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Pope, NCCB head make urgent plea for peace VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope JJ ohn Paul II, in personal letters to

the presidents of the United States and Iraq, pleaded for peace hours before the deadline for Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait.

In his letters to U.S. President f,Jeorge Bush and Iraqi President ~addam Hussein, the pope said the consequences of war would be tragic and prayed that· the leaders would be inspired by God's wisdom.

The pope repeated his call to addam to make some sort of gesure for peace and encouraged . ush to support an international onference to discuss the situation n the Gulf and the entire Middle ast.

The letters were given to the lJ .S. and Iraqi ambassadors to the Vatican during a Jan. 15 meeting

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with Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Section for Relations with States of the Vatican Secretariat of State.

"A demonstration of readiness on your part cannot fail to bring you honor before your beloved country, the region and the whole world," the letter to Saddam said.

The pope said he was writing to Bush as "the leader of the nation which is most involved, from the standpoint of personnel and equipm~nt, in the military operation now taking place in the Gulf region.

Archbishop Pilarczyk As the Anchor went to press, Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, released a statement appealing to Saddam

Hussein to abandon asgres~,ion, calling for constant prayers, and noting that "the apparent failure of recent diplomatic! efforts, the congressional actions Of the passing of this Jan. 15 dea,dline dCi not relieve our nation anq our leaders of the terrible resPQnsibility of clearly meeting the If\oral tests to justify the resort to wilt."

The stateme.nt wa~ released to the press and delivered to the White House on Jan. 15.

"Saddam Hussein'spresence [in Kuwait] is a continuing act of aggression which the world must resist and reverse," Archbii;hop Pilarczyk stated.

He went on to say "Our faith calls us not to yield to the certa.inty of violence, to the impossibilil:Y of dialogue, to the inevitability of

war." He called for "the continuing quest for justice, the constant pursuit of peace and fervent prayer..."

Archbishop Pilarczyk recalled that the bishops' conference "has strongly condemned Iraq's agression, actively supported the determined global pressure to reverse it and clearly acknowled.ged ~hat the deployment of military force can add credibility and effectiveness to the ec.onomic and political pressures we support."

Nevertheless, referring to the church's traditional prindples for a just war, the archbishop added that "we believe that offemive force in this situation would likely violate the principles of last resort and proportionality."

"The presumption in my view,"

said the NCCB president, "is still for blockades, not bombs; diplomacy, not destruction; words, not war."

Local Initiatives Within the Fall River diocese, many Catholic schools observed, Jan. 15 and preceding days with I special prayers, vigils and other observances (see page 15 of this issue of the Anchor).

As Pax Christi International, launched a last-minute apl1e.al for peace on Jan. 14 with identical telegrams to Bush and Hussein froml Cardinal Godfried Danneels of .

Malines-Brussels, Belgium, president of the international peace group, members of Pax Christi of Southeastern Massachusetts ofTurn to Page 10

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Project Life campaign begins Project Life. explained that it is a opportunity to change ~his and it is national, grass-roots informational essential we do so now."

Gerald D'Avolio, executive and lobbying effort designed to Bishop Cronin has authorized director of the Massachusetts Cathinfluence legislators through the participation in Project Life at all olic Conference. and Maureen collective voice of the pro-life diocesan parishes, said Father Curley, a consultant to the confermovement.

Fernandes. At Masses this weekence, hope that members of the In Massachusetts, the focus of end, pastors and parish pro-life Fall River diocese will keep post the project is to support pro-life representatives will make availaoffices very busy this weekend. legislation at the state level, Ms. ble copies of the letter reproduced They were in New Bedford last on pages 8 and 9 of this issue of the Curley explained. week to explain Project Life. a "In Massachusetts, 36 to 40 Anchor. letter-writing campaign to state Parishioners will need only to thousand babies are aborted every legislators to be cond&cted in conyear. Your tax dollars pay for date the letter, address it to their nection with TuesdaY'$ anniversary more than 20 percent of these local congressman, and sign their of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court own name and address. abortions." she said. decision legalizing Roe v. Wade.

Ms. Curley also encouraged Project Life's aim'is "to activate At a program at, St. James . sending of handwritten letters, to lobby their state parishioners Church coordinated by diocesan which tend to have more impact representatives to pass pro-life bills pro-life director Fatrer Stephen on legisl.ators. before the Massachuse:tts state A. Fernandes, D'Avqlio and Ms. Parish representatives will collegislature."

Curley explained PrQject Life to lect the letters and mail them to the Many state legislators vote in parish pro-life representatives and Massachusetts Catholic Conference favor of pro-abortion legislation members of Massachusetts Citiwhich will arrange to hand-deliver . because they hear more often from zens for Life.

Ms. Curley, Ma~sachusetts their pro-abortion con:itituents, them to state legislators.

Catholic Conference:, director of said Ms. Curley. "We have an Turn to Page Eight

.By Marcie Hickey

MEETING RECENTLY with diocesan pro-life representatives to launch a Project Life-sponsored letter writing campaign were Gerald D'Avolio (second left), executive director of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference; diocesan pro-life director Father Stephen A. Fernandes; and Maureen Curley (far right), Project Life director. Among parish pro-life representatives in attendance were Louise Bolton (far left) bfSt. John Neumann parish, East Freetown; Evelyn Paquette, St. Mary's parish, South Dartmouth; and Jim Wasel of Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea. (Hickey photo)

On eve of King Day, • • • racism seen rising NEW ORLEANS (CNS) - As the nation prepared to celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Francis of Newark, N.J., offered a gloomy assessment of U.S. race relations.

Racism is on the rise in the United States and the Catholic Church through its parishes should take a leading role in combating it, he said.

The ad vances "of the civil rights movement in the '60s were done on the legal and judicial fronts. But it wasn't done on a moral basis," said Bishop Francis, in New Orleans recently to address 175 priests at a conference on racism

and how parishes can help eliminate it.

"Moral conversion," he said, "never took plac~."

Bishop Francis, who chaired the U.S. bishops' committee that wrote the 1979 U.S. bishops' pasto,ral letter on racism, "Brothers and Sisters to Us," is a noted speaker and workshop leader on the issue of racism.

Concerns have surfaced about the rise of racism in the United States and what some see as a reversal of gains made in the 1960s by slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others.

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AMONG PR~SEN1rEESjoining Bishop Danie: A. Cronin at the 36th annual Bishop's Charity Ball to berefit charitable apostolate's of the diocese were (clockwise, from left) Stephanie Lynn Hartung of St. Joan of Arc parish, Orleans; Suzanne Duffy of 8t. Margaret's parish, Buzzards B~y; Adrienne Dufresne ofSt. Patrick's parish, Falmouth; and Jennifer Lynn McCann of St. JoHn the Evangelist parish, Pocasset. More on the event, held Jan. II at White's of Westport, appetrs on page 2. (Hickey photo)

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Dedication • Achievement • Charity

Remarks by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin It is with a heart filled with humble gratitude that I address these words to you this evening as we gather for the 36th annual celebration of the Bishop's Charity Ball. I am honored that you have chosen to mark my 20th anniversary as Bishop of Fall River as the theme for the ball this year.

I could not help but notice that this year's motto: "Dedication, Achievement, Charity" is a play on my initials: DAC. I thank the members of the committee who have chosen these words to describe the last 20 years that I have had the privilege of serving as your bishop.

However, it seems to me that one could certainly apply those same

qualities to the many fine priests and laypersons who have collaborated with me over the years.

As I look around this room tonight, I see so many dedicated coworkers with me in the service of God's people in the diocese of Fall River. I express my gratitude to all of you who share with me the achievements of this ministry, which leads me to the virtue of charity which we celebrate here tonight at the ball.

So I offer my thanks to the members of the committee; to the sponsors, the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the Diocesan St. Vincent de Paul Society; to Mr. Richard LaFrance and his

staff here at White's who always make us feel so welcome; to Father Daniel Freitas, our diocesan director of Catholic Charities; and to all of you present here tonight..

I also express a word of congratulations to the 31 young ladies presented to me this evening, most of whom were not even born when I became diocesan bishop in December of 1970. It is to you and the young men and women that you represent that the future belongs.

Your parents and I have tried to make the Word of God a reality over these years, it is my hope and prayer that you may bear witness to God's love to a generation yet unborn.

SCENES FROM THE BALL (clockwise from top left): Karen April, presentee from St. Stephen's parish, Attleboro, and her father, Russell April; Atty. and Mrs. Robert L. Suprenant and daughter Jeanne Mariel Suprenant, of St. John Neumann parish, East Freetown, and Davana M. Rose with parents Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Rose of Our Lady of the Assumption parish, New Bedford; Mrs. Richard D. Brennan and daughter Laura Jeanne Brennan of St. Paul's parish, Taunton; Stephanie Bergeron of St. Anne's parish, Fall River, presented by father, Robert Bergeron; arrival of Bishop Cronin and honorary cochairpersons Mrs. Theodore C. Wojcik Sr., president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, and Daniel Couture, president of Taunton District St. Vincent de Paul Society; Valerie Donovan of St. Rita's parish, Marion, presented by father, Frederick Donovan; portrait of Bishop Cronin and scroll illustrating ball theme by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, presented to the bishop by ball . director Father Daniel L. Freitas; Fall River presentees (from left): Sheryl Lynn Grant and father Brian K. Grant of St. William's parish, Melissa Cavaco and uncle John Cavaco, St. Louis parish, and Melissa Mello and father William Mello, Holy Name parish; Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes and friends (center table); the Grand March; master of ceremonies Robert McGuirk; (center) presentees in the ballroom. (Hickey photos)

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Diocesan youth' .. ministry news

Surgery went 'well for Atlanta bishop

Twelve youth ministers from the Fall River diocese attended a recent National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry in Rochester, NY. Themed "The Gospel Challenge: Ministry of Risk," the biannual convention was sponsored by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry.

Diocesan representatives participated in such workshops as "Models for Planning Comprehensive Youth Ministry," "Youth At Risk" and "Are We Having Fun YetT' Attending the conference from the diocesan Office of Catholic Youth Ministry were Edna Donoghue, Sister Mary Golden and Father David Costa.

Other participants were Bobbi and Dick Paradise, Our Lady of Victory parish. Centerville; Sister Ann Miriam, Carol Ducey and Diane Zine, St. Patrick's parish, Wareham; Father Jim Nickel, St. Mary's parish, Fairhaven.

Also, Christine Coons, St. John Neumann parish, East Freetown; Sister Claire Bouchard, SS.Ce., and Father Bill Prendergast, SS.Ce., of Sacred Hearts Retreat Center, Wareham; and Joe Moore, HolyCross parish, South Easton.

The diocesan Youth Ministry Council, which advises the staff of the diocesan youth ministry office. now has 15 members who meet four times a year an'd a Diocesan Youth Advisory Board has been established to meet four times annually, once with the Youth Ministry Council.

The board is composed of 12 youths representing of the five diocesan deaneries. They will assist in planning for diocesan youth gatherings and be liaisons between parishes and the Youth Ministry Council. In addition, one member will be a representative to the New England Youth CCiluncil, which meets three times a year in Worcester.

ATLANTA (CNS) - Bishop James P. Lyke, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, underwent surgery Jan. 8 to remove his right kidney, which was found to have a tumor. Dr. Ned Franco at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta said the three-hour surgery went "extremely well."

The bishop, who will be 52 in February, had suffered periodic pain in the past, which recurred in December. Tests disclosed a tumor on the kidney, and becausl~ of the tumor's size the kidney also had to be removed. A hernia was also

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NEW YORK (CNS) - "Hallelujah! Praise God All You Peoples!" has been selected for the theme of the 1991 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 18-25.

The theme, announced by the Graymoor Ecumenical Institute in New York, was suggested by an ecumenical group from West Germany. It is the opening line of Psalm 117, which invited all humanity to draw together to praise God. Every year an ecumenical group from a different country suggests a scriptural theme to an international committee and a prayer service is distributed for use in participating churches.

HELENA, Mont. (CNS) - A priest of the Helena diocese who has been a military chaplain for nearly 25 years is now the highestranking Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Army. Father Donald W. Shea, was promoted to brigadier general and appointed deputy chief of chaplains.

Among observances in the Fall River diocese will be an exchange of pulpits between Grace Episcopal and St. Mary's churches in North Attleboro. At 4 p.m. Mass tomorrow at St. Mary's, Rev. Robert Brandt of Grace Episcopal will speak; and on Sunday Father Ralph D. Tetrault, pastor of St.

Mary's will address the Gnlce Episcopal congregation.

At Stonehill College, North Easton, area churches will join in an ecumenical prayer I service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Chau)el of M~ry, the second b:uiIding on the right from the Route 123 entrance to the college. All lire welcome to attend the service and a following reception...

At St. James-St. Joh~ School in New Bedford, Mass warI offered at 9 this morning to mark the begiinning of Unity Week.

In the United Statesj the int,ernational prayer service material is adapted by the Grayrpoor E<:umenical Institute, wo~kii1g with the Faith and Order C?mmission of the National Council of Churches in cooperatidn with the U.S. bishops' Committ~e on E<:Umenical and Interreligidus Affairs.

The annual week ¢f pray'er, observed worldwide, was begun by the Franciscan Friflrs of the Atonement at Graym01'r in Garrison, N.Y.

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themoorin~ Public Assistance The rich get richer and the poor more numerous. That in a nutshell is the result of recession. Recessions cause fear, defensiveness and stubbornness. Those who live off the fat of the land and can float through a recession often retreat to their own little castles, pull up their drawbridges and prepare to defend their turfs against all comers. .

The infamous Keating Five trial spotlighted the attitude of those who have little regard for the electorate. Those who had assumed the mantle of concern for constituents were seen in the harsh light of evidence rather as selfish individuals whose purpose in government was to feather their own nest. They could not have cared less if banks failed and people lost their life savings and were driven onto the welfare rolls.

Such officials are obviously completely indifferent to the plight of the poor. They vote for welfare benefits not for the needy but with an eye towards their own aggrandizement. As a result of such abuse, welfare has become a major stress point of government.

Welfare, however, although a major item in state and local budgets, accounts for a lesser share of spending nowadays because the real value of benefits has shrunk; Nevertheless, the federal government still pays an average of 55 percent of the cost of the Aidto-Families with Dependent Children program, while states pay the rest. Over the years since AFDC began in 1935, the welfare rolls have steadily grown, jumping with the current recession.

It is estimated that close to 12 million people are now on welfare. The hardest hit have been the working poor who have suffered tremendously from reduced benefits.

In the late 80s, the so-called "salad days," the supposedly strong economy helped everyone, even yuppies. State and local governments were able to raise funds to compensate for the so-called Reagan cutbacks.

But the 90s are a different story and as the economy conMARTIN LUTHER KING DAY JANUARY 21 tinues to fizzle, states are burdened with tremendous social responsibilities and no money to fund them. Nor does it seem "The Lord thy' God made thee free." Deut. 15:15 they wish to reform welfare programs.

Who gets caught in the middle? No other than the needy.

The states, of course, want more money from Washington so they can play at government as usual and try to please eve: One of my professors remarked the claims of Biblical faith are perryone. In this process, so many whose own salary flows from . By Father Kevin J. Harrington that the Summa was taught 700 haps his lasting legacy. His works tax dollars refuse to realize that changes in welfare procedures January 28 is the feast of St. years ago to 13-year-olds with the have permanent value, especially Thomas Aquina~, perhaps the most understanding that when one's in shaping a theory of morality in a are imperative. influential theologian in the long mind was ready for algebr9-, it was pluralistic culture such as that of Someone, however, must cut the fat. The notion that only and noble history of the Church. ready for Aquinas. the United States. tax increases will solve the welfare problem is idiotic. It's a case Aquinas, a Dominican friar, died Aq.uinas saw the Summa as a Near the end of his life, Aquinas of too many wanting and getting their pie when in fact they in 1274 at age 50. He belonged to kind of "milk for babies"; howhad a mystical experience that the Italian epoch that also prohave skipped the main course. ever, one commentor remarked made him view his vast and laborIf there is to be a major shift of the onus of welfare to the duced such giants as Francis of that the milk is still in the cow and ious writings as but a "heap of Assisi and Dante. Aquinas was straw." Upon hearing this story, a states, then the price tag, the goals and methodology must be about 2 when Francis died; Dante you have to work for it.

Reading the Summa is admit- classmate of mine remarked that thoroughly discussed. was 9 wIlen Aquinas died. tedly tedious but can be richly My first experience of Aquinas rewarding. It reveals a mind that he wished Aquinas had had this Our concern in this critical situation must not be merely that experience before writing the Sumof balancing a budget. Rather, we must be people centered. It's was 22 years ago as a freshman at painstakingly raised scores of objec- ma.

Providence College, where the tions to viewpoints it in fact people who need food stamps; it's people who want shelter for But on the other side ofthe coin, Dominican friars required 18 cred- espoused.

I have been reading a 600-page the night; it's people who are seeking medical help. its of philosophy and 18 credits of The Thomistic method of arguAll the talk about taxes and budgets leads us away from the theology from all students, regard- mentation gave rise to the often- translation of the Summa, edited

by Timothy McDermott and pubmain concern that should be ours; namely that everyone of our less of their intended major. quoted saying: "Never affirm; sel- lished by thristian Classics of We were inundated with the dom deny; always distinguish." citizens is assured of his or her constitutional right to life, teachings of Aquinas at an age at Aquinas insisted that in strictly Westminister, Md. Proceeding at liberty and the pursuit of happiness. my own pace without the pressure which our minds were as far from philosphical matters the argument of deadlines and tests has brought The Editor philosophy and theology as one from authority is the weakest of me to an even greater appreciation could imagine. Nevertheless, a few all; of Aquinas's remarkable intellect creative teachers succeeded in Hence, the Summa quotes from than I previously had. imparting to some of us lasting 19 Church ~ouncils, 41 popes, 52 Aquinas regard~d philosophy as enthusiasm for Aquinas's master- Fathers of the Church, and 46 piece, the Summa Theologiae. philosophers or poets. The saint's a search for wisdom that in,spired The Summa was Aquinas's atuse of Scripture was so masterful attentiveness, humility and goodOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER tempt to provide young students that many scholars believe he knew will. To him, this search was a family effort of the human race emwith an orderly and simplified Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River the Bible by heart. handbook of Catholic theology.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: Recently we put my 83-year-old mother in a nursing home'. I made the decision when she became so unsteady on her feet that she could not get around without serious danger of falling.

Even though she is now well cared for and physically safe, I feel very uncomfortable and frustrated when I visit her.

She has a dozen errands for me to run (mostly things that I have already taken ,care of or that are unnecessary.) She gives me detailed directions about how to take care of her affairs and changes her directions each time I visit.

I try to be patient with her and with myself - but I am finding it a real chore to visit.

- Pennsylvania You seem to be experiencing what every adult child feels when taking care of an aging parent: the effects of role reversal. You have reversed your childhood role to become the protecting, nurturing person. Your mother is now, the dependent, protected person.

In addition, you both carry the baggage for a lifetime of interacting with each other. She knows what upsets or irritates you. You know what approaches she uses to get her way.

These are not conscious reactions. They're in your very bones.

You both have used them all your lives.

The likelihood of your changing the reactions of a lifetime is small.

Far better to plan your visits so as to maximize good aspects of your relationship and minimize manipulative behavior. Here are some suggestions: I. Your mother misses the ability to make her own decisions.

Nursing-home residents often experience this distress, almost as though they had been reduced from adult to child. Encourage and support her in making the decisions she is able to make. Perhaps she can make her own appointments for hair care in the nursing home or decide on the purchase of new clothes.

If you are the manager of her affairs outside the nursing home, then you are responsible for fulfilling this dilty in your way. Listen to her ideas. Use the ones that are relevant and do not argue with her

Argentine bishop denies communion to rights abusers

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MARY KENNY about the others. Simply make the decisions you deem prudent.

2. Plan your visits to include an activity your mother will enjoy. If she is encouraged to walk, support her on a walk through the halls.

Bring a book she would enjoy and read her a short chapter each visit.

Bring a portable cassette player and play a favorite music tape.

Bring homemade cookies and a soft drink to share on your visit.

3. If the visit is dragging on and you are getting tense, end it. Tell your mother you must leave and do so. Better frequent, short, pleasant visits than stressful long ones.

4. Rely on your spouse. Often a spouse can visit aging in-laws easier than an adult child can visit aging parents. The spouse does not carry the baggage from a life.long relationship and does not experience the role reversal which the adult child does. Ask your spouse to visit her with you and to visit her alone at times.

Both you and your mother must adjust to major changes in your lives. You are making the effort to be supportive of your mother as you face a problem that is almost universal when children must care for parents.

BUENOS AIRES (eNS) - An Argentinean bishop has issued a decree prohibiting Jnrepentant human rights violators from receivi'ng the sacraments in his diocese.

I Bishop Miguel EsteQart Hesayne of Viedma said that "access to the sacraments for those ~ersons who have violated individual [rights] guarantees and have not shown publicly their repentance remains prohibited throughout the diocese."

The bishop's declaration came shortly after Argentinean human rights organizations requested such church action. i The rights groups' request was sparked by widely pU~li$hed photographs of former military dictator Jorge Videla recbiving communion in a Buenos Aires church on Dec. 30, just hdurs before declaring that massive human rights violations by the military in the 70s and 80s were justified.

Videla had been condemned to life imprisonment for his role in the rights abuses, but had been pardoned.

Jan. 25 1987, Rev. Jack Hickey, O.P., Dismas House, Nashville, Tenn.

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Japanese buy Iowa college DAVENPORT,lowa(CNS) -A Japanese university group will purchase a smal,1 Cathol:c college in Davenport, making it the fifth U.S. college to be acquired by the group. Marycrest College will drop its official ties to the Sisters of

Humility and become Teikyo Marycrest University, the college announced. Terms of the purchase by the Teikyo University Group of Japan were not disclosed, but the property was valued at more than $9 million.

Call to covlenant ARLINGTON, Va,. (CNS) Virginia's Catholic, Lutheran and Episcopalian leaders have issued a formal "call into covenant" for members of their denominations.

It is believed the first such endeavor among the three traditions in the United States. The religious leaders have committe(t themselves and their churches to 20 specific actions, with eventual full communion as their goal. I

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The Anchor Friday, Jan. 18, 1991

By FATHER

JOHN J. DIETZEN

Q. I read your answer to the question about indulgences and I'm in limbo.

You said one reason the church no longer determines days or years for partial indulgences is that these

Indulgences Explained in plain English designations often caused confusion. Contrary to what many Catholics believed, you said, an indulgence of one year, for example, did not mean one year off of purgatory.

If it didn't mean that, just what did it mean, in phlin English?

(Kansas) A. The history of indulgences in the church is long and complicated. But in English as plain as possible, a one-year indulgence meant that indulgenced prayer or action would be for the individual the equivalent of one year of penance - one year of Lenten fast, for example. ' Some u~derstanding may come from realizing that penances in the

sacrament of confession were at one time enormous. In the early Middle Ages Irish monks, who pretty much introduced private confession into Europe, drew up a list of "tariffs" or penances for each possible sin.

The result was that some people could die before they had an opportunity to finish all the fasting or other penance that might result from even one confession.

The church in different regions began to deal with this and similar problems in variety of manners.

What we older Catholics grew up'calling indulgences was one of those ways that developed over the centuries. Theoretically, the intention was that more difficult, or

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more important, actions would be granted larger indulgences.

As we know, this didn't always work out in practice; and sometimes led to rather bizarre spiritual activities. For example, many Catholics, including myself, will remember how one could on certain days go in and out of church a number of times in half an hour, re-entering each time to recite prayers that were indulgenced for each separate "visit" to a church.

This all explains why the church, without denying the theology behind indulgences, speaks of them now with great care, to avoid falling into the old traps.

As I indicated in the column to which vou refer, "partial indul-

gences" are still granted, but simply in those words. No days or years are designated. The meaning is still the same.

Incidentally, at least in路official teachings, the church does not know enough about purgatory (whether, for example, it involves time in our sense at all) to know what "one year off purgatory" would even mean.

A free brochure, "Infant Baptism: Catholic Practice Today," is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to him at the same address.

And now from the volunteers'point of view By

DOLORES CURRAN

. "It really ruffled my feathers to read the articles you wrote with no reference to the volunteer's side," the letter from a reader began.

Since my two columns on volunteers, I've discovered there are a lot of rufflefeathered volunteers out there.

"I feel used so often," another reader wrote. "The paid directors of agencies behave as if we are hired help. I don't volunte,er to be

thanked but I do expect to be appreciated. " Another angry ktter concluded, "Why don't you balance your columns with a view from the volunteer's shoes?" Why don't I, indeed. Those who count on volunteers need to know how they feel when they freely offer their time and energy only to experience disillusionment or anger.

I have felt it myself, especially after agreeing to serve on a board or commission only to discover that we were expected to rubber stamp decisions already made by those in charge. When we disagreed with some of those decisions, we were made to ~el unc~operative.

I asked a colleague who heads a consulting service for those who depend on volunteers if there are any characteristics shared by

effective leader's of volunteers. By effective, I mean those who consistently draw 路and retain volunteers, year in and year out. This is what my friend shared.

1. Good leaders match needs with volunteer skills and hopes.

"When you have volunteers who like to work with people,"don't ask them to stuff envelopes," she said.

"This is one of our most common mistakes: Too often we see volunteers as free help rather than take the time to discern their gifts and wishes. When they waver in their commitment, we blame them instead of our ourselves."

2. They lead volunteers into an understanding of the total picture of the organization.

"Most volunteers don't understand the scope of the organization - budget; local, church, and

federal regulations; the need to woo philanthropists, etc. - so they get easily discouraged when things don't happen right away," she said.

She shared the experience of a volunteer director in a homeless shelter. Volunteers involved in the daily grind of preparing meals were upset over a fund raising fashion benefit charging $50 per lunch.

"When we shared our budget with them and showed them that a large share of our operating expenses come from this benefit, they understood that it was worthwhile, even though they disagreed with what they considered ostentatious spending in a homeless society."

3. They affirm, support and show

appreciation. "N 0 volunteer should ever feel used," she said. "N or should one feel taken for granted.

Good directors make this their top priority. They show appreciation because they feel it. If they don't, they shouldn't be in this field."

4. They invite suggestions for improvement from volunteers.

"Volunteers often see a better way of delivering service because they ,are on the line," she said. "But directors sometimes take suggestions as criticism and react negatively or simply ignore ideas of merit."

Volunteers remain the workforce in most of our ministry efforts. If they feel valued, they continue to give of themselves but if they don't, they look around for an area where they are appreciated.

Another year, another list of renewed possibilities By , ANTOINETTE

BOSCO

It's January, and I have a decided need to look back over the last 12 months and review the events both good and distressful - that affected me deeply enough to be lodged in my memory.

In a way, this is a 'sort of examination of conscience. I look inward and see how well I have carried out

what I had resolved to do the year before, and ask myself honestly where I failed.

I also feel a certain excitement.

With a new year starting, I have a chance to try to make good things happen. It's a peculiar blend of nostalgia and anticipation, of old resolutions rusted but new hopes rooting.

There is no logical reason why the ending of December and the beginning of January should be a more momentous time than the meeting of any two other months of the year.

Nothing intrinsically different happens in the galaxy or universe to separate these two months into

the awesome categories of year's yes, I shall accomplish these desired I admit that the start of a new end and year's beginning. goals without letting past failures yea'r makes me an incurable romanhaunt me. tic. I can't change, nor would I. I Yet, when December passes into Though I may appear to be shall always feel that the coming of January, I see a gap separating making simple New Year's resolu- . a new year brings me benediction, time, and I feel myself a pilgrim tions, I am doing something far another chance to begin again the leaving behind the unfinished busdifferent. I suspect I am never undone choices which I perceive to iness of all my past years. I travel into a new promised land of going to accomplish all my stated be possible, good or at least worth resolutions. But I have given myself atte~pting. renewed possibilities, hopes and a vote of confidence that I "might." enthusiasm.

So here I sit with my pen and I have said "maybe I can."

Only one direction exists and it paper, resolved to make progress leads to only one place - the Unconsciously, I have defined in 1991. I've made a start. So far, opportunity to begin again, to and looked again at the meaning it's: Don't ever again voice a critireset goals, to be young in hope of personal power, an essentially cism of one of your children to his and enthusiasm, to be re-energized human, and Christian, value. or her siblings. Don't complain spiritually, Thus, my New Year's resolutions about working too hard. Stop Each January, I examine closely restore in me something that we all talking about the perils of driving what I would do, if I had the need: a sense that we do indeed in snow. Call at least two long-lost choice, in the coming months'. Then ' have a strong say-so in our lives friends a month. Get some exer" I allo~ myselfthe luxury of saying and destinies. cise! Buy a camera.... ' '

The enthusiasm of God's Spirit: ties that bind By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

Recently I paid a visit to an old friend, Chicago Tribune sports. writer John Husar. J.ohn and I attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago together years when both of us as young men aspired to serve others through the priesthood.

As I gave my name to the receptionist, I expected our meeting would be brief and wondered if he would even remember me. But the

moment we saw each other it was as if our bond of three decades ago was as fresh as it was then.

We embraced with a warmth that said, "This is just like old times." And it was like old times!

Our conversation immediately flowed in the direction of priesthood and the "old system" we endured in high school before we went in our separate directions. As John and I conversed, I was struck by the extraordinary dedication to the church that continued in him, a real sense of vocation in the church.

Instead of lingering on past experiences, o'ur conversation moved in the direction of the vibrant Old St. Patrick's in downtown ,Chicago, which John frequents. It has a very mixed popu-

lation; I was told that people of different ages, economic means, ethnic and racial backgrounds feel at homj: in it.

John's enthusiasm about the parish's depth of hospitality surfaced as he spoke about parishioners who make it a point to draw into the community those individuals who may be standing alone.

No one stands alone for long, I was told.

I also was told about the dinners given on a regular basis in the parish for new parishioners. "Before they receive envelopes," John related, "they are made to feel the ~arish is their home."

He went on to say, "two soup kitchens are in full swing because people want to personally help others - to go beyond dumping a

check in the offering as a way of 'fulfilling this deep need."

The homilies at Old St. Patrick's treat adults as adults, he said.

And networking - so essential to community spirit - is an operative principle of parish life there.

The parish is situated among highrise condominiu'ms, and when I asked how the inhabitants were informed about the parish I-learned that word of mouth is the key: When people are happy with their parish they talk it up.

As I listened I began to realize that John's enthusiasm for this parish was not so much about programs, but spoke to the inner yearnings of people. People like to be treated in a dignified and noble manner, and they also like to reach out and treat others in this same

manner. This parish had tapp~d into the deep-seated desire people have to ennoble others and their environment.

I smiled as I reflected on all these concerns, because they are so closely related to the concerns that strike the imagination of many a young man attracted to the priesthood.

I smiled even more as the thought occurred to me that after all these years our common roots still matter. The enthusiasm that comes from having God's Spirit implanted within us was evident.

After so many years, the visit to , an old friend had gone against all expectations. The intensity and energy of his care for the church will remain with me for a long time.

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PHARMACISTS Joe Rebello, left, and Thomas Pasternak. (Hickey photo)

Catholic pharmacists on front line of medical ethics, say Fall River men

By Marcie Hickey with Catholic News Service Reports Speaking at a recent meeting of the International Federation of Catholic Pharmacists in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II charged his listeners not to develop or distribute drugs that could be used "against life, directly or indirectly."

The pope did not mention specific drugs, such as the abortioninducing R U-486, or types of drugs, such as artificial c·ontraceptives, but said pharma-cists might be tempted to "renounce the demands of the conscience in the name of the laws of the market or in the name of legislation" which allows practices contrary to church teaching.

"The relationship between the pharmacist and his customers goes well beyond its commercial aspect because it requires a keen perception of the personal problems of the customer as well as the basic ethical aspects of the services rendered to the life and dignity of the human person," the pope said, urging the pharmacists to be "careful advisers of those who, procure medicines."

Ethical Challenges Such issues as bioethics, abortion-inducing drugs and euthanasia pose questions for Catholic pharmacists as· much as for Catholic doctors, nurses and other health professionals. And while the man or woman behind the counter in the neighborhood pharmacy may not have a direct influence on those issues, ethical challenges arise for him or her on an almost daily basis, say Catholic pharmacists Thomas Pasternak of Wals h Pharmacy and Joseph Rebello of Standard Pharmacy, both in Fall River.

"One of the pharmacist's goals is to protect people: to counsel and provide quality care," said Pasternak.

First and foremost, said Rebello, pharmacists need to be constantly on guard for potential misuse of the drugs they distribute.

"The biggest problem we're faced with is phony prescriptions - something stolen or copied or written with a fake doctor's name," said Rebello, noting that a patient had recently tampered with a prescription for 50 valium tablets, making it appear he should receive 150.

Such problems are avoided by checking with doctors' offices on questionable prescriptions, said Rebello. But, he added, "We have to look for potential drug abuse even if the prescription is legitimate."

For example, pharmacists should check for drug interaction and explain the use of medications to patients, he said.

"As big a problem as people who abuse medications is people who don't take their prescribed medication. saying they feel okay.

We have to emphasize that it's important to take drugs as prescribed."

Often the pharmacist's role goes beyond filling a prescription and making sure that it is used properly. Many customers seek-advice or just a listening ear.

It is not unusual for a pharmacist to be confronted with "a parent who finds a pill in a child's drawer and wants to know what it is," said Pasternak. While the parent is worried that the child is abusing drugs, "usually it's nothing serious - something the kid is using for athlete's foot or something."

woman can obtain an abortion, usually by a parent distraught about a daughter's pregnancy.

Pasternak said he encourages the family to talk about the problem and refers them to their parish priest or minister.

"We try to direct people in the right way and encourage them to take the positive step" of preserving life, said Rebello. "I strongly advise them to seek out a member of the clergy, because I don't know if they could live afterward" with the decision to have an abortion.

In all their dealings, said Rebello. the most important thing pharmacists can do is "take into account the individual...talking to a patient is the only way to make responsible decisions" about that person's medication.

Among his Concerns he said, is access to medications by those who need them in a health care system in which "too many people of all age groups are falling through the cracks."

Most vulnerable, said the pharmacists, are the elderly.

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against its dignity are becoming more numerous," the pope told the International Federation of Catholic Pharmacists, "...one must be able to recognize Catholic pharmacists, being competent and at the same time faithful witnesses."

Pasternak, an advisor in youth ministry and the confirmation program at St. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, said he would welcome international ethical guidelines for pharmacists.

Both he and Rebello are members of the National Catholic Pharmacists Guild of the United States, which Rebello helped found in New York in the 1950s.

The·guild's goals and objectives include - Upholding the principles of Catholic faith and the laws of the United States.

- Assisting ecclesiastical au- thorities inthe-diffusiurrufeathoficpharmaceutical ethics.

- Opposing the sale of pornographic literature, especially in pharmacies.

- Supporting human life "in all its stages" with a call to educate all persons about abortion and abortifacient d rugs. in order to enlighten people as to "the spiritual and moral tragedy of abortion."

- Promoting donations offunds and supplies to Catholic charitable groups.

- Fostering solidarity and goodwill among all pharmacists and pharmacy students.

Jesuit-run Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., recently organized the first student chapter of the ~uild. .

The Guild is "one of the few organizations that combines spiritual life with professional life," said student chapter president Sherry Wiederin.

One purpose of the chapter is to formulate a set of "generic goals" that could be used by any other school of pharmacy wishing to form a chapter, organizers said.

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"Why wait until students become pharmacists to get them to examine the issues?" said Dr. Edward DeSimone, assistant dean for academic affairs at Creighton University's School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions.

"A Catholic physician who performs an abortion is subject to excommunication," DeSimone told The Catholic Voice, newspaper of the archdiocese of Omaha. "If I were to dispense a particular drug as part of that process, I would be just ~s guilty~" He added, "No one can force a pharmacist to fill a prescription."

"It's important to have a group like this," Pasternak said of the national guild. "As Catholic pharmacists we have to be attentive to ethical issues. Where else do you get the information? We'don't have the time or resources to tackle the issues individually."Rebello, a member of Holy Cross parish, Fall River, noted that pharmacists in general place great emphasis on upholding ethical standards. One of his prized possessions is a mug decorated with a report of the results of a 1983 opinion poll which ranked clergy the number one ethical professionals, with pharmacists a close second.

In a later poll, "They tied," said Rebello. "We like to have a positive influence on people's lives" he concluded.

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Innocents still slaughtered as 18th anniversary of Roe v. Wade nears

PORSHA INGLES accepts a $100 check from Kathleen Massoud for her prizewinning essay in a contest conducted by New Bedford chapter, Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Ms. Massoud was contest coordinator.

Pro-life essay contest winners are named Porsha Ingles, a senior at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, and three students from Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, are winners in a pro-life essay contest sponsored by the New Bedford chapter of Massachusetts Citizens for Life in connection with Tuesday's March for Life in Washington, D.C. The annual March is an occasion for prolifers to express opposition to the Supreme Court's Jan. 22, 1973, Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Each contest winner received a monetary award and two bus trip tickets to attend the March for Life.

Miss Ingles, 17, a Swansea resident, received $100 as first place essayist. She is a member of Bethany Gospel Chapel of the Plymouth Brethren. She explained that although the church has no explicit teaching on abortion, a majority of members, including herself, are opposed to it. She said that a younger sister, Wendy, is a Connolly junior and a brother, Michael, is an alumnus, now serving with the Peace Corps in Thailand.

She added that the trio chose the school on the basis of its teachers and curriculum and also for its spirit of community and caring.

'In her essay, Miss Ingles wrote: "Abortion iskiIIing.1t is the murder of helpless children. At eight weeks ... the unborn child has developed unimaginably. All systems are functioning. All organs are intact. The child is actually thinking! All future development...is simply refinement and growth. Yet people still dare to say that the child is a mass of tissue, not a living human being.

They are wrong! The child is precious and valuable...

"Is human life of so little value that we can legally kill unborn children simply because they are 'unwanted'? What is to stop our society from deciding that certain already-born people do not have the right to live either?...

"Abortion is on the rise. Since Jan. 22, 1973...over 20 million abortions have been performed in the United States-20 million legalized killings. The figure is greater than all the Americans, civilian and military, kiiled in all the wars the United States has fought. Today in 14 cities in the United States, abortions outnumber live births.

Is this ethical? Is this the legacy we want to leave? ..!t must be stopped!"

"Choices" Second-place winner Jennifer Beaulieu of Rochester, a senior at Bishop Stang, received a $50 savings bond for her essay, "Choices."

"Life is full of choices," she writes. "One of the most important choices we can make is to choose life!. .. Life is a gift from God, the most important gift we ever receive. No human should ever have the right to choose who shall live or who shall die.

"Anything growing is alive, no matter how minute. A seed is alive and growing even while it is in the ground, before taking root. It is growing before we can see it. People nt(ver doubt that, yet they make all sorts of excuses to deny the fact of human life when they feel, for any number of reasons, that a baby is not convenient at a certain time in their lives...

"Now that I have reached the age when I can vote and, hopefully, help to make changes in my state and in my country, I will try to be informed and to vote for candidates who are pro-life. I have always felt very strongly about this issue, but after attending the Rightto-Life Rally in Washington last April, I feel more committed to . doing whatever I can to see abortion abolished in this country."

The Rigl:Jt to Life Bishop Stang juniors Katie Amaral of Acushnet and Heather Mitchell of Fall River each received third place awards of $25.

In an essay entitled "The Right to Life and what it Means to Me," Miss Amaral asks, "How can anyone kill an innocent, helpless child?"

She notes that, "I know a lot of people getting abortions are teens.

How come, as a teenager, you can't decide whether or not to get your ears pierced, but you can decide to take a human life" by abortion? I "Many teens aren't ready for parenthood, but there are also many people who would do anything to have a child, but can't have one of their own. People have to wait five to seven years to adopt a child when thousands are being senselessly murdered each day.

"Many people later regret having an abortion. They wonder what their child would have been like.

Many seek the help oftherapists to help them get over the trauma" of having lost a child.

Why is "something that causes som-ucb -harm" legal'! "NoConly does it kill a helpless human being, it traumatizes the mother also."

Drugs are illegal because of the "mental, chaos they cause an addict," wrote Miss Amaral, but "destruction of a human fetus" is legal.

"What about the mental chaos that causes?"

The fact that anyone would willingly murder their own child scares me," she concludes. "The unborn child has a right to live just like you and I. We got our chance to live; shouldn't they?"

Nobody's Child Heather Mitchell's entry is a poem entitled "Am I to Be Nobody's Child?"

Am I to be nobody's child?

Why must I suffer for your careless mistake?

How easy it is to just take away my life.

It's in your hands.

Is it that you're frightened of what this might mean to your future?

Well, I'm frightened too.

I know not whether I have a future.

Shall I never experience love's tender touch?

Perhaps it was an act of violence.

Can you ever love the product of your worst nightmare?

Am I now to serve his sentence?

Shall I lose my life for his evil deed?

Perhaps it was an untimely act of love.

Can you simply destroy the fruit of such an intimate bond?

Can you take away the life you began through love?

Can you murder your own creation?

Is it that you feel you can't give me the kind of life a child needs?

Maybe there is someone else who could.

Someone who could not have a child of their own.

What could be a greater gift?

My life is in your hands.

So, helplessly, I wait for you to decide.

Am I to be nobody's child?

An honorable mention in the essay contest was awarded to Heidi Tatzell, a Stang senior from Fall River. She also received a trip for two to the March for Life.

Coordinating the contest was Kathleen Massoud of St. James

parish, New Bedford, chairman-of educational activities for the New Bedford chapter of Massachusetts Citizens for Life.

Project Life Continued from Page One' The Project Life letter focuses on facts about abortion, said Ms. Curley. "We don't want to make it sound like a strictly Catholic or; religious issue. We all know it's a human rights issue."

She continued, "Don't assume that the cause is hopeless or that it's already decided. Sometimes this is the first time [a legislator] has been exposed to the facts in this form. It's unbelievable that these are educated people represen!ing_YD\4-and the짜'ye beenSD underexposed to the facts, or have been so inundated by the proabortion point of view, that they can't get any objectivity on the issue."

Added D' Avolio, "There are enough representatives in doubt about abortion that this I_etterwriting campaign will impact them."

D'Avolio assessed the current status of bills concerning abortion in the Massachusetts legislature and discussed the role of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference in pro-life lobbying. He also stressed the importance of individual and group efforts in contacting legislators. Telephoning and in-person meetings are effective in addition to writing, he said.

"If they get a number of letters or five or six phone calls on the same issue, they get nervous," he said. "They start to pay attention."

Representatives who are prolife need support, D'Avolio added.

"If they don't hear from their prolife constituents they wonder if they'll be re-elected" if they continue to hold the pro-life position.

The letter-writing campaign is effective because "They know those names and addresses mean votes," said Ms. Curley.

The MCC intends to expand Project Life statewide, with each campaign focusing on a particular date (in this case, the Roe v. Wade anniversary) or specific bills coming before the legislature.

The diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate .noted that through Project Life, over 35,000 letters have reached the statehouse since March 1990, persuading some legislators who were undecided on the issue to vote pro-life and contributing to the defeat of House Bill 400 I, an initiative constitutional amendment that would have legalized abortion on demand throughout pregnancy.

Among those, opposed to the H4001 bill was Dr. Stanton Goldstein, medical director of Planned Parenthood. He resigned from his post because of the amendment, telling the Boston Globe, "I'm against this referendum, as it legalizes abortion up to delivery. I cannot think of a single reason for aborting a healthy baby."

Although this weekend is the target date for implementation of the letter-writing initiative, the current Project Life letter is appropriate for mailing to the state legislature any time until March.

After that new letters will be composed to target bills coming before Turn to Page Nine

RICHARD .COLEMAN

Former bar head wants money back

ABOVE IS a reproduction ofthe;Project Life letter explained on page one ofthis issue ofthe Anchor. IndiviDuals whose parish is not sponsoring th~ project may copy the letter and mail it to the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, 60 School Street, Bostort02108, indicating the state legislator to whom it should be delivered.

Richard Coleman believes in putting his mouth where his money is. The former president ofthe Los Angeles County Bar Association has filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court demanding a refund of dues he paid the organization of which he is a former president.

The amount is small-less than $100, Coleman estimates-but the principle is large. The former memberofSt. Mary's par,ish, South Dartmouth, where his mother, Mrs. Frank T. Coleman, still resides, resigned from the local bar association because last February it cosponsored an American Bar Association resolution supporting a woman's right to abortion.

In effect; said Coleman, it ignored the U.S. Supreme Court Webster decision, which held that states could limit abortion rights, thus signaling a retrel,l,t from the wider latitude of Roe v. Wade.

The February resolution was later rescinded by the ABA, from which Coleman had also resigned, but thereupon rejoined. The ABA

promptly refunded Coleman's dues for the period he was out of the association; but the Los Angeles group not only refused to make a refund but failed to respond to numerous queries on the matter.

"I felt I was being stonewalled and ignored and trivialized," said the partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Coleman and Marcus, in explaining why, his patience exhausted, he finally sued the association to which he had belonged for over 20 years.

"This is distasteful but I feel a moral obligation," he said. "They've ignored not only my religious beliefs but scientific evidence that [abortion] is the killing of human life. I think they should have the decency not to embarrass me by , using my money for this" He seeks a prorated refund and interest plus punitive damages for emotional distress suffered when the county group "promoted a policy and supported activities contrary to [his] civic, moral and religious convictions and principles of conscience using [his] own funds."

After Coleman's suit was filed, Los Angeles County Bar Association senior vice president Andrea Sheridan Ordin told the Los Angeles Daily Journal, a lawyers' newspaper, that the organization was "very saddened that one of our valued members felt so strongly about this matter as to go to court.

This is the kind of case that should go to some form of mediation."

She said that the organization has a no-refund policy with regard to due.s because it would be an "unwieldy administrative task" to make such refunds.

"Strange that a task easily accomplished by the smallest business proves too much for the Los Angeles County Bar Association's professionals," was Coleman's response.

As of Jan. 14, he said, the local association had not responded to his comment or to his suit.

Project Life Continued from Page Eight the legislature, including ones regarding abortions for sex selection; parental consent for minors seeking abortions; and prenatal health care, D'Avolio said. A revised version of the H400 I bill will also likely appear this year, he added.

The recent defeat of H400 I "unfortunately is not the end of it," said Ms. Curley. "We must continue to be vigilant."

She concluded, "God does not call the qualified; he qualifies the called."

LITTLE PROTESTER - Her voice may be small, but the message of 18-month-old Nicole Ellen Kourours is loud and clear at this Baltimore pro-life demonstration. (CNS Photo)

March for Life The Project Life campaign is coordinated on a deanery level by the pro-life representatives who are also organizing diocesan participation in the March for Life Tuesday in Washington, D.C. They are: Attleboro: Alice McAndrews, 226-0292 Cape Cod: John Boyle, 778-5651 Fall River, Jim Wasel, 676-8958 New Bedford: Mary Ann Booth, 636-4903 Taunton: Doreen Bissonette, 823-5518 Buses transporting diocesan

partiCIpants to the March are scheduled to leave as follows: -Cape Cod: from Patriot Square, Rt. 134, South Dennis, 7:30 a.m. Jan. 21; will pick up passengers at Bob's Big Boy Restaurant, Bourne Rotary. Contact John Boyle; Ethel Mitchell, 432-4435, or Chris Vadeboncour, 398-2465.

-Fall River, New Bedford: leaving St. James Church, ~ew Bedford, 9 a.m. Jan. 21 and picking up passengers at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fan River, at 9:30.

Contact Mary Ann Booth.

-Attleboro: leaving Holy Ghost Church, Attleboro, 10 p,m. Jan. 21. Contact Alice McAndrews.

The cost of all bus trips is $35. , All groups will participate in the March beginning at noon Jan. 22.

The Cape Cod, New Bedford and Fall River groups will also attend the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 21:.

Biography "The saints' biographies display every sort of psychological background and previous history, but as far as I know none was covetous or cold."--Ida F. Coudenhove

The bitter fruits of secular humanism

By Father Pierre E. Lachance, OP Director, St. Anne's Shrine, Fall River Abortion is the crime of O\lr time. Dr. Paul Kurtz, author of the Second Humanist Manifesto (1973), acknowledged in 1980 that "even 7 or 8 years ago abortion was a radical cause." And he added, "Humanists were among the first to espouse that cause." They were the most influential movers of public opinion that led to the Supreme Court Ruling of January 22, 1973 legalizing abortion on demand.

Since then, the number of abortions in our country has skyrocketed. Today 1,600,000 babies are aborted each year or some 4,383 every day! Human life is no longer precious; it is disposable, just like FATHER LACHANCE an old automobile. Abortion is but one ofthe many different mangreatest tragedy of our time. ifestations of that low regard many Children live in one-parent homes, have for human life. Others are lacking the emotional and spiritviolence and murder in our cities ual security provided by welland battered wives and children. adjusted and loving parents.

This mentality comes from secular Children growing up under such humanism. adverse conditions are ill prepared Secular means that man's vision to assume the responsibilities of of life is formed without any refermarriage and parenthood. The ence to God. Man doesn't need fabric of society is being destroyed.

God. Actually, religion. with its Is that the vaunted sexual libcommandments and moral res- eration? traints, is seen as a tyranny that Widespread abortion has led to prevents man from being himself the trivializing of human life. Life and dedicating himself to building has become cheap, expendable for a better world. Secular humanists almost any reason. The bottom deny the existence of God. This line is the triumph of selfishness world is the only thing for them and the misery and unhappiness that is real. ' that come in its wake.

Humanism here means that man Secular humanists are convinced is the center of the world. God has that science has the key to making been dethroned and man put in his a better world and eventually curplace. Humanism exalts man and ing all problems. But are people his power to develop his personal- happier today with all the good ity and build a new world without things science and technology have any reference to God. As hum- made available? Are social probanists say. "Man is the measure of lems fewer and better controlled? all things." The worship of God The evidence cries OUt to the conhas been replaced by the worship trary. Private and government of man. And so they can speak of rehabilitation programs or recourse humanism as a religion where man to imprisonment are merely emeris God. gency stopgaps.

A few other characteristics of Only a moral renewal of society Secular Humanism. There is no can go to the root of most social objective morality, nothing in itself problems. It offers no quick relief, is right or wrong. What is good for but it is the only approach holding me, what I feel happy and comfor- out real hope for a better future. table with constitutes my code of ethics. I am "free to be me."

Freedom is the greatest good of man. I can do anything I want as long as I don't hurt anybody else..

(This doesn't include aborted NEW YORK (CNS) - Jesuit . babies!) That means anything is Father Richard A. McCormick, O. K.: free sex, abortion, euthanasia, suicide, homosexuality, adul- Chri~tian ethics professor at the University of Notre Dame, said tery, even incest.

Secular Humanism is the exal- the best available way of dealing tation of self. Everything centers with abortion in the United States on "me." Remember the "me at present was through state leggeneration" of the seventies? islation.

Although that will produce"patchAbortion, at bottom, is a selfish decision: killing an innocent human work" results with different laws being for personal convenience and in the various states, he said, it justifying it by claiming the "right" would allow all citizens to share in of a woman to control her repro- decision-making through the democratic process. ductive life.

A definitive national policy is Jesus said, "By their fruits you not presently feasible because of a shall know them." (Matthew 7: 16) lack of consensus, he said.

The fruits of selfishness and unresFather McCormick addressed trained freedom are all too visible: the issue at a recent weeklong sescohabitation, unwanted pregnancies, abortions, broken lives, mar- sion for administrators of Catholic hospitals at St. John's University riage without love. in Queens.

Divorce is unquestionably the

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FATHER JOSEPH M. Costa, moderator of Pax Christi of Southeastern Massachusetts, addresses congregation at Mass for peace offered last Sunday at St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, (Jack Foley photo, courtesy of Fall River Herald News)

Racism seen rising

Continued from Page One speak, New Orleans Archbishop Francis B. Schulte said that ,"recently in several parts of the United States there has been a resurgence of distrust and enmity among people of different backgrounds and ethnic heritages."

Bishop Francis noted that the u.s. bishops' 1979 letter declared racism "a sin," but "you seldom hear that proclaimed from the pulpit," he said, stressing that it was time for priests to "talk about racism and its effects."

"They are the leadership in the - - - - IflHlshes·wno should model Gospel values, particularly when we see racism on the rise," he said.

"Racism is such a negative thing.

It feeds on the fears of the people.

The church has to speak out, to respond in a positive way."

His workshops. he said, address the fear priests may have in speaking out about racism, a fear that "people will reject the teaching and us."

"The real fear is that people may diminish support of the parish financially and in other ways," he said.

Bishop Francis said in his view it is young people of college age who are fueling the resurgence of racism.

"They will rally for anti-apartheid in South Africa and cheer Nelson Mandela, but they object to minorities too close to home," he said.

He said he sees a growing number of people in places such as col" lege campuses deriding miRorft.ies,"They are ignorant of the importance of these cultures and their contributions to our country," he said. "The students are picking up on that attitude. and it's reflected in the rise of racism and the strong bias against homosexuals. It shows a lack of respect for the dignity of individuals."

Many people say the church shouldn't be involved in politics when it comes to issues like racism.

Bishop Francis said, but he sees

such issues as more of a reason to be involved.

"When laws. politics and politicians are immoral, the church has a moral right to speak up about their actions," he said.

A prime example, he said, is abortion. "People risk- civil disobedience and demonstrate to protest the Supreme Court's decision on abortion."

The church cannot tell people "whom to vote for, but we can urge them to vote for people who have moral consciences."

Bishop Franeis added that 1I0t all has been negative in race relations since the 1960s.

For example, he noted that in New Orleans the relationship between blacks and whites "is superior to that of the Northeast, where I live, both socially and economically." Past isolation in schools and in the workplace has been replaced by "tremendous social contact." he said.

Peace

• Right Intention: Some Intentions, such as punishing an aggressor or recovering material possesslons,are not considered sufficient justification for the violence of war. Others, such as protection of human rights and defense against real or threatened Injury, may Justify war.

Continued from Page One fered a Mass for peace Jan. 13 at ·St. Vincent's Home, Fall River.

Celebrant Father Joseph Costa, moderator ofthe group, reminded those present that "we cannot witness to nonviolence unless we ourselves are rooted in peace."

Following the Mass, those in attendance gathered to discuss responses to the Persian Gulf crisis.

It was voted to send a telegram to President Bush and to express gratitude to Massachusetts congressmen who unanimously opposed United States aggression against Iraq.

Members participated Monday in a two-hour peace vigil at Fall River Government Center.

• Last resort: Military action Is justified only when all peaceful alternatives to deter or reverse aggression have been exhausted. '

Theologian retires

• Probability of success: There must be a sufficiently clear prospect of success to justify the human and other costs of engaging In war.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Jesuit theologian Father Walter J. Burghardt has retired as editor in chief of Theological Studies, the leading Catholic North American theologicaljournaJ. He was editor in chief of the quarterly for 24 years and for 21 years before that was its managing editor. Succeeding him is Father RobertJ. Daly, a Jesuit theologian at Boston College.

Catholic moral tradition spells out the criteria fqr a -just war."

In the use of armed force the U.S. bishops have stressed that all the criteria, not just some, must be met simUltaneously before war can be considered morally justified.

These are the just war criteria: • Just cause: War must be necessary to deter or repel unjust aggression.

• Competent authority: The appropriate lawful authorities must authorize the use of force.

• Proportionality of goals: The human and other costs of war must be measured against the values at stake and the anticipated outcome.

• Proportionality of means: In the conduct of the war, the military means used must be commensurate with the evil that one Is seeking to overcome.

• Discrimination: The principle of non-combatant Immunity must be preserved. Civilian populations cannot be targeted. .

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MILWAUKEE (CNS) - In a community assembly with a Liturgy draft pastoral sent to his priests, of the Word presided over by a Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert deacon or layperson - "is not traG. Weakland said that to meet ditional in the Catholic Church." eucharistic needs of Catholics in "Ifit were to last for many years priest-short areas he "would be I do not see how the Catholic idenwilling" to consider ordaining a tity could be maintained," he wrote. married man.

"We would become a different He stressed that he would seek kind of church that would not be papal clearance and would con- based on gathering around the sider the possibility only for a eucharistic sacrifice." priestless community of proven "We are a eucharistic church.... faith.

We are a sacramental church," he "I see at this moment no other said. "We are not true to our way outofthis very difficult situa- Catholic identity if we minimize tion.... I see no other solution," the the importance of word and sacarchbishop wrote'. rament, celebrated in common."

He sent the 24-page draft docThe archbishop emphasized the ument, titled "Facing the Future provisional nature of the draft text with Hope," to all priests of the and said he hopes to rewrite the archdiocese, asking them to sub- document in about six months, mit their comments to the Archdi- after studying responses from his .__ -pnesKaridpeople. . - - - ooe-safr-£-mmcil-of fuests...

Lay people are being consulted Issues he dealt with, in addi~ion on the proposed pastoral through to ordination of married men, the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council. included development of lay minIn his draft statement, Archbi- istries and the role of deacons in shop Weakland proposed that if a parishes, criteria for making decipriestless Catholic community met sions about preserving, closing, certain conditions of faith and merging or consolidating parishes, vitality, "I would be willing to help and changes in the role of priests in . the community surface a qualified charge of two or three parishes candidate for ordained priesthood instead of just one.

- even if a married man."

Cost "Without raising false expectations or unfounded hopes for him "This world in arms is not spendor the community," he added, he ing money alone. It is spending the would "present such a candidate" sweat of its laborers, the genius of to the pope for "light and its scientists, the hopes of its chilguidance." .dren." - Dwight D. Eisenhower "In such a case we would have done all possible at the local level '\ and could feel that we had been \~~. responsible stewards of God's ~\ goods arid graces," he wrote. j Last fall Pope John Paul II strongly reaffirmed mandatory celibacy for priests of the Latin ritt: ~jjrYerseverance and saidifielSsue was not open to debate at the world Synod of We adore Thee, 0 Holy Bishops, which met last October Trinity!

We reverence Thee; to discuss priestly formation. thank Thee with humblwe However, the ratio of U.S. est sentiments of gratitude Catholic parishioners to priests has risen from 750-1 in the midfor having been pleased to 1960s to 2,000-1 today, and is reveal to us this most glorexpected to reach more than 3,000-1 ious and incomprehensible by the year 2005. mystery.

Grant that, by perArchbishop Weakland said that severing in this faith until as the priest shortage grows "we are worried about two things: the death, we may see and glorvitality of our faith communities ify in heaven what we believe and the health of those priests who here below on earth - one will have to serve larger numbers God in three divine Perof faithful with fewer hands." sons, the Father, the Son He said the present practice in U.S. parishes where a priest is not and the Holy Spirit. Amen. available for Sunday Mass - a

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WOUNDED KNEE MASS: Deacon Ben Black Bear Jr., left, prays as Bishop Charles J. Chaput of Rapid City, SO, uses an eagle feather to bless the altar during a memorial Mass in Wounded Knee, SO, commemorating the massacre of some 200 Sioux Indians a century ago at the Battle of Wounded Knee, the last major confrontation between Indians and U.S. troops. (CNS photo)

Pax Christiprayer Dear Editor: In these troubling times, readers may find hope in this prayer whic~ is being circulated by Pax Christi USA, a national CathoJic peace movement.

Prayer for Hussein and Bush o God, you fill the universe with light and love. In you we live and move and have our being. We pray for Saddam Hussein and George Bush. Enlighten their minds and fill their hearts with the power of your "creative love. Guide their actions so that all civilians and soldi'ers in the Gulf area are protected from the sufferings of war.

Inspire their decisions so that the crisis in the Middle East is resolved peacefully, and all peoples of the world learn to walk in ways ofjustice, love and peace. Amen.

Readers responsive to this prayer might circulate it through their own channels 'of communication.

Ruth Dunning Brewster

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Kenneth J. Figueiredo East Sandwich

Joseph Saulino Dear Editor: On behalf of the Saulino Family, I extend heartfelt thanks for the splendid article on Joseph which was in the January 4, 1991 edition of The Anchor. We were all humbled by the placement of the article and know how pleased Joseph would have been.

It is our hope that more people will consider establishing endowment funds as memorials. The fine publicity given Joseph's fund will serve, hopefully, as a catalyst in this regard.

Please extend our gratitude to all your fine staff for a job very well done.

John E. Saulino, Esq. Fall River

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Dear Editor: I am a subscriber to "The AnNEW YORK (CNS) - A recent chor" and I am writing regarding teleconference on "tomorrow's priestthe Jan. 4 issue. The article on the hood" spotlighted a variety ofjob Vatican Post Office was interest- . descriptions for the priest: spiriting and reminded me of my inter- ual leader, liturgist, supporter of est in Vatican stamps during my non-ordained ministries, icon of youth. Would you please inform Christ. me ofthe best source to secure new It also brought a strong expresissues of Vatican stamps. Unfor- sion of support for ordaining tunately, our local dealers or clubs women after a member of a listeneither have no interest or know- ing group in the diocese of Roledge regarding Vatican issues. chester asked why no panelist had Thank you. mentioned use of women and marThe article (Religion or Cheap ried former priests.

Grace?) was excellent and I plan to Judith Ann Kollar, continuing read the article to our RCIA group, education director of the RochesWe often discuss the readings and ter Diocese and the only woman Gospel and talk about prayer. The among six panelists, said acceparticle certainly makes a strong tance of women into the priestpoint re'garding actions vs. words. hood was her "fondest hope," Somehow I feel that this article though she did not expect it in her has the substance for an excellent homlifetime, ily.

"Everybody I know hopes it will We enjoy the publication and happen," she said. "Everyone who talks about it wants to see equality in the church as in other areas."

Dominican Father Paul J. Philibert, head of his order's Southern province in New Orleans, expressed Jan, 21: Heb 5:1-10; Ps sympathy for Mrs. Kollar's view, 110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22 and called for thinking about the kind of church that would result Jan. 22: Heb 6:10-20; from the service of women as Ps 111:1-2,4-5,9-10; priests.

He said men were commonly Mk 2:23-28 regarded as more competitive and as more collaborative. And Jan. 23: Heb 7:1-3;15- women he suggested that efforts begin 17; Ps 110:1-4; Mk3:1- now to make church structures more collaborative as preparation 6 for the transition if ordination of Jan. 24: Heb 7:25-8:6; women were introduced.

Father M. Edmund Hussey, pasPs 40:7-10,17; Mk 3:7tor of St. Paul Church in Yellow 12 Springs, Ohio, said acceptance of women and married former priests Jan. 25: Acts 22:3-16 were "challenging issues" that kept or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117- being raised although they were "officially somewhat closed." :1-2; Mk 16:15-18

Jan. 26: 2 Tm 1: 1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Mk 3:20-21

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a group what they sought to find in priests, and all gave the same answer - "spiritual leaders."

Lay people, he saiq, can take on administrative responsibilities. "Let the priest be the priest."

Msgr. James Kelly, personnel director for priests ih the diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., said priests suffer from b.urnout when they try to meet every expectation.

Father Murnion suggested a description of the priest as an icon or representation of Christ whose being represents more than any personal achievements.

However, emphasi~ on the priest as a special person, Mrs. Kollar said, should be handled in a way that avoids clericalism, a te'ndency of some priests to exploit their position for personal privilege.

Father Philibert said priests should support ministries of the non-ordained. Lay volunteers have long been religious educators he pointed out, and in t~e future they will be needed for other ministries.

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Pope warns Latin-American religious to obey bishops VATICAN CITY (CNS)- Pope John Paul 11 has warned Latin American religious to obey their local bishops, especially regarding pastoral programs for the 500th anniversary in 1992 of the arrival of Christianity.

There are "solid motives" for criticizing "not just a few groups of religious" for being slow to obey and for "often promoting parallel initiatives," he said.

This cannot be permitted at "such a significant moment" as the preparations "to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the evangelization of the New World," the pope told superiors of male and female religious orders working in Latin America.

The pope expressed his "profound worry" about the situation and said it is "causing negative repercussions even in the bosom of the entire ecclesial community."

The pope talked to the superiors Jan. 10 as part of their meeting with Vatican officials to discuss problems in Latin America.

He did not mention a controversial "Word-Life" catechetical program, which has pitted many religious against bishops. But he criticized the Confederation of Latin American Religious, which prepared the "Word-Life" program for the 500th anniversary.

The program was opposed by many in the region's hierarchy as too critical of colonial evangelization and too ideological in its treatment of social issues.

The controversy caused the Vatican to intervene to block use of the program.

The pope praised the usefulness of the confederation and national organizations of religious but criticized their attitudes toward complying with the bishops' orders.

"The directives given for their correct functioning have not always been heard with a generous disposition. And this, obviously, has been a cause of worry and pain," he said. .

"The entire flock owes receptiveness and fidelity, as is taught by the Catholic faith, but it is above all the obligation of religious to gather around their pastors," he said.

The pope also praised the evangelical zeal of many religious and the important role that religious orders have played in spreading the Gospel in Latin America.

THE BIBLE, here shown in a braille edition, is the work of both God and its human This includes "humble and hid~ authors, the pope told a group commemorating the 25th anniversary of "Dei Verbum," among den work in service to poor people constitutions published by the Second Vatican Council. (CNS photo) often forgotten and abandoned," he added.

Last June 29, the pope sent a 46-page apostolic letter to the I 160,000 religious in Latin Amer-' strictly based on observable facts.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) errors and illusions," the pope told ica, saying colonial evangelization The pope said "Dei Verbum" Cautioning against an overly literal participants in a study session was generally positive with "more interpretation of the Bible, Pope commemorating the 25th anniver- had inspired valuable collaboralights than shadows." tion on translations between John Paul II recently said that sary of the Dogmatic Constitution The letter also criticized reli- -fundamentalists sometimes fail to on Divine Revelation ("Dei Ver- churches. Interchurch translations gious for overly politicized have produced "excellent results" understand the human elements in bum"), published during the activities. that provide "valuable instruments Second Vatican Council. its authorship.

There'is "an erroneous interprefor evangelization," he said.

The pope said "Dei Verbum" "To claim, as fundamentalists tation" based on a "Marxist code" do, that the Word of God can be did a good job of illuminating.

The document also rightly underthat equates ':the option for the grasped without taking into both the divine and human nature lined that Jews were a people poor with the vow of poverty," account the human aspects of its of biblical texts. chosen by God to receive his revesaid the letter.

"The books of the Bible 'have expression leads to all kinds of lation, the pope said.

The pope plans to attend 1992 God as their author,' but the men "Dei Verbum" is still timely and celebrations of the 500th anniverwho composed them are also 'true valuable for all people, the pope sary, organized by the Latin authors,''' the pope said, citing the said. and so is the Bible.

American bishops in Santo Domcouncil text.

"The prophetic message of peace, ingo, Dominican Republic.

"It follows that, in order to be reconciliation and friendship is faithful to the very nature of the Bible, interpretation should avoid directed at all people. This is why the Holy Scripture inpires univerbeing unilateral," he said.

VAT1CAN CITY (CNS) - The While the pope criticized an sal veneration, and it is why there family must be evangelized again and reclaim its place as a "school overly literal approach, he also should never. be any obstacle to the of human wisdom and spiritual said the Bible's essential message is diffusion of Scripture throughout lost in interpretations that are the entire world," he said. formation," Pope John Paul II VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope nese church cannot yet "give full recently told a group of families John Paul II says that despite and open expression to its faith recent seminary and church reop- and to its ecclesial communion preparing to begin overseas misenings in China, the church in the - with the successor of Peter and the . sionary work. clarify the responsibility of rich VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope The modern family is undergo- John Paul II hopes to publish his giant Asian country still has "a Catholic Church spread throughnations to share their material and ing a crisis, and there is no better new social encyclical by the beginlong way to go" before it can freely out the world." intellectual resources with underoperate. developed countries, he said.

The pope appealed for a recon- way to help than to return families . ning of May, and it is expected to The pope says he was particu- ciliation within the Chinese church, to their "privileged place" among focus on the relations between rich The main question is "how to larly saddened at the arrests of built on "the foundation of the social institutions, the pope said, and poor countries, said Joaquin share development, because this is Chinese bis'hops, priests and lay truth of the unrenounceable prin- speaking to some 6,000 people the right of all, not just the rich," Navarro-Valls, Vatican press Catholics.

Navarro-Valls added. ciples of the Catholic faith" and associated with the Neocatechu- spokesman. menate Movement. Some families The pope made the unusually sustained by understanding, good"It is not just a question of "There are continuous requests had already begun missionary from the Third World that the public and blunt remarks in a underdevelopment because oflack will and forgiveness. work, and others were about to recent talk to the bishops of Taiof resources. People also lack the pope keep speaking about this Chinese Catholicism is divided begin. wan at the Vatican. He urged them .between a gpvernment-approved knowledge to do things," he said. issue," he told Catholic News Every person wants peace and to keep working for a real reconci-路 organization with a hierarchy that The new societies emerging after Service. serenity, help and solidarity, the liation with the mainland church.

On Jan. I, the pope announced 40 years of communist rule in rejects Vatican authority over local pope said.

The Vatican has tended to work church affairs and a pro-Vatican plans to publish a social encyclical Eastern Europe face the same "Each has need of love. Each quietly on the issue of relations clandestine church that in 1989 to mark the 100th anniversary of problems as Third World counhas need of Christ. with China. At present, there are formed its own bishops' conference.

"Rerum Novarum," Pope Leo tries in relation to the developed "Marvelous, then, is the work of XIII's landmark encyclical that set world, he added; and companies in no formal links between the two According to some estimates those, like you, who consecrate all and the Chinese government gener- there about 3 million Catholics the foundations of modern church developed countries cannot regard of their existence and every physi- social teachings. It was published the rest of the world as merely a ally regards 'any statement by for- among China's apptoximately 1.1 cal and spiritual resource to evaneign leaders about its policies and billion people. market for their goods.

May 15,1891. . gelization," he said. practices as interference in its People must also understand to formulate church Its aim was Early in 1990, some 30 leaders The pope asked the new mis- thinking about labor-management internal affai'rs. that church social doctrine is "part sionaries to be obedient to their relations because there was no Chinese Catholics, esp"ecially of the clandestine church, includof the moral teachings of the church local bishops, to present the faith such te!lching .at the time, said those who do hidden pastoral work, ing nine bishops, were arrested. and not a temporary policy," he with enthusiasm and "not only to Navarro-Valls. Now the need is to are "shining examples" of faith Many of them remain in prison. said. transmit a doctrine, but to enThe clandestine conference has and loyalty, the pope said. He said counter the Savior in a personal he wanted to "praise the Lord" for asked for papal aproval, but the and profound way." all that.has been accomplished and Vatican has been reluctant to grant VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope the pope said at a meeting with cited the reopening of formation that endorsement - apparently John Paul II has asked Pakistan, houses and places of worship over partly from fear such an act could Dilshad Najmuddin, new Pakishave further repercussions on the one of the world's largest Islamic tani ambassador to the Vatican, the last several years. countries, to guarantee legal who is a Christian.

"At the same time there are church in China. equality to Catholics and other The pope, addressing the Taireports that sadden my heart as The pope's request came as the religious minorities. Catholics wanese bishops, asked them to be shepherd ofthe-universal church," "expect that their religious free- Pakistani parliament was consid"untiring and patient builders of he added. dom will be both affirmed and ering a bill that would establish Recent arrests of Catholic lead- reconciliation among the brethren Islamic law in the Asian nation. effectively safeguarded by law," ers, he said, suggest that the Chi- on the mainland."

Freedom seen far off for church in China

Pope warns of reading Bible literally

Famities need reevangelization, says pope

Encyclical expected by May

Religious freedom asked

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DOMINICAN LAITY, FR Dominican laity, with Father Pierre E. Lachance, OP, as their chaplain, meet at 7 p.m. each second Wednesday at Dominican Academy, 37 Park St., adjacent to St. Anne's Church. New members welcome.

CATHEDRAL, FR CCD Mass 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB Executive board meeting 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 23, St. Lawrence rectory 110 Summer St., NB. ST. MARY, MANSFIELD Again this year St. Mary's Catholic Woman's Club will award college scholarships to two parishioners.

Applications will be available at the end of January at the rectory or at Mansfield High School.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON All are welcome to attend a presentation by Mike Ruth, a former Boston College All-American lineman and former member of the Patriots and Oilers, 7 p.m. Sunday, church hall. Ruth will speak on the rosary and his own spiritual journey as well as his professional -football career. Vincentian troubadours will entertain residents of Taunton Nursing Horne at 1:45 p. m. Sunday; all welcome. Rosary and novena devotions for peace are held beginning at 7: 10 p.m. Mondays.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Evening of reflection for lectors 7:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 30, Miramar retreat center, Duxbury; bus transportation provided. Those interested may contact Father James Calnan.

ST. ANNE, FR Parish committee meeting 7 p.m.

Jan. 21, rectory.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Falmouth Council 813 basketball freethrow for boys and girls ages 10 to 14 I p.m. Jan. 20, Gus Canty Recreation Center. Volunteers needed; information: Pat Flynn 477-9216.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Holy Cross, S. Easton, retreat Jan. 19 and 20. St. John Neumann,.

E. Freetown, "We Are the Church" retreat Jan. 19 and 20. Youth ministry training 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 24.

ST. STEPHEN, ATTLEBORO Youth group meeting 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Polish Nite 6 p.m. Jan. 26; information: James Strojny, 823-9367 ST. PATIUCK, SOMERSET St. Patrick's pro-life meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 30, parish center; discussion on prayer, sidewalk counseling and showing of Assignment Life, a report on abortion in America.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Cape Cod Hospital Aid. Five Rivers Branch meeting 10 a.m.

Monday, parish center.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Vincentians meet following 10 a.m.

Mass Sunday. Women'sGuild meeting and penny social 7:30 p.m.

Monday. Youth ministry "beach party" dance weekend: grades 6-9 7:30 to 10 p.m. tonight, church basement; grades 9-127:30 to 11:30 p.m. tomorrow; families 6 to 10 p.m.

Sunday.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Appreciation dinner for parish volunteers 6:30 p.m Feb. 8, Century House Acushnet. Members of the parish council will contact parish workers with details at the end of January. Women's League meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 24, church hall; nominating committee for next year's officers will be selected and a pound auction will be held.

HOLY NAME, NB Couple's Club meeting '7 p.m.

Sunday, parish center.

SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO St. Mary-Sacred Heart School advisory council meeting 7:30 tonight, church hall.

ST. JAMES, NB St. James-St. John School advisory council meeting 7 tonight, school library.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Ongoing events: Mbridays - Mass for peace and candlelight procession 6:30 p.m., cancer support group 7 p.m. Tuesdays - novena to Our Lady of LaSalette 12: 10 and 6:30 p.m., Adult Children of Alcoholics ACOA group therapy 7 p.m. Wednesdays - ACOA 1:1 a.m., prayer meeting 7:30 p.m. Thursdays (ACOA) 7 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30 p.m. Fridays - prayer vigil for vocations 7: 15 p.m. Saturdays -youth group meeting 7:30 p.m. with Rev. Joseph Ross, MS. Information: 222-5410.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Monthly holy hour 7:30 toni~ht.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Youth group md:ting 7 to 9 tonight. .

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Faith and Light Community meeting 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, parish center. Informational program on Catholic homeschooling following 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, parish library. Information: 432-7192, 8964975, 240-1578.

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Liturgists ask confirmation before first communion WASHINGTON(CNS)-Some 325 U.S. liturgists have passed resolutions favoring reception of confirmation before first communion, standing during the eucharistic prayer at Mass and use of more feminine images for God. They also urged more lay participation at ordination liturgies and more attention to the ongoing liturgical formation of bishops. priests and deacons.

The resolutions were approved by delegates at a recent national meeting of the 'Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions.

The resolution on confirmation before first communion called for formation of a task force by the federation and three other national organizations to urge the bishops to restore the ancient sequence of the three sacraments of initiation: baptism. confirmation'and Eucharist.

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The resolution on the eucharistic prayer urged a change in U.S. liturgical rules providing "for the assembly to stand throughout the eucharistic prayer."

Several meeting 'participants pointed out that standing has long been considered a posture of reverence and attention, noting that one stands while the Gospel is proclaimed.

The resolution on use of feminine images for God said the "systemic poverty of expression" in using almost exclusively masculine language for God has caused a "limitation of our understanding of God." , Concern over greater lay participation in ordination' celebrations arose in part from complaints by delegates about ordinations at which lay people were almost completely excluded tp make room for clergy.

BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin speaks with Eric C. Danielson of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, Seekonk, one of the young men who responded to the Called By Name vocations program held recently for the Taunton-Attleboto deanery.

The bishop celebrated Mass at St. Mary's parish, Mansfield, and in his homily invited the young men to consider the call to the priesthood so that they could carry forth the light of Christ to others. Following the Mass, Bishop Cronin, a 'number of diocesan priests and participants in the program shared a meal served by the Attleboro Serra Club and the participants had the opportunity to discuss the priesthood with the 1?ishop and Msgr. John J. Smith, director of vocations for tl~e diocese.

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Impulsive The secret of love I thought I understood The way it's supposed to be I never imagined you could Blow my theory apart And now you're running away with my heart I don't wanta think about it, don't wanta think clear Don't analyze What I'm doing here Wanta be impulsive Reckless And lose myself in your kiss Arrows through hearts Draw op a misty window You're taking me home in the rain My heart is beating Don't say no My head keeps saying take it slow You're giving me a feeling It's sudden rush Acting on the moment Spontaneous Oh this is not like me To follow my heart so easily I am reckless, impulsive Impulsive I want to be impulsive I'm gonna be impulsive Reckless .

And lose myself Lose myself Written by Stephen Kipner, Clif Magness. Sung by Wilson Phillips (c) 1990 by SBK Records HAVE YOU EVER wanted to act on the moment, be reckless or impulsive? Most of us feel this way from time to time. This is the case in the latest Wilson Phillips release, "Impulsive."

This individual doesn't "wanta think about it ... think clear ... analyze." Rather, she wants to

be "impulsive, reckless" and lose herself in the kiss.

A sudden romance seems to be the cause for this change in her behavior. She thought that she understood the secret of love while her "head keeps saying take it slow." Her whim is to disregard what reason tells her.

Certainly feelings are impor-

tant. We need to hear what our emotions are saying to us.

However, t·his does not mean that we should act without joining the mind's wisdom with the heart's passion. .

This person could call a "timeout," that is, choose to do nothing as she sorts' out the messages from both her heart and her head. To act now while she is overwhelmed with desire is to court regret and hurt.

If You are caught in the immediacy of a confusing ~itua­ tion, temporarily take no actions, make no decisions. Tell the other pe~son that you need a break or, if necessary, give an excuse to leave the scene.

If this person will not respect your need for a timeout, realize that he or she does not care about your well-being.

During your timeout, consider these questions: 1. Are these current feelings really my heart's desire or just a fleeting moment of fantasy?

2. Would 1 have to sacrifice any aspect 'of my integrity to follow my impulse?

3. Would anyone, including myself, be hurt by a decision to act?

4. Is what 1 would gain by acting worth the hurt that could be involved?

5. If I decide to act, 'what is the message in my impulse and what does this impulse say that I need to hear even though I choose not to -follow it?

6. Is there anyone 1could talk to about this situation before I make a decision?

Surely, some would say that to go through this process "kills" the impulse. Perhaps so, but God gave us two resources for guiding our lives: reaso'n's understanding and the heart's deep,. true feelings. To act impulsively is to listen to neither, with painful consequences likely to follow.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635.

A nun of one's own

By Hilda Young One of the sad things about the fact that there are not as many traditional religious vocations in the church as when I was a youngster is that there are not enough nuns to go around.

It's almost out of the question for kids today to have one of their own. .

Having a "sister" of your own as a child was one of the great things about growing up Catholic. There was debate on whether it was better to have one who was young and "with it" or one who had been around since just after Moses did his thing with the Red Sea. I' always preferred· the ancient variety, like Sister Evangeline Mary. We estimated her age at less than Abraham Lincoln's but more than Teddy Roosevelt's, seeing how she referred to the latter as a "whippersnapper."

And if it was known to other sisters that someone as ancient and wise as Sister Evangeline Mary was your sister, it sometimes held mysterious sway.

For example, Sister Toni (who belonged to my friend, Caroline) once made an interesting theological comment about sainthood in religion class.

When I pointed out that Sister Evange.line had said just the 01'1'0-

site, I noticed Sister Toni pale a bit and then try to change the subject by biting her pencil in half and hook-shooting it into the trash can.

I noticed an equally impressive effect on young priests. Sister Evangeline could make assistant pastors' Adam's apples wiggle simple by raising her left eyebrow - in a way I have been trying to imitate for years.

A sister of your own was terrific.

You could confide· all kinds of things in her, take her home to dinner on special occasions, and impress the dickens out of your non-Catholic friends.

Somehow she was a different kind of confidant than your best

friend or your mother. Understanding as we did way back then that sisters had lived most of their lives in convents, we were always a little surprised that they knew so much about real life - from acne an'd boys to the idiosyncracies of parents, "I sure wish we could find you a nun of your own," I mentioned offhandedly to my daughter last evening.

"Beware," her brother interrupted. "Did you see how her eyebrow went up in that funny way?"

K of C head is on Vatiean board

Knights of Columbus, Dechant oversees the organization's $17 bil- . lion insurance program for its 1.5 million members and their families.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS)Virgil Dechant, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been appointed to the lay board of directors for the Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank.

The board has five members one each from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and the United States .

As chief executive officer of the

Your comments are welcomed

by Hilda Young, 25218 Meadow Way, Arlington, Wash. 98223.

Youth ministry head WASHINGTON (CNS) Bishop Charles J. Chaput of Rapid City, S.D., has been named episcopal moderator for the National Federation for Catholic Youth ministry. He will be a liaison between the U.S. bishops and the Youth Ministry Federation, which i::; the official U.S. Catholic youth organization.

By Michael Warren Tqere is a wonderful skit repeated often on the children's TV show, "Sesame Street." In the skit, a group of Muppets does ajazz rendition of a single refrain: "You gotta put down the duckie if you want to play the saxophone."

While the skit is hilariously entertaining, it also contains an important message: You can't hold onto your rubber duckie and at the same time expect to play the saxophone. The saxophone takes both hands and all your fingers.

More simply, contrary to the ads about "having it all," we all have to choose between things we'd like We can't have everything.

It is the same when saying "yes" to persons.

I met a young man about to be married who confessed he was nervous. He knew that in saying yes to spending the rest of his life with, Jennie, he was saying no to , that same sort of relationship with any number of other women.

He couldn't say yes without in some way saying no. Or, as "Sesame Street" might put it, he had to choose between his rubber duckie and the saxophone.

"Put down the duckie if you want to play the saxophone" could help us make sense of the problem oftime so many people have today.

Every time we do something, whatever it is, we are saying yes to the things we are doing and saying no to all the other things we ,could be doing.

Very busy people who are able to accomplish a lot do so by deciding clearly what things they shouldn't and won't do.

1 know a person who wants to get good grades in school so he can get into a certain career that demands very good grades. But he

More than half 58 percent - of American -youth between the ages of 14 and 17 perform volunteer work an average of 3.9 hours a week.

Teens who attend religious services frequently are more likely to volunteer than those who do not attend.

also wants to be on his school's basketball cheerleading squad, a position that involves lots of travel.

He seems to know he cannot do both, and so he has to make a decision. He could fool himself by say- . ing he really wants good grades, but joins the cheerleaders anyway.

Deep down he knows that by choosing cheerleading he is choosing a lot less time for study.

I've known others who wanted to spend more time studying bui they weren't willing to watch less TV. Or they said they wanted to study, but they never chose to turn off their stereo.

So they sat tht:re, neither paying attention to the work before them nor even giving much attention to the music they have on. They want to do somt;thing, but they don't want it badly enough to put down the duckie.

We all have the same problem.

If I am convinced that the world's political and economic affairs are important and need to be given my attention, then 1 must find time to read the newspaper with care. That involves setting aside time and space to read the paper.

People sometimes ask me, "How do you find thf: time to keep up with the newspapers?" My answer is, "I don't find the time (as if it is lost somewhere on the floor), I decide to take the time."

Everything is like that. If you Want to do chores around the house, playa sport, pray, read, learn to dance, or spend time with a friend, you have to decide to spend the time and eliminate other things 'you could be doing.

Jesus explained the same thing many times. He told of a person who found a treasure in a field and then went off and sold everything possible and bought the field. Bye, bye duckie!

The reasons teen-agel's give for becoming volunteers: Want to do something usefullhelp others

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- . THE'ANcHO~':"-Di6cese ofFall River-Fri., Jail. 18, 1991

in our schools Bishop Connolly Phil Nadeau, student body president at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, has announced student government plans for a variety of upcoming events, including a senior class white water rafting trip planned for the spring.

Reservations for the trip to a Maine rafting area will be accepted until Feb. I. Student government officers Eric Belanger and Eric Stubbert are seeking talent among students, faculty and staff for a Music-Fest Talent Show to be produced in April.

Junior Jane Peterson is coordinating plans for a "mini-course" day proposed for the spring.

December Athletes of the Month, honored for leadership, character and school spirit, are senior Cara McDermott and sophomore Tommy Pavao.

Miss McDermott, a member of the Connolly soccer and basketball teams, was nominated by basketbal1 coach Mary Jane Keyes for putting into practice "all the qualities of a true team player: desire, dedication, determination and total commitment."

Pavao, a varsity hockey team member, was praised by Coach Michael Relihan for his "tremendous drive to be the best he can be.

He is fearless and does not give up on himself or his teammates."

**** The Connol1y Parents Club plans a Feb. 10 breakfast for the Lacroix family, who recently lost a daughter, Valerie, II, to leukemia. Said chairpersons Mr. and Mrs. Don

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A placement exam for students applying to 9th and 10th grades will be held at 8 a.m. Jan. 26. For , information contact.the admissions office, 676-1071.

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Alumni are invited to participate 'in Winter Homecoming festivities on Jan. 25. They wil1 be recognized at a Connolly-Dartmouth boys' varsity basketbaI1 game at7 p.m., preceded at 5:30 p.m. by a junior varsity contest and fol1owed

"Kaleidoscope of Pepple" is this year's theme for Catholic Schools Week which is the week of January'27 to February 2. Holy Name School. Fall River, will sponsor a number of events beginning with a Mass on Monday foll'owed by a

Boy asks churches to ring bells nightly for peace in' Gulf MYSTIC, Conn. (CNS) - A 14-year-old altar boy at a Connecticut Catholic parish. called on churches to ring their bel1s daily for peace in hopes that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's "ears would open up" and hear them.

Bobby Asselin asked area churches to participate and said he , hoped churches across the nation also would chime in.

lunch at the school with parents.

Other student activities include a roller skating party, "Marvelous Me Fair", spelling bees, math competition, poster contest, and the annual faculty vs. 8th grade volleybal1 game. Families are welcome to take part in a trivia contest. A pot-luck square dance on saturday will complete the week's events.

On February 2nd and 3rd registration will be held for new students entering Holy Name School in September. There are a limited number of openings.

On January 25, seventh and eighth graders will attend a third in a series of four "Career Days," This session wil1 be devoted to religious vocations.

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"I want the bells to say 'Saddam Hussein, listen tp the bells ringing for peace. Please tell your people now, peace is better than war," said Bobby, a seventh grader at Mystic Middle School.

The altar boy at St. Patrick's Church in Mystic organized the project with the help of his parents and began the countdown at his parish with the help of a borrowed

bell placed at the frbnt of the church. St. Patrick's does not have a bell in its steeple, but his mom found someone willing to lend a bell.

The youngster asked churches to ring the bell every day until the Jan. 15 deadline PresIdent Bush gave to Iraq to withdraw troops from Kuwait. ' I About 90 area churc~es, Pro. testant and Catholic, were chiming in at 6 p.m. during the week and 12:30 p.m. on Sundays.

"Bells have always been a sign of a call to worship," said Father Charles A. McGrail, pastor of St. Patrick's. "This is a wortderful sign of vitality among the People and a totally positive thing."

Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Norwich, Conn., asked all in the diocese to join in the effort as part of a diocesan novena for peace.

The bishop praised the boy in an interview with USA Tqday.

"He has a very wonderful civic attitude based on a good foundation' of faith," Bishbp Reilly said.

"He has a sense of reaching out for other people.'" : Bobby also said he was concerned about. all of the military personnel who, are in Saudi Arabia, especially his cousin, Tom BOBBY ASSELIN (right), a 14-ye.ar-old altar boy at St. Perry, who is part of Desert Shield.

Patrick's Church in Mystic, Conn., stands by the peace bell he . ,It is not the first time Bobby has planned to ring every d~y utitil 'Jan. 15. He persuaded 90 taken up a peace campa'ign. At age Il,he sent then-President Reagan churches in Connecticut" Rhode Island and New Y:ork to ring a special picture he designed showbells for peace. The youth's parents, Robert and Sandy ing the U.S. and Soviet flags with a Asselin, stand behind him. At left are Charles and Marjorie hand uniting them. T~e gesture Panceira of Westerly, RI, who the bell; and Father Charles was made three years ago shortly McGrail, pastor of St. Patrick's. (CNS photo) before the U.S.-Soviet summit.

David Mel10 of the main branch of the Fall River Public Library recently visited .pre-schoolers at St. Anne's school, Fal1 River, to present a story hour.

Eighth graders visited Diman Regional Vocational High School Jan. 16.

Classes are being dismissed at '11:30 a.m. today so that teachers may attend a language arts workshop presented by Patty Texeira.

School wil1 be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King holiday.

The second quarter marking period ends Jan. 25 and report cards wil1 be issued the week of Jan. 28 to Feb. I. Results from the Iowa Test of Basic Skil1s went to parents following teacher assessment.

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Soviets relax rules VA TlCAN CITY (CNS) Vatican radio has announced that under the Soviet Union's new freedom of religion law Soviet military personnel may attend religious services without harming their careers.

The law also allows Baptists, Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh Day Adventists to refuse to bear arms if they accept alternative service in the state railway service or the military corps of engineers.

It was also anno'unced that Christmas has been approved as a civic holiday in the Russian and Ukrainian republics of the Soviet Union. The Urkainian Supreme Soviet additionally approved Easter and Pentecost as civic holidays, said Vatican radio.

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Flying archbishop to rest his wings MADANG, Papua New Guinea (CNS) - Retired Archbishop Leo C. Arkfeld of .Madang, the American-hom prelate known as the "flying .archbishop" in his Pacific Ocean archdiocese, has retired his wings, after more than four decades of flying.

Archbishop Arkfeld, 78, who retired in 1982, began flying in Papua New Guinea, which is north of Australia, shortly after World War II. A member of the Divine Word Missionaries, he grounded himself long enough to be ordained bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea, in 1948, and in 1975 as archbishop of Madang.

Archbishop Arkfeld, a native of Panama, Iowa, flew to reach remote areas of Papua New Guinea and

provide air service for missionaries in neighboring dioceses" His aeronautic endeavors linking missionaries are considered a reason for the growth of Catholicism in Papua New Guine<,l.· His first plane was a DeHavillan,d Dragon, the last a Cessna.

The planes enabled h\m to celebrate the sacraments in remote parishes, bring supplies to distant olltposts, and keep in touch with priests and religious in Papua New Guinea.

The archbishop's last flight was' to visit, an elderly German missionary.

Archbishop Arkfeld suffered no serious accidents throughout the thousands of hours he logged in the air. He often flew with a rosary in his hand.

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