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ROME (NC) ....;.. The naming of the first cardinal in history living in the Soviet Union is not a sign of warming relationships be­ tween Moscow and the Vatican.

Nor can the gr;inting of the red hat to Bishop Julijans Vai­ vods, apostolic administrator of Riga and Liepaja in Latvia be considered a Vatican defiance of the Kremlin.

The appointment is actually a test of church capacity to act independently of Moscow's sur­ veillance and approval, says Msgr. Ladislao Tulaba, rector of Rome's Lithuanian Pontifical College.

The 87-year-old Bishop Vai­ vods, said Msgr. Tulaba, has, like most Latvian priests, work­ ed within the confines of Soviet repression of religion.

Under such repression, which affects Latvia and Lithuania, priests are restricted virtually to celebrating Mass and administer­ ing the sacraments. The religious education of the young is dis­ couraged and' priests need gov­ ernment permission to visit hos­ pitals.

Candidates for the seminary must be approved in advance by the Soviets.

There is no sign of change in this decades-old system, Msgr.

DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSI, CAPE & ISLANDS

Vol. 27, No.3.

Fall River, Mass., Friday, January 21, 1983

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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and Jacqueline A. Boucher of Nazareth School and St. Francis Xavier parish, Acushnet, get acquainted before a sign expressing the theme of the 28th annual Bishop's Charity Ball. Fa vorable weather, danceable music and the en­ thusiasm of the 37 pretty young presentees combined to make' the evening one of the most memorable in the ball's long history as one of Southeastern Massachusetts' outstanding events. (Rosa Photo)

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Thank You was the thme of the 28th annual Bishop's Charity Ball, held last Friday night at Lincoln Park 'Ballroom, North Dartmouth, and gratitude ex­ tended to the meteorologists who benignly postponed the onset of a chilling winter storm until all ballgoers were safely home from their gala evening.

A relaxed and happy crowd enjoyed the annual event, high­ lighted by presentation of 37 young ladies to 'Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, a grand march and danc­ ing to the music of the Art Perry and AI Rainone orchestras.

Bishop Cronin's remarks to the ball30ers follow: "It is Indeed heartwarming to see so 1J1any friends from all corners qf the diocese and beyond gathered once again here at the Lincoln Park Ballroom in North

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Dartmouth, Massachusetts,. for the Annual Bishop's Charity Ball.

"As you know, this is the 28th Annual Bishop's Ball and, as you are well aware, the pro­ ceeds of the Ball, once again this -year, will go to benefit our Nazareth Apostolate for excep­ tional children and our Summer Camp A'postolate for underprivi­ leged ~hildren throughout the diocese.

"The theme for this year's Bishop's Charity Ball expresses the sentiments of profound grati­ tude which I wish to convey to each of you for your continued support of this annual event.

Thank. You - this is the 1983 theme. I make it my theme to­ night as I say thank you to all who have come; thank you to the very dedicated ladies of our

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At Boston's historic Faneuil Hall; under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis; at San Antonio's Ala­ mo; in Chicago's Loop and in cities and towns across the na­ tion, pro-lifers will mark to­ morrow's 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision 'Jn abortion.

In the Fall River diocese a pro­ life Mass will be offered at 4 p.m. tomorrow at St. Boniface Church, New Bedford, under aus­ pices of the Knights of Colum­ ;'us.

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Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the devoted gentlemen of our St. Vincent de Paul Society who collaborate each year in the many prepara­ tions for this impressive evening; thank you to Msgr. Gomes, di­ ocesan director for the ball and thank you to all who in any way whatever have helped to make this evening the ,wonderful suc­ cess which it is.

"Someone once said that the best way to say thank you is never to forget. Please be as­ 'sured that I shall never forget the faithful support which your presence here tonight manifests to me. Thank you, thank you very much indeed! God love and bless you am" More ball pictures on pages 8 and 9.

The local observances will co­ 'ncide with the annual national March for Life in Washington. fhe Washington march, expected to attract thousands of persons from all parts of the country, will be followed by a "rose din­ ner" kicking off a pro-life educa­ tion and defense fund.

An ecumenical prayer program will take place under the Gate­ way Arch before the blessing of the buses headed for the national march in Washington. Seventeen buses have been reserved for the annual pilgrimage to the March for Life.

The Pro-life Office of the Arch­ diocese of Chicago will give out "Lights for Life" - candles in paper bags much like Mexican luminaria.

The paper bag design will have a drawing of a baby silhou­ ett~d in flame to symbolize

Tulaba said, scotching the idea that naming of a cardinal in­ dicates better church-state rela­ tions.

An insight into the choice of Bishop Vaivods can be gained from understanding the differ­ ence between Catholic Church life in Latvia and in Lithuania.

In Latvia, a ,Baltic republic forcibly absorbed by the Soviet Union in the early 1940s, Cath­ olics are a small minority and the church keeps a low profile: . But Lithuania, a somewhat larger Baltic republic taken over by the Soviets in 1945, has a Catholic majority and open reli­ gious resistance, with perhaps one-third of its priests directly challenging Soviet domination.

Many priests and nuns work. for an underground publication, "Chronicles of the Church in Lithuania," which details for the Western incidents of Soviet reli­ gious repression.

One well-placed Vatican source speculated that Bishop Vaivods was not Pope John Paul's top choice for a cardinal within the Soviet Union.

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"lighlt shining in the darkness of this evil," said Father Charles V. Fanelli, director of the office.

At Faneuil Hall in 'Boston the Rev.. Erick Schenkel, pastor of the evangelical Covenant Church in Lawrence Mass. and a member of the board of directors of Massachusetts Citizens Con­ cerned for Life, will speak Jan. 23. Massachusetts pro-lifers will also take part in tomorrow's Washington march.

The annual mal!'ch will begin at the ellipse, the park behind the White House. It will contin­ ue down Pennsylvania Avenue and conclude at the Capitol with speeches.

Guests at the rose dinner will include Sen. Jesse Helms (R­ N.C.) and Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IIl.), sponsors of anti-abo:­ tion legislation. Awards will be presented, student contest win­ ners will be honored and the education and defense fund will be announced.

Commenting on the 10th anni­ versary of the Supreme Court decision striking down most state laws restricting abortion, Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul-Mnneapolis, president of the National Conferen<;e of Cath­ olic Bishops, said that while he mourned the subsequent deaths of millions of unborn children, "I grieve even more fOf the dam­ age done to our conscience as a nation." .

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IF' THE SECRET SERVICE phoned you to announce that the president was comirig to your home for a visit, and a man' who looked and talked like the president arrived, ' it would behoove you to treat him like the president, despite some small suspicion that he might really be Rich Little out to fool you.

In other words, it is better to err on the 'side of prudence.

Similarly, if the expression we all use is "she is going to have a baby," and a being grows inside a woman, a being complete .with toes and heartbeats and brainwaves, it is best to assume, at the very least,. that a baby is there - human, alive and deserving of our respect' - despite the propaganda which alleges that the unborn child is nothing more than protoplasm doing a Rich Little impression of human life.

That is only one argument against abortion, which now kills about 1.5 million people annually in the' United States alone and, since the Supreme Court legalized it 10 years ago tomorrow, a total of about 10 million. There are other arguments: religious (your church is against abortion); moral (it is wrong to take a life); ethical (medicine is perverted when it moves from healing to chopping babies irito little pieces); emotional (life should be cherished not stamped out);. psychological (the world is saner when it acts out of care rather than as a result of fear, selfishness or a desire to make things easier)·

'As science, medicine and· technology enable us to peer de~per into the mysteries of life, we find more and more proof that what we call the miracle of life is iust that" u~interrupted from conception.'

the respect, dignity and protection it de­ serves, no matter its age.

Meanwhile, evidence accumulates that life does, indeed, begin at conception. As science, medicine and technology enable us to peer deeper into the mysteries of life, we find more and more proof that what we call the miracle of life is just that, uninterrupted 'from conception.

THOSE WHO WOULD support abortion by denying such information should be classified with those who oppose space ex­ ploration because "the earth is covered by a blue dome which a space ship could poke a hole in." Such intellectiual reactionaries

'Elderly people can be incon­ ven~e~t to families, but we do not slaughter them to make life more convenient or to permit someone younger to fonow a career.'

want to hold onto their views, no matter how cloudy or cobwebbed, and will not be persuaded by the cleansing evidence 'of mod­ ern science.

Then there are those who admit that ,life begins at conception, but deny that life 'any rights until it is born. Until then, they argue, there are reasons to support abortion: teen-age pregnancy, a woman's right to her own body (which she has; the unborn child has his or her own body), costs to society in raising unwanted children, the possibility of physical or mental damage to the child.

As significant as some of these issues are and as much as they need to be ad­ dressed, they do not offer any solid support for abortion because, in the final analysis, no argument can be advanced to permit the taking of innocent human life.

Elderly people can be inconvenient to families, but we do not slaughter them to make life more convenient or to permit someone younger to follow a career. Poor people cost society through welfare pay­ ments, but we dp not massacre them to save money. Teen-agers encounter emotional difficulties in growing up and sometimes turn to drugs, alcohol or misbehavior as a way of escaping, but we do not line them up against walls and mow them down to put them out of their misery: KILLING SOLVES NOTHING; remov­ ing the hurting human is never proposed as a means of solving problems except when abortion is discussed. In arguing for abor­ tion, people argue for killing as a means of solving all sorts of problems - a woman's career problems, a teen's emotional crisis, society's fiscal plight, even the unborn child's own physical and mental ailments. Remove the child, say those who support abortion, and you will subtract the problem.

In fact, as the past 10 years have sadly demonstrated, you create new problems.

And they are massive and monstrous. As massive as millions of tiny, silent deaths.

As monstrous as an assault on innocence.

The last 10 years have been wearying for those who battle abortion. Their victories have been hard-won; they have endured ridicule, rejection and, from some quarters of the media, even worse treatment; being ignored or denied the right to speak out clearly. They have confronted the twin chal­ lenges of changing laws while also changing hearts and minds. They are to be saluted for their perseverence and encouraged to con­ tinue speaking out for those unable to speak for themselves.

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ALL OF THESE can be captured in one argument: Where there is life, or even the suspicion of life, we should act in its favor.

A hunter coming upon movement in a thicket should not fire a gun into that thicket until he knows whether the motion is being caused by a deer or another hunter. A doctor seeing a prostrate body in the emergency room does not bury it; he treats it. The hunter, the doctor and society should all. act in favor of life.

Just as the hunter does not gun down his buddy and just as the doctor does not inter the unconscious, so society should not kill unborn children. Some people doubt that human life begins at conception, choosing another point for its beginning: implantation, some state of gestation or even birth. Such people often remark, "We do not know when life begins." If that is so, they should assume it begins at the earliest possible monient and act accordingly, affording life

walls and mow them down to put them out of their misery.'

More of us should join them. We should vow to educate ourselves, our familie,s and our friends; we should offer support to and participate in activities which fight abortion , and give troubled women an alternative to killing their unborn; we should work to make sure that 10 years from now people will look back - as they now look back on Germany in the 30s - with profound puzzlement as to how society could tolerate for so'long so obvious a wrong.

-James Breis The Evangelist Albany, N.Y.

Pastoral is big concern

By NC News While still learning his way around the archdiocese of Chic­ ago, Cardinal-designate Joseph.

Bernardin is deeply COncern!,!d with the final form of the U.S. bishops' war and peace pastoral, for which he heads the drafting committee.

In Rome Jan. 18 arid! 19 to meet with Vatican officials and delegations of several European hierarchies to discuss the pas­ toral, he xpressed confidence in the document.

Vatican input has been "basic­ ally positive and supportive," he said. He invited anyone who COn­ sidered the pastoral incompatible with papal thinking "to show us where."

His COnfidence is supported by the draft text, which shows a striking consistency with state­ ments by Pope John Paul II. A study of the draft in' juxta­ position with papal statements indicates that On the two basic points of the American draft there is a meeting of the minds.

The points are: - Acceptance of the just war theory coupled with the belief that the theory virtually negates use of nuclear weapons.

- The acceptability of nuclear deterrence but only coupled with strong bilateral efforts at re­ ducing armaments.

If anything, the papal think­ ing seems in certain respects to lean toward greater restrictions regarding nuclear issues than does the American draft.

Also a sign of papal approba­ tiOn 0 fthe pastoral is the nom­ ination of Archbishop Bernardin as a cardinal. Church sources say that if the pastoral were widely off-base, its architect would not be in line for a red hat.

In other action concerning the pastoral, Archbishop Bernardin has responded to 24 Catholic congressmen who Sharply criti­ cized it. .

22 Republicans and two Demo­ crats, headed by Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-m.), last month sent an eight-page letter to the cardinal­ designate, liberally quoting from popes and theologians and point­ ing out the conflict bMween U.S. and Soviet ideologies.

In a three-page response, Archbishop Bernardin noted that the congressmen had quoted Pope Pius XII concerning a na­ tion's right to defend certain values, even at the cost of "im­ mense sacrifice;" but pointed out that the pontiff had also outlined the moral limits On the means of waging war.

The tension between ends and meanS has been intensified in the 30 years since Pius spoke, added the archbishop,who also outlined five basic points on which he said the judgment of the COn­ gressmen and that of the bishops differed.

He said that all those points had alre~dy been considered by the draftIng committee and that they woqld be brought up again .in the cpurse of preparing the pastoral ~ocument's third draft, to be Pfesented to the entire body of bishops in May.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - In the first indication that his pro­ posed visit to Poland next June may be in question, Pope John Paul II asked the Blessed Virgin to judge whether the trip would benefit "the church, my home­ land and every man."

"While I prepare this visit in my heart, I wish above all that it be guided by you, mother," he said in a prayer to Our Lady of Czestochowa, Poland's patron­ ess, at the close of his weekly general audience.

"May you alone decide On it," he added. "To you I entrust if and how it should take place."

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ANNOUNCEMENT by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin of expansion of Coyle-Cassidy ath­ letic facilities is greeted with pleasure by, from left, C-C principal Michael Donly, Ann Lamb, student council president, and Marco Diaz, vice-president. (Rosa Photo)

It was the first ·time that the pope publicly had used the word "if" in relation to the proposed visit, which Polish government and church authorities have said will begin JUne 18.

Father Kazimierz Przydatek, a Polish priest at the Vatican's Office for Pilgrims, told United Press InternatiOnal after the pope's remarlts "that "there are problems," but he would not dis­ cuss their nature, Nor did the pope give any indication of rea­ sons why the trip might not take place.

Addition to Coyle-Cassidy

Athletic facilities at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, will be significantly expanded.

Announcement of a feasibility study to precede construction of an addition to the Coyle and Cassidy gymnasium was made last week by Bishop Daniel A. . Cronin following his traditional annual celebration of Mass at the school.

The bishop's remarks follow: "I have a special annOunce­ ment to make today which will help in a significant way to in­ sure the future excellence of the educational program of Coyle and Cassidy High School.

"Since the time of the merger of the former independent schools in this one, united Coyle­ Cassidy High School, the ath­ letic program has been making use of rather cramped facilities.

This, in turn,has impacted upon the overall program of educati~n.

"Nonetheless, teams have been highly successful in interscholas­ tic competition and intramural programs and the physical edu­ cation department have prosper­ ed. However, there has been a good deal of inCOnvenience.

"I am delighted today to an­ nounce that I am giving author­ izatiOn to Diocesan and School officials to undertake a formal feasibility study for the COn­ struction of an addition to the building.

"This would allow the intro­ ductiOn of many substantial im-

provements, providing modem, efficient facilities with sufficient room for home teams, visiting teams, coaches and officials to prepare for interscholastic games.

"The expanded facilities would be available for the entire stu­ dent body to utilize in intra­ mural games and physical educa­ tion classes.

"It is apparent that the cost of such an addition will be formid­ able. I am hopeful that efforts can be .undertaken by the school to secure financial help' from alumni and friends of Coyle and

Cassidy High School, and I am willing to pledge substantial as­ sistance, should this be necess­ ary, from the revenues of our diocesan Catholic Charities ap­ peal, to bring the dream to ful­ fillment.

"The precise details of this as­ pect of the program must, of course, await the outcome of the formal feasibility study. I must say, however, that the auspice are very promising, and! I am sure that this news will be re­ ceived here at Coyle-Cassidy High School with great joy."

"You, mother - only you ­ can make flower from it the proper good, this good which I so much desire for the church, for my homeland and for every man," he said.

elNFORMATION DAY Exploring The CaU To Religious Life An Invitation...

TO WOMEN, of college age and over, who are pondering a voca­ tion to the religious life.

If you are giving thought to a Vocation to the life of a religious sister, you are invi'ted to attend an ~nformation Day, Exploring the Call to Reli'gious Life, to be held from 2 to 7 p.m., on Sunday, February 6th, at Saint Margaret's Parish Center, 141 Main Street, Buzzards Bay. The program will consist of presentations and discussions centered around the theme of discerning the call to the Hfe of a religious sister in the Churc~. Several representatives of congre­ gations of women religi.ous will be present. Registrants are asked to bring their own lunch.

Freeze favored PRINCETON, N.J. (NC) - A recent Gallup poll shows U.S. Catholics slightly more likely than nOn-Catholics to favor a bilateral nuclear arms freeze, sharp reductions in the nuclear weapons arsenal or their total elimination. The overwhelming . majority of all Americans (77 percent), the sampling dndicated, favor a bilateral U.S.-Soviet freeze. But among Catholics 82 percent favor it, while among non-Catholics the figure is 76 percent.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 21, 1983

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Ten Lifeless Yea.rs This cast week a national Catholic newspaper featured a front-p~ge story of a nun joining a pro-abortion lobby.

The report clearly stated that she was doing this as a religious representative. Such news, especially coming as it does on the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision on abortion is more than offensive to the Catholic community.

In fact, it is impossible to comprehend how a person who considers herself a believing member of the Catholic church can be a spokesperson for abortion. Even the argument of "pro-choice" wears very thin in light of current abortion practices and programs. For the most part, their' proponents have indeed found strange gods.

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The past 10 years of pro-abortion America should have demonstrated graphically to everyone, let alone Catholics, lay or religious, how truly abhorrent and loath­ some is human selfishness. For truly, when it comes down to basics, pro-choice and pro-abortion mentalities are fundamentally selfish and self-centered. The concept that anyone can do what he or she wishes with his or her body is totally destructive and, when it comes to abortion, totally false, since the body of the unborn baby is distinct from that of the mother.

Carried to their ultimate, pro-choice and pro-abortion politics and practices will eventually destroy the demo­ cratic systeni' itself. The right to life is the elementary human rights question of our time. Once a nation and a people desert the democratic principle that all human beings, no matter what their sex, age or degree of depen­ dency, deserve the protection of law, then the rights of all are endangered.'

In the decade since legalized killine became a valid American practice, people have begun to confuse what is legal with what is moral. The 15 million abortions per­ formed in the United States since 1973 obviously indicate that a growing number of Americans consider the law their norm of morality. If the law allows it, it is OK. Many people indeed subscribe to no other moral code than the law which, in human terms, is nothing more than binding custom or prescribed action.

It is obvious from the events of the past 10 years that , many people have arrived at the idea that law will solve all their difficulties. It should· be remembered that law never solves moral problems. For this reason many who have, if you will pardon the expression, espoused the practice of abortion have deep-seated guilt that the law can never eradicate.

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For all who follow the moral teachings of Cath­ olicism, this anniversary of the abortion decision should be a time of renewal and reorganization.

Catholics must unite to restore the legal rights of all human beings in this country. The national tragedy of abortion is obvious. As Catholics we cannot close our eyes to the decaying fetuses in hospital bins, we cannot approve of the use of aborted fetuses for medical experimentation, we .cannot give any encouragement whatsoever to those forces which support the' covering up of abortion under the umbrella of alternative choices.'

May the next 10 years be years of life, not death.

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

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Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151

PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., SJ.D;

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FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR Rev. Msgr. John 1. Regan . . . . I.eary Press-Fall River

TEENAGE PARTICIPANT IN 1982 WASHINGTON MARCH FOR LIFE

'I, the Lord, have called you for the victory of justice.' Is. 42:6 ,

A tragic anniversary

By Father Kevin J. Harrington This week marks the 10th an­ niversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion.

Each year the number of abor­ tions tragically increases. In many areas of our country there are as many abortions as births, yet paradoxically Newsweek magazine recently had a cover story on the problem of infer­ tility.

Noting that technology can short circuit nature to. achieve conception, the story seemed to indicate that the right to be­ come a parent takes precedence over the right of the fetus to be bonded to his or her parents in a loving union. Little respect is shown to the way God designed nature to assure the integrity of the human family. It is ironic that such techniques have be­ come an alternative to adoption in this country because of the astronomically high abortion rate that has become our nation. al shame.

The fact th~t little progress has been made in the past 10 years in changing the laws of our land or curbing abortions can be a source of discourage­ ment. Certainly our bishops have asserted their rightful prophetic role in speaking out for 'justice and love in the name of the church. 'The faithful should be

able to recognize the role of for adoption or in foster care the Holy Spirit in guiding them rarely become pregnant again as they carry o'ut their age-old outside marriage.

Teenagers, however, face in· mission· of teaching, ruling and sanctifying. credible peer pressure to termin­ The bishops, indeed, have been ate pregnancy through abortion.

They all know of'someone who intensely criticized by the secu­ lar press for their involvement has had an abortion, thus avoid­ in social justice issues: S~,ch ing disruption of her life by criticism seems illogical in that what is understood to be an un­ it denies the bishops the right to wanted pregnancy.

It is true that many women free speech that is theirs as citi~ who have had abortions have zens.

The faithful should be aware avoided future unwanted preg­ of the long history of the Holy . nancy and have enjoyed normal married life. They were relieved Spirit's influence upon the bish­ ops as they seek to shape the of their "burden" but when we consciences of believers in the refer to an innocent child as a areas of faith and morality. Their burden, it can only underscore insights, ideas and experiences our return to the law of the should not be dismissed lightly jungle.

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by Catholics. sirable, never justifies the means, In the matter of pro-life, the church does more than enunciate The Supreme Court decision not principles. Pastorally, the Fall to recognize the fetus as a per­ River diocese through Catholic' son in a more enlightened future hopefully will be seen as a dis­ Social Services' assists the un­ married mother facing unwanted aster for worse than that of the pregnancy. This is not a time Dred Scott decision that blacks for judgment but for compassion. could not become citizens and Catholic Social Service workers that slaves brought into a free state did 'not therefore become stand ready to assist a woman in free. every alternative but abortion, guiding her throughout preg­ nancy and following up after the rHE ANCHOR (USPS·S4S-Q20). Second Clasl Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published birth. weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 410 Highland Aven· It has been found that women ue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Cath· who assume the responsibility of olic Press of the Diocese of Fall River.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 21, 1983

Family Night

A weekly at-home program for families

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OPENING PRAYER Dear Lord, thank you for this time together. Help us to use it wisely and help us all to grow in greater trust of ourselves and of one another. Amen.

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trusted and to be depended up­ on. Then everyone cuts out shapes like pieces of luggage to stack on his or her train car, made last week. Family members list on each piece the ways they are trusted in the family and al­ so how they are depended upon.

Place the luggage on the train.

In order to have trust within the family everyone needs to Middle Years Families have responsibilities. It's impor­ TRUST LISTS Materials: paper tant, to feel trusted as well as to and pencils. Together list five be able to count on others at . qualities that make a person home. Trusting one another trustworthy. How present are makes our homes happy places. these qualities in your family?

Trust doesn't always come easily Each decides on one area to work especially when we have let one on in the coming week to become another down. And we all have more trustworthy in the family. been guilty of that at one time Then each one answers aloud, "I or another. Yet, it seems the would like to be trusted more more we trust one another the when it comes to . . . " Each more trustworthy we all become. family member then lists one way he or she is depended upon ACTIVITY IDIEAS by other family members. Share Young Families lists; read together Romans 12:10.

LUGGAGE FOR THE TRUST TRAIN Materials: colored paper, tape, and pens. Take turns shar­ ing what it feels like not to be trusted. How does it feel when people let you know they can't depend on you? Be sure to give everyone a chance to talk. Each then shares how it feels to be

Parish bulletins;

This one tells us a bit about I don't know if there's a best-selling parish bulletin the pastor's sense of self: "There will be no morning Masses this but if so, I have several can­ week. I will be on clergy retreat. didates for the list. They My mother says I need it."

would, of course, contain essen· tial notices of parish events and busines~, and news about parish­ ioners plus mention of diocesan activities.

But my candidates would have the add element of humor. I enjoy picking up bulletins from unfamiliar parishes and finding a smile in them. Some print church-related ~artoons and jokes but my favorites are those that add a light touch to regular news items.

Take the subtle message in­ herent in this short notice as an example: "We are pleased to an­ nounce we had a 100% increase in daily Mass attendance this past week - up two from: our usual two. We'll miss Sandy Mc­ Loughlin's parents when they leave."

Or this: "Lots of people have asked why we don't have bingo.

For the same reason we don't have a saloon. Neither seems to generate much spiritual growth."

This one came from a parish in the Northwest: "Tired of the TV football rut? Forgetting your wife's name? Wishing you could find a good reason for missing the big pame Friday? oaring your spouses to the Mr. and Mrs. dinner dance at the parish cen­ ter instead. Starts at 7 p.m. and the cost is a paltry $20 total.

(There will be a TV set in the ushers' room for the hopeless.)"

And from the Midwest: "The Mothers and Others group will not meet Tuesday because there isn't any school and the mothers will be up to their ears in little others."

Finally, my favorite comes from a Minneapolis bulletin. I tried to run down the author and' found that the parish bor­ rowed it from a Methodist church bulletin. So to the anonymous but talented author, whoever and wherever you are, thanks.

It's entitled: "The Perfect P~iest: A Chain'Letter" and it goes like this: "A recent survey has com­ piled all the qualities that peo­ ple expect from the perfect priest. Here we share some of them with you.

"Results of a computerized survey indicate that the perfect priest preaches exactly 12 min­ utes. He frequently condemns sin but never upsets anyone~ He works from 8 a.m. until midnight and is also a janitor. He makes $60 a week, wears good clothes, buys good books, drives a good car and gives about $50 weekly to the poor.

"He is 28 years old, has been preaching for thirty years. He is wonderfully gentle and hand­ some. He gives of himself com­ pletely, but never gets close to anyone, lest he be 'criticized. He

Adult Families Read aloud Mark 4:35-41.

Share some thoughts about trust­ ing and not trusting one another in the family.' Come up with ways the family can improve the level of trust among its mem­ bers.

SNACK TIME Try marshmallow snowmen held together with toothpicks and decorated with M & M candies.

ENTERTAINMENT TRUST TRIP Take turns blind­ folding a family member and then change some furniture around. Have the blindfolded person move from one point to another following instructions so as to not bump into anything.

SHARING - Share a funny story from the past few days.

- Share a time someone felt trusted.

- Each share how it feels to know he or she is being trusted with an important job.

CLOSING PRAYER The Lord's Prayer.

By DOLORES

CURRAN

speaks boldly on social issues, but never becomes politically in­ volved.

"He has a l!urning desire to work with teenagers; he spends all his time with senior citizens.

The perfect priest smiles all the time with a straight face because he has a sense' of humor that keeps him seriously dedicated to his work. He makes 15 calls daily on parish families, visits shut-ins and the hospitalized, spends all his time evangelizing the unchurched, and is always in his office when needed.

"If your priest doesn't meas­ ure up, simply send this letter to six other parishes that are tired of their priest, too. Then' bundle up your priest and send him to the church at the top of the list.

In one week, you will receive 1,463 priests ... and at least one 'of them should be perfect.

"Have faith in this letter. One parish broke the chain and got its old priest back in less than three months."

More Every Day "When we do all we can, His Majesty will enable us to do more every day." - 81. Teresa of Avila

Minist·er

tali:es on

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By MICHAEL

Playboy

The Rev. Donald Wild­ mon is not only from Tu­ pelo, Miss., he' looks and sounds as if he is, and he

Joseph and the angel? You haven't heard this version." The piece, which I had read, was so innocent of literary merit, so de­ exploits it with pious shrewd­ void of anything resembling wit or style, that a fairminded ob­ ness.

"I'm a country boy from Mis­ server would have to conclude sissippi, a redneck," he told a that its sole appeal to Playboy recent gathering at' the Church editors was its obviously blas­ of the Nazarene, just off New phemous connotations. Of course York's Times Square, "so, obvi­ it also served to space out those ously, I can't be very smart. And glossy pictures and scurrilous I'm not only from Mississippi, cartoons that constitute the pub· I'm a Methodist minister from Iication's primary charm.

Mississippi. And worse yet, I'm "We don't really expect to put the head of an organization call­ these peopBe out of business'," ed the National Federation for said Mr. Wilmon, "but what we Decency. Now if there's any col­ can do and what we intend to umnist or television personality do is rob them of their respecta­ who can't put all that together to bility." get a few good laughs, then he Besides the quote from For­ sure doesn't have much going tune, a handout at the press for him." conference also contained an ac­ -Mr. Wildmon's audience count of how the National Press wasn't laughing, however, ex­ Club invited Hugh Hefner to be cept with him. They were con­ a guest speaker. Not only that, cerned. There were Orthodox you could, if you wanted, have Jews and Catholics there as well seen this household word per­ as Protestants, all looking for forming on national television ­ leadership and guidance. The oc­ right there beside your own casion was a press conference hearth - singing, God help us preceding a demonstration "Thank heaven for little girls, against pornography and a pray­ they grow up in the most delight­ er service on Times Square. fql way."

Mr. Wildmon outlined one of Mr. Wildmon founded his Na­ tional Federation for Decency the specific methods his organiza­ when he got fed up with trying tion had developed to "rob them to find television programs fit of their respectability." The Fer­ for his family and himself to eration for Decency, he said, in­ watch. Starting modestly, he has tended to select a "Pornographer gradually built a following large of the Month" from among enough to stir trepidation along Playboy's advertisers. The first the corporate corridors of power corporation to be so honored and to set speech writers to was Del Monte - A.J. Reynolds· churning out prose calculated to Kentucky Fried Chicken, a major make network presidents sound source of Playboy's adverstising like Patric~ Henry before. the revenue. Mr. Wildmon also an­ nounced that he had persuaded Virginia assembly. ' 25 other advertisers to pull out You know the. kind of stuff: of Playboy.

"If these self-appointed crusa­ Later I took part in the demon· ders don't want themselves or their children to see abortion, stration and prayer service. As irreverence toward all forms of '. we walked around the island in the middle of Times Square ­ religion, blatant sexual misbe­ havior, and mindless violence ,it was warm and sunny, ideal portrayed, benevplently on their for this sort of thing - I struck living room teh~vision set, ,why' up a conyersation with the worn­ don't they just turn it off. That's 'an next to me, a pleasant-look­ ing woman in her late 30s. the American way." . "I Hvearound here," she 'said, At the moment, however, Mr. "and I have a young son. It kills Wildmon had turned his atten­ tion to another medium: print. me that he has to be exposed to More specifically, he was taking all this every time we go out.

I'm so glad that Catholics have aim at Playboy magazine.

Why Playboy? 'Because of its gotten involved too."

The odds seemed preUY long: "respectability.',' According to a chilling quote from Fortune (Aug. a minister from Mississippi anet 12, 1982), Playboy is the "only a handful of people who care girlie magazine acceptable for ranged against corporate power family reading and display on ,and, there on Time Square, the coffee tables." You might want to , sinister power of the under­ world as well. But as Teresa of dispute that statement - I cer­ Avila noted, with God on your tainly do - but, sad to say, side, the odds don't matter. there's probably more than enough evidence to support it.

Caution Mr. Wildmon described at "We must be always on our some length a flyblown little short story in the October issue guard lest under pretext of keep­ called "The Second Coming." It ing one oommandment we be had a teaser that read: "Do you found breaking another." - St. know the story of Mary and Basil

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Irish prelate

to visit U.S.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 21, 1983

St. Andrew Missal revived WASHINGTON (NC) A new St. Andrew Bible Missal.by liturgical scholars at the Catholic University of America is "an ex­ cellent tool" for Catholics to pre'pare for Ma~i or study the church's liturgy, said the U.S. chief liturgy official, Father John· A. Gurrieri.

The 1;015 page book is "the first American Sunday missal of

substance and quality to appear since the Second Vatican Coun­ cil," said another leading litur­

gist, Msgr. Frederick R. McMan. us, vice provost and dean of graduate studies at Catholic Uni­ veristiy.

The $24.95 book, published by the William J. Hirten Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y., was prepared by the American Editorial Com­ mission of Catholic University's Center for Pastoral Liturgy, headed by Father G. Thomas Ryan.

Although it is a translation and adaptation of the French version produced by the Belgian monastery of St. Andre, Father Ryan said it is much more an original American work, in the spirit of the St. Andrew missals popular among U.S. Catholics be­ fore the Second Vatican Council.

Among missal features, besides the liturgical texts, are extensive . commentaries on the readings and. themes of the three-year lit­ urgical cycle and inclusion of the complete texts of major docu­ ments governing the Mass and the liturgical year.

Father Gurrieri said the new missal would be useful to priests preparing homilies, Catholics

... for life

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Continued ~rom page one , Archbishop Roach recalled the arguments and predictions made a decade ago by those who de­ fended the Supreme Court's ac­ tion.

"Some called legalized abor­ tion a way to enable physicians to practice- 'good medicine' with out the interference of the law and a solution to teen-age preg­ nancy, maternal mortality, child abuse and a host of other prob­ lems.

"But the predicted benefits have not materialized," the arch­ bishoup said. "Child abuse, teen pregnancy and even teen suicide have risen sharply; the rate of dcrease in maternal mortality has remained unchanged; illegal abortions continue to cause wo­ men's ,deaths, while legal abor­ tions take thir own toll on wo­ men and children alike; and the law interferes, with physicians' rights by punishing them for not advising women of the avail­ ability of abortion.

"Furthermore, ,we now find the pros and cons of such ques­ tions as infanticide, active eu­ thanasia and the involvement of physicians in carrying out the death penalty. Those who would celebrate such a national disas­ ter can only have blinded them­ selves t~ its consequences."

See 81$0 page 2 feature, "KUling Solves Nothing." .

preparing for Mass and liturgy

study groups.

Saying that it is not meant for

use during Mass itself, he com­

mented, "The reform of the lit­

urgy (after Vatican II) made the use of a missal at Mass by the people obsolete."

He noted that the use of hand missals at Mass was a relatively, recent phenomenon in church history and one that arose "be­

calse the people <:ould not under­ stand the Latin."

"The hand missal first came

into use in this country in 1822

. The U.S. practically in­

vented the use of the hand miss­

al," he said. He explained that

the first missal was written

by Bishop John England of Charleston, S.C., who got into trouble with Rome for publish­ ing a complete translation of all the liturgical texts of the Roman -Missal, something not allowed at the time.

The primary purpose of hand missals "radically changed" with the post-conciliar liturgical re­ forms, says a preface to the new missal, quoting from a 1974 statement by the bishops' Com­ mittee on the Liturgy..

While the language barrier that was the original reason be­ hind hand missals is gone, it

says, liturgical reforms streng­ then their more basic purpose as books of "study and prayer, reflection and preparation."

AN UNUT STAR against the evening sky gives the wordless message that the annual holiday illuminations at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, are over for another year.

December 1983 will mark the 30th anniversary of the fa­ mous display. (Maguire Photo)

. .. for freedom

Continued from page one Steponavicius, apostolic admin­ istrator of Vilna, Lithuania's capital. Since 1961 Bishop Stepanovicius .has been impeded from exercising his episcopal role. He has no residency permit for VilWomen 0 fthe diocese of col- na and has been under house ar-lege age and over who are con- rest in Zagar, in another section sidering entering' religious life of Lithuania, for over 20 years. are invited to an informative proHis problems with the Soviets' gram to be held from 2 to 7 p.m. apparently began in 1961 when Sunday, Feb. 6,-at St. Margaret's he refused to ordain three can­ parish center, Buzzards Bay. didates for the priesthood proSponsored by the Diocesan posed by Moscow. He is a hero Office of Vocations and coordina- of Lithuanian Catholics and a ted by Sister Joanna Fernandes, SYmbol of religious resistance.

OP, the day will have as its Msgr. Tulaba said he had reli­ theme,. Exploring the Call to Reli- . , able reports that Moscow had gious Life. The program will in- informed the Vatican that were clude presentations, discussions Bishop Stepanovicius named car­ and the opportunity forconsulta-' dinal publicly he would be forced tion with repre'sentatives of wo- either to, live in a prison camp men's communities active- in .the in Siberia or to work at the diocese.

Vatican, never to return to Lith­ Registration forms are avail- uania. . Bishop Stepanovicius has preable at rectories or from ·Sister Fernandes at 3012 Elm St." Dighlssumably been unwilling to ton, tel. 669-5023. leave his people and the Vatican presumably felt that his greatest service would be to remain in Lithuaniaas an inspirational force A funeral Mass was offered in Catholic life, Msgr. Tulaba Yesterday at Our Lady of Fatima said.

Church, Swansea, for Atty.

So the choice fell on Bishop James T. Waldron, 'who died Vaivods, who has been free to Monday. visit Rome, the last time in the One of the first recipients of fall of 19S2. the diocesan Marian Medal, he Msgr. Tulaba and other in­ was a trustee of Our Lady of formed Vatican sources said they Fatima Church, a Fourth Degree believe that there was no prior member of the Knights of Col­ ,consultation between the Vati­ umbus and past chairman and a can and the Kremlin on the member of the board of directors pope's choice of Bishop Vaivods of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. for the red hat.

He was. involved in many civic A spokesman for the Soviet commitments. . government's Council for Reli­ In addition to his widow and gious Affairs in Moscow added four sons, his survivors include that the title of cardinal would a brother, Father Howard A.' not require prior consultation Waldron, retired pastor of St. and Soviet approval.

Msgr. Tulaba said he sees the Thomas More {>arish, Somerset.

Information day on rell-gl-oDS ll-fe

Atty. Waldron

lack of consultation as a Vatican move toward establishing inde­ pendance from Soviet control over appointments.

Inherent in the appointment, however, Msgr. Tulaba noted, is the risk that the Soviet govern­ ment will use it for its own pur­ posese.

"Most probably," he said, "Moscow will say to Lithuanian Catholics: 'See, the Latvians have been docile and now they have a cardinal. There's no sense in resisting the government if those who don't cause problems are rewarded.' "

Such an outcome would be contrary to the Vatican's pur­ poses in naming Bishop Vaivods, said Msgr. Tulaba. "Instead, the Vatican hopes to keep Latvian Catholics proud of their religion and insistent on the right to carry it out."

For Bishop Vaivods, elevation to the College of Cardinals on· Feb. ~ will stand in tremendous contrast to his ordination as a bishop nearly two decades ago in a secret ceremony in the Czes­ tochowa Chapel of the Vatican Grottoes beneath St. Peter's Ba­ silica.

Not even his fellow bishops at the Second Vatican Council, thEm in progress, knew of the event, so anxious was the Vatican not to anger Soviet Union through publicity and risk stepped-up re­ ligious repression.

Born in Vorkova, Latvia; and ordained a priest in 1918, Bishop Vaivods has worked his entire priestly life within his native land.

Named the vicar general of the Riga diocese in 1962, he was in­ vited by Pope Paul VI to partici­ pate in the Second Vatican Coun­ cil in 1964 and while in Rome was ordained a bishop.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Car­ dinal Tomas O'Fiaich of Armagh, Northern Ireland, president of the Irish Bishops' conference and primate of all Ireland, will visit the United States Feb. 9 to 25, a press officer at the Irish Em­ bassy said.

The primary purpose' of the trip is to raise funds for St. Pat­ rick's College of the National University of Ireland which also provides education for seminar­ ians. The cardinal also hopes to raise funds for an Irish studies department at the New Univer­ sity in Coleraine, Northern Ire­ land.

Subject to further changes, his schedule calls for arrival in New . York on Feb. 9; a trip to Texas, with possible visits to Houston, Dallas and San Antonio; a talk at a benefit concert in DenVer on Feb. 12; a visit to Los Angesles; a visit to New York from Feb. 16 to 18; a visit to Washington, D.C. on Feb. 19 and 20; and a trip to Florida.

Cardinal O'Fiaich (pronounced O'Fee), 59, has been archbishop of Armagh, Ireland's primatial see, since 1977. Pope John Paul II named a cardinal in 1979.

He holds a bachelor's degree in Celtic studies and two master's degrees in history. He was a professor of modern history at St. Patrick's, Maynooth, before becoming the college vice-presi­ dent in 1970 and its president in 1974.

During a total of 24 years at Maynooth, Cardinal O'Piaich published nine books, including a study of Irish cultural influence in Europe, and numerous articles and monograph on Irish history.

(necrolo9Y) January 24 Rev.Edward H. Finnegan, S.J., 1951, Boston College Faculty Rev. Thomas F. McMorrow.

Assistant, 1977, Our Lady of Victory, Centerville January 27 Rev. ,John T. O'Grady, Assis­ tant, 1919, Immaculate Concep­ tion, Fall River Rev. Joseph M. Silvia, Pastor, 1955, St. Michael, Fall River January 28 Rev. Joseph M. Griffin, Pastor, 1947, St. Mary, Nantucket Rt. Rev. John J. Shay, Pastor, 1961, St. John Evangelist, Attle­ boro EDICTAL CITATION 1 DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of CWTILDE VULTAO ARRUDA BAR· REIRA is unknown.

We cite CLOTILDE VULTAO ARRUDA BARRHRA to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on January 24, 1983 at 10:30 a.m. at 344 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massa· ~husetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the BARREIRA·ARRUDA case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pas· tors having the knowledge of the resi­ dence of the above person, Clotilde" Vultao Arruda Barreira, must see to it that she is properly advise~ in regard to this edictal citation. " Henry T. Mu~roe Officialis Given at the Tribunal, .

Fall River, Massachusetts, on this, the 12th day of January, 1983

THE ANCHOR -

De Lubac is

Friday, 'Jan. 21, 1983

'like Newman'

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Hispanic survey

By NC News Service NEW YORK (NC) - Despite the difficulties oj? adapting to a "A French Newman" is the new soCiety, most New York description Jesuit friends give Hispanics retain the religious Cardinal-designate Henri de Lu­ and moral values of their Catholic bac. tradition, according to a survey One Jesuit who compares the of 1,200 Catholks of Hispanic 87-year-old Father de Lubac and ancestry done by the New York the 1119th--century English Car­ Archdiocese's Office of Pastoral dinal John Henry Newman is Research. An evaluation com­ Father Xavier Tilliette. mittee commenting on the sur· "Like Newman, Father de Lu­ vey said its findings show a need bac has suffered for the church for better parish work with em­ and from the church, and in this phasis on the needs of youth way his holiness has been seal­ and the family. The survey dealt ed," Father Tillette told NC with such central beliefs as the News Service. He credits both nature of God, Jesus Christ, sin, men with "a sense of the im­ heaven and hell, and the sacra­ portance of tradition and of the ments. It also included questions church fathers, and a :realization on such matters as sexual moral­ o fthe role of friendship in a ity and social justice. lRespon­ person's life," BERT BROWN demonstrates "The W.ord," a computer program offering detailed dents described the personal, Father Tilliette, a .professor at analyses of scripture. (NC/UPI Photo) home-centered religious life they Rome's Pontifical Gregorian Uni­ lead within their own culture and versity, has known Father de Spanish language.

Look out, church: Lubac since 1940.

The newly named cardinal was born in Cambra I in northern France in 1896 and was ordained BERLIN (NC) - East Ger­ a Jesuit priest in 1927. Follow­ many's CathoDic bishops have ing doctoral studies in Rome, he

By Matt Kane rament preparation notices, im­ two volunteers set out to design added their voices to those of became a member of the theo­ Protestant churches and a small prove recording and updating of one.

MINNEAPOLIS (NC) "Within sacramental documents and logical faculty at the Catholic "Through trial and error, we peace movement in criticizing University of Lyons in 1929, a five to 10 years, the church will statistical information and pro­ learned what was good and what militarism in the communist-run position which he held for most be computerized, there's no vide materials helpful to the was bad and found new appli­ country. In a pastoral letter the of his teaching years. He became doubt about that. And it could spiritual growth of individuals, cations for it . . . I got into a bishops attacked East German develop into a sort of Tower the priest said an honorary professor in 1961. broader perspective of what this authorities for "thinking in mili­ Father de Lubac is considered of Babel," said Vincentian Fath­ In the past scholars could could do for the church," said taristic categories," They also er Michael Boyle, who has been condemned nuclear weapons and the symbol of the modern theo­ spend lifetimes developing, for the .priest. logical revival which occurred in traveling around the country instance; concordances to scrip­ With that perspective in mind said their use in war would be France during the post-World counseling church groups on buy­ ture. Today a computer program he left parish work to promote immoral. The bishops expressed ing and using computers.

War II period. such as "The Word," designed the Parish Data System, which fear that increased emphasis on Father Boyle tells people that by Bert Brown of Austin, Tex., he and his helpers designed. He military training, which begins During the 1950s, however, his theology was criticized as too the computer age has hit the and other programmers, provides said about 45. parishes now ;use as early as age 10, "will encour­ age the solving of conflicts the program. progressive and his permission church~ And the church, he says, detailed analyses of Bible pass­ through force and therefore dam­ start offering guidance to must To ensure that parishes desir­ to teach theology was with­ ages at the touch of a' button. age the next generations' atti­ parishes and agencies using com­ ing the new technology get the drawn by Jesuit superiors. Par­ Father Boyle says his semin­ tude to peace." The bishops also puters before' a flood of incom­ ticularly questioned was his posi­ ars are designed to save parishes help they need, the church must offered their respects "to those patible systems hits the Cath­ wake up to the computer revo­ tion that the beatific vision was from making mistakes in pur­ who refuse armed military ser­ lution and develop a national the natural (rather than the olic scene. chasing unneeded or inadequate vice for religious or other rea­ gratuitous) end of man, a posi­ In an interview after a seminar equipment and poorly designed c'1nter for Catholic Church com­ sons," puter use, Father Boyle believes. tion taken in a 1946 book, "The he gave earlier this fall at a par­ programs. He makes no recom­ Such a center could also help Supernatural." ish in a Minneapolis suburb, mendations for specific programs Father Boyle said computers can or equipment, but offers tips to transmit information from parish But Father de Lubac was "re­ Love and Death to parish. habilitated," and his permission take on a theological dimension parishes considering computers.

"Love is ss strong as death; "The foundation has to be His advice includes such sug­ to teach restored in the late when used to reach out to par­ but nothing else is as strong as laid now before the building (of gestions as: 1950s. He was a consultor to the ishioners and increase the effi­ either; and both, love and death, a church computer system) be­ ciency of Catholic agencies. theological commission plan­ - Ask if the system can be comes helter skelter," he said. met in Christ," - John Donne ning the Second Vatican Council With the help of computers, returned in several months if and a peritus (expert) at the parishes are better able to send found to be' inappropriate for council. letters to specific groups, keep parish' use.

- Match the complexity of Currently Father de Lubac track of children's ages for sacEARLY BIRD the system with the size and lives in Paris. He is working on SPECIALS an edition of the correspondence needs of the parish. If a sales­ of the French philosopher Gab­ Daily 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. The newly named cardinal, person says a company can com­ THE puterize a large urban parish for riel Marcel. said Father Tilliette, is known -AILSO­ Pope Paul VI once called the especially as "a person of strong only $2,000-$3,000, "the system CATERING TO .WEDDINGS t.;\ work of Father de Lubac, who friendships, renowned for his' is wrong," observes Father AND BANQUETS has written more than 40 books, faithfulness in ~orrespondence Boyle.

Rte. 28, East Falmouth -CLOSEO MONOAV­ "a monument more lasting than with old friends."

- Check to see if the system Luncll tl:30 • 2:30 Olnner s:oo • 1:00 bronze," is easily expanded to fit. needs 'Hosts • Paul & Ellen Goulet Father de Lubac has under­ lue.da, Tllru Frlila, In 1980 Pope John Paul, speak­ gone considerable suffering in as the parish grow,:;. 6.nd if a Dinner -Sltunla, S:OO • 10:00 P.M. 548-4266 or 548-4267 salesman says a company plans Sundar 12:00 • ':00 ing in Paris, noticed the elderly his life, said Father Tilliette, in­ to improve a system for parish French theologian in the front cluding mental anguish during row, interrupted his text and the period his work was under use, get in writing a list of the said, "I bow my head to Father heavy criticism and physical pain proposed improvements and the de Lubac," because of shrapn~1 fragments company's promise to pursue Father Tilliette describes still in his head from his days them.

Father Boyle stumbled into Father de Lubac as "a man of as a French soldier during World It's a habit that the computer field .five years very deep prayer," Once, when War I. ago when he raised $10,000 to asked what advice he would give 'Before becoming a cardinal pays Big Dividends SInce purchase a computer for his par­ to aspiring young theologians, Father de Lubac must be ordain­ 1851 ........ ....

Father de Lubac said he would ed a bishop according to a rule ish in Phoenix, Ariz. There were tell them that "critical research instituted by Pope John XXIII. few computer programs for ,'~~., All depOSIlS & accumulated dividends are nsured in lull in the es~ential areas of theology The ordination is expected to be church systems then, so he apd 4 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS held in Paris before the Feb. must go !land in hand with spirit­ ual ent~usiasm and prayer. 2 Vatican consistory with Car­ Spirit's What Counts dinal-designate Jean-Marie Lusti­ "The spirit of a man upholdeth Otherwis~, it quickly becomes ger of Paris as ordaining prelate. his infirmity," - Provo 18:14 dry, sterile and misleading,"

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By Dr. James and

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Dear Dr. Kenny: ! enjoyed your columns workaholics and wish to add my own experiences.

Your article would have been enriched by stressing more the positive role the wife· and mother 'can (and .perhaps must) play if the work addiction is to be re­ lieved - primarily with her love and extra understanding.

I'm not by any means cured yet - even after four years of detennined extra time and at­ tention devoted to being at home and with the family. The prior 18 years of dedication to my work may well have established patterns within the family that have not yielded.

It would be well to point out the real difficulty in overcOming work addiction. I've wondered if it can be accomplished within the family alone. Sometimes I wish there were a local group, along the lines of Alcoholics Anonymous, to help. I'd certain­ ly enjoy the give-and-take with others.

What gimmicks or straegies did they employ to give up' some of their work activities? How did they deal with the matter of overcoming the guilt feelings associated with easing up on

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God's gift of life comes to each of us wrapped in the re­ sponsibility of staying healthy.

We have the moral obligation to respect and support our physical lives because we are created in the divine image and are part of the divine plan. We must nurture both body .and soul be­ cause the health of each depends upon the other.

The Church teaches us that true health is not only physical, but mental and spiritual as well.

"You must know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is within - the spirit you have received from God," writes Paul. "You are not your own.

You have been purchased, and at a price. So glorify God in your body" (I Cor. 6: 19·20).

We must do more than merely exist. We must be good stewards of God's investment in us.

In a pastoral letter on health, the National Conference of Cath­ olic Bishops called on Catholics to accept their "responsibility for their own health and for their share in the healing apos­ tolate of the Church . . . Out of gratitude and reverence for the unique sanctity that is ours, we must choose life and health, not death and sickness."

The health of which the bish­ ops spe~!t is commonly called holistic""""':..... the integration of physical, mental and spiritual

that cause illness is the basis of wellness. The accepted profile of high·level wellness is: self responsibility, nutritional aware­ ness, physical fitness, stress management and environmental awareness. Action towards well­ ness can be translated into better eating, more exercise, less smok­ ing, drinking and other sub­ stance abuse, and accident pre­ vention. Individual neglect in these areas has been found to be a major contributor to death and disability from cardiovascuar dis; eases, lung cancer, etc.

Although individual responsi­ bility is the essential element, we also must look around, us be­ fore declaring ourselves healthy.

Some health problems defy in· dividual control because of com­ plications built into our work­ ing or living environments. One of the most important things we can do to forge the chain of wellness for society is to help others - our neighbor, our fam­ ily, our parish, or the world in which we' live - by keeping ourselves healthy, by educating ourselves about health'problems, and by supporting others in their search for wellness.

Families should be the first line of attack in health promo· tion. The family sets the behavior patterns for life, and it has the opportunity and ability to in­ well-bein~. ' culcate wellness attitudes and Substituting personal habits techniques in each of its mem­ that promote health for habits bers.

their work? I'm sure my wife would benefit from hearing of the practical experiences of others.

Is it possible the Christian is more susceptible to work addic­ tion than others? We are taught to provide for our families and to be responsible, but these con­ cepts must be taught by placing them within the total context of the individual within the fam­ ily. Otherwise it is all too easy to endoJ:se them exclusively and even use them as justification or as .an excuse. (Pennsylvania) Thank you for your insights and t~e points you, raise. Most important, you emphasize the spouse's role in workaholism.

Like the wife of an alcoholic, she may have fallen into the pattern of alternate nagging and martyr­ dom.

The wife of a work addict may nag frequently: "You're never home." Or "You love your work more than'me." .

At the same time, she may seek consolation in her role 'as a martyr. She develops a long· suffering attitude to get her through the loneiy times. She may be reluctant to give up her position as the offended partner.

The wife must refuse to in·

wife

dulge anymore in being a nag or 'a martyr and become positive.

First, she must notice every at­ tempt her husband makes to be at home more. She should com­ ment favorably when she sees him enjoying leisure time and recreation. .

Second, she should plan to­ gether activities and recreation.

Workaholics are not very good at wasting time, If the wife does not fill in his leisure time, he will do so, spurred by his own driven personality. Better that she gets there first with her schedule of fun and games or quiet time away.

Finally, I appreciate your com­ ment about the Christian work ethic. I think you are right that Christians have the notion that they must earn heaven through hard work.

Perhaps we Christians need to remind ourselves that even God , rested on the seventh day. He first finished his work, then saved the most important and best part for afterward.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be an­ swered in print are invited. Ad­ dress The Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Status report on Dutch church LOS ANGELES (NC) - The interviews with eight of the Dutch Catholic Church, whose country's 11 bishops. bishops held a special synod in' In an editorial the Register Rome three years ago to restore said that the results of Dutch unity, is still struggling with Catholic experiments in church deep divisions but showing some renewal after the Second Vati· signs of revival, according to a can Council "from an orthodox recent special issue of the Na- perspective, are bleak."

But it calls the Netherlands tional Catholic ~egister.

The American Catholic weekly the "lightning rod" the forward devoted 12 of its 14 pages to an scout on a dark' and dangerous assessment of the Dutch church path" for the Catholic Church in three years after the synod. Its other Western countries. These, coverage included a number of the paper said, face the same articles by leading Dutch Cath- problems "to some degree."

"American Catholics should olics across the liberal-conserva· tive sp'ectrum and articles by or not be surprised by sometime soon they find their own leaders

following in Holland's footsteps,

Specifically, the food on the but this time the path may lead

family table is the basis for each back to the Universal Church," it said. member's nutritional health; par­ Church officials quoted by the ental attitudes toward drinking Register cited greater unity of and smoking will profoundly af­ fect the attitudes the children the bishops, a slight upturn in will develop; family exercise priestly vocations, and signs of habits not only .influence future renewed prayer life and spirit­ behavior but can be support ual life among significant points of progress in the Dutch Church mechanisms for individual years. needs. It is important that a in the past three \ family's lifestyle not be an ob­ Some said the addition of four stacle to the wellness goals of auxiliary bishops to the seven­ any member of the family. m~mber hierarchy since the sy· Parishes, too, have a role to play in promoting the wellness of parishioners and in develop· ing a wellness environment. The bishops' pastoral cites interac­ tion among pari~hioners a's a major wellness support effort: "Provided that they are sensi­ tive and resasonably well-trained,' the members of a parish can penetrate that isolation and lone­ liness in which too many people in poor health find the~selves."

-Ute Catholic Health . Assn. of the United States

nod bas helped the country's bishops engage more deeply in the life of the church, but others said the 1982 appointments were widely resented by Dutch Cath· olics as part of a move by Rome to reverse the liberal majority. in the bishops' conference.

Writers on both sides of the liberal-conservative split saw the extent and quality of loy involve­ ment in church life as a major plus in postconciliar Dutch Cath­ olicism, whatever their views on problems accompanying that in­ volvement.

On the other hand, a number of those writing or interviewed in the Register saw doctrinal confusion or indifference, secu­ larization, disregard. for church authority or discipline, strong anti-Rpmanism, and entrenched critical groups on the far right and left as key problems still facing Dutch Catholicism.

At the Particular. Synod of the Dutch Bishops, held at the Vati­ can Jan. 14-31, 1980, the Dutch hierarchy in consultation with Pope Joh:n Paul' irand top Vati­ can officials resolved to take a lead in restoring church discip­ line, doctrinal integrity and unity in the church in the Netherlands.

They resolved to end liturgical experimentation and deviation from' Vatican nonns on inter­ communion and general absolu­ tion, to clarify blurred distinc­ tions between lay pastoral workers and priests, to refonn their seminary system, and to cooperate among themselves and put an end to public. bickering between liberal and conservative bishops.

They also reasserted episcopal authority over national Cath­ olic agencies and diocesan priests, councils and over the teaching of Catholic doctrine.

They reaffinned priestly celibacy and lifelong commitment and agreed to follow Vatican norms' restricting church employment of ex-priests.

They sharply repudiated criti­ cal groups on either extreme, divisions among Dutch Catholics and .that their high visibility created a false impression of the mainstream of Dutch Catholic life.

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uestion corner

By Father John Dietzen

Q. I am 18 years old and would like to join the DeMolay. My mother says I cannot join be­ cause the Catholic Church does not approve of secret societies, and that the DeMolay Is a young men's branch of the Masons.

The boys I know In the De­ Molay tell me It is a good Chris­ tian group and that none of their secrets are agalnst our church or country. They are only pass­ words and so forth. They also teD me that there are a lot· of Catholic boys in the DeMolay.

Does the church now allow us to belong to this group and the Masons? (Florida)

A. Your mother is correct in saying that DeMolay is an or· ganization of young men and.is related to the Masonic order.

Thus any restrictions on member­ ship in the Masons would apply at least to some degree to De­ Molay.

In the previous columns, I have explained in detail the precise position of the church concern­ ing Catholic membership in Masonic groups. Briefly the an­ swer is as follows: The church's code of law states that anyone who joins a Masonic sect or other society which plots against the church or against legitimate civil author­ ity is excommunicated from the church.

However, it is traditional Cath­ olic teaching, which has been re­ peated several times in the past decade by Catholic authorities, that such restricti9ns apply only when a group actually holds the negative positions about church or civil authority indicated in that law. It should be pointed out that the history of Europe, Latin America and even our own country during the past 200 years proves that this law is not an idle one.

In some parts of the world Masonic groups have led anti­ Christian and anti-government movements that have caused enormous unrest and much suf­ fering.

However, with some excep­ tions, the Masonic movement in our country has generally avoid­ ed these more sinister character­ istics of Masonry. When it is certain that these harmful atti­ tudes are not part of a Masonic organization it would not be sinful or wrong for a Catholic to join.

The wisdom of his joining is something else and would have to be determined by local cir­ cumstances. As you point out, however,many Catholics in the United States have determined, in accord with this position of the church, that membership for them in the Masons or in par­ ticular Masonic groups is per­ missable. ' Q. What Is the earliest hour on Satwday -that I may hear Mass and fulfill the Sunday obllgatlo~? Some churches In our area have Mass at 4 p.ol. and I have heard that this Is too early.

(MarylarMI)

A. It is the responsibility of the bishop of each diocese to determine the time on Saturday afternoon when "Sunday obliga­ tion Masses" may begin. In most dioceses it is 4 p.m. or 4:30 p.m., but you would have to ask you'r parish priest what the rule is in your own diocese.

Normally it is safe that any parish Mass regularly scheduled on a Saturday afternoon is in­ tended to be within the guide­ lines set by the bishop for ful­ filling one's Sunday obligation.

A free brochure explalnlng the Catholic teaching on cremation and other funeral practices is' available by. sending a stamped, self-addresSed envelope to Father Dietzen, Holy Trlnlty Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, 01.

61701. Questions for this column should be· sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

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Like NEW ybRK (NC) Spiderman, the Amazing Hulk, Captain Marvel and St. Francis of Assisi, Pope John Paul II is popular among comic book readers.

"The Life of Pope John Paul II," a 64-page comic book pub­ lished .Jast September by the Marvel Comics Group in New York, is "initially doing very the moll pocket well," said Pamela Rutt, Marvel's publicitr director. "We won't Letters ere weicomed, but should be no more then 200 words. The editor reserves have any hard figures till spring," the right to condense or edit, If deemed she added. necessary All letters must be signed and Include a home or business address.

John Twomey of Paulist Press, which is handling Catholic dis­ tribution of the comic book, said . the press has sold 103,000 copies Dear Editor: since September.

I always read with great inter­ Paulist' sells to <;atholic est any articles or columns the Anchor carries on the subject of schools and parishes, whereas the nuclear question, but it is Marvel uses newspaper distribu­ sometimes discouraging that so tors, Twomey said.

The papal comic sells for $1.50 little seems to be going on locally in the Fall River diocese but Paulist gives quantity dis­ in this respect. This week a Fall . counts.

Ms. Rutt said Marvel printed River Freeze group will have an organizational meeting, but 750,000 copies· of "The Life of I wonder why there is not more Pope John Paul II," a number leadership coming from the ranking "right up with the real big titles." churches, .Catholic and other­ She said discussions are under wise. way about publishing editions in Anna Harrison French, German, Italian, Portu­ New Bedford guese and Spanish.

Marvel previously issued "Francis: ,Brother of the Uni­ verse," a life of St. Francis of VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Assisi which sold 750,000 cop­ John Paul II has warned that the ies. . whole man, not just tissues and Praising the Marvel organiza­ organs,. must be the ultimate tion, Twomey said that, if Paul­ concern of scientific experimen­ ist Press had tried to produce tation. Some types of experimen­ a comic book itself, it would tation aimed at curing chromo­ have cost $4 or $5 a copy. "May­ somal defects should be fostered, be we can convince them to do he said, but "experimental man­ others," he said, adding that a pulations of the human embyro" comic book on Mother Teresa of must be condemned. The pope Calcutta is being discussed. made his comments at a confer­ Written. by Marvel author ence sponsored by the Pontifical Steven Grant, "The Life of Pope Academy of SC'iences.

John ·Paul II" narrates the pon­ tiff's life from boyhood to the failed assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square in May 1981.

When Pope John Paul visited ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) Japan in February 1981, Gene Hatred and anger toward pro­ abortion groups and those who Pelc, Marvel's representative In undergo abortions is destructive Tokyo, presented him with a to the pro-life movement, said copy of the St. Francis comic Jesuit Father John Powell at the book. The pope requested that a similar book on his life be done, annual state convention of Minne­ sota Citizens Concerned for Life. Ms. Rutt said.

John Tartaglione was selected "I think if the voice of the pro­ life movement doesn't have the as the illustrator. "He's a fine sound of love in it, it causes a artist and not one to exaggerate polarization and others write us in order to create things bigger off as fanatics," said Father than life," said James E. Galton, Powell, theology professor at Marvel Comics president. "We did not want to ck!ify the pope, Loyola University of Chica~o.

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THE ANCHOR ­

Friday, Jan. 21, 1983

AnLEBORO'S

VATICAN CITY (NC) Pope John Paul II will hold a secret consistory for cardinals just prior to the public ceremony Feb. 2 in­ stalling 18 new members of the College of Cardinals, including Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago.

The public ceremony will be· gin at 11:45 a.m. (5:45 a.m. EST) 'on Feb. 2, the Vatican said.

The secret consistory - limit­ ed to the pope, the College of Cardinals and the cardinals-desig­ . nate - is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m.) in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace.

The pope traditionally delivers a major address to the cardinals during the secret consistory.

In the afternoon at 5:30 p.m.

(11:30 a.m.), Pope John Paul is scheduled to concelebrate Mass in St. Peter's Basilica with the new cardinals and present them with their cardinals' rings.

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Tartaglion~ said he obtail\ed. three photos of the pope: a baby picture, one from his first Com­ munion and one taken when he was about 21. He had to imagine what the pope might have looked like at other ages. He based his Polish street scenes on pictures from the Polish-American Mus­ eum in Port Washington, N.Y. "I knew this would be exam­ ined and re-examined by the church and the people," Tartag­ lione said. "We were put on the spot, but this was my favorite job of all time."

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Discipleship

By Father John Castelot

Forgive:pess

By Neil Parent

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Father Maurice Monette, a New Orleans priest, was shocked to learn that two young boys he knew had been shot and killed by their father.. Only weeks be­ fore the priest had carried the boys on his s~oulders during a Mardi Gras parade.

The deeply anguished father - I'll call him James - turned himself in. In prison he became an object of contempt to both fellow inmates and guards.

One guard was said to have told a visitor: "For what he's done I wouldn't waste taxpayers' money keeping him here. I'd roast him in the electric chair today."

James said later that every­ where. he turned he saw hate and disgust in others' eyes.

But no one hated what James had done more than he did. He longed somehow to undo the in­ sane act that had snuffed out his sons' lives and nearly killed his wife. He felt isolated and weighted down with guilt beyond forgiveness. .

He later wrote: "I can't com­ .prehend how God could let some­ thing like me live and cause everyone so much pain and suf­ .fering. They deserved all the beauty and happiness God could create and I gave them all the hell thy should never have to experience.".

However, to Father Monette 'James was someone who' deeply needed understanding and God's forgiveness. Immediately after the shootings the priest went to James and told him he would like to be his priest and friend.

Thus began a relationship that proved an occasion for God's for­ giving love. During many visits thereafter ~oth priest and peni­ tent clasped hands across the table that separated them and openly wept' together.

Buoyed by I:ather Monette's Turn to' 'Page Thlrteen . "·.Y·

Fbrelilldr~nII

By .Janaan

Manterna~

It was a normal day at the temple in Jerusalem. The ,weath­ er was warm. Pilgrims' milled about. It was crowded and noisy. , ";Buy yourJambs';here," snout­ ed a. merchant.

"My sheep are the best," cried another: ;.

"Get ~our dovell here. Cheap­ est prices in town," called out others.

The birds and animals were being sold for sacrifice in the temple.

Jesus and his disciples felt at home among the merchants and pilgrims. They met a group of old neighbors from Nazareth.

After a while Jesus and ·his friends ~ent into the temple it­ self, beyond a gate only Jews could pass through.

Inside they s~t in the Co~rt of the Women. Around its walls we~e 13 containers shaped like Turn to Page Thirteen' .

Peter has an interesting reac­ tion to the encounter of Jesus with the rich young ·man. After­ ward, Peter reminds Jesus that the disciples "have put aside everything to follow you." His reaction displays sQlf-satisfac:­ tion and an implied request for a reward.

In response, in Chapter 10:28-31 of Mark's Gospel, Jesus replies that the disciples will in­ deed receive a rich reward, but not without persecution. Once again . Mark emphasizes that there is no crown without a cross.

Now we hear a third and more detailed prediction of the Passion of Jesus. And the disciples mis­ understanding reveals that their blindness has increased rather than diminished.

Jesus' final instruction on. dis­ cipleship spells out the meaning of his death and its implications for his followers.

The section closes .with an ironic story of the blind Barti­ maeus whose persistent faith . gains him the gift of sight while the disciples, with perfectly good eyes, are blinder than ever.

For the first time Mark men­

tions Jesus' destination by name

- Jerusalem. It is the strong­

hold of forces hostile to Jesus,

the place he must fulfill his

messianic destiny.

There is an air of dark fore­

bzoding about the notice that

the. mood of the disciples "was

ones of wonderment" and "fear,"

The detailed prediction of the

Passion does nothing to relieve

.the impression of tension.

Once again the disciples show

It is often good to step outside stereotypes. themeselves quite unready to ac­

cept the truth. They prefer to

think in terms of glory and per­

sonal advantage.

Mark illustrates that point by telling how James and John reo point. He wrote about this re­ into awareness, people often sur­ liyKatherine Bird cently in the journal, "Religious prise us by what they do. We are quest.places of honor when Jesus • ·In the lifelong process of learn­ Education.~' surprised into the realization . comes "into his glory." Their request draws two answers. One ing to ilve as Christians, people With a good friend, Guzie that some of their ways of liv­ often affect us as a magnet af­ ing as Christians are possibili­ Turn to Page Thirteen says, "you share good times and fects metal. Our. practice as ties for us too. hard times alike." Then, unex­ Christians is ,drawn out in vital It is much like what happens pectedly, ihe friend' moves an ways by what others (10. .'. . when we see a person in an un': event which causes both pe;sons Special events, dn our lives . to look at their friendship with familiar role. also draw us out. Sometimes A new father, for instance, new eyes.' "Perhaps only then they al~ost shock us into aware­ are you "led to reflect on that frequently takes his baby with By. Dr. Theodore Hengesbach ness. : .

I him as he runs errands to the friendship and come to a realiza­ As .theologian Tad Guzie puts tion of how much it has meant grocery store or bank. That way , Recently I told' a Mormon

it:',,"Life is·. filled ,with experi­ the new mother gets a break. friend about a .family trip along

to' you," Guzie points out. ences that we have forgotten Many people, he says, think it the Platte River in Nebraska,

Friends~ip is likely to .be about or ·laid aside" or taken for surprising to find a father alone the same route taken by perse·

valued. more highly than ever grante~. until something hap­ cuted Mormons traveling West.

in public with a baby. pens which makes us take ,a from that time on. An event in Then my friend told me of a But perhaps this shakes their life has caused a shift in one's second logk." c young Mormon wife who gave perception of what fathers can T,he .example of friendship is attitude and behavior. birth while traveling West. Later Tum to page thirteen Just as events often shock us used by Guzie to help make the she and her husband found the baby motionless, cold and ap­ parently dead.

Reluctantly, they bundled the baby in blankets and left her beside the trail on the treelesss prairie. Because the ground was frozen, they could not dig a grave, nor could they find rocks to protect her from predatory animals.

The wagon trail moved on despite the protests of the youn~ mother, who could not believe her baby had died.

After camp was set for the night, she urged her husband to

How Christians affect each other

Faith

know your faIth

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Discipleship Continued

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Forgiveness

page twelve

is the blunt rejoinder that the distribution of such plums is out of the hands of Jesus; his Father decides such matters.

The other is Jesus' assurance that James and John will indeed share his lot. They don't realize it, but it will mean drinking the same cup of pain and being im­ mersed in the same sea of suffer­ ing.

The two brothers are not alone

in their obtuseness. And once more Jesus tries to get the mess­ age across. This instruction deals with their conduct as members of the Christian community.

Mark succinctly explains in ad­ vance the meaning of Jesus' death and its serious implica­ tions for anyone who would be a follower of Christ. The ideal of authority in the Christian com­ munity is service: "Whoever wants to rank first among you must serve the needs of all."

Jesus himself must be the model: "The Son of Man has not come to be served but to serve - to give his life in ransom for the many."

All through this section Mark has been instructing his own community. Peter and the dis­ ciples typify Christians willing to share Christ's victory but re­ luctant to follow in his footsteps.

No matter how often they hear the message of the cross, they shrug it off in favor of the mess­ age of Easter. To persist in this attitude is to court disillusion­ ment and discouragement.

Mark wants Christians to realize that suffering and death go with being a committed Christian. As Jesus says, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny his very self, take up his cross and follow in my steps."

THE AINCHOR ­ Friday, Jan. 21, 1983

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Continued from page twelve In them, we meet God and experi­ friendship, James began to dis- ence his love. This is why, I close his intense isolation and think,. Jesus placed so much em­ his overwhelming sense of guilt phasis on our, being a light for and loss over his sons. Finally others; a leaven for the world; a one day he said to the priest: salt that gives taste. for pregft€llncy help "You know, I never believed We are asked to be agents of confidential that a person could forgive and Jesus to let his light shine continue to care about someone through us. who had hurt him. I never could When my friend, Father Mon­ free pregru:mcy testing believe in God either; but you've ette, told me about his meetings Let u" help you We Care forgiven me and, because you've with James, I was deeply im­

done that, I can believe in your pressed with, the way God had God." worked his forgiving love in that Others too helped the young young man's broken life. I was man's faith. In a letter to Father also genuinely moved by my PHOTO SUPPLY Monette, James related that an- friend, who showed me how a other prisoner had told of pray- Christian can and should act in NIKON • CAtiON - OLYMPUS

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James was hurting and wanted to '~~e offer "comfort in Jesus' name:' James went on to say in that letter that this incident, added Continued from page twelve Montie Plumbing to letters from other people and return with her back down the Father Monette's visits, made Heating Co. him "see that there must be a trail. He attempted to comfort Over 35 Years God to work the love of his Son her but considered it folly to of Satisfied Service through these people. My faith honor her request. It was ex­ Reg. Master Plumber 7023 grew and still grows from all tremely dangerous to leave the JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. security of the group. of this laid at my feet."

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ONI.Y FULL·tlNE RELIGIOUS GIFT STORE ON THE CAPE the results of their belief, such trail. Suddenly he saw her I'n as love, compassion and caring. the distance, clutching a bundle to her breast. Falling into hl's •• OPEN OPEN: Man· 511; 8·5:30 There is something highly com­ 7DAYS during IUmmer embrace, the mother showed the pelling about love. It is like a 9-&-.30 ~!!!!!!!!!~~ wave which buoys us up and baby to her husband alive!

Faith had impelled that mother .~carries us along, leaving us some­ to endure cold, darkness, the place else. The distance we travel may be short or, in the fear of getting lost or being at­ case of James, great. Inexorably, tacked by animals or human though, love's force cannot be enemies.

428 Main SI : HyannIS I don't know whether the de­ denied. We are moved, affected, 775-4180 tails of the story are strictly I altered.

John & Mory lees. Props.

People of faith do that to us. true or whether it is in some sense a legend of faith. But I don't think that is the point. ' I think the story reflects an insight o~ Christianity. Our life Continued from page twelve of faith is paradoxical - we are do, and it might encouarg~ caught between assurance and

other fathers to expand their hope.

St. Paul described faith in the own role.

Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter . Similarly, people may be sur­ prised into an awareness of ways 11: "Faith is the assurance of they can serve as Christians by things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." seeing what others can do.

The statement pits two seem.

Take the case of a woman ingly contradictory notions who chairs a parish finance com­ mittee. Many may see this as an against each other: - Faith offers assurance and out-of-the-ordinary role for her.

THRIFT STORES According to the sterotype, men conviction. lIOI cowm nan - But faith is placed in what are better with mathematics and NEW IUFlIU, ...... more interested in financial af· is hoped for and not seen.

Can one really have firm con. fairs than women.

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Therefore, when a woman ex· victions about unseen, future (It@. U I11III. n,trt IJIO eels in financial matters, she realities?

Such faith, says Paul, stimu­ forces others in the parish to re­ . think the sterotype and perhaps lates us to believe that God encouarges other women 'to created the world. It motivated Religious serve in new ways. our Old Testament forefathers; The full scope of Christian it motivated Abel, who offered Gifts Books living is hard for anyone per­ acceptable sacrifice to God; it motivated Sarah, the wife of son to keep in mind. The ex­ periences and examples of others Abraham, who conceived a child for every occasion . .. are needed to keep us alert to in her old age.

Baptisms It motivated the blind Barti­ our infinite possibilities.

First Communions As Guzie writes, "We do not maeus in Mark's Gospel.

Birthdays The paradox remains but it create our personal stories out Confirmations of whole cloth .. . in isolation does not block spiritual develop­ Weddings from what goes on around us." ment. Rather, it impels us, as it Anniversaries impelled the young Mormon Instead, we can tap into the ex­ Ordinations periences of a wide variety of mother to actions of love and Christians to help us along the service far beyond what may be OPEN DAILY way. required or considered prudent.

As with the young mother of We also can look into the ex­ our story, such faith may gener· ample of Christians in past cen­ Park Slreet . Roule 118 turies, gradually in the ways ate new life into a world often Allleboro, Massachusetts shaping our own Christian story. given up for dead.

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MARGARET HECKLER

Heckler choice widely praised

WASHINGTON (NC) - Presi­ dent Reagan's nomination of Margaret Heckler as the new chief of the Department of Health and Human Services was almost universally praised both by pro­ life groups and by poli,tical friends and foes.

Mrs. Heckler, 51, a Catholic and a former congresswoman from Massachusetts whose dis­ trict included much of the Fall River diocese, had a "near 100 percent pro-life voting record" during her 16-year career in the House of Representatives, ac­ cording to the National Right to Life Committee.

Mrs. Heckler's achievements as a public servant also were cited

by Msgr. Francis J. Lally, sec retary of the Department of So­ cial Development and World Peace of the U.S. Catholic Con­ ference, public policy arm of the U.S. bishops.

Msgr. Lally, a Massachusetts native who has known Mrs. Heck­ ler throughout her public 'Career, called the nominee "excep­ tional."

If confirmed by the Senate, Mrs. Heckler will head the gov­ ernment's largest agency and the one chiefly responsible for carry­ Continued from page twelve ing out domestic policy. Because of its responsibility for such pro­ trumpets. They were for alms grams as health care as well as to the poor. its regulations on abortion fund­ Nearly everyone placed money iog and other issues, the activi­ in them. Jesus and his friends , ties of Health and Human ser­ watched. vices and its secretary are closeMany well-dressed pilgrims ly watched by pro-life and dropped large gold coins into the church groups.

Mrs. Heckler, in an interview containers. They" made a loud clang. Everyone could see and on CBS Morning News the day hear that these rich people were after her nomination was an­ giving large amounts of money. nounced, said she would con.

Others dropped silver coins' tinue to oppose federal funding into the containers. It was clear of abortion in her new position. that they too were giving large donations.

A poor widow came in after the others. She walked up to VATICAN CITY (NC) - Two one of the containers. Jesus sig­ naled to his disciples to watch German-born women have moved a step closer to beatification and her. .

As they did, she pulled an 9~d possible canonization. At a re­ moneybag from her pocket and cent Vatican ceremony attended emptied it into her hand. Only by Pope John Paul II, the Vati­ two copper coins fell out. She can Congregation for' Saints' Causes promulgated degrees de­ quietly placed them in the col­ claring the heroic virtues of lection box and walked away.

Pauline von Mallinckrodt, found­ Jesus said to his friends, "This ress of the Sisters of Christian poor widow contributed more Charity, and Karolina Gerhar­ than all the others." dinger, foundress of the School "How can that be?" asked the Sisters of Notre Dame. The cO'n­ discipleli. "Those rich people gregations, both founded in Ger­ gave a hundred times more and many in the 1800s and establish­ then some." ed in the United States during "They gave from what they personal visits by their found­ did not need," Jesus answered. resses, have a total of over 5,300 "She gave all she had to live on." U.S. members.

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-,gFILMRATINGS~ A-l Appll'oved for Children and Adults

Annie .

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie The Dark Crystal

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The last Unicorn The Secret of NIMH

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Star Trek II Tex The Verdict

Jinxed Kiss Me Goodbye le Beau Marriage lookin' To Get Out A Mklsummer Night's Sex Comedy My Favorite Year, On Golden Pond Piaf: The Early Years Rocky III Rollover

Author, Author, Best Friends Das Boot Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Deathtrap Diner Endangered Species Firefox First Blood Inchon Indep~ndence Day

Six Pack Six Weeks Sophie's Choice Tempest That Championship, Season The World According To Garp Tootsie Trail of the Pink Panther Wrong Is Right

A-4 Separate Clcissification (A 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.)

Frances The Long Good Friday

Love Child

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Airp'lane II: The Sequel 48 Hrs. Amityville Horror II Gain' All The Way An Officer And A Gentleman Halloween III The Best little Whorehouse Hey Good Looking in Texas Honkytonk Man Blade Runner 1love You Conan the Barbarian I. the Jury Concrete Jungle The Missionary Creep Show Monsignor Fast Times at Ridgemont National Lampoon's 'High Class Reunion Fighting Back

Night S~ift Poltergeist Porky's The Road Warriors The Sender Soup for One Summer Lovers The Thing Things Are Tough AllOver Yes, Giorgio -Young Doctors in love

(Rec.) after a title indicates that the film is recommended by th~ U.S. Catholic Conference reviewer for the category of viewers under which it is listed. These listings are presented monthly; please clip and save for reference. Further information on recent films is avail­ from The Anchor office. 67S-7ISI.

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now what I am most interested in is how to become more popu­ lar with the boys at school.

What's your advice? (Illinois) A. For an answer to your question, I have gone straight to the horse's mouth, so to speak.

A 17-year-old boy pamed Brian talked to me about the pluses and, minuses of the girls at his school.

Perhaps his words will give you some clues about what to do and not do when you are with a boy or boys. First, some of Brian's negative comments: "Some girls abuse makeup.

Lately it seems like a lot of them put an awful lot of goop around their eyes. It I,ooks dumb and I don't like it.

"I don't mind girls wearing jeans,' but I think at least once a :week they ought to wear a dress.

"Most girls, talk too much.

They seem to go on and on, as

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By Cecilia Belanger "The candles in the churches There is a Christopher Fry have gone out . . . Let us blow play titled "The Dark Is Light on the coals of the heart," One must believe that the gift Enough," It is a profound state­ of faith is to see the light in the ment of faith arguing' that dark­ ness is where you look for light. darkness. One thinks of the paintings of Rembrandt. His very To quote from Fry's play: Dark and cold we may be, but -last painting was of blind Sim­ this ' eon in the temple, surrounded Is no winter now. The frozen by darkness with only flickers of light, reaching for the child misery and praying: "Lord, now lettest Of centuries breaks, cracks, be­ thou thy servant depart in peace gins to move; The thunder of the thunder of -... for mine eyes have seen the salvation. .. a light for all floes The thaw, the flood, the upstart people," It was clearly a parting spring. statement for the near-blind art­ Thank God our time is now ist.

It does no good to curse the when w r o n g , darkness, to curse death, to re­ Comes up to face us every­ duce one's options. Darkness where, does not mean a closed door, an Never to leave us till we take, The longest stride of soul men unforgiven past or insecurity. 'ever' took.

One must dare to seek light pre­ cisely in the thick darkness Affairs are now soul size, where comfort and security are The enterprise in jeopardy.

Is exploration into God. In many ways this is a dark century, with brother lifting hand against prothero Yet noth­ The Catholic Daughters of the ing was gloomier than the land in which our Savior was' born: a Americas ,<CDA) are offering land under military occupation; $200 scholarships for special edu­ his birth in what today might cation teachers as well as a $500 unrestricted graduate scholar­ be a garage in a Jerusalem sub­ urb; the nearly immediate flight ship. into Egypt. And we think we The special education grants, , have troubles! offered in association' with the I once asked a student what National Catholic Educational one word' he thought of when Association, are intended to as­ he heard the name of Jesus. Im­ sist those now teaching in Cath­ mediately he said "light," In the olic schools to a,cquire additional Old Testament too the word training to teach handicapped "light" was used as a potent and exceptional children or to metaphor: "The people who assist college students preparing walked in the darkness have seen for a career in special education. a great light.. ."

The graduate scholarship has no We all crave the -light of under­ restrictions on the field of study standing and acceptance. On his ­ of the applicant.

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The application deadline for special education scholarships js May 1, for the graduate scholar­ ship July 1.

-Coyle·'Cassidy Midyear exams end today at the Taunton school and second semester will begin on Monday.

The day will end with a senior skating party from 7 to 9 p.m.

The junior class prom is set for Friday, May 20, at Christo's II in Brockton.

Spring Musical auditions have been held this week, ending to­ day.

Students and their families are invited to take advantage of a course in computer programming to be offered from 7:20 to 7:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, beginning Monday, Jan. 31.

Bishop Feehan In addition to Medalist an First Class awards from the Colum­ bia Scholastic Press Association. the Feehan Flashback '82, the Attleboro school's yearbook, has been nominated for the new CSPA Gold Crown Award.

Gold Crown nominees are those yearbooks receiving maxi­ mum "All-Columbian" awards, said CSPA officials. One percent of the nominees will be chosen for the new award, winners of which will be announced in March.

though they have to keep talk­ ing non-stop. I wish they'd cut down some on the chatter.

"One girl at school always wants to write on my jeans. If she wants to write on jeans, why doesn't she write on her own?

Now for some of Brian's posi­ tive comments: "Some of the girls at school are very mature and I like them a lot. They are kind, affection­ ate and warm.

"I like those girls who are willing to listen to my prob­ lems."

I asked ,Brian if he ever talked to his buddies about his prob­ lems and he said. "No," I asked why and he said, "If you talk to guys about problems, it's Iike admitting you're weak. . "In front of your buddies, you gotta be strong. But I don't mind admitting to a girl I got some weaknesses and problems."

Brian went on to say: "I like a girl who is friendly without, coming on strong. Sometimes; unexpected friendships can be­ gin with a simple, -"Hi.' I said that word very casually 'last fall to a girl, and she said 'hi' back, and a friendship began. The fact that she's handicapped and in a wheelchair is no barrier at all."

4 ~ " Send questions to Tom Len­ , DESPITE FRIGID WINDS, Delaware prO-lifers mount protest against abortion clin­ non, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W•• ' Washington. D.C. 2000S., ic. (NC/Wide World Photo) .

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THE ANCHOR -

Friday, Jan. 21, 1983

By Bill Morrissette

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PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN

portswQtch cye Cheerleading Competition The 24th CYO Cheerleading Competition will be held Sunday, March 6, in the Kennedy CYO Center, New Bedford.

Beginning at 1:30 P.M., the competition will be open to southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island cheerleaders on the grammar school, ninth grade,

Upcoming

senior CYO high school varsity and junior varsity levels.

Trophies will be presented to the first three squads in each division. Entries must be received

by Feb. 25. Entry forms may be obtained from CYO Cheerlead­ ing, 403 Anawan Street, Fall River 02720.

Coyle-Cassidy Strong" Contender The Coyle Cassidy Warriors, making a strong bid for the Southeastern Mass. Conference championship, will entertain pace-setting Wareham tomorrow night in a game of crucial to the pennant hopes of both schools.

Entering this week Wareham had a 4-0 record, Coyle-Cassidy was 3-1. Division Three games tonight have Fairhaven at New Bedford Yoke-Tech, Dartmouth at Dennis-Yarmouth and Bishop Stang High at Old Rochester.

Dennis-Yarmouth, also a strong contender for the division crown, visits Wareham Tuesday in what must also be considered crucial for both. Stang, 2-2 entering this week, is host to CoyleCassidy Tuesday as Dartmouth visits Yoke-Tech and Old Ro-

SMU Women The Southeastern Massachu­ settS' University women's team took second place in the New Ro­ chelle University (New York) Invitational Basketball Tourna­ ment last weeke.n<l.

After defeati~g Baltimore's College of Notre Dame, 73-60, in the semi-finals Saturday the SMU women dropped a 74-59 decision to host New Rochelle in the final on Sunday. New Ro­ chelle boasts a 12-1 record.

SMU's Lisa Blanc waS named to the all-tourney team. She led SMU scoring in both games with 21 points against College of Notre Dame and 14 against New Rochelle.

In a conference hockey twin bill in the Hetland Rink, New

New Bedford

ST. THERESA, NB

The Blessed Sacrament is ex­ posed for adoration from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Thursday ,in the lower ch-aoel. All are welcome to join this weekly day of prayer which concludes with Benediction.

PRAYER MEETING, 'F1R

The Bread of Life charismatic prayer group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28,at Blessed Sacrament Church for prayer, liturgy and 'a healing service.

Father Joseph Costa of Our Lady ·of Mt. Carmel Church, Seekonk, will speak.

chester is at Fairhaven.

In a major rebuilding season, the Bishop Connolly High Cou­ gars take on the undefeated pace­ setting New Bedford Crimson iil a Division One encounter tonight.

ST. PATRICK, It'R Also tonight, the Bishop Feehan New vestments in four litur­ Shamrocks entertain the formid­ . gical colors have been donated able Durfee High Hilltoppers, to -the parish in memory of Bridget -and Joseph Bigos, Mr. who have played their first five and Mrs. ~rnest Levesque, Mr. conference games at home. and Mrs. Joseph Salpietro, Ev­ Other Division One' games to­ 'elyn Mascena, JuUa Holewisk, night have Somerset at Barn- J,ohn J. Lyden, ,the Mal'tini fam­ ily, Rev. John W. Whitty and stable and Falmouth at Attie­ Aime Berube. boro.

A course on St. Luke's Gosnel Holy Family, 2-1 at the end of offered bv Father William ·W. Norton will be held in the rec­ last week's play, will be idle to­ tory at 7:30 p.m. Monday fol­ night as Case is host to pace­ lowing novena .services. setting Seekonk, Bourne enter­ The parish Youth Clan will tains Dighton-Rehoboth and meet 'at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13.

Future plans include a day of Westport is at Diman Yoke. recollection, a trip to New~ort and a communion breakfast.

Membership is open to all high school students.

Finish Second Bedford, tomorrow it will be Dur­ fee vs. New Bedford and Dart­ mouth vs. Fairhaven, starting at six p.m. Bourne is host to Coyle­ Cassidy at 8:30 p.m. in the Gallo Rink and Barnstable entertains Falmouth at eight.

Durfee High School, the only school in the Southeastern Mass.

Conference with a wrestling team, is compiling an impressive record under new coach Don Frank.

The Hilltop matmen defeated Cape Cod Tech, 54-9, last Satur­ day for their sixth victory against one loss. Not to be outdone, the Durfee jayvees topped Cape Cod Tech, 16-6 for their fifth vic­ tory against no def~ats.

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With a 6-1 victory over Fall River South last Sunday night in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, New Bedford clinched the regu­ lar season Bristol County .CYO Hockey League championship.

New Bedford now has a 12 point lead over Fall River South, the present runnerup, each team has five games yet to play, not enough for Fall River South to catch up.

For the remainder of the sea­ son interest will center on posi­ tions in the final standings which will detQrmine the playoff pair­ ings. In the playoffs, schedule to start on March 6, the teams finishing fourth and fifth will participate in a one-game play­ off for a ,berth in the semi-finals.

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 than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fund raising activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers and bazaars.

We are happy to carry notices of spiritual pro~rams, club meetings, youth pro/ects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundra sing pro­ Jects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675·7151.

On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall River. NB Indicates New Bedford.

MEMOJUAL HOME. FR

The winner of that playoff game will meet New Bedford as the second and third place teams meet on March 13 in the open­ ing games of the best-of-three semis-finals, which will continue on March 27. The playoff final games are set for' April 5 and 12.

In the companion game last Sunday night Mansfield defeated Marion 4-1 and solidified its grip on fourth place.

The standings: New Bedford 12-1-0 (won, lost, tied), Fall River South 5-5-3, Marion 5-7-1, Mansfield 4-6-2, Seekonk 2-9-2.

Sunday's games are Mansfield vs. New Bedford at 9 p.m'., Fall River South vs. Seekonk at 10.

Adorers members will hold their monthly :holy hour from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at Sacred He'arts Church, Fairha­ ven. Fllther Roy Yurco, SS.CC., pastor of St. Boniface Church, New Bedford, will conduct the devotion. All welcome.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER

L~S4LETI:'E

S8'RINE, ,

The shrine's first healing ser­ vice of 1983 will be helda,t 2 p.m. Sunday, J,an. 30, under di­ rection .of Fa-ther Andre Pate­ naude, MS, shrine director. All welcome.

The shrine prayer group will spon"or a Life in the Spirit seminar for eight weeks, begin­ ning at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28.

Information: 222-8126 after 4 p.m.

The area support gr·oup for widowed persons will meet for line daricin~ at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, at St. Theresa's church hall, South Attlebor(l. ~DOWED,

CAPE COD

The Cape Widowed Aposto­ late will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Francis Center, Room 7, 341 Cross St., Hyannis. Nutri­ tion· and cooking for the small household will be discussed. All welcome.

O.L. GRACE,

WES~PORT

Women's Guild members will attend ·a Marian program to be 'presented by the Fall River Dis­ trict Council of Catholic Women Wednesday, Feb. 9, at St. Louis de France church hall, Swansea.

D of I, ATrLEBORO

Alcazaba Circle 65, Daughters of Isabella, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in K (If C Hall, H'Odges Street. The pro­ gram will include a Valentine party.

SEPARATED, DIVORCED,FR

Greater Fall River area sepa­ rated, divorced and/or remar­ ried Catholics are invited to a support group, meeting at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Our Lady of Fa­ tima church hull, Swansea.

An all-day conference on The Psychodynamics of the Cancer Patient and Family will be of­ fered Thursday, Feb. 17, at White's rest'aurant, Westport.

Information: Pamela Clift, 674­ 5741.

K of C COUNCIL 86, FR

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR

Joseph M. Souza has been chosen January Knight of the Month in recognition of his 25 years of work for Council 86.

A charismatic prayer meeting is held at 9:45a.m. each Wed­ nesday 'at the convent at 44 Rotch Street.

ST. 'PAUL, TAUNTON

BL SACRAMENT, FR

A 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, the pa.rish will sponsor a pot­ luck supper followed by a slide and film program on abortion presented by Kay Poirier of Taunton Birthright. Mothers and their daughters ages 12 and over are especially urged to at­ tend. At this time donations of 'baby furniture and maternity and baby clothes for Birthright mothers will be accepted. Snow date Feb. 9.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

This support group for be­ reaved parents will meet 'at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Louis de France School, Swansea. S'!t;>a­ rate sharing sessions for fathers and mothers will be on the pro­ gram.

SACRED HEART, FR

Pal'ish council members will meet at the rectory at 7:30 p.m.

Monday.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK

First communion candidates will receive first penance at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30. A parent c.onf,erence for grade 8 CCD stu­ dents will be held at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 26, and for ST. ANNE.FR grades 1 and 2 students at 11 Members of the parish ul­ treya will meet for 'a palanca a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29.

Adult candidates for confir­ Mass at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Raymond and Edna . mation - will meet at 7:30 to­ night at the rectory.

Morin, 1097 S. Main St. ATTLEBORO

Mass at 8 a.m. each Saturday morning is offered for the suc­ cess of the parish renewal pro­ gram. Fellowship with coffee. juice and pastry follows the Mass. Upcoming renewal week­ ends 'are scheduled for Feb. 18 to 20, March 1,1 to 6 and March 18 to 20.

Forthcoining programs at the North Dartmouth center include management workshops for St. Anne's Hospital personnel all day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; and days of recollec­ tion for Stang High School stu­ dents and members of St. George parish, Westport, both on Wednesday.

Residents whose birthdays oc­ cur 'in January will be feted at 1:30 this afternoon in the home auditorium.

~DOWED,ATTLEBORO

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ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA

PRIESTS' PRAYER GROUP

All priests of the diocese are invited to share in a charislllatic prayer meeting on the fourth Mond-ay of each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. af the Family Life Center, North Dartmouth. The next meeting will be on Monday.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET

A retreat for Groups 1 ·and 2 confirmation candidates and their parents will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday in the parish cen­ ter. Members 'and parents of Groups 3 and 4 will meet at the same time and place Sunday, Jan. 30.

ST. STANISLAUS, 'FR

A postponed senior citizens' organizational meeting will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday ,in the school. .

SS. PETER

The Women's Guild will not meet during January or Febru­ ary.

A junior choir is being formed

by Lynn Daigle, to sing at the 4 p.m. Saturday Mass. Those interested may call her at 672­ 3688.

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The parish council has re­ elected Atty. Robert Marchand president, Rita Tyrrell vice­ president and Ropald Roy sec­ :tary.

A representative of the Amer­ ican Lung Association will speak on the disadvantages of smoking following a 6 p.m. CYO meeting Sunday in Father Coady Center.

ActS for a Mardi Gras Gong Show Tuesday, Feb. 8, must be 'submitted by Feb. 1.

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23, (CBS) "For Sunday, OUr Times" - A final report of the religion and sex ministries; this deals' with living as a sexual person.

of a relatively restrained sexual scene, this film is rated A3, PG.

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Religious Broadcasting - TV , Sunday, Jan. 23, WLNE, Chan­ nel 6, 10:30 a.m. Diocesan Tele­ vision Mass.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is. a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan di­ rector of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff. This week's topic: Communism and Religion, Part 2.

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by Kathleen Quinlan to recom­ the New York network sched­ mend it. Because of an affair ules supplied to The' Anchor~ .and relatively sympathetic de­ piction of suicide in a subplot, this is strictly adult fare, classi­ Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office fied A3, R. ratings, which do not always coincide.

"Kiss Me Goodbye" (Fox); In General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG--parental guidance sug· this dull remake .of a. popular' gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for Brazilian· comedy, Sally Field is children or younger teens. • Catholic ratings: Ai-approved for an about-to-be-married widow children and adults; A2-approved for haunted by the ghost of her dead adults and adolescents; A3-approved for husband. James Caan is the ghost adults only; A4-separate classification and Jeff Bridges the fiance. The (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis dialogue is so bad and the situa­ and explanation!; O-morally offensive. tions so contrived that you feel embarrassed for the actors. Here New Films is also 1m ill-conceived attempt "Independence Day" (Warners): to spoof "The Exorcist." Because

NOTE

"The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 8:30 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 27.

"MarySon," a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective, 6 p.m. and' Thursday, Fall River and New Bedford cable channel 13.

Sunday, Jan. 23, (ABC) "Di­ rections" - A documentary on the Jewish communities of Istan­ bul, Turkey, and Frankfurt, West Germany. filmed on location.

On Radio Charismatic programs are heard from Monday through Fri­ day on station WICE 1210 AM: Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Edward McDonough, 8:15 a.m.; Father Real Bourque, 8:45 a.m.

Father McDonough is also on WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each Sunday.

Sunday, Jan. 23 (NBC) "Guide­ line" - Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sullivan of Brooklyn, N.Y., dis­ cusses the work of the American bishops' Commission on Marriage and Family Life.

Love Is What Counts "Do not build towers without a tioundation, for our Lord does not care so much for the impor­ tance of our works as for the love with which they are done."

- St. Teresa of Avila

Father Bruce Ritter

HE WAS,- ONCE;

SOME~O.DY'$

CHILD.

Surgeons in battlefront aid stations separated the wounded into three categori~s:' the slightly wo'unded that could safely wait for medical attention; those so severe~y mJ,,!re~ that medical help was useless; and the others, less seriously wounded who might live" - helped immediately. They called it triage.

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He was; once, somebo'dy's child. Now he's merchandise, a commodity.' Anybody who buys him is crazy. A malevolent little boy lost at 16, now a profoundly sad and very scared 19-year-old street wolf who has absol~tely no reason to believe he will make it back, but has to think that or go cra~y.

I met Peter five years ago when'he was 14-a street kid even then-and hadn't seen him for over a year when he walked into my office yesterday. He. was wearing skin- _ and-muscle tight jeans and a body shirt unbuttoned to the waist. We exchanged greetings-min~ delighted, sur­ prised: his, muted and detached.

I hoped he was doing well. Peter gave a sad wry smile.

OK. he said. Not bad, he said. I think of killing myself a lot, he said. Do you need a place to stay, I said. No, he said ..! stay at the Continental Baths. It's cheap. I kinda help out around there. It's a bad scene, I said. It's a living, he said.

And then I think he remembered about dying because he started slightly, sat for just an instant of frozen immobili· ty. then shrugged, and again gave me a faint sad smile.

Come back to Covenant House, Pete, I said. No more

programs, Bruce. I'm too old. I'm a male hustler, Bruce. I'm not gay. I'm bisexual ... He stopped and his face twisted.

He couldn't continue, Come on back, Pete, to our school.

We'll get you a job. That lifestyle is going to kill you, Pete.

It's rotten that you have to do that. He didn't hear me. I grabbed his hand, his arm. We've got this really great place. Pete-really good people. He looked at me in great pain. I'm ago-go boy, Bruce, in this bar on Second Avenue.

I dance there. If the johns like me they stick afive dollar bill

in my jock strap.

Come back, Pete. We'll find you a place. It's not too late, . Pete. This Monday, Bill, downstairs will get you ajob. He's an expert at it. It's OK, Pete. I'm really glad you're b.ack.

Bruce. he said. I'm astripper in amale burlesque joint: four

performances a night for ahundred bucks. I dropped out of

school in the seventh grade. I worked a ~ouple of girls for a

while. Bruce. He couldn't stop. He had to tell me the whole sad sick story. It was almost as though he was afraid to leave out any details-like when you go to confession.

I'm really glad you're back, Pete. So are Gretchen and Steve and Dave. You've got to change your lifestyle, Pete.

Father Bruce Ritter OFM Con V., is the founder and President of Covenant House/UNDER 21, which operates crisis ceq!Jrs for homeless and runaway boys and girls

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You're into a lot of things that make you feel pretty sick about yourself. Bruce, I don't have any clothes. All my stuff was ripped off. I had a stereo ... Pete, you're not going to get out of that mess you're in without help.

There's a warrant out for my arrest, Bruce. I pawned a gold bracelet for a friend. It turned out to be stolen. We can work that out.Pete. We've got aplace for you and ajob and school. We've missed you a lot, Pete. Finally there was no more to tell: the small dirty puddle that was his young life spilled out between us.

''He was afraid to leave out any'details­ . -like when you go to confession. " He relaxed and took a deep breath. I think I'll go downstairs and talk to Bill about that job. Is it OK if I come back and talk to you again on Monday? He looked down at his'low slung jeans with some amusement. Ican't go for an· interview in these. ( Pete can make six hundred dollars aweek-tax free-on the street. It's going to be qWfully tough for him to work 40 hours a week for $3.50 al1 hour. It's goingto be even harder to him to go back to school and learn how to read and write. He's a good kid. He came in t9 see me for a lot of reasons he didn't really understand very well. He's not a religious kid and he doesn't know anything a~out going. to ­ confession but he needed and wanted absolution bad. Like most of us he was about as sorry as he could be.

;'1 think maybe the only way he feels he can reassert some control over his life is to end it."

A lot of people drjft into, slide and choose into alifestyle that ultimately kills them. It's almost certainly too late for Pete. The Peters of this world are refuse in our social sewers. to be inexorably flushed down and out, drowned in a sea of garbage: human pOllution to. be coped wi.th and buried and dumped. Most honest, caring people think so.

One sLich, a good friend. 'sighed and murmured the word triage. Let them go, Bruce. Think of the others, the ones you know you can help, the ones that still have a chance.

He's already almost dead. Bruce.

Peter is already almost dead, and I think maybe the one way he feels he can reassert some control over his life is to end it. Pete is most definitely one of the Lord's lost sheep.

He is not the CUddly innocent lamb that just happened to wander away from the fold. In biblical categories I think _. it's fair to say that Pete is a sinner-the kind over whom h~aven rejoices if they turn away from the evil pervading their lives and turn back to God. Pete can't do that without God's help, nor can we.

Pete doesn't really want to end his life but he's not cer­ tain he can begin it again either. Only the Lord can provide the massive life support systems h~ needs to make it-and to carry through with the metaphor-places like Covenant House must exist as the intensive care units for these dy­ ingchildren. We need you to help us, to go on helping us.

We're always broke and we are occasionally subject to the kind of questioning doubts that make the solution of triage very attractive. But I refuse to triage my kids, to screen out the ones who won't make it. I cannot exercise that kind of clinical detachment when a kid is involved. My staff and I refuse ,to turn any kid away.

Thanks much for your help and prayers.

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