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.Pres,ervation of Solidarity

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NC News Service As the martial law in Poland continued well into the second month, the position of the Cath olic Church has moved steadily beyond one of asking for an end to the state of seige. It sharpened focus on the need to preserve Solidarity and its elect ed leadership as an independent labor movement and the key to the national dialogue over a broad spectrum of social reforms that was interrupted by martial law. The appeals came as Poles al so heard increasingly strident calls from the army that the mar tial law period become a time to purge the nation of Solidarity

leaders also have pressured pri and of other forces in the Com vately and publicly for the re munist Party, the media and edu cational institutions which back- . lease of detained Solidarity ed Solidarity's "opposition" tac leaders. tics. Church sources in Poland and the Vatican say that release of Solidarity was officially dis solved by the government under union leaders and Solidarity's martial law but its leaders who participation in any negotiations preconditions for church involve managed to escape arrest con tinue publishing clandestine caBs ment in talks to ease the ten sions in Poland since the imposi for resistance to the government. tion of martial law Dec. 13. In a series of sermons Arch On Jan. 17 Archbishop Glemp bishop Jozef Glemp of. Gniezno criticized the government for and Warsaw, Poland's primate, continuing to detain people and criticized the Polish government for insisting that workers sign for demanding that workers sign loyalty oaths. He said this show "loyalty" oaths renouncing Soli ed the government was more in darity at the price for retaining terested in coercing people than their jobs. Similar appeals have beginning meaningful dialogue. been made by Polish-born Pope "If we want cooperation in John Paul II. Both' Catholic , our country we need dialogue. It is not enough to threaten peo ple, to fire them from jobs, it is necessary to talk to people," he said in a Sunday sermon in the the grassroots people themselves capital of Warsaw. keep the' march going," Miss "Not only those interned, but Gray said. "Even before I sent also many other groups of peo the call out, people were getting ple suffer because they must buses ready. They started it and or are persuaded to sign declara they just keep coming." tions that are contrary to their "Stick with the Life Principles" views and their co'nscience and, is the theme of the ninth march. what is more, these people are That theme was chosen "be fired from their jobs," said the cause it describes .the work archbishop. which has just been successful A week earlier (Jan. 10) Arch in bringing unity wit~in the pro bishop Glemp said the loyalty life movement on the wording of oaths were "unethical" and "that the Human Life Amendment," declarations made under duress Miss Gray said, "This new are not valid" under Polish law. amendment incorporates all the Pope John Paul also has Now, how shall you be merry before the provisions of the Helms-Dornan strongly attacked the loyalty 'Paramount' HLA, and also pro face of God? oaths..On Jan. 6 the pope said: vides 'equal care' for both the "Violation of conscience is a mether and her preborn child grave act against man. It is a during pregnancy." most paniful blow inflicted on The "Paramount Human Life human dignity. It is, in a certain Amendment" is the no-exceptions sense, worse than inflicting phyi By Delores Leckey free: space to walk and talk and a~endment sponsored by Sen. cal death, than murder." . simply be. . Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and Rep. One Polish church official said I shall never forget the gift of Lectures and children's plays, Robert Dornan (R-Calif.). Archbishop Glemp told Gen. Wo leisure given to my husband and liturgies and new friendships Miss Gray said she won't know jciech Jaruzelski, head of ·the me many years ago by a Carmel made this a time of rest and re how many people will attend this martial law government, that ite priest. At the time, w~ were creation. year's march until "the buses government dialogue with Solid parents of four small children In a society where much time start rolling in," Spe said that arity is a precondition for between the ages of 1 and 6. and energy is devoted to work, for the first time a bus is com church-state talks, but the gov what is the proper place for lei The priest was facilitating va ing from western Kansas, a 36 ernment so far is uncertain about sure al)d play? These, like work, cation-retreats for young fami hour drive one way. This year', what to do. lies, an alternative to hectic can reflect God's inner life. 12 buses are coming from St. . "The military don't even know Christianity seems alw~ys to holidays filled with "sand and Louis, four more than last year, when they 'are going to lift mar suds," to use his words. In a have recognized the importance she said, and buses are expected tial law," said the church official. lovely New England setting of leisure (the opposite of bUSy from Indiana, Ohio, Massachu The key Solidarity figure in setts, Vermont, Kentucky, North any future negotiations would where the vacation-retreat took ness) for the cultivation of both Carolina, Rhode Island, New be Lech Walesa, head of the , place, he had a family' dormitory mind and spill'it. In this way, where each child had a curtained leisure is closely allied to prayer. Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, union and its guiding spirit since room, a place of one's own. The late Father Thomas Mer Virginia and West Virginia. the founding of Solidarity in Aug. ton once said that to be a per Organizers plan .a vigil of ust 1980. Walesa has been under Bibles were in well-staffed son of praye'r in our time, one prayer, .singing and talks to house arrest since the beginning nurseries'during the day. Break night at Gonzaga High School in of martial law but he has been fast and lunch were family af. has to be able to do nothing Washington. Featured tonight allowed to meet several times fairs, but dinner was arranged without feeling guilty about it. Joseph Piepell', in a small but and at tomorrow's march will be with church leaders. so that husbands and wives were Turn to Page Six alone. The afternoon was also Turn to Page Six Turn to Page Six

Prayer, fast asked Friday

WASHINGTON (NC) - Car dinal Terence Cooke of New York, chairman of the bishops' Committee for Pro-Life ActiVi ties, has invited participation to tomorrow in a National Day of Prayer and Fasting for the Pro tection of the Unborn Child. The date is the ninth anniver sary of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling on abortion. Thousands of pro-lifers are expected to con verge on the capital for the an nual March for Life to. protest abortion. The prayer and fasting were suggested by the Committtee on Pro-Life Activities and approved by Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis, president of. the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The observance offers pro lifers elsewhere in the nation a chance to participate spiritually in tomorrow's Washington acti vities. In the Fall River diocese a pro-life Mass will be celebrated at 7 tomorrow night at St. Boni face Church, New Bedford, un der sponsorship of the Knights of Columbus. All are Invited to attend. . At Our Lady of Grace Church, North Westport, parishioners will join in making the Stations of the Cross for the right to life intention followng 9 a.m. Mass and preceding 5:15 p.rn. Mass t°Dt°rrow. The real story of the march, says Nellie Gray, March for Life president, "is not numbers, but people who for nine years keep coming back. "The social phenomenon is that

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t \' xk _.',)" \ EL CARNAVAL was the theme and carnival, w~s the spirit at the 27th annual Bishop's Charity Ball. Blessed by' starry skies an;d crisp mid足 winter weather, thousands enjoyed a night of music and dan<;e at Lincoln Park Ballroom. From top, Miss Ethel Crowley and Joseph Grcimada of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the Society of St.: Vincent de Paul, pall co-sponsors, make last, minufe arrangem~nts with security guard ~d Msgr. Anthony Gomes, director' of the social event<. Right, pre足 sentees check program; seated, Teresa Melvin, Cathedral pari:;h; Jeannin~ Jacques, St. Joseph, New Bedford; Mary Montalto, St: Francis of Assisi, New Bedford; standing, Jeanne LaChapelle, Our I,.ady qf Graoe, Westport;

Nancy Janick, St. William, Fall River. Center, young women and proud dads; Kerry and John lfarrington, St. John's Attleboro; Joyce and John Medeiros, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk; Colleen and James O'Gara, . Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton; Bishop Cronin with Herbert and Paulee Mercier, St. Elizabeth's, Edgartown. Bottom, mothers and daughters meet: Mrs. Edward L. PeiTy arid Maureen, Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet; Lisa Marie and Mrs. Frank Stubbs, St. Joan of Are, Orleans; Bis~op greets Christine Jupin, St. James, New Bedford, escorted by her fath~r Joseph. Joseph Gromada, at rear, aids the bishop. (Rosa Photos) .

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Holv See resume ties

Priests gather for meal with Bishop Cronin (center).

Priests' trainin'g week at La. Salette

Priests from as far away as Australia, and from as close as Rhode Island joined Bishop Dan iel A. Cronin and 24 priests of the Fall River diocese for a par· ish Renewal Training Week for Priests at La Salette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro earl·. ier this month. All were kept busy from 8:45 a.m. to around 11 p.m. each day with presentations by Father Chuck Galagher, S.J. and small group sharing and praying. The renewal program is a call to Catholics to be reconciled with one another, to affirm' their faith, and to recommit themselves to unity with the body of Christ. It is a call to acceptance of and living of the mission shared in baptism, strengthened at con.,' ~irmation and nourished by the Eucharist. During the training week priests and bishop were prepared to issue this call to those in their parish by reviewing their own understanding of and com· mitment to the priesthood. The priests were reminded that their vocation comes from the faith and love of the Catholic people, and that their priesthood is a share in that of the bishop. As

G. W. Coleman Bishop Daniel A. Cronin pre sided at funeral rites last Satur· day at St. Patrick's Church, Som· erset, for George W Coleman, 87, the father of Rev. George W. Coleman, diocesan director of education.. Father Coleman was principal celebrant for his father's Mass and among many concelebrants was a nephew, Rev. James A. Benson, SJ, of Boston College High School. Mr. Coleman is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Thomas C. Keegan of Milford, two sisters, Mrs. James A. Benson and Miss Louise F. Coleman, both of Som· erset, a grandson and several other neices and nephews. Born in Somerset, he was em ployed at the Reed & Barton Co., Ta",nton, before his .retire ment in 1964. He was formerly treasurer of St. Patrick's parish.

the chief priest of the diocese the bishop calls men to ordina· tion and sends them among the people to bring his presence and c;are where he cannot. be. Emphasis was 0\1 three areas basic to the parish weekend phase of the program: compunc tion or remorse at the pain one

Four new bishops for Netherlands cm

,VATAiICAN (NC) _ Pope John Paul II named four auxiliary bishops for the Nether-j lands Jan. 16, increasing mem bership in the Dutch Bishops Conference to 11. The pope appointedt~o assis tants for Cardinal Johannes Willebrands of Utrecht, Nether lands, and the dioceses of Roer· mond and Rotterdam each reo ceived an auxiliary. The namings involve the sees whose leaders have been in con. flict over the direction· of' the Dutch church. Bishop Johannes Gijsen of Ro ermond and Bishop Andrianus Simonis of Rotterdam formed a minority in ,the Dutch hierarchy and were often at odds over .what they regarded as the lib eral policies, especially regard ing ,liturgy and seminary train ing, of the other five bishops led by Cardinal Willebrands. The naming of bishops was a key topic at a 1980 synod of the Dutch bishops, convened by Pope John Paul to help reunite the Dutch episcopacy, tom by dissension during the 1970s. No information was immedi ately available in Rome about the ideological stance of the four new bishops.

Laborer's son WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope John Paul II has named Auxiliary Bishop Manuel D. Moreno of Los Angeles, the son of a field lab· orer, to be the bishop of Tucson, Ariz. The bishop, a Los Angeles auxiliary since December 1976, becomes the seventh Hispanic bishop to head a diocese in the U.S.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Great Britain and the Holy See have completed normalization of dip . lomatic relations after a 450 year break' prompted by King Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon. Pope John Paul II announced the step Jan. 16. An' announce ment was made simultaneously in London by the British govern ment's foreign office. "I have the pleasure to an nounce that as of today, follow. ing an· agreement with the gov ernment of the United Kingdom; consecrating 'the excellence of existing relations with the Apos tolic See and with the goal of developing them, the British le gation to the Holy See has been elevated to the rank of embassy," the pope said in a French-lang uage talk to Vatican diplomats.

has caused in the lives of mem bers of the Catholic family;, re conciliation to the Body of Christ; and the healing of hurts· that have been caused in the past. The bishop and priests had the opportunity to reflect on and share their responses to questions such as: How do I find joy in the priesthood? How do I want to be considered as "Father" by parishioners? How would I like to be remembered as a priest? During his homily at the clos ing liturgy Bishop Cronin called on the priests to remember the Lord Jesus, one high Priest who sends them among his people. He urged the priests to join him in going about that work of the Lord which is preaching the good news in words and- } actions. Spontaneous applause greeted the homily. Participants in the week returned to their parishes or ministries .with renewed zeal for calling pe9ple to work at building that Catholic family Which is the body of Christ. Father Marcel H. Bouchard, director of continuing education for the clergy, has announced that another training week will be held at LaSalette, May 24 to 28. He can be contacted at the Catholic Education Center, tel. 678-2828, for registration infor mation.

Great Britain has not had full diplomatic relations w1th the Vatican since 1532, when King Henry broke ties because of c:hurch refusal to grant him a divorce from Catherine of Ara gon. The king, who eventually married six times, established himself as the head of the (Ang lican) Church of England and reo

.tanuary 27 . Rev. John T. O'Grady, 1919, Assistant, Immaculate Concep tion, Fall River Rev. Joseph M. Silvia, 1955, Pastor, St. Michael, Fall River January 28 Rev. Jos'eph M. Griffin, 1947, Pastor, St. Mary, Nantucket Rt. Rev. John J. - Shay, 1961, Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro

According to church officials in Grea~ Britain, Pope John Paul will visit England, Scotland and Wales May 28-June 2. The Brit ish Foreign Office said that the diplomatic chemge had no con nection with the upcoming trip. The first move toward British Vatican diplomatic ties since the 16th-century schism was in 1914, when the British government sent a special mission to the Vatican. A British legation to the Holy See was established in 1923. Under the new agreement, Archbishop Heim, 70, becomes Pope John Paul's pro-nuncio to Great Britain and Sir Mark Evelyn Heath, head of the Brit ish legation to the Holy See, be ' comes an ambassador. The archbishop is' a pro-nun cio rather than a nuncio because the latter title requires that the government recognize the Vati can diplomat as head of the dip lomatic corps accredited to that nation. The Holy See has pro nuncios in about 70 countries and nuncios in about 35.

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That All May Be One

. This week the Church is observing the 1982 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the 75th anniversary of what was foIinerly known as the Chair of Unity Octave. This outreach aimed at bringing, together the shattered and splintered body of Christ was org~nized in 1908 by' the Graymoor Fathers, a community dedicated to reunion with Rome and eventually union of all Christian faiths.. , Since that time, the Church has taken a giant step in ~1 the promotion of Christian unity by the promulgation of I, the Decree on Ecumenism issued by the Second Vatican . Council in 1964. Sinc~ that historic date, the Church has been incre~s ingly active in the cause of unity. She has fostered sp~rit ual ecumenism, the heart of the movement. She has also supported scholarly ,and academic efforts as exemplified by the work of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting C~ristian Unity. Yet despite the work that is being done and the vari ous promising ecumenical dialogues now underway, m~ny feel that this area of Church life is not prospering as. it was a few years ago. There might be some validity to this reflection insofar as the Church of 1982 is affected by different sociological, political and ecclesiastical nuances than was that of 'the 1960s. However, the chief criticism of today's ecumenical movement comes from those voices of the 60s that in truth WASHINGTON MARCH FOR LIFE wanted and expected too much, too soon and too fast. The spontaneity and enthusiam of that free-spirited 'Choose life.' Deut. 30: 19 generation has indeed been sobered by the reality of a life far remoyed from the days of the flower children. Idealists _ --~---------------_._---- of the first order, they were themselves far rmoved from an honest assessment of life as it actually exists. In their haste to make everything beautiful, they often overlOOKed those elements which promote stability, continuity and 'By Father Kevin J. Harrington Where there is danger of future see their children as gifts from resolve. Much of today's- ecumenical faultfinding, both I ' neglect, we 'should ask "Would God. Abortion is the most hotly de you rather' be unwanted or within and without the Church, flows from this mindset. Gifts are meant to be cherish bated moral issue of our day. dead?", ed and nourished as a sign of 'The headlong rush towards unity w~s also difficult Everyone has an opinion about it Where there is ,danger of the gratefulness to the Giver. We are for many in the Church who knew and know lIttle of their ahd it says a great deal about his or her attitude toward life. I birth of a defective child, we to love them, not ~ccording to own theological traditions. Subscribing, to the unique Amer should ask "Would you rather be how they have fulfilled our ex ican attitude that every religion is the same, their concept h.!lve yet to meet anyone who is defective or dead?" pectations but in the same man of faith was and is naive and superficial. Such minds have n~utral on this subject. ner as God loves all of us. In all honesty, are we not all The church has spent a great been unable to go beyond the initial step of fellowship. When deal We can ,never judge our child of time and- energy advoca a little neglected and a little de they did, many social misgivings and theological inaccura fective? Would, the world be a ren according to society's norms. ' ting ,a strong pro-life stance and cies were fostered. Just think, for example" of the many from its strong opposition have better place if we were a!l per Every child is a wanted child in m..isconceptions developed about the Eucharist. Not really e,rolved its stances on other right fect and loved to our heart s con the eyes of God and every fetus is meant to develop into a want , aware of the Church's -teaching on this subject, mapy tOI life issues. In the- United - tent? ed child. Sl;ates, for instance, In truth, we the Catholic are all born into Catholics actually fostered serious theological doubts,· if bishops have strongly opposed this world imperfect and dis Catholics do a disservice if not complete error. the nuclear arms race and capi contented with the amount "of they simply condemn a young Today, ecumenical efforts have matured, taking a tal punishment. love we receive. woman for having an abortion. more objective and realistic approach to theological'differ Every Catholic should affirm hu The abortion issue really Many parents make the mis ences. Positive efforts at understanding are going forward comes down to what rights we take of judging their readiness man life by making the necessary between the Church and the Anglican, Lutheran and Ortho 'are willing to give a fetus. Many to have children solely on the sacrifices to see that it is un conditionally cherished and basis of being emotionaIly ma lit:erals find the' thought of abor dox traditions. The recent, normalization of diplomatic re just as it is by God. nourished, tic!n repulsive but consider it ture and financially perpared. "lations and the prospective visit of the Holy Father to tM lesser of two evils. Theil; They define responsible parent We must remember that the England are evident results of the Anglican-Catholic dia logic reasons that an aborted hood as the. ability to provide a most precious gift that we can logue. ' fef,us is preferable to an un stable family unit, a good house, bestow upon our children is that It is evident that ecumenical efforts will beat fruit jf , wclnted child. They pretend to be a secure income and a college of faith, giving hope to the most they are, theologica,lly consistent and intellectually per-' cOiilcerned with the ,alleged un education. If ,any of these re defective and unwanted of chil haJlpiness which would be the quirements is unmet, they be suasive and if they are pursued in an open and frank at dren. lot of the prospective child. In come burdened with moral guilt I mosphere. , _ ter~stingly e,nough, their method and wonder if any of the failures The unity we desire' must be sought persistently arid of that befall their children are at reducing the number of abor prudently until all indeed are one. tio:ns is through .funding of tributable to their failure as par

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Pla'nned Parenthood. It seems ents. tha:t their concern is more to When children are seen simply avqid unhappiness for the mother as a result of our choice, we as Effecdve Friday, Feb. 5, The than for the unwanted child.. sume t,oo much responsibility for Anchor will be published on Fri 1:he goal of Planned Parent ,their well-being. Parents tend __ day instead of Thursday. You to expect perfection from their will therefore ~ceiv~ your paper hoqd is to avoid unwanted preg children when they see them as one day later than y~u previousnaricies. One of the greatest in sul1;s to a fellow human being is a product of the sacrifices that Iy did. to say that he or she has for they have made. Children, how The change will Improve our gotlten his origins. Such an in ever, are fallible, rarely living up coverage of late-breaking news stories and eliminate frequent sul1i is altogether appropriate to parental expectations. for ,those who advocate abortion , Parents needn't ask where they rescheduling of deadlines in con went wrong; rathel, they should nection with Monday holidays. as II lesser of two evils.

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Family concerns

I was surprised at the amount of mail, pro and con, that I received on a re cent gun control column. It is a highly emotional and con troversial issue, which finds many opponents and proponents among Catholics. I was disturbed, however, at an attitude expressed by many readers and two editors as well, that the topic was inappropriate for a family column. Those edi tors didn't run the column be cause it wasn't family-oriented. It is to this attitude I want to speak: It declares that family matters should be apart and dis tinct from societal issues, that families aren't interested in or affected by such issues, and that a family columnist should write only about children, home, and family faith. Most of all, it says that editors, not parents, haye the wisdom to decide which are family issues and which are not. I strongly disagree, for several reasons. It's a putdown of to-' day's parents, particularly moth ers, who are the rpajority of family column readers. It says that we should not concern our selves with issues which touch us only peripherally, an extension of the .ol~ pat on the head:

heads about such things. We will handle. You take care of your selves and your children." Anybody who believes that to day's families are uninterested in their social environment hasn't been inside families lately. Crime, politics and peace are all subjects of intense consern be cause they affect the family dir ectly. A cut in social secuity means Iy responsible for supporting their aging parents. Registration for the draft means the possibility of once again rearing children for war. Inflation means taking more mothers out of the home into the work-world and more fathers out of the evening into second jobs. Gun control means fewer weapons to protect or theaten the family. Pollution standards means higher costs and cleaner air. Drug and alcohol laws mean more or less access to youth. All these matters impact the family directly. If we don't deal with them in the family context in a family column, where do we? In my earlier column, I mentioned the very frightening experience we had when an al coholic neighbor killed herself with a handgun and our child

Equal Rights f

Though some might say it is too early to write the obituary for the Equal Rights Amendment, the re cent decision by a federal judge in Idaho on ERA may be the be ginning of the end for the be leaguered amendment. That, depending on your point of view, is either good news or bad news. While the Catholic hierarchy never took a'n official position on the amendment, which has until June 30 to gain the approval of three more states, the Catholic comm,unity. itself has been fairly' well divid ed on its merits. It also has been ironic that the two national spokespersons for the pro-and anti-ERA camps Eleanor Smeal of the National Organization for Women and Phyllis Schlafly of the Eagle For um - are Catholics. ERA proponents now have two major obstacles working against them: the approaching June 30 deadline and U.S. District Judge Marion IC~Histi!r's double..baN reled decision that Congress act ed illegally in extending the deadline for ERA artification and that states can rescind their ratifications. Callister'S decision is especi ally serious because, if not over turned, it means that ERA died in March 1979 when the original period for ratification expired. Even if that portion of the de cision were overturned, Callis ter's other ruling that states can rescind ratification - means if left standing, that only 30, not 35, of the required 38 states have approved the amendment.

The June 30 deadline also is signified because legislatures in several states targeted for ERA ratification drives will adjourn much sooner than that. NOW, therefore, is hoping the Supreme Court will review Cal lister's decision quickly. Other wise, NOW fears states which may be considering ratification won't take action as long as Cal lister's ruling stands that the ex tension was unconstitutional. Surprisingly, 'Idaho, which voted to rescind ratification and then sought the ruling that its action was legal, also is seeking an expedited decision. It says the case has constitutional implica tions for future amendment and wants a decision before the is sue becomes moot after June 30. But the Justice Department says that while it will appeal the case it will also oppose attempts at an expedited ruling. The de partment's view is that a Su preme Court decision would be necessary only if 38. states act ually ratify the amendment. '

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told us he had seen that gun many times when her son had shown it to him. It was fully loaded and kept under her pillow. That made and makes hand guns a family issue, one that Jim and I, at least, could no longer delegate to debate and policy makers. It brought hand gun use home to our block and our family. To have others say it is not a family issue is to deny us the right t6 our own experi ence. There are many who would like to read only of bed-wetting, discipline and family prayer in a 'family column because they are immediate daily concerns and, while vexing, they are not controversial. I, understand this attitude and will continue to write on such subjects, but I will not be limited to what goes on inside the family. What goes on outside has as much impact on today's family and deserves as much space. "Don't worry your pretty little

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such as the National Assembly of Women Religious" were equal ly as vigorous in its defense. Church d~bate centered pri marily on the effect ERA would have on abortion 'rights. Oppon ents argued that the ERA would make it even more difficult to overturn court decisions on abor tion since, they argued, women seeking abortions could argue that restrictions were discrimin atory. Supporters contended that the amendment would have no ef fect on abortion partly because abortion has been treated in the courts as a privacy issue rather than an issue of discrimination. And also because men cannot become pregnant and ERA would have an impact on mat ters affecting both men and w.omen. 0

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agaIn When I see the Poles boarding the Chopin Ex press t6 go back to Poland under martial law, I think of Litka de Barcza, who although not entirely of Polish blood, was Polish to her marrow, and used to say, "Once you start being a Pole, it's terribly hard to stop." When I read the heartbreaking statement of the defecting Po lish ambassador, Romuald Spas owski, who spoke of the "cruel night of darkness and silence" that has fallen on his country, I thought that his worst torment will be that he cannot return to Poland to suffer with his coun trymen. Under the pen name Alexand ra Orme, Litka' de Barcza wrote a book caIled "Comes the Com rade," an account of how she and her aristocratic Hungarian in-laws survived the Soviet ad vance into Hungary during World War II. It was published in 1950; I met her several years later when she and her hus band Kari (Charles) de Barcza came to America, because they thought the Russians were com ing again, for good, to Europe. Sh was a beautiful woman, with huge blue eyes, an elegantly blunt nose and the figure of a whippet. She was ridiculously accomplished. She could write, draw, paint, sew and cook. And how she cooked. She and Kari, with her "Comrade" earnings, bought a farm in Maryland where they gave splendid lunch es that she prepared, delicately sipping from a glass of vodka placed on the stove. . She was "a cocktail of a per son," Kari, her taIl, courtly hus band said; she had the blood of several European countries, but gave her whole aIlegiance to Poland. They both spoke five lang-· uages. They would bicker, with enjoyment, in all of them, throw ing in a little Hungarian for pap rika. Once I remember her warning him, in French, that he would be late for Church. "The Barczas," he replied gandly in English, "have been late for Mass for 11 centuries." Litka's first husband, a Polish baron, suffered from tubercu losis and was wanted by the Gestapo. In 1940, a sculptor friend gave her his sports car in which to flee. Litka, whose love of animals was extreme, packed up her dying husband and three . dogs and took off. Her husband died soon after their arrival in Budapest. , After a stormy courtship, Lit ka and Kari were married, and she went with him to the an cestral mansion in Mora which is the setting of "Comes the Comrade." The Nazis were being driven back, and in anticipation

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of the advent of the Soviets, Lit ka began to teach herself and a Polish cQusin how to speak Russian. When the first of the horde arrived, she w&s ready. It wasn't just the language she had. The daughter of a country that .has been successively squeezed to death by. wolfish neighbors understood how to deal with them, how to smile and smile, lie and lie and talk and talk. The Russians behaved like any invading army, only more so, be cause of their total ignorance of any culture but their own. They trashed the manor house. They burned the Louis XV furniture and saved the ' three-legged stools. Some of them were "alio shas," her word for decent Rus sians. Others were brutes; one tried to rape her. , From Christmas to Easter of 1945 she coped, rhapsorizing about the wonders of the Soviet state, telling them a portrait of Schubert was Pushkin, answering their endless questions, stilling their infinite suspicions. When they had finally gone, she told her Polish cousin: "I like them. I'm also frightened of them; I hate them and they disgust me, and I would rather never set eyes on them again, despite all the alioshas." FinaIly, she and Kari and his two children made their way to Italy, where they settled on the idyllic Amalfi coast. But the Russians seemed to be making new political advances, and they fled again. With the help of Kari's American son-in law, they came to America. They lived ,percariously. She cooked, tutored, finally found a job as a French teacher in Oshkosh, Wis. In 1963, Kari died. Litka, the survivor, ~as momentarily lost. A year later, astonishingly, she returned to Poland for a visit. She told me about it when she came back. "It was hell," she said. "And heaven. Every body is ubsolutely together, so close, the way you would live in paradise. They hate the regime. They do everything to outwit it. They have their little vistories.. You are living at the furthest reaches of existence." In April 1973, with her Social Security and her U.S. citizenship, she went blllck to live, to be at home amid the intense emotions and exhilarating danger that are oxygen to Poles, to enjoy the theater, the music, the conversa tion that flourished despite the grim gray government: Two llInd a half years later, she died in Warsaw. The Polish ambassador cannot go home again. Nothing worse, I learned from Litka, can happen to a Pole.

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calls for some decisions or reso lutions. My resolu:tions for this year include: . 1. Regular, extended periods of solitude. I'm looking forward to vacation days once in a while. These really' will be "vacant;" I envision spacious days at home without a list of things to ac· complish. I'll read books I own (rather than those I borrow); study. the birds at the feeder; .look again at the paintings that color my environment; 'listen to music; lis ten to my inner voice; and - I . hope - listen to the sounds of God. 2. Piano ·lessons. For me, the lessons will be a return to child hood, but this time without the pressure of recitals and perform ance. This will be playing for pleasure. Continued from page one I've already begun this and I'm finding 'a new. kind of rest the sounds of Liberty, a 12-mem coming from non-verbal activity, ber singing group from Liberty in contrast to the ,words which Baptist College in Lynchblirg, dominate so much of my life. I Va., and the Liberty Baptist Col play some Bach for no other lege concert band. reason than delight. Tomorrow marchers will as 3. Cooking. This will not be semble at the Ellipse, a park be to feed hungry children, but to tween the White House and the explore new y;ays of nutrition Washington Monument, where and of delighting the palate. All Rabbi Yehuda Levin from Brook my children are now away at lyn; N.Y., will offer prayer be· college and I look forward to fore' members of Congress ad dress the assembly. experimenting with vegetarian ism and savonng long, conver At the vigil and at the assem sation-filled dinners with my bly on the Ellipse, student win husband. ners of essay, poetry and poster Enough! My list must be small contests based on the March for enough to savor, small enough' Life will be introduced. They in to keep me from the edge of clude Chung Pham, a Vietna , compulsion. mese refugee child from Johns Now, how s~all you be merry town, Pa., winner in the junior ,before the face. of God? high essay category.

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Editors ~eport ~pact of postal rate increases By News Service In front-page articles and in editarials, Catholic newspaper editors across the nation told their readers the first Postal Ser vice bad news of 1982 - that rates are increasing by up to 175 percent. The increase, implemented Jan. 10, came when funds for a more gradual phasing-in of rate in creases by 1987 were wiped out of a federal budget measure. New rates for in-county mail hit fig ures not anticipated until 1984, while out-of-county mail costs rose to levels originally planned for 1987. That means budget dilemmas for the Catholic' press and other non-profit publications. "Without warning, the Reagan administration has taken a step to cut the throats of many non profit religious publications throughout the country," wrote Robert L. Johnston, editor of The Catholic Review in the Arch diocese of Baltimore, in a com mentary in The Baltimore Sun, a daily newspaper. He said that like the so-called "safety net" for the poor, the "free and vi able religious press" needs to be maintained. "To sacrifice is one thing," he added. "To be sacri ficed to the 'gods of Reagan omics' is something else." But severe sacrifices to meet severe postal increases may be in store for the religious press. Catholic newspapers are report ing costs that doubled, virtually, overnight. • In Albany, N.Y., "The Evan gelist (diocesan newspaper) will pay more than $3,800 every week to the post office to reach 73,000 subscribers. That repre sents a 140 percent leap over this week's (Jan. 7) bill of about $1,600. That translates to an an nual increase of more than $100,000," according to acting editor James Breig. The weekly cost of mailing the Archdiocese of St. Louis' Review will 'increase from' $2,878 to $3,948, the newspaper reported. The annual increase for mailing per subscription will be 55 cents, from $1.51 to $2.06, Currently, a subscription costs a customer $6 through a parish plan and $10 for an individual subscription. Rates for The Pilot, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, have gone up 'by 104 percent. The'last issue of 1981 cost about $1,000 to mail, the newspaper stated. Under the new rates, the newspaper informed its readers, "the same issue will cost nearly $2,100 in postal mailing charges or an increase of over $1,100, up to a staggering 104 percent." Detroit's Michigan Catholic, which goes into six counties, faces an aditional $800-plus in mail costs weekly, according to editor Margaret Cronyn. "We al ready pay over $105,000" yearly for postage, labels and mailing, she said. "Now, in addition, it's going to cost us more than $42,000." The Michigan Cath olic ran a front-page editorial titled "Your Paper in Jeopardy" and printed the names and ad

dresses of Michigan's senators and area members of (;;ongress so readers can lobby for federal aid. AE.P. Wall, editor of The Chicago Catholic, in a commen tary on the rate increase, coun tered the view that the postal service should be a money-mak ing venture. "The idea that each element of American society must be run as though it were a capitalistic business enterprise is as absurd in the case of the postal service as it would be if the fire depart ment were to charge for each call, the poli,ce were to charge for apprehending a burglar, or members of Congress were to be paid on a piecework basis for each law enacted," he ~aid. "Non-profit mail should be subsidized to some degree for the same reasons that the University of II1inois, the Smithsonian In stitution and the Navy are sub sidized: All are essential to pub lic welfare and none could suc ceed as a commercial, enter prise," Wall wrote. "A free press should not be limited to those who can make a profit out of it." As Father John Moore, editor of the Anchor illl ilie Fall River Diocese, put it, "Religious publi cations are anns of organizations that on other fronts already,have been called upon to replace ser vices no longer supplied to the poor and handicapped by federal programs. How often can the government expect to, ,come to the same source?"

INS registration no longer needed WASHINGTON (NC) - The Unite!! States Immigration and Naturalization Service no longer requires the yearly registration of aliens, after changes signed into law by President Reagan in December. IN~ spokesperson Janet Gra , ham said only a change of resi dence must be notified within 10 ,days by aliens in the United States.

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his saving mISSIOn. Truly, "the power of pod is made manifest in our human weakness." (2 Cor. 19:9·10) . Through the ages, there have been' scandals in the church. In our own time we have seen reli gious, priests and even a few bishops repudiate their vows, many to get married. Among the laity, marriage vows have been broken on an unprecedented scale through infidelity and div orce. Altogether, we are a church of sinners. Now let's look back in history. Thank God, the pope's and bish ops of modern times have been, on the whqle, admirable church· men. But in certain darker peri. ods of history it was not always so. In the' 15th and 16th· cen turies we had very worldly popes and cardinals in Rome whose private lives were disedifying. The church was in dire need of reform and no one in author ity was doing. anything about it. It was this unhappy situation that drove Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, to undertake a reformation of his own, an act of frustration and despair' which split Christianity in two. What a '. tragedy! And the cause? Sin. The sins of the Cath olic chur:ch: compounded by the sins of the 'Protestant reformers who brokE! away from her: "There shall be one fold and one shepherd." (John 10:16) Let us not point an. accusing finger at Martin Luther. Rather, like Paul VI at the Vatican Coun cil, let us confess the sins of our church and' ask forgiveness of our Protestant brethren for our past un-Christian attitudes to wards them. The great :enemy of the church

is not those without who prose cute her. Persecutions have al ways strengthened the faith of Christians. The great enemy of the church is its own sinful memo bers. The church is weak today because we have compromised with the spirit of the world. We seek money, pleasure, com fort, independence and power more than Jesus. We warit Jesus without his cross. The greatest proof that the church is divine may well be that she has sur vived and produced saints throughout her history despite the sins and scandals that have worked from within to destroy her. In every century God has raised saints and movements of renewal in the church. Take, for example, the mo.nastic life and the religious orders. Founded by saints, they have produced won derful fruits of holiness. Another striking example: the rise in the 12th and 13th centuries of lay groups desirous to live a holy and evangelical life. Members re acted against the laxity of the church and its clergy by adopt 'ing austere lives of poverty and penance. Unfoitunately, some of these movements fell into heresy in wanting to be "superspiritual." They condemned things material and of the body, including mar· riage, as being of the devil. Such experiences should be a warn ing to those who seek holiness on their own, bypassing the churc'h Jesus gave us as guide and teacher. The church will always be a church of saints and sinners. We may not convert the whole world. But we must evangelize without growing weary, for the more we sow, the more shall we reap.

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I GRAYMOOR, N.Y. (NC) - As m1illions ot" Catholics participate ir., the 75th annual observance oli the Week of Prayer for Chris ti;~n Unity, Jan. 18 to 25, rela ti'vely few seem familiar with how it began in 1908 and with - . th'e work of the Franciscan Fr'iars of the Atonement who pro· mpte it. Graymoor is synonymous with the Society of the Atonement, ,_ begun by Episcopal Father Paul . James Francis Wattson. In 1898, he teamed' up with Lurana White, a novice of the Episcopal, SiBters of the Holy Child Jesus, to, found a religious community of, friars and sisters dedicated to rel'mion with Rome and, event· ually, union of the shattered Ch:ristian world: The move was. unpopular arriong Episcopalians, who sus pel~ted any kind of religious or deli as Romish and peculiar. But tM Wattson group persisted. Their headquarters were a "how· Iin,g wilderness" on a mountain top at Garrison, near Peekskill, N.'f., almost 300 acres of granite,:lined woods purchased from a farmer for $300. The early fri ars shared the hardships of the American pioneers point for point on elementary problems such as obt,aining water, heat. money and

thickwalled buildings. For a ,year, Father Wattson lived in a paint shed he called his "palace of Lady Poverty." It still stands at the base ·of the mountain and is as bitterly cold in the winter now 'as then. The first suggestion of a speci· ai' prayer for Christian unity c'ame in 1907 from an Anglican rector, Father Spencer Jones, a member of the Society of St. Thomas of Canterbury. Applaud ing the· idea, Father Wattson immediately inaugurated the first church l;nity week. It was cailed the Chair of Unity Octave, beginning with the feast of St. Peter's Chair in Rome, Jan. 18, and ending with the feast of St. PaUl, Jan. 25. A year later, Father Wattson and his Episcopal society joined the Catholic Church. Today, the Society of the Atonement has missionaries in more than half a dozen coun tries. Its 200, friars and sisters have programs for alcoholics, teenage girls with drug prob lems and the elderly. Graymoor is a popular shrine that gives overnight hospitality to thou· sands of backpackers on the Ap· palachian Trail, which runs through the property, while the Graymoor Ecumenical Institute

runs Jlumerous church unity con ferences. Ecumenism remains the prin cipal goal, prayed for at every Mass and cermony. The friars speak realistically about it. "Let's face it," said Father Charles V. LaFontaine, -:Co-direc tor of the Graymoor Ecumenical Institute and editor of Ecumeni cal Trends, a monthly publica· tion. "We're on a plateau. in church unity talks. We're con J solidating our gains." But he cited several recent de velopments in ecumenism: - It involves less talk and more action at the level of daily life. - Efforts to reach the goals of prayer are being aided by a new, interest in spirituality, which he' called the "soul" of the ecumenical movement. - The rise 'of conservatism has made Catholics allies of somewhat unexpected groups. For instance, in the Arkansas "creation science" suit the church sided with the American Liberties Union and Christian leaders with whom it might not otherwise have joined forces. - Jewish and Christian lead ers are more likely than pre viously to make -joint denuncia ~ions of acts of anti· Semitism.

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When Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Antone Freitas of Fall River served in the South Pa cifiC during World War 11, he never dreamed he'd be back in a different capacity a decade later. Before joining the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1951, he wanted to be a missionary to India. "But the MSC didn't have any mission areas there," he said. Instead, in 1957, he volunteer ed to work in his community's mission in Papua New Guinea, located in the South Pacific just below the equator. There his Navy training served him well. His new job as cap tain of the MSC's supply boat, the 40-ton Raski, took him through the same treacherous waters where he and his ship mates had spent many dark nights under fear. of attack. For the next 16 years, Captain Tony safely guided supplies from MSC headquarters in Kavieng to a dozen or so outstations. He logged more than 6,000 miles yearly during four supply runs, each lasting about three weeks. In 1973, however, his assign ment ended when the supply boat was retired due to rising gas and maintenance costs. Com mercial shipping lines and small boats now handle supplies for the 85,000 square mile Kavieng diocese. " Today, on a four-month leave in the U.S., during which he is visiting a sister, Mrs. Olympia Caesar of New Bedford, Tony ad mits missing his old supply runs and weeks out at sea, but says that his landsman's job as a teacher at the ·Puas vocational school on the island of New Ire land is rewarding in a different way. "In this pOsition what I do is more relative to the people," he

explained. "I am helping individ uals." What he is also doing is helping the people of this newly independent island nation to help themselves. Becoming indepen dent of Australi.a in 1975, Papua New Guinea is working toward building a productive and inde pendent economy. Educating its people is an important step to wards this goal. And this goal is closely tied to Brother Tony's work. Hi~ classes in English, engine repair, mathematics, meteorology and Morse code. are not only impor tant to his students' present life but to their future. "Knowing these skills will help them get jobs on local boats," he explained. ' "They learn very quickly," he says of his students, who range. from primary to high school age. But children aren't the only people learning in 'this young country. Revenues from work permits required for foreign em

ployees fund a program under which such a worker must train a native person to take over his or her job in a reasonable amount of time, thus guaranteeing high. level positions to Papua New Guineans. Brother Tony sees his work as basic to this larger picture. Sure, he misses the sea. He can still tell you it takes six hours to get to Kavieng from Puas by small boat and he probably knows the dangers of South Pa~ific travel better than some of the commer cial ship captains who make the trips today.

Church and civil leaders in Cortona, a small town.in the Tuscany region of central Italy, recently made a joint appeal to the Italian government for assis tance in saving the monastery, known as The Hermitage of ~he Cells. Several Franciscan Capuchin brothers and a few novices still live in the monastery, which once housed up to 1,000 people, despite the daily danger of burial

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Recalling a 100-mile trip he made from Manus by sailboat a while back, he noted a bit sadly, "I don't get out to sea very much now," But his eyes light up when he talks about his students and it is easy to see that he is proud of playing such an important role in preparing them for the future.

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in a landslide, said Father Nicola Cappella, superior of the local .Franciscan community. The monastery's problems were caused by three fires be tween 1961 and 1971 which de stroyed most of the trees on the hill behind the 13th-century building. Each year the hillside becomes more eroded and more suscepti ble to a landslide, officials said. Several 13th century writings note the presence ot' St. Francis at the monastery. According to them, the saint stayed for two months in 1211, returned four years later for a briefer stay and visited again in 1226 shortly be fore his death.

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families with young children, still younger families with no I Sometime ago we published a children,r'singles of all ages, and letter from an elderly Pennsyl the elderly, both alone and in ,rania lady. families. : She asked for help in finding Parishes may well be the only . more suitable living arrange institutions today which include r.nents, since she no longer felt such a wide group. This means comfortable living alone. We dis they are in a unique position to cussed several levels of living put people from a variety of a,rrangements and' referred her backgrounds in touch with one to local Catholic charities. another. , Responses Ito her plight have -Singles of'all ages might make J:loured in from readers in many contact with one another. One olther locations. One reader sent recent college graduate began lliS information about a home in work in a new city far from her Indiana which she recommended home, only to find that the cost highly. of, apartments was far beyond Readers from Pennsylvania . her starting ,salary. a,nd two different parts of Ken She contacted the nearest par tucky invited her, sight unseen, ish and located a recently wid to come and live with them. All owed woman, living alone" who % Were elderly people themselves welcomed someone to share her vvho live alone and do not like it. home. The young woman has a , What emerges from this re pleasant residence at modest . sponse is that often our elderly cost and the widow is freed from a:re living alone, not by choice the loneliness and anxiety of liv but because they see no alterna ing alone. . tives. One turns to us through Parishes are concerned about a' newspaper column, and gets families.. This concern generally replies from communities hun translates into programs for. d,reds of miles apart. communication within the fam This prompts us to ask: Where ily. Better communication can, a,re the networks within our of course, promote understand cities, towns and communities ing and ultirpately love. which bring people together? On the other hand, families And especially, where are our that focus only on their own p'arishes? members can become as self ~ Parishes are unique institutions centered as individuals who fo comprising people of many dif- cus only on the~selves. Mean DESPITE FOOD SHORTAGES in Poland, these Cra fl~r.ent ages, interests, job skills while other, parishioners may cow pigeons seem to, be faring well. Woman feeds them as and'styles of living. They include·· continue to lead lonely, isolated f'imilies in which children have lives.' , she waits in' line to buy a newspaper', 'illso" among scarce grown and left; families with Suppose families turned out~ items. (NC/UPI Photo) '1" almost·~rown' children, . young· ward, starting with" an aCtion as 0

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Father Dezza said the number of "Jesuit guerrillas" is "few, hard lyany;" . Father Dezza denied that the increase in, Jesuit vocations in Latin America is due entirely to the social activism of priests there. . "I would say, in general, that when the church is persecuted, vocations. increase; when on the other hand it is doing too well, the situation, is not favorable to vocations,"' Father Dezza added. "Naturally, there are other fac tors." ,Commenting on his own ap pointment, Father Dezza said it "was a surprise for everybody, and above all was accepted with Ignatian obedience." "Father Dezza admits, how ever, that the pope's decision provoked sadness among the ,Jesuits, because it was seen as a proof of la<:k of faith in the nor mal workings of the society," Giacomelli said.

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simple as taking an elderly per son to church, to parish s~cial functions or to an adult educa tion class. Next the family might expand to include the elderly person in family celebrations as "honor ary grandparents." Finally, es pecially as young adult children move out, a family might pro vide a' home for an elderly per son. Parish initiative too might take many forms. Pastors, reli gions, religious educators, lay leaders, almost anyone who knows many parishioners and exerts some leadership might bring 'people together. Social ac tion committees might develop formal ways for people, with different needs to get together. What does this have to do with Christian life? The early church communities were highly conscious of the needs of their members, even sharing their goods in common. . They were especially' aware of the needs of widows and or phans. Indeed, brotherly love was the distinctive mark of the early Christians. Such action involves, not preaching the Gospel, but wit nessing to it ,with our own lives. Then truly, in modern Christian communities as' in' the early church, people would k,now we were Christians by our love. Reader questions on family living and child care to be an swered in print 'are invited. Ad dress to The Kennys, Box 67, R~~$e,ae~~}~d •. 4!~7~~. ,.' '"

know. Perhaps because he knew me since 1947, when as a young priest he attended my philosophy courses at the Gregorian Univer sity" in Rome. Father Dezza said his appoint ment did not indicate lack of faith in .thesociety's vicar gen eral, American Father Vincent O'Keefe. "The office of vicar general that of delegate of the Holy Father are different, and three tore it shouldn't be surprising that, they were entrusted to dif ferent people," he said. an~r

"The vicar general . . . had the duty of convening the gen eral congregation for the election of a successor (to Father Ar rupe)," he added. "The delegate, on the other hand,had from the pope the mandate not to convene the general congregation for no~, but to procure 'a deeper preparation' for it, according, to the directives of the holy father." Father Dezza will meet with Jesuit superiors from throughout the world in late February to continue preparations for the general congregation.

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lhe ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Jan. 21., 1982

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Don Bosco Dear Editor: As a Salesian, I have been taught to look for special bless ings from God through the hands of Our Blessd Mother. Today as I opened the mail I immediately thought, what a remarkable and truly special blessing this is: I was delighted to find page 15 of the "Anchor" and the article which you presented so beauti fully "Don Bosco work con tinues," (Anchor, Dec. 31). This is the month of St. John Bosco, and we will begin a no vena in his honor on January 22nd. May I reassure you, your loved ones and your family of a very special prayerful remem brance. Your kindness to our re ligious family is truly a wonder· ful blessing and I wish to ex press, once again, my own deep personal appreciation and the gratitude of our entire Salesian Family. Please be assured also of a very special ·remembrance at the Altar Table on January 31st, not only for you personally, but for your apostolic work with the 0 Anchor. Father Dick McCormick,SDB W. Haverstraw, N.Y.

La Salette .secret Dear Editor: The current crackdown on the Solidarity In Poland can only bode ill for the future and an al most certain nuclear holocaust. The ,Polish people have borne the brunt of the evils of our time and once more find themselves smashed down trying to be a free people. . It's no secret that the United States. government can still stop the bloodbath by allowing a kind of Marshall Plan program that would bring stability to Po· land arid the rest of Europe but for its own private reasons it is allowing the economic squeeze. to go on. It's ironic be cause the Poles are a solid in vestment, a hardworking, pro ductive people who have been a solid industrial support for the Warsaw Pact nations. It was slightly ironic for some of us to observe the hundreds of people who streamed to 'the La Salette Shrine in Attleboro to "see the lights;" but how many saw the Virgin, hands cupped over her eyes, weeping for the stupidity of the human race, and are heeding her warning to the world: "These are the secrets of La Salette: Unless the world' re pent, it will perish!" Tom Coleman Attleboro

Giftgivers Dear Editor: I would like to share with you and the readers of The Anchor a beautiful experience which has touched the lives of the volun teers of New Bedford Birthright and those serviced by them. Recently our Birthright has

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"The birth of the first child, the decision as to whose job to follow when one partner has been offered a transfer, the' loss of a job, and even just being married about 15 years will be times of crisis," she said. "But if couples are prepared for them and are able to discuss

their feelings, they can weather the storm." talk in Schenectady. She said problems in marriage "Couples have to work at are not a recent development. communication with one another What is recent is seeing divorce if their marriages are to work," as a way out. stressed Sister Ripple, who is re-"My mother told me that she signing her administrative post never thought of divorce," Sis so she can devote more time to ter Ripple said, "but said she direct ministry. . - thought of murder every day." Sister Ripple, a Franciscan Sister Ripple admitted that Sister of Perpetual Adoration, some circumstances today place noted that experience shows that added pressures on marriage. If there are predictable crises in these pressures are not address every marriage. ed, they can lead to marital break-up. "Financial problems, for ex been introduced to a very loving ample, won't bring on a divorce, group of ladies at Our Lady's but they do add pressures to a Haven, Fairhaven. Physically in foundering relationship." capable of volunteering their ser Mobility is another problem, vices in the Birthright office, she said. Young couples live these ladies are crocheting baby. away from their families and do afghans. Their finished afgha~s _not develop supportive relation are just beautiful! Each is made .ships with others. "The contraceptive mentality with lots of love, seeen and felt is another factor which hurts by those receiving it. Adding to the beauty of this marriages," Sister Ripple said. experience is the fact that each "The presence of children en lady suffers from a variety of riches marriage." She noted that a lot needs to medical problems. The ladies are ' Jane,79; Beatrice, 84; Kathryn, be done. "The church has been horri 90; and Mary, 91. This beautiful happening has fied by divorce," she said, "but taught me that there are in our we haven't looked inside mar community people who have riages. We have to teach people much to give to others. Some intimacy skills. We have to do may not be physically mobile more to build up marriages. We or as healthy as they would like, have to teach couples to help other couples." but they have the gift of them She noted that the church's selves which they want to share programs on divorce have helped with others. We -are truly blessed to have many people. "The church has used this such individuals with us whom we can talk with and listen to, crisis as a way to help people to get their lives going again," learn from and love. Thank you so very much for she said. "It's a teachable mo your support of Birthright and ment." But there are other teachable the work it does! moments - before divorce. She Mary H. Grochmal, Director cited the sacramental programs Birthright of New Bedford

WASHINGTON (NC) - Arch bishop James A. Hickey of Washington, who recently ex pressed his disapproval of a sym posium on homosexuality, is planning to establish a ministry to homosexuals with a year, said a spokesman for the Wash ington Archdiocese. "Right now we are studying various models of what other dio ceses have 'done and are doing," said Jay Cormier, archdiocesan spokesman, ,citing the archdio ceses of Baltimore and San Fran cisco among those whose ministries to homosexuals are being stUdied. In a letter sent to all U.S. bishops and major superiors of religious orders, Archbishop Hickey expressed disapproval of a symposium on "HOMosexuality and the Catholic Church" to be held in the Washington area and of New Ways )VIinistry, its spon soring agency. In October Archbishop Willi am Borders of Baltimore estab lished a formal public and pas toral ministry to homosexual men and women. A rationale for the ministry, issued by a. five-member task force of priests and Religious, said it would seek to insure that: - Homosexuals be respected and valued as persons. - The identity of the person not 'be limited to sexual orienta tion. - The "detrimental effects" of .prejudice, misunderstanding and social exclusion not be over looked. - An "outreach to families" be provided. - Regular lines of communi cation be set up so that homo sexuals can be heard by the church at large,

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II Encountered

By Steve Landregan ' In 1965, a group of couples gathered at St. Pius X Church in Dallas to spend a weekend ex ploring their feelings and rela tionships toward their marriage partners. My wife and I were of that' group and remember weH the Mexican couple and Maryknoll priest from Mexico City who struggled to translate the concept of "Encuentro Conjugal" that had made such an impact on their ' lives. ' None of us ,realized that we were participating at an early point in a movement that ulti mately would become a primary instrument of renewal in the post-conciliar U.S. church. Fath er Donald Hessler and Enrique and Alicia Arechavala were help-' 'ing to plant a seed that week· end that was to rival in 'growth the biblical mustard seed. Within a few years Father Hessler and members of the Mexican Christian Family Move· ment had scattered their seeds widely. They were among the pioneers of Marriage Encounter. The movement's several Am erican expressions have tailored it to meet the unique needs of American families. Protestant, Jewish and secular versions have sprung up to complement the Catholic expressions of the move· ment and 'bring the richness of the encounter experience to many additional families. It is appropriate that the weekend experience mentioned above took place in a parish, be· cause it is within the parish community that lasting renewal takes place. Unlike movements that may draw lay persons out of their own parishes, Marriage Encoun. Turn to Page Thirteen I,

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Through the Cursillo Move ment, Dr. John Driscoll has found spiritual strength to deal with the life and death situations he often encounters in his medi· cal practice. The director of the newborn intensive care unit at Babies Hospital in New York City, Oris. coli's patients are infants up to 28 days old. Since they often are seriously ill, the neonatologist must face the fact that some will d~.· . A case in point occurred with the crib death of a staff pedia. trician's child. Driscoll explains he wanted to ,visit the young doctor and his wife arid give what comfort he could but that his "natural instincts" warned him to stay away. "Through prayer, Christ took me there anyway," he says sim ply, something that most likely would not have happened before his Cursillo experience. The visit was the start of a "strong relaTurn to page thirteen

ARCHBISHOP JEAN JADOT, former apostolic delegate in the 'United States, con siders the charimatic renewal "one of the three most significant movements' in the U.S" churc~." The others are the Cursillo and Marriage Encounter. (NC P~oto)

The clJLllrch and movements' By Father Philip J.

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The charismatic mov~ment, the women's movement, the pro life movement, the Cursillo movement, Movement for Ii Bet ter World. There are so imany movements! 'Where do they all fit into the church and into parishes? . I From the earliest days of the church there have been move· ments. They flower particwarly at times of great change or when there has been a surge Of re newal in society or in the"c~urch. In general, we could say that in the church a movement is an intense effort to foster a particu lar concern found among a seg ment of the people. I The ecumenical movement, for example, promotes the :unity of separated Christians. The 'litur. gical movement promotes renew al of worship. When they begin, movements

usually run certain risks. One is that nonmembers will regard the movement as narrow in focus or troublesome. Another risk is that movement leaders may distort their roles., .Movements in the church are efforts to make an impact either by generating a particular kind 'of commitment on the part of 'church members or changes in church practice. The Cursillo movement, for ex ample, aims to generate a deep level of commitment to the Lord and responsibility for the miss ion of the church. Some individ. uals who' participate in a Cur· sillo are visibly moved by it. , Others may find the deep emo tions aroused difficult to under stand. The women's movement at tempts to promote the role of women. It takes various forms 'in society at large and in the 'church. BuJ participants agree

that they ,want the talents and skills of women to come to the fore. Movements depend on the dedication of their adherents to a . cause. A movement's core group tends to be particularly in tense about this commitment. Outsiders •sometimes complain that the core group is not bal· anced; 'they may in a sense, be right for the core group is inten tionally exaggerated in its em· . phasis. 'Movements can be a great' source of energy and renewal in the church, precisely because of the commitment generated among meinbers. . But movements can also be sources of tension or division, especially ,if leaders become more interested in exercising power than in church renewal. Tension' also results when movement members' imply that , Turn to Page' Thirteen

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One problem of the Corin thians with Paul's teaching on the resurrection of the body was very understandable. They could hardly deny the bodily resurrection of Jesus, but they were inclined to consider it a unique case. After all, Jesus had not been buried long enough for the usual process of disinteg ration to take place. But how about the bodies of ordinary Christians, which re turned in time to powdery dust? What possible relation could there be between them 'and a: risen body? Paul answers 'the problem masterfully with a beautiful -in vocation of the creative power and ingenuity of God. Still, he knew the Corinthians well enough to realize they would have further objections. Even if convinced by him, they could still object that what was theo retically possible was not actu ally how things happened. So Paul assures them that the risen body is not only possible but as real as their natural bod ies. "If there .is a natural body, be sure there ·is also a spiritual body" (1 Corinthians 15:44b). His sophisticated readers were familiar with an -interpretation of the boo}{'>of Genesis accord ing to which two Adams were 'created. The first (Genesis I) was the .,ideal man, created in God's image and likeness. The second was man as he actually is, earthy but animated by a living soul (Genesis 2). Paul al ludes to this interpretation only to disagree with it. . , He sees the two Adams, but insists the Adam of both chap~ ters of Genesis is one and the same: natural man. The second Adam came laten"Jesus Christ. ,"Scl'ipture has it that Adam, the first man, became a living Turn to page thirteen

For children II By Janaan Manternach The Roman centurion ordered Paul to board an Egyptian cargo ship carrying grain to Italy. The officer was to be sure that Paul arrived safely in Rome. For many days the ship made little headway. Unless they made faster progress, they would have to spend the winter in a safe harbor. But the pilot and ship owner were determined to make Rome before the winter winds made sailing impossible. "We will meet with disaster if we continue," Paul warned the centurion. The centurion ig nored Paul. He trusted instead the jUdgment of the ship's pilot. But soon a hurricane fell upon them. They ran helplessly before the winds. The crew had no idea where the storm was blowing them. For days they could not eat because of the rough seas. Finally they gave up hope for survival. Paul stood where ,all could hear him. "Men," he said, "you Turn to Page Thirteen

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Continued from page twelve tionship~' with the family which continues today. A parishioner at St. Joseph Parish in Oradell, N.J., 45 min utes from New York City, Dris· coli participated in a Cursillo weekend ,about 12 years ago at the suggestion of friends. "The Cursillo made me realize I was just going through the mo· tions of being a Catholic. I was a robot. I had no sense of com· munity - faith was a private matter between me and God." He testifies the Cursillo Move ment changed his way of think· ing about being a Christian and drew him deeply into the parish community where, for instance, he served four years as parish council president. Driscoll and his wife, also a pediatrician, still attend Cursillo functions regular ly. Msgr. John Smith of St. Jo· seph's says the Cursillo experi. ence, properly understood, helps people "see the possibilities for bringing the Lord into family life and the work world." During the intense three-day Cursillo weekend, individuals look at their own ideals and values; at themselves in rela· tion with the church; at them· selves in the world beyond the. church. Long active in Cursillo, Msgr. Smith says the weekend experi ence is followed by "group re union" meetings in individual parishes, where participants meet to talk ov~r their Christian lives. Groups discuss·how they nour ished their faith during the pre vious week, what insights they gained in understanding Chris .tianity and what Christian action they may have attempted. Some· times, according to the parish priest, this may be "a failure the Lord tried me with" - perhaps a person refuses an offer of friendship, for instance. This is discussed in the meeting. The hardest part of Cursillo, Msgr. Smith says, lies in trying to make the Gospel part of the everyday career world. When it works properly, however, a Cur· sillo participant brings his or her

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Continued from page twelve ter tends to awaken in couples a new understanding of church as lived out in parish life. "When we made the encounter weekend I realized for the first time that the church loved me and cared about what happened to me and my marriage." This statement of a young wife was followed by her explanation that her parish had changed for her from a place to go for the sac raments to a living community that is part of the body of Christ. "Encountered" couples are not usually identified as a parish clique, but they may be found in the forefront of many parish programs. Their newly deepened conjugal love, strengthened by the Mar riage Encounter principle of dia logue, has brought parish com· munities a rich witness to the fruits of married life and spirit. ualty. Archbishop Jean Jadot, former apostolic delegate in the United States, identified the Marriage Encounter program as one of the three most significant movements in the U.S. church. The other two, he said, were the Cursillo and the charismatic reo newal. Father Leon Duesman, pastor Continued from page twelve at St. Elizabeth Parish in Plano, nonmembers are somehow lesser Texas, is an enthusiastic enChristians. counter promoter. "I see it as a If a movement in the church tremendous source of couple is to have integrity, it must ac power," he explains. "Marriage knowledge the broader life of the Encounter people have a new church and be accountable to idea of the church, a new con· ecclesiastical pastoral and teach· cept of community. They do ing authority. To the extent that things as couples - as CCD this is. not the case, the move teachers, sponsor couples, pre-' ment becomes self-serving and baptism instructors." . promotes a distorted view of the The power of Marr,iage Enchurch. counter is in the deepening of The church would be poorer love and understanding between without movements, without husband and wife. This love finds passionate efforts to promote expression not only ·in a reachspecific aspects of church life. As ing out to their children, but to far as possible, I think parishes the parish and civic communities. and their people should be able If the family is the basic cell to offer hospitality to" move of church and society, its state ments, to learn from them and to of health will affect the whole support their members. community. In a time when many Sometimes what is needed is viruses are attacking the family communication. It isn't always cell, Marriage Encounter'appears easy but it is always worth the to be a necessary and welcome tonic. effort.

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Christian values into the work world. A striking example for Msgr. Smith occurred in another parish. . A teacher, an active union member, was involved in a pro· tracted strike. Acutely aware. that "our purpose is to teach children," Msgr. Smith says the teacher felt that in this particu lar situation, being a Christian meant also that he had to work hard to keep relationships from becoming such that "children would be affected" after the strike's end. In the pastor's experience, Cur sillo members frequently become part of other parish programs as well. A recent parish Renew program, for instance, attracted 600 parishioners, many of them Cursillo participants. Other Cur· sillo members have joined Mar riage Encounter groups and charismatic prayer groups, he added. 1. 6. 8. 9..

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shared the expectation that the risen Lord would return in glory in the not too distant future. On the day of that return there would be Christians still living ("flesh and blood") and others who had already died ("corrup tion"). So he wrote: "This is what I mean, brothers: flesh and blood cannot :,nherit the king dom of God; no more than cor ruption can inherit incorruption." In other words, both classes of Christians. the living and the dead, will have to experience a radical tranforrnation to be able to experience the joys of 1)eaven. Using apocalyptic imagery, he pictures a trumpet blast sum moning all to immortality. At that moment, "in the twinkling of an eye," we shall all be changed and "death will be swal lowed up in victory." The very thought causes him to exclaim jubilantly: "0 death, where is your victory? 0 death, where is your sting?" It: was sin, the false value sys· tem of a fallen world, that led to death, inauthentic human ex istence. Christ had brought free dom from sillvery and now the victory is complete. "But tbanks be to God who , has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

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For children Continued from Page Thirteen should have taken my advice and not sailed from Crete. But keep up your courage. None of you will be lost. Only the ship 'will go down. "Last night a messenger from God came to me. He assured me that I was destined to appear before the, emperor. Because of me, God will grant safety to all on board. So keep up your cour age. I trust in God that it will turn out as I have been told, But we still must face shipwreck on some island." After 14 days, the ship still was being blown across the sea. Toward midnight the. sailors sensed that land was near. T~ey took soundings and found they were - moving into shallower waters. .. Fearing they would be dashed against rocks they dropped an chor and prayed for daylight. At dawn Paul urged them to eat. "For 14 days you have gone hungry," he told them. "Take food so you will have strength to survive. None of you will lose a hair of your head." Then Paul took bread, gave thanks to God. broke it. and all

began to eat. At dawn the crew sighted land. They saw a sandy beach and tried to run the ship aground on it. They cut loose the anchor, raised the sail and made for the beach. The ship hit a sandbar and ran aground but all the crew came safely to shore, as Paul had predicted.

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2 Adams Continued from page twelve soul; the last Adam has become a life-giving spirit. Take note, the spiritual was not first; first came the natural and after that the spiritual. Just as we resemble the man from earth, so shall

we bear the likeness of. the man from heaven." Our share in the destiny of the second Adam is as real as our shal;e in that of the first. A final point remains. Just as the risen body of Jesus was transformed to .enjoy existence beyond the laws of created time and space, so must ours be. But Paul had to consider two possi. bHities. At the time he wrote, he

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A-l Approved for Childli'~n and AdllJJlts .

on youth

Chariots of Fire (Rec.) Fish Hawk Fox and Hound (Rec) The Great Muppet Caper

Heartbeeps The Looney Bugs Bunny Movie,

Jesus

Victory (Rec.)

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A-2 Approved for. Adults (QInd Adolescents: Absence of Malice Amy The Boat is Full (Rec.) Bustin' loose The Devil and Max Devlin The Earthling Hardly Working

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American Pop Alligator Arthur Atlantic City Back Ro~ds Beyond the Reef .Blues Brothers Brubaker Cafe Express Cannonball Run Carbon Copy Cattle Annie & Little Britches Caveman Charlie Chan & Curse of Dragon Queen Chu Chu &'the Philly Flash Clash of the Titans Continental Divide Cutter and Bone Death Hunt The Dogs of War Dragonslayer The Elephant Man Escape from New York Eyewitness first Monday in October

Heartland (Rec.) Improper Channels Kagemusha (Rec.!, Oblomov Only When I laugh Popeye Private Eyes

. Stevie (Rec.)

Taps

Tess (Rec.!

Ticket to Heaven

Windwalker .

Zorro, the Gay Blade,

for Adults Ol'llly

Four Friends The Four Seasons The French Lieutenant's Woman Galaxina Gallipoli Going Ape The Haunting of Julia The Incredible Shrinking Woman Inside Moves Irs My Turn The Jazz Singer Kill & Kill Again King of the Mountain' The last Metro lion of the Desert The legend of the lone Ranger looker Man of Iron Modern Problems Modern Romance Mommie Dearest Nighthawks ' Niiht Lights Went Out 10 Georgia Nine to Five

On Golden Pond

On the Right Track

Ordinary People •

Outland ' .

Paternity

Pennies from Heaven'

Prince of the City IRec.) The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper Raggedy Man Raging Bull Raiders of, the Lost Ark Reds (Rec.! Resurrection

Rollover

Sea Wolves

Secondhand Hearts I • Seems like Old Times Sharkey's Machine

Southern Comfort

Superman II .

They All Laughed

Thief

Time Bandits

Tribute

Under the Rainbow

Wolfen i

The Woman Next Door

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fA Separate Classification is given to certain films which while' not morally offensive,.. require some analysis and explanation as a pro tection against wrong interpretations and false conclusions.) Fort Apache, the Bronx La Cage aux Folies II

Pixote Ragtime

True, Confessions ! ; Whose life Is It Anyway?

.0 - Morally Offensive All Night Long All the Marbles Altered States An American Werewolf in london Any Which Way You Can Blowout Buddy, Buddy Caligula A Change of Seasons Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams Cheaper To Keep Her City of Women Endless Love Excalibur .The Eye of the Needle

The Fan The Final Conflict For Your Eyes Only, Friday the 13th Part II Funhouse Ghost Story Halloween II The Hand Happy Birthday to Me Heavy Metal He Knows You're Alone High Risk Honky·Tonk Freeway The Howling Knightriders Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I

Neighbors

Polyester

The Postman Always

Rings Twice

Private Benjamin .-

Private lessons

Rich and Famous

Scanners

S.O.B.

So Fine

Squeeze Play

Stir Crazy

Strange Behavior

Stripes

Tarzan, the Ape Man

Tattoo

By Cecilia Belanger I truly, believe we are forget ting what peace is like, forget 'ting what quietude can do' for the jagged nerves possessed by so many in today's society. What is this something to ·wards which everyone is rushing such breakneck speed? ,No one knows. Few even stop to wonder. I Someone breaks a speed rec 'ord by two seconds. So what? Sales of some product reach un precedented figures. So what? i Against the madness of our mechanized days I prescribe a getaway to nature, to the splen did cliffs, ocean sands and ever changing sights· and sounds Of nur Atlantic coast. There is a quality to life by · the sea greatly desired by many. It fosters a sense of peace, and I

what good are all our' other accomplishments if we don't have peace on this planet? One. l2-year-old said, "All 1 . hear is talk about war and nu clear weapons. It's just war, war, war. Sometimes' it's hard to keep your, mind on studying or anything else. You don't know if you're going to be around." How frightening for children to hear constantly of the threat of war and to hear nothing of a peaceful nature, only that terri ble fear to take with 'them to bed at night. I heard another little child say "People are always fighting and' hollering!" , Why mOst people feel they have to out-shout and one-up each other? If. we are to disarm, we should begin in our hearts and discard the mentality that

says "if you·don't-agree with me, you are wrong." We are not here to remake each ottter. God does that., But we can let each other happen, allow people to pace themselves in their search. We needn't jet into spirituality. I receive many calls from par ents concerned that their child ren .have no religion in their lives. Remember, Christianity is a contact religion. Things happen. Somewhere, sometime, such young people will encounter the "salt." You can't push religion down their thoat any more than, you .can'force a child to eat spinach. But often those same children relish spinach as adults. Give young people time. Keep pray ing. Someone will pass the salt.

To be' ,or not to be? By Tom Lennon

no matter how dark things get. If it's a problem you can offer Q. Please answer this quickly no solution to, or if It is one he , because Pm frightened. There's a doesn't want to talk about to :guy In my class who 'is mostly you, tell him there are experts . ,It loner, but sometimes he talks who can help him and who won't 'to me. Yesterday he gave me.. put him down for being terribly litis tennis racquet and said he discouraged. wouldn't need it next spring. He Suggest that he check in the liooked strange when he. said yellow pages of the phone book this. Do you think he Is going . under the heading, "Crisis Inter 1;0 commit suicide? (CODIIleCtleut)

vention Service." There he is likely to find numbers for the suicide prevention service arid for community health centers. He. need not give his name. .He can talk as long as he wants to about his most intimate prob lems without fear of revelation. Send questions to Tom Lennon at 1312 Mass. Ave., Washington, D.C. 20005.

A. He well could be thinking <if suicide. Hi~ unexpected gift rnight be a signal ,to you that he wants your help. It might also be ·S, signal that he doesn't really v',ant .to kill himself.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope . and sisters, full freedom of re John Paul II has defended the ligion and action." rights of Iran's Catholic minority In the past Catholic schools and urged the Moslem republic were closed in Iran and many , Be aware that today suicide to work "for the destruction of llmong persons in their teens has war . . . and the abolition of foreign Catholic missionaries ex pelled before an agreement was 11~ached epidemic proportions. hatred." He 'said that '''war and negotiated allowing the continua ! I In the past 20 years adult terrorism are evils that my pre tion of some Catholic institutions (Rec.) after a title lncllcates that the film 1$ recommended by the U.S. suicides have increased by 20 decessors and I have constantly and the' return of some of the Catholic Conference reviewer for the category of viewers under pl~rcent. Adolescent suicides have denounced" and added that mem missionaries. which it Is listed. 1bese listings 8re presented monthly; pleaSe clip bers of Iran's Catholic commun irlcreased a whopping 300 per and save for refenmce. Further Information on recent films is avail ity, who number 20,000 in a cent, according to some esti from The Anchor office, 675-7151. total population of 35 million, miates. "seek solely, to enjoy, together .I prestime your unwritten with all their. Iranian brothers Mathematics Leagues Level I q,'lestion is, "What should I do?" Olympiad Exam results have A few young people might say, placed Coyle and Cassidy stu "Well, if he wants to throw dents in the top 10 percent of away his. life, that's his busi students across the state. Eileen WASHINGTON (NC) ~ "We miss." Your question shows that Goggin ranked 407th among will never forget what happened you do not agree with that cal 5528 superior math students and yesterday. May we never forget 10lused approach. Donna Brezinski ranked 453rd. a1; well God~s presence ,in our Can you say something along In' all, eight students at the lives, not only in 'the m'oments these lines to the loner: "Buddy, . that life is created and that life . Taunton schoo! were in the top yo'u've been looking worried 50 percent of, Olympiad com is changed, but in every moment lately. Is something troubling petitors. The others were Chris of our existences," said Arch yo~?Can I help .you?" , Fraga, Toni Jane Silveira, Chris bishOp 'ames' Hickey of Wash [f you can help him with his' ington in a statement issued ,Masterson, John Brousseau, problem, do so. ' Kevin Boyle and Richard Lalor. Jan. 14 after a day of disaster Tell him also that dark times and blinding, snow in the city. Also in the world of math, COi;ne to everyone, that we have '. A jetliner from National Airport in Ne~ England Math League to hang in there, and that if we plunged into the Potomac River contests; Donna Brezinski and a···.· I kel~p on going through the dark after killing motorists on a Matt Masterson are tied for , tunnel, we will finally reach day . ANTHONY HOPKINS is Quasimodo, and Lesley~Anl1e light. Good times will come bridge and a subway derailed ,at senior top place, Toni Silveira leads the juniors and' sophomores Down is Esmerelda in a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation again. rush hour killing three passen Scott Lazarz and Bridget Franco I of "Th~ Hqnchbacl.t '9f Notre Dame" Feb. 4 on CBS. , Emphasize. hanging in there, gers. are tied.

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portswQtch Diocesans A~ong Leadin·g Hoop Scorers After' three games in South eastern Massachusetts Confer ence basketball play, three play ers from diocesan schools are among the top five scorers in Division Two, another three in the top five in Division Three. Bishop Connolly High's Rick Gray was runnerup to Dart mouth High's Mike Croteau in Division Two with 61 points for an average of 20.3. Croteau was 86 poipts, averaging 29.6. Paul Ruddy Bishop Feehan High, ranked third with 57 and 19.0 followed by Ed McGuinness, Connolly, 54 and 18.0. Rick CQr ey, Falmouth was fifth with 47 and 15.6. Steve Lopes; Holy Family, was second in' Division Three with 64 points and 21.3 average. Ger ald Lanagan, 58 and 16.3, was second, and Don Coache, fourth with 49 and 16.3 Lanagan and Coache are Bishop Stang Spar tans. Mike Barros, Old Roches ter, was the division leader with 76 and 25.3. Rounding out the top five was D. Lopes: Dennis Yamouth, 43, 14.3. The leaders in Division One were Steve Attar, Somerset, 58 and 19.3; Bill Duarte, New Bed ford, 54,18.0;'Peter McNally, Somerset; 52, 17.3; Doug Still, Barnstable, 43, 14.3; and S. Mit-

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each Tuesday on Channei 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan die rector of social services; Rev, Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Is land State Council of -Churches; and Rabbi Baruch Korff. "The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 p.m. each Sunday on Channel 25.

chell, Taunton, 42, 14.0. Divis ion Four's leaders were Paul Mc Cann, Dighton-Rehoboth, . 53, 21.0; Jim Borah, Seekonk, 63, "Pixote" (Unafllm): This har 21.0; Carl Tripp, Westport, 56, On Radio 18.6; Bernie Perryman, Bourne, .rowing and poignant Brazilian Charismatic programs are film is a powerful drama about 41, 13.6; and Glenn Turcotte, Di a gang of nomad boys in Rio. It heard from Monday through Fri man Voke, 39, 13.0. is definitely not 'for the faint of day on station WICE, 1290 A.M. Overall, Barros scored 247 Father John Randall is heard points for a 24.7 average in the heart or weak of stomach. Be from 7 to 8 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. first 10 games on the season. cause of scenes involving graph Gray with 151 points, 18.8, was ic sexuality and violence and its and Father Real Bourqlue is tied with Attar for third place sordid setting, it is classified A4. heard from 8:45 to 9 a.m. while Croteau was second with Films on TV 163, 20.3, all in eight games. Sunday, Jan. 24, 7 p.rn. (NBC) Lopes was tied for ninth place - "Sound of Music" (1965) overall with L. Senna, Wareham, This musical based on the forma with 17.1 average. Lopes scored tive years of the Trapp Family 137 points. in eight games, Senna SAN FRANCISCO (NC) Singers combines lovely music 1'54 in nine games. and intelligent lyrics, colorful Someday, Benjamin Douglas Cal . Tomorrow night all conference laghan Sinon will have an un scenery and pleasant fantasy to schools will be involved in non entertain the mind and enliven usual story to tell about the ori league play with Holy Family at gin of his middle name. the spirit. Al Westport, ~eehan at Attleboro, The infant was named after the Sunday, Jan. 24, 9 p.m. (ABC) Somerset at Connolly, Coyle ship on which his father serves Cassidy - at Dighton-Rehoboth, - "Meteor" (1979) - Sean Con - the USS Callaghan, a Navy Fairhaven at New Bedford, Old nery and Natalie Wood are sci guided missile destroyer. and entists attempting to deflect a Rochester at Bourne, New Bed huge meteor heading for the young Benjamin was baptized ford Voke-Tech at Case, Dennis aboard his namesake vessel with earth in this moderately enter Yarmouth at Diman Voke, See an admiral, ship's officers and taining adventure. Some profan konk at Stang. crew members in attendance. ity: A3 Entering this week New Bed Monday, Jan. 25,.9 p.m. (NBC) Douglas and Margaret Sinon ford, 4-0, in Division One, Old Rochester, 4-0. In Division Three, ...:. "When a Stranger Calls" decided to name Benjamin after Dighton-Rehoboth. and Bourne, (1979) - A. homicidal maniac the Callaghan and have him bap each 3-0, were the only unde- . stalks a babysitter in· this medi. tized aboard because he was feated teams in confe~enc~ play. ocre '. thriller. Violence and born the day the Callaghan join threatened violence. make it ma ed the active fleet. ture viewing fare. A3, R New Bedford, Falmouth Track Winners Thus, with the cooperation of Wednesday, Jan.' 27, 9 p.m. Callaghan skipper Cmdr. J. T. New Bedford High, with 38 omock BasketbaiI League are points, was the winner of the Sharon at Canton, Stoughton at (CBS) - "Tom Horn" (1980) Hood and Cmdr. 'john S. Bald fifth annual New Bedford Voke Steve McQueen is, a legendary win of the Navy Chaplain Corps. No. Attleboro, Franklin at Mans Tech Invitational Track' Meet. field, King Philip at Foxboro frontier hero in. this run-of-the the sacrament of baptism was Rounding out the top five were with Oliver Ames having the mill Western. Much violence and administered to little Benjamin Falmouth 34, Seekonk 27, Barn bye. Next Tuesday it will be No. some profanity. A3 ' aboard his daddy's ship as it lay stable 20, Fairhaven 12. at anchor in San Francisco Bay. Attleboro at Oliver Ames, TV ~rograins, In the girls' division, Fal Stoughton at Franklin, Canton Also on hand were Adm. James Monday, Jan.· 25, g-9 p.m. mouth, with 45 points, romped at King Philip,' Mansfield at Fox D. Watkins, commander in chief (PBS) "Brideshead Revisited to the meet crown followed by boro with Sharon drawing the of the U.S. Pacific' Fieet, com Seekonk, 26, Taunton 14, New bye. Games in' the girls' loop are Home and Abroad.".In ~he sec-' manding 'and' executive officers Bedford High and Dartmouth the same. as . the, boys' except ond episode of the II-part series. of the ship, crewmen from eight based on Evelyn Waugh's novel, five points each, ships, Benjamin's older brother, that the order of the home team the agnostic Charles learns from Games tomorrow in the Hock- is .reversed. seven-year-oldWilliam, and. Sebastian that matters of reli .other family members and gion are not taken lightly by any friends. Hockey Tonight member of· the Catholic March The Cougars of Bishop Con starting at 9 o'clock are Fall main family. nolly High and the Seekonk High River South vs: Marion and New Monday, Jan. 25, 9·10 p.m. Warriors meet at 8 tonight in the Bedford vs. Seekonk. (PBS) "Bernstein-Beethoven," n.ightcap of a hockey twin bill _. VATICAN CITY (NC) - An

Leonard Bernstein conducts the in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River. commission,

Vienna Philharmonic in the first interdisciplinary The curtain-raiser has Dart working under the direction of

program of an II-part weekly mouth at Case. the Vatican's secretariat of state,

series featuring all nine Beetho Bishop Feehan Shamrocks and NEW YORK (NC) - The' Leb- . ven symphonies as well as the will begin work on an inter

the Dighton-Rehoboth Falcons anese conflict will be solved C-Sharp Minor String Quartet national charter of family rights

meet at 8 p.m. in the Taunton when the Palestinians are given and the Missa Solemnis. in 1982, according to an official

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a homeland, said Maronite-Rite Friday, Jan. 29, 9·9:30 p.m. Family. Chilean Bishop Francis

Tomorrow afternoon Westport Patriarch Antoine Pierre Khorai (PBS) "Creativity - The Inven is host to Connolly, Feehan to. che of Antioch, president 'of the co Cox Huneeus, secretary of

tots." Bill Moyers explores how the six-month-old council, said

Dartmouth and Voke-Tech to assembly of patriarchs and bish Holy Family in girls' basketball. ops of strife-torn Lebanon. In the invention of any new product that the commission ma-y include

New Bedford nipped Somer his first visit to the United depends not only on a flash of legal experts to assist in the

set, 3-2, and 'Fall River South States since his election in 1975, insight but also on the process preparation of a charter which

romped to an 8·3 decision over Patriarch Khoraiche warned that of convincing investors to risk would be acceptable to the

their capital on launching some Seekonk last Sunday night to Lebanon is "on the verge of col United Nations and to similar

remain tied for first place in the lapse." At a recent New York thing new in the marketplace. world bodies. "Family rights is

Religious Broadcasting a fairly new field in civil legis

Bristol County CYO Hockey , press conference, the patriarch Sunday, Jan. 24, WLNE, Chan lation and not very developed,"

League wi th 9-3·1 records. See urged the United States to sup nel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Tele· he said. "This will not be a con

konk is now 7-6-0, Somerset 3 port a homeland for the Pales 10-0, Mllrion .2-8-2. vision Mass. fessional charter, but a reflection

tjnians, "just as it had support Games next Sunday night in ed a homeland for the Jewish "Confluence," 8 a.m. each of world circumstances," he

the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, . people." Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. added.

Lots of water at this baptism

Family rights

Thurs.,

Jon. 21, 1982

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The CYO will meet at 7 p.m. :Monday, Feb. 1 . . . A Blue and Gold Cub Scouts' banquet will take place ·in ,the l:chool Sunday, Feb. 7. . The ultreya palanca Mass will he celebrated8Jt 7:30 p.m. Mon day at the home of Norman and Lucy Paul, 191 Lafayette St. ~IT.

PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to SUbmit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7; Fall

. River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included as well as full dates of all ' activities. please send news of future rather tIIan past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundralslng activities such as bingos. whlsts, dances, suppers and bazaars. We are happy to carry notices of spiritual programs. club meetings, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities.' " Fundralslng projects may be advertised at our regUlar rates, obtainable from The Anchor .buslness office. telephone 675·7151. On Steering Points Items FR indicates Fall River, NB indicates New Bedford.

ST.KlLIAN,NB

A newly-formed senior citizen club has as officers Beatrice Teixeira, president; Janet Hard man, vice-president; Hilda Babi-' arz, secretary; Mary Caron, ,treasurer. New members wel come. ,FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N.DARTMOUTH

The Diocesan Charismatic Ser vice Committee will meet at the center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

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~urse offerings currently available' include a variety'of non~credit programs for small business operators; the only area program offering a bachelor of science in nursing to registered nurses; and a unique combina tion of Mberal arts and business administration courses leading to a degree in either concentration. Further information: telephone 238-1081.

ST. w.nCHAEL,SVVANSEA '

Youth group members ~ill view slides of 1981 happenings at their meeting at 7:30 tomorrow night at the Youth Center. Marriage Encounter couples are asked to help plan a Valen tine's Day Hturgy for 9:30 a.m. Mass' Sunday, Feb. 14. Call Jeanne Goyette, 672-4568. ~ The parish 60th, anniversary steering committee will meet at 7:30 tonight in the rectory basement. '

STANISLAUS, FR

A series of teachings on Mary in scripture, theology and the .heart are being given at 7:30 to rtightand tomorrow night in the upper ,church~ by Dr. William Ilarkin, director of the Pastoral Theology Institute of Hamden, (:onn. All welcome. The parish credit union annual meeting will take place at i p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31. Parochial school registration for preprimary will follow 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, Jan. 31. All other grades will register at the same time Sunday, Feb. 7. (JIUR LADY OF GRACE, N. WESTPORT

The parish adult Bible study g:roup will meet at 7 p.m. Sun d,~y in t1he church. Participants aJ:e asked to bring Bibles and friends. The Gospel of Mark will bl~ studied. S'~. RIT!\,

MARION A support ·group for widows ,and widowers will begin within a fe~ weeks. .

BL. SACRAMENT ADORERS

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH

The Adorers will hold their monthly holy hour from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven. Father Thomas Landry, OP, of St. The resa's parish, New Bedford, will conduct the service. Refresh ments will follow. All welcome. Exposition of the Blessed Sac rament will take place follow ing 8:30. a.m. Mass ,to 9 p.m. Fri day, Feb. 5. Adol'lation 'takes place daily except Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Further ,in formation: ,Angelo DeBorteli, 996':0332,. or_Susan Fitzgerald, 993-6610.: '

The Ladies' Guild will sponsor a day of reflection, "Who Do You Say Jesus Is?" from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31 at St.

Mary's parish center, South

Dartmouth. All ,parish women

welcome; please sign up 'at the

rear of St. Julie's this weekend.

Parents of confirmation can

didates will meet at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday in the parish hall.

The second session ofa required

CARE program for candidates

will be held from 1 to 7 p.m.

Sunday.

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CCD textbooks in the most widely used ,series are available in braille, large print and on tape at no, chalI'ge fl.-om Ithe Xavier Society for the Blind, 154 E. 23st., New York, N.Y. 10010. LA SALETI'E S,HRINE, ATTLEBORO

A healing service will be led by Father Andre Patenaude, MS, shrine director, at 2 p.m. Sun day, Jan. 31, in the People's Chapel. Music will be by Peggy and Mike Curry of Worcester. All welcome. ST. JOSEPH,FAIRHAVEN

Thanks are expressed to all who helped' in cleaning the school after a water pipe broke last week.

PRIESTS, PRAYER

Priests of the diocese will meet

for a holy hour and lunch at 11

a.m. Monday '8t the church. All

priests welcome.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA

Volunteers are needed to make

seat "pockets" Ito be attached to

church seats for storage of mis

salettes and hymnals. Those, in

terested may call the rectory.

Members of parish ministries

will meet 'at 7 p.m. ,Sunday, Feb.

7, in the Father Carey Center.

CCD teachers are needed to

fill in for volunteers unable to

continue their commitment; also,

suggestions are solicited for a

Lenten adult education 'program.

Call Sister Evelyn Dailey, 675

7002.

SACRED HEART, FR

Father James Morrissey of the

Maryknoll Missioners will speak

at all Masses the weekend of

Jan. 30 and 31.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR

A recollection day, for ninth

grade confirmation candidates

will be held from 2 to 6 p.m.

Sunday in tthe school.

The Women's Club will open its new season with a potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1. COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

Greater Fall River members

will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at

St, Louis de France 'hall, Swan

sea. Linette Lessing, social ser

vices director at Charlton Mem_

orial Hospital, will discuss grief

. support services and Elizabeth Smi,th will speak on reading ma terial she found 'helpful after the loss of 'a baby. Discussion 'will follow. All welcome. Compassionate Friends is or

ganizing a lending library of

books on coping with grief. Con

tributions and donations of

books are welcome 'and further

information is available from'

Mrs. Leo LeComte, 676-8458.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR

Parishioners will participate in

a tour of Adas Israel Synagogue

at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Those wish

ing to attend should call the rec

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Amin left 'bitter legacy'

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ST, PETERSBURB, Fla. (NC) - Exiled Ugandan dictator Idi Amin left a' "legacy of bitterness, revenge and retaliation," said Anglican Bishop Festo Kivengere of Kigezi in western Uganda. In the ci,ties, the "legacy of violence" is evident in mistrust and a desire for revenge after years of atrocities, the bishop said in an interview with The Florida Catholic, newspaper of the Orlando and St. Petersburg dioceses. The army is poorly trained, civil discord continues and Ugandans have to dvetcoine the results of "nine years, of chaos," he said. When Amin's methods of tor ture and brutality became known, Anglican and Catholic clergymen stood toge~er to pro test the outrages, the bishop re cal1ed. Anglican Arch~ishop Jan ani Lumunm was murdered while in the custody of Amin's soldiers in 1977 and Catholic leaders were also persecuted, he said. .