentioned it to all my relatives him.

You seem to care for your son bless. and friends she met. Today I saw a different shirt and! trou· very much. If your object is to Your son is grown up, and sers my son had on. He said develop an adult relationship there is a paradox about 'rela­ they were her husband's. I was which you both can enjoy for tionships with grown-up child­ enraged. I said, "What is she the rest of your lives, there are ren. If you iet go, ,let them grow trying to do - make you look steps you can take. up and leave' you, they will prob­ First, stop trying to change ably remain your friends. If you Uke her husband?" She wants to invite her deceased ,husband's other people. The only person try to hang on to them they will relatives to. her wedding which you can or should try to change probably leave you, both in body is yourself. You say that you and in spirit. Pray and seek help again I disagree with.

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WASHINGTON . (NC) If there are not enough priests to hear confessions, a non-sacra':. mental penance service "is more suitable than general absolution" i,n most' cases, says a report by the Vatican's Internationa,1 Theo· logical Commission.

The conclusion marks a re­ jection of recent trends under which general absolution has in­ creasingly been seen as the pri­ mary way of meeting' the prob­ lem of a lack of priests.

The theologians acknowledged the difficult pastoral situations in many parts of the church but suggested that the "possibility of a Christian obtaining the for­ giv~ness of grave sin by perfect contrition" provides a pastor­ ally better framework for deal­ ing with such situations than does general absolution without individual confession.

A non-sacramental penance service in which persons with grave sins are urged to perfect contrition "is more suitable than general absolution, 'because in I this way the obligation to the ,later personal confession can be made psychologically more un­ derstandable to most of the faith­ ful," the commission said. . The church's tradition on per­ fect contrition, it, -commented, holds that this act "also always ,implies the desire of receiving 'the sacrament of penance as soon as possible" and that it "probably is a sufficient disposi­ tion for receiving the Eucharist" when there are not enough con­ fessors available.

The report, "Penance and Re­ conciliation," was released in , English translation in the United States in· January. ,It was pre­ pared for the 1983 world Synod

of Bishops. option as that which "determines In the repo'rt ;international in the .Jast analysis the moral commission of 'papally appointed condition of man." theologians reviewed the biblical, While affirming that the Eu-, theological and anthropological cnarist "forgives daily sins," in dimensions of penance, the re­ accord with' the' church's con­ lation -between personal and viction from ancient times, they social sin,· the difference be· also pointed to the equally an­ tween grave and non-grave sins cient church tradition of exclud­ and the place of confessions of ing from the Eucharist those devotion in Catholic life. who were guilty of grave sins.

Rejecting an individualistic "Therefore the Eucharist is no view of penance and reconcilia­ alternative to penance in the tion, the commission noted that -church," they sad. "conversion to God is irrevocably The International Theological connected wth conversion to Commission, established !?y Pope one's brother" and that it is im­ Paul VI in 1969, consists of 30 portant to recognize the relation­ leading theologians from various ship between a personal act and countries who meet at least once its social dimensio~. a year to study and report on The theologians said that each theological or doctrinal questi()ns , person can make a "fundamental ' posed to it by the pope or by decision" of saying yes or no to the Congregation for the Doc­ God" and they 'described this trine of the Faith.

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VATICAN CITY (NC}-"--Pope John Paul II told a group of Lebanese Maronite Catholic legislators Jan. 10 that all par­ ties involved in Lebanon's civil strife must concede something to . foster national unity' and promote reconciliation.

All Lebanese, the pope said, "reunited around their legitimate lIluthorities, should find the wi1l ond the .power. to 'rekindle, in a clear and sincere dialogue, those values of solidarity and unity that are indispensable to the survival of Lebanon."

"Such a plan supposes that all the parties involved are willing to make sacrifices and to give up something, so that the com­ mon good may be the only vic­ tor," the pope said.

The pope said that despite years of warfare in Lebanon that has "caused excessive re­ actions and intransigent atti­ tudes," it was not to late to overcome divisions.

The Holy See, he said, was following the evolution of Leba­ non's political situation care­ fully, and would spare no effort to help assure a national life that "corresponds to the aspira­ tions of its people."

That effort would include the support for the "recognition of the existence and the rights of Christian communities" in the country, he said.

The pope included the "sov­ ereignty and independence" of Lebanon as key components of national reconciliation.

The pope's talk came amid efforts by Lebanese President Amin Gemayel, a Maronite Catholic, to work out a peace plan among the warring Leban­ ese political faction. At the tIme the pope spoke, GemayeJ's efforts were faltering because ClPposition Moslem political leaders wanted a major realign­ ment of the current division of top governmental offices.

Under agreements worked out at the time of Lebanon's inde­ pendence from France in 1941, the president must be a Maron­ ite Catholic, the prime minister a Sunni Moslem and the speaker of the Chamber of <Deputies a Shiite Moslem. Membership of the Chamber of Deputies also is proportional to the religious population.

Lebanon's 2.7 million popula­ tion is about equally divided be­ tween Christians and Moslems.

Maronite Catholics are the main Christian gt:9up. Other .key Christian groups are Melkite Catholics and Orthodox. The main Moslem groups are the Sunnis and Shiites. The Druze, a breakaway Moslem group, are also a powerful political and religious movement.

Many Moslem leaders object to the current division of gov­ ernmental offices saying the Christi~p groups have dispro- . portion~te powers because, since the agreements were reached, the Moslem population has in­ creased while the Christian populat'jon has declined.

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CINCINNATI (NC) The ma attached to suicide is diffi­ family of a person who commits cult for survivors to deal with. suicide must overcome grief, "The reality," he said, "is that guilt, anger and the fear of suicide can happen to anyone. social stigma and know that even in the 'best of families' and they are not responsible for to the 'best of people,' .. their loved one's death, 'said Father Pangrazzi tells people Cami1lian Father Arnaldo Pang­ who wonder if their loved one is razzi. happy or suffering punishment Father Pangrazzi, who worked to look upon Jesus" prayer from with a support group called Sur­ the cross as an. invitation to vivors of Suicide, offers advice trust. "He knows the deepest reo for the survivors of a suicide cesses of each of 'liS, and his victim in St. Anthony Messenger ,love and mercy are greater than magazine. anyone can ever know or underWhile working with S.O.S., - stand," Father Pangrazzi said the ques­ tion most asked was why did the person' commit suicide.

While sometimes an explanation is left in a note to family or friends, most often there is no note or it offers little insight.

"It is difficult to know what Diredion of really went on in the mind and Rev. J. Joseph Kierce heart of a person before sui­ cide," the priest said. "To gen­ Author and Producer of eralize is not helpful because The New England Passion Play each suicide is 'individual. ''THE CHRISTUS" "l'lte survivors may need to learn to live with the mystery, because 'why?' may never be answered. They need to gradually let go of the whyys, accept what happened and go on living," Father Pangrazzi said.

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Priest is robotics expert LATROBE, Pa. (NC) - In the world of make-believe, robots like R2D2 and C3PO of "Star Wars" fame are mature adults, but in the real world "working robots are sUIl infants," says Benedictine Father Cecil G. Die­ thrich.

Father Diethrich, who was president of St. Vincent College in Latrobe for 11 years, returned to teaching and his robotics lab­ oratory at the college in August.

He is the principal investigator and project director for de­ veloping educational robotics at St. Vincent.

Robots are not to be confused with automated machinery. for repetitive tasks, used in factories for decades. The robot is "a more sophisticated machine which can be programmed to do many different tasks," Father Diethrich said.

Last June the priest received funding for small, high-tech edu­ cational model robots. suitable for teaching and research. The three robots he acquired, one of which he assembled himself, al­ low faculty members and stud­ ents to 'investigate robot mani­ pulation and control systems.

The robot lineup, which sounds like the cast of a science fiction movie, includes a health­ Zenith HERO I, a Rhil)o XR2 an da Microbot TeacbMover. .

The HERO is the most enter­ taining of the three, said the priest, who holds Master's and doctoral degrees in nuclear phys­ ics. It can move around, talk, respond to spoken commands and sense motionr -light and

sound. The other robots are con­ troHed with personal computers. . "I probably should take HERO to a basketball game some night and put on a little halftime show," he said: "I think people would be fascinated by what this fellow can do."

Toys, too become educational tools for Father Diethrich. A Milton Bradley Big Trak Tank, for example is used to demon­ strate simple robotic control principles.

Father Diethrich said his goal is to develop courses, student re­ search projects and continuing education workshop experiences with the robots.

The sociological impact or robots should also be consider­ LONDON (NC) - Lawyers ed, he said. "What was done should be healers and peace­ yesterday by the human is being done today by the robot much makers, but too many act in­ more efficiently. The potential stead like legal warriors "eager impact on people and their way to do battle," U.S. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger said during of life may be overwhelming." recent dedication festivities for tl\e University of Notre Dame's new London law school center.

The chief justice also warned WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope that if lawyers do not regulate

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Your rights with regard to food

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home empty-handed. It opined were "foreign," and you'd win. ' You may ask why you should that adventurers through .fisn ·ARTHUR win a lawsuit when your tooth. chowder ought to expect a lurk­ ing bone or two - especially was chipped by a bit of steel in since fish chowder in these parts your hot dog, and Jose when ,it MURPHY has had healthy chunks of fish was chipped by a piece of bone. and Jurking bones since the 16th Many people did. The answer was usually that it's reasonable to century.

Well, what does that mean expect a hot dog manufacturer for consumers of other culinary to keep steel bits out of the delights? When is a restaurant, product, but not to keep bones and Am. retailer or manufacturer Hable .out. for an injury received from eat­ Well, w~atever you think ing something defective or 'from about the wisdom of this par­ RICHARD

finding something, that does not ticular line, it proved a hard one belong. in the broth. to draw and courts were always MURPHY

drawing it in different places.

For many years, whether you even. decided that a One' court won or lost Ii law suit for in­ piece of crab shell in a seafood juries from a· defeCtive food platter was a "foreign" defeCt, product depended upon which side of the "natural"/"foreign" since the' seafood platter ,didn't _Not long ago, one of our defects line the injury fell. include crabmeat. native New Englanders had Cherry pits in cherry pie and In .most states, the "natural"/ a rather unpleasant en­ chicken bones in chicken pot "foreign" defects line has been counter with a bone in a pies were "natural" defects,. that replaced by a ·new line: reason­ "gustatory adventure," as th'e is, natural to the ingredients ,in able/unreasonable ·defects. To court put it, through a bowl of 'the food products, and you'd figure ,out on which side of the ' our famous fish chowder. She lose your case. line a particular food defect falls sued the Boston restaurant in­ Mice in soda 'bottles and gl~ss the court asks a question: What volved, but the court sent her in ice cream, on the other hand, would a reasonable person ex­

u.s. "embassy , Continued 'from page; one , tions that the upgrading violated cessors, on behalf of peace and separation .of church -and state Hughes said' flatly, "Weli, it justice in the world," said Bish­ isn't." op' Ma10ne in a stateJPent. .

He said the Holy See has "an Alluding to the debate over whether' formal diplomatic ties international -personality dIstinct would violate the constitutional from the Catholic 'Church" and separation of church and state, noted that the pope, in addition Bishop Malone said diplomatic to leading the church, is· also recognition ''is not a' religious the leader of' a "sovereign city­ state." . issue but a public policy ques­ At the White House, presiden­ tion which, happily, has now been addressed and settled in . tial spokesman Larry Speakes made essentia11y the same re­ that country." marks and called the Vatican an Archbishop Laghi a1so wel­ comed the announcement, saying "international focal point" for it was "recognition of the moral diplomatic contacts. leadership on behalf of peace, He said there was no state­ justice, human development and ment on the move by Reagan. human rights" by recent popes.

Wilson" whose nomination Wilson's office in Rome, in now goes to the Senate for con­ welcoming the establishment of firmation, is a Catholic convert formal ties, said: "The United and California businessman who States holds Pope John Paul II is a Close friend of Reagan and in high esteem. We respect the has been his "personal represen­ great moral and political influ­ tative" to the Holy _See since ence which he and the Holy S'ee February 1981. exercise throughout the world.

Previous representatives of the We admire the courageous stand president were: HenrY Cabot he has taken in defense of West~ Lodge, David' Walters and Rob­ em values." , ert Wagner.

At \the State Department's Born in Los Angeles, Wilson regular 4aily briefing Jan. 10, is. ,a registered mechanical. and spokesman John Hug~es said the metaHurgicalengineer who upgrading in relations was being headed Web Wilson Oil Tools, made in the interest of "better Iilc., until 1960. Since then .he , has .been active in real estate communications." ; Asked" to comment on' asser- development.

There are ~bj~ctions .By Jerry FUteau NC News Service

While Catholic officials hailed the U.S. decision to formdiplo­

matic t,~s with the Vatican Jan. 10, a !eading Baptist spoke's­ man called the move "a' ludi­ crous leap of logic" that im­ perils .t\merican Christian. mis­ sionaries. in the Third . World.

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A. church·state separation group announced plans to file suit against the move on con­ stitutional grounds.

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has been nominated as the first U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. (NC Photo) ban on diplomatic relations with the Vatican, which was recently lifted by Congress, a "remnant of the unfortunate nativism and religious prejudice which once so sadly influenced our national polic~._

"It is 'not the Catholic Church but the government of the United States which' stands to benefit most fiom full' diplomatic status in one of ·the .most respected forums for peace 'in the world today," he said.

Archbishop James Hickey of Washington said" "I rejoice that the passing of religious bigotry has made this development pos­ sible." .

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A sharply divergent reaction, decision gives the United States - however, came from James M. "the 'standing it deserves" at the Dunn,' executive director of the Holy See.

Baptist Joint Committee on Pub. He called the century-old U.S. lic Affairs, an agency represent­ 1.

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It's probably not a much easier line to draw, but once drawn, it usually makes more sense.

'Using this line, it· probably doesn't matter whether it was a steel bit or a bone that chip­ ped your tooth, since it's per­ ,fectly reasonable not to expect either to be in your hot dog, and you'll· recover damages. Our New :England Jady, howevet:, should have been expecting a few bones in a hearty bowl of fish chowder, and so recovered no damages, fpr her injury.

If you are 'injured by defective food products, the restaurateur, manufacturer,or grocer may have to swallow the costs. In the appropriate situation, the pro­ visioner ,of unwholesomere­ pasts may be required to com­ pensate you for • medical expenses incurred as a result of ingesting the "for­ eign" or. "unreasonable" sub­ stance; • loss of earnings resulting from your gastronomical mis-

ing some 27 million U.S.' iBaptistsoo questions of U.S. publi~ policy. ' Calling Reagan's move "one more evidence of massive misunderstanding on the part of this administration of the appropriate relationship of church and state," Dunn said the action was ,"a clear violation of the principle of church-state separation," In campaigning against the establishment of ties beforehand, Dunn had argued that widespread anti-Americanism in Third World countries would be linked with and would strengthen anti-Christian feeling in those parts of the world if the U.S. diplomatic link to the Vatican took place.

"For the administration to pretend that the naming of an ambassador to the church had nothing to d9 with religion is a ludicrous leap of Jogic smacking of Orwell's '1984'," he com· menied.

The Seventh Day Adventists had also waged a 'strong campaign ,against U.S~-Vatican diplomatic ties, 'as did the now. secular but Protestant-originated Americans United for Sepa"ratiQn of Church and State. "We are 'going to sue, there is no question about that," said AUSCS. spokesman Joseph Conn.

Rev. Dean Kelley, church-state' specialist for the National Councilof Churches, reiterated the NCC's officials policy since 1951, which he said "maintains it is· improper for the United States government to send an ambassador to any church." The NCC is an umbrella organization for U.S. 'Protestant and Orthodox churches with a' combined membership of 40 million.

Not all non~Catholic reaction was negative, however. While a number of American' Jewish

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• pain .lind suffering resulting from the inedible alien, Your right to sue the restau­ rateur or provisioner' actually consists of several distinct rights.

Anyone engaged in" running a restaurant· or a·:Store has a duty to refrain from negligent con­ duct 'resulting in the placement of alie~ material iii food. . Mpreover, merely by opening for business grocery stores and probably also restaurants war­ rant to you, whether they ex­ pressly say so or not (and, ob­ viously they usually don't), that they will provide you with un­ contaminated food. If something slips by the chef or the manufac­ turer, the 'implied warranty has been breached ~d you acquire a right to sue for that breach.

In addition, Massachusetts has a special consumer protection statute of which you may avail yourself in the appropriate situa­ tion.

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orgarii~ations oppose Vatican­ U.S. ties on grounds of church­ state separation, their response to the actual move was de· scribed as~erieraily "muted" by Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, direc­ tor of Christian-Jewish relations of the American Jewish Com­ mittee.

One reason for this, he sug­ gested, was the shared concern of American and :world Jewry over the Soviet threat and rec· ognition that the Holy See is an important force against that ,threat.

He also noted argument that in terms of Vatican diplomacy, the Holy See can legitimately be considered "a 'secular' arm of the church, conceived as a sov­ ereign state."

One thing remains, Rabbi Tanenbaum added, and that is for the Vatican to establish diplomatic relations with the state of Israel.

Manhattan-based Rabbi Ar­ thur Schneier, president of the interfaith Appeal of Conscience Foundation, welcomed the new diplomatic link as "a positive step."

It "carries with it the poten­ tia) for more effective coopera­ tion on issues of' deep concern to American .people and all humankind - issues of poverty, hunger, interfaith °harmony, religious freedom and world . peace," the rabbi said.

Catholic 'bishops who com· mented expressed similar hopes.

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago said he believed that the diplomatic link "will streng­ then communications between our government and the Holy See and will assist ~em both in their efforts to proJDote jus­ tice and peace throughout the world:'" .

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"They felt they ought to be accredited to the Vatican," said Kastings. "It would make· their lives so much easier."

He said the envoy's staff in Rome used words like "silly" and "a charade" to describe the distinction between a. personal representative of a U.S. president and a full ambassador.

"This idea (of ending the ban on formal relations) has, been run up the flagpole a number of times," said Kastings. "It cer­ tainly wasn't a Cabinet-'1evel issue."

Another source, who spoke on condition that he not be identi­ fied, was more blunt. "Wilson was breaking out in hives want­ ing a change in the -law so he 'could be named ambassador," this source said. ..

As mereJy the personal repre­ sentative of the president and not an ambassador, Wilson would be notified of special events such as beatifications and canon­ izations but would not be offici­ ally invited, an American source IN HIS BARE CELL, Mehmet Ali Agca meets with ·Pope John Paul II. The Decem­ in Rome told NC News last November. ber conference was filmed by the Vatican's own newly-formed television company; In Washington an official at the apostolic delegation, which is being upgraded to' an apos tolic nunciature, said the change in diplomatic relations would be ' marketing rights for a French minate in the face-to-face meet­

By John Travis much more significant for the ing between the pope and his film, "A Man Called Jesus," be­ VATICAN CITY (NC) - The assailant last Dec. 27. status of the United States in the cause it is' the kind of product Vatican diplomatic corps than Vatican's own television pro­ Did CTV use microphones in the Vatican service wants to for the Vatican's representative duction company is turning its filming the encounter in Agca's promote, Tagliabue said. cameras on Pope John Paul II in cell? in Washington.

An advisory committee has an unprecedented effort to cap­ The official, who asked not been formed in the United States, "Yes, oh yes.

But I can't tell ture images of his papacy. to be named, noted that Arc~­ you. what was said. That's top he said, to study ways to Formed in October, the com­ bishop Laghi's official status at secret,'; Tagliabue said. market CTV productions to the the OAS brings him diplomatic pany is filming what until now He said CTV was filming U.S. media. The director noted courtesies and recognition from were some of the most private "nearly aH" papal events, in­ that CTV's primary purpose is papal events in an attempt to cluding many audiences and not financial profit. the U.S. government.

"In reality there would be very make Pope John Paul's papacy meetings previously held in strict "We see this as part of the few noticeable changes" were the best-documented ever. privacy. church's evangelical mission," It is the first time the Vatiean Archbishop Laghi to receive the He said the pope's closed-door he said. official title or papal pronuncio, has used film to record a pope's 1982 meeting with Solidarity What does Pope' John Paql or ambassador, the official said. day-to-day activities. The film leader Lech Wales~ in Poland is think of all this? history is being done by the Vati­ can Television Center, known as the kind of event that will be "The pope pushed this project documented in the future.

CTV after its Italian initials. incredibly. He's very sensitive "Most of this material will be to the use of this medium," said While much of the filmed ma­ terial is destined for archives, of historical interest, perhaps a Vatican source close to CTV. some wHl be distrubuted to the available in 15 or 20 years,''' he mass media, according to CTV said. "But some of it will be used in a variety of special pro­ Tagliabue.

The pope's Dec. 27 prison grams designed for world TV WASHINGTON ~C) - The meeting with Mehmet Ali Agca~ markets, . home video markets O.S. bishops' pastoral on war the Turk convicted of shooting and church organizations."

One program in production and peace collides with the "cold and wounding him in 1981, il­ uses footage of the pope leading war mentality" by chaHenging lustrated CTV's new role.

Two CTV cameramen filmed a rosary recitation, interspersed the United States to take initia­ the meeting from outside the with shots of art masterpieces tives for arms reduction, said Jesuit Father Timothy S. Healy, cell, while one cameraman from illustrating the mysteries. president of Georgetown Uni­ the Italian state television RAI Another "very successful" CTV videotaped the encounter. The service, Tagliabue said, is that versity. Father Healy spoke at RAJ videotape was the property of videotaping papal audiences the university's recent Nuclear Awareness Week. The bishops' of CTV, however, and carried and meetings with pilgrims. pastoral asserts that "our anti­ the crv logo when shown on CTV is making the videotape Soviet obsessions distort real­ Italian television. available at low cost so that ity" and that "the Russians are Only after the 'videotape had those pictured can show them on been screened in the Vatican home v,ideo units. The official not so ill-behaved nor Americans so well-behaved as our leaders Secretariat of State, Tagliabue Vatican photographer has offer­ said, was it released to RAI. The ed a similar stiU photo service would have us believe," Father Healy, said.

Secretariat of State is the Vati­ for years. can office that controls CTV, In Jate December, CTV 'began he said. closed-circuit televising of Pope While the videotape material John Paul's Wednesday general WASHINGTON (NC) - The was intended for immediate news audience talk in St. Peter's Ba­ l~.;:;'·_·.·r._<Ol media use, Tagliabue said, CTV silica to people in the Paul VI. Reagan administration, in a Jus­ rr"'~" I J ~'" also took "extraordinary" shots auditorium, where two ~arge tice Department friend-of-the­ I. of the encounter for a docu­ screens are used for projection. court brief to the U.S. Supreme 1).1 _'•.,..•. __ _ . .. _.. \... _.•_.•_ _ .•. _~....::>­ ...... .:-':.. . __..~._~~.

Because of large attendance, Court, has urged the court to F~THER GEORGE COYN, first American to head the mentary designed for world dis­ allow moments of silen!=e in pub­ people at winter general audi­ tribution.

Vatica~ Observatory, talks to David McCullough, host of The program, expected to be ences are often split beween the lic schools. Laws permitting a new PBS series, "Smithsonian Worlq," for a segment edited by mid-January, will begin basilica and the auditorium. such moments have been enacted dealint; with the introduction in 1582 of the Gregorian with the May 13, 1981, shooting Besides its own production, by 23 states as an alternative to CTV has an option on world outlawed public school prayers. in St. Peter's Square and cul­ calendj)r, named for Pope Gregory XIII. (NC Photo) WASHINGTON (NC) - Estab­ lishment of formal diplomatic ties between the United States and the Vatican may have little practical effect except for mak­ ing the job of the U.S. envoy ·to the Holy See a Httle easier.

In fact, congressional sources told NC News, the impetus for removing the' century-old ban that blocked establishment of formal ties came not from Con­ gress, where legislation ending the ban was approved in Novem­ ber, but from the offJce of the current U.S. envoy, William A. been nominated Wilson, who for ambassador.

The upgrading of diplomatic ties also is riot expected to great­ ly alter the work in Washington of the pope's representative in the United States, Archbishop Pio Lagb!. The pope's delegate in Washington already is treated as a full diplomat because, in addi­ tion to serving as a Hnk between the U.S. church and the pope, he also is the Holy See's perman­ ent observer to the Organiza­ tion of American States, accord­ ing to an official at the apos­ tolic delegation.

Bills aimed at -lifting the ban were introduced 'last summer in Congress by Rep. Clement J. Zablocki (D-Wis.), chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee until his death Dec. 3, and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), chair­ man of the European affairs sub­ committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

An aide to Lugar, Richard C. Kastings, recalled in an inter­ view tpat Lugar toured Europe during Congress' Memorial Day recess last spring and, while in Rome, met with Pope John Paul II and visited Wilson's offices.

While the pope did not raise the diplomatic relations issue with Lugar, Wilson's office in Rome did, according to Kastings.

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A-l Approved for Childrei) and Adults · The Black Stallion Returns Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie The Dark Crystal .

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Ballad of Gregorio ' Corte~ (Rec) .

Betrayal A Christmas Story Cross Creek The Dresser Eddie' & Cruisers Five Days One Summer ,The Flight of the Eagle (Rec.) , Gandhi (Rec.!

The Golden Seal Hammett Hercules I Am the Cheese The Jupiter Menace

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All the Right Moves in Heaven Baby, It's You 48 Hrs. ," An Officer and a Gentleman Bad Boys r Going Beserk The Osterman Weekend Beyond the Limit Honkytonk Man Porky's' " Blue Thunder The Hunger ' Porky's II ' Breathless The Keep Private School , Britannia' Hospital Lianna Psycho II Christine ' The lonely Lady Revenge of the N,irija Class. ' The Man Who loved The Road Warriors' I, D.C. Cab Women Risky Business Dr. Detroit ," The Man Who Wasn't There Rumble Fish The Draughtsman's The Man With 2' Brains Scarface , Contract '" Monsignor Smokey & Bandit, Part 3 Easy Money" Monty P'ython's • Sudden, Impact Exposed. " . The Meaning of life ,10 to Midnight Fast Times at Ridgemont Nationallampoon's" Trading Places .

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LADY DOWN ON !LOVE It's her first night on the town since she was just 18

A lady down on love and out of hope and dreams

The ties that once bound her now are broke away

She's like a baby just learning how to play.

She never thought that love could ever end so soon

Her mind drifts back in time to a mitlsummer moon . When he asked her to marry and she gladly said OK And a woman cam~ to be from the girl of yesterday.

Now she's a lady down on love .

She needs somebody to gently pick her up Sh,e's got her fr~edom but she'd rather be bound, To a man who would love her and never let her down.

Well .1 know the lady that's down' on .her love

Cause I used to hold her and have that special touch

But work took me away from home, late ai mgh't ,

And"Iwasn't there when she turned out the ,Ughts, .

, , Then both of us got lonely and I gave in to luSt And ,she ,just couldn'tl~ve with a, man .she couldn't trust.

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Man, Woman and Child Table for' Five Tempest My Favorite Year .

Terms of Endearment National lampoon's Tliat Championship Vacation Octopussy Season T,imerider The Outsiders Return of Martin Guerre ."Tootsie" Tough Enough Reuben,-Reuben The Toy· The, ~ight Stuff Two of a Kind Silkwood ' Uncommon Valor Sophie's Choice , " Under Fire Spring Fever , The -World According" The Star Chamber To ,Garp .

Starstruck Wrong Is Right 'Staying Alive The Year of Living The Sting II' , 'Dangerously .

Strange Brew Yellowbeard ' ' Streamers . Stroker Ace Yentl The Survivors

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Deal of the Century , Diner . , Diva Educating, Rita , Final Option • ; First Blood . · The Grey Fox' · Heart Like a Wheel , Independe"nce Day,. : Jaws 3·D· ," " , lone Wolf ·McQuade .: The'lords of Discipline lovesick

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The King of Comedy Split Image

Krull Star, Trek II

local Hero Strange Invaders

The Man from Snowy River Superman III

Max Dugan Returns Tender Mercies

Mr. Mom Testament Never Cry Wolf Tex The Night of the Shooting Threshold Stars To Be or Not To Be The Prodigal The Treasure of the 4 Crowns Return of the Jedi Trenchcoat Romantic Comedy Twilight Time Something Wicked Twilight Zone This Way Comes Without a Trace Spacehunter Zelig

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The song .prompts· one to a'sk how people can know if love 'will last, in marriage.' Though there's no sure answer to this question, there are some ways ·to describe readiness for marriage. ,,' First, how strong is each in­

dividual as a single person?

Strong marriages develop out of the ability to grow and adjust, something we need to learn be· fore marriage.

Age is not always an indicator of maturity bur usually time and experience in life can lead peo· pie to know more about their own values, gifts and personal limitations.

Then, relationships are only as strong as the depth of communi· cation between the individuals involyed, Trust takes time to develop, another reason not to rush into marriage.

There's no magic number of years a couple should date before marriage, but I would suggest that at least tw~ years is help. ful for establishing the right kind of communication.

Finally, anyone trying to de. cide about marriage should ask several questions: - "Am I truly ready for mar­ riage?" . _' "Have I lived pie type of .single' life that I wanted and hoped to live?", _ "Am I ready to accept the responsibilities of a ,marriage commitment?" ,~'''Am' I'ready to emotion­ ally, financially. and sexually give myself to' another?"

-AnsweriI,lg those questions re­ quires 'honesty: But if they are faced, they can give valuable clues to readiness for marriage. " Your conunents are ,welcome.

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By Cecilia Belanger form or another. The temptation Parents ha~ told me that ,their to arrogance and compulsion, castro~ and Paul Ehrlich tanked first, two students attained sec­ children resent the power they the temptation to sacrifice the principles of justice, the obstruc· ond place, ,three third and four have over them.

One 'said, "My: son says it tion of justice, if you will, is fourth: .

Feehan belQngs. ,to the South m~kes me .feel big that there is there, and who has not been its Shore Debate, League. Its other someone I can "lord it over.' victim at one time or another? , members are Foxboro, Cohasset, He's got me all wrong because Abuse of power not only cor­ Somerset, Rockl~nd, Silver Lake, when I discipline him for some· rupts the in'dividual. but the East Bridgeyvater, and Dart. thing, I do not ,do it in a sick nation.

mouth high schools. way. I let him know I love him Many say they no longer like

and I'm reasonable.

But he still Six prelimiQary debate rounds to be a part of a group because , says parents, use their ,kids to will culminate March 14 in a of th,e power politics that goes , , ' feel big.:'" on. ~gain, one's motivation must tournament' at Silver Lake, fol· , lowed by an awards banquet at Another; said, "My daughter be looked' into. We must ask: which certificates and trophies thinks parents have, children be- Am I here to help or to enhance will be awarded to top teams and cause others have children,­ , m y own prestige? that they don't re!llly want them , "

speakers. "and after' they' have th~m they Vfe remind ·ourselves' of Nietz..

In addition to those already do nothing but yell at them :and ,che~s "will to power." We must named, the', Feehan debaters are, tell them what to do because ,not be carried away in, our acts, Guy Calkfns, 'Christopher Sian- they are the only ones they dare' our 'choices, our decisions, fa, .~h~s~{~e , Bentz, 'David , R~y. to yell at. It really made me ill , Let us always seek to per· nolds, ,Marc Hayes,"ChTistlan, to think that "this' is what' she' suade rather 'than compel, to .,Connors, ,Bruce R~y~ond, Lau- , thought ;of her"father and me." ,lead ,rl,lther than force. l,lnd. Gbnstme LaSala, , However, there,: 'are indeed', ' : ' ren' Boyle , . .­ parents who abuse their power. " They'may notthink so, but they ~ 'are not on the oth~r: end of the VIENNA, Austria (NC)':"'" The The: Mother's .dUb at the ,one-sided dialog: We 'must be· 'head of the Ca'tholic Chur~h in taunton 'school will h()ld a fash­ gin with 'the ,premise that child- Czechoslovakia has asked its ion sbow' in' March~for'which liny ren,' on the'whole;'are powerless' 'communist government to ease . ' 'b'oy' or,glr . 1'.IS eI"Igl'b)'!e', t 0 . an d th ey' k now It. . Th at fr'Ig h tens 'religious restrictions; Kathpress, senior th em,<.an d pu t s th em on' t he, d e· , Aust'r,l'an Catholl'c news agency, de I ' ' 'mo . , .. , . " ' . , ' Many' people' work behind'the fensive. has' rep'orted; Kathpress said 84• ", , '. " .

Of th b scenes tQproduce course, ere must e the C-C week­ year-old Cardinal Frantisek .. , ' h Iy 'newsletter, "Update," says aut ority in a child's life,. ,but: 'I Tomasek of Prague, Czechoslo­ Sis~er Margaret Louise: its co· once again we come ,to 'that vakia, had asked the government ,ordinator: In" a recent issue' she demon, the abuse of power. It's for "a more. fruitful alternative thanked stu'tlents who assist in 'in "governments, corporations, 'to this' Old,. continuous, super­ its preparation and who distri­ institutions, colleges, sports: flUOU5 conflict." 'The cardinal's bu.~e copies ,in school and to ',wherev~r th~re are p.e6ple., . criticisms ~ame 'after a, program Even when' we confront' the oil state te~evlsiori which the car­ Taunio!,! parshes. 'Gratitude was also expressed to financial ordinary es'selitials bf everyday ,dinal' said was~in~iiiting to reli­ "angel" Barbara R. O·Bri,e,~. > "'li,v~~~\.J ~f J~,~.~ I;g,o.w.~(in" ..one .~ .• ~ign ..~~<;c~rd,ing tq.'~:athpress.,

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tv, movie news Norris H. Tripp

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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· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescentS; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation!; O-morally offensive.

Pastoral Theological Institute of Hamden, Conn. ''The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a.m. each Sunday, Channel 27.

"MarySon," a family puppet show with moral and spiritual Somerset Surprises North perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs­ Cellar-dwelling Somerset pull- Durfee was host to Barnstable day, Fall River and New Bed­ ed a surprising 3-3 tie in a Bris- and New Bedford to Feehan. To­ ford cable channel 13. tol County CYO Hockey League night's games have Connolly "Spirit and the Bride," a talk game in the Driscoll Rink, Fall home to Durfee, Feehan to Fal­ show with William Larkin, 6 River, last Sunday with pace- mouth as Attleboro visits Barn­ p.m. each Monday, cable chan­ setting Fall River North.

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Trai'!ing 3-1 after two periods, New Bedford.

Please check dates and Each Sunday (SPN) "World North got goals by Mal"C GallaIn Division Two the Bishop times of television and radio Report" - NC News weekly re­ gher and .Kevin Robinson in the Stang spartans, Coyle-Cassidy programs against local list­ port on religious, ethical and third canto to escape defeat, The Wamohi and Wareham Vikings, ings, which may differ from moral concerns. first period was scoreless and also all 2-0, were tied for the the New York network sched­ Sunday, Jan. 15, (ABC) "Direc­ Somerset took a 3-0 lead in the divisional lead. In an early sea­ ules supplied to The Anchor. tions" - The civil-rights move­ second period on goals by Greg son "crucial," Stang entertained ment from the viewpoint of the Cabral, Mike Nawrocki and Wareham as Coyle-Cassidy major religious groups.

FUm on 'IV Kevin Saunders before Gary trekked to Greater New Bedford Sunday, ·Jan. 15, (CBS) "For Saturday, Jan. 21, 9-11 p.m.

Parsons scored for North at Yoke-Tech a situation that broke Our Times" - Religious leaders 14:50 of the stanza. up the first-place tie. Division , (OBS) - "Making Love" (1981) ,assess the work and -legacy of In the companion game Mans- Two games tonight are Stang at - This film, which has the bus· the Rev. Martin ,Luther King Jr. field upset defending champion Dartmouth, Coyle.Cass~dy at Old man (Michael Ontkean) leave his On RadIo wife (Kate Jackson) for another New 'Bedford, 6-1. Kris Bainton Rochester, Voke-Tech at Dennis­ Charismatic programs are man (Harry Hamlin) is predict­ and Tony DeFillipo each scored Yarmouth and Fairhaven at heard .from Monday through Fri­ able and uninspired.

Homosex~ two goals for Mansfield whose Wareham. other goals were by Ian McMulEntering this week Westport uality is present~d ,as an accept~ day on station WtCE 1210 AM; Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. lin and Rick Webster, John Car- and Dighton-Rehoboth, 2-0, were able variation on the normal pro­ and 11 to 12 p.m.; Fathet Edward cess.

0, R . roB accounted for the lone New tied for the lead in Division .

McDonough, 8-12. a.m.; Father Religious BroaeJcasting - 'IV Bedford marker.

Three. Tonight Holy Family is Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Real Bourque.

As a result of those games at Diman Voke, Case at Seekonk, Father McDonough is also on WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesan Mansfield displaced New Bed- Bourne at Westport. Case has the WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each Television Mass. ford in the runne~p spot break- bye on tonight's card.

Sunday.

Portuguese Masses from Oui' "ing out of a three-way tie with In the first week of play FeeSunday, Jan. 15, (NBC)-"Gulde­ New Bedford and Fall River han defeated ~oinerset, 61-57, Lady of ML Cannel Church, line" ~ Ruth Maxwell of the South for second place. and Connoily, 70-56, Stang top- New ,Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each Maxwell Institute for Alcohol Sunday on radio station WJFD. Sunday night's games in the ped Fairhaven, 51-48, and Voke­ Abuse: is the guest. ' FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on tele­

Driscoll Rink, 'starting at 9 Tech 59-43, Coyle-Cassidy de­ ,

o'clock, list Fall Rivet North vs. feated Dartmouth, 61-57, and vision Channel 20. , Mass Monday to Friday everY

Fall River South, New Bedford Dennis-Yarmopth, 45-43.

Montie' Plumbing vs. Somerset.

week, 11:30 a.m. to' noon,

The standings: Fan River North Other scores: Division One ­ WXNE, Channel 25.

Heating Co. 8-2-2 (Won, lost, tied), New Bed- Barnstable 10 Connolly 39, Dur­

"Confiuence," 8 a.m. each, Over 35 Years ford 5.5-2, Fall River South 6-6~O, fee 105 Attleboro 38, New Bed­

Sunday on Channel 6, Is a panel of Satisfied Service Mansfield 7-5-0, Somerset 1-9-2. ford 73 Falmo~th 46, Barnstable . program moderated by Truman Reg. Master Plumber 7023 Goals for and against: Fall 58 Somerset 34, New 'Bedford 79 Taylor and having as permanent JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. River North 58-49, New Bedford Attleboro 35. Division Two ­

participants Father Peter N. Gra-?

432 JEFFERS~ STREET 51-50, Fall River South 55-49, Wareham 83 Voke·Tech 47; Old ziano. diocesan dIrector of social Fall ,River 675-7496 Mansfield 53-34, Somerset 25-63. Rochester 49 Dennis-Yarmouth services; Right Rev. George

At the end of last week, the ' 43, Dartmouth 40 Fairhaven 40, Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode

first for the Southeastern Mass. Wareham 64, Old Rochester 49.

Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

Conferencfs regular season, Division Three - Westport 63

"Breakthroughr," 6:30 ' a.m. hoopsters from diocesan high Case 58, Bourne 53," Diman Voke

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Family 54, Case 49, Diman Voke gram on the power of GOd' to

NIKON • CANON· OLYMPUS The Bishop Feehan Shamrocks, 48, Dighton-Rehoboth 56, Bourne .t ouch jives, produced l:>y' the ROllEI • VIVITAR • TENSA ­ Durfee of FaB River, .New Bed- 44, ~estport 78, Seekonk SONY· P.ANASONIC ford and Barnstable, all 2-0, . Hockomock League games to­

~67 MAIN STREET , , were tied for first place. In . night are Canton ~t King Phiiip,

FALMOUTH - 548-1918 games -last Tuesday the deadlock Stoughton at Foxboro, Mansfield

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Lombardi Award Upcoming The 13th annual Vince Lom- Jim SuIlivan, former head coach bardi Block of Granite Award of footbaU and present head' dinner wHI be held Feb. 12 in baseball coach at Somerset High the Venus de Miio restaurant, School, wiU review the nomina· Swansea, under sponsorShip of tions, see game films and select the Greater. Fall River Cancer the winner, who will not be re­ Society. . vea-led until the dinner. All Nine Greater Fall River area nominees will be dinner guests. high schools are eligible to make Eugene Wade of Coyle-Cassidy nominations for the award. A was the winner in 1973, John selection committee, headed by Gonet of Stang in 1977.

Every hour' VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Catholic Chul"Ch challenges com­ munlcatQrs to keep the Chris­ tian message "on the air every hour of the day," said Arch­ malo, ~e Vatican deputy secre­ tary of .state, in a letter to' the

International Catholic Associa­ libn for, Radio and Television (UNDA). The letter, sent to an association meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, also said all nations should be able to have contact with the universal church.

VATICAN CITY (Nt) - Box~ ing is "always brutal, and at times savage," said L'Oilserva- • tore Romano, ,the Vatican news· paper, in an editorial written after a 25-year-old Italian boxer was hospitalized with a coma following his collapse after win­ ning his lOth straight fight. ' "Is it right to continue to al­ low a sport whose fundamental aim is to inflict bodily harm?" the editorial asked~ It noted that ' proponents of boxing argue that other sports, such as auto racing and mountain climbing, can be more dangerous.

"Nevertheless, boxing remains a violent sport, if not in the in· tentions of -the contenders, eer­ tainly in its form of expression," it said.

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THE ANCHOR-"Oioceseof Fall River-Fri., Jan. 13; 1984

Iteering pOintl PUBLIC ITT CHA IAMEII

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA

Ire I.ked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7. Fall . River, 02722. Name of city .or town should be Included as well as fUll dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry . news of fundralslng activities such as . bln,os, whlsts. dances. suppers and bazaars. !Ne are happy to carry notices of spiritual . .programs, club meetings Youth projects and similar nonprofit actiVities. Fundralslng pro­ Jects may be advertised at our regular rates. obtainable from The Anchor business office. t...phone 675-7151.

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ST.MARY,NB

Parish family life program Mass: 7:15 pm. Jan. 30. All married couples welcome.

Rosary is prayed before 7 ..a.m. Mass daily. Those unable to be present are asked to join in spirit at any :time during the day.

O.L. GRACE, WEST-PORT

Teen Club meeting: 7 p.m.

Jan. 15, parish center. New members, age 13 to 17, welcome.

Volleyball will be played until 9 p.m.

First penance: 2 p.m. Jan. 22.

Singers and instrumentalists' JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET needed for the parish and folk ST.Appreciation Sunday: ·3 ,to 5 choirs. .

Women's Guild meeting: 7 p.m. Jan. 15, parish center. All workers invited~ p.m. Jan. 17, ·parish center. New parish Holy Name Society meeting: members welcome.

7:30 ·p.m. Jan. 17., rectory.

The option is offered of hav­ Women's Guild meeting: Mod­ ing a child baptized ata. parish erator's Night, 7:30 p.m., Jan. Mass or ata 12:30 p.m. Sunday ceremony. Further information 18, center. Father Daniel L. Freitas will show slides on the is available from Father William ·recent Vincentian trip to Paris.

Campbell, pa~tor.

ST. THOM4.S MORE, All welcome..

FellOwship: 7 p:m.· Jan. 19, SOMERSET , D of I, NB Confirmation covenants are to Hyacinth Circle, Daughters of begimung with Mass. Speaker: Father Steven R. Furtado, O.L. b-e ·returnedby candidates by Isabella: meeting 7:30 p.m. Jan. Jan. 23.

17 at K of C Hall, Pleasant and Mt. Carmel parish, New Bed­ ford. .

Parents of first communion Campbell Streets. candidates will meet following

ST. MARY, SEEKONK 10:15 a.m. Mass Jan. '22 in ,the NOTRE DAME, FR Parent enrichment program Confirmation class: 7 p.m. parish center. for. first penance and first com­ Jan. 17, Notre Dame School.

A parish workers' paI'ty with munion candidates: 7 p.m. Jan. cocktails. meal and entertain­ 15; speaker _Father Richard ST. JOSEPH; FAIRHAVEN . , ment will be held following Final profession of Brother Landry, MS. 5:15 p.m. Mass until 11 p.m. Jan. Gary Peters as a member of the Altar. 'boy class: 1 p.m. Jan. 28. Family members welcome. Sacred Hearts community will .14 in the church for ,boys in third grade and up. take ·place at 7 tonight.. A -re­ ST. RITA, MARION Vincentian luncheon meeting: ception will follow in the church hall. .

Jan. 15.

Weekday Masses are now cel­ Junior folk choir rehearsals: ebrated in the parish center.

ST. LOUIS' deFRANCE, before 10:15 ·a.m. Mass Sundays, SWANSEA' O.L. ANGELS, FR -school hall; senior choir, 7 p.m.

Confirmation candidates re­ Thursdays, rectory. New mem­ Lectors are needed for Sun­ treats: weekends .of Jan. 14-15 day Masses. Information at the bers welcome. ·and 21-'22. Palanca for candi.;. rectory. dates milY be left at the rectory ST. STANISLAUS, FR Parish credit union annual or religious education center on School registration for Sep­ meeting: 2 .p.m. Jan. 29, parish tember: following 10:30 a.m. Saturday of the. retreat week. hall. ' .

Mass. Jan. 29 and Feb. 5.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER,

Blessing of candles: 7 a.m.

N. DARTMOUTH .

S·S. PETER & PAUL, FR Mass Feb. 2, with candles avail­ Dominicans of the Presenta­ Parishi6ners are invited to able at all Masses :the following weekend, at 'whichtime throats join fifth graderS at a class . ·tion: provincial chapter meeting through Sunday.

Mass, I-p.m. Jan. 17. will also be blessed.

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Instructional Mass: 7 p.m.

Jan. 18. The parts of Mass, the vestments and the sacred vessels will be explained. All welcome.

First eucharist .program: par­ ents will meet at 7 p.m. .ran. 17 in the church hall for instruc­ tion on first penance; Mass for children and families at 9 ·a.m.

Jan. 22. T'heme: The Eucharist: It's about Making Peace.

It's rampant

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WASHINGTON -(NC) - As soon as the president's Task Force on Food Assistance issued its final statement Jan~ 9 con­ cluding -that hunger is not ram· pant in America, congressional ST. JAMES, NB and church critics challenged Vincentian meeting: 7 p.m. the substance and tone of its both Jan. 16, rectory. report.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE "We have not ,been able to CCD board meeting: 8:15p.m. substantiate allegations of ram­ Jan. 17. pant hunger," the commission ST. JOSEPH, NB stated in its report, approved J\!~ilee year planning meet­ ing: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26, convent. 9·3. It found that "for the vast majority of low-income people" Senior citizens: social meet­ ing Jan. 19. food programs, public and pri· . New Cub Scout pack: meet­ ings 3 p.m. each Wednesday, _vate, were "sufficient for those who take advantage of them," school hall.

Healing Masses: 7 p.m. each Father C. B. Woodrich, pastor Wednesday. . of downtown Denver's Holy STONEmLL COLLEGE, Ghost Church, which operates a N. EASTON daily sandwich line,. challenged New courses offered ·by the college. center for community the commission's conclusions on and professional education are hunger. in the fields of personnel, mi­ "I don't see how they honestly crocomputersand management. came·up with that report. I guess Information: 238-1081, ext. 258. you've got to be starving in the WIDOWED SUPPORT, streets before they realize how CAPE COD Meeting: 3 p.m. Jan. 22, ,St. serious it is," he - said. "No, Francis - Xavier lower church they're not dying in the streets hall, 347 South' St., Hyannis; like in India or Ethiopia but discussion on good nutritional they're dying in the apartment practices. All welcome. Infor­ houses." mation: 428-7078.

Father Woodrich said that even ST.ANNE,FR Young adults' ·hay ride: Jan. though the Denver area is not 28. Information: Cecile Michno, as badly hit as other parts of 674-8120.

Volunteers needed .to serve the country, his sandwich }.ine feeds ab~ut 600 people a day. on pastoral council, school 5l0m­ mittee.. religious education com­ Sen. Edward Kennedy (D. mittee, Emmanuel Association.

Mass.) called the report Orwell­ Information: Father John R. ian "double speak" and said it FoIster, pastor. .

Parish committee meeting: was full of "cold, clinical, bureau· 7 p.m. Jan. 16,school. . cratic language," Fellowship meeting: 7:30 p.m.

"The task force draft is an Jan. 19, school.

Marriage Encounter meeting: insult to every American who all day Jan. 28, school. has ever visited a soup kitchen.

LaSALETTECENTER, It ,is a transparent coverup of ATTLEBORO the serious and worsening prob· Two retreats will be held the lem of hunger in America. In weekend of Jan. 20 to 22. One, for single Christiansa·ges 24 to effect, this commission says to 45, will deal with issues faced the hungry: Let them eat block by singles in today's world. The grants," Kennedy said. other, open to -all, will offer Ronald T.Krietemeyer, direc­ directed prayer and individual spiritual reflection. Information tor of the domestic social devel­ on either retreat: 222-8530. opment office of the U.S. Cath· ("' olic Conference, said "it is very upsetting for them to quibble over the definition of rampant VATICAN CITY (NC) - Na­ and the medical definition of . tural famHy planning 'methods . hunger in the face of massive are as effective as artificial con­ evidence" of real human need. traceptive methods and are Calling the report a smoke· safer, a Filipino professor told screen, Krietemeyer said there the third international Congress needs to be a commitment. of on Natural Fert.iJity Control more money from the govern· meeting in Hong Kong, attended ment "and they (the commission) by 250 experts from 65 coun­ were set from the beginning not tries. to do that."

John Laing of the Philippines "The !biggest single problem'" University Institute for popula· w.ith the commission report, ac­ tion told delegates t~at the num· cording to Kl'ietemeyer, is its ber of Filipino women using na­ proposal to give states block tural fertility methods is twice grants to run food assistance pro­ as great as the number taking grams and determine who q.uaH­ the birth control pHI and that fies for aid. . the same number of ·unplanned Before federally-mandated food pregnancies occurred in both assistance programs some coun~ groups. ties did not participate at all, leaving "pockets of malnourished people," he said.

Jesuit Father WilHam J. By~ ron, president of the Catholic liJc~

University of America inWash­ 5 CENTER STREET ington and a cofounder of Bread WAREHAM, MASS. for the World, said there is a DIGNIFIED FUNERAL SERVICE special kind of hunger dn Am­ DIRECTORS

erica. "It's not famin~ and dis­ GEORGEE. CORNWEll

EVERETT E. KAHRMAN

ease as there is in India or Afri­ 'Ca. It's related to economic in­ 295 -.1 S 10 secul'ity, unemployment."

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