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Catholic Schools Week events set WASHINGTON (CNS) "Now is the time" for promoting Catholic schools as the "entire nation is struggling with the need for educational reform," the head of the National Catholic Educational Association said.

Sister Catherine T. McNamee, a member of the Sisters ofSt. Joseph of Carondelet, made her corr ments in anticipation of the annual Catholic Schools Week, this year slated for Jan. 26-Feb. I. The week will be marked hy various activities in the schools of the Fall River diocese, with Jan. 29 to be observed as National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools.

"Discover Catholic Schools" is the theme of Catholic S,;hools Week as well as a yearlong rr arketing campaign launched in SeptemberbytheNCEAand U.S. bishops.

It is illustrated by a tall-masted ship on rough waters, reminiscent of Columbus' voyage to the New World 500 years ago.

The NCEA and the bishc,ps began the campaign "to showcase the values-added education and academic excellence of Catholic schools and help parents select schools for their children," NCEA materials said.

Mercy Sister Lourdes Sheehan, U.S. Catholic Conference secretary for education, said the bishops backed the campaign because they believe Catholic schools are vital to the future ofthe Catholic Church "and to our country."

Below is a schedule of Catholic Schools Week events at diocesan elementary and high schools.

St. Joseph's School Fairhaven Jan. 25: annual family dance with DJ Bruce Duarte 6:30 to 9:30 p.m .. school auditorium.

Jan. 26: Family Mass 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church, followed by gathering at Papa Gino's noon to 5 p.m.

Jan. 27: No Uniform Day. Students may wear funny hats, favorite sweatshirts, buttons. etc.

Jan. 28: School Spirit Day. Students will wear the school colors of navy blue and white. Kindergarten will participate in "Olympic Preview 2004" at 9 a.m. and a grades 6 through 8 spelling bee will begin at I p.m.

Jan. 29: Thankful Hearts Prayer Service 9 a.m: Surprise celebration later in the day and a special nursery school treat.

Jan. 30: Open house with annual science fair 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Jan. 31: Prayer service 9 a.m. with eighth grade ribbon and class pin ceremony and presentation of science and Golden Apple All Star awards. Dismissal at 11:30 a.m. followed by staff appreciation luncheon at noon.

St. Mary New Bedford Jan. 26: 10:00 a.m. Mass fol,lowed by continental breakfast, cafeteria.

Jan. 27: Old World Day. Students dress in 15th century costumes with each grade assigned a specific country. Lunch will consist of ethnic foods brought by students.

Jan. 28: New World Day. Invited guests will speak on the history of native Americans. A talent show will be held in the evening.

Jan. 29: National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools. Nursery through second grade students will visit Zeiterion Theater while grades 3 through 8 participate in Sports Day. Jan. 30: Spaghetti supper and family dance.

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Feisty l\fother Teresa recovering U .8. bishops lau~ch campaign for children WASHINGTON (CNS) - In dioceses around the country, the U.S. bishops are launching their national campaign to put children at the forefront of legislative policy.

To drive home their point, bishops conducted press conferences at children's homes, innercity schools, courthouses, mobile health vans and h'omes for single mothers.

The U.S. bishops' statement "Putting Children and Families First: A Challenge for Our Church, Nation and World," was released earlier this month. It examines the state of children in the United States and worldwide and calls for legislative remedies to problems associated with poverty, education and neglect.

Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, president of the U.S. bishops' conference, visited a mobile unit of Healthy Moms and Babes, a Catholic health ministry offering prenatal care and education in parenting. .

"Children have soft voices, voices that other sounds in our society can easily drown out," Archbishop Pilarcyzk said. "Our bishops' statement offers the Catholic community as a persistent, informed and committed voice for children and families."

"Our children and families are

hurting," Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington said at St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home in Hyattsville, Md., a Washington suburb.

"They are undermined by poverty, hunger and homeless," he said. "They are neglected by misplaced priorities."

The cardinal noted "signs of neglect" in the nation's capital. ··'We live in a city where a child is gunned down every three days, where almost as many children are destroyed by abortion as are born, where an infant dies every 33 hours, and where every 56 minutes a child is reported as neglected or abused."

The numbers, Cardinal Hickey said, "are more than statistks.

They are human tragedies and moral challenges."

Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Norwich, Conn., launched his diocese's campaign at a transitional facility in Norwich providing housing, job training, child care and parenting skills for single mothers.

The diocese's Operation Rice Bowl provides partial funding for the -facility.

In Salt Lake City, diocesan vicar general Father Robert J. Bussen, said at a press conference, "I n the African tradition they have a say- Turn to Page II

LA JOLLA, Calif. (CNS) Mother Teresa has been disc:larged from a California hospital after a three-week stay in which she fought off heart illness and pneumonia with the help of intensive medical care.

"There is no doubt that her feisty nature helped enormously in her recovery. She had an 'I-mustget-well' attitude all the time," said Dr. Patricia Aubanel, one of two cardiologists treating her at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, an afflut'Ot section of San Diego.

Dr. Aubanel and her colleague, Dr. Paul Teirstein, continually

Installation.

Installation ceremonie!. for Archbishop-designate Daniel A. Cronin, to take place froOl 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hartford, Conn., will be carried Ihe on the following Hartford Mevision and radio outlets: WVIT-TV Channel 3 J WFSB·TV Channel :I WTIC·TV Channel 61 WTIC AM 1080 WJMJ FM Bloomfield 118.9 WJMJ FM New Haven] 07.1 WJMJ FM Harnden 9L5 WPRI-TV, Channel 12, ]t»rovidence, will offer a delayecl telecast at 11:30 p.m. Jan. 28.

praised Mother Teresa during daily press briefings while she was hospitalized, but admitted that she was not the ideal patient.

They said she constantly demanded to be released, insisting

that she was not ill and had important work to get back to.

Only briefly; said Dr. Aubanel, did Mother Teresa admit the severity of her illness.

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MOTHER TERESA waves as she leaves Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif. Behind her is Dr. Patricia AUbanel, among cardiologists who treated her. (CNS/Reuters photo)

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The Anchor Friday, January 24, 1992

Interfaith campaign to highlight health care crisis

Workshop offered for adult ministers to youth The Diocesan Office for Catholic ~ inistry will sponsor a daylong workshop, "Sex and the Teenager," the second in a series of enrichment days for adult youth ministers, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Feb. 29 at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

A team from the Family Life Education Department ofSt. Margaret's Hospital, Dorchester, will present four sessions: What the Church Teaches about Sexuality; DIOCESANS ATTENDING the CTNA teleconference "Making Room: Pastoral PlanLove, Relationships and Friends; ning for Newcomers" in Providence recently were (from left) Thomas Loughlin, coordinator of Pressures in Teen Years; and .Chastity and Decisionmaking.

St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, Brazilian apostolate; Mary-Lou Mancini, director, Fall Registration deadline is Feb. 14. : River Catholic Social Services; Father John J. Oliveira, involved with ministry to immigrants; Further information is available Jeffrey Legg, associate director, Diocesan Office for Catholic Youth Ministry; Father John C. from the Office for Youth MinisOzug, Brazilian apostolate; Scottie Foley, program director, Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, 763-3137. try; Permanent Deacon Antonio M. daCruz, Our Lady of the Assumption parish, New Applications for the 1992 ChrisBedford; Chris Tanguay, retreat coordinator, office for youth ministry; Guadalupanas Sisters tian Leadership Institute for youth ages 15 to 18 will be sent to pasGloria Rodrigues, Theresa Aquanaga and Maria Theresa Pacheco, MGSp.S., of Diocesan tors, youth ministers and religious Apostolate to Hispanics; and, from the Providence diocese, Jerry Noel. Also attending from educators in March. The institute the Fall River diocese was John Kearns of the Diocese Office of Communications. (Kearns will be held June 21 to 26 at photo) Cathedral Camp.

Leona Braley of St. Neumann parish, East Freetown, has joined the Office for Youth Ministry staff as a secretary-bookkeeper. She has been a leader in the parish's junior high youth group and a particiwith new immigrants "invariably WASHINGTON (CNS) - The States traditionally were European. pant in its Bible study program. church must give new immigrants finds itself the richer for having today about 45 percent of new that "sense of strength. security encountered the Lord in the strangimmigrants are Asian and 40 perand identity" it provided to Euro- er." cent Latin American, said Ms. Another participant, Doris pean immigrants in years past.

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Meissner. senior associate at the said participants in a recent naMost newcomers settle in CaliWashington-based Carnegie Endowtional teleconference. fornia. New York, Florida, Texas ZAGREB, Croatia (CNS) To do so. parishes and dioceses ment for International Peace, said and Illinois, she said.

Croatia will nullify the conviction need to be flexible and adapt exist- that the 1980s was an "extraordiMs. Meissner said immigrants of a controversial cardinal jailed ing structures to the needs of new- nary decade" in terms of numbers come to the United States to join by communist Yugoslavia on charg- comers, the participal}ts said. of immigrants arriving in the Unifamily members, because they have es of collaboration during World The teleconference, titled "Mak- ted States, noting that the influx skills needed here, to flee war and War II, said the deputy speaker of ing Room: Pastoral Planning for has been the nation's second larg- to better their lives. parliament.

Newcomers," was sponsored by est in this century.

They contribute "to the economic The late Cardinal Alojzije SteShe said that the current influx the U.S. bishops' Office of Migravitality of our society" as well as to pinac was sentenced to 16 years in tion and Refugee Services and of about I million newcomers each its cultural diversity. she said. jail after the war after being charged produced and transmitted by the year was likely to continue.

At the same time. she said, they While immigrants to the United are "a source of tension," in that with colluding with the Nazi puppet Catholic Telecommunications Netregime in Croatia while he was work of America. their presence can lead to "compearchbishop of Zagreb.

Twelve representatives of the FATHER JOHN J. Oli- tition for housing and jobs," chalFall River diocese viewed the tele- veira, parochial vicar at St. "This will bring historical satislenges for schools and controversy faction to the cardinal, because his conference in Providence. over language issues.

Anthony of Padua parish, Fall trial was a mockery of justice and Jesuit Father Richard RyscavWhen the major waves of EuroRiver, will be spiritual direc- pean immigrants came to the Unitruth and compromised the Catho- age. MRS executive director. said lic Church," Deputy Speaker Vla- during the teleconference that the tor for the Diocesan Council ted States in the 1800s and early dimir Seks recently told reporters. major airports of Miami, Los of Catholic Women's annual 1900s, there were "large numbers Cardinal Stepinac spent several Angeles and New York had become retreat, to be held March 6 to of Catholics from very different years in jail before Yugoslav com- "the new Ellis Islands."

8 at the Family Life Center, nationalities converging in one munist leader Josip Broz Tito Given the fact that so many new nation at one time," said Jesuit FaNorth Dartmouth. commuted the sentence. immigrants - notably Hispanics ther Joseph Fitzpatrick, a socioloReservations are required gist and professor emeritus at and Vietnamese - are Catholic.

He was sent into internal exile in his home village of Krasic, where Father Ryscavage said the church by Feb. 21. For information Fordham University in New York. has a "special responsibility" to contact retreat chairperson he died in 1960.

The church responded, he said, In 1952, he was elevated to carthem. by establishing national or lanTheresa Lewis, 1791 East dinal by the Vatican in a move that Noting that every diocese is guage parishes. unique, the priest said his office Rodney French Blvd., New led Yugoslavia temporarily to cut Where. he said, the immigrant has no one "pastoral plan" it hopes Bedford 02744. ties with the Holy See. came to receive "a sense of strength, Tito allowed him to be buried in to implement across the nation. security and identity."

Zagreb cathedral, and his tomb "Frequently it was a hostile His office staff, he said. is wilbecame a point of pilgrimage for world" beyond the parish, he said, ling to help any diocese develop a Catholics, many whom said he and the church, by providing staplan. had been the innocent victim of bility, enabled the immigrant to Father Ryscavage noted that communist show trial. move slowly into integrated AmerCatholic social teaching states ican life. clearly that "people have the right Steadfastness Today, Father Ryscavage said, to move and we have a responsibil"The worth of every conviction in most cases financial limitations ity to welcome them." is precisely the steadfastness with prevent the building of national Cardinal Bernard F. Law of which it is held."--Jane Addams parishes for new immigrants.

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Teleconference discusses immigrants' difficulties in church, society

Croatia to nullify late cardinal's trial

WASHINGTON(CNS)- Terming the health care crisis "one of the most urgent tasks on the American agenda today," a coalition of Christian and Jewish leaders has launched a nationwide effort to educate congregations and lobby Congress for a national health plan.

The Interreligious Health Care Access Campaign, which includes leaders of more than 15 national religious bodies and 30 state organizations, was announced at a Jan. 7 press conference in Washington.

"Our driving concern stems from our religious commitment that says everyone living in the United States of America today has a right to health care," said Elenora Giddings Ivory, director of the Washington Office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and chair of the board of Interfaith Impact for J ustice and Peace.

"I nstead of working together to take care of everyone, the current system has set rich against poor, young against old, rural vs. urban, the sick against the well, small business against big business, and military against veterans against civilians," she added.

Interfaith Impact, a key member of the health care campaign, includes Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim organizations.and individuals. Its Catholic members include the Columban Fathers, Jesuit Social Ministries and Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.

Sue Thornton, chairperson of the health care campaign and executive director of Texas Impact, said the campaign's first focus will be on educating congregations and Congress about its 12 "working principles for assessing national health care legislation."

The principles include universal acce~s to health care; education, training and re-training of health care workers; just compensation and affirmative action in hiring; cost containment; equitable financing and quality of services.

Asked to comment on President Bush's expected proposal of some type of tax credits for buying health insurance. Ms. Thornton said the campaign participants were "glad . the president is finally talking about the health care issue" but were not endorsing anyone approach or particular piece of legislation.

"There are many good bills [in Congress] that address part of the problem," she said.

Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, said the primary purpose of the new campaign will be to serve as "a goad to the conscience of America."

The current disparities in acceS5 to health care mean "that the moral soul of our nation is sick," he said.

"It will be healed only when we ensure that each of God's children has the opportunity for healing."

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through ethnic parishes, pastoral centers and chaplaincies. The pastoral centers provide social services and ministry to specific immigrant groups and chaplains are priests who travel from parish to parish to minister to newcomers in their own language, he said.

New immigrants must be helped to develop a feeling of belonging and ownership if they are to integrate into the larger society, said Father Wenski.

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PRIESTS of the diocese joined Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at White's of Westport Jan. 13 for a farewell dinner before the bishop departs Jan. 28 to head the archdiocese of HartfNd, Conn. Among those in attendance: (from left, top row) Father Raymond A. Rc billard, Bishop Cronin, Fa':her John P. Cronin; Msgr. 1 homas J. Harrington; Fat!lers Francis L. Mahoney and Hugh J. Munro; Father John P. Driscoll and Msgr. John J. Smith; Father Barry W. Wall, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Fathers James F. Lyons and John F. Moore; Msgrs. Anthony M. Gomes and Robert L. Stanton, Father Felkian M. Plichta, OFM. (Kearns photos)

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ROME (CNS) - Italian newspapers are giving a lot of advance publicity to a book of essays about Pope John Paul II's 1988 apostolic letter on women because some think the proposed title could cause scandal.

The book is scheduled for publication early this year by Edizioni Paoline and the Daughters of St. Paul in Milan. It is a collection of two dozen essays from cardinals, political leaders, writers and women involved in various social, political and religious causes throughout the world.

The title that caused the uproar is"Le Donnedi Wojtyla"("Wojtyla's Women"). The pope's given name is Karol Wojtyla.

A statement from the publisher

said "the title is and remains, as is customary, a working instrument.

In the volume in question, the seriousness of the contents and the respect of those who have collaborated in it deserve attentive reflection."

The Rome-based daily La Repubblica reported that one of the contributers, the Soviet writer Irina Alberti, withdrew her essay after learning of the title because it is "disrespectful to the pope."

Sister Ida Spinucci, editorial director for the Daughters of St. Paul, told La Repubblica she hoped Ms. Alberti would rethink her position because the title "does not have scandalous aims, or worse yet, disrespect for the Holy Father."

The title "means, naturally, that

the book will speak ot' the we men the pontiff has spoken about in his pastoral letter' M ullieris Dignitatern,' the first document written by a pope on women and for women," she said.

Cardinal Pio Laghi, prefe~t of the Congregation for Catholic Education, was quoted by La Repubblica as saying, "I don't dislike this title, even though apparently it can give rise to wrong interpretations."

A title must make someone want to read thc book and "draw attention to it," he said. The integr ty of the book is guaranteed by the people contributing to it, he add,:d.

Cardinal Laghi's secretary confirmed that the cardinal spoke to La Repubblica.

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the moorin&-, America's New Face Most social historians tell us that the face of America will look quite different in another 20 years, due to the millions of immigrants and their families expected to come to our shores.

It is estimated that over one-third of our population will be members of minorities, with Hispanics expected to increase by 53 percent, Asians by 40 percent, blacks by 13 percent and whites by 6 percent.

It should be remembered that the United States takes in more immigrants and refugees than any other country. Our friends in Western Europe guard their borders rigidly. They are now overwhelmed by requests from would-be emigrants from Eastern Europe but observers believe they will retain their strict quotas.

We, however, have long been a soft touch for refugees, the poor and the dispossessed. Indeed, we are basically a nation of immigrants and traditionally have extended almost an open invitation to newcomers. Today, hopeful millions from Korea, Vietnam, China, Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti, Ireland and Eastern Europe are heading for our shores.

In previous years, newcomers were eager to assimilate themselves into the mainstream, to learn English and to do things the American way. Not so today. More and more immigrants prefer to keep their language, their rituals, their food and their customs. In other words, they differ from their predecessors.

This situation may well give rise to resentment and even prejudice, especially in these times of economic路 difficulty.

History has demonstrated all too well how often new arriv.als become the scapegoats of the failures and misdeeds of others.

Many will unreasonably attempt to blame new neighbors for our social problems.

However, many new immigrants are well educated and aware of the American political system. We may expect a wave of ethnic politics; in fact, some predict a minority president not too far into the third路 millennium. Won't that shake the old WASP power groups! Those who try to buck this trend and block the rise of our new immigrants will eventually.be the losers.

Asians, for example, are the leaders in many areas of education, intellectually dominating many urban schools. Because of their regard for learning, they will undoubtedly have an impact out of all proportion to their numbers; and their presence may well be the impetus to excellence so sorely needed in our public education system.

It is our responsibility to act as catalysts in this exciting time.

We should strive for open minds balanced with open hearts and our hands should be open in greeting, not clenched in rage.

New markets should be created and new visions should be explored for the sake of aiding our newest citizens to enjoy the benefits that are ours because ofthe industry and dedication of our immigrant ancestors.

Granted, there will be hard times for those who feel indolence is their birthright and who are millstones on the neck of progress; but they will not impede the future unduly because the new people will simply bypass them.

Altogether, we are living in interesting times. We can expect our businesses, our schools, our churches and our civic organizations to be renewed by our new people.

Isn't that what America is all about?

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"Power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may dwell in me." 2 Cor. 12:9

Bishops look at 2000 and beyond MUNDELEIN, III. (CNS) -

u.s. Catholicism is challenged by

tension, change and uncertainty, say five U.S. bishops and a British monk in essays on the church entering the third millennium.

"2000 and Beyond" was the theme of a special issue of Chicago Studies, a Catholic theological journal published in Mundelein.

Seattle Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy focused on "the dwindling number of priests" as a central factor challenging the church as it approaches the third millennium.

"Roman Catholics are asked to preserve two essential values: the celebration of the Eucharist and the existence of local parish communities," he said, but a lack of priests has placed those values in tension. .

He viewed more lay participation in pastoral leadership as a The Editor positive development but also cited . issues Catholics must deal with in the years ahead, among them a sorting out of the identity of priests and lay leaders and a clarification of how a priestless Catholic community should worship.

Anchorage, Alaska, Archbishop OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Francis T. Hurley spoke of fewer Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River路路 priests as bringing ferment in church life and thinking.

P.O. BOX 7 887 Highland Avenue He said Catholics will need to Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 reassess the meanings of"the local Telephone (508) 675-7151 . church, the parish, the priest, the FAX (508) 675-7048 Eucharist." He warned against PUBLISHER using the popular phrase, "priestMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.o., S.T.D. less parish," as a framework for EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER discussing the relationship of those Rev. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault areas, pointing out that a diocesan ~ Leary Press-Fall River priest is ordained first to serve the "Iocal church," meaning the dio-

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cese, and this approach gives a different perspective on how to meet "the needs of the people when there are not enough priests to staff each parish."

On the growing debate as to how a priestless community should worship - whether with a simple Liturgy of the Word or a communion service - he said Alaska's long experience with mission parishes seems to suggest a clear answer.

"In my early days as a bishop visiting villages where there was only an infrequent Mass, I urged the people to come together on their own to sing, pray and read the Bible," he said. "There were no takers. Once, however, the Holy See gave permission for lay people to distribute communion, they started coming together, about half of the people at first and, gradually, almost all the others. The Eucharist made the difference."

To deal with pastoral concern about confusion of a communion service with Mass, he suggested that it would be best to talk about the service's positive identity as "a new form of eucharistic devotion."

Youngstown, Ohio, Bishop James W. Malone described U.S. Catholic life at the parish level as generally "alive and well" but said he was "deeply troubled" that, in terms of the broader patterns of Catholic thought and life, there is a "malaise of negativity."

The era of the Second Vatican Council"was a time of heady infatuation which was followed by our falling in love with the church in a new way," Bishop Malone said.

But with a postconciliar settling-

in; he said, he believes that many Catholics are experiencing the weaknesses and limits of the church and are struggling through the "falling out of love" phase that precedes "a more mature and uniquely passionate love."

Santa Fe, N. M., Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez called for "multiplication of small faith groups" in parishes as a way to recapture the natural faith support systems that used to be found in bonds of family and stable ethnic neighborhoods.

He also suggested that the priesthood crisis might be resolved by ordaining men of proven character but without extensive theological formation, as some monastic communities used to do to fulfill their sacramental needs.

English Benedictine Father Edmund Flood, author of several books on contemporary Christianity, said that after several months of traveling in the United States and interviewing church leaders, he sees a "general state of drifting" in American Catholicism, with little being done in parishes anddioceses to strengthen people in the essentials of a full Christian life, such as prayer, Scripture, the Eucharist and a sense of Christian identity and mission.

He attributed the situation mainly to Vatican policies and appointments, saying that Rome has been appointing administrators and managers as bishops instead of leaders "with the ability to fire the ongoing life of people with a vision."

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To imitate and to worship Nehemiah 8:2-4,5-6,8-10 I Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 We frequently misquote an important line in today's Gospel passage.

After Jesus finishes the Isaiah reading, we think we hear him say, "Today J am fulfilling this Scripture passage in your hearing." But when we listen carefully we find out he actually says, "Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." The distinction is very important.

Our pericope's beginning paragraph is Luke's introduction of, and dedication for, his first volume.

We rarely hear homilies on it. But its last line tells us why our evangelists composed Gospels. " .. .I have decided to set it in writing," he states, " ...so that your Excellency may see how reliable the instruction was that you received."

Though we usually think Gospels were written to convert people to faith in Jesus, Luke presumes his readers have already been converted. He supposes we have received instructions to become Christian, lived our faith, then read his Gospel. Luke/ Acts was not composed to start us on the road to faith, but to point out the implications of the faith we already have.

The conversion stage, which is not in the Gospel writer's domain, is the first step in our faith journey.

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN There, in a pregospel experience, we discover one of the most essential aspects of Christian belief: something mirrored in today's Gospel pericope.

Scholars remind us that Jesus' first followers did not immediately profess faith in him; initially they professed his faith. The difference is significant.

Professing faith in Jesus implies we believe he is God and worship him; professing the faith of Jesus means, whether he is God or not, we believe as he does, react to persons and situations as he would.

(Of course, if we believe Jesus is God, we should do what he commands. But experience shows he's easier to worship than imitate.)

For many, faith in Jesus has become a substitute for actually following him.

This is probably why we misquote Jesus' synagogue statment.

Subconsciously we want him to say, "J am fulfilling this passage."

If he does, then we need only sit back and watch him work. But, if he says, "This Scripture passage is being fulfilled," we have a responsibility to imitate (not just admire) him. Like him, we must

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first see, then cooperate with, God's freeing actions for the poor, captives, blind and prisoners. Those converted to Jesus' faith share his passion to bring freedom to 0 :hers.

Inspiring people both to worship and to imitate is the Sacred Authors' constant task. Ever Ezra encourages his people to stc,p bemoaning their ignorance cf the Mosaic Law and begin doing what that law commands.

One of the most practical ways of imitating Jesus' faith is found in our second reading. Faced with the disintegration of his Corinithian church, Paul unearths the root of its problem: few are \\illing to accept the diversity of the Spir-

DAILY READIN(;iS Jan. 27: 2 8m 5:1-7,10; Ps 89:20·22,25-26; Mk 3:22·30 Jan. 28: 2 8m 6: 12· 15,17-19; Ps24:7-10; Mk 3:31·35 Jan. 29: 2 8m 7:4-17; Ps 89:4·5,27·30; Mk 4:1·20 Jan. 30: 2 8m 7:18· 19,24·29; Ps 132:],·5, 11-14; Mk 4:21·25 Jan. 31: 2 8m 11:14,5·10,13·17; Ps 51:~1-7, 10~11; Mk 4:26-34 Feb. 1: 2 8m 12:Jl·7, 10-17; Ps 51:12·17; Mk 4:35·41 Feb. 2: Mal 3:1·4; Ps 24:7·10; Heb2:14·18; Lk 2:22·40

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it's gifts. Insecure in their own gifts, they are threatened by the talents of others. No one will be happy until the Spirit works the same way in everyone.

The Apostle knows that when we share the Lord's faith we value discovery much more than substitution. The historical JesuS often helped his disciples see and appreciate the gifts they already had.

Rarely did he ask God to change things.

Paul believes the Spirit already has given this community everything it needs to become "the body of Christ." Fearing his young church eventually will do what we later Christians did (form individual churches around individual gifts instead of building one church from everyone's unique talents), he begs them to see that" ... all the members, many though they are, are one body..... But to do that they, like Jesus, must identify and

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feel with every other member. "If one member suffers," he writes, "all members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members share its joy."

Our present Christian divisions prove we have more frequently prayed to Jesus to change things than imitated his efforts to make us all one.

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ARCHBISHOP-DESIGNATE CRONIN in your new ministry FALL RIVER DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC NURSES Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald

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"To Save a Life" NEW YORK (CNS) - The latest in the Christopher News Notes series, "To Save a Life," focuses on education as key to protecting unborn children whose mothers face a crisis pregnancy.

The brochure contends that practical support for mothers and their unborn children is as vital as reasoned thinking and discussion on moral, legal and medical issues.

It offers examples of people who have influenced others to turn away from abortion.

Among those spotlighted are the late Louise Summerhill, the Toronto homemaker who founded the Birthright organization on promises of help and $300 cash, and two Missouri women who talk to church and community groups about their own abortions and subsequent grief.

For a copy of "To Save a Life" write to The Christophers, 12 E. 48th St., New York, NY 10017.

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Certification announced Fairhaven resident Patricia Broadland, RNC, has been certified in gerontology by the American Nurses' Association.

She is a nursing supervisor at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, where she has worked for 10 years.

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Congratulations, Bishop Cronin on your appointment as Archbishop of Hartford.

Blessings on your ministry to the People of God of Hartford.

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praye~BOX For¡Christian Unity A lmighty and merciful God, you willed that the different nations should become one people through your Son. Grant in your kindness tlJ,at those who glory in being known as Christians may put aside their differences and become one in truth and charity, and that all may be united in fraternal communion. Through Christ our Lord. A men.

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Hosital, New Bedford, she is a graduate of Holy Family High School, New Bedford, and St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing.

The American Nurses association has established the certification program to recognize professional achievement in specific areas of nursing.

Nurse Aides Certified Recently earning state nurse aide certifications were 150 employees of Catholic Memorial Horne, Fall River, who attended a 75-hour course and passed written and skills examinations to achieve the recognition.

PAULIST FATHER John B. Sheerin, 85, a leading U.S. Catholic writer, social and religious commentator and pioneering ecumenist in the 1950s, 60s and 70s died Jan. 13 at a Totowa, N.J., nursing home.

He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease for 10 years.

His funeral Mass was offered at S1. Paul the Apostle Church, a Paulist church in New York City. Ordained in 1937, Father Sheerin began to receive national attention II years later when he was named editor of The Catholic World, the Paulists' influential national magazine of opinion and commentary. He was editor for 24 years, retiring at age 65 in December 1971.

Stop kidding us Dear Editor: In'the closing days of 1991, we were informed by state administrators that Governor Weld had recommended that condoms be made available to schoolchildren.

We were also advised that the federal funding under Title X, the family planning program which was cut by orders from Washington, would be restored by the use of state funds.

By his stand on the condom question our chief executive has embraced the "contraceptive mentality." By so doing, he has ignored the fact that the condoms have a 30 percent potential breakage, thus subjecting our children to a game of Russian roulette, with the first prize the contracting of the AIDS virus. The governor is also saying that if your condom breaks, please go to the abortion mill!

In his desire to replace the federal money withheld [from family. planning clinics which provide abortion-related services), the governor, who has considerable Washington experience in the Attorney General's office, has stated the withholding was a gag rule and infringement on the right to privacy, especially for poor women.

Is this the same governor who recently reduced or wiped out welfare grants to our poor in this state? The governor knows that

Title X, from its beginning, barred the funding of programs where abortion is a method of family planning!

We trust the state administration will stop kidding us!

Thomas A. Walsh Secretary, Morality in Media of Massach usetts

Sense; rank makes no sense Dear Editor: Tradition holds that Zen Buddhism's first great patriarch, the Indian sage Bodhidharma, sat staring at a cave wall in China for nine years. He cut away his eyelids to prevent their weariness from interfering with his single minded pursuit. He lost the use of his legs from sitting immobile for so long.

Heaven only knows how he maintained basic hygiene or accommodated certain bodily functions, for tradition sheds no light on this.

Now, if such an activity, i(you can call it that, sounds pretty ridiculous, hold on before you pass judgment on poor old Bodhidharrna, who lived hundreds of years before the light of Jesus Christ entered the world, becaiJse The Anchor on Jan. 3rd contained an article that makes staring at a wall for nine years seem to be a paragon' of common sense in comparison.

I am referring to the stor:1 about the jesuit priest, Robert Kmnedy, and all the fanfare associat ~d with his induction into the sacnd Buddhist rank of "sensei" whi(:h "empowers him to teach the d:larma" - the way of Buddha!

This "dharma" has been insightfully encapsulated in The Catholic Encyclopedia as the paramount ambition to "destroy the perfection of rational life" and replace it with the unconscious oblivion of Nirvana. Star:ng at a wall for nine years is a go Jd start on this road to oblivion, hut why anyone born again into the way, the truth and the life of Jesus Christ would want to tea ch that every form of conscious e ~istence is evil is beyond me. Why a Catholic priest would want to do such a thing defies any rational explanation at all. But alas, I su ppose it could only happen to a Jesuit.

Harry J. Booth South Dartmouth

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Men religious to be studied WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. Conference of Major Superiors of Men will study religious priesthood in the United States, with the aid of a $34,776 grant from the Lilly Endowment. The study will address tension and con- .

f1ict between bishops and religious and the American context of living religious life. Previously the conference has studied clericalism in religious life and the priest-brother relationship in mixed religious communities.

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Schools of the Diocese of Fall River Elementary Schools ACUSHNET St. Francis Xavier, 223 Main St. 02743. Tel. 995-4313.

Joanne N. Riley, Principal.

ATTLEBORO St. John the Evangelist, 13 Hodges St. 02703. Tel. 222-5062. Sr. Martha Mulligan, R.S.M., Principal.

FAIRHAVEN St. Joseph, Spring& DdanoSts. 02719. Tel. 996-1983.

Sr. Muriel Ann Lebeau, SS.Ce., Principal.

FALL RIVER Dominican Academy, 37 Park St. 02721. Tel. 6746100. Mrs. Helen Miller, Principal.

Espirito Santo, 143 Everett St. 02723. Tel. 672-2229.

Mr. Charles Moreira, Principal.

Holy Name,850 Pearce St. 02720. Tel. 674-9131. Mrs. Patricia Wingate, Principal.

Notre Dame School, 34 St. Joseph St. 02723. Tel. 672-5461. Sr. Paulette M. Gregoire. RJM, Principal.

St. Anne School, 240 Forest St. 02721. Tel. 678-2152.

Mrs. Irene L. Fortin, Principal.

St. Jean Baptiste School, Lamphor St. 02721. Tel. 673-6772. Kathleen Barboza, Principal.

St. Joseph Montessori School, 2501 So. Main St. 02724. Tel. 674-8893. Sr. St: Louis Paquette, SSJ, Principal.

St. Michael School, 187 Essex St. 02720. Tel. 6780266. Sr. Bernadette Sullivan, SUSC, Principal.

SS. Peter & Paul School, 240 Dover St. 02721. Tel. 672-7258. Miss Kathleen A. Burt, Principal.

St. Stanislaus School, 37 Rockland St.. P.O. Box 217.

02724. Tel. 674-6771. Mrs. Denita Tremblay. Principal.

St. Vincent Special Education Facility, 2425 Highland Ave. 02720. Tel. 679-8511, FAX 672-2558. Thomas J. Petrouski. Special Education Administrator.

NEW BEDFORD Holy Family-Holy Name School, 91 Summer St. 02740. Tel. 993-3547. Cecilia M. Felix, Principal.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, 103 Crapo St. 02744.

Tel. 997-9612. Miss Ana M. Costa, Principal.

St. Anthony School, 106 Bullard St. 02746. Tel. 9945121. Sr. M. Cecile Lebeau, CSC, Principal.

St. James-St. John School, 180 Orchard St. 02740. Tel. 996-0534. Miss Mary E. Mello. Principal.

St. Joseph School, 35 Kearsarge St. 02745-6117. Tel. 995-2264. Felipe M. Felipe, Principal.

St. Mary School, 115 lIIinois St. 02745. Tel. 995-3696.

Dennis R. Poyant. Principal.

NORTH ATTLEBORO St. Mary-Sacred Heart Consolidated School, 57 Richards Ave. 02760. Tel. 695-3072. Mrs. Alberta M. Goss. Principal.

TAUNTON Our Lady of Lourdes School, 52 First St. 02780. Tel. 822-3746. Sr. Mary Margretta Sol. RSM, Principal.

St. Mary Primary School, 106 Washington St. 02780.

Tel. 822-9480. William Ruggiero, Principal.

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TAUNTON Taunton Catholic Middle School, 61 Summer St. 02780. Tel. 822-0491. Ms. Kathleen Simpson, Principal.

High Schools ATTLEBORO Bishop Feehan High School, 70 Holcott Dr. 02703.

Tel. 226-6223. Bro. Robert J. Wickman FSC, Principal, Rev. David A. Costa, Chaplain.

FALL RIVER Bishop Connolly High School, 373 Elsbree SI. 02720.

Tel. 676-1071. Rev. John P. Murray, 5J. Principal.

Rev. James Mattaliano, SJ, Chaplain.

NORTH DARTMOUTH Bishop Stang High School, 500 Slocum Rd. 02747.

Tel. 996-5602. Theresa E. Dougall. Principal. Rev. Stephen J. Avila. Chaplain.

TAUNTON Coyle and Cassidy High School, Adams and Hamilton Sts. 02780. Tel. 823-6164; 823-6165. Michael J. Donly.

Headmaster; Dr. Donna Boyle, Academic Principal, Rev. William L. Boffa, Chaplain.

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Education director looks to future As Catholic Schools Week 1992 approached, Rev. Richard W. Beaulieu, director ofthe Diocesan Department of Education, was asked to look into his uystal ball and venture some predictions as to the future of the 29 schools under his care. They follow.

What can you say about this year's Catholic Schools' Week theme?

Discover Catholic Schools was chosen as the theme for our celebration throughout the year, not just for Catholic Schools Week.

The main reason for selecting this theme is that the effectiveness of our Catholic schools is still a very well-kept secret. Those who avail themselves of our schools quickly become aware of what they are doing, but the general public is not as well-informed. Therefore the entire 1991-92 school year has been focusing attention on discovering what is taking place in our schools.

You've been in the Education Office for nearly eight years. What do you see happening to the schools in the next five years?

Sister Michaelinda Plante, associate superintendent for our elementary schools, Sister Ann Moore, associate superintendent for the diocesan secondary schools, and I have been working with our school administrators to verify the vision and mission of each of our institutions. The elementary schools' SelfStudy Project and the extensive evaluation of our secondary s.chools through a process provided by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges have given us the opportunity to spend many hours examining the philosophy and climate of our schools as well as their academic programs, professional staff development, relationships with local church and civic communities and financial concerns. Most of our 29 schools ha ve prepared written five-year plans in which priests, school administrators. staff and parents have projected goals and expectations for the next five years.

Our main objective in the Education Office has been to provide the resources and services necessary to help each of our schools realize its full potential in making quality Catholic education available. Maintaining that level of qual-

ity for the foreseeable future is a constant concern.

What do you consider the most important factors for the continuance of the schools?

There are three major interrelated factors. The first has to do with the students and parents who select a particular school. When parents believe that their son or daughter is being well-educated and given spiritual and moral guidance as part of the every day learning experience, the school is doing its job..

A second factor is also critically important: parents and all others involved in a parochial school community must sense the complete support oftheir parish priests. The Holy Father's endorsement of our schools as well as numerous statements by the bishops of our country remind us that our schools are our most effective tools for evangelization. We are challenged to maintain this legacy at a time when our society and culture promote an amoral value-system where right and wrong are considered purely subjective matters. Most priests I know constantly preach about this problem in some form or other in their weekend sermons.

It is therefore reassuring to know that Gospel values are an integral part of the Catholic school day.

The third factor is that of finances. The rule of thumb across the country is usually that parents cover 70 percent or more, if possible, of a child's tuition, while 30 percent is covered by means of fund raising activities and parish contributions. With expenses steadily increasing, it goes without saying that financial matters must be carefully monitored.

Does the fact that a growing number of administrators and teachers are laypersons pose a problem for Catholic identity?

I suppose that for some people this may be a concern. I must admit, however, that in the 20 years that I have been dealing with school communities. I have met some remarkable laymen and women whose commitment to the Church and to the Lord are exemplary. When we meet with these teachers and ad ministrators, we learn that they are very conscious of the fact that the Catholic iden-

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tity issue is a serious one. After all, the primary reason for the Church to be involved with schools is to hand on our faith and traditions to the next generations.

Sister Micha.elinda and Sist(:r Ann have recently developed what we call the Potential Administrator Program, under which we haYe been able to ident,ify several men and women now teaching in om schools who have exhibited leadership potential. Some will eventually become principals. Tte Catholic identity of our schools is frequently stressed in this program.

You mentioned your concern about finances. What has been your approach to this matter?

Realistic financial plannings essential. The Education Offi,e has regularly promoted the concept that each school should I::e financially self-sufficient: that is to say that tuition, fund raising and financial aid should generate enough capital to cover expenses in a given fiscal year. That is sometimes very difficult to accomplish, especially when expensive capital improvements must be made. It i" however, the goal that we keep promoting for all our schools.

If someone gave you a million dollars for the schools, what woul d you do with the funds?

That certainly would be a wonderful gift! I think I would earmal k the funds primarily for financi,ll aid to parents who might otherwise not be able to cover the costs of Catholic school education.

Any closing comments?

Yes. If you haven't been in a Catholic school since the time yc u were a student, call one and visit it some time this year. You will discover Catholic schools anew. The-e may be fewer religious in the classrooms. but you'll rediscover the same spirit of commitment aLd caring that you knew years ag).

The names and faces will ha'ie changed, textbooks and curric']lums have been updated, but the same spirit will be there. Y (lU won't be disappointed!

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Recent studies show that Catholic students excel in reading, science and math. Dr. James Co eman of the University ofChica!?o, in his 1987 study, Public and Private Schools; The Impact of Communities, concludes that these characteristics are interrelated.

Catholic high schools offer distinctive community support because of their religious commitment. This community support also helps explain the remarkahle academic success of Catho'ic school students.

Dr. Coleman also has reported that Catholic schools do a betl er job of educating minority students.

African and Hispanic Americans in Catholic high schools not only have higher achievement levels, but their dropout rate is much lower than in public schools. Oyer all, the public school dropout rate is 14% compared to 3% in Catholic schools.

IN SCHOOLS Qfthe Fall River diocese, Catholic elementary school principals at Catholic educators convention; SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River fourth graders with Desert Storm pen pal Jeff Becotte; recently ordained Deacon James Medeiros lunches with kindergarteners at S1. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River; students at Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, launch a "Voyage of Discovery" program for 1991-92 school year; two ofthe 6141991 graduates of diocesan high schools, Bishop Feehan, Attleboro, at left with education department director Father Beaulieu, and Bishop Stang, North Dartmouth.

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U.S., European Catholics face same troubles

Revised catechism coming in spring VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The 'Iong-awaited universal catechism, substantially rewritten in two sections dealing with morality and prayer, will be presented for papal approval in the spring, said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

Cardinal Ratzinger is the head of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation who has overseen preparation of the catechism since 1986.

He gave a progress report to the special Synod of Bishops on Europe in December.

After a meeting of the preparatory commission expected soon, - Pope John Paul II should receive the catechism in March, he said.

The catechism, designed as a compendium for religious educators and bishops' conferences, is in four parts: the Creed, the sacraments, the commandments and the Our Father.

After a review of criticisms and suggestions from the world's bishops, the third section - which deals with morals - was substantially revised to put more emphasis on the human virtues, the basic commandment of love and the "great problems of today," Cardinal Ratzinger said.

For example, family problems are treated as part of the fourth commandment, the subject of war and peace as part of the fifth commandment and the church's social doctrine as part of the seventh, he said.

The section on morals now starts with "the fundamental question 路that every person asks: How can I be happy?" he said.

In the fourth section, the catechism presents the Our Father as a text on the doctrine, history and methodology of prayer, he said.

This section is new to catechisms of the church, he said.

On another point, the catechism responds to comments on original sin, whose traditional understanding in terms of Adam and Eve has been affected by scientific knowledge. The cardinal said it explores why people were in need of the salvation brought by Christ, he said.

Significant quotations from the saints were included in the catechism, with an attempt to find a balance between men and women saints, so that "we could present a picture of doctrine carried out in practice," he said.

While Cardinal Ratzingeremphasized that this was a "major" rather than a "minor" catechism - that is, one suited for professional religious educators rather than those taking instruction - he said the final version includes small doctrinal summaries that are "easy to learn by heart" and that can "create a common language of doctrine."

The official version will be in Latin, with translations into English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, the cardinal said. The commission that prepared the catechism will oversee its translation.

BALL GAIN: Pope John Paul II receives a soccer ball from Zdenec Zeman, coach of Czechoslovakian soccer team Foggia, visiting recently to play in an Italian League match.

What's amusing the youngster at left is anyone's guess. (CNS / Reuters photo)

Pope's new year: frustrated hopes VATICAN CITY(CNS)- Pope political consequences of colonialJohn Paul II is heading into the ism. new year with a bag of frustrated "We will leave to the objective hopes slung across his shoulder. study of historians all the phenoHe wanted 1992, the 500th annimena related to the conquest and versary of the arrival of Christian- to what some call the clash between ity in the Americas, to be a happy European civilization and Amerioccasion and a springboard for a can Indians," he said. new evangelization of Latin AmerArab-Israeli peace talks are ica. Yet the anniversary has become limited to Israeli and Arab delegaa great debate over the light and tions. There are no assurances that dark sides of the original evangel- outside parties will be invited as ization. negotiations progress.

Other frustrated hopes include: The pope wants an internation- Substantive Arab-Israeli negoally guaranteed special statute for tiations are under way, but the Jerusalem which protects it as a Vatican may not be present when city open to Christians, Jews and talks turn to Jerusalem, despite Muslims because of its major relithe church's desire to insure religious sites. But the issue is tied to gious rights in the city where Christ who has political control over the died and rose from the dead. city, a major sticking point between - The pope wants Christianity Israelis and Arabs. to be a binding force for European The Vatican is neutral on politiunity now that political barriers have fallen. But 1991 ended with a cal control, saying this should be strong reminder that the Christian . determined by the states in the divisions are still too deep for it to region.

Even current Catholic-Orthodox be a stable glue. Five of eight tensions are rooted in politics as invited Orthodox representatives failed to attend a special Synod of they stem from the collapse of Bishops on Europe to protest communist rule in Eastern Europe.

A main problem has been the reCatholic-Orthodox tensions.

The situations show how the pope gets caught in the no man's land where religion and politics AVIGNON, France (CNS) overlap. It also means he has his work cut out for him as he plots Archaeologists have discovered the the church's course for the next 12 lost summer palace used by popes in exile in Avignon in the 14th months.

Typical of the frustrated hopes century.

The summer palace was in the is the 500th anniversary of Christown of Sorgues, about six miles tianity in the Americas.

The pope has constantly stressed from Avignon. that evangelization should be sepPope Clement V took the paparated from the controversial Span- acy to Avignon in 1308 as the ish and Portuguese colonization result of conflicts within the church 'that made it possible. But many hierarchy, political turmoil in Italy argue that this is historically impos- and the intention of King Philip of France to try posthumously Pope sible and the church shares the Boniface VIII, who had threatened blame for colonial repression, slavery and destruction of Indian to excommunicate him for taxing the clergy. Construction on the cultures.

The dispute blunted papal stress summer palace began in 1318, duron a joyous anniversary that stirs ing the reign of Pope John XXII. Archaeologists A.T. Luttrell and the flames of a new evangelization.

Instead, he has had to do a balanc- T.F.C. Blagg have reconstructed ing act, acknowledging the nega- the ground plan and position of tive to draw attention to the various rooms in the castle-like building, of which only one fragpositive. ment remains standing. The resiThe pope's view is that there was "more light than shadows if we dence was destroyed by Protestthink of the long-lasting fruits of ants in the 16th century and demolished after the French Revfaith." . At the same time, he wants olution. church neutrality regarding the The archaeologists envision a

emergence of previously illegal Eastern-rite Catholic Churches which are now attempting to reclaim buildings confiscated by states and turned over to the Orthodox.

The tensions have darkened the ecumenical horizon and weakened the ability of Catholicism - and Christianity in general - to stitch religious values into the路new Europe.

The pope, though, is a determined battler and has not turned these frustrated hopes into defeats.

Marked in his 1992 calendar is an October visit to the Dominican Republic - where Christopher Columbus landed - to lead church celebrations for the 500th anniversary. The events include a major meeting of the Latin American bishops .to .map strategy for the new evangelization.

Vatican officials already are using their contacts with the V nited States - main broker of the ArabIsraeli talks - to get a foot in the conference door.

And Catholic-Orthodox tensions have only intensified Vatican calls to continue ecumenical dialogue.

Medieval papal palace found building combining features of 13th-century military architecture with more local ideas. They say it was less of a fortress and more of a fortified building.

In the feudal system of the Middle Ages, Avignon and the surrounding area were not on French soil, but belonged to the Holy See. Pope Gregory XI left Avignon in 1376 and re-established the papacy in Rome in 1377.

Easing the road VATICAN CITY(CNS)- Pope John Paul II expressed hope that the religious music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "will ease our road toward the Absolute." The pope spoke after listening to a Vatican performance of Mozart's Requiem Mass, written While the composer was dying. The concert commemorated the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death. Dec. 5, 1791, in Vienna at age 35, while still working on the Requiem Mass, which was completed by his students.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Catholics in the V nited States have taken great strides since their days as an "immigrant" church, but just like Europeans they are wrestling with new problems of evangelization and freedom, Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati told the European Synod of Bishops.

Archbishop Pilarczyk, president ofthe National Conference ofCatholic Bishops, was one of 17 nonEuropean delegates attending the assembly last month.

The archbishop drew a parallel between the urgent concerns of liberated European churches and the challenges faced in the Vnited States. He stressed that in both regions churches were at a point of arrival and departure.

The V.S. church, he said, is no longer formed of uneducated immigrants but of "sophisticated members of a sophisticated secular society," among the best educated and highly positioned in the country..

"We have arrived. But secularism and doubt are also making their inroads among our Catholic people. Fewer Catholics attend Mass. Fewer accept the fullness of the church's teaching. Fewer see their faith as their most precious gift from God," he said.

Questions of human freedom confront both Europe and the V nited States, Archbishop Pilarczyk said.

"What does freedom mean in a society in which drug abuse is rampant, in which crime is so prevalent that we seem unable to build enough prisons, in which a million and a half unborn children are killed each year?" he said.

The archbishop added that in the V nited States "the religious freedom guaranteed by our Constitution is limited by historically inaccurate decisions of our highest tribunals. " Later, explaining his remark, he said he thought V.S. courts had helped erect a "wall of separation" between church and state, which was "contrary to the ideas of the Founding Fathers."

If Europe needs re-evangelization, so does the V nited States, Archbishop Pilarczyk told the synod. But in doing so, the church has to provide "real answers" to the real questions of a secular society.

For example, he said, "What does the love of Christ have to do with medical technology and instant communication and the expectation of constant comfort?"

To help provide answers, V.S. bishops are currently designing a national plan of evangelization, he said.

The archbishop ended by telling European bishops that "your problems are our problems." The church in the V nited States "feels great solidarity with the mother churches of Europe," he said.

"Perhaps all of us are always at a point of arrival and a point of departure but occasionally, as now, God grants us the grace to see more clearly where we have come and where we must go," he said.

Special "The important thing is not to say: I'm not special, but to say: everyone is as special as I am."C.S. Lewis

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Feisty Mother Teresa recovering Continued from Page One "It took her a few days to realize how serious her condition was, then she got a bit scared. But it didn't take long for her to regain her feisty spirit," Dr. Aubanel said.

According to a Jan. 15 statement from the Scripps Clinic, her physicians said the discharged Mother Teresa no longer has pneumonia and sustained no heart damage.

They said, however, any patient as ill as Mother Teresa was may experience recurrent pulmonary and cardiac problems.

The physicians said they expect her to continue her recuperation at the Missionaries of Charity house in the Mexican border town of Tijuana for a few weeks, then to continue with her usual schedule, which includes worldwide travel.

When Mother Teresa was admitted to the clinic Dec. 26, she was diagnosed as having bacterial pneumonia. During her stay, she developed symptoms of myocardial ischemia, an inadequate blood supply to the heart.

A diagnostic procedure, called an angiogram, indicated blockages in her coronary arteries and physicians performed a balloon angioplasty- to open the blockages.

According to the Jan. 15 statement, her physicians said there is a possibility Mother Teresa may require another balloon procedure within the next few months.

When Mother Teresa was admitted to the clinic, the news of her illness spread around the world like a shock wave. She is known on every continent for her work with the poor.

She founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1949 and established her first mission in Calcutta, India, a predominantly Hindu country, that same year.

She now has missions in 80 countries throughout the world serving the poor of all creeds.

Her work was recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Mother Teresa was taken ill while spending Christmas at her Missionaries of Charity home in Tijuana.

At the urging of her colleagues she traveled 35 miles to La Jolla and was admitted to the clinic's intensive care unit.

Her doctors say that despite her illness Mother Teresa has no intention of letting up on her hectic lifestyle, and there is no reason why she should.

"With proper medical care, which we will ensure that she gets no matter where she: is, there is no reason why Mother Teresa should not pick up exactly where she left off, and at the same intensity," said Dr. Teirstein, explaining that he and Dr. Aubanel had been in touch with doctors around the world who take care of the missionary on her frequent travels.

Mother Teresa has told her doctors that after a stay in Tijuana, she will go to Rome to keep an appointment with Pope John Paul II, which her illness forced her to postpone, before flying to China to open her first mission in that country.

While the Scripps Clinic normally only accepts people with private health insurance, in Mother Teresa's case it is picking up the

tab, estimated by D路r. Teirstei 1 at approximately $3,000 a day. or more than $60,000 for three wfeks of treatment.

Grandparents may visit grandchildren's classes. Monday will also be Dress-Up Day. Jan. 28: "Discover T ogetherness." Jeans Day. Grades 1-8 skating party.

Jan. 29: National Appreciation Continued from Page. Ore Day for Catholic Schools. Spirit Jan. 31: "Discover Faith in Day: students may wear school Action" liturgy and dress-up day. colors, red and white. 9 a.m. rally Items for Market Ministries and to honor basketball teams will be other charitable organizations will led by SJS cheerleaders. Bingo be collected during the week. will be played in the afternoon.

Taunton Catholic Middle School Jan. 30: "Discover Athletics."

TCMS will observe its 20th anStudents may wear athletic cloniversary during Catholic Schools thing and favorite sports team Week. Events begin with liturgy at colors for a variety of sports 9 a. m. Jan. 26 followed by a recepactivities. tion and breakfast at the SCllOO] Jan. 31: "Discover America." for current TC MS families, alu mni Students will wear red, white and and their parents; information: blue and discuss U.S. presidents.

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Grades 5 through 8 will close the Additional activities throug!lOut week with a dance party with the week will include a program on music provided by Sounds Unlimdiscovering values; Grandpar,~nts' ited, owned and operated by SJS Day; Benediction service; an j an graduate Scott Reiniche. interfaith prayer service.

Other activities take place at St. Also, a program on discov(:ring Anne's School, Fall River: Catholic academic excellence through spell- Schools Week kick-off "Supering, religion, math, social studies bowl" pancake breakfast 8 a.m. to and sports bees as well as student] p.m. Jan. 26, school cafeteria. teacher day, teacher appreciation Holy Family-Holy Name School, day, and student appreciation day.

New Bedford: Week's activities St. Joseph's School will be based on various aspects of New Bedford Jan. 27: Theme: Discover Our school life: spiritual, value-cenSchool Community." 9 a.m.li':urgy tered, academic and social. A closing liturgy will be held at 4 p.m. opening Catholic Schools Week Feb. I at Holy Name Church, New will feature 7th and 8th grade choBedford, followed by family dinner rus. Grades 4,5 and 6 students will be paired with preschool, ki lder- and dance 5 to 9 p.m. in parish center. garten and grade I buddies. A,fter Bishop Connolly High School: Mass grandparents are invited for, refreshments in church hall En- The Parents' Group will sponsor a tertainment will be provided by family spaghetti supper at 6 p.m.

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Children Continued from Page One ing that 'it takes a whole village to raise a child.' If we set our minds to it and if we work together for the same goals we can improve the plight of children in Utah and around the world."

In Utah, he said, one in five children lives in poverty, one in nine goes hungry, more than37,000 infants and children are at nutritional risk, and 100,000 children have no health insurance.

The U.S. bishops, in their statement, noted that in 1992, an election year, "while others are campaigning for public office, let us campaign for children."

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RON MASAK of TV's "Murder, She Wrote." (CNS/CBS photo)

TV sheriff credits God for his 'success LOS ANGELES (CNS) Whether he's Sheriff Mort Metzger on CBS-TV's "Murder, She Wrote" or the voice of the Vlasic pickle stork, actor Ron Masak gives credit for his success to God. "I am what I am by the grace of God, and I think I know who God is," said Masak, a Catholic.

The character actor, who is mar-

ried, has six children and is active in St. Mel's Parish, Woodland Hills, Calif., spoke about his career and faith in an interview with Catholic News Service in Los Angeles. He's starred in 15 feature films and his movie credits include "Tora, Tora, Tora" and "A Time for Dying." He's also been in more than 200 commercials.

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Masak was raised Methodist but became Catholic shortly after college when he was struggling to break into movies and television.

Choosing Catholicism "had everything to do with living in California," he said.

Masak's mother, a Methodist, taught him to go to church. On Sundays, she simply said, "Get.up and go to church," he recalled. "It had nothing to do with whether I wanted to get up and go to church."

Masak learned to look to the church for help, and when he was a struggling actor, alone in Tinseltown, that's what he did.

"My church doors were locked," he said. "The Catholic church wasn't."

For a time, young Masak trekked five and a half miles every day to St. Charles Church in North Hollywood.

He went "every night to talk to this priest, to ask him questions," he said. "I had doubts about what I was doing, whether I was doing the right thing, whether I had come to the right place, and he had answers."

Masak also had concerns that reflected "all the things I heard as a kid" about Catholicism when he was growing up in Chicago, he said.

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"He had simple answers," Masak said, "like, 'Everyone needs a friend. I'll be your friend.'''

The priest taught him that confessing a sin means "you don't have to carry that burden around by yourself," Mesak said.

The idea of a rosary in his pocket offended his sense of masculinity.

"I'm a guy," the young actor told the priest, who he said responded with: "Well, if nothing else it's a way to remind yourself to say a little prayer, and prayer doesn't hurt."

"He had all the wonderful answers for me," said Masak.

The Hollywood scene could tempt a youth to forget basic values, Masak said.

"I was pretty good," he said.

"But 1 was also doing nightclubs and everything else where it's just as easy to go the other way.

"I did have a fine moral upbringing from my mom," he said, "and 1 wanted to keep that. 1didn't want to go out and destroy it and become a drunk in nightclubs.... 1 made up my mind 1 was never going to do anything wrong, and it helped."

Becoming Catholic showed itself to be a lucky move when, he said, "the lady I did fall in love with eventually and wanted to spend the rest of my life with just happened to be Catholic."

He boasted about Kay, his wife of 30 years. "The Mother Teresa of the married set," he called her.

"When she's not deahng with one of our kids she's dealing with someone else's kids," said Masak.

"She's like 'The Volunteer of America.' She was honored in our community as one of the 10 outstanding citizens of the year for her work with the church."

Masak gets involved too.

"Once she takes over [a project], I'm her right arm ... from Santa's workshop, to the cooking [for parish events] to writing letters to the monsignor."

"We're good churchgoers and believe in what we do and that someone's out there watching us and helping us get to where we're at," he said. He and his wife also work for causes which benefit abused children.

Masak has found warmth in his religion.

"I've never feared an angry God," he said. "I've always found a loving God."

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Elders must pay a monthly premium to receive Part B. After a yearly deductible, it covers 80% of office physician charges up to an amount set by Medicare as "reasonable," home health care in very restricted circumstances, and a portion of hospice care and miscellaneous other services. In Massachusetts, physicians may only charge the "reasonable" rates set

by Medicare to their Medicare patients.

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These policies must, by law, provide minimum coverage of basic items like deductibles, copayments and the first three pints of blood.

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- Compare both benefits and costs. You may not need some benefits. For example, you do not need coverage for care in foreign countries if you never travel. When comparing costs, consider how the costs might change. A policy that has a higher premium now, but guarantees that the premium will not increase may end up being cheaper than a policy with a smaller initial premium that increases with age. Similarly, policies that guarantee they will not reduce benefits are a better buy than those that may be cheaper but will, under certain circumstances, decrease coverage.

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Iteering pOintl ST. STANISLAUS, FR School registration after 10:30 a.m.

Mass Sunday and continuing through Feb. 2. Catholic Schools Week Mass 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

ST. PATRICK, FR Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 3, school; valentine theme. Adult confirmation class I:30 to 3 p.m.

Feb. 2, school. Baptism preparation class for February and March baptisms 7 to 8 p.m. Jan. 27, rectory.

ST. ANTHONY of the DESERT, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament noon to 6 p.m. with holy hour 5 to 6 p.m. Feb. 2, St. Sharbel Chapel.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Holy Rosary Sodality committee meeting Feb. II, rectory meeting room.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS Attleboro area support group meeting 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday, St. Mary's rectory, North Attleboro.

Information: 695-6161.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Adult confirmation classes 7 p.m.

Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, religious education center; pre-registration requested. Information: rectory, 6741103. Parish council meeting Jan. 29, religious education center.

ST. ANNE, FR St. Anne's School new student registrations 9 a.m. to noon Feb. I, cafeteria (parishioners) and 9 a. m. to noon Feb. 8, cafeteria (non-parishioners). Preschool parents' meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 27. Home and School Association parent information series workshop 7 p.m. Feb. 3; Father Mark Hession will speak on "Ethics and Dying - The Health Care Proxy Bill."

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Religious education teachers needed for preschool program and grade 5; information: 758-3735.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Confirmation candidates' enrollment ceremony (for t'hose unable to attend Dec. 8) 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. "In God's Image" parent meetings on human sexuality: Meeting I with videos "We're Not Sex Objects" and" Homosexuality: The Christian Attitude" for grades 6 through 8 parents 7 to 8: 15 p. m. Jan. 26 or 10 to II: 15 a.m. Jan. 28. Meeting 2, video "Guy Talk, Girl Talk" for grade 7 parents 7 to 8: 15 p.m.

Jan. 29. Meeting 3, videos "Consequences" and "Teens, Babies and Marriage" for grade 8 parents 7 to 8:15 p.m. Feb. 3 or 10 to 11:15 a.m.

Feb. 4.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH RCIA inquiry session 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 3. Centering Prayer workshop 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 8, parish center; to register call parish office, 888-0209, 8:30 a.m. to 4:,)0 p.m. weekdays.

BOY SCOUTS, CAPE COD Scouts interested in receiving Ad Altare Dei or other religious awards may contact Frank Sullivan, chairman of Catholic Committee of Cape Cod and Islands Council, 394-4725, to join classes to begin s09n.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Grade 2 first penance 10 a.m. Feb: I. HOLY NAME, FR Finance council meeting 7: 15 p.m.

Jan. 30, rectory. School registration for kindergarten and nej.V students 10 a.m. to noon Feb. I and II a.m. to noon Feb. 2, school. Parent conferences evening Jan. 30 and afternoon Jan. 31. .

ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Parish leaders' holy hour 7 tonight.

Ultreya 7:30 tonight. Bible study 7 p.m. Sunday, center. Youth ministry will collect returnable bottles and cans after Masses this weekend.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN St. Anthony, Mattapoisett, confirmation retreat 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

HOLY GHOSr, ATTLEBORO First communion parents' meeting8:30a.m. tomorrow. RCIAcatechesis following II a.m. Mass Sunday, parish center. Women's Guild meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 27, church hall; Carol Jean Goulder will speak on "Women's Issues in the '90s." Appreciation supper for parish volunteers 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8, LaSalette Shrine cafeteria; reservation deadline Feb. I. LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Healing service with Father Andre Patenaude, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday.

WIDOWED SUPPORT Fall River widowed support group meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 27, St. Mary's Cathedral School hall, 467 Spring St. Cape Cod widowed support group meeting I:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, education center library, Christ the King parish, Mashpee. Information: 428-7078.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Youth ministry Superbowl party 6 p.m. Sunday, parish center. Youth ministry Network meeting for adults who minister to youth 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 29, R.E. center; information: Bobbi Paradise, 771-1614, 775-8917.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Pastoral Council is assembling a parish newsletter containing family news (births, anniversaries, achievements, etc.) to be distributed on Easter Sunday; a box will be placed in church for submissions. Men's retreat March 13 to 15, Sacred Heart Retreat Center, Wareham.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Senior Saints luncheon 12:30 p.m.

Feb. 4; speaker: John Ghiorse. Reservation deadline Jan. 28; information: Bette Froment, 334-0198; Peg Walek, 761-6461; Claire Cinq-Mars, 761-5588.

SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO Youth group meeting 7:30 p. m.

Jan. 27, church hall. Women's Guild meeting with fashion show Jan. 28.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N. FALMOUTH Men's Club food collection this weekend; donations may be left in church hall. Pastoral council meeting 7:30 tonight, church hall. Bible discussion group meeting Feb. 2; information: O'Keeffe's, 548-8735.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Altar servers meeting 10 a.m. ,tomorrow, center. Youth council will serve meal at soup kitchen at First Baptist Church 5 p.m. Jan. 28; interested volunteers may contact Jeanne Nadeau.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR School advisory council meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 31, rectory. Finance council meeting 6:30 tonight, rectory.

Parish council meeting 12:30 p.m.

Feb. 2.

MARIE'S PLACE, FR . Volunteers needed at St. Vincent de PauISociety-aff.iliated thrift shop to sort clothing donations I to 4 p. m.

Tuesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Fridays; Information: Sister 'J oann'a Fernandes, 672-2641.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Confirmation I retreat at Sacred Hearts center, Wareham, Saturday 'and Sunday..Youth group ski trip to King Ridge, NH, Feb. 8; Reservation deadline Jan. 25.

HOLY NAME, NB School registration Jan. 26. Grade 7 CCD teacher needed 3: 15 to 4: 15 p. m. Tuesdays; information: 9968654.

WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER To register for Feb. 7 to 9 wfekend contact Dan and Terri Cesarz, 336-8398. Deadline is Jan. 26.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH Confirmation 11 teacher's mee'.ing 7 p.m. Jan. 28, Family life Center.

Confirmation I instructional ses~ ion Jan. 29, church hall. Youth gr,)up and altar servers Easter $eal/ Celtic basketball shootout 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Feb. 2, Bishop Stang H.S. gym.

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

Jan. 27 1919, Rev. John T. O'Grady, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, Fall River 1955, Rev. Joseph M. Silvia, Pastor, St. Michael, Fall River 1988, Rev. Thomas E. Lockary, CSC, Stonehill College. North Easton Jan. 28 1947, Rev. Joseph M. GriTin, Pastor, St. Mary, Nantucket 1961, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Shay, Pastor, St. John Evangdist.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 24, 1992

NCCW chairs named WASHINGTON (CNS) Carroll Quinn, president of the National Council of Catholic Women, has named six members of the organization to two-year terms as national chairs ofcouncil commissions.

The six, whose terms will expire in December 1993, are: - Barbara Ericson of Wayzata, Minn., to head the family affairs commission.

- Rene Silk of San Antonio, organization services commission.

- Dorothy Langley of Columbus, Ohio, legislative information commission.

- Francis Dabney of Edmond, Okla., community affairs commission.

- Martha Gravois of Oviedo, Fla., church communities commission.

- Aurlette Fullilove of Rockledge, Fla., international affairs commission.

The Washington-based council is a federation of 8,000 Catholic women's organizations. It includes the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.

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broken by loneliness. Louis drives around in his "beat-up '69 Dodge" held together by a magnetic statue of Mary on the dash, in Louis' view. Yet he knows he is loved. In the song's words, "He ain't got no power nothing, but he's got what it takes, he's got the power of love."

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By Michael Warren Is it true there is a crisis of selfesteem among young people?

But if the truth be told, at any time in one's life a person can go through a crisis in self-esteem or self-love. Theories of personality development suggest these crisis continue into old age.

Self-esteem comes from various sources, but behind them all is the experience of being loved.

As we grow older, good friends build on the foundations of selfesteem laid by parents. These are people who love us even when we don't love ourselves.

At first this circle is made up of older people who take delight in us. They know we are not perfect; but they also know we are good.

Somehow they comrriunicate that to us.

This is an aspect of self-esteem not enough people reflect on. It means young people are sources of self-esteem to others their own age. They can reinforce the love of self in someone by their very ways of being a friend.

What are some of these ways?

A basic one is telling the truth to our friends. This means getting out to our friends - in appropriate ways and at appropriate times - the truth about what they mean to us. It means letting them know what we admire.in them or what part of our relationship with them gives us life or comforts us.

But in dealing with friends, we

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often have to remind them they are better than some particular behavior they are engaging in. In other words, sometimes because of the esteem we have for those we love, we have to caution them about actions that don't measure up to who they really are.

For myself, few things are as comforting as having friends who love me enough to let me know when I am making a serious mistake. I once went to a close friend and told him I was concerned about his patterns of consuming alcohol. He said to me, "Mike, don't preach to me unless you love me." I never forgot the importance of that message. Don't correct unless it is done in a spirit of love.

The other side of that idea' is: Because you love 'people, you have to caution them about self-destructive behavior.

If we are a true friend, then we foster the self-esteem of others.

And others who are such friends to us foster our self-esteem as well.

For some people at least, the knowledge of being loved by God, of "being held in the palm of God's hand," is the deepest source of selfesteem. This is also the deepest reason for esteeming others: They are temples of God's living spirit.

Self-esteem is nurtured by interaction with other people, something all of us do all the time. Can we become more aware of what we do to others to help or hinder their self-esteem?

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Charlie drives a brand ne~ Mercedes-Benz He's got another one just like it His wife is playing tennis And his kids are off at school He drives home to his empty house By its empty swimming pool But he's got Power windows He's got power brakes He's got a power bat Push a button and it shakes He's got no one to talk to And tears are rolling down his face He ain't got The power of love Louis drives a beat-up '69 Dodge Swears it's the statue of Mary Keeps the car from falling apart With Gracie right beside him Sitting closer than a smile She's got her head on his shoulder He loves to drive and hold her He's got no power windows He's got no power brakes He ain't got no power nothing But he's got what it takes He's got Gracie's arms around him And a smile upon his face He's got the power of love No air-conditioning, no cellular telephone He goes rumbling down the highway Listening to his AM radio One arm out the window and a smile upon his face Makes you wonder how it got there Until you see him look at Grace See him look at Grace He's got the power Ain't that the power of love The power of love He's got the power The power of love Written and sung by Bill Falcon (c) 1991, PolyGram Records Inc. ThesongspeaksabouthappI REALLY LIKE Hilly Faliness and how one finds it in con's "Power Windows." Since life. Charlie and Louis, the I have not heard of him before song's characters. have conthis release. I'm guessing that trasting lifestyles, and only one the song is his first chart hit. is happy.

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On one level, the song echoes the familiar message that money doesn't always make a person happy. However, its deeper statement transcends questions about finances or lifestyle. It tells us that no matter-what one's circumstances, happiness depends on one's perspective on these situations.

For example, consider Louis' life. He is loved by Gracie. Yet, we all know that there are no perfect relationships. While the song doesn't speak further about their lives, we can assume that they have their own problems and uncertainties.

However, Louis is happy because he focuses on what is good in life. Whatever his difficulties, he doesn't lose sight of the "power of love" uplifting and supporting his life.

How we see and understand our lives is up to us. Thus, being happy is a choice. This does not mean that we should deny or avoid our problems as we choose to emphasize the positive in our lives. Indeed, we may have to. work hard to overcome challenges and get more of what we want out of life.

Yet, even as we are struggling to have a better life, we can choose to recognize what is working well for us. In fact, when we acknowledge and appreciate what is good in our lives, this attitude helps make more happiness and goodness grow.

Having problems is normal.

Looking to find joy and satisfaction in your life - even in the midst of dealing with problems - is what builds happiness.

God has given us this day, as every day of our lives, a chance to experience happiness. What will you do today to help yourself be happy?

Your comments are welcomed

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

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Nine receive Father Hogan scholarships The Rev. John F. Hogan Scholarship Fund Committee has announced that $12,000 in assistance has been awarded to nine area students attending Providence College during the 1991-92 academic year.

The fund was created in memory of Father Hogan, a popular priest who was pastor of St. Julie Billiart

parish, North Dartmouth, at the time of his death on Aug. 7, 1986.

Since that time, over $42,000 have been awarded in scholarships to area students.

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$1,000, Mark Brightman, New Bedford, a junior majoring in history. $2,100, Jason Buchanan, Fall River, a sophomore with an undeclared major. $1,000, KevinJ. Humason, New Bedford;' a senior majoring in humanities. $500, Jessica L. Shannon, North Dartmouth, a senior majoring in photography. $1,000, Darren C. Sylvia, Acushnet, a senior majoring in accounting. $2,100, Holly Thomson, Fall River, a' sophomore majoring in humanities. $1,150,John Nunes, North Dartmouth, a freshman with an undeclared major. $1,150, Kelly Tabor, New Bedford, a freshman majoring in psychology.

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"To start the day with a prayer is to fill the day with a song." William Arthur Ward

awarded a certificate by the National Geographic Society, the game "On Assignment with National Geographic," an inflatable globe, and a map of China.

Brierly now advances to the next level of the national competition, a written examination. All school winners are eligible for the national championship, to be held in Washingto'!, DC, May 20 and 21, which awards a $25,000 college scholarship.

Receiving the highest scores in their grades at St. John's were Danny O'Brien, grade 7; Eleanor Sbardelli, grade 6; and Jessica Kosowski, grade 5.

in our schools Bishop Connolly' Colleen Smith, faculty moderator of the Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, student government, has announced that newlyelected freshman class officers are Sergio Lima, president; Jennifer Rezendes, vice president; Sheila Reilly, secretary; and Carley Amigone, treasurer.

Sarah A. Provost and Matthew P. D'Alio have been named Teenagers of the Montq.

Miss Provost, daughter of M r. and Mrs. Douglas Johnson ofSomerset, is vice president of the National Honor Society and a member of the drama club. She writes a weekly column for the Spectator and has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity.

D' Alio is the son of M r. and Mrs. Michael D'Alio of Fall River.

He is a member of the track team, Alcohol Awareness Team and the drama club.

The Connolly National Honor Society donated gifts to 51 underprivileged children through a holiday toy drive.

Vin Paquette, catcher for the Connolly baseball team, has been awarded the 1991 Rick Connors Leadership Award by the Connolly Alumni Association and varsity baseball coach Don Chouinard.

The award memorializes 1972 graduate a'nd Connolly baseball player Rick Connors, who died in a scuba diving accident three years ago. Paquette received the award at halftime during the Jan. 17 Connolly vs. Feehan basketball game.

Paquette was recognized for versatility and example on the field of play after being asked to change positions to the unfamiliar role of catcher, then becoming an All-Scholastic player and earning a college scholarship.

Irene Frazzano has announced that the Parents' Club has established six '$600 scholarships to be award'ed to current Connolly student on the basis of academic achievement, need and community service.

St. James-St. John Lisa Villeneuve's fifth grade class at St. James-St. John School, New Bedford, recently completed ecology projects on the six biomes, or major regions, of the world. Working in groups of three or four, some students made models of their biome using clay or natural materials such as leaves and rocks.

Others made posters depicting plant and animal life of their assigned region and maps of the location..

A group working on a tropical rain forest project constructed a , terrarium with rain forest plants, and also brought in candy made from wax derived from the rain forest.

Principal Mary Mello was invited to view the projects and question students about them.

Throughout December, students collected and wrapped gifts including socks, gloves and hats for the needy. The gifts were delivered to New Bedford Market Ministries for Christmas distribution.

First, third and fourth graders won an award for best use of color in the Buttonwood Park Enchanted Forest tree decorating contest. The award is on display at the school.

St. Anthony's -Schoo'l F ALL RIVER Evening Lioness Club president Elaine Holland (left) and service activities chairperson Dorothy SZ'Jlewski (right) recently presented a donation to SS. Peter ar.d Paul School principal Kathleen Burt for the school's drug awareness Quest Program. Quest has also been implemented at St. Jean Baptiste and St. Anne's schools in Fall River.

Coyle-Cassidy The 1991-92 winter sports season opened favorably for CoyleCassidy High School, Taunton, with many of the Warrior teams winning in the first weeks of the season. , The boys' basketball team won its first game of the year over Diman Voke. T.he Warriors have a new head coach this year in William Tranter. Tranter, also the new athletic director, coached the girls' basketball team from 1984 to 199 I. Boys' basketball captains are Brian Ferris, Jonathan O'Reilly and Patrick Flynn.

The girls' basketball team won its first game of the year with a 49-20 victory over Wayland. The Lady Warriors are coached by Cindy Sylvia and, captained by Tara Emond and Julie Poyant.

The hockey team, celebrating its 20th anniversary this season, is coached by veteran mentor Joe Quinn. The Warriors took rival Taunton High, 4-2, for win number one of the new season. Captains for the '91-92 season are Darrell Borges and Mark Cribben.

The boys' and girls' indoor track teams are headed by first-year head coach Steve McGonigle. The boys' captains are Robert Holland, Jason Drewniak and Rich Domingos.

The girls' are captained by Rebecca Murphy and Heather Thompson.

Pre-Christmas activities included a food drive, delivering 75 baskets to needy families, and a giving tree

Bishop Feehan Campus ministry projects last month included a service recalling Central American martyrs and a celebration 'of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, at which Mexican exchange student Lupita Rodrigues read the Gospel passage in her native l!inguage.

Also, a "Shamrock Santas" program had students collecting toys for needy children for distribution by local charitable agencies for Christmas.

Bishop Stang Sophomore class elections were held recently at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. Elected were: Sara Garde, president; Kristen Janiak, vice president; Jessica Byron, secretary, and Andrea Perkins, treasurer.

sponsored by the school's St. Vincent de Paul Society. Also, t le National Honor Society collect~d more than 100 toys, some given to Taunton agencies and others sent to Holy Union Sisters in Appalachia for distribution to needy children.

For the second year in a row, Coyle-Cassidy senior Neil Du be was the school's high scorer in the Level I Math Olympiad Ex-, am sponsored by the Massacbusetts Association of Mathematics Leagues.

Dube finished in the top 10 percent of the 4,911 students representing 122 Massachusetts hi gh schools who competed.

Senior Neil Morrison of Taunton placed second of all CO} leCassidy math olympians.

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Coyle-Cassidy is once aga in assisting the poor of Duran, Ecuador, through the Rostro De Cristo (Face of Christ) program of the St. James Society.

Eight students, led by C--C faculty members Anthony Nunes and Sister St. Paul Collard have been in Ecuador since Jan. 16 and will leave tomorrow.

"We will live, eat, work, and play with the people of Duran," said Nunes before the trip. "1 he program serves as a way for 1he high school student to experience the plight of the poor by being with them for a period of time."

The school first participated in the Rostro De Cristo program in the spring of 1990.

While staying in a Duran barrio, the students are assisting i'l a local school, a medical dispensary, a soup kitchen, and many outlyng mission stations.

The student volunteers are Margaret Barton, Middleboro; Jesse Holmes, Berkley; Jason Drew'nilk, Raynham, Mary Giovanoni, East Taunton; Jeffrey Tenney, Taunton; Rob Holland, Norton; Shannon Stringer, Berkley; and Lynn Smith, Dighton.

St. John Evangelist Eighth grader Mark Brierly received the highest score on the National Geography Test administered recently at St. John Evangelist School, Attleboro. He 'Nas

Eighth grade students at St. Anthony's School, New Bedford, are saving and redeeming soft drink cans and using the proceeds to make student birthdays special.

On their birthdays, students receive $2, plus a birthday card and certificate.

Mary J 0 Bernier's first grade class recently glimpsed the inner workings of a pizza parlor. After their tour, the students made and ate their own pizzas.

St. Joseph's School New Bedford Visiting St. Joseph's recently was Sister Jacqueline Racine, a Comboni Missionary, who spoke to students about her experiences as a pediatric nurse in Uganda.

She is the daughter of Deacon and Mrs. Leo Racine of St. Theresa's parish, New Bedford.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ferreira also visited the school to speak on their pilgrimage to Medjugorje.

They showed a video and taught students how to make rosaries.

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Smithsonian offers internships for 1992 graduates The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, will offer two five-week internships in various departments this summer for graduating high school students.' 14 positions are offered during the first session, June 7 to July II, and 20 positions during the second session, July 12 to Aug. 16.

Internship fields include biology, journalism, photography, history, veterinary science, art, carpentry, library science and computer science.

Interns will participate in seminars and explain to the group their assignments and the function of their host office. They will also tour agencies tourists seldom see, including the Organization of American States, Voice of America and the World Bank.

Acceptance is based less on academic achievement than on demonstrated interest in a particular subject area or career.

Students chosen will receive a living allowance of $550. Dormitory housing and transportation to and from Washington will be provided. , Applications are available from Intern '92, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Arts and Industries Building, Room 1163, MRC 402, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560, telephone (202) 357-3049 (voice) or (202) 357-1696 (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf).

Applications must be requested

by March 6 and completed and postmarked by March 13.

Rural kids poorer

Regis College establishes new scholarships

WASHINGTON (CNS') Rural children are poorer, less healthy, less educated and generally worse off than the average American child, according to a report from the Children's Defense Regis College, Weston, has Fund. The 200-page report, "Faiestablished 10 Presidential Scho- ling by the Wayside: Children in larships of up to $5,000 each to be Rural America," challenged the awarded to freshmen and transfer sterotype that the nation's 15 milstudents with outstanding aca- lion rural children - one-fourth demic, leadership and community of all U.S. children -live happy, service records. healthy lives in the countryside. "It Interested women scholars are will come as a surprise to many invited to attend the President's Americans that the situation of Scholars Competition Day to be rural children and families is so hosted Feb. 19 on the Regis cam- ' bad," said the report's author, pus by college President Sister Arloc Sherman.

Therese Higgins, CSJ. The day's program will include Peace seminar discussions, writing pro"Never be hurried by anything jects and interviews with faculty whatever - nothing can be more and Presidential Scholarship compressing than the necessity for mittee members. Applicants' paryour peace before God. You will ents may attend programs on finhelp others more by the peace and ancial planning and student life as tranquility of your heart than by well as a round table discussion any eagerness or care you can bewith Sister Higgins and Sister Lee stow on them." - St. Elizabeth Hogan, CSJ, academic dean.

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All scholarships are renewable Additional scholarships are available to students who show academic potential, demonstrate leadership skills and have a record of community service or work experience. They are: the Dean's Scholarship, $3,000 per year; Tower Scholarship, $2,000 per year; and

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