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Bishop's Pastoral Letter Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has written a Pastoral Letter on Penance and Reconciliation. Its issuing coincides with diocesan celebration oj the season oj Lent.

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Brothers and sisters in Christ.

"Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel (Mk. 1:15).

With these words, the Lord began His public ministry. With these same words, each of us will be signed with the blessed ashes to begin the season of Lent. It seems altogether appropriate that as we begin together the great penitential season, we call to mind the divine law of penance and reflect together on the pastoral ramifications of this law in our own day.

A Call to Repentance A reflection upon the history of salvation from Old Testament times through the mission of Christ and His Church to the present shows a constant call to conversion from God, our merciful Father: "The Lord does not wish the sinner to die but to turn back to Him and live" (Ez. 33:11). In the fullness of time, God would send His Son into the world: "It is precisely in this that God proves His love for us: that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:8).

The Lord's Commission That the great Paschal Mystery of the Lord's death and resurrection would continue in time, He founded His Church and gave to Peter and his successors the commission: "Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Mt. 16:19).

From the time ofthe Lord's commission to His Apostles and their successors to the present day, Penance has had those two essential elements: loosing and binding. The pastoral ministry of the Church has in a variety of ways sought to point out and challenge a way of life unworthy of a Christian (binding) and to assist the sinner to conversion and reconciliation with God and the Church (loosing). Over the course of history, the Church has celebrated this sacrament in various ways in response to the needs of the community of faith.

The New Rite The recent history of the Sacrament dates from 1974 when Pope Paul VI promulgated the new Rite of Penance for the reconciliation of sinners. This current celebra.tion of the Sacrament is intended to express: I. The nature of sin as an offense against God and the Church.

2. The simultaneous reconciliation with God and the Church.

3. The fact that the whole Christian community cooperates in the conversion of sinners.

4. The values of the Sacrament of Penance in fostering the Christian life. (Notitiae 4, 1968 p. 183) Personal Sin Let us reflect together on our personal use and experience of the Sacrament over these past fifteen years.

Do we recognize the fact of sin in our own personal lives and its nature as an offense against both God and the church? How often we seem to have the idea that what we do or fail to do in our own

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II's new document on the laity calls for improved religious formation of Catholics, a greater role for women in the church, and a stronger Christian witness at all levels of society. .

In his long-awaited apostolic exhortation on "the vocation and mission of the lay faithful," the pope urged a marshaling of the laity to evangelize a world which he said is increasingly indifferent or hostile to Christianity.

The pope warned of a "new state of affairs" in both church ·and society which "calls with a particular.urgency for the action of the lay faithful.

"It is not permissible for anyone to remain idle," he said.

As recommended by the 1987 World Synod of Bishops, two hotly

debated issues - lay movements and ministries - continue to be the subjects of separate Vatican studies, the p()pe said. ' The 200-page post-synodal apostolic exhortation is titled "Christifideles Laici: The Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World."

Signed by the pope Dec. 30, the feast of the Holy Family, the document was made public by the Vatican on Monday.

The exhortation draws heavily on the documents of Vatican II and the 54 final propositions voted on by delegates to the October 1987 synod at the end of their monthlong discussion of the laity's \iocation and mission.

The document also raises concerns the pope has often voiced: - With increasing threats to

human dignity and Christian belief, and on the eve of third millennium of Christianity, Catholics should renew themselves and their societies.

- In the face of religious indifference and secularism, the "responsibility" of Catholic laity "is to testify how the Christian faith constitutes the only valid response ... to the problems and hopes that life poses to every person and society."

The pope balances support for post-conciliar developments with an affirmation of traditional structures and disciplines, particularly in his discussion of lay ministries, the role of women and new lay movements.

His praise of the laity for its desire to be more actively involved Turn to Page Six

Marie loved the p·oor

By Joseph Motta Marie Poussepin, foundress of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, cared about the poor.

That concern was, according to Sister Joanna Fernandes, a member of her order, "her whole thrust."

Sister Fernandes is a codirector of Marie's Place, a free clothing distribution center in Fall River's South End named for Mother Poussepin. .

Marie's Place, Sister Fernandes said, ·had its beginnings about 18 months ago when she and a small group of friends, who wish to remain anonymous, "wanted to do something more to actively reach out to those who are needy."

Sister Fernandes, 44, who is also her community's superior and

formation director for new candidates, had at one time volunteered at Taunton's Our Daily Bread Soup kitchen. Her friends had done similar work.

All "just wanted, in varied ways, to let those people know we care," explained Sister Fernandes, a nurse by profession who serves on the board of directors at Fall River's St. Anne's Hospital, which is operated by her community.

The native of St. Joseph's parish, Taunton, and her friends "made a commitment to help" and decided to open a center for distribution of free garments to anyone who requested them. They begin in the empty basement of. an Osborne.

Street building that's home to some St. Anne's Hospital nurses.

"We said, 'Let's try it and !lee

what happens,'" Sister Fernandes said.

Marie's Place opened in November 1987. Its current hours are noon to 3 p.m. Mondays, noon to 2 p.m.

Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. It closed for the summer months last year but no decision regarding 1989 warm weather plans has yet been reached.

"The first couple of weeks," Sister Fernandes said, "were relatively slow, but as winter went on, we got more and more families" utilizing the center.

The basement quickly became too small and last spring the center expanded to its host house's garage.

St. Anne's Hospital employees were asked to donate clean clothes Turn to Page Seven

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CODIRECTORS Sister Joanna Fernandes, OP, and Bea Correa. (Motta photo)

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The Mass of Christian burial was offered Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, Fairhaven, for Sister Celina Martens, SS.Ce., 90, who . died Saturday in Fall River. b.O~d~ys·ofabstiit¢nce, those bound by the law Many Sacred Hearts religious abstain from m~at. men and women attended the Mass, c. On aU Fridays of Lent, abstinence is prescribed. celebrated by Father Thomas Mc. Tbisilll:ludes GQOd Friday. Abstinence is also Elroy, SS.Ce., East Coast vicePl'tiscribed on As~ Wednesday.' .. provincial of the. Sacred Hearts 3. LENTEN DISCIPLINE Fathers. ' . a. The code of Canon Law very ap11y summarThe homily was offered by Fath.izes ~eecclesiastica.l disciplindlJCanon 1249:"All er Frederick LaBrecque, SS.Ce. m'I11~.,rsoftbe(thristian (.,itbfulJn their own Born Nov.ll; 1898, in Brustem, way are bound to dopenanee in virtue ofdivine Belgium, Sister. Martens was one law;In order thatall may be joined in &common of eightchildren of the late Pierre obSf!rvanee of penance, penitential daysarepreLambert and Marie Josephine seQ :~which~ Christianf_ithful ina s~fial (Jansens) Martens. w ,Y,.exe., or.kSC)fp~~Yandehari1Y~d Four oftheir six daughters enterf!mselve8.. ftllingtbeirresponslbi~ti¢$ ed the Sacred Hearts Congregation. mo ".. idthfully a~d especially by observingfast According to Sister Margarita an(l"s1inence,~,'" .

St. Denis, SS.Ce., of the order's Fall River House of Prayer, where Sister Martens resided, the former Martha Martens was educated by the Ursuline Sisters· but entered the Sacred Hearts Congregation because of its missionary spirit.

Diocesan observance of Lent The 40 days of Lent are,days of She began her religious life on will begin with celebration of the prayer and penance in imitation of Aug. 1, 1920, at Tongres, Belgium.

Ash Wednesday liturgy and dis- Christ's 40 days of fasting in the After her religious profession on tribution of ashes by Bishop Daniel desert.

Feb. 15, 1923, in Paris, she was A. Cronin at 12:05 p.m. Feb. 8 at "The fasting of those of you who sent to Fairhaven, in those days St. Mary's Cathedral. Fall River. have food during this Lent, a fastconsidered mission country. ArrivAs in previous Lents, Catholics ing which is part of our rich Chrising on March 21, 1923, she spent are asked to participate in the Rice tian tradition, will dispose you most of her active life at the former Bowl program of Catholic Relief more fully in heart and in spirit to Sacred Hearts Academy, nursing Services, eating a simple main meal share your goods in solidarity with the sisters and the school children. once a week during Lent and con- those who have little or nothing," Domestic work and gardening also tributing money saved to parish the pope said. occupied her days.

Rice Bowl collections. .Pope John Paul noted that "hun"In 1980 she came to our retire"The Global Family: Participat- ger in the world strikes millions of ing in Development" is the 1989 human beings in almost every coun- ment home in Fall River, which is Rice Bowl theme. Organizers ex- try," and that even scientific and also a house of intercessory prayer" . plain that 75 percent of the money' technological advances have not Sister St. Denis added.

"Her leis'ure time wa-s occupied collected is used for small-scale been able to alleviate the problem. by knitting for the poor and readcommunity projects in Third World "We must, advance in human nations, usually related to nutri- fashion." the pope said. "We can- ing. Proud of her Belgian heritage, . tion. food production and storage. not remain passive and indifferent she often spoke of all the country's 25 percent of diocesan contribu- in the face of the tragedy of so royal dynasties, but above all her tions, they note, is retained for many people who lack sufficient hero was her compatriot, Father Damien de Veuster, SS.Ce., aposlocal anti-poverty programs. food, who are forced to live on a tle of the lepers, who volunteered subsistence diet and who consePapal Message his services to the rejected from In his annual Lenten message, quently encounter almost insur- society in Molokai and after 11 Pope John Paul II called on C..;tho- mo'untable obstacles to their proper years contracted the disease himlies to use the Lenten season as a development. self and died." time to reflect and act on the probSister St. Denis noted that "this "Faith must be accompanied by lem of world hunger. He asked concrefe actions," he said, encouyear marks the centenary of Father people to "share their goods with raging Catholics to understand the Damien's death and our sister was those who have none." very happy and excited because in problem, support existing proThe pope said that "generous grams to alleviate hunger and .upcoming months the event will be and voluntary fasting by those of initiate new ones. celebratd all over the world by you who have food will enable you people of every faith. Now we rejoto share the privation of those ice with her because united with rriany others who regularly must him in heaven, she will be part of search for food."

MILWAUKEE (NC) - Amer- every celebration.

The pope said that when Chris- ican culture and society .present "We will miss Sister Celina and tians throughout the world say the unique challenges to the teaching remember her as a woman ofstrong Lord's Prayer and recite the lines mission of diocesan bishops. said faith and deep prayer," Sister St. "give us this day our daily bread," Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop RichDenis said. "We express our gratiit has a different level of meaning ard J. Skiba, chairman of a U.S. 'tude to all for their support at this for each of them. bishops' subcommitttee preparing time of bereavement."

"For many people, it has the a statement on the teaching minisSister Martens is survived by' sound of a calm and' confident try of bishops. "The document will two sisters, including Sister Florpe,tition," the pope said. "For oth- ·help underscore the centrality of entine, SS.CC., of Heverlee, Bders it is a cry of grief and pain the teaching mission of the dioce- gium, and many nieces and nebecause they are unable to satisfy san bishop, who, besides being an phews.· their physical hunger due to the administrator, is first and foreBurial was in St. Mary's Ceme-. real lack of necessary food."· .most a teacher;" Bishop Skiba said' .. tarY', South Dartmouth. ' 'tAW OF'ABSTIN ENCE : a. Those who are 14 years of age imd older are o~Ug~~tQ obsf!rye the law of. abstinence.

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The Diocesan Department of intendent. Policy changes require Education has revised and distrib- specific approval of. the Director uted its "Handbook of Policies of Education and must be submitand Regulations." ted in writing for study and review "It is our hope," wrote depart- . at the Department of Education ment director Father Richard W. Office."

Beaulieu, in a letter that accomA letter to priest school direcpanied the handbook when it was tors and principals from Bishop distributed to schools on Monday, Daniel A. Cronin accompanied "that this revised handbook will be the handbook when it was distriba useful resource for our schools uted. . and will provide a sound basis for The bishop's lett'er follows: maintaining quality Catholic education in the diocese of Fall River."

For over one hundn Father Beaulieu said in his letter years, thousands of students that the handbook "was first pubhave benefited from the teachlished in September, 1962. While ing and witness evidenced in changes and revisions in the manthe Catholic schools of the ual occurred from time to time, .Fall River Diocese. These they did not always get into the schools have been a source handbooks of pastors, principals of great pride to each Cathoand administrators. lic within our area as they "In 1984, the Diocesan Departcarryon the Church's misment of Education established a sion of teaching the Gospel 12-person committee to review, values. You now follow in that great tradition. revise and update "policies and regulations" in order to prepare a The task of administering new edition of the handbook; these institutions and of enThe committee consisted of three couraging professionalism at priests associated with schools, every level continues to be a three principals actually in the demanding one. The updated diocese, three teachers in the sysHandbook of Policies and tem and the members ofthe DepartRegulations, provided by the ment of Education staff responsi.Diocesan Department ofEduble for Catholic schools. cation, is a tool to assist in "Lengthy discussions and debates this task. The original Manabout policies and regulations will ual, published in 1968, has likely go on indefinitely as situabeen revised periodically as tions arise and conditions change. the needs have changed. This However, it is important that pascurrent edition should again tors, principals and administrators provide a unifying force for have a common source of inforthe schools and encourage mation on which to base prudenconsistent professional action tialjudgments and make decisions on the part of all sChool perat the local level. " sonnel. I want to thank the Father Beaulieu said in his letter staff at the Department of that "policies are guides for discreEducation as well as the memtionary action and are intended to bers of the various commibe specific enough to give clear tees who assisted them in guidance to school personnel and this project. yet broad enough to leave room It is a happy coincidence for professional judgment," and that we are in' the midst of .that "regulations are specifications celebrating Catholic Schools of required actions, established by Week. I not only want to the superintendents and staff, to thank you for aU of your implement policies in a consistent efforts in furthering Catholic fashion. Of their nature, they are education but also to encourmore specific but they can more age you. So many of our readily be adjusted by the superinyoung people depend on you tendent, pastors, principals and and the teachers within our administrators to meet the more schools. Weare indeed blessed specific needs of the ,various parby you and your work. ishes and the cities and towns in which the schools are located."

Regulations, the letter continued, "can be adjusted at the local level upon consultation with the super-

Death never deserved, he says

.Sister Dalton The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 27 at St. Mary Church, Taunton, for Sister Nuala Dalton, SUSC, 75, who died Jan. 23.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Sister Dalton entered the Holy Union Novitiate in 1931 after graduating from St. Mary High School, Taunton. She was a graduate of the Sacred Hearts School of Educa-· tion, Fall River, and taught elementary grades in Holy Unionstaffed schools in Fall River, Taunton, New York, New Jersey and Maryland.

For 10 years prior to her 1985 retirement, she served as assistant librarian at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton. After retiring she continued to reside at the Coyle-Cassidy Convent.

Sister Dalton is suryived by a brother, Brendan Dalton of Dennis, and, a sister, Mrs. Francis (Deirdre) Patrick of Westwood.

Burial was in St. Francis Cemetery, Taunton.

ORLANDO, Fla. (NC) Although many cheered Florida's execution of notorious sex murderer Theodore R. Bundy Jan. 24; a Florida Catholic Conference official said no crime deserves the death penalty. When serial killer Bundy was executec\ at Florida State Prison in Starke shortly after 7 a.m., a crowd waiting at the prison gate cheered and applauded.

Drivers of passing cars honked their support for the execution, and a smaller-than-usual contingent of capital punishment opponents gathered for a protest vigil.

The strong statewide ,support for.

Bundy's execution underscored the fact that the 42-year-old former law student was "probably the most hated guy on death row," said Thomas A. Horkan Jr., executive . director of the Florida Catholic Conference.

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Fri., Feb. 3, 1989

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With Father Patrick Peyton's popular "The family that prays together stays together" quotation in mind. the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women is sponsoring an afternoon of prayer highlighted by "Family Stations of the Cross" at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 12, the first Sunday of Lent, at Holy Name Church, 121 Mt. Pleasant St.. New Bedford.

DCCW president Dorothy A. Curry announced that the event will be chaired by Diocesan Fam-, ily Affairs Commission chairman Ell, en L Calnan.

Family Affairs chairmen on Mr~.

Calnan's committee are Vera Macedo. Attleboro, district; Mary Schruckmayr, Cape Cod; Nancy Luddy. Fall River; Catherine Andrews, New Bedford; and Lucille Couture, Taunton.

14 families representing the five DCCW diocesan districts will lead prayer at the stations.

Council members are urged to attend with their faQ1ilies.

Father James F. Lyons. DCCW

Father George E. Harrison, pastor of St. John Neumann parish, East Freetown, and director of that town's Cathedral and Our Lady of the Lake camps, has been appointed director of a new Diocesan Office of Youth Ministry. The appointment, by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, was effective yesterday.

Catholic youth ministry in the Fall·River diocese officially began in 1985 when, under Bishop Cronin's direction, a youth ministry office was established at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

Previous to 1985, Father Harrison said, youth ministry was an element of the Diocesan Department of Education.

Headquarters ofthe now-diocesan office will remain at Cathedral Camp.

"Our intention, from the beginning," says Father Harrison, "was to enable parishes to do youth ministry.

"That's our whole premise and that's the premise of the bishops' vision," he said, referring to "A Vision of Youth Ministry," the United ,States Catholic Conference Department of Education's 1976 official statement on the church's ministry to youth.

In 1986, Father Harrison said, collaboration with Connecticut's Center for Youth Ministry Development was seen to evalu~te diocesan needs and strengths regarding parish youth ministry. Hearings to assess parish needs were held late that year. ' 21 diocesans came together after the meetings for a three-day planning conference to formulate a three-year diocesan plan to establish goals, objectives and strategies for parish-based youth minstry.

"Out of that," Father Harrison said, "came a first draft for a u'uified vision for our diocese."

A second draft, completed last year, addresses six "diocesan planning areas," "coordinating," "resourcing," "advocacy," "training," , "direct ministry" and "retreat ministry."

The first planning area, the director said, covers "how to coordinate this whole thing to fruition."

Goals listed included establishment of the office and formation of communication between it and parishes.

The "resourcing" area details the goal of establishing "a system

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New Bedford district moderator and pastor of St. Patrick's Church, .

Wareham, will lead the event.

A homily will be offered by Father John P. Driscoll, V.F., New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club moderator and pastor of St. ' Lawrence parish, New Bedford.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, PA, pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Church, Fall River, and DCCW diocesan moderator, will celebrate Benediction to conclude the afternoon..

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ohesourcing youth ministry lead- " Joseph Moore, coordinator of youth services. ers across the diocese," in coopera.Mrs. Wrobel's position respontion with the Diocesan Departsibilities lie in the retreat ministry ment of Education, the Diocesan area. Mrs. Claussen will focus on Office of Family Ministry and training and Moore will do direct other offices involved in resourcministry work. . ' ing leaders.

"Advocacy," Father Harrison said, covers ~'going out there and fostering support among the clergy and youth leaders" for the office and its activities.

The "training" area, the director said, "is very important.

"We have come up with a consultative education program," he said. "We have a number of consultants who are trained to go out to lead parishes through a 12-step process" to a "comprehensive youth ministry program."

Father Harrison said that the second draft's "direct ministry" and "retreat ministry" areas respectively address rallies and co/!ferences and retreat programs for youth.

"We're in the process," he said, "of planning new retreats that we're going to be offering at the junior and senior high levels."

In addition to Father Harrison, there are three office staffers, Kathryn E. Wrobel, coordinator of retreats; Joanne M. Claussen, coordinator of youth ministry;, and

Diocese of Fall River

OFFICIAL His Excellency. the Most Reverend Da~iel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River. has appointed the R~verend George E. Harrison as Dioces~n Director of Youth Ministry. Father Harrison will retain his posi.

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A 19-person Youth ,Ministry Council, Father Harrison said. has also "guided the progra'm along "and has been very giving.

"I really look forward," the priest said, "to the realization of the goals that have been set forward. I'm excited that the unified . vision of the diocese has been realized. The greatest excitement is to see how many people are interested in convincing youth that they're lovable" and "capable and ...can make a real difference in the church.

"I've always believed," he said, "that wherever youth ministry is happening in a parish, there is tremendous life."

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themoorin~ The Anglican/Episcopalian Dilemma To comment on the acceptance by the U.S. Episcopal Church of a woman as a bishop is akin to tiptoeing through a minefield.

Nevertheless, it should be noted that the fact of a woman bishop is really not the basic problem that faced the Lambeth Conference. The real difficulty is that there is no one person who can speak for the world's nearly 70 million Anglicans/ Episcopalians.

The Church of England and its national variations should be viewed as a communion of national and regional churches.

There is indeed a sharing of historic ties among them but despite their looking to the Archbishop of Canterbury as a sign of federated leadership, each claims power over its internal affairs in much the same way as Henry VIII claimed headship over the Church of England when he broke with Rome in 1534.

With this in mind, we can easily understand the statement of Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie that the Anglican church has no intention of developing an alternative papacy.

However, there is no doubt that the question of how to remain theologically consistent while maintaining a freewheeling openness presents distinct difficulties to the Anglican communion. Approval of a woman bishop by the Episcopal Church of the United States has underlined the fact that the question was not agreed upon by the Lambeth Conference but left to individual churches.

In short, U.S.'Episcopalians will ordain a woman as bishop' as the conference withholds judgment on the fundamental matter of whether women should be bishops at all..

It's something like the United Nations: individual churches follow Lambeth Conference guidance only if they feel their: particular concerns are being respected. It amounts to a religion of conscience rather than jurisdiction; not an exercise of authority but rather its absence.

What all this means for the future of the Anglican family as we know it is vague. What a member holds as faith need not depend on revelation nor on its handing on.

Rather, it becomes a matter of individual acceptance. In fact, many Anglican theologians have long accepted the fact that some church teachings although duly and rightfully proclaimed,were simply never received by the people and eventually fell into disuse.

What this seems to indicate is that if one relies on this loose notion of reception by believers, innovations should be considered provisional for an indefinite time.

All this has led to divisions in the communion and to the emergence of individualism with conscience, possibly poorly or wrongly formed, as the practicing norm.

In such a milieu, concepts such as sign and sacrament have little meaning and less effect. It is in union with Christ and his church that Christians learn his teachings and receive his grace. This unity, far from mere social fellowship or a matter of convenience, is essential to Christ's body.

Catholics have always considered the church to be one, everywhere with the same basic teaching, moral code and sacraments, everywhere with the same authority to which all members freely submit.

There are variable rituals, as for instance in the Eastern Catholic Churches, but they do not detract from unity, rather reflecting the universality of Catholicism.

Amid the problems raised by the present situation in the U.S. Episcopal Church, we should remember that true church unity is the ideal towards which all should strive. .

The Editor

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"Rend your hearts and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God." Joel 2:13

A crisis for colleges

By Father Kevin J. Harringt~n American Catholic colleges are in the throes of an identity crisis.

The word "crisis" is often overused and often gives the reader the false impression that the situation at hand is out of control. To better understand this word we should place it in a larger family of words: critic, critical, criticism and criterion, which stem from the Greek "krinein," meaning "to separate" or "to decide." A crisis, then, implies that a turning point is imminent and that a choice between two or more paths must be made quickly.

In this context, American Catholic colleges face a crisis of unprecedented proportion as路the shortage of priests and religious impacts upon Catholic academia. The facelessness of Catholic higher education is a concerri not only for our bishops but for all Catholics.

Following Pope John Paul II's first visit to the United States the American bishops addressed this issue in a document entitled "Catholic Higher Ed'ucation and the Pastoral Mission of the Church."

The document called to mind a papal talk at Catholic University in Washington, delivered in October 1979, "Excellence, Truth and Freedom in Catholic Universities." The talk foreshadowed the confrontation between Father Charles Curran and the Holy Father.

"We encourage the universities" stated the pope, "to develop ways which will bring bishops and theolo.gians together with other members of the Church and the academy to examine theological issues with wisdom and learning, with faith, and with mutual charity and

esteem. We shall all need to recall and to work for that delicate balance between the autonomy of ,a Catholic University and the responsibility of the hierarchy."

That delicate balance is in jeopardy when the uniqueness of a Catholic. college is jettisoned..

As a student at Providence College in the 1960s I knew that I was to be bombarded with Thomism because ofthe value that the Dominican Fathers placed upon the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas. If I 路attended a Catholic college run by Vincentians, Jesuits or Franciscans, I knew that different theological emphasis would be presented.

There was never a doubt in any student's mind that the teachings were part of a long and proud tradition that 'had deeply influenced the lives of the school's instructors.

Today, ~he thought of taking credits in pllilosophy and theology would be repugnant to the sensi-

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bilities of college students. Most students make their choice of college based upon which school has the best reputation in their intended major. Other courses are considered obstacles either to avoid or to endure.

A few traditional colleges - Newman, Christendom, Thomas Aquinas and Magdalen - have been spawned by the discontent of parents who saw no difference between secular and Catholic colleges.

While they have strong philosophy and. theology departments, they are dwarfed by the reputations of larger and older Catholic colleges and universities that excel in all areas. And these modestsized colleges do. have Catholic identity but some critics see them as reactionary and nostalgic and predict that they will be short-lived.

The great medieval universities of Paris and Bologna harbored no doubts about what they were and what they stood for. They were able to assist students in making a personal synthesis between faith and culture without compromising their reputations for academic excellence, This year marks the bicentennial of' our first college here in America, Georgetown University, product of an unwavering commitment to a vision that saw no contradiction betWeen religious faith and scholarly en.terprises.

Facing an identity crisis during this bicentennial is a .wonderful opportunity to opt for a more confident expression of Catholic values in higher education.

On Pontius Pilate People regard Lent different-

1y: Some dread it but others,like 83-year-old Irish Mary, welcome it. We laughed as she told us, "As in the spring, there's Lent. 'Tis a beautiful time with the Stations and pilgrimage to the Holy Well and all." She paused.

'Tis lovely to suffer again."

There are those who wouldn't agree with her but there's the wisdom of ages in her remark. Lent gives us a reason or an excuse, if you prefer, -to get our spiritual lives in order again, to suffer the pangs of self-discipline and to walk our annual journey with Jesus on His way to the cross and resurrection.

This year, I am writing on the Way of the Cross and what it means in our lives but instead of reflecting on the stations, I am focusing on the people Jesus encountered on His final journey.

Each has traits, positive and negative, that define them and each of us is likely to see ourselves in them at times.

Of the six, Pontius Pilate is the most reprehensible. Few of us want to be identified with him and I've never heard of a parent who named a child Pontius. Pilate's act has entered our language with the familiar phrase, "I'm washing my hands of this situation."

Perhaps we should not be so

quick to condemn Pilate or, put another way,' perhaps we need to examine our own part in the cleanhands rituals that exist in our lives.

Pilate would never have gotten away with his cowardly act without mob approval.

If he stood on principles of right and justice, the mob would have been angry and he couldn't handle that. He was a politician, after all, and pleasing the people was part of his job description. Is this so foreign to us today?

When H VD wanted to make foreclosed and empty homes available for the homeless in Denver, the mob cried out, "Not in our neighborhood," and, "We had to work for our homes. Why shouldn't they?"

The absence of Christian concern for families living in cars and under bridges was as evident as the absence of the mob's concern for Jesus' innocence.

A man brags that he bought a new color TV for $25 at a flea market. "I didn't ask any questions," he gloats. "I just took it and ran." He washes his hands of the dubious deal with its obvious origin of theft.

Somebody somewhere took a loss on a stolen TV but it's not the buyer's responsibility. If there were no buyers for stolen goods, there would be little incentive for widespread theft. But when we wash

Improving morale While there are many creative and energetic priests today, "a serious and substantial morale problem" also exists in the priesthood, according to a report from the V.S. bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry.

Among the reasons cited for poor morale among priests are loneliness, overwork, confusion on how to reconcile official directives with the needs of American laity and the painful experiences connected with the consolidation and closing of parishes.

What might foster better morale?

For starters, may I make two suggestions?

Pope John Paul II has referred often to the right of the worker to be justly compensated and also to receive a sense of dignity from work.

If pri,ests' morale is to improve, perhaps a place to start is with the dignity of their living situation.

More often than not, where priests live is also where they work.

So many rectories are Grand Central Stations. Open to everyone, privacy is nil in many. Regular eating and sleeping habits imitate those of firefighters in a busy firehouse.

Priests might do well to apply the pope's teaching about the dignity of work to their own working conditions.

My second suggestion is based on St. Thomas Aquinas' definition of the virtue of "magnanamity."

He defines it as "a stretching forth of the mind to great things," showing that we must use the best of our talents and push them to the limits because they were given to us by God for this purpose.

What this suggests to me is that one thing priests might do with greater intensity is to upgrade their education continuously. (:J nfortunately, with fewer priests availa-

ble, there is a tendency, in some places to have priests forgo additional education, instead assigning them to parishes regardless oftheir talents. Going back to school or taking on special ministries which require additional education are set:n as non-priestly activities, as though a priest who does so is off doing his own thing.

Yet when education and specialities are neglected, we' are more likely to encounter difficulties with the priesthood. We may get a priesthood that is overly authoritarian due to educational insecurity, or a priesthood that waters down the Gospel because it lacks in-depth knowledge of it, or a priesthood that becomes lackadaisical because it need~ the spark of specialized people.

February 4 1921, Rt. Rev. Hugh J. Smyth, PR, Pastor, St. Lawrence, New Bedford; 1st Vicar General, Fall River, 1904-07; Administrator of Diocese Feb.-July 1907 February 6 1988, Bishop Frederick Donaghy, Vicar Apostolic of Wuchow February 9 1963, Rt. Rev. John J. Kelly, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River 1985, Rev. Vincent R. Dolbec, AA, Assumption College 1972, Rev. Peter J. McKone, SJ Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River February 10 1966, Rev. Edward L. O'Brien, St. Mary, Mansfield 1983, Rev. Lucien A. Madore, Retired Chaplain ofMt. St. Joseph School, Fall River; Director, Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River

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our hands of complicity, we're. emulating Pilate.

A couple boasts of padding insurance ciaims. A parent or. teacher abandons responsibility by' telling an adolescent, ''I'm washing my hands of you." A government official allows illegal zoning or gerrymandering rather than confronting powerful interests.

Copout is our slang term for washing our hands and I suspect we all cop out at times. It's easier to go along than get involved. Or we get involved by supporting the Pilates who cop out.

This week, let's reread the Passion narrative regarding Pilate and reflect upon his reactions and those of the mob. Where in our family, parish, community and national lives do we emulate Pilate? Why are we so afraid to risk speaking out for values of Christian' J'\Istice?

Do we fear loss of friends, censure of neighbors or anger of our children so much that it's easier to wash our hands of troubling events than !o deal with them out 'of love ,~nd justice?

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

No doubt there are other excellent ways to improve the morale of priests. I have proposed two: the first because it focuses on the environment a priest lives in most: Our surroundings dictate our disposition toward life and priestly morale depends heavily on dis,position.

The second focuses on making the mind 'healthy and active. Such a mind is the gateway to good morale.

Ronlans rebuked VATICAN CITY(NC) - Pope John Paul II recently spent time with a community of Ethiopian refugees in Rome, after publicly rebuking Romans for a lack of charity toward immigrants, Gypsies and AIDS victims.

In a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, he called for 1989 to be a "year of peace and justice, of a growing solidarity and social concern for one and all." In an Angelus talk after the Mass, the pope said Christians must increase their work for peace "if the forces of evil and hatred persist in their destructive activities."

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Q. As a recent convert I'm still learning about the Mass. At the Lamb of God before Communion I see so'me people around me strike their chests, others do not.

What does this mean? Should everyone do it?

A. Striking the breast is an ancient and widespread sign of sorrow or sadness. ' Among Christians we find it early in prayers or liturgies dealing with contrition and sorrow for sins. The word "contrition" itself is traceable to a Latin phrase, "contritus corde," literally "broken in the heart."

The practice continues today in some parts of the Mass. If the prayer"I confess to Almighty God" is used for the penitential rite, the Order of Mass indicates that all strike their breasts at the words, "I have sinned through my own fault."

In eucharistic prayer Number I, concelebrants strike their breasts¡ at the words "though we are sinners" (Introduction to the Roman Missal, 176).

There is no indication for this sign at the Lamb of God.

Q. We read often about dispensations and annulments concerning marriages. Can you explain the difference between them? (Pennsylvania) A. In themselves dispensations and annulments have nothing to do with each other. A dispensation is a relaxation or release from an obligation to fulfill a church law, given by someone with proper authority to grant such a release.

For example, pastors (and in most dioceses other priests) may, for a sufficient reason, dispense a Catholic from the obligation of fast and abstinence on Ash Wednesday (Canon 1245).

As I have explained frequently, the bishop of a diocese may dispense a Catholic from the obligation to be married before a priest or other qualified Catholic minister. This is referred to as a.dispensation from the form.

A marriage annulment is entirely different. It is a declaration by a proper tribunal or other church authority that an apparent marriage between two people never truly existed because of an impediment that made a marriage between those two people impossible. Np dispensation is involved.

your faith for a long time and your growing children need your example for the development of their own faith.

A free brochure explaining Catholic teaching and practice on annulments is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

Pope lauds K of C VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Knights of Columbus recently presented Pope John Paul II with a donation of $1.1 million, and the pope thanked them for their"generous response" to the Vatican's current financial plight.

The pope met in Rome with members of the Knights' board of directors. His talk to them was a litany of praise for numerous projects they have undertaken, many directly be.nefiting the Vatican.

The pope said he was pleased that the Knights"'Vicar of Christ" endowment fund had recently been doubled in size, from $10 million to $20 million. Since 1981, the fund's interest earnings, totaling more than $9 million, have been given to the pope.

But he said- his greatest satisfaction was in the Knights' work on behalf of the Christian family and the right to life.

The pope also mentioned K of C funding for restoration of the facade of St. Peter's Basilica and for telecommunications initiatives and the launching of a Washington campus of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family.

Supreme Knight Virgil Dechant told the pope that the approximately 1.5 million Knights were happy to s.erve the church.

While in Rome, Dechant was elected to his 12th one-year term as the Knights' chief executive officer.

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J)ishop'~ Pa$toI:al tett~'~ Continued frort; Page d:te ". .'. lives has only to do with God and us as individuals, without any .reff~ence totn e. Chur~~comm~pity of'oYhiclJ we.~~e.a par!;;~e should call to mind the words ofthe Rite of Penance: "BY. our human weakness we have disfigured the holiness of your Chll rch: pardon our sins and res.tore us to full communion with our brother~~~d sisters,~'{Rite(}tPenan~7.~ n. 204~ i ". ·····"ii.....: .

Since our sins do indeed affect the Church, we should rec()gni~~ that our reconciliation with God can never be merely an admission of guilt before God, but mustbemediate,dthroughtpe Chur~h by confession to. the priest. Our personal interior cotltritionisto'ibe manifested within the Sacrament of Penance, in order thaI our reconciliation with God and with His Church is completed through sacramental apsolution•.

Conversion of Sinners As members of the Church, we must also recognize that we too co()perate in the conversion of sinners. Through our good e"ample,prayer and external penitential practices, the whole Church encourages her members to a continual conversion of heartanrl soul to God. This is a lifelong process, and occurs over time.

During this season ofJ..,ent, the Church reminds usof the an?ient penitential practices ~prayer, fasting and almsgiving - andurges us to use these external signs of our interior disposition. Do we, as membe~s of th~ C:hu~ch: reflect these penitential values and cooperate wIth Gods tnvltahon to turn backtq Him agd be saved? '.

Communal Celebrations ' .. ', In the communal celebration of the sacrament, restored now in the

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.•. sign its need for conversion. Those who wish to receive the Sacra" ment may use this form, prepare themseIves, confess their sins in~jvidually t? t~e priest and receive absolution. I encourage the ,pn~~ts of thfPlOces~who ha~~ madeH:Fe of thW form. ().fthe .ce!ebration' over the years. I urge priests In every area of<il1e DIOcese to plan more frequent communlll celebrations, particu-. larIyin the liturgical ~enitentialseasons.,and in Pfeparati()~ for .,m~j.qrJeast~.ia.nd.toi~.yite priests fro ...,. 'ghboriQg,pari~h~sto participate so as to proVide sufficient co rs. I urge the faithful to plan to attend these services, to dispose themselves to acknowledg* their

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Laity document released Continued from Page One in the life of the church is balanced by a caution against a blurring of roles between the ordained and non-ordained ministries.

While expressing the synod's appreciation for lay involvement, the pope said bishops expressed concern "about a too-indiscriminate use of the word 'ministry,' the confusion and the equating of the common priesthood and the ministerial priesthood, the lack of observance or ecclesiastical laws and norms," and the tendency to clericalize the laity.

Certain tasks such as the ministry ofthe word and distribution of Communion can be performed by the laity "when necessity and expediency in the church require it," he said.

The pope repeated his announcement of last June' 17 that a commission is studying "the various theological, liturgical,juridical and pastoral considerations which are associated with .the great increase today of the ministries entrusted to the lay faithful." , On the vocation of women and their role in church and society, the pope repeated his condemnation of sexual discrimination and other threats to the dignity of women contained in his 1988 apostolic letter "Mulieris Dignitatem."

His reiteration of the church's teaching that th~ ordained priesthood is reserved for men was balanced by a call for greater involvement by women in the church.

The pope balanced praise for the local church and particularly the parish with words of encouragement for new lay movement~.

"In our day the parish still enjoys a new and promising season," he said, and he encouraged various efforts to renew it.

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EDICTAL CITATION To>helpus recognize God's c~ll to re~ntance;"ihe Ne .. ' ite DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL pr(),~ides fornon-sacra.mental PenitentialServices 'Xhich irivitethe FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS ;.;~~~eIe~f ". '. oC9~:Y~rsion:i~pring .e~e .cele~~~tions... .

'1·tli~tWord 6 . . proclaimed. ASlheF ts of the'1983S Since the actual place of residence of JOHN E. MARTIN is unknown. ~ishops declared: "That word calls us to repentancpand a ch~nge '/ofheart, to seek forgiveness and to be reconciled with tlie F~ther.

We cite JOHN E. MARTIN to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall ': .pl~noft.eeFathe'rfor our~~p.iety iSJA~t ~e ~hg~ld liYe~~~iIl~>' River on Monday, February 13, 1989 at 11:00 .£ y m justIce, truth,freedomand 10ve'n,'(Statemem t>fthe.1983' _ a.m, at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, MasSynod ofBishops, Origins. 10 Nov. 1983, vol. 13: no. 22). InJhis >,.Le,~~en seasj)n,Ienc~~ragepriests to m~ke the fpUest use.oft,he .• sachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage :;;tnci~elsei'vi.~es·providedinthe.~ite. Weekly or Itl.gI)thly ceI~bra.+·' exists in the DIAS-MARTIN case? tions of these services,carefullypreparedand adapted for various ' groups, would aid greatly in the fuller appreciation of our need for Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the ,on~()i~gco~~ersion.Tpese celeprations a!so help t~dispose8Iergy above person, John E. Martin, must see to it .:and:falthfuIJo have re¢ourse tosacramental absotJition ofsigs' at that he is properly advised in regard to this the regularly scheduled celebrations of Penance orat celebrations edictal citation. ofpommunal Penance using the form for the Rite()f Reconciling Henry T. Munroe .~ey~ral penit~nts withjIldividua!. confess!9n and a~solution:(.Rite Judicial Vicar i>fll'imanci!;'phpt. llY" .. . .. ' .

Fad of Sin and Need for Reconciliation "My' dear brqthers an~ sisters in Christ,] invite all of us: cl~rgy,

religious ant.t..faithfullaityalike;·to take)() heart ~()d'scallt() us. " sinners? For indeed, as St. John reminds us: "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we ackdowl;;d~rour si.9~}He is f~.Hhf\ll ant.tjust to (grgive uS.9~r sins1l-~~ to. qIea.nse us from all iniquity."',(L In. 1:8Q9) Chri~fcame tq:~al1 . sinners, let us listen to His caUl T ughout this season of repentance, for all of uS,in the s oft\1t?Rite ,0fR~t1ance:: Lord. draw near to your servants in~~e presf!,1;lpeof y~Tf{Church; , confess that-we are.$,i1J:ners>;( .

Through the ministry of the Church. free us from all sin '. s~rthat re,!~",:,ed insp,irit '. ." •.. . . . . we give YQuthank!t4praise;'

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence ot NOBERT C. BENDl, JR, is unknown, We cite NOBERT C. BENDl, JR. to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, February 13, 1989 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the WARNOCK-BENDl case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, John E. Martin, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation, Henry T, Munroe Judicial Vicar 'Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 25th day of January, 1989.

The pope also spoke of a "new era of group endeavors" in movements, groups and associations.

The laity have a right,to form such associations, he said, and they can be for many a "precious help .. .in remaining faithful to the demands of the Gospel" and committed to the church's mission. . The pope repeated his announcement of last June that the Pontifical Council forlhe Laity is preparing a list of associations which "have received the official approval of the Holy See" and is studying the conditions for granting approval for ecumenical associations which have a majority of Catholics.

The pope said a "total and ongoing formation of the lay faithful" should be a priority of the church.

Declaring the division between "spiritual" life and "secular" life one of the "serious errors of our age," the pope called for a formation which would stress the unity of life.

This must include spiritual and doctrinal formation, and a "more exact knowledge" of the church's social teachings.

In a final appeal, the pope said the church was standing on the "threshold of the third millennium."

"A great venture, both challenging and wonderful, 'is entrusted to' the church - that of a re-evangelization, which is so much needed by the present world," he said. The laity are an "active and responsible part of this venture. " Readers who want the full text of Pope John Paul II's apostolic exhortation on the laity, "Christifideles Laici," may obtain it from Origins, NC Documentary Service.

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A life experience This year I attended the March for Life in Washington and its related activities for the first time.

I experienced much more than 1 could have ever anticipated.

I went with the intention of praying for the reversal ofthe Roe vs. Wade decision and for those who have felt the need for an abortion to experience the loving, forgiving and healing :hand of the Lord.

I participated in a beautifulliturgy celebrated by Washington Archbishop Cardinal James Hickey with the assistance of Boston's Cardinal Bernard Law, 13 bishops, 80 priests and about to deacons.

The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was vibrant with the life and love of all present.

Atlanta Archbishop Eugene A. Marino, the homilist, spoke a powerful word of life.

After praying all night long in the shrine's lower chapel, at,times struggling to stay a wake, members of the group 1 was with found themselves gathering upstairs for a 6 a.m. liturgy. 1 was able to function as Deacon at this Mass, which was celebrated by an old friend, Father John Randall of Providence.

I felt privileged to be involved in the celebration of the Eucharist in the main sanctuary where hours before cardinals, bishops and pri~tsconcelebrated.What an honor!

In the course of this pilgrimage I met many people and I experienced much warmth and oneness with all. 1 went to Washington to pray for life and returned home having experienced life! I experienced His Word coming alive.

It is iit giving that we receive.

Deacon Robert W.Peliand Attleboro

Diocesan native appointed ,

Fall River native Father Roman R. Vanasse, O. Praem., the son of the city's William and Dora Mayette, was on Jan. I appointed by the Holy See as International Ecclesastical Assistant (chaplain) of Aid to the Church in Need, Koenigstein, West Germany. He had 'been serving as assistant to the organization's Ecclesiastical Assistant since last May. I. Aid to the Church in Need was founded after World War II to help refugees from Eastern Europe.

Continuing to help the church wherever it is persecuted or threatened, the organization also assists refugees and supports pastoral projects in the Third World. According to Father Vanasse, a native of Fall River~s Notre Dame parish, the organization is supported by donations and gives away more than 90 percent of what it receives each year. Last year, funds in excess of $50 million supported more than 6,000 pastoral projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Father Vanasse, ordained to the religious priesthood in 1960, is a 1949 graduate of Fall River's former Msgr. Prevost High School.

During his years of ministry and service as a Norbertine' priest, he has held a variety of positions. He taught at St. Norbert College, St. .Norbert Abbey Seminary, and Cath-

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olic Theological Union, 'Chicago.

In Chicago, he also served as assistant to the President for Planning and as director of the master of arts degree program at the Catholic Theological Union. He also was in charge of community development and planning at St. Norbert Abbey.

Father Vanasse served in New York City as secretary foreducation in the Society ofthe Propagation of the Faith and national secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union of'Priests and Religious.

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Marie loved the poor Continued from Page One in good repair to the center. Their response was "tremendous," Sister Fernandes said, adding that "They're still coming through."

Clothes for all age groups and for all seasons are always needed.

Clothing for teens is especially welcome.

"The quality of clothing received," Sister Fernandes said, "has been extraordinary."

Area parishes became involved with Marie's Place as they learned of it by word of mouth.

The youth group at St. Thomas More church in Somerset collected childrens clothing from parishioners.

Much apparel was also collected

by St. Anne's Sodality members at St. Louis de France parish, Swansea, and youth group members at St. Anne's parish, Fall River.

By April, basement and garage together weren't big enough for the expanding apostolate.

"We knew we needed another place," Sister Fernandes said, "but we didn't know where."

Enter Father Daniel L. Freitas, chaplain at the Dominican Sisters' provincial house in Dighton and diocesan director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

The priest, pastor of St. John of God parish, Somerset, which had also collected clothing for Marie's Place, took the center's space problem to Fall River Vincentian district council president David Motta.

The council owns property at 355 East Main Street, Fall River, that until early last year was a Vincentian salvage bureau.

The charitable organization soon decided to sponsor Marie's Place and on October 29 it made the one-mile move from Osborne Street to East Main.

Members of the St. Thomas More and St. Anne youth groups were among the dozens of individuals helping out on moving day.

Earlier, young people and Vincentians representing many Fall River district conferences had cleaned the store for its new tenants.

The generosity of the Vincentians, Sister Fernandes said, is "probably why this is going (so well)."

Marie's Place, with about three times its original space, is still filled with clothes and sees quick stock turnover.

St. John of God parishioner Bea Correa is, Sister Fernandes said, her codirector. "She's really been

my right hand-person. If I'm not there, she is."

Mrs. Correa learned about Marie's Place through her parish bulletin. 65 years old and a widow with three grown children and three grandchildren, she is a retired high school special needs teacher.

After losing her husband, she said, she "did all the lunches, all the movies, all the social stuff.

"And I felt my life wasn't counting for anything."

Mrs. Correa, who also belongs to her parish prayer group and teaches eighth grade religious education, began volunteering her time to a hospice program that had impressed her when she saw the

good it did a friend who died of cancer.

Her work at Marie's Place followed. "I like the contact with people," she said. "I've learned that !to matter how poor people are, they have a certain dignity about them."

Marie's Place is located in a needy neighborhood with a mixed population.

Sister Fernandes has about a dozen and a half regular volunteers and another group called upon as need arises.

Volunteers include group members who came up with the idea for the center and folks like Vincentian Madeline Shulenburg of St. Elizabeth's parish, ~all River, who learned .of Marie's Place at a Vincentian meeting, went to bed thinking about the presentation she saw and "woke up and said 'This is what I should be doing.' " Between 50 and 75 individuals visit Marie's Place on any given day. Saturdays, says Sister Fer-· nandes, are especially busy.

Guests include elderly persons on fixed incomes, Cambodian and Portuguese persons new to the United States and struggling mothersand families.

"We try to keep a good supply of children's clothes for them," Sister Fernandes said.

Cash donations are accepted and used to purchase clothing, such as underwear, tliat's needed but seldom donated.

Christmas, Sister Fernandes said, saw members of St. Michael's parish, Fall River, bring in alreadywrapped gifts labeled in English and Portuguese.

Whe~ open, Marie's Place may be reached by telephone at 6722641:

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Kansas Catholic college to' close SALINA, Kan. (NC) - Marymount College of Kansas will close June 30, Bishop George K. Fitzsimons of Salina announced recently.

"The primary reason is financial," said Diane Ashen, director of public relations at the coed college.

"Enrollment has stabilized somewhat" with a· total of about 650 students, she said, but the college has not been able to meet "increasing financial needs."

The college was founded in 1922 and run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia. Since 1983 it has been run by the Diocese of Salina.

Bishop Fitzsimons said the decision was "a long time in coming," but a difficult one for the board and diocese to make.

"We can all be proud of the way the Marymount College has fulfilled its mission to this area

through .education, cultural opportunities and service to the church," he said.

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FEBRUARY 1959 Pope John XXIII appointed diocesan Vicar General Msgr. James J. Gerrard, rector of St. Lawrence Church; New Bedford, as Auxiliary Bishop to Most Rev. James L. Connolly.

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Earning Parvuli Dei Catholic Scouting awards at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus parish, South Attleboro, were Paul Gauthier, Thomas Galligan, Michael Keane, David Vieira, David Mann, Dennis Moreau, Chester Salisbury and Alfred Menard.

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1974

February II, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, saw the start of the 100th year celebration of Notre Dame de Lourdes parish, Fall River. Pastor Msgr. Alfred J. Gendreau announced that the spiritual aspect of parish life would be emphasized.

1979

Donald Payton, a sophomore at Attleboro's Bishop Feehan High School, was congrat.ulated by principal Sister Mary Faith Harding, RSM~ on his first solo airplane flight. Do'n was taking lessons for three years and his instructor noted that the teen was the first of his students to qualify at so ioun~ an age.

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She said the Archdiocese of the United States. By bilingual Brooklyn, he said, has been called National Catholic News Service Washington has decided to proa "city of churches." reporter Laurie Hansen, they are vide religious education classes in . The description does not please meant to reflect the variety of the Spanisl1 even to Hispanic children him, Bishop Valero said, because Hispanic presence. The "De Color- who are bilingual so that their relthe number of churches are the es" logo comes from a Spanish atives who do not speak English result of the reluctance of Eurofolksong used as a theme song dur- , can be involved in the process. pean immigrant groups to worship ing the popular Cursillo retreat, To teach U.S. priests, religious together. When the Irish didn't which originated in Spain. The lyrand laity to speak Spanish and welcome the Italians into their ics of "De Colores" speak of uniunderstand Hispanic cultures and parishes, for example, new church versality and racial harmony. foreign-born priests to speak Eng- buildings were erected and "nationlish, the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., al parishes" formed, he said.

WASHINGTON (NC) - When developed a Diocesan Institute of Hispanic's history and culture are Now the churches are not all Languages and Immigrant Minis- needed, he said, but parishioners not taken into account in day-totry, said Auxiliary Bishop Rene A. are reluctant to have their own day parish operations, alienation Valero of Brooklyn. from the church may occur, said shut down. "Today we're paying The language·institute was foun- for our sins of the past," said Hispanic church . leaders in the ded in 1972, but the immigrant Bishop Valero.

Northeast.

Take the U.S. custom of regisministry division was. added this He called for encouragement of _ year. Topics of lectures scheduled religious vocations among "Hispantering parishioners, said Margarita Roque, director of Hispanic for 1988 in the immigrant ministry ic-Americans," whom he defined pastoral ministry for the Archdiodivision include: as "persons whose parents are from cese of Washington. Hispanic new-Immigration law.

Latin America but who were themcomers are taken-aback, she said, - Moral theo~ogy issues facing selves born here or entered the "when upon arrival at aU. S. church "people on the move."

United States at a young age." the priest says, 'Are you registered - Sociological study ofthe pheThese people, said the bishop, nomenon of migration. hereT "have the advantage of knowing - The illegal alien and the both cultures" and can "serve as a "The newcomer says, 'Oh my .

God! Do I have to be? For the church. bridge."

Bishop Valero said he is optimchurch?' " said Ms. Roque.

When working with Hispanics She said in Latin American na- istic that efforts like the institute who are new arrivals from wartions, people register for many . will keep Hispanics of the Brook- torn nations, said Ms. Roque, pargovernment-related programs, but lyn Diocese from becoming "a ish leaders should keep in mind separate church" within the U.S. they are "refugees, not immigrants." not for church.

"We didn't have to say [we be- church.

In the Archdiocese of WashingHe said 103 of the diocese's 230 longed]. We automatically did," ton, for example, where an estisaid Mrs. Roque, who was born in parishes have Spanish-language . Masses offered on a weekly basis. mated 70,000 to 150,000 SalvadoCuba and raised in Puerto Rico.

A hopeful sign, he said, is Blessed rans settled after fleeing their naIn parts of the country, includSacrament Parish in Queens, where tion, she said, "most have been ing Washington, where large numbers of Hispanics are residing. in he is in residence. Members include separated from their families.

"Many came from rural areas the nation illegally, they may be Catholics from Italy, Latin Amerparticularly reluctant to register or ica and Haiti, as well as those born where there was war. They lost family members," she said, yet even attend large gatherings, she in the United States.

"At Mass, we'll sing the first they "don't usually verbalize" their said.

Church leaders should keep in verse of a hymn in Spanish, the pain.

While recognizing cultural difmind that Hispanics respond to second in English and the third in the personal approach when organ- Creole," he said, adding that in ferences is important, stereotyping as a result of the differences must izing church activities, said Ms: be avoided, said Encarnacion PadRoque. illa Armas, 81, of Brooklyn. She is Similarly, she said, parishes a former staffer of the U.S. bishops' should know they "cannot just Hispanic secretariat and retired depend on the parish bulletin" to director of New York City's Cominvite Hispanics to attend or help mission of Housing and Developout at church-sponsored activities. ment.

"You have to go down to the At the parish level as in society parish hall after Mass, have cofat large, Mrs. Padilla said, "the fee," she said, and personally ask minute you stop seeing me as a them. "Later they'll say 'I'm going Puerto Rican with a terrible accent because she invited me.' " and see me as your friend, you can Such a personal approach, she call yourself Christian." said, in dealing with many U.S.

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By Joseph Motta Fred Twomey never even had to see the school. He'd seen the country it was in, and that was enough.

Twomey, a member of St. Theresa's mission church in Sagamore, part of Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich, has twice traveled to the Republic of Honduras as a U.S. Army Reserves chief warrant officer.

The Sagamore Beach resident, a division security officer for Ii major electronics company, and friends from the reserves were struck by the extreme poverty they saw in the Central American nation. While there, they made a beeline to the local Ordinary, Watertown native Bishop Gerald Scarpone, OFM, to see if and how they could help ease the situation.

The bishop told them to get in touch with Father Cook.

Father Cook is Father Emil Cook, OFM Conv., a Franciscan missionary operating what he describes as a Boystown project, Pueblo Franciscano de Muchachos, in Bishop Scarpone's Comayagua diocese.

The project offers academic and trade education to about 110 boys. in a nation where only about 10 percent of youth attend high scliool.

The young men attending Father Cook's school, according to Twomey, range from seventh graders to young adults. They're required to maintain good academic standing wllile helping to care for the community's grounds and to grow some of their own food.

Theircinder block buildings have running water and electricity, a rare privilege in Honduras, but there are still vast shortages of many basic necessities, which is why compassionate people like Twomey are referred to the school.

Twomey met Father Cook in 1987, when the priest came to Palme'rola Air Force Base, about 12 miles from his village, to help the chaplain there with Masses.

The missionary said he needed used summerweight clothing, used shoes, kitchen items, soap, toothbrushes and toothpa'ste, pencils, ballpoint pens and other office and school supplies, bedding and tools.

"Send me 12 bars of Ivory soap," said the priest, who also has a large church community entrusted to his care, "and 1 can make 12 families very happy."

Twomey explained that Ivory is desired since it floats and most Hondurans bathe in streams. A dropped bar there is a lost bar if it doesn't rise to the water's surface.

"You can never send me enough," said Kansas native Father Cook, who recently stayed with the Twomeys during a visit to America. "I can use all you can get me."

Twomey got right to work upon his return to Sagamore. He and wife Jeanne, an electric company clerk who does publicity work for Corpus Christi's Women's Guild, first sought clothing at yard sales.

They, with the help of Army friends, spread the word that help was needed and had a very good response. A secular Franciscan group in Pocasset ran a clothing drive and Corpus Christi's Women's Guild also donated massive amounts of clothing left over from a rummage sale. The Army crew helped sort and package the clothes for shipping.

The guild also collected soap for the Hondurans.

In 1988 about two tons of clothing and supplies were mailed to Father Cook.

"This is our receiving, boxing and shipping room," Twomey said, showing his living room.

"We had bags, I'm not lying, almost all the way up to the ceiling," Mrs. Twomey added. The entire operation, she said, was moved to the basement to make room for holiday decorations.

Another two tons of clothing and other goods are, she said, "all packaged and ready to roll." They will be shipped by military transport under the Denton Amendment, wh!ch stipulates that humanitarian aid may be moved at no cost to donor on a space-available basis.

Since donations keep coming in, and the Twomey basement has

its limits, overflow is sent to Honduras regularly.

"We need space," says Twomey.

Father George W. Coleman, Corpus Christi pastor, introduced the parish St. Vincent de Paul Society conference, which is sponsoring the Denton shipment, to the Honduras endeavor.

The Vincentians have provided much clothing for the project, Twomey says, noting that conference president Peter Fortunata joked that he thought they "were the only conference with an international branch office."

"This is proof of the Christopher motto 'It is better to light one candie than to curse the darkness,' " Father Coleman said. "This shows that the efforts of a relatively few people can help to relieve the needs of many of ·our.Iess fortunate brothers and sisters.

"Through this project," the pastor added, "light has been brought into the lives of the poor of . Hond uras."

The Twomeys said that donated heavy clothing that cannot be used in Central America has been exchanged for lighter garb at a local thrift shop, donated to Boston's Pine Street Inn shelter and given to a Trinidadian family in need of warm winter wear.

"If somebody gives it to us," Twomey said, "we'll find a use for it."

The Twomeys have also provided the Hondurans with foods, including powdered soup, which help balance their often unhealthy diets. Son Michael, a distributor for a cookie company, regularly adds goodies to shipments.

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'Lenten sacrifices Have you drawn up your Lenten in confessions and Sunday Mass resolutions? If you forgot to make attendance indicates a problem New Year's resolutions, as I did, . here, too. the penitential season offers us a Pope Paul's "witness of ascetisecond chance to decide what steps cism" can be carried out in many we intend to take to lead a better ways, large and small, as a sign of life. . our Lenton commitment to' reTake time to write them down in nounce some of our creature comthis first week of Lent, before you forts while taking steps to heed the forget. The list will serve as a daily cry of the poor. reminder of your goals and a report When we were young we sacri! card when these 40 days are done.

It's never too late to take stock ficed gum, candy and going to the of our spiritual growth. So little is movies. It's harder today to give up smoking, drinking, watching : asked of us in the way of fast and abstinence today that it behooves TV or eating between meals'even us to explore new ways of enrich- when we know these acts of selfdenial are good for our bodies as ing our spirituality. well as our souls.

Remember when Pope Paul VI changed the rules in his apostolic We can link any number of resoletter, "Poenitemini," just before lutions aimed at improving our Lent in 1966? Limiting the days of health with pledges to "offer them both fast and abstinence to Ash up" as sacrificial acts. Those of us Wednesday and Good Friday, he who are long in the tooth may find asked all Christians to perform it harci!, however, to abandon the voluntary acts of penitence instead. indulgences to which we have beA spot survey of Catholics in come attached. one midwestern diocese a few years If that describes the state you're later disclosed that almost everyone in, I suggest that you consider the polled had dropped the old Lenten resolUition (during Lent or at any practices, but few had adopted substitute forms of prayer, fasting or almsgiving.

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That plea for almsgiving gave rise to the Lenten Rice Bowl campaign, through which American 'Catholics give millions of dollars to the needy at home and abroad.

Statistics on U.S. Catholic giving show that we have a long way to go, unfortunately. No one has counted the changes in praying and fasting, although the decline

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"Just a little more effort, I hope," he said," and I may deny myself that extra pat of butter, the third glass of wine, one lascivious thought, and achieve a moment when irascibility is controlled, one bitchy remark left unsaid; and more positively, find a way to make some small generous gesture without forethought, and direct a genuine prayer of good wiII towards someone I dislike."

WASHINGTON (NC) - Actor Paul Newman recently made a $50,000 donation to the Missionary Vehicle Association, a Washington-based charity that provides rugged vehicles to missionaries in developing countries.

Newman, 64, made the donation from the profits of his food company, Newman's Own, which makes popcorn, salad dressing and spaghetti sauce. All company profits go to charity.

The donation was Newman's third in four years. He gave the association $25,000 in 1986 and $18,000 in 1985.

Missionary of the Sacred Heart Father Philip DeRea, director of the group, met Newman through

champion race car driver and association board member Mario Andretti.

The priest said Newman made him promise to match the $50,000.

An independent Catholic miss.ionary organization, the group's funds mainly come from private donors, with about $180,000 coming from the Society for the Propagation ofthe Faith's annual World Mission Sunday collection, Father DeRea said.

To avoid shipping costs, missionaries are sent a grant to buy their vehicle locally. The grant is usually for about half the cost of the vehicle, since the local diocese or mission community must match the grant, Father DeRea said.

His presence prevents problems NEW YORK (NC)- John A. Rapinich, security guard at St. Vincent de Paul Church in New York, has not had to deal with anybody like the deranged man w~o recently killed an usher at St. Patrick's Cathedral and injured two other people before being shot dead by a policeman.

But Rapinich's work - and the decision by the pastor, Father Maurice E. Carroll, to employ a guard - illustrate the situation faced by medium-sized neighborhood churches in New York. .. It can be frightening to be alone in here," Rapinich said in an interview at the church on Manhattan's West Side just above Greenwich Village. "People come in who have been mentally unhinged. Some of them come in yelling.

"I go up to them and ask, 'What's the matter?' They're more frightened than you are.

"If you talk to these people, usually they calm down. So I say, 'Let's walk outside and we'll talk about it.' The sound of your voice neutralizes them." , Rapinich, born in New Jersey to a Croatian father and a Russian Jewish mother, has had a life of extraordinarily diversified experiences. These included, he said, a mental breakdown and treatment at one point, and at another work as an orderly and then as a recreational assistant at a mental hospital.

This background gives him a confidence and ease in approaching the mentally ill people who are a major part of New York's homeless population. "I'm a graduate of that school," he said.

Father Carroll said he employed Rapinich this past July after a 5: 15 p.m. Mass was discontinued. The church is opened a little while before and after each Mass, he said, but it could not continue to be opened in the afternoons without someone being on hand to watch. So he engaged Rapinich to

serve from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Father Carroll said his concern was not only for the occasional robbing of the coin boxes where people put in money when lighting candles, or for oth~r depredations, but also for the peace of mind of parishioners and visitors.

"I would be afraid for people coming in to pray alone," he said.

"They could be harassed."

Rapinich is a mild senior who walks with a slight limp from an accident, and who carries no weapon. He prevents problems largely by just being around. His only mark of status comes from wearing a large lapel pin portraying the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which gives him a sort of visual identification.

"Sometimes people have been drinking," he said ... It's just a matter of walking them to the door."

Father Carroll said parishioners tend to be elderly, and attendance at the parish's three Sunday Masses totalled only about 150, half of those at a Mass celebrated in French which reflects the neighborhood's former French character. But he said the parish so far remained self-supporting.

He has placed a sign on a collection stand in the center aisle asking people to contribute toward the expense of the guard. So far he has received enough money by donations at the church or through the mail to cover the cost and let him think about keeping the church open until 7 p.m.

Dighton distribution Father William F. 'O'Connell, pastor of St, Joseph parish, North Dighton, will distribute ashes at I p.m. Ash Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Dighton Council on Aging Drop-In Center, 300 Lincoln Avenue, North Dighton.

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Affluence and teenagers

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: Is there such a thing as having too much of a good thing? I have seen many articles about budgeting and sacrificing to provide a college education for your child. We did that for our older children when we were still struggling to raise younger ones.

Now the older children are on their own and only the "baby," a teenager, is at home. Our house is paid for, we have two incomes and only three mouths to feed.

In short, we are financially quite comfortable for the first time in our lives. Saving for retirement and perhaps some travel are our only remaining financial goals.

My question is, how do you handle the money needs ofthis last child? We can afford to buy her' lots of nice clothes, a used car,' a college education. My older children all worked and borrowed and planned for their educations, cars, stereos, whatever. They had to. I feel that they are better people now because they planned and worked for what they have.

How can I encourage this child to work for the things she needs

when we both know that this is not necessary?

I just being selfish, wanting to hold on to our income?

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Unless you have had a sudden large inheritance; you still seem to have your own financial needs and goals.. Saving for retirement is cer. tainly not selfish but wise. If you have raised several children, you have not had much opportunity to put money aside over the years.

That means you must make a major saving effort in the decade or so that remains.

I agree with you that children who plan, work and budget for their own needs often seem to have a greater sense of responsibility . and independence as adults. It is a gOOQ reason not to hand a teen everything she wants or needs. .

Teens are not above making you feel guilty in order to get what they want. "Why can't I have that?

You're rich enough," is a not uncommon taunt.

If you are happy with the way your older chidren turned out, why not continue the same practices?Planabudgetwhichinciudessavin~

for retirement and travel. These are your reasonable financial goals.

In the budget figure an amount for raising your daughter. Budget an amount you will give her toward clothes, car purchase and maintenance, and allow~nce.

Even better, give her an allowance adequate enough to cover all her expenses except room, board and medical. Then make her responsible for all her other needs.

This latter system allows the teen to decide whether she will keep up a car or have a lavish wardrobe, but she will quickly discover that she cannot do both.

Budget for her college needs, saving ahead if you have the time.

Let your daughter know how much you will give her and how she, through loans and jobs, might make up the rest.

In planning your budget, allow enough to provide for your daughter, but also give her the encouragement and the necessity to provide some things for herself.

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Is chaos just what God ordered?

By Antoinette Bosco A revoluiion may be taking place in the scientific community which has far-reaching implications for the way we see ourselves' and the universe.

Ever since the ancient Greeks, the fundamental principle of all science has been a beliefthat nature is ordered.

Our research, concepts, discoveries, inventions and philosophies have been based on that belief.

Now, however, astrophysicists are buzzing about something called "non-linearity.,,·1t is the idea that our universe is not based on predictable, ordered laws. Rather, it is chaos out there.

For 2,500 years scientists have interpreted disorder as unnatural - a sign of error or problems.

Now they are saying that, in essence, nature is unpredictable and that a certian degree of chaos is a sign of health.

This radical new thinking opens a door to a new level of understanding, not only in physics but in every aspect of our lives.

What it comes down to is that we don't live in a nice, neat world.

Nature never was meant to be perfect, at least not according to our old definitions of perfection.

Think of the irregularity of cloud shapes, the jagged edge of a lightning bolt, the branching of a tree or river. There is no ordered patt-ern, only nature flowing freely, unpredictably and beautifully.

The new theories about nonlinearity tie into things biologists and physiologists have observed for years.

Look at our faces and our bodies, for instance. The left side is a little different from the right; one hip is a touch higher than the other.

We're all a little rough around the edges.

In the past century, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists and economists have tried like the dickens to dissect people and society using neat, ordered rules. They have constructed a plethora of "scientific" models to fit people

into packages to explain and predict behavior.

Of course it hasn't worked. None of the models adll}it that people and society are complex, random, unique and full of mystery.

Why, for example, does a child from a good family go wrong? The social scientists may insist there is a rational answer. The real truth may be that it is a fluke without a logical explanation.

Likewise, the beauty expressed by an artist in a moment of creative inspiration is a random event that will continue to defy logical analysis:

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.Protect rights olf both parties, pope says VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II told officials of the church's highest marriage tribunal that the rights ofboth parties must be protected during annulment cases.

The pope said marriage courts should go out of their way to inform and gain the cooperation of spouses who are called into an annulment proceeding but who might be reluctant to defend their positions.

The pope's recent remarks to members of the Roman Rota underlined recent changes in canon law that formally recognized the "right of defense," including access to case records and other documentations in annulment cases. . Most marriage cases involve a petitioner seeking an annulment and a respondent who might or might not be in agreement.

The pope said that in cases in which a party renounces the right to defense, the tribunal should make an extra effort to obtain his deposition and that of witnesses.

"Sometimes the petitioned party 'may n~t want to present his case, not because of any serious reason but because he does not understand how the church could ever declare null the sacred bond of his marriage after so many years of living together," the pope said.

The judge in such cases should show patience and try to gain the party's cooperation, the pope said.

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those involved. He warned judges and others involved in marriage tribunals that the rule of secrecy must bf: observed.

Outsiders should not be given access to documents regarding marriage cases, he said. The principal parties and witnesses say things in marriage cases that "they otherwise would not say~~' and revealing them to others would betray their trust, the pope said.

Fun unity still the go:al, says pope

In the home stretch VATICAN CITY (NC) - Cardinal Agostino Casaroli is heading into the homestretch of his career as a Vatican diplomat, carrying a saddlebag of successes to the finish line.

Most pf his activity has been dedicated to improving the situation of Catholics in the Soviet bloc and bettering Vatican relations with Eastern Europe's communist governments. For the past 10 years he has done this as papal secretary of state, the V~tican's No.2 official.

The cardinal's perseverance and willingness to dialogue, aided by the reform policies of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, will give the Italian churchman notable achievements to look back on when he turns 75, the church's normal retirement age, this Nov. 24.

He still has not gotten his Polishborn boss, Pope John Paul II, into the Soviet Union. But the cardinal traveled to Moscow last June to plead directly to Gorbachev for religious freedom. There are also two cardinals living in the communist superpower, and the prospects are good that Gorbachev will visit the pope during a 'planned ' November visit to Rome.

Slow, careful negotiations with Hungary have established a welloiled relationship in which the papal naming of bishops has become a routine affair, even though this requires government approval. Poland and the Vatican have a joint working group to thrash out common problems.

Even in Czechoslovakia, one of the toughest communist governments regarding religion, talks are starting to take place on a regular basis to find mechanisms to ease church-state tensions.

None of this was in place when Pope John XXIII in 1963 tapped the then-Msgr. Casaroli for the delicate mission of resuming contacts with East European nations after the interruption caused by World War II and the subsequent

ROME(NC)- Pope John Paul II, praising 30 years of ecumenism as a "special grace" for Christians, said rec:omposing Christian unity was a historic task that requires perseverance.

The pope said the Catholic Church would continue to 'carry out dialogue with separated Christians in a context of "mutual trust and sin,~ere esteem."

"The break in unity was dishonorable. Division is dishonorable," the pope said during a Mass Jan. 25 at the close of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The evening ceremony took place at the Rome Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.

The pope's talk marked 30 years since Pope John XXIII, standing at the same altar, surprised the world by announcing his intention to call the Second Vatican Council. The council's eventual Decreee on Ecumenism, Pope John Paul said, remains the "Magna Carta" of the modern ecumenical move- VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul I1named Cardinal John ment.

"The renewed, acute concern J. O'Connor of New York a memfor the value of unity in our day is ber of the Congregaton for the certainly to be considered a special Evangelization of Peoples, the Vatigrace of the Spirit," the pope said. can announced.

Four other cardinals, 14 bishops He said the work of healing ancient and recent divisions represented a and archbishops and the head of the Salesian order also were named "truly historic undertaking."

The 25 years since the council's members of the important mission decree have witnessed the creation congregation in the recent anof a new situation between Chris- nouncement. Such appointments tian religions - including better are for five-year terms.

Besides Cardinal O'Connor, new knowledge of each other's churches and a doctrinal and spiritual members to the congregation will include Cardinals Hyacinthe Thicloseness, the pope said.

In specific dialogues, important andoum of Dakar, Senegal, and points of difference have been Ricardo J. Vidal of Cebu, Philipsettled and longstanding differen- pines, and Archbishop Stephen Naidoo of Cape Town, South Afrces clarified. he said. ica.

Full unity remains the goal, but Cardinal J ozef Tomko is prefect ~'unity cannot be realized outside of the congregation, which directs of truth," the pope said.

For Catholics, that means a par- and coordinates missionary work ticular responsibility to continu- throughout the world. ally educate themselves in the faith Does More and to pray with perseverance.

"Correction does much but "Without inner conversionk there is no true ecumenism," he encouragement does mor,e."said.

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CARDINAL CASAROLI rise to power of communist govern- major breakthroughs, the cardinal ments. The purpose was to see if - even after the intermediatequiet diplomacy could give the range nuclear weapons treaty was church some breathing room in signed in June 1988 - was still adopting a wait-and-see attitude. hostile environments.

But 1989 has seen a change. The This started the Vatican diplomat on his career as the church's cardinal has become more open chief architect of relations with the and optimistic, publicly.

In a January talk to diplomats Soviet bloc. The cardinal has spent 26 of his nearly 50 years of diplo- he spoke about "widespread hopes" matic service negotiating church for East-West detente. The "devrights with, communist govern- elopment of the situation in the Soviet Union" was the "most apprements.

Most of the work has been done ciated and most unexpected" event behind closed doors, with the car- of 1988, he' added, cautioning dinalcautious in his public state- against pessimistic interpretations ments about the progress of his of these winds of change.

Two weeks later, at an informal efforts, often citing the delicate nature of the issues he is negotiat- news conference with journalists, he stressed that Soviet changes ing. have led to concrete church-state "For a diplomat, prudence always is in season," he once said. progress and that an air of confiThis cautiousness often bordered dence has been established. The on pessimism and extended to cardinal also began ticking off the Gorbachev's opening of Soviet soc- different mechanisms for dialogue iety and his stated intention to that have been set in place with relax, religious curbs. The cludi- east European countries. nal's attitude was to wait and see if Prospects for future Vaticanthis produced better church-state Soviet talks "are not negative," he relations. said.

A similar cautiousness marked When asked if he was now aban- . the cardinal's view about recent doning his past prudence,the carsuccesses in superpower disarma- dinal answered: "Prudence .is the ment talks. While many Western great malady of diplomats. It is leaders were describing these as useless to underline it."

Age limit rules to stand ROME(NC) - Pope John Paul II will keep the rules limiting papal electors to cardinals under 80 years of age, said Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, Vatican secretary of state.

The cardinal, the pope's top adviser, spoke after Italian press reports said several cardinals formally had asked the pope to erase the 80-year age limit established in 1970 ~y Pope Paul VI. Pope J,ohn Paul "thinks that he cannot modify" the 1970 rule, Cardinal Casaroli said at a recent news conference. The cardinal also refused to confirm or deny press reports that he wrote a letter to the cardinals telling them of the pope's decision to retain the'rule.

"I have to sign so many letters every day that afterward I do not remember them all, "said Cardinal Casaroli.

Several. cardinals - Including an American - named in the Italian press reports denied signing such a request to the pope.

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William W. Baum;62, head oithe Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, said that the cardinal never signed such Ii letter.

In a Vatican questionnaire several years ago, Cardinal Baum favored having cardinals who reach the retirement age of 75 retain their membership on Vatican congregations, but he did not express a view on, the papal elector age limit, the spokesman said.

Also denying that he had signed the request letter was Italian Cardinal Silvio Oddi, 78, ex-head of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy. Cardinal Oddi added that he favored dropping the age limit.

"I would be willing to sign such a letter if asked," Cardinal'Oddi said.

Cardinal Oddi said he did not know ifthe letter mentioned in the news reports exists.

Italian news reports did not offer any proof that the letter exists, but said it was signed by 10 cardinals. many of them over 80.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - More than 10 years after the mass murdersuicide of followers of the Rev. Jim Jones in Guyana, a priest who works with former members of various cults said, "1 don't think we've learned very much."

The Nov. 18, 1978, deaths of more than 900 members of Mr. Jones' People's Temple showed "that it's not just fun and games, Cults can be destructive," said Father James LeBar, who has spent the last dozen years countering the work of cults.

But people make the same excuses they did 10 years ago for not intervening in destructive cult behavior, said Father LeBar, a chaplain at the Hudson River Psychiatric Institute in Poughkeepsie, N,Y, Individuals don't want to interfere, in someone else's religious practice, and public officials fear they will violate constitutional rights, he told National Catholic News Service, The arguments overlook the fact that the power of cults comes from "violating or suspending" the personal freedom of members, Father LeBar said in a telephone interview. Even the most basic decisions - what to wear, what to eat - are made by the cult leader.

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NEW YORK (NC) - South Africa and Northern Ireland are continuing to get major attention from the corporate responsibility movement, according to a compilation of church-sponsored stockholder resolutions for 1989. "Virtually every compahywith operations in these two areas is receiving one of the shareholder resolutions," said Timothy H. Smith, director ofthe Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility in New York.

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age of the Jonestown deaths, including television dramatizations of obedient followers gulping down cyanide-laced drinks, cults continue to attract new members, Father LeBar said.

Satan worship is "an alarming problem," he said. Police reports from across the country show a growing connection between "satanic ritual and crime," Young people in several U.S. cities have made suicide pacts in order to "meet the devil in hell," the priest said.

"They do not see hell as a place of damnation and punishment, but as a place where they will have power," Father LeBar said: "More and more young people are fascinated" with the occult, he said, They are attracted to the rituals, to learning "hidden things," and most of all, to "annoying those in authority," Father LeBar said the vast majority of teen-agers who get involved in Satan worship do it just to frustrate their parents, "but they get caught up in it."

Five symbols are identified with Satan worship, he said. They are an upside-down cross; the triplesix, described as the "sign of the beast" in the Book of Revelation; the pentagram, a star resting on one point instead of two; a goat's head; and a double lightning bolt, usually one light and one dark.

Many teens will wear the sym'bois asjewelry, he said. "But when they begin to wear lots of them, scratch them into their hands or arms" like a homemade tattoo, "then you need to stop it."

Father LeBar said a religious upbringing can give young people the background they need to see the flaws of cults. But most cults use deception to attract followers and they cloak their aims in acceptance and flattery, sometimes called "Iove-bom bing."

All people, but especially teenagers, "need affirmation, inclusion and acceptance," he said.

In teaching parents to protect their children from cults, Father LeBar said, he asks them, "How many times do you say to your teen-ager, 'You did a good job'?"

Besides Satan worship, Father LeBar said the two most worrisome cults are the New Age movements and "covenant communities" which use "shepherding discipleship."

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Shepherding discipleship, a practice advocated by some Catholic charismatic groups, he said, is "an extreme fundamentalist type of cult 'using the Bible and perverted Christianity to gain control" over all aspects of a member's life.

Each person in the group has a "shepherd" or spiritual director, "which basically is not a bad idea, but they carry it to an extreme....

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Mainline churches can stem the growth of cults if they offer the experience of community and dedication which attracts people to cults"Father LeBar said,

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Here's what I think might be school's entrance examination. The helpful for you. Try to find a place scholars' junior high academic records would have to reflect a Q. Why is it so hard to be underA. I suspect 'that, to a greater or and time once a week to be alone consistency with the ability indistood by people in today's world? lesser dt:gree, the world always has and silent.

They seem always to want to make been this way. Some people always Speak to the inner you, the real cated by the entrance exam.

Leadership Scholarships will be you ilJto s!Jmeone they want and have ,wanted to play God and you. Review some of your deepest when you do not give into them, make other people over in their beliefs about life. Ask yourself a warded to three applicants whose they are then disappointed in you. own image and likeness. They have what you really think about var- academic, extracurricular, charac(Utah) a desire to control others. ious situations in your daily life of ter and service records indicate that they are exemplary students.

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If someone has expressed opinness from Adam and Eve, who got Montie p'lumbing amount of $500 and will be awarded into so much trouble at the start of ions contrary to yours, calmly ask Heating Co. yourself what you really think to 1989-1990 freshman class applithe human story.

Over 35 Years about those opinions - and why. cants. Applications for admission And probably you'll have to Consider also what some of your to Bishop Feehan will serve as of Satisfied Service struggle with this difficulty to some main goals in life are and whether applications for the scholarships.

Reg. Master Plumber 7023 extent all through your life. Likely you are still pursuing them ade- In order to be eligible for the scho.. JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. there always will be some people larships, the dual application must quately and realistically.

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One,wo'men on my i>iock feels it the person someone else wants you· freshman registration.

Sister 'Harding also stated ,that mi'cessary to go to a meeting of to be. .

Memorial Alcoholics,Anonymous about four the Bishop' Feehan Alumni Asso- ' That exercise, practiced faith- ciation will offer a similar scholar, times a week just to have her spir".:, ~.h.cipel,ln'~. fully, can help keep':you' from ship to a spn or daughter of a Feeitual views and ideas reinforced. being a carbon copy of 'someone' him alumnus.

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St. ,Anne School Eighth graders at St. Anne School, Fall~iver, recently toured the citY's Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. On J.an. 23, students kindergarten through grade eight submitted, samples of their best handwriting for evaluation to celebrate National Handwriting Day.' Catholic Schools Week was celebrated with activities including the researching of past and present Catholicleaders, a fire prevention program sponsored by the Fall River Fire Department and discussion of students' various ethnic backgrounds.

Students also dressed in outfits related to their choice of career and learned what, contributions their patron saints are noted for.

The school ended its CS W observance with a special liturgy.

School counselor Sister Christopher O'Rourke will present parenting workshops this month.

Coyle and Cassidy Christine Couture, a senior at Taunton's Coyle and Cassidy High, School, was among approximately 500 outstanding high school students from across the country who experiepced the recent presidential inauguration through the 1989 Youth Inaugural Conference, sponsored by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council.

The Raynham resident was selected .for participation based on her academic achievement, leadership and citjzenship. , Sh,e inet with members of Con- ' gress, executive .officials, historians', 'acade":licians and leadingjournalists to gain ,a deeper understanding of the, American electoral process and the inaug'uration. In add'it'ion the s'wearing-in of President Bush, program-highlights included participation in a Congressional inaugural breakfast. a black tie dinner and performance at the' Kennedy Center and th~ Youth Inaugural Ball.

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Bishop Connolly High School 'Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, seniors Natalie Troya and Alan Langton have been named pecember Elks Teenagers of the Month. Fall Riverite Miss Troya is National Honor Society president and a member of the school's winter and spring track teams, chorus, peer ministry program, substance abuse prevention organization and peer education team. .Langton, of East Freetown, is captain of the hockey team and a member of the National Honor Society and Connolly's golf ~eam.

Junior Kevin Anthony and senior Emily McNally have received "Gold Key" awards' in the 39th annual Scholastic Art Awards exhibit sponsored by the Bosto.n Globe. <;om-' peting in a field of 1,287 entries' from this region, they are among 115 students whose work will now be judged on the state level. Anthony had never,taken an art c.ourse before this year. Emily is planning on taking some art classes in college.

On Jan. 21, Muffy Merrick. turned in the best performance of all area athletes at the State Coach- . es' Track Meet. She received medal for her second-place' finish (11.37.6) in the two-mile run. At the same meet, Aimee Vezina and Sharon Hand both qualified for the upcoming State Meet.

The Connolly boys' basketball team gained possession of Division II first place with a Jan. 20 win over Stang. Last' minute heroics by Chris Lafrance and Jeff Waclawikprovided the topping to a night of effort by Bob Kennedy, Jay Ryan and company. The Lady Cougars stand at number two after

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Hockey is at 6-5 overall, and between Jan. 14-21 the icemen won three straight.

The Jesuit school's student government has begun to publish Cougar Tales, a weekly news bulletin featuring brief items and comment.

Connolly's Alumni Association will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Wolf Conference Room.

Members of Connolly's Alpine Ski Team continue to place well in Central Massachusetts Ski League competition. Girls' captain Holly Marvel placed 12th in a field of 43 in a recent race.

Jeremy Tung placed 17th among 68 boys competing. Matt Audet and Tim .Boucher came in 27th and 35th..

'At another meet, Jen Tung . placed third among 35, a'nd Holly MarveLfinished 15th. Both girls were tied for 3rd place in the. league as of that more'recent race..

Jim Agar and Amy Almeida teamed up. to capture the New England Championship in the recent Junior.Achievement' Bowl, held as part of the New England States J~ Conference. They won the title by besting the defending national. champions, from Portland, ME. ' Connolly JA members filled 9 of 14 spots in the Fall River delegation attending the Jan. 30 to Feb. I National Region One JA Conference in Mt. Pocono, Pa. Connolly delegates were Cassia Picard, Amy Almeida, Greg Ciosek, Paul Turcotte, Stephanie Ciosek, Chris Vieira, Jennifer Venice, James Agar and Kris Batista.

Bishop Stang High School In 1989, Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, plans "continuation of our dedicated effort to provide the best possible Catholic high school education to each and every student." In April, the school will be evaluated by the New England Associatj{)n of Schools and Colleges, New courses in all areas and at all levels will be added, and continuation of physical plant improvements is planned.

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ision at the Laker Christmas Tourn~y. The freshman team clinched their second straight Laker tourney championship. ' Girls' varsity 'has a 7-1 record.

Nikki Cloutier and Jill Simons are leading scorers and Sally Harney and Kelley Guimond are doing set-up work. JV girls have a 6-2 record, freshman girls are 2 and 2.

tv, movie news N'OTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local list· ings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic ~i1ms Office ratings. which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted. unsuitable for children or young teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3approved for adults only; A4,.-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which. however. require some analysi~ and explanation); O-morally offensive.

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

New Films "I'm G'onna Git You Sucka" (United Artists) - Comic parody of 1970s blaxploitation films sees a former wimp (Keenen Ivory Wayans) avenge the death of his brother

Starvation in Sudan WASHINGTON (NC) - The bishop of Torit, Sudan, who last September warned his people to "prepare your souls for a good death," said to people are dying of starvation each day in the besieged southern town. Bishop Paride Taban said conditions are deteriorating rapidly in T orit, according to a recent edition of Sudan Times, a daily newspaper in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.

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The boys' basketball team, according to Stang's January newsletter, won five of its first seven games. A I9-point come-from-behind win over Feehan is the squad's highlight to date. Ted Sisson, Todd Govoni, Russ Ford and Paul Barnett are team leaders.

JV players have a4~1 record and finished as runners-up in their div-

Fairhaven speaker Paul Corvino, associate director of the Georgetown Center for Liturgy, Spirituality and the Arts, Washington, D.C., will present 'a multimedia program and lead a discussion on "The Celebration ·of Infant Baptism: Baptism,Preparation and Baptism Liturgy;" 'at 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at St. Mary's Church hall, Fairhaven. .

All are welcome to the free event, which will include slide and video portions and wiil be suited to a general audience. The presentation, notes organizers, will be especiallY'useful to persons parti~­ ipating in programs related to bap- . tismal preparation. ' Covino, who last year spoke at St. Joseph's parish, Fairhaven, has' written a book on baptism. ' More information is available from St. Mary's rectory, 992-7000

. . HENRY POWDERLY, grandfather of R,yan Powers, an eighth grader and president of the student council at Taunton Catholic Middle School, was among visitors to the school during a recent Grandparents' Day, when the senior generation was invited to participate in a regular school day schedule.

Powderly, according to TCMS principal Sister Patricia Mulryan, SUSC, was a "model student" and invited to return a!lytime.

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Religious Radio Sunday, Feb. 5(NBC) - "Guideline" - Charles Kaiser discusses his new book, "1968 in America," which recounts the tumultuous, tragic and, at times, loony story of the year that changed America.

New director at St.Anne'sHos'pital'

"Pelle the Conqueror" (Mira- . max) - Tracks a turn-of-th~-c~n­ tury elderly widower (Max von Sydow) and his young son (Pelle Hvenegaard) from their arriv!ll on Danish shores in search of better life to their many hardships as stablehands on a farm. Long and grim. Brief, graphic images imply the results of incest, infanticide and castration, some vulgar language suggesting sexual impropr- ' iety and some violence. English subtitles. A3 "Three Fugitives (Touchstone) - Misfits meet during a bank heist then try to extricate themselves from each oth'er and the c~ps. Nutty. Stars Martin Short, Nick Nolte and Sarah Rowland Doroff. Much rough language and

Cape Club marks 20 years The Couples Club ofSt. Anthony parish, East Falmouth, recently marked their 20th anniversary with a social hour and buffet. The event was attended by club members and former and present parish priests.

The club began with six couples as members when former parish priest Father George E. Amaral expressed a desire for establishment ,of a parish social group.

Four of the six, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Souza, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Thayer and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sylvia, are still active with the group and were present at the celebration.

There are now 40 couples in the club.

Sylvia and wife Pearl were the group's first copresidents. The male half of that team, who offered a brief club history at the party, said that the priests who were able to attend, Msgr. Maurice Souza and Fathers Amaral, Thomas Lopes, Leonard Mullaney and Thomas McGlynn, all spoke of events pertaining to the club's 20 years. .The group, said Sylyia, carries a "Friendship through Religion" motto. It has sponsored a child through the Haitian Missions and has donated a Companion Response "System' to Falmouth Hospital.

It also annually benefits Catholic Charities, the Bishop's Charity Ball, the parish building fund and other charitable causes.

Bus trips, picnics, suppers and dances are a part of: club socill,l activities, Sylvia said.

Catholic burial for artist Dali FIGUERAS, Spain(NC)-Salvador Dali, the flamboyarit surreaIist who was called by some an artistic genius and by others an attention-seeking showman, wast buried after a funeral Mass in a 11 Catholic church in his hometown of Figueras Jan. 25. The service ~ was held in St. Peter Church, 'I where Dali was baptized in 1904.

The artist died at the age of 84 on Jan. 23 of irreversible heart and lung ailments after years of deteriorating health. One of Dali's last interviews was with the Spanish Catholic daily newspaper Ya in ,.\ November 1987. According to Va, Dali said that "if someday I die, though it may never happen, I hope that people in cafes in Figu- i eras will say, 'Dali has died, but not entirely,''' ,

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O.L. ANGELS, FR EspiritQ Santo feast Domingas: Mark Carreira, AJice Miranda, Jose Monteiro, Germano Medeiros, Christina Pagano, John Santos and Msgr.

Anthony M. Gomes, PA, pastor.

The parish will begin its 75th anniversary celebration on the Feast of . the Espirito Santo June 3.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Altar boys will attend a Feb. 21 Harlem Globetrotters performance in Providence.

VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON S9ciety of St. Vincent de Paul Taunton district council meeting Monday at St. Paul's conference, Taunton; follows Mass 7:30 p.m. for the intention of beatification of society founder Frederic Ozanam.

SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE TO DIVINE MERCY SHRINE STOCKBRIDGE, MA D1JI~~1~~cY.

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WIDOWED SUPPORT, ATTLEBORO Meeting 7:30 tonight, St. Mary's parish center, Mansfield; information: 399-8385.

BIRTHRIGHT, ATTLEBORO Volunteers and donations of baby items needed; information: Jeanne Lincoln, 695-1763.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM "The Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation" adult education session 7 p.m. Tuesday, conference room. Youth catechist training Feb. 12, St. Patrick's Hall. "The Spirituality of the Catechist" session begins with pot-luck supper 6 p. m. Feb. 19; all parishioners welcome.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Lenten Scripture workshops 2 p.m.

Sundays Feb. 12 through March 12; leader: Deacon Francis J. Camacho.

Vincentians collecting canned and paper goods in boxes at rear of church on first Sundays for distribution to Lower Cape needy.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK First Friday holy hour 7 tonight, chapel. Choir practice 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, church.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Guild meetings begin 7 p.m. first Wednesdays.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK New choir members welcome; tenors and basses especially needed; information: Paul Cinq-Mars, 7617163. Children's Masses 11:30 a.m.

Sunday and March 5. General Youth ¥inistry Mardi Gras for grades three through nine 6 p.m. Tuesday: Stations of the Cross, led by grade three and four students, 7 p.m. Feb. 10; grade nine student-led stations 7 p.m. Feb. 17. Adventure Youth Group general membership meeting 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13, parish center; youth and adult leaders' meeting 7:30 p. m. Feb.21, parish center.

.... ST. ANNE, FR LaSALETTE SHRINE, ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON ATTLEBORO Blue and Gold banquet, school, Canned goods and donations for Stations of the Cross I p.m. and follows 10 a.m. Mass Sunday.

Vicentian distribution will be received exposition to 5 p.m. Lenten Fridays, this weekend. Pastor Msgr. Thomas CATHEDRAL CAMP, People's Chapel. Calendar coverHarrington will offer a Lenten talk E. FREETOWN ing events through June available, . Emmaus retreat and Harvard/ Rad- at 7 p.m. Sunday, church hall. call 222-5410. cliffe Catholic student center retreat NEWMAN LECTURE, SMU ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN today through Sunday.

Southeastern Massachusetts UniSchool advisory council meeting versity Newman Lecture Series talk, O.L. ASSUMPTION, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9. Ninth grade youth OSTERVILLE "The Road to Emmaus: A Civil group director needed; information: The adult choir will sing at the 4 Engineer's View," by Thomas JackiSister Dolores Pavao, SS.CC., 994p.m. Mass tomorrow. vitz; noon Monday, Board of Gov8679. Scout Mass 9:30 a.m. Sunday. ernors room, Student Center; informO.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Charismatic Mass celebrated by Ultreya 8 tonight, religious educa- ation: 999-8224.

Father Frederick LaBrecque, 5S.CC, tion center. Religious education teach- SACRED HEART, pastor of Blessed Virgin Mary parers' brunch follows noon Mass Sun- N. ATTLEBORO ish, Lawrence, and involved in the day, parish center. First Saturday Adult choir members needed; Catholic Charismatic Renewal since rosary of reparation and act of con- information: Father Marcel H. Bouc1969, 7 p.m. Feb. 10, church; all hard, pastor, 699-8383. secration to the Immaculate Heart welcome. of Mary 8:40 a.m. tomorrow. Scrip- D of I, NB CHARISMATIC RENEWAL, NB ture class 7 p.m. Lenten Thursdays; Daughters of Isabella Hyacinth "Morning of Prayer and Praise" leader: parochial vicar Father Robert Circle meeting 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21, 9:30 to II :30 a.m. Feb. II, Cathedral J. Brennan, CSC. Class for anyone V. F. W. Building, Park St., New Camp Retreat Center, E. Freetown; interested in learning about the Bedford.

Sister Margaret Catherine. CSJ, Catholic faith, led by pastor Father active in the charismatic renewal for John A. Perry, begins 8 p.m. Mon- ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, IS years, will speak; all welcome.

POCASSET day, religious education center.

First Saturday Mass 8 a.m. toST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA EMMAUS RETREAT morrow; rosary recitation follows.

Education board meeting 9 a.m.

Emmaus 77 tonight through Suntomorrow. First Friday holy hour 7 day, Cathedral Camp Retreat House, VINCENTIANS, FR tonight. .

Society ofSt. Vincent de Paul Fall E. Freetown; director: Lorraine Roy; River district council meeting TuesST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH guests welcome to closing ceremony day; hosts: St. Michael's conference, Lenten program: Mass 7 p.m. Tues7 p.m. Sunday.

Fall River; 7 p.m. Mass celebratd by days followed by 7:30 p.m. study of pastor Father Luciano J. Pereira FAMILY LIFE CENTER, St. Luke's Gospel., precedes meeting.

N. DARTMOUTH Lenten mission with guest preacher New Bedford deanery priests' meetFather Richard Delisle, MS, begins CATHEDRAL, FR ing II a.m. Monday. Bishop Stang Sunday: services 7 p.m. evenings Mass for deceased parishioners High School, North Dartmouth, reSunday through Wednesday; topics: and friends 9 a.m. tomorrow. treat Wednesday. Programs sched ul"God's Unconditional Love," "My ST. STANISLAUS, FR Response to God's Love," "Recon- . ed for 7 p.m. Wednesday: Pastoral Holy Rosary meeting 1:15 p.m.

Care to the Sick education program, ciliation-Healing" and "Let's CeleSunday, eighth grade classroom. PoNew Bedford area divorced and sepabrate - We Are Church"; also minilish mission preached Feb. 12 through rated program and Lamaze natural mission 9:30 a.m. daily and opportun17; English mission March 5 through childbirth class. ities for individual consultation and 9.

Coupl~ to' Couple League natural reconciliation.

Family Planning (four sessions) at O.L. MT. CARMEL, NB ST. THOMAS MORE, The parish is holding a program St. Mary's parish, Mansfield, begins SOMERSET for Catholic adults wishing to refresh 3 to 5 p.m.

Feb. 19; information: Jon The Youth Group will host over their knowledge of the faith and and Maureen Howey, 339-4730.

75 young people from throughout non-Catholics wishing to learn about the diocese on Sunday for a FounCatholicism.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR tain Square Fools retreat.

St. Louis Fraternity meeting 6:30 ST. MARY,NB SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR p.m. Wednesday; Gordon Klopf, Bible studies and prayer evening Women's Club meeting 7 p.m.

Dean Emeritus of New York City's 7:30 p.m. Monday, Memorial ChapMonday; Army nurses will speak on Bank Street College, will speak on el.

World War II and Vietnam expe- "The Adult Learner;" all welcome. riences; all welcome to speakers' LaSALETTE CENTER FOR portion of program. The parish is CATECHIST ENRICHMENT CHRISTIANLIVING,ATTLEBORO being prayed for by Fall River's Attleboro area DRE/CRE-sponRetreat for couples married one retired Sisters of the Sacred Hearts. sored afternoon of reflection for Choir practice Feb. 8. catechists I to 5 p.m. Feb. 12, La- . through 10 years Feb. 24 to 26; directors: Father Gilles Genest, MS, Salette Retreat House, Attleboro. and team couples; information: 222-8530 ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Students grades one through eight 'welcome to join junior choir; inforFirst Friday Mass 7 tonight. Family Mass 9:30 a.m. Sunday. mation; Jean DeSouto, 679-0836.

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Convent to be built outside camp boundaries VATICAN CITY (NC) - A Carmelite convent will be built away from the boundaries of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz along with an interreligious prayer and information center devoted to the camp's victims, Vatican officials said.

The decision appeared to resolve years of controversy over the convent, which church leaders had originally proposed as a place of expiatory prayer on or adjacent to theceamp grounds. Jewish leaders protested that idea, saying it was inappropriate at the site of such tremendous Jewish suffering.

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