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FALL RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1985

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Pro-lifers • C:OntIllue

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By Pat McGowan

";Wherever there is need 'and you bring Christ, there are the missions."

That's the philosophy of Mark Shea, 38, and his wife Linda, 34. Growing up, Linda in Swan­ sea and Mark in Portsmouth, N.H., both dreamed of mission life in a far-off land; but it took a while for the dream to come true.

They met at St. Francis Col· lege, Biddeford, Me., and mar· ried in 1969, when Linda was a freshman and Mark a junior.

Linda left college at that time, earning her degree 'later, while Mark continued to graduation. ·Both had become secular Fran· ciscans while at college and the ideals of St.Fraricis guided them as they moved to Erie, Pa., where Mark taught moral theology at Villa Maria College. . In Erie the couple joined an inner-city community whose pur­ IN SUBFREEZING cold, Father Thomas L. Rita pose was to fill participants with rally.

Story at right. (Rosa Photo) the Christian spirit so they might return to their home parishes as zea1ous, loving members.

The Sheas w.ere powerfully moved by the group and when Issues as varied as geography pne Sunday the homily dealt with the need for lay ministry in :the foreign missions, "it took us only about four hours to de­ cide. to volunteer," said Mark.

They accepted an assignment VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope the 8.6 million popu'lation is to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, only John Paul II's Jan. 26-Feb. 6 Catholic, has an average of one to have it withdrawn when the trip to four South American and priest for every 6,000 church Ethiopian government decided Caribbean countris affords him members.' not to admit children of mis­ the chance to discuss issues as 1ihe result is "a lack of reli­ sioners to the nation. "We could varied as the geography in the gious and moral formation so have gone without ·the children," regions he plans to visit. that specific aspects of Christian said Mark, "but of course that His sixth trip to Latin Am­ life are lax," according to the was impossible." erica will take him to hot, apostolic nunciature in Peru.

Their dream seemed to have steamy jungles, desert oases and This is especially true of fam­ receded but suddenly word reach­ mountain cities. He plans to visit ily life. ed the Sheas that Cardinal Pio Maraca'ibo, Venezuela, which is "Irregular activities such as Taofinu'u, archbishop of the dio­ 25 feet below sea level and Cuz­ concubinage and divorce and re­ cese of Samoa-Apia and Toke1a'u co, Peru, nestled 10,000 feet marriage are ample. The practices and apostolic administrator of high in the Andes Mountains. He of abortion and contraception the diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, plans to talk to bishops, workers, are on the rise," according to 'was looking for a couple to teach Indians and politicall leaders and the nunciature. in his seminary in Western Sa­ visit shantytowns and presiden­ Birth control is part of the moa and to nurse. Children were tial palaces.

U.S. government's foreign aid. welcome.

On the pope's itinerary are The Reagan administration has Barely pausing to ask "Where Venezuela, Eouadar, Peru and said it will not fund programs is Western Samoa?". the coup1e Trinidad-Tobago. which perform or promote abor­ agreed to the new opportunity, tion as a method of birth control.

Latin America is heavily Cath­ I Linda took a crash nures' aide olic in numbers of church mem~ However, the ad.ministration course and off they set with bers, history, tradtion and cul­ funds other forms of population their tots to the South Pacific. ture. But there is a shortage of control, including family coun· The children were Jeremy, native clergy and the church seling programs and contracep­ now 14, then 2Y2, and Jonathan, ' still relies strongly on mission­ tion. now 11, then 5 months. Benja­ aries.

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The beatifications, th efirst in Latin America, are scheduled for Feb. I in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Feb. 2 in Arequipa, Peru:The .ordination of priests is sched· uled for Feb. 3 in Lima, Peru.

In Venezuela. the pope plans to lunch with iron and steel workers. In Ecuador and Peru he is scheduled to visit urban shantytowns, where many mi· grants find makeshift homes while seeking city jobs.

In Peru and Eouador, the pope will visit Indian~, who form 30 percent of the Ecuadoran popula­ tion and 45 percent of the Peru­ vian. ,Ecuador's bishops paint a bleak picture of Indian life.

"They live in huts, without electricity, without water and without sufficient means of com­ munication. The average life of an Indian is 45 years. Of every seven children only two to three Turn to Page Six

By NC News Service Thousands of pro-lifers across the United States - some brav­ ing sub-zero temperatures ­ marcheel, prayed and rallied Jan· uary 22 to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Su­ preme Court's decision legalizing abortion.

The only hitch in a New Bed­ ford rally occurred when obstet­ rician Dr. Joseph Santos, a scheduled speaker, was delayed becaus'l he was delivering a baby. His reason was applauded by l~O pro-lifers wearing black armbands who awaited him in subfreezing temperatures. Some 35 pro-choice demonstratorS.were also present, sand Mary Ann Booth of New Bedford Citizens for Life, a rally organizer. 'lbere was some shouting but no con­ frontations, she said.

The pro·life rally was preced­ ed by a march from the old New !Bedford High School building to the Free Public Library, where the speaking program took place.

Among speakers were Father Thomas L. Rita, Fall River diO:­ cesan director of the Pro-Life Apostolate, ,Fall River Rabbi Norbert Weinberg and Or. Cyn­ thia Kruger, a N<ew Bedford city councilor and a Southeastern Massachusetts University faculty member.

Ms. Booth said the rally was also highlighted by singing of a pro-life song composed fo'r the occasion.

In Boston's Faneuil Hall Jan. 20, evangelical pro-life activist Franky Schaeffer spoke of the possibility that the 20th century will be remembered as the cen­ tury of genocide.

The crowd was buoyed by the success of suburban Brockton pro-lifers, who succeeded recent-· ·Iy in pressuring the Goddard Medical Center to stop perform­ ing abortions.

They applauded enthusiastic­ ally the mention of Archbishop Bernard F. Law of ·Boston, whose recent initiative to see that no ,human should have to undergo an abortion because of financial need ,has received support from the pro-life community.'

Schaeffer said the 20th cen­ tury is the century of death used as the solution to social prob­ 'lems on a scale heretofore un­ imagined ·in the annals of human history. No tyrant, no leader Turn >to ~age Eleven

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Friday, Jan. 25, 1985

Nun shot in church NEW ORLEANS (NC)

Dominican Sister Mary Jude

Marlborough was· shot twice

Jan. 16 at St. Rita's Church by

an assailant who then killed

himself, police reported.

Sister Marlborough, 68, a fOlJrth-grade teacher at St. Rita's Elementary School, was report­ ed in serious but stable condition at South~rn Baptist Hospital fol­ lowing the shooting.

She had just entered the church for 7:30 a.m. Mass when Charles W. Boles fired four times. Two shots struck Sister Marlborough in the head and one hit a statue of Christ before Boles shot himself.

11UCSON, Ariz. (NC) ..:... Three Southwest bishops have urged President Reagan to allow Cen­ tral American refugees '. to .stay in the United States while fight­ ing continues i~ their homelands.

The bishops also supported the religious convictions of Ameri­ cans who shelter the refugees.

The letter to Reagan, dated .Jan. 17, came three days after 16 sanctuary movement workers were indicted in Tucson for trans­ porting and sheltering iHega!

Central American refugees. The sanctuary movement·· is a net­ work of ·Iocal church groups sheltering refugees. \( The letter was signed by Bish­ BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and Msgr. John J. Oliveira were recently supper Father James Tarantino, co­ ops Thomas J. O'Brien of Phoe­ guests of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary at their Fall River convent. The sisters pastor, said, "We have a speaker nix, Manuel D. Moreno of Tuc­ in the house. I heard one loud teach CCO at Santo Christo, Espirito Santo, Our Lady of Angels and St. Anthony of son, and Jerome J. Hastrich of bang followed Iby three rapid Padua parishes in Fall River and conduct St. Francis· ReSidence for working women on Gallup, N.M., whose diocese in­ ones." He ran to the church, Whipple Street, also in Fall River. (Gaudette Photo) cludes the eastern part of Ari­ then called police and New Or­ zona. leans Archbishop Philip M. Han­ The bishops told -;Reagan "the nan. most immediate and cOQstructive response your administration Boles, 38, had been sentenced could make to the plight of the in 1975 to 1~ years in the Louisi­ refugees would be to offer them By Tracy Early pope was encouraging people to ister from New York who was ana State Penitentiary for armed "realize their full potential and extended voluntary departure arrested 'at the New York Con­ robbery. He was released in June iNE,W YORK {NC) - To Auxi­ 1984. A police spokesman said liary Bishop Emerson Moore of sulate of South Africa Dec. 5, not be handicapped by the color status. We strongly urge the gov­ ernment to provide this option of their skin." he did not know why the re­ New York, the most memorable the same day Bishop Moore was to the refugees seeking safety :lease took place because there the arrested.

Bishop Moore said part of the Jan. 3 visit by the Recalling that the Baptist and in our country." u~ually is no early release for Rev. Jesse Jackson to Pope John pope gave one hand to Mr. Jack­ Pentecostal communities repre­ Extended voluntary departure armed robbery.

Paul II. was not revealed at the son and the other to Mr. Daugh­ se'nted by Mr. Jackson and Mr. status means the refugees could try, and Bishop Moore completed Archbishop Hannan asked for press conference Mr. Jackson Daughtry had often been highly stay in the United States indef­ the circle at the pope's desk. prayers for the recovery of Sis­ held afterward. critical of the Catholic Church initely while they are in, danger They prayed in silence, Bishop and the papacy, Bishop Moore er Marlborough and for the. re­ "For me, th'e' high point came but would not become perman­ Moore said, and since the con­ pose of the soul of her assailant. expressed special appreciation ent residents. The U.S. govern­ toward the end of the visit when Jesse asked the Holy Father, 'Can versation had just been dealing for the ecumenical character of . ment classifies most Central The archbishop said ,the shoot­ with Mr. Jackson's request that Americans as economic refugees ing was "obviously the act of a we pray?'" Bishop Moore, who the pope visit South Africa, that their prayer together. and deports them. demented person because there accompanied Mr. Jackson to The bishop is a convert to country became the subject of "The persons· involved in the was absolutely no reason for it." Rome, said in an intervie'w at his Catholicism, born to parents who his own prayer. "I was asking Harlem. rectory. sanctuary movement are acting After the attack St. Rita's the Lord in s~me way to make had been Methodist and con­ on their lPoral and religious con­ On becoming verted after he did.

He said Mr. Jackson, a Bap­ Church was resanctified Jan. 16 me better for those people," a bishop he adopted as his motto victions that the refugees from

by Father Tarantino and Father tist minister, also asked if they 'Bishop Moore said.

Central America are victims of could join hands as they prayed, John Miller, associate pastor, In the 20-minute' visit, .Bishop the scriptural words, "One Lord, politica! instability, terrorism and at first and though the pope one faith, one baptism." who performed the Rite of Recon­ Moore said, Mr. Jackson did the interplay of regional and in­ seemed a mittie tal<en aback by most of the talking, and the pope ciliation of a Profaned Church. ternational forces beyond their According to Msgr. Henry C. . the request, he readily agreed. "I was mostly listening, He said control," the bishops said .in their guess people don't often ask him Bezo, archdiocesan historian, the Mr. Jackson origi08'lly intended letter to Reagan. "Their partici­ only previous resanctification iri to join hands and pray," Bishop to focus on his request for a Very Reverend Peter-Hans pation in offering sanctuary is Moore said. the New Orleans Archdiocese . South African papal visit, Ibut Kolvenbach, S.J., superior gen­ consistent with our national JVs­ came in 1947 after a priest was later decided to make it only one eral of the Society of Jesus, has tory and with biblical values."

Also participating in the meet­ stabbed while distributing com­ among a number of other topics. appointed Father Robert E. }'dan­ ing, he said, was the~eY. Her­ The bishops said that although munion. bert Daughtry, a Penecostal minThe bishop said he thought a ning, S.J.; presently rector of some Americans might believe pa:pal visit to South Africa could the Co)i1ege of the Holy Cross, that sanctuary workers are vio­ be helpful, and he expected the Worcester, provincial of the ~ating civil law, "if there is room pope to give Mr: Jackson's reo New 'England Jesuit province. for legal doubt and debate".on this quest serious consideration. "Of Father Manning succeeds Father issue, it should be clear that their choice represents a moral· posi­ course, .I don't think the South Edward M. O'Flaherty, S.J., pro­ vincial since 1979. tion publicly affirmed, a ohoice African government will insti­ which does not harm or threaten tute changes overnight," he said.

A Somerville native, Father * Round Trip Flights - Hotel Packages Available "It's· going to be a long, long Manning, 47, entered the ,Jesuit .other persons, a choice made Escorted Tours to Santo Christo Feast struggle." community 'in 1954. He taught with the willlingness to accept and Fatima Bishop Moore said there was at Baghdad College, Iraq, from the consequences within our "no doubt in my mind that Jesse 1961 to 1964 and was ordained country's legal system if necess­ 16 DAYS Lv MAY 2 $1,369 ary." is the most prominent spokes­ to the priesthood in 1967.

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HAWAII. LAS VEGAS· SAN FRANCISCO 14 DAYS VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Protestant religious groups are At Holy Cross Father Manning . Lv JUNE 30 $949 plus Tax .Catholic Church supports reuni­ challenging U.S. corporate poli­ fication of North and South was college chaplain for 12 years cies through shareholder reso­ Korea because .it would reunite an da visiting lecturer in the de­ lutions. Most such church acti­ .millions of families, said Pope partment of religious studies. He vity is coordinated by the IQter­ TOURS and TRAVEL John .Paul II during a ceremony .has been rector of the Holy faith Center on Corporate Re­ Cross Jesuit community since in which Ihe received the creden­ 265 ,Rivet Sireet, New-Bedford, MA 02144 'Sponsibility, which has thus far 1983. tials of Young Hoon Kang, ·Iisted 75 resolutions filed by its 'iI'~~(Sph@l1'il(s (~] 1) ~~#'~~3~] South Korea's new ambassador He will assume his new office members for action at 69 an­ to the Holy See. on July 31. nual corporation meetings.

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Five priests marli: silver jubilee Five priests of the FaH River diocese will mark their 25th an­ niversary of ordination next Wednesday.

Ordained in St. Mary's Cathe· dral Jan. 30, 1960, by Bishop James ,L. Connolly were Fathers Martin L. Buote, Robert S. Kas­ zynski, John F. Moore, Thomas E. O'Dea and John J. Steakem.

Also ordained with the quin· tet was Father Agostinho S. Pacheco, now incardinated in the diocese of ,Brownsvil'le, Texas, where he is pastor of Holy Spirit parish in the city of McAllen.

The diocesan priests will ob· serve their silver jubilee on Jan. 31, the date of their first Masses, at a Mass for their brother priests at St. Mary's Church, New Bedford, Father ,Moore's parish. 'Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be principal celebrant and homiHst for the occasion.

Throughout the year, other festivities wi'll follow for the jubilarians.

Father Buote Father Buote, a Fall River na­ tive, the son of Margaret (Mar­ tin) :Buote and ':the late John A. Buote, attended grammar and high school in Somer&et. He studied at the Massachusetts In­ , stitute of Technology, the Sohool of St. Philip Neri and Cardinal O'Connell minor seminary be­ fore' completing preparation for the priesthood at St. John's Sem­ inary, Brighton.

He was associate pastor at several diocesan parishes and taught mathematics at Bishop Conno\'ly High School, Fall River, before being named in June, 1980, as pastor of St. Ann's par­ ish, New Bedford, where he is now serving.

Long involved 'in youth work, Father Buote has been diocesan chaplain for Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and Camp Fire since 1976; He has also served as area Boy Scout chaplain and was a Cape Cod Camp Fire board member in 1978 and 1979. In 1982 he was named to the board of the Plymouth Bay Girl Scout Council.

Father Kaszynski Father Kaszytlski, pastor of St. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, since 1966, was born in, New' Bedford, the son of the late Genevieve (Kalisz) and Chester S. Kaszynski. After attending schodls in that city and Dart... mouth he prepared for the priest­ hood at semina~es in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan as well as at St. John's, Brighton.

After two years as associate pastor at St. Patrick's Church, Fall River, Father Kaszynski was named associate at St. Stanis­ laus and later in the year ad­ ministrator, serving in that cap­ acity until 1966.

At the parish he founded the Confraternity of Our Lady of Czestochowa, whose charter members were received by the late Cardinal Humberto Medei­ ros in 1976. He has conducted many pilgrimages for parishion­ ers and friends, especially to Po­ '\ish shrines, and has given re­ treats and missions throughout the nation as well as in E'urope, Asia and Africa. ,In 1976 Father Kaszynski was elected president of the Dioce­ san 'Priests' Council, serving two terms in the office. Also in that year he was named diocesan

liaison with members of the charismatic renewal, having re­ sponsibility for some 57 prayer groups. He has served on the faculty of the diocesan Perman­ ent Diaconate Program si:nce 1977.

The jubHarian's honors include the first Brotherhood Award pre­ sented by the Greater Fall River Interfaith Council and member­ ship as a Confrater of the Order of 'St. Paul the Hermit. The latter distinction came in recognition of his work in spreading devo­ ton to Our Lady of Czestochowa.

St. Stanislaus parishioners will fete Father Kaszynski at a banquet and testimonial to fol­ low 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. The pastor wiU be homilist and prin­ cipal celebrant of the Mass and the banquet will be. held at

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Father Moore Father 'Moore, also a New

Bedford na~ive, the son of Rose (McCabe) Moore and the late {)atrick J. Moore, of Holy Family High School in that city. He at­ tended Cardinal O'Connell Sem­ inary, Boston, and St. John Sem­ inary, Brighton.

After ordination he was asso· ciate pastor at Holy Name, SS. Peter and 'Paul and St. William's parishes in Fall River and St.

Joseph's, Taunton, before being named to his present pastorate in 1980.

Since 1976 Father Moore has directed the diocesan Permanent Diaconate Program and since 1977 has been editor of The Anchor an ddiocesan director of communications.

In 1964 he was named the first chaplain at Bishop Cassidy High School, Taunton.

At various times he ,has a'lso served as Taunton area Scouting chaplain, a pre-Cana chaplain, Taunton District ,Council of Cath­ olic Women moderator, Taunton area director of the Catholic Charities Appeal, Fall River Catholic Woman's Club modera­ tor and treasurer of the Dioce­ san Priests' Council. He holds master's degrees in arts and edu­ cation from St. John's Seminary and Bridgewater State College respectively.

Father O'Dea Father O'Dea, since 1971 as­ sociate pastor at St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, was born in Taunton, the son of the -late Marguerite (Dinnl;lJ;n) and Mau­

rice O'Dea. He graduated from Immacu­ late Conception School and Msgr.

Coyle High School, both in Taim­ ton, before studying at our Lady of Providence Nlinor Sem, inary and Stonehill College. He completed preparation for ordin­ ation at ,St. John's Seminary, Brighton.

Fat'her O'Dea was associate at St. James parish, New Bed­ ford, from 1960 to 1971. During that time he was appointed New Bedford fire department chap­

lain. In 1971 he was named dio­ cesan coordinator for Project EqualitY,a statewide program aimed at maintaining .and im· proving employment practices fair to minority groups. During the 1970s he also assisted in ad­

minstration of ReginaPacis His­ panic Center in New Bedford.

Father Steakem Father Steakem, pastor since 1983 of ImmaCUlate Conception Church, Taunton, was born in Bronx, N.Y. He is the son of Margaret (O'Rourke) and James P. Steakem, both deceased.

After attending grammar and high school in the Bronx and in Pawtucket, he entered St. John's Seminary, Brighton, to prepare

for the priesthood.

From 1960 to 1969 he was as­ sociate pastor at Immaculate Conception parish, North Easton, then' served at SI. Kilian, New Bedford, and St.. Julie, North ' Dartmouth. He was named ad­ ministrator of St. Rita's parish, .Marion, in '1978, remaining there until coming to his Taunton assignment.

The jubilarian was chaplain at Bishop Feehan High School, . Attleboro, in 1963 and 1964 and thereafter was a faculty member at Bishop Stang High School, Noith Dartmouth. While in New

Bedford he was cochairman of

the area CCD board and he has also been a member of the dio­ cesan personnel hoard.

Members of Immaculate Con­ ception will celebrate his silver jubilee at a Mass at 4 p.m. Feb. 3, for which a program of special music is being prepared by the

parish choir. A reception will

follow at the Canoe Club in West Bridgewater.

It's necessary LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NC) - The

sacrament of reconciliation is a

"necessary element" of Cath­ olic spiritual life, Cardinal Jo­ seph Bernardin of Chicago said at Louisville's Cathedral of the Assumption. Cardinal Bernardin, who launcehed a ,lecture series on penance, said, "If there is a lack of appreciation for the sac­ rament of reconciliation today, it is that people have not been helped to understand the signi­ ficance of the sacrament and our need for it."

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In an editorial last October 12, this \vriter responded to the divisive and deceptive action of a group of Catholic religious and laity who signed a NeW-York Times ad debasing the church position on abortion. . , Since that time, group members, calling themselves the Catholic Committee on Pluralism and Abortion, have con­ tinued hi challenge church teaching on abortion to the extent that they are now determinedly opposed to the efforts of the " Holy See to remove doubt and confusion in the matter.

In response to the group's attempt to claim there is more than one legitimate position on abortion, the Holy See has .informed the superiors of the religious who signed the ad that the signers shouid retract their statement. If they refuse, said the Vatican officials, they should no longer be considered religious and should be expelled from their communities. , Two men religious have made retractions but the Holy See's "order was not well received by the majority of group members, who have declared they will fight it on the grounds. of free ~o~. " A few days ago many of those who signed the ad met to launch a public counteroffensive to the Vatican action.

Once more, as a result of all this, the Catholic community of this country is forced to face the consummate embarrassment of r~ligious who will not in word, deed or action re~pect the. covenant of faith they professed in obedience to the'church.

It should be obvious that those who freely make the promise of obedience have a serious obligation to present the teachings of Jesus and his church correctly, authentically and trust­ worthily.

Simply because of their special role in the church, priests and religious should not assume that. they are somehow removed from the supervision of the Holy See. However, some seem to feel that they can go it alone and that free choice and the right to dissent have priority over vows.

Bot those who have consecrated their lives to the mission of the church should not willy-nilly abdicate their responsibility or be swayed by public acclaim or political considerations.

Those who have vowed to decrease that Christ may increase should not be found trifling with the chu'rchlaw that sets the limits within which the faith community must function.

The church has at all times the basic obligation to remind priests and religious that they have personal responsibility as 'well as public accountability to God's people.

The Holy See had no choice but to call to task those who have made a public attempt to distort the clarity of church teaching on abortion. The gravity of the issue, the contempt of consistent church teaching and the importance and the effront-, ery ofthose involved, left no option but the,demand for public retraction. ' Instead of acceding to the Vatican, many signe~s ofthe ad in question scandalize all who believe that life is God's gift and'its disposition is not to be determined by notices in the media.

During this anniversary month of the infamous abortion decision of the Supreme Court, it would be well not only to pray for those who have participated in "legal" murder but also for those who support the termination of unborn life.

In a very special way, the church should pray for those misdirected' religious who for whatever reason cannot bring themselves to affirm their sacred vows and cease. inflicting wounds of division and dissent on the body of Christ that· is the church.

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" Satan took Jesus to the peak of a very high· mountain and showed him the

nations of the world and 'all their glory.'I'l1 give it all to you,'.he said,

'if you will only kneel and worship me.' "

A hard look at 'MTV

By Michael Gallagher MTV, or Music Television, began MTV is not sex and violence-that's in 1981 and became the salvation of no secret, everybody knows about NEW YORK (NC)-I live in a the depressed record industry. Each that. The secret is money. THe MTV relentlessly upwardly mobile su­ segments function as commercials, burb.It's the· kind of place where segment is a dramatization of a young matrons wear gold chains song-sometimes with a kind of selling records, videocassettes, and all those extravagant clothes and with their velveteen running suits story, sometimes wholly impres­ artifacts. when they pick up their moppets at sionistic. nursery school.

All these are pushed on your What disturbs almost every­ children as relentlessly as are the The 9-year-old daughter of friends body about MTV, except the busy sugary cereals on Saturday morning of ours=-Catholics like us-was entrepreneurs cashing in, is its faddish cartoons. And the effect on your invited to a classmate's birthday sex and violence. children's intellectualand moral develop­ party. The mother of the birthday A male singer, for example, sits by ment is just about the same. . girl, our shocked friends later discov­ the edge of an empty pool at the ered, had hit upon a new way of bottom of which a band plays. He is Can I prove it? No. But only entertaining her daughter's flicking a knife, and as he flicks the because it's much easier to demon­ 'guests. strate tooth decay than mind decay. knife, we get glimpses of a beautiful Not for her presiding over charades young woman changing into a swim­ Anne Frank at II in World War II and bobbing for apples. She put suit. The implication of menace is Germany could put h.er thoughts vid~o cassette in the VCR and went obvious. down on paper with grace and force. back to studying for her realtor's She could read Charles Sometimes the vioience is not over­ exam.

Dickens in English. How many of tly sexual but directed against And what did she select? authority. In a number by Twisted our MTV devotees have even heard "F1ashdance. " of Dickens? How many, for all their Sister, a domineering teacher suc­ verbal glibness, can write coherentiy?

Old fuddy-duddy that I am, I was cumbs·to the righteous force of rock, What's to be done? perturbed by this. But now, after suffering the sort of punishment looking through some of the fare dealt out to Wyle E. Coyote 'MTV and rock music in general available all hours ofthe day as part . in the Road Runner cartoons. hold such sway over our young peo­ of the regular cable television pack­ Nor will the Nazis die as long as ple simply because nature abhors a age, I guess I was too hasty in my MTV lives. For Nazi garb and para­ vacuum. moral indignation. phernalia are big, especially in the' And how about ourselves? Is our not infrequent numbers where sex is "Flashdance," has some nasty lan­ own religious faith nea'tly laced with sadomasochism. guage and some explicit nudity­ compartmentalized-or does it but in all essentials, it's exactly The concept behind the selling of extend to all phases of our lives? Do the kind of thing many of these kids MTV is as disturbing as the content. we ourselves, for example, go in for were already watching on their home The" concept is "narrowcasting"­ que s t i 0 na b Ie en t e r t a i n men t screens. as opposed to broadcasting. The on the score that it's just entertain­ ..Flashdance,.. with its blaring score, folks behind MTV aren't inter­ ment and has nothing to do with our ested in everybody. Unlike network its mindlessness and its sexual sug­ beliefs? gestiveness, was nothing more than TV, they write off most of us. They're If that is the-example we give our an MTV segment stretched aiming at the ~2-34 age group. children, we shouldn't be too shocked to feature film length.

And the dirty little secret behind " if they follow it.

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THE ANCHOR-'-Diocese of Fall River--Fri., Jan. 25, 1985

The toughest part idea one could care so deeply. I'm thinking about the little daily expe­ riences that plumb our emotions.

There are times a child is rejected or bullied, is deeply disappointed or guess it depends on t~e p~renting humiliated, or feels like a failure. It stage. With a newborn It might well hurts. Times like these are as rough be physical exhaustion while with an on parents as on kids, ~aybe more eighteen-year-old it might be the so.

wrench of letting him or her go.

Then there are the joyous moments Besides siage differences, there when a child feels pride, exhibits . are parent differences. What's difficult high esteem, overcomes obstacles or for one is pleasurable to another. verbalizes appreciation. These are· Some parents cherish toddlers and the highs in parenting. endure teenagers while others do the When I was autographing my Traits reverse. Some enjoy children's inqui­ of a Healthy Family after a college sitiveness; others find it maddening. lecture last fall, two undergrads came For me, I guess the toughest times up with the book ~nd asked me to had to do with children's illnesses sign it for their parents. "We want to and the helplessness I felt over being send this to our parents and thank unable to relieve pain and hurts. When them for giving us this kind of fam­ a baby's fever soared and she looked ily,"theysaid. What parent wouldn't at me with pleading eyes, I crumbled kill for a gesture like that? inside.

A mother told me· her toughest When our four year old was struck moment ca·me when her daughter by a line drive at a professional stood alone on a stage and, filled baseball game and we waited in the with fright, began to cry instead of hospital for x-rays to d~termi~e brain sing. A father shared his pain at damage, I was filled with panic. God learning his 15 year old s~n was heard our frantic prayers and our alcohol addicted. "I loved him too son came through it in fine shape. much not to hurt," he said.

(He didn't mind the experience­ These are tough moments of par­ they gave him the offending ball enting. They call forth in us a depen­ signed by the players.) dency on a higher power because we know we can't handle these situa­ I wonder sometimes if a non­ parent can experience the depth. or tions alone. They establish a speciai feelings - fear, hope, despair, JOY relationship between us and a loving· parental God in a way we haven:t -that parents experience with child­ ren. Before I was a parent. I had no • experienced before children.

"What's the toughest part of being a parent?" a priest asked me. Why is it the simple questions are the hardest? I .

A delightful risk

Why would a young couple leave home and friends to work in an unfamiliar place for very little pay, while delay­ ing the start of a savings account and the accrual of benefits for the fut~re?

This question was discussed in a meeting I had with David Suley. director of International Liaison, an organization responsible for coor­ dinating lay volunteer efforts. We were trying to understand better the vocation of persons such as the Jesuit or Maryknoll lay volunteers who serve in home and foreign mis­ sions.

One reason often given for engag­ ing in missionary work is the lure of taking a risk and going countercul­ ture. From our first years in school to adulthood, society conditions us to weave various types of security lSlankets that minimize risk.

The philosophy of many educa­ tional institutions is an example.

Education, it is suggested, will help us move up the social ladder, increase our earning power and therefore increase our security.

Banks encourage us to start Indi­ vidual Retirement Accounts and other investments to ensure the edu­ cation of our children and to secure our comfort.

The cry of consumerism is: "Get it now, don't deny yourself!"

By its very nature,joining a volun­ teer missionary group is countercul­ ture and involves risks. When a young man or wo~an leaves. friends, home and social and matenal com­ forts, all types of human ties are '

broken.

Voluntee~s don't have the luxury

of picking up' the phone when lonely and calling a friend. Food and even water may not be pure or plentiful.

At a mission, the habits of those ministered to are usually radically different from those at home.

Medicines, plumbing, the enjoy­ ment of a warm shower and the entertainment of watching one's favorite TV program are more the exception than the rule. Mass and prayer become central to the work.

Many lay volunteers find that their identification with poverty makes them uneasy with the materialism they previously took for granted.

They may come home and feel alien­ ated from a society that has not experienced poverty of spirit.

However, as with all risks, there are rewards. Bruce Larson, a Presb­ yterian minister, once wrote that there is a lot more to health than not being sick. When a person who IS inspired to become a missionary takes the leap, there is a healthy. feeling. because he or she is respondmg to an innate spirit that seeks to be free and self-determined.

It is healthy because·a break­ through is made in understanding the pseudo-standards of society that sicken the human spirit.

As Suley and I continued our dis­ cussion on the nature of risk and how it influences missionary voca­ tions, I was moved by the ~hought of risking all personal secunty for the love of God and others. The thought of making a break from convention. of realigning personal values accord~ ing to standards of conscie~ce rather than those dictated by socIety, cap­ tivates one's' imagination and ignites one's zeal.

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baby be baptized?

DOLORES CURRAN

My toughest moment of parent­

hood in recent times came a year ago when I went to my first wrestling match and watched my 15 year old· wrestle. As his limbs were stretched and his body flung around, I di~d a little inside.

I spent a good portion of my life taking care of that body and it was pure pain watching it tested. I wasn't much happier watching him inflict the same torture on another moth­ er's son.

When my son was almost pinned, I prayed fervently, "Dear God. don't let him be pinned. When he began to pin his opponent. I prayed he would and when he did. I was as exuberant as any par~nt there. My emotions ran the whole gamut that day and wrung me out.

I love my son and am happy he likes wrestling but it was my last match. I told him there are some things too painful for parents and he said he understands. He's wrestling tonight and his dad will be watching him. I'll be there in spirit but not in person. And that's a tough part of parenting, too.

By FATHER EUGENE

The question of what constitutes a vocation is a mystery to n:Je still. God stirs our hearts in many different ways.

But I am convinced that one way God calls a person to be Ii missio~­ ary is by appealing to the daredevil. instinct challenging him or her to go counterculture in response to the .

Spirit.

Ground 'for asylum LOS ANGELES (NC) - A fed­ eral appeals court ruled Dec. 29 t~at

a Salvadoran immigrant's neutrahty

in his country's civil war is a valid

basis for political asylum because it

constitutes a "political opinion."

The court also ruled that the immi­ . grant's claim for asylum does ?ot

require independent corroboratIOn

because refugees from war-torn­

countries seldom can bring evidence

of persecution with them.

Few Salvadorans have been granted political refugee status in the United States, and immigration lawyers said the ruling could increase the number granted asy­ lum.

Always "God is always opening his hand."

- Spanish proverb

Q. My granddaughter was mar­ ried in a Protestant church, although both she and her husband are Catholics. T"ey did not wish to wait a year for his annulment process to finish.

She is now pregnant. The other day she told me that because they were married outside the church her baby cannot be baptized in the Catholic Church. Is this so? (New Jersey).

A. No. There is no law of the Catholic Church that would pro­ hibit the baptism of a child simply because the parents were not mar­ ried in accord with the regulations of the church.

However, both the instruction for the rite of baptism and canon law insist that a priest (or other Catholic minister) cannot lawfully baptize a child unless there exists a solidly founded expectation the child will be raised a Catholic. If evidence for this hope is not present, the priest is obliged to delay the baptism until the situation changes.

In my own experience, as well as that of other pastors I'm sure, cer­ tain parents whose marriage took place outside of the law~ of the church for some reason give every evidence that they intend to raise their children as Catholics and want to give them the example of fatih which \ the baptism , rite requires of them. .

These parents practice their faith in every way possible, and are doing everything they can to eventually bring about their marriage in the church.

Such parents certainly seem to fulfill the conditions necessary for the baptism of their children.

Other parents in this circumstance, however, give no evidence that the Catholic faith is significant for them, go to Mass sporadically i~ at all ~nd seem totally uninterested m wantmg their marriage to be validated in the church.

Obviously, if the Catholic faith is not important to them, there is no reason to assume they will consider it important for their children.

Perhaps, as frequently happens, they would like their children bap­ tized because "it is the thing to do," or because mother or grandmother is pushing them. But without a change their own religious lifestyl.e, they are simply incapable of fUlf~l­ ling the promise they would make m the baptism ceremony, to profess and practice their faith as a model and example for those children.

The church does not wish to place them in the position of having to make commitments which they do not intend and perhaps are unable to live up to.

I must add that most priests do not merely let the situation stay where it is without doing something about it. They attempt in every way possible to help the pa.rentsreac~ a decision and commitment with which they may sincerely request their child's baptism and carry out their own responsibilities.

Sometimes husbands and wives let their religious faith slide danger­ ously until something like t?e ~irth of a baby and the heavy obhgatlOns

By FATHJER JOHN DIETZEN that come with it impels them to stop

and think about' their lives and

beliefs.

Perhaps their priest is trying to make this happen for your daughter and her husband.

Q. J will be married soon in a Catholic Church. What form of vows must we use? Can we recite our own personal vows?

If not, can we add to the tradi­ tional vows? I've heard that this is not allowed. Why would this be? .

(North Carolina) A. Two forms of consent or vows

are possible in the United States.

One is common for the whole

church: "I, Joseph, take you Anne,

to be my wife. I promise to be true to

you in good times and in bad, in

sickness and in health. I will love you

and honor you all the days of my

life,"

The other was approved for our

country at the request of the Ameri­

can bishops since it is more familiar

here: "I. Joseph, take you Anne. for

my lawful wife. to have and to hold,

from this day forward, for better or

worse, for richer. for poorer, in sick­

ness and .in health until death do us

part. "

Either of these forms may be put as a question ("Do you, Joseph, take Anne'!") to which the couple would respond: "I do."

One of these forms must be used'

at all marriages of Catholics in the

United States. Neither the officiat­

ing priest or deacon nor the couple

are free to compose their own as a

substitute.

The: reasons for this are obvious when we realize that marriage vows, especially between Christians, are not just a private affair. They have important implications and c~nse­ quences for the whole commumty.

In practice, this works no h~rd­ ship whatsoever for the couple, smce numerous opportunities exist for the couple to convey their faith and feel­ ing toward each other, and .toward God and other people.. A major one, of course, is in their choice of scrip­ ture readings for their wedding, and the Prayers of the Faithful which (at least according to liturgical regula­ tions) they are free to compose themselves.

Another quite (requently used is the opportunity for the couple to compose their own prayer to be recited, together or separately. immediately after the vows, or at another appropriate time during the ceremony, such as after Commun­ ion.

Most priests are happy and anx­ ious to help couples make use of these opportunities to express thoughtfully and prayfully their o~n beliefs and commitment concernmg their marriage. It can be an inspiring and memorable part of the wedding ceremony.

Because ofthe volume of mail, it is generally impossible' for Father Dietzen to answer correspondence personally. Questions for this column should be addressed to him at Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., :8100mington, JIl. 61701.

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THE ANCHOR - " Friday, Jan. 25, 1985.

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Papal trip Continued from page one survive. This is, one of the high­ est infant mortality rates in La­ tin America," says the Ecuador­ bishops' conference.

"Their culture is neither val­ ued nor respected," said the bishops.

"The typical activities of their , culture and tradition are exploit· ed as folk,loric tourist attrac-, tions," they added: While the pope has often spoken strongly. for rapid imple­ mentation of social refonns, he couples this with exhortations against violence as a means of' change.

'A stop in the Peruvian moun· tain city of Ayacucho will offer him the chance to emphasjze that message. The Ayacucho area is the base of operations for Shining Path, a Maoist guer­ rilla group engaged in political assassinations and bombings.

The area is under mHitary con­ trol because of the guerrilla ac­ tivity.

The Peru visit also brings the pontiff to the country of Father Gustavo Gutierrez, a contro­ versial liberation theologian.

Father Guterrez, a theology pro· fessor at the Catholic University of Peru, utilizes Marxist con­ cepts in his efforts to provide a Christian response to' Latin America's social iUs. Pope John Paul has often warned against mixing Christian­ ity with Marxism in the search for solutions to socio-economic and politica'i 'problems. He i's not expected to meet with Father Gutierrez.

The first stop on the pope's itnerary is Venezuela. He then goes to Ecuador and Peru, ending with a brief visit to Port-of­ Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago, where Catholics form 34 percent of the 1.2 million population.

Trinidad means trinity in Span­ ish. The name was given to the island by Christopher Columbus in 1498. Columbus also brought the first missionaries to the region.'

I Trinidad and Tobagan culture is derived from Spanish, English, Dutch,' French, ,East Indian, Portuguese and African roots.

The diversity results from the is­ land-nation's location on major Caribbean sea trading lanes, which made it a crossroads for colonizers, merchants and slave traders.

Clergy discount USAir airlines has extended its clergy discount fare of at least 25 percent on all domestic USair and Allegheny commuter iilights until Dec. 31, 1986. ' The fare is 'available to any ordained or licensed minister of religion' and may be, used for reserved seats. ,Clergy must pre­ sent a USAirclergy card when purchasing tickets. Further in­ formatiQn on the plan is avail­ able from USAir, tel. 1·800-428­ 4322.

ST. THOMAS MORE'S NEW ORGAN

Organ dedication ~et' at St. Thomas More At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, St. Thomas Mqre Church in Somerset 'resound with mu­ sic as the new parish organ is officially dedicated. Acquired in December, the 'instrument has greatly enhanced' the vibrant liturgical music' program of the parish. ,The three manual and pedal elec~ronic organ is manufactured by the Rodgers Organ Company.

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,Aid to ~(Ethiopia NEW YORK(NC) - Catholi~ Relief Services' plans to distrib­ ute $140 million in relief aid to Ethiopia in 1985, said Msgr. Rob­ ert Coli, CRS Ethiopia director, during a brief visit to the United States. CRS is joining with other non-governmental relief agencies in an "unprecedented" $200­ million cooperative program,' the priest said in an interview.

Msgr. 'Coli praised interna­ tional media efforts for making people aware of the mHlions suffering famine in Ethiopia.

Meanwhile, the Del! Moines Reg­ ister, a daily newspaper in Iowa, raise(1 nearly $700,000 for Cath­ olic Relief Services and Church World Servic~ fot ,Ethiopian, reo lief.

Soviet honor (Undated) (NC)' - The only cardinal in the Soviet U~ion ,has received the honorary medal of the Soviet Peace Fund, the offi­ cia'i Soviet disarmamen~ cam­ paign. The Soviet news' agency Tass said 89-year-old Cardinal Julijans Vaivods of Riga a,nd Lie~ paja' in Latvia, received the award '''in appreciation of his active involvement in the peace movement and the support of the church he 'leads for' the peaceful policy of the Soviet state."

The Vatican had no official reaction, but a, Va,tican source familiar with Latvian issues said the award was "no doubt . .. l;l propaganda move in some sense,"

The model cho~en by the parish, the Rodgers Windsor ~40 organ', uses the latest technology in analog and digital designs to faithfully reproduce the sound and feel of real organ pipes. It is' also prepared for the addition of pipes should the parish also wish to enlarge it in future years.

'Monday evening's dedication \vili feature two Southeastern Massachusetts organists: Jona­ than Davis, 'formerly organist at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Taunton and now Rodgers Or­ gan' representative for the Fall River area and Stephen Young, organist and director Of music at the First Parish Church in Taunton.

Both have studied' with Yoko Hayashi at the New England ,Conservatory of Music in Boston and are freq~'ently heard in re­ citals throughout the area. ' The program will feature works by 'Bach, Vierne, Reger, and Boellmann. In addition, the St. Thomas More ~arish choir, directed by Mrs. Jo~n Cuttle and accompanied by .Larry Pou­ lin, will offer pieces by Haas and Bach and will lead the com~ munity in hymn singing.

Msgr. John J.' Regan, V.E., pastor of St. Thomas More, in­ vites parishioners a~nd friends to share the' joy of the ded'ication of this magnificent instrument.

Admission is free.

Episcopal rites to 'be explained Guidelines for musicians and lliturgy planners preparing for functions at- which one or more bishops will' be present will' be discussed at a meeting of Pastor­ ,al Musicians of the Fall '~iver Diocese at 2:30 p.m. Jan, 27 at St. George Church, Westport.

Msgr. John, J. Oliveira, epis­ copal vicar for ecclesiastical matters and master of cere­ monies for rites involving Bish­ op Daniel A. Cronin"wiN explain ,procedures for confirmations, parish anniversaries and other liturgical occasions.

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By NC News Newsweek magazine article The administrator of St. Anne's about Regan. It quoted Regan as Hospital, 'Fall River, has joined saying: the U.S. Catholic Conference and "My heart cannot bleed for the Catholic Health Association many hospitals hurt by limits on in asking Treasury Secretary Medicare payments, ~ven those Donald T., Regan to issue "a run by Roman Catholic nuns prompt, public apology'" for ai- . , . Their hearts are'''big, but .legedly ,claiming that Catholic their heads aren't'screwed on nuns who run hospitals often tight. Most of them need new have heads that "aren't screwed management."

In the CHA, telegram to the on tight," Calling Regan's characteriza- White House, John E. Curley, tion of hospital nuns an "in- Jr., CHA president, said Regan's accurate stereotype,", Knight apparent comment "insult~, the pointed out the longstanding - thousan~s of w?men ,r~hglOus commitment of Catholic hospi- who dedicate their very hves to tals to care for the' poor. caring for the sil!k and the in­ "The Catholic health care in- jured:' The Treasury official, ex­ dustry," he added, "can demo~- pe~ted to bec~~e presidential ,strate it tends to be moreeffl- chief of staff, displays a woe­ cient and operate at lower cost ful ignorance of the true state of than the health industry as· a Catholic health care in t~e wholeY United States," Curley added 10 The U.S. Catholic Conference, the telegram. public policy arm of the U.S, ",Beyond th,e prejudice in Se~­ bishops, also critic\zed _Regan, retary Regan s slurs, Mr. Pres,.­ calling the remarks attributed to dent, I ,am concerned that hiS him "a gratuitous slur on- the remarks will be construed as skill and competence" of nuns confirming the belief. a'lrea~y who manage Catholic hospitals. shared by many that thiS admm­ In a Jan. 14 telegram to Presi- istration does not fully compre­ dent Reagan demanding the ap" hend the. serious threat posed to ology from- the Treasury secre- our nation's health care by short­ tary, CHA also sought a meet- sighted attempts to control ' ing with Reagan to discuss plans costs," Curley said. for "continued arbitrary cutThe USCC, in a statement by backs" in reimbursements for its general secretary, Msgr. Dan­ Medicare and Medicaid, the fed- iel F. Hoye, said it affirmed "its eral government's health pro- confidence in the sisters who grams for the elderly and poor. operate Catholic health facilities" The remarks by Regan,' who and said the church "is extreme· is Catholic, appeared Jan. 7 in Iy.. proud of. its nearly 1,000 hos­ one paragraph of a' two-page"· pitals an~ othe,r ~heat\th, care fa­ , cilities in the United States."

Calling the work of nuns in health ministry "well known and widely admired," Msgr. Hoye added, "I sincerely hope the sec­ retary was misquoted."

January 27 William J. Cox, CHA vice ,Rev. John T. O'Grady, Assist­ president of government services, ant" 1919, Immaculate Concep­ said at a Washington news con­ tion, Fall River Rev. Joseph M. Silvia, Pastor, ference Jan. 15 that the nuns who administer hospitals have 1955, St. Michael, Fall Rver "a tough, tough assignment. It January 28 may be even more difficult to Rev. Joseph M. Griffin, Pastor, run a hospital today than to be 1947, St: Mary, Nantucket secretary of the Treasury." , Rt. Rev. John J. Shay, Pastor, Cox said that many of the ,1961, St. John Evangelist, AWe­ hospitals run by nuns are those boro in innercity and other low-income January 29 areas where a I,arge percentage Rev. Christiano J. Borges, Pas­ of the hospital's clients are elder­ tor, 1944, St. John Baptist, New ly or poor - with insufficient Bedford Medicare or Medicaid support Rev. Albert J. Masse, Pastor, if they have any at ::.11\.

1950, St. Joseph, Attleboro Both Cox and Curley' praised the professionalism, dedication Januaiy 30 . Rev. Raymond F. X. .CahiH, and business expertise of hos­ S.J. Assistant, 1983, St. Francis pital nuns.

Treasury Department officials Xavier, Hyannis were not available for comment January 31 on',the matter.

Rev. Charles J. 'Burns, Pastor, ,1901, St. Mary, North Attleboro Rev. William F. Sullivan, Pas­ . ,tor, 1930, St. Patrick, Somerset VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Rev. Manuel C. Terra, Pastor, John Paul II has received an in­ 1930, St. Peter, Provincetown vitation to visit Antarctica, an is­ }<'ebruary I land continent surrounding the Rt. Rev. Michael J. O'Reilly, South Pole and covered by an Pastor, 1948, Immaculate Con­ ice cap measuring an average ception, Taunton one mile thick. The invitation Rev. Anatole F. Desmarais, was extended by Bishop Miguel Pastor, 1975, St. James, Taunton Angel Aleman of Rio Gallegos, Rt. Rev. Patrick Hurley, Paso' Argentina. Joaquin Navarro­ tor, 1968, St. Joseph, Taunton Valls, director of the Vatican Rev. Msgr. Gerard J. Chabot, press office, said it is too early Pastor, 1983, St. Theresa of the to say if the pope will accept the Child Jesus, So. AtNetoro invitation.

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Night prayer Dear Editor: We are sending you a night prayer to Our Lady hoping you can publish it to honor Mary's Motherhood and to ask her to beg Jesus to bring mercy, for­ giveness and a change of heart to those who uphdld ideas op­ posed to generous motherhood, such as abortion and contra­ ceptives.

Night is falling, dear Mother, the long day is o'er; And before thy loved image I am kneeling once more, To thank thee for keeping me

safe through the day, To ask thee this night to keep evil away....

I am going to rest, for the day's work is done; Its hours and its moments have passed one by one.

And the God who wi.JI judge me has noted them all.

He has numbered each grace, He has counted each fall.

In His book they are written against the last day. o Mother ask Jesus to wash them away.

For one drop of His blood whch for sinners was spiH, Is sufficient to cleanse ' The whole world from its guilt....

Jacqueline Santiago Work of St. Joseph Washington, D.C.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., 'Jo·n. 25, 1985

'Veiled threat'

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T REA SUR Y Secretary Donald Regan's comments on "Catholic nuns who run hospitals" have angered church spokespersons. See page 6 story. (NC Photo)

SAN SALViADOR, EI Salvador (NC) - Salvadoran ohurch offi· cials have caNed for government action and have threatened a lawsuit in the case of a ,local newspaper ad, that ran in the form of an open letter, which San Salvador's archbishop said was a "veiled threat" against him. The ad's sponsor was iden­ tified as the Catholic Traditional Movement.

The ad told the archbishop "it should suffice for you to re­

member your predecessor." Arch­ bishop Rivera Dama's predeces­ sor was Archbishop Oscar Ro­ mero, who was assassinated in March 1980.

In other news from the strife­ torn nation, deaths due to poli­ tical violence have dropped con· siderably since 1983, said Tutela Legal, the San Salvador archdio-

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cesan human' rights agency, but killings still took more thari 3,400 lives in 1984. Tutela Legal said there were 6,096 politicaHy related violent deaths in 1983.

lUses method WASHIiNGTON (NC) - The recent Vatican document on lib­ eration theology not only sup­ ports qiberation theology in prin­ ciple but actually uses its meth­ od, says Jesuit Father Avery Dulles.

It is a "misinterpretation" to

read the document as a condem·

nation of liberation theology, he

said. Speculating that the Vati­

can's real fear ds not about main·

stream liberation theology, but rather that the movement wi'll be "calqously used by hard-core Marxists" for purely political ends.

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....- - - -.. Father Bruce·Ritter

Prudence and Strength and Courage A question I get asked a like with these two kids I met yesterday!

It's great theory, Bruce! Right! It's like trying to tell a lot is: Bruce. how does your Take it easy, Timmy, I said. We'll figure something out, violent toothache to go away at ~1:00 in the morning. Mind staff survive? How do you '0 'd M over pain! Right! maintain their morale? It s .K.,I sal. y hands won't stop shaking, he said. I'm Why did you cry over that kid in Fort Lauderdale. Bruce?

Your own, too? When you sorry. I'm surprised you put up with me so long, he said. He look at a kid that could be was a moderately tall, lanky, infinitely scruffy kid who I never said it was easy. And I didn't cry very long. It is great theory and it does work, and most of the time, if you your own kid __ that you really stank bad. would want to be your own kid -- and know that the street Can I light that cigarette for· you, I said. I'm sorry, he don't make it work, you're in real trouble.

It's always the same old story: Practice what you is going to kill him? said. I don't think I can manage it. My hands won't stop preach, Bruce.

I usually try to avoid the honest answer that we can't shaking. I'm sorry, he said again. .

And believe. maybe, a little harder, in what you preach. very w·el!. The hardest thing -- the worst thing •• is looking· I'm sorry. I guess I do look like hell, he said. You smell to God is not enough, huh? Maybe you should try to under­ at a kid that you care a lot about, and his eyes tell you: you high heaven. I said. know that he knows he's not going to make it. . Your staff are real nice, he said. They keep taking me stand it better: Does God always have to love and help God is not enough. He's really not. I tell my staff that -­ back, he said. They'd bet~er, I said. We're glad you're here. these kids on your terms, Bruce? Maybe you're afraid to get out of the way. Maybe you're not as detached as you when they get overinvested, lose distance and objectivity. Stay around, I said. Don t go away. thought.

God will not substitute, I tell them, for their prudence and . "/ don't like it when / argue w~th myself. " I don't like it when I argue with myself --I wind up losing strength and courage and detachment. too often. Look, I said, back to me. I am not the truth I I try to explain to my staff what detachment is all about: Where're you from? Ohio, Timmy said. My mother, she teach. I'm just trying to help these kids the best way I know the prayed for and learned ability to protect yourself, to let just disappeared, my da{j couldn't handle me. I started to how and to survive doing it. I've seen too many good peo­ go of everything, most of all your own desire and need to drink pretty much when I was 14 and split when I was 15. ple go down the tubes trying to help kids like Timmy save a particular kid, the need to justify your own ex­ Been on my own three years. The street? I said. He bobbed because they thought God told them to and they couldn't istence by helping others. To let go your dependence on his head up and down. I'm not pretty anymore. I make par­ handle it. I teach my staff how to handle it, not to rush in your own skill~ and insight and your need to be successful ty (drinking) money posing for a few pictures. A couple of where there ain't any angels, not to presume... there are with a kid. rich dudes will give me $50. I deliver porn for them to some devils that are cast out only after much prayer and fasting. So, I tell my staff, until you're an accomplished I try to explain that if your love for akid and your need to chicken hawks.

Timmy showed me the contents of his gym bag -- a pray-er and fast-er, I'll talk to you about prudence and dis­ help him causes you a lot of anguish and self-doubt, it's collection of pretty routine child porn. His sad eyes watch­ tance and objectivity and detachment. your needs being met, mostly, and not the kid's needs.

I don't know who won that argument.

They don't really understand -- my staff -- about detach­ ed me very carefully. You know you can't have this stuff ment. That kind of wisdom only comes with too many here. I said. Do you want it. he said off-handedly, his sad I wish I understood it better. now watchful and calculating. No, I said. I'm sorry, he years of trying and failing and more pain than you ever eyes said. . .

Pray for Timmy. and that other kid -- Joey (I didn't like want to think about. I tell them that you can only really love I have this heart condition real bad. Your doctors here him very much). Pray for me, too. We pray for you every someone freely if you're perfectly detached from loving him -- that the greatest gift you can give someone is not to want me to layoff the parties and stop smoking, he said. day. bind and hold them with your love but to leave them free.. The medication I take for my heart doesn't mix with the Sometimes, even free to die. No strings. My staff doesn't booze. Thanks for letting me stay here again. I've got the I Yes. I agree. all Timmys should be given the oppor­ tunity to make it. Enclosed is my contribution of: understand that. They understand better when I tell them world's worst hangover... but I'm not drinking now. I S . that it's okay to hurt and it's okay to cry. alittle, but not for Haven't had a drink all day, he said proudly, with a sad crooked grin that made him'look 16. It was 10 o'clock in the I' please print: long.

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And when a kid dies, it wasn't you who lost him. Don't Please send this coupon with your donation to: Let us help you, I said. We can,l said. We want to. I know blame yourself, or the program, or the world -- or God, Who loves them infinitely more than we do. Simply accept it and this greilt program for kids who can't handle their drinking COVENANT HOUSE problem. It works; it really does, Timmv. try. if you can, to forget it.· .

Father Bruce Ritter I could sure use a shower, he said in reply. I can smell I tell my staff that if they try very hard. after awhile they P.O. Box 2121 can grow this little switch in their brain that shuts down myself, he said. I'm sorry to be such a bother. You're not, I Times Square StatiQn the memory banks and disengages the pain so they can go said. I'm really glad you're back, I said.

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I tried to flip the switch in my head -- there was another _ _--------------~-kid named Joey that I knew J wasn't going to like very LIFE ON THE STREET IS A DEAD END much waiting to see me -- but it didn't work too well.

Father Bruce Ritter. OFM Con v,. is the founder and President of He said he was sorry. I was caring -- and careful! But the Covenant House, which operates crisis centers for homeless and switch didn't work this time. runaway boys and girls all over the country.

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Marks 5Is·t The Holy Cross Fathers' com­ pound on '{ucker Road, North Dartmouth, wen knc;»wD to many had in the Fall River diocese, many uses since its purcliase 6y the Holy Cross community in 1934. The following history of the estate was compiled by ("ather. Richard Desharnais,CSC.

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The buildings on this beautiful spot were originally construct­ ed around 1900 by the Francis B. Greene family. Later the es­ tate was sold to a New Bedford doctor who converted the build­ ings into a hospital which closed during the depression of the 1930s.

Then we read the following in the Holy Cross 'Fathers' Mission House Chronicles: "In ·February 1934 Father Walter Marks, ·Brother Oswa'ld and ,Brother Hor­ misdas opened the house, recent· Iy purchased by the Very Rev..

Wesley J. Donahue, C.S.C., sup­ perior general. It was intended to be both a new Eastern seminary for the congregation and a mis­ sion house, to house a new Eastern mission band. Brother Claude joined this first group two weeks later.

"Father William Doheny was appointed superior of the new seminary. He arrived in' June 1934. Father Robert Woodward was appointed assistant superior.

He arrived in JOlly 1934.

"Because of the need of a post-surgery recuperation for Father Doheny, it became nec­ essary for Father Woodward and Father Charles Lee, who arrived iii Augus!, to do most of the work of recruiting a class of seminarians to begin studies in September 1934.

"Father Vincent McCauley ar­ rived in time to join the first faculty of Our Lady of Holy Cross Seminary.

"Father Archibald McDowell was appointed to the new mis­ sion band and arrived in May· 1934. Father George Fischer was also appointed to the band and arrived in August 1934."

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The seminary was to have only a one year stay in North Dart· mouth as it moved to the Ames estate 'in North Easton the fol­ lowing year. The Mission Band continued for this year to oper­ ate from North Dartmouth.

The farm there was begun in 1935. Brother Claude (Francis) Hartley, a master carpenter and all-around expert worker, was the first· organizer of this. He later was helped Iby Brother Larry Triolo and a Portuguese ,layman by the name ~f Joachim Burgo. . This farm used much of the land and proyided; abundance as the years rdlled by so that the houses in North Dartmouth and North ,Easton became self­ sufficent in meat and vegetables.

Brother Larry ran the farm for eight years, assisted by brothers from Valatie, N.Y., then came Brother Lellis (Francis)-' Brannigan and Brother Protase, who were helped by most of the novices.

From 1936 to 1952 the main house was the novitiate for both the Eastern and English-Cana­ dian provinces of the Holy Cross community. Many distinguished noviCe masters served there, in­ cluding Fathers Christopher 0' Toole,. James Moran, Felix Duf­ fey, Richard Sullivan and Daniel Gleason.

The Carriage House at North Dartmouth has an interesting his­ tory. Early, it was used as a gymnasium for the novices. In 1947 it was transformed into 'the brothers' postulate. Brother Joe Morris remembers the reno­ vations· which had to be 'made there, since he was the first pos­ tulant. He recalls how many dis­ tinguished brothers went through this postulate under the direction of Father Denis Sughrue.

When the postulate closed for lack of candidates, it became available for the .last of the fa­ molislaymen's retreats in June of 1954, then temporary head­ quarters for Father George De­ Prizio's provincialate, a summer

residence for· seminarians for three years, and, finaHy, as it is today, .S1. Joseph's Hall, a multi­ faceted apostolate for province development and pastoral ~rgan­ izations directed by Father Philip Kelly.

In 1952, when the novitiate moved to Bennington, the mis­ sion band returned to North -Dartmouth. iBesides engaging iri their own apostolate, the mis­ sioners organized a laypersons' auxiliary, later to become the first chapter of the Associate Lay Family of Holy Cross.

Band members also publicized Holy Cross events in the local newspapers, ·including jubilees and other' events, notably the 1957 celebration of the centen­ ary of the Holy Cross Constitu­ tions,. an event at which Holy Cross priests, brothers and sis­ ters were present in great num­ bers.

<0 By 1970 the mission band

ministry had undergone many changes. Not only had several members died but changes in approach to the parish mission apostolate dictated reorganiza­ tion of the undertaking.

Today the main building at North Dartmouth, directed, by Father Tom Tobin, houses the apostolate of preaching. Also car­ ried on are closed retreats for religious, conducted /by Father Jim Murphy, and a house of hospitality for community mem­ bers.

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Swansea couple remain missionaries

Continued from page one min, now 9, was born in Wes­ tern Samoa, while Timothy, now 6, arrived after the family's return to' the United States.

Within five weeks of arrival, MBlrk found himself acting rec­ tor of the seminary where he had expected to teach, Cardinal Taofinu'u having packed off its rector for studies in Rome. He supervised 15 priest-candidates, 30 catechists and 20 sister-can­ didates, al1 taking the same pre· liminary studies in theology, psy­ chology and Western culture, the latter to prepare them for advanced studies that would pre­ suppose knowledge of the struc- ' . ture of Western-oriented Roman Catttolicism.

"My course in psychology was the first offered in Western Sa­ moa and I had students from the national university as well as those at the seminary," said Mark.

He explained that Cardinal Taofinu'u's jurisdiction extends to Tuvalu, an autonomous terri­ tory, and American Samoa, as well as to Western Samoa, an independent state.

The Sheas were in the South Pacific for two years, with Linda teaching English at the seminary and offering nursing care in the native village in which the family lived. Following the lifestyle of their neighbors, they became so attuned to the vil'lage culture -that on their return to the U.S. Jeremy at first refused to use silverware or sit on a chair.

"For two years we had no privacy," said Mark, "the people were so curious about us." The only break came, he said, 'when the village periodically was de· sereted as the inhabitants visited their ancestral areas.

The Sheas also learned how it feels to be a minority. "Some people were prejudiced Blgainst us because we were white," he said, adding, however, that many Western: Samoans became close friends. He a'lso spoke highly' of the "inslltiable thirst for knowl­ edge of ~he seminary students."

Mark llnd Linda, in fact,' would gladly lJave stayed in Samoa.

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dictated by concern for the health and education of their sons.

"We won't know for years whether we may have contracted leprosy," said Mark, "and there. are other diseases it's difficult to avoid."

On their return the family settled in Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea, where their home abuts 'the church property and where Linda's father, Robert Laflamme, is a charter parish­ ioner.

Both Mark and Linda are ac­ tive in Our ,Lady of Fatima's youth program, with Linda also involved in ,the parish music ministry and Mark in COD. Their Franciscanism continues to in­ fluence them deeply as they try to live the ideals of' poverty, chastity and ohedience.

In line with that, Mark, after a stint as CCD coordinator at neighboring St. Louis de France' parish, now works at Fall River's

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home for patients with terminal cancer.

"I see Jesus so much in these people. It's a privilege to serve them," he declared.

Unda, who has become a H­ censed practical nurse since re­ turning from Western Samoa, re­ presents a company manufactur­ ing kinetic therapy heds for par­ alytics and trauma patients.

With a coworker, Jane Rego, RN, of Tiverton, she is often on the road to nearby states, posi­ tioning patients on the special beds immedately following sur­ gery.

The couple are proud of their four sons who are "aware of their Christian heritage," said Mark, and are willing to defend moral values and speak out against race prejudice.

What of the future for the Sheas?

"We'll go where God sends us," said Mark. "We're mission­ aries here as much as in Samoa."

Four start climb to sainthood VATICAN CITY {NC) - A Dutch journalish-priest murdered

by Nazis in World War II ds among four people whose saint· hood causes are being promoted by the Vatican.

The Congregation for Saints' Causes, in a ceremony attended

by Pope John Paul II, formally recognized the martyrdom of Carmelite Father TituS Brands­ rna.

As one-time Spiritual director of the Catholic Journalists Soci· ety in Holland, Father Brands­ rna was arrested for defending t,he freedom of the Catholic press and was put to death in a con­ centration camp at Dachau, Ger­ many, in 1932 at age 51.

The congregation also recog­ nized the martyrdom of a Jesuit missionary priest, Father Diego Luis de San Vi,tores, who was killed on the Island of Guam in 1672 at age 44: A miracle attributed to the intercession of Sister Maria Ca­ terina of St.' Rosa of Biterbo, who founded the Institute of the Franciscan Missionary ·Sisters of . -. .." ", ,

the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the 19th century, was recog­ nized by the congregation. Born in Italy in 1813, ,she died in Cairo, Egypt, in 1887.

The congregation recognized the heroic virtue of Franciscan Sister Alfonsa dell'Immacolata Concezione. ·Born Anna Mutta· t,hupandatu in KudamaJlor, India, in 1910, she died in Baharanga­ nam in 1946.

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Helping the adult child

By Dr; James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr, Kenny: I was dis­ appointed in your answer to the mother of the adult child who seemed to be underachieving and dependent upon his family. Your advice reflected the "bootstrap" philosophy. .From the description of the young man, it appeared to me he was troubled. Depression, ir­ ritability, lack of friends, low self-esteem, etc., are sigl15 of someone who may need· coun­ seling.

Further, it may be that the par­ ents need counseling, not only on how to let go of their son, but possibly on how to allow him to be whatever he will be­ come~

. In this economy jobs are hard to find even for an educated or capable person.

It Is ~ier to suggest that someone is lazy than to recog­ nize the larger problem. ­ PenJ!SYlvania

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I once watched a mama robin push her three young ones from the nest. Two flew off. The third fluttered to the ground.

The mama remained quietly on the branch. She did not swoop down to help her "baby."

Nor did she refer him' for coun­ seling. She waited.

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racket, divebombing the cat until it disappeared. Mama returned to the branch.

The fledgling hopped around and chirped pitifully. I wanted to go out and care for the small bird. But I respected mama's wisdom.

The fledgling hid in the bushes for a time. Then it came out to try a few awkward takeoffs.

Eventually the small bird became airborne.

What would have happened if mama had labeled her baby men­ 'tally ill and cared for it? Or if I had come out to protect it? I suspect the baby bird would still be an invalid.

Equally inappropriate would have been to call the .Jittle one a "Iazybird." The mama attacked the cat, but ne'{er her baby.

Judgments about moral disposi­ tions are best left to God. Instead the mama waited and expected her baby to fly. She had a positive approach. Her confidence paid off. It took a little longer than with her other two, but her third finally lived up to her expectations.

People tend to live up to our expectations. Not all tangible care is helpful. By taking care of our adult children beyond the time for independence, we send a dangerous messabe: I fear you· cannot care for yourself.

Not all withholding of nurtur­

ance is meanness. The mama robin was not mean. She al­ most killed the poor cat who had the audacity to come near her ;baby. ,But she sent a powerful though quiet message to her baby: I know you can fly.

True, some adult children may need additional help to get start­ ed. But I believe it is better to let them stumble around for a while, make their mistakes and find their own way out and up.

Being too quick with advice and tangible support can create life­ time cripples, with no confidence in their ability to cope.

How do you know when to help? Wait for them to ask. ·Even then, I would evaluate their capability to "fly." Many peo­ ple who ask for help or advice _ are really asking for moral sup­ port.

An absolute criterion for inter­ vention is when physical health or life are threatened. At that point I would step in with home care and medical treatment until the crisis has passed. In other situations I would emphasize moral support rather than di­ rect help or advice.

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

Nicaraguan- -priests .suspend~d

. By NC News Service Three Nicaragu'an priests hold­ irig high government posts have been barred from performing their priestly ministries, accord­ ing to press reports.

Vatican Radio reported that Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega, head of the Nicaraguan bishops' con­ ference, said the sanction took effect Jan: 10. The action affects Father Ernesto Cardenal, cuI­

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them from their ministries whet­ her in office or not.

The sanction follows months of discussion and argument be­ tween the priests and the bish­ ops. The priests have'said they' are conscience-bound to keep their government £lostS. The bishops, backed by the Vatican, have cited canon law forbidding priests from holding offices, involving the exercise of civil power. They have repeat­ edly warned the priests they

would face penalities if they did not resign.

Bishop Vega said a di~ferent action was being taken regard· ing Father Edgard Parrales, Nic· aragua's ambassador to the Or­ ganization of American States, Vatican Radio said. The action was not described.

Th~ Vatican press office said it had no information on the Nicaraguan situation, saying it was a decision of the Nicaraguan bishops.

Outlook bleak for Romanian religious ROME (NC) - Harsh govern­ tus came from a private report ment policies have pushed Ro­ prepared by the society's Slavic mania's small Jesuit community assistancy, the article said. One to near-extinction, an official Jesuit said the situation. shows Jesuit publication has said. that communist governments are The society's bleak assessment particularly afraid of religious of its chances 'for survival in the orders. communist nation came even Tohey see diocesan churches as after recent improvements in Romanian - Vatican relations official ohurches, in a way," the which ,Included, the nomination Jesuit, who asked not to be

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of a Romanian archbishop.. see religious orders as an avant­

Romania's post-World War II garde that wants to take great

policy of prohibiting religious steps forward." communities has 'left only eight 'Diocesan priests in many East Jesuits in the country, an article in the Jesuits' 1985 yearbook European countries, including said. Only one Jesuit priest, who Romania, have' been aUowed is over 70, is allowed to engage limited ministry, he said. in pastoral work,the article The Franciscans are facing "a said. . paraNel situation" in Romania, "The religious are not per­ according to 'Franciscan Procu­ mittlir to live in community, and rator General Father Onorio for several decades now it .is Pontoglio. Like the Jesuits, the forbidden to receive new candi­ -Rome-based Franciscan official dates for the society," the article said, the order's Romanian said. "All of (the order's) apos­ branch is "moving towards ex­ tolic work is destroyed." tinction" unless the situation Informtion on the Jesuits' stil­ changes drastica-1ly.

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By Antoinette 'Bosco ,A recent Saturday, a mild and sunny day, was a gift ,for those living in New England: Here Winter generally comes in with a blast an dits frigid tempera­ tures hang on for weeks on end.

It was hard to know what to make of a day that hovered in , the 60-degree range.

I guess the balmy weather gave me a midwinter speH of spring fever. I found myself wanting to clean closets, wash windows, listen to good music, read a book, write letters. What I didn't want to do was my ordinary work - writing. I faced my deadlines as though they were enemies. I stretched in the warm weather. I wanted a break.

While I'm generally very dis­ ciplined, the lure of the day pulled me away from the type­ writer. I made tea for myself and my daughter and we sat and .talked and laughed, joking about how we were pretending to be women of leisure.

Both of us are writers whose work cannot be confined to the hours of 9 to 5. In addition, she is studying ,to be an opera singer and is busy around the clock.

We talked about how long it had been since we had ,taken a day to do a little of this and a little of that. We concluded that the prict we were paying fo'r­ our busy 'lives was having to give up the "joy of puttering."

Most of my adult olife I've had to be productive, meeting the re­ quirements of being a single parent or supp0rtirg six child­ ren. And usually that's been OK. But thts day I felt the exten.t to which lack of time was fill­ ing my life. Without spaces in our schedules, the things that

round us out as human beings can be' crowded out.

"When. did you last take a day to putter?" my daughter and I asked each other. What we really meant was, Are we find­ ing the time needed for reflection on what we are here for, .what our lives are about, what makes life worth ,living.

And in needing to give so much to our jobs, who has been crowd­ ed out friends, ourselves, God? I ,took a walk around my house and slowly realized that this day was no accident. It. was a message from God. I think he pulls surprises on us every so often to force us to stop, look and listen to ourselves, to him.

Sometimes the surprises are hard ones -the death of a loved one, an Hlness. They are shocks that stop us in our tracks and force us to make room for God: But this day the surprise was a benevolent one. I think God wanted people, at least me, to do something different, to change the ordinary schedule. Unless "weLL HAVE TO CR055"'CHECK CAREFUL.!..X people let go of their ordinary OF COURSE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT: THERE'S A schedules now and then, they can get trapped and forget to re­ [7EFI~ITE REFERENCE HERE TO A SAINT flect on their destiny.

BINGO." So I took the day, savored it and thanked God for stopping me in my tracks in such a lovely way. I shut down the treadmiH for a day and meditated on my maker and the blessings of my life.

I couldn't help but think of WASHINGTON (NC) - The fewer sick days, live longer and the invitation from Jesus I diminishing number of U.S. work beyond the customary re­ ~~arned lon.g ago in, my r~gligion priests could. adversely affect tirement age. classes: "Come to me all you priestly health, warns a recently "A priest's health must be who labor and are burdened and completed report by a National seen as more than freedom from i will refresh you." . Conference of Catholic Bishops' sickness and disease; it includes It was a benediction I had not committee. a deep faith sustained by prayer," thought about for a long time.

"The Health of American the report said. The committee Catholic Priests," the first in­ said the first 25 years of the depth study on the subject, sur­ priesthood are the most stre'ss­ veyed 4,600 priests in 21 dio­ ful and that serenity character­ Reagan, in his remarks to the ceses over about 15 months in izes older clergy. marchers, said he rejected Vio­ 1983 and 1984.

83.6 percent of priests called lence "as a means of settling The report said that in the this issue. We cannot condone first years· after Vatican II, a their health excellent or good, the threatening or taking of hu- . significant number of priests left 'lit 39.6 percent reported "severe personal, behavioral or 'mental man life to protest the taking of active ministry through retire­ problems" in the previous 12 human life by way of abortion. ment· and resignation, the num­ months. ' He told the crowd he was ber of diocesan priests availabl~ The committee pointed out "proud to stand with you in the for fuHtime assignment declined, that, like other males, priests 10ng march for human life" and and diocesan seminarians de­ said he would continue to work creased by more than 50 percent. tend to minimize their needs, failings and weaknesses, and with Congress against legalized It also said that although overestimate their personal well­ abortion. there are now more than 57,000 Reagan's message was echoed U.S.. priests, by the year 2000 being. The report said these fac­ tors must be kept in mind when by senators, representatives there could be only 17,000: viewing the survey results. and religious leaders at the "These trends indicate . . . a The committee recommended march who condemned the re­ that priests monitor their per­ cent violence at a.bortion clinics. .smaller bu.t older clergy popula­ sonal health, inform themselves and said Americans are moving tion faced with greater respon­ sibilities," the report said. "Un­ on health benefits and develop toward rejection of abortion. less there are' some dramatic habits to prevent disease; and Following the \,Vashington shifts in the immediate future, that dioceses establish "holistic march, 29 people were arrested there is a good reason to be con­ health boards." while kneeling on the steps of cerned about the health of Am­ Holistic refers to a theory ·that the U.S. Supreme Court build­ erican priests." emphasizes the organic or func­ ing and praying for an end to The study, a follow-up to a tional relationship between parts abortion.

1982 study, "Priests and Stress," and wholes.

The protesters were charged was conducted by Jesuit Father with violating federal law PI'Cl­ .Josph Fichter and the sociology hibiting parading, assembling department of Loyola Univer­ or displaying banners at the Su­ sity in New Orleans. The report, VATICAN' CITY (NC) - Pope :preme Court buildi~ or its based on the study, was written John Paul 1,1 has named Arch­ grounds, according to Sgt. Jo­ by the NCeB Committee on bishop Francesco Colasuonno, a seph Gentile, a public informa­ Priestly. Life and Ministry.

60-year-old Italian, as the new tion officer with District of Col­ The study showed that U.S. apostolic pronullcio to Yugo­ umbia Police. The charge carries a $100 fine or 60 days in jail or priests succumb to disease in slavia,. one of the few countrie.s about ,the same proportion' as with a Marxist government both said Gentile. Those ar­ rest~d were taken to District other American men. But they which' has diplomatic relations with the Vatican. also work longer hours, have of Columbia Superior Court.

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Boston College running back Steve Strachan, the 1985 Cotton Bowl's Most Valuable Player, also spoke of his commitment to the pro-life movement.

National March At the National March for Life in Washington President Reagan and other political lead­ ers condemned violence as a means of stopping abortions.

'Reagan told the pro-lifers "the 'momentum is with us" to end abortion.

Marchers at the 12th annual protest against the Supreme Court decision ,legaHzing abor­ tion heard Reagan's address oV,er loudspeakers at the Ellipse be­ hind the. White House before marching to the Capital.

I Distrct of Columbia .. police !estimated the crowd sIze at 71,500.

Although bitter cold the pre­ vious day had forced cancella­ tion of Reagan's outdoor swear­ ing in l!-n inaugural parade, the weather was -less of a factor for the annual pro-life march. The temperature had reached the upper 20s by the time the march ers. headed for Capitol Hill.

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Ho,Ule·VCRs don't violate copyright

By AnY. ARTHUR MURPHY

& AnY. RICHARD MURPHY

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What would you do if .you had to pay for every program. you recorded from television with your video cassette recorder? Get a second ' job? Sell the thing?

Imagine if the VCR manuac­ turers had' to pay the producers of the TV shows the VCRs were used to tape. Worst of aU, im­ agine a law prohibiting the sale of, VCRs. One or more of the above pos­ sibilities could have become a reality when the Supreme Court was asked about a year ago to decide whether taping television programs with home VCRs vio­ lated the copyright rights of the owners of the programs. The Court ruled that there was no violation !because home taping was a "fair use" of the programs.

Copyrights and the fair use of copyrighted material are sub­ jects covered by the federal Copyright Act, a collection of laws on copyrights. iIn general terms, a copyright gives the creator of an "intellect­ ual production" the exclusive right to print, publish, copy and

sell that production. In fact, the copyright laws were enacted primarily in response to the in­ vention of printing, whfch made 'multiplication of copies easy and profitable.

Copyright protection is avail­ able for "original works of au­ thorship." Examples of such works covered by the Copyright' Act are Hterary works, musical works, including accompanying words, dramatic works, includi.ng any accompanying ,music, motion pictures and other audiovisual works and sound recordings.

To be eligible for a copyright, a person's work must be original.

This doesn't mean it must be strikingly unique or have great artistic value. But it does mean .that the creator has to have add­ ed something of his or her own.

In other words, a person may not copyright something he or she' has copied from someone else.

However, the originality test is not difficuU to pass. For ex­ ample, a work that amounts to little more than a rearrangement of 91d ideas is often eligible for copyright protection.

You can use a copyrighted ,work to a limited extent with­ out incurring liability for in­ fringement of copyright. This is called the "fair use" exception to copyright violation.

Fair use 'might' include using' copies of the copyrighted work for such purposes as criticism, comment, news reporting, teach-' ing, scholaflly purposes or reo search. Among the factors a court considers in determining for use are: 1) the purpose and ch,aracter of the'use, including whetfier the use is ,commercially oriented or for non-profit, educational pur­ poses; 2) the nature of the, copy· righted work;

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The Court's decision seems to follow what has become one of the general ru'les under the fair use exception. That is, uses that are of even minimal social value are fair if they don't tend to sub­ stitute for the copyright holder's actual or potential commercial exploitation of the original.

Another general rule is that uses having a high informational value 'are fair unless the copy­ right holder can show there is a likelihood of' extensive com­ mercial substitutjon. For exam­ ple, a court ruled that the un· authorized use in a magazine

leading to potential liability for copyright infringement.

However, the showing of a taped broadcast, even at no charge, in a commercial estab­ lishment, llike your friendly Finally, highly informative neighborhood tavern, could be uses that are 'also educational considered commercial use pro­ or non-commercial may be fair hibited by the Copyright Act. even when a great deal of com­ Even though the tavern owner, mercial substitution .is likely. for example, is exacting no fee For example, the photocopying from his customers for viewing of articles from soholarly jour­ a tape of last night's Celtics nals solely to disseminate the game, it could be argued that he knowledge to others, and not for was deriving indirect commer· profit, is a fair use of the arti­ cial benefit due to the increased cles. size of the crowd in his estab· The Supreme .Court has said lishment. that non-commercial home use To sum up, taping television recording of material broadcast programs for the private, non­ over the public airwaves is a commercial use and enjoyment fair use of copyrighted works of VCR owners will most likely and does not constitute copy­ not 'lead to copyright liability. right infringement. Thus" taping .. However, if the user derives any a movie or a Celtics game for commercial benefit, even. indir­ ·Iater viewing by yourself and a ectly, from the showing of ,the few friends is fine, provided taped broadcast, he or she could that you don't charge your bud­ be subject to liability for copy­ dies an admission fee. Not only right infringement. would this be a great way to lose friends, but it also could be The Murphys practice iaw in considered commercial use, thus Braintree. article of information from for­ mer President Gerald Ford's memoirs before the memoirs were· publicly released was a fair use.

eLA Regina medalist HAVERFORD, Pa. (NC) ­ meeting.

The Catholic -Library Associa­ Irma C. Godfrey, library ser· tion has named Jean Fritz, au­ , vices consultant in the St. Louis thor of 27 novels for young Archdiocese, has been elected readers, as recipients of its Re­ vice president and president­ gina Medal. The medal, award­ elect. Elected to the executive ed annually since 1959 to honor board were Sist~r of St. Joseph excellence, in children's litera­ Jean R. BosNey, Hbrarian at St. ture, will be presented Apri,l 9 Joseph Central, High School, to Miss Fritz at the CLA's an­ M. Pittsfield, and Arnold nual convention to be held this Rzepecki Htbrarian at Sacred year in St. Louis.

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Mary A. Grant, health_educa­ tion resource center' director at St. John's University, New York, currently association vice president, will become CLA president during the April 8-11

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3) the portion of 'the copy­ righted work used; , 4) the content or substance of the portion used in comparison to the copyrighted work as a whole; 5) the effect of the use of the copyrighted work upon the po­ tential market for, or value of, that work.

In the VCR case decided by the Supreme Court, "fair use" was a critical' issue. Universa·1 City Studios, which owns copy­ rights on some of the programs broadcast on' free television, claimed copyright infringement by two parties: VCR owners who taped their programs off the television and the company that sold the. VC~s.

The Court ruled that videotap­ ing by the homeowner for non­ comercial use, (i.e., private view­ ing) was a fair use. The practice - called time-shifting - was fair, the Court said, because it's likely that 'many copyright hold­ ers who l!cense their works for television broadcasts don't ob· ject to time-shifting and time­ shifting causes minimal harm to the potential market for or value of the copyrighted pro­ grams. In fact, it even increases the size 'of the audience.

DES MOINES, Iowa (NC)' Iowa may lose 50 percent of its farmers by the year 2000, and t is not the only state facing an increased rural crisis, according to Gregory Cusack, executive director of the Nationai' Catholic' Rural Life Conference.

Cusack, executive director since 198'1 of the'Des Moines· based NCRLC, is trying to find solutions to the proble~s before they get even worse.

Clisack, in an interview with The Witness, ,newspaper of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, said agriculture is indiffioulty across the country and that the forces troubling it are the same every­ where.

"If this process continues, it is inevitable that all the land in the country will be owned by corporations or other large land­ owners," he said. "In 50 years, we're going to have ,the kind of concentrated land ownership in this country that we have looked upon elsewhere in the world

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with disfavor. Iowa itself may Jose 40 or 50 percent of its far­ mers by the year 2000." ' He said the' new system wiil adversely affeCt ,the availability, purity and price of food in the future. Moreover, Cusack said, the inability of Americans to look· aihead 50 years and plan for the. future .is contributing to, the pr.oblem'. ' , The NCRLC itself is conduct­ ing ,a three-year study of land, food and justic,e issues,' with the aim. of identifying what a "just food' system'~ would be.

"It's not lust a question of the short-term survivaibility of 'farms, but a structural problem we have to address," Cusack said. "We've got ,to chl1nge the way we do business in this coun­ try agriculturally. More of the same wiltl not work."

Farmers' and consumer must become allies to get fair prices for both and to ensure that hun­ gry people are fed, he ,said.

The 'land must be safeguarded

as well, he said.

"We can't possibly abuse the land without down the road abusing ourselves," Cusack said.

"It's going to take a profoundly different relationship between human beings and the land be~ fore we can have a just food system." He cited the poten'tial misuse of chemicals on the land.

"We're not agains~ chemicals/' he pointed out. ,"We're against indiscriminate, unwise use of chemicals when ,we don't know what the consequences are," There, are other challenges, he said.

In the business sector, ,"the farmer is subject to relative monopolies at !both ends", of his operations, from the seed, chemi­ cal and implement companies which' supply the means to help grow crops,' and from the grain and meat companies which buy farm products, Cusack said. ' These industries have claimed "their future is tied to the ever­ expanding farm," Cusack said.

"But I think we could make a good case for them that they would be in a sounder position financia'\tly wIth a more dis· persed and wide-based owner­ ship of' land, with a ,lot of people working on the land rather than a few."

Furthermore, he asked, "Where in blazes are these' people going to get jobs" if they're forced off the land?

NCRLC is forming ties with otl1er agricultural organizations and with such other fChurch groups as the National Council of Churches. It is' also planning a series of 1985 forums on the relationship between theology and the land, Cusack said.

He added that he is excited abou.t the U.S.' bishops' planned pastoral letter on the economy, whose second draft, due in late spring, will include a section on agriculture. As Cusack sees it, "a more just economic order goes hand in hand with a just food system,"

Fr. 'Schillebeeckx

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By Sister Mary Ann Walsh VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican has ordered Dominican Father Edward Schillebeeckx, a Beligian~born theologian, to ac­ knowledge publicly church teach­ ing that only priests may conse­ crate the Eucharist.

The order, contained in a June 13, 1984, letter, responded to the priest's 1980 book, "Ministry: A Case for Change." According to the Vatican, the book argues that lay persons can consecrate the Eucharist where no priests are available.

The letter, released Jan. 10, was from the Vatican Congrega­ tion for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Father Thomas Herron, an Am­ erican official of the congrega­ tion, said Father 'Schillcbeeckx's thesis is "unacceptable" because it says that "a person can get himself ordained or that a com­ munity can ordain him outside of apostolic succession."

The Vatican said Father Schil­ lebeeckx indicated that "a new book, his next publication, would accede ... to the congregation's demands."

The Vatican also releJised an excerpt of Father Schille­ beeckx's Oct. 5 written response to the congregation in which he said his forthcoming book "takes into consideration the criticism of his first book on the part of historians, other theologians, and, particularly, the congrega­ tion." The Vatican said it wiH evaluate. the new, book.

Father Schillebeeckx, who has often disagreed with the congre­ gation, also said his new /book would not contradict the congre­ gation's letter on the Eucharist sent to the bishops in 1983.

That -letter said any view that the Eucharist can' be cele6i'ated without a priest is "absolutely incompatible with the faith."

Father Schillebeeckx has cited emergency situations when lay persons presided over the cele­ bration of the Eucharist. To press his point, he quoted the third-century theologian Tertul­ Iian, who wrote, "But where no co}Jege of ministers has been ap­ pointed, you, the laity, must celebrate the Eucharist and bap­ tize; in that case, you are your own priests, for where two or three are gathered together, there is the church, even if these three are lay people." .

'St. Dorothy? !NEW YORK(NC) - Arch­ bishop John J. O'Connor of New York lias raised the possibility that Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker leader who died in 1980, be proposed for canonization. In the New York archdiocesan weekly, Catholic New York, Archbishop O'Connor comment­ ed that since he initiated prepar­ atory work for the cause of his predecessor, Cardinal Terence Cooke, fho died Oct. 6, 1983, "several people wrote to ask me: 'Whr not Dorothy Day?' " CamnlJ ,it an excellent ques­ tion, th~ archbishop concluded his colu\'Iln, "I would be inter­ ested in your answers."

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Statistics vary on how fast African deserts are ' growing but of the nearly two billion acres of rangeland and ralnfed croplands, 79'l6 has become at least moderately desertlfled.'

TWO THOUSAND years ago, what is now the north­ ern Sahara Desert was the breadbasket of the Roman Em­ pire. Today the once-fertile land is a victim of desertifica­ tion. (N<:;/UPI Sketch) '

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He said apathy has settled over . refugee camps in the drought-stricken north. People do not object when the resettle· ment program breaks up famj­ lies. '~Nobody

cries anymore,'" he

simply cannot be pawns," 'he said.

As famine continues in Ethio­ Salesian ,Report pia, the drought-stricken nation The Ethiopian 'situation was remains in the world spotlight. the topic of an interview the In recent days ,its situatoin was Rome bureau of NC News had the subject of a U.S. congression­ earlier this month with Salesian al hearing and of a Salesian Father Luc Van Looy, his com­ priest's evaluation in Rome. munity's general councilor for missions. Severa'l Salesians work The United States should pro­ vide half the aid to drought· in 'Ethiopia.

The priest told NC News that stricken AJrica because "we have more, we can afford more," Rob· there is extensive fertile land in ert J. McCloskey, Catholic Relief the African country but that Services' external affairs vice agriculture is not a developed president, told a congressional science. He said tjlat 'coffee pro· duction'is overemphasized while panel Jan. 17. starvation threatens 6 to 10 mil­ McCloskey said that "eRS lion of the m~tion's 42 million does not hold the view that ,the people.

United States should or can do Coffee is ,Ethiopia's main ex­ it aU. We believe, however, that port, accoun'ting for more than it should be possible - and $200 million of the $374 million w01'thy of us as a ,people - to the country received from for- I contribute 50 percent. of the nec­ eign sales in 1981. essary assistance for Africa."

'In the south, every family has a little garden and plants Response of Americans to the just enough coffee and bananas Ethiopian crisis demonstrated for its own use," said Father "there is a wiU among the Am­ Van Looy, just back from Sale­ erican people to take the lead in sian missions in Ethiopia. He humanitarian assistance in Afri­ said larger farms and incentives ca." for improving crop production "At the 50 percent level, it is are needed in that fertile region.

"When there's a famine, you reasonable that the rest should be.done by others," he added, :in ' have to devote the land to the testimony prepared for a hearing production of necessary food," of the Senate Foreign Relations he said. "Coffee does not resolve a famine."

Committee.

People in the famine zones At the hearing, M. 'Peter Mc­ have "eaten aU the seeds they Pherson, administrator of. the had," Father Van Looy said. federal Agency for International "They figure what's the point of Development, presented the Rea­ saving seed if everyone will be gan administration's request for dead of starvation before the $235 million for additiona'l Afri­ next harvest." can famine assistance. He com­ Father Van Looy also said plained that civil war between that the drought could be offset the Ethiopian government and by drilling deeper wells. He noted rebels is hindering relief efforts. that major water sources are at "The starving people of Ethiopia 250 feet.

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Father Van Looy said the gov­ ernment's resettlement program for famine victims is plagued by poor planning. He also said it breaks up families.

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THE ANCHOR:-Oiocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 25, 1985

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The Fixx's question seems ob­ vious. Of course we are our­ selves. Who else could we be?

the council is the primary alco­ hol education and, prevention provider for the community. The Students at the -:- Taun'ton Connolly classes, conducted by school marked Bishop Cronin's Jleter Viveiros, the cou,ncil direc­ recent visit by presenting him tor bf educa'tion, focused on prob­ One reason for doing this is with their traditional donation the fear tI.1at others will not, to Catholic Charities. This year,· lems in dealing with alcoholism like us as we are. Or at times however, they added a special in one's family. we attempt to impress others gift for transmission to Catholic

by conveying. false images of Relief Services for Ethiopian

ourselves, such as the tough famine relief. , guy, the cool customer· and the TlRUCHIRAPALLI, India (NC)

C-C Mothers' Club meetings I-cail-make-it-by-myself individ­ are held the tnird Wednesday of' - In a first-ever joint statement,

ual. ' a Catholic-Lutheran dialogue

each month. group in India has sharply con­

Individuals can give up such demned the caste system that

images when they like them­ still has a sienificant· impact on

selves and accept their gifts and Con~l.(~lly social standing 'and social rela­ limitations. Not ,accepting one­ The 'Alcoholism Council', of tions in the country. The'group's self means having to prove one­ Greater Fall River offered, Con­ statementcaHed on the ,church self over and over again. .nolly seniors an alcohol educa-' to work particularly for "the Such efforts put undue pres­ tion program last Thursday. poor and the oppressed' : • • sme on people to assume be­ A Uni~ed Way agency and a ' people who are in need ofHbera­ haviors that do not come from , project 'of Citizens for '·Citizens, tion from all forms of bondage.their real selves.

However, we can all think of times when, we don't !lct like ourselves. So the question may not be as simple as it seems.

By' Charlie Martin '

ARE

WE

OURSELVES?

Lost feelings return', 'S~ now maybe I can learn "To stop the world of a lie This time nround. , , Because seen ~rough these eyes We le~d a double life No one would know ,,' So 'checJc it out

~tepping out,

Here I go. _', Most spirit returns Now, maybe we learned To stop ~s whirl of a life To this earth we· are bound I ask you , Are ~e,' are we, are we ourselves Are we' ourselves And do we really know Oooh. do we know Are we ourselves?

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What's, on your mind?'

Bishop

But people grow in liking themselves, they often discover that they need no images to hide ' behind. Then they can b~ more relaxed and enjoyable to be around.

Q. I have a friend who start­ ed drinIdng just about. three months ago. Although I and my friends drink on some weekends," this person now seems to always want to drink.'

It's like. he has a compulsion to drink. I don't want to say' any­ thing to him about putting a stop to his drinking. because it really ,hasn't gotten out of hallld yet.

What can I do to prevent it from getting out'of band?,(North Carolina)

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,A. It sounds like you're say­ ing your friend hasn't been on any wild drinking sprees and hasn't been arrested for driving while intoxicated. At least not yet.

I presume you mean some­ thing like -that when you say the situation "rea'lIy hasn't gotten out of hand yet." ·Butif your friend "now seems to always want to drink," then he is in trouble. Bad trouble.

His drinking has definitely gotten out of hand. To develop that strong a craving for alcohol

At the end of;-this column are Write to Charlie Martin at questions I, hope you'H consider 1218 S. Rotherwood!, Ave., and then send 'me your thoughts. Evansville,Ind. 47714.

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in only three months, sounds very much like the person. is im al­ coholic. ,But don't lay that on him ­ at least not yet. No one I've ever met wanted to hear or ad­ mit that he or she is an alcoholic.

Coyle-Cassidy

Castes deplored

What are effective ways' to move beyond false images or Recorded by The Fixx, Written by' Cyril Cumin, Adam Woods, roles? How can we help others be themselves? Why do we some­ Peter Greenall, DlIlD: K. Bro~n, James West-Oram, ,(c) 1984 times wear, masks instead of ,byEMI PUblishing Ltd.' , being our real selves? We will MANY READERS shared their helps make ,this column a forum benefit from each other's ideas insights through this column' in of information on music and and IwiH do my best to bring' them into future columns. ,',' 1984, usual'ly in response to values. questions asked., Natura.JIy, I hope this will con­ tinue. Sharing your i~sights

In our schools

talk about the craving and to find a substitute like coffee or a soft drink.

'One night two of his buddies went with Brian to a meeting ~f Alcoholics Anonymous where all they did was ,listen and watch.

It was an eye-opener for all of them.

-Brian didn't stop drinking en­ tirely, but he moderated it and' got .it 'under control. He also learned a .lot about himself. For him, "peer pressure" was a defin­ jte plus.

Can you and your friends do something simi'lar for your one friend who .seems ,headed for serious trouble?

Try another plan, one that involves some peer pressure and Could you also consider the that I saw some fellows use in a possibility of forming a support small college' not far from my group at your school for stu­ home. ' . dents who want to fight some One' .of ther buddies, whom ad,diction (even an addiction to we'll call Brian, slowly develop­ eating too much)? ed adrinking problem. Long be; You can seek the aid of school fore 5 p.m., he'd start having one authorities and perhaps get some shot and then another "just' to , sound advice from Alcoholics relax a bit from studying."

Anonymous on how to run such , ' Five of his buddies started a group. working with. him in a non-h~s­ You might be·in for some razz­ 'tile, non-nagging and very friend­ ing, ·put-downs or even reaNy -ly way. hateful remarks. But if you can They helped ,Brian analye why ignore them, you'll be fighting he was tense. They Uooked for bad peer pressure in order to other ways for him to relax. One 'create ·good peer pressure of guy played handball with him ql!ite another sort. regularly. Another helped him Send quesions for this column' with his studies.

When, Brian wanted a dririk to Tom Lennon, NC News, 1312 badly during the day, he agreed Mass. 'Ave. N.W., Washington, to go to one of his buddies to D.C. 20005.

Psalm 103 love has redeemed from the pit.

By Cecilia Belanger ' As we 'end the first month of H, sometimes takes years for 1985, we' have reason for praise the redeemed to understand the despite the many tragedies in fuB meaning of his love. Restora­ tion and rebirth, all come from the world. ' ,We know this i'sn't the end and God's love. All give inexplicable Psalm ,103 is an expression of evidence of that 'which works in that faith, Originally this lovely us and throu'gh us to give whole­ ' hymn of praise and thanksgiving r.ess and value to life.

Our journey is not isolated. was' an 'individu~l's expression of gratitude to a gracious God We are not alone, though we wl:o had forgiven -sins, healed may think we are. The Lord does from iHness and restored healh not' 'merely work in love and as vigorous as, that of an eagle. mercy for the individual,. but in Toc\ay Psalm 103 is frequently justice for all who are down­ used on liturgical occasions and trodden and oppressed. it expresses a' progression in In the tragedies we see nightly faith: "Bless the Lord, 0, my on TV, we are shown that fami­ soul, let all that is within me , lies are not alone. Their suffer­ bless his holy name!'; 'ing is 'shared, there is help, there When we, like the psalmist, is the miracle, of going on, to review the way by which God perform daily tasks, to believe has ,led 'Us, our proper, response that those who have 'gone before, is praise. We can ,look at mis­ who now understand the journey, takes and wrongdoings and see' have joined the psalmist in un­ God's forgiving love working for derstanding the forgiveness of us, strengthening us, giving us sins 'and the covering of our Jives by God's grace, his mercy chance after chance.

No one knows how many God's and this steadfast love.

"I think it would look better on thot side, don't y6U?"

THE ANCHOR­ . Friday: Jan. '25, 1985

By Bill Morrissette

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Stang Widens Lead With a 64-54 victory over Wareham last Tuesday night the Bishop stang Spartans widened their lead to two games as the pace setters in Division Two Southeastern Massachusetts Con­ ference basketball. Stang is now 7.-0 in conference play, 10-1 overall. Wareham, which enter­ ed the game with a 5-1 record in division action and held the· runnerup spot, now shares that spot with Fairhaven, a 73-64 winner over Old Rochester Tues­ day. Wareham and Fairhaven ~re now 5-2 in conference.

HO'ly Family and Bourne en­ tered Tuesday night's play in a first-place tie in Division Three.

Holy Family dropped a 56-54 de­ cision to Dighton-Rehoboth and both schools dropped into a sec­ ond-place deadlock with 4-2 records while Bourne's 76-~8 rout of Diman Voke boosted the Canalmen, now 5-1, into the div­ isional lead.

In a thriller, New Bedford nip­ ped Durfee, 59-56, to take 'Un­ disputed possession of first place in Division One. New Bedford,

now 7-0 in conference, and Holy Family, also 7-0, are the only undefeated teams in conference play. Durfee and New Bedford entered the game Tuesday tied for first place with 6-0 records.

Durfee, which needs only one more victory to quaHfy for the post-season playoffs, is now 6-1 in conference. Barnsta;ble's 53-50 victory over Bishop"Feehan gave the cape hoopsters undisputed possession of third place, which they had shared with the Sham­ rocks. New Bedford needs only two more wins to qualify for post-season play.

Tonight's games are Barnsta­ ble at Diirfee, Somerset at Bish­ op Connolly, Attleboro· at Fal­ mouth and New Bedford at Bish­ op Feehan in Division One; Coyle-Cassidy at Dartmouth, New Bedford Voke-Tech at Wareham, Bishop Stang at Fair­ haven and Dennis-Yarmouth at Old Rochester in Division Two; Diman Voke at Seel<onk, Case at Dighton-Rehoboth and Bourne at Holy Family in Division Three.

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tv, movie news Norris H. Tripp Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic. Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen­ eral viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

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

NOTE

SHEET METAL Nothing' much happens in this film in the way of action, but in terms of insight into the com­ plexities of human love and am­ bition and the nature of art, a great deal takes place.

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Sunday, Jan. 27 (CBS) "For Ladmiral, a widower, 'has two Our Times" _ Discllssion of in­ children. The son (Michel Au­ mont), a plump businessman, is novative programs to help the elderly. dutiful and 'loving, but unfor­ tunately rather dull, as is bis Religious Radio Hockomock Notes wife.

Jan. 27 (NBC) "Guide­ Sunday, Boys' basketball games to­ Entering this week's action, Their three lively young chil­ line" Professor David Horn· North Attleboro was setting the night are King Philip at Stough­ dren much prefer the company be::k of California State Univer­ ton, Oliver Ames at Foxboro, of their Aunt Irene' (Sabine Aze­ place in girls' basketball with a Sharon at North Attleboro and ma,) a preference that Ladmidal sity discusses CaoJifornia's Fran­ 9·0 record and was tied with ciscan missions.

Canton at Franklin. The sched­ Foxboro, each 4·0, for the lead obviously shares. The son knows in girls' track. Oliver Ames, 8-0, ule in girls' basketball is the this and is used to it, but even same but with the sites of home so, some pain remains. was the leader in boys' basket­ games reversed. baH. Unlike her faithful brother, OTTAWA (NC) - Pope John Irene rarely visits her fath~r.

Hockey Postponed When she does, as on the day Paul II's 12-day September trip to Canada cost Canadian Cath­ The Bristol County CYO North and Mansfield vs. Fall of the film, it appears she has bought. herself a noisy and olics more than $15 million, Hockey League twin bill sched­ River South. uled for last Sunday - Somer­ The league is set to wind up bright·colored car from which about $9.4 million of it still to be ·raised, said Bonnie Brennan, st vs. Mansfield, Fall River its regular schedule on Feb. 24 she descends in a whirlwind of a spokeswoman for the Cana­ South vs. New Bedford - was with the post·season playoffs laughter and bustle. postponed because of travel con­ to start on March 3.

Irene's affection and vitality dian. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The cost was borne by ditions resulting from the snow The current· standings': Fall delight her old father, although dioceses that hosted the pope and owner fiercely independent, the storm. The games will be re­ River South 11·1-1 (won, 10st, of a fashionable boutique, she the bishops' conference and did scheduled if needed to determine tied), Mansfield 8-2-2, New Bed­ not i:1c1ude costs to the Cana­ the positions of the teams in ford 6-6-1, Fall iRiver North habituaHy is entangled in dis· dian government, she said. She astrous ,love affairs. the final standings.

2-10-1, Somerset 2-10-1. added that officia·ls are confident Next Sunday night's games, Goals for and against: FaIl Unlike her brother, Irene takes that through coHections and starting at nine o'clock, in the River 'South 59-25, Mansfield. no . pains to praise her father's donations the debt will be met Driscoll Rink, Fall· River,' ar" 60·29, New Bedford 55-51, Fall paintings, daring him, at 73, to within a year.

New Bedford vs. Fall· River River North 28·61, Somerset take some chances and show 36-72. some passion. . .

Ladmirtd knows she is right.

New Conference Alignments The world has rewarded him As the present setup of boro, New Bedford, Durfee, Fal­ materially for his art, but its reo schools in various sports ends at mouth, Barnstable, Somerset and wards have made him cautious. & the conclusion of the 1984-85 Dennis·Yarmouth.

He never tried for greatness, school year because of the with­ Division One in softball will thus does not know whether he for every occasion . .. might have aohieved it. drawal of several schools from be made up of Barnstable, Som­ the Southeastern Massachusetts erset, Durfee, Dartmouth, Den­ Baptisms All this he confides to Irene, Conference, attention is turned nis-Yarmoutb, Bishop Stang and· who listens and understands. But First Communions to arranging new divisional set­ Birthdays New Bedford while Attlehoro, then her disordered life obtrudes ups for the 1985-86 year.

Coyle-Cassidy, Bishop Connolly, in the form of a phone caB and Confirmations All five diocesan schools, Holy Family, Bishop Feehan and she must get back to Paris at Weddings which elected to remain ,in the Falmouth will make up Division once.

An n iversaries conference, have been assigned to Two. Ordinations After. his son and daughter-in· Division Two in baseball. Bishop The new setups for golf, boys' law have also left, Ladmiral goes OPEN DAILY Stang, Bishop Feehan, Bishop and girls' tennis and boys' and into his studio, gazes at the can­ 10:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. Connolly, . Holy Family and girls' track are expected to be vas on which his latest safe and Coyle-Cassidy wiH be joined by developed at a meeting of ath­ La Salette Shrine ingratiating work is taking form, Park Street - Route 118 Dartmouth in that division. letic directors next month in then moves to the window and Attleboro. Massachusetts looks at the twilig~t.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Foil River-Fri., jan. 25, 1985

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PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 0272a. Name of city or town should be included as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundniislng activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers and bazaars.

We are happy to carry notices of spiritual Ilrograms, club meetinRs, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundraising pro­ Jects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675-7151.

On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fa II River, NB indicates New Bedford.

CATHEDRAL,FR During holiday competition both the hoys' and girls' basket­ ball teams scored victories, the first such parish doubleheader ever recorded.· SACRED HEARTS SEMINARY, WAREHAM Women's retreat: Feb. 22 to 24, directed by Father Andrew Jahn, SS.CC. Information: Carol Ducey, 295-0100 or' 295-9227.

SS. PETER & PAUL. FR . Parishioners Joseph and Lu­ cille Pavao have sponsered the third Cambodian family to come to Fall River under parish au­ spices. The Hongs, a mother, father and their 17-year-old son, are now settled in an apart­ ment with furniture and other needs supplied ,by parishioners.

New activities committee of­ ficers: Peter Richard, chairman; Lynn Force, vice-Chairman; Pat Willi,ams, secretary.

ST. STANISLAUS. FR Spring Bible study begins 6:30 p.m. March 3 in ,the' school. All welcome.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS, Potluck supper and Valentine­ making session: 6 p.m. Feb. 8, Visi'tation hall.

A "floral calendar" in Orleans offers the opportunity to sign up to provide weekend altar flowers during 1985.

K of C, CAPE COD , Knights of Columbus Council 7312 serves the area ,from Den­ nis to' Eastham and meets each 2nd and 4th Thursday at Holy Redeemer Church, Chatham.

New members welcome.

SMU,N.DARTMOUTH . Southeastern M...~s·achus€Jtts University. Newman Assn. lec­ ture series: noon Feb. 4, "Ca­ tholicism in New England"; noon, Feb. 11, "The Jews and ,Ecumenism"; noon Feb. 18, "Schism and Reunion." Informa­ tion: chaplain's office, campus extension 8872.

WIDOWED 'SUPPORT, CAPE COD Meeting 3 to 5 p.m. Feb. 24 St. Jude's Hall, 4463 Falmouth Rd., Cotuit. Discussion of "Taxes and Other Luxuries." Informa­ tion: Dorothyann Gallahan, '428­ 7078.

"SEARCH OVERNIGH'Il'''' "Search Overnight" program for young women interested in the religious life: March' 23 and 24, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Ipswich. Information: Sister Marie Prefontaine, SND, 19-R Chestnut Street; Peabody 01960. ·A

O.L~ MT, CARMEL,' NB Church unity holy ·hour: Sun­ day at time to be announced.

New Holy Name Socie'ty of­ ficers were installed at a break­ fast ceremony earlier this month.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Babysitting service has chang­ ed 'to 9:15 a.m. Mass each Sun­ day, beginning this weekend.

Coffee and muffins will fol­ low 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

AA meets at 7 p.m. each Wed­ nesday in church hall.

Altar boys meet at 1 p.m. each. Saturday in church.

Catechesis for adult confirma­ tion candidates begins Feb. 22.

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Reception for Father William Costello: in school hall follow­ ing 7 p.m. Mass Jan. 30.

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Women's Guild: board meet­ ing 7 p.m. Feb. 6, followed by meeting· at 7:30 p.m., church hall.

Valentine dinner for area shut-ins and those living 'alone: 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 10, church hall.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Rosary and Benediction: 7 p.m. Jan. 27.

Altar server schedules are available in sacristy.

0.1,. VICTORY, CENTlERVILLE CYO meeting: following CCD class from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 27, parish center.

Mothers' Group: meeting 8 p.m. Jan. 30, home of Jeanne Remme.rs, 97 Outpost Lane, Centerville. Information: 428­ 5741. All mothers welcome. . Palanca party for Cursillo re­ newal weekend: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30, O. L. Hope, W. Barnstable.

ST. MARY. NB Illinois Club members are welcome to use the school gym on Wednesday nights.

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SACRED HEART, FR First penance: 11 a.m. tomor­ row, rectory chapel.

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The regional coordinating committee will sponsor a prayer meeting 'beginning with Mass at 7:30 tonight at LaSalette Shrine. Attleboro. Father Leo STONEHRLL COLLEGE, WIDOWED SUPPORT, Maxfield, MS, will be principal N. EASTON ATTLEBORO Evening division registration , celebrant and homilist. At the Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1, St. now in p.rogress: information followinp, prayer session, to be Theresa's parish center, So. At­ 238-1081, ext. 760. ' held in the shrine cafeteria, Don coordinator of the Peo­ tleboro. Plans will be made for Scrioture retreat "People Turbitt, a Feb. 16 Valentine party. ole of God's Love community Who Make a Difference," 4 to in Providence, will speak and 8 p.m. Feb. 4. Chapel of Mary, BL. SACRAMENT ADORERS community members will pro­ directed by Rosemary Haugh­ Holy hour: 7 p.m. Jan. 29, vide the music ministry. All ton and Nancy Schwoyer of The welcome.

Sacred Hea.rts Church, Fair­ Movement ~or North American haven, directed by Father Al­ Mission.

Information: Sister HOLY TRINITY, W. HARWICH phonsus McHugh, SS.CC., pas­ Grace Donovan, SUSC, 238-1081, Ladies' Association: meeting tor. Exposition every Friday at ext.

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Feb. 1 following 2 p.m. Bene­ church following 8 a.m. Mass diction. Marie Mann will show until 8:45 p.m.; adoration daily ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, slides of the Oberammergau except Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 9 SWANSEA Passion Play. p.m.

First penance: 10:30 a.m. to­ morrow.

ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, ST. ANNE, FR FR HOLY NAME, FR All welcome to a free concert Adoration of Blessed Sacra­ Youth Group ski trip parti­

by Colonial Brass, a brass quin- , ment: noon to 6 p.m. Feb. 3. tet from the Air Force Band of cipants leave at 6 tonight from New England; 7:30 p.m. Jan. the schoolyard.

ST. MARY. FAIRHAVEN 29, in the church. To be heard: Adult discussion group: 7 to COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS selections from the works of 8:30 p.m. Jan. 29, ,rectory.

Support group for bereaved Beethoven, Bach, Pachelbel, parents: meeting 7:30 p.m. Jan. ST. THOMAS MORE

Sousa, Rossini 'and others.

28, St. Louis de France school, SOMERSET

LaSALETTE SHRINE, Swansea. Information: Geor­ Organ dedication: 7:30 p.m.

ATTLEBORO gette LeComte, 676-8458.

Jan. 28, followed by wine ,and cheese reception.

"Chariots of Fire'" will be ST. RITA, MARION shown at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 26 in Marriage enrichment pro­ ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN the shrine cafeteria under spon­ gram. "From This Day For­ Scripture study group: 7:30 sorship of the LaSalette Youth ward," Feb. 23. InformaHon: p.m. each Monday. Information: Group. All welcome.

Deb and Dennis Kenney, 748­ Gerry Kisla, 992-8998.

Healing service: 2 p,m. Jan. 2825, or rectory.

New choir members arc 27, conducted in People's Cha­ sought. Rehearsals 7 p.m. each NOTRE DAME, FR pel by Father Albert Fredette, Thursday at rectory.

Dames de Ste. Anne will re­ MS. Music ministry led by Sis­ ter Lucille Gauvin, OP, and ceive new members during CORPUS CHRISTI, prayer over individuals by Lent., Information: Germaine SANDWICH members of the shrine prayer Boulay, 675-7625.

Vocation information day: 3 group. p.m. Feb. 3, Father Clinton Hall.

The choir will resume re­ Priests, sisters and seminarians hearsals at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 29. will be present to discuss the BREAD OF LIFE; FR religious life. All welcome.

A Life -in the Spirit weekend New choir members are need­ will be held Feb. 9 and 10 at ed; rehearsals at 7 p.m. each Blessed Sacrament Church, Fall Thursday. Informatiop at rec­ 'River. Information: Fred De­ tory. A choir is also being metrius, 644-2375; Don Sylvain, formed at St. Theresa's, Saga­ 673-4378. more. Information also 'at rec­ tory.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER,

Prayer group: 8 p.m. each N.DARTMOUTH

Friday, Father Clinton Hall. . Marriage Encounter weekend begins today; Lamaze natural. childbirth class Jan. 31.

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ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA 5 p.m. Mass Jan. 27 will be followed bya reception ,and testimonial for Father Joseph Richard, AA, who will be re­ -placed at the parish by Father Arthur Wingate as of Feb. 6.

New altar boys needed; infor­ mation at rectory.

Vigil for peace,: 8 a.m. Feb. 9 through 8:30 a,m. Feb. 10. Par­ ishioners are asked to sign up for an hour of adoration dur­ ing this period.

Wants clemency

ROME (NC) - Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk serving a life sentence for the 1981 shooting of Pope John Paul II, has asked the Italian state for clemency "on humanitarian grounds." Agca made the request during a recent interview in Rome's RebiM>ia ,Prison with a reporter for an Italian Catholic weekly. In the interview, the 26-year-old would­ be assassin also described his 1983 prison-<:ell meeting with Pope John Paul as "solely per­ sonal" and said he felt the pope was now "like a brother" to him.

New pronuncio v ATICA

NCITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has named Vatican press secretary Father Romeo Pancirol, 60, as pronuncio to Liberia and Gambia and apos­ tolic delegate in Sierra Leone and Guinea.

The assignment is a return to diplomacy in Africa for the /Milan-born priest. During the 60s he served in the west-central region of Africa.

Later he was assigned to the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications. imd in 1976 was appointed director of the Vatican press office.