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Pope visits troubled Africa

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SISTER DINA

Rare double honor

Jesus Mary nuns to be canonized, beatified Three Religious of Jesus and Mary serving in the Fall River diocese are among hundreds. of members oftheir community look-ing forward to attending the March 21 canonization of their foundress and beatification of a community member who died in this century.

The__Fall River representatives are Sister 'Paulette M.arie, principal of Notre Dame SCfiool;--Fall River; Sister Delvina, a foster grandmother at St. Vincent's Horne, Fall River; and Sister Gertrude, organist for Notre Dame parish, Fall River, who also gives

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music lessons at the community's COl)vent.

In Rome, in a most unusual occurrence for a religious community, they will be celebrating both the canonization of Claudine Thevenet, who grew up amid the turmoil of the French Revolution; and the beatification of Dina Belanger, born in Quebec in 1897 and noted for her deep interior life.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - As Pope John Paul II arrives in Uganda on his 10th trip to Africa, the continent and its more than 800 million people seem as troubled as ever.

Troops have rioted in the capitals of Zaire and Togo, peace is on the ropes in Angola, Kenya's president has shut down the newly elected Parliament, and Al DS continues to spread across Uganda and other countries.

There is continued bloody political-sectarian war in Sudan, while Somalia ·seems to be functioning as a country thanks only to U.S. Marine firepower.

But Africans throughout the continent are also trying to tackle and overcome some of their daunting political, social and economic problems. Catholics - African and foreign - are involved.

Mozambique, with the help of an Italian Catholic society, has apparently achieved a stable peace after years of civil war; Kenya, despite the action of President Daniel arap Moi, held multiparty elections for the first time. ill years; and South Africa is makingsteady, if painful, progress toward an integrated society.

Sudan, the laSt country on the pope's itinerary, will be a testing ground for Pope John Paul II's continuous call to solidarity in opposing human rights abuses and in favor of negotiated peace settlements, a religious magazine said.

On Feb. 10 the pope is scheduled-tovisit Khartoum, "the capital of the country where the gr!l~:

est holocaust of our time is burning," said an editorial in the February issue of Nigrizia, a magazine published by the Comboni Missionaries in Verona.

The magazine said the pope's nine-hour stay in Khartoum is historic because it marks the first time a pontiff will visit "a nation ruled by·a fundamentalist Islamic government."

For a decade, Sudan has been involved in a civil war between the

240,000 postcards mailed 80,000 Catholics in the Fall River diocese sent 240,000 postcards to Congress as part of the National Project Life Sunday postcard drive Jan. 24, said Father Stephen A. Fernandes, director of the Diocesan ProLife Apostolate. Participants signed three postcards each, to their senators and congressional representative, asking the legislators to oppose the Freedom or' Choice Act and other proabortion legislation. .

FOCA has been decried by pro-life groups as the most radical pro-abortion proposal to date. It would institute a national policy of abortion on demand, prohibiting any restrictions on abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy.

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Arab-Muslim government of the North and the black Christians and animists of the South.

Nigrizia said the pope's visit takes place at a moment "when relations between the church and state are very tense."

"The government, in fact, has assumed a hostile attitude toward the Catholic community, especially after the bishops openly accused the regime of Omar AI-Bashir of supporting a policy of genocide against the black populations of the South and of Kordofan," the magazine said.

It is an accepted risk that AIBashir's government will try to use the pope's visit to legitimize itself in the eyes of the world, the editorial said.

"We are certain, however, that John Paul II will express - as he has already done - his support of and encouragment for the persecuted Sudanese Christian communities and loudly make his voice heard condemning the systematic violations of the most elementary human rights perpetrated by the Islamic military junta in power."

Being a guest of the.country he will be criticizing will be a test for the pope, "who has made solidarity one of the pivotal words of his pontificate; a solidarity which sometimes can assume the characteristics of a true opposition," the magazine said. .

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Getting ftAII Together So you have subscribed to the Anchor. It arrives 50 weeks of the year, filled with news about the life of the church from your local parish to faraway missions to the halls of the Vatican.

But where does it all come from?

As you read this, the presses have cooled, letter carriers have delivered it to your doorstep and Anchor staffers are already hard at work compiling another week's tidings to greet and inform you Feb. 19.

It is an occupational hazard that even we do not know what they will be.

We have some idea, of course.

Father John Moore will zero in on a timely issue from the mainstream, giving it that unique Catholic angle. His editorial page musings are complemented, on alternate weeks, by comments from Father Kevin Harrington.

And we can count on the commentaries of CNS columnists Antoinette Bosco, Dolores Curran, Dr. James and Mary Kenny and Father John Dietzen. There will be an occasional glimpse at life on

the zany side from humorist Dan aged to send us their bulletins and Morris, a bit of nostalgia from word of interesting happenings.

Bernard Casserly on the senior Diocesan agencies are goldmines page, and weekly insights into the of potential stories.

Sunday Scriptures from Father Catholic School publicity and Roger Karban. development personnel keep us up But while these contributions to date on the noteworthy acarrive with clockwork regularity, complishments of their students. their own deadlines etched in stone, A phone call or note is all it breaking news knows no bounds takes for us to extend our view of time. from Fall River to the Attleboros, Catholic News Service wire sto- the Cape and all points between. ries arrive in steady rhythm, trans- As a topic beckons, Anchor feamitted via satellite from Washing- ture reporter Marcie Hickey is ton DC and appearing with techno- dispatched with trademark camera magic on the Anchor printer in the and pen to capture the moment.

Highland Avenue, Fall River, ofOnce the week's news - from fice of Anchor staffer Pat Mc- the lead story in bold headline to Gowan, who is thus very well the last Steering Point - is asinformed. sembled and ads are readied by While CNS supplies word of General Manager Rosemary Dusimportant happenings around the . sault, the editorial staff relocates world, the Anchor must also mon- from Highland Ave. to Leary Press, .itor the heartbeat of our own dio- in view of the heart of the diocese, cese - its struggles, its heroes and St. Mary's Cathedral. heroines, its innovations, how we Here, on Tuesdays and Wedlive the Christian life in today's nesdays, concept becomes printed world, right here, right now. page amidst a flurry of activity To learn about that and make it always subject to last minute news known, we must hear from You, Turn to Page Seven the readers. Parishes are encour-

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The Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena have announced a long-range "Planning for Excellence" study for Dominican Academy in Fall River. The process, which began last month with an initial task force meeting, is expected to be completed by the end of May. The comprehensive study is one phase of the joint effbrts of three Dominican congregations already involved in a collaborative endeavor. Every facet of the school will be explored, including curriculum, personnel, administration, finances, physical plant and public relations.

Task force members are Sister Louise Levesque, OP, chair and General Council liaison; Harriet Kelly, alumna and active member of the civic community; Thomas Klessens, chieffinancial officer for St. Anne's Hospital; Sister Linda Rivers, 0 P, congregation membership representative; and Mrs. Colleen Sykes, DA faculty re·presentative. Two professional education consultants from New York State, Sister Frances Berski, OP, and Sister Lorelle Elcock, OP, will guide the process.

Dominican Academy, the only private Catholic elementary school for girls in the diocese of Fall River, has served the community since 1895.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In the wake of government economic reforms, more than half of Peru's population now lives in poverty and has a hard time finding enough to eat,the country's bishops said.

The bishops warned that the worsening situation has favored the return of contagious diseases, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, Vatican Radio reported. The statement said the President Alberto Fujimori's economic policies - sometimes called "shock therapy" had succeeded in reducing inflation but at the same time had caused a deep recession, with higher unemployment and a decreasing standard of living.

10 percent of us In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an unborn baby can be legally killed at any time prior to natural birth. Since then over 26 million unborn babies have been aborted, a figure exceeding 10 percent of the nation's population.

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By Pat McGowan Is there anyone in the Fall River area whose life hasn't been touched

by Rose Sullivan, a woman who epitomizes the Gospel words: "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted."

Decades before the word "ministry" came into style to describe the ways people help each other, the dean of area funeral home directors was ministering to the griefstricken.

Many recall how she led prayers with their family at one or another of her funeral homes just before a sad trip to church and cemetery and how afterwards when they were gathered at the home Of a relative to seek mutual support, the doorbell rang and there was Mrs. Sullivan.

In the space of a few minutes she expressed motherly concern, admonished sons and daughters to love and support a bereaved parent or consoled parents grieving for a child. In every case she urged families to cling to one another in their time of sorrow. Then she was - gone, leaving the memory of someone concerned beyond the call of routine duty for the people she served, whose philosophy was to care for the living as well as the' dead.

Now 84, Rose Sullivan was born in 1908 in the East end of Fall River, the daughter of Thomas and Rose (Cassidy) Harrington.

She lived on one-block-long Wall Street in the shadow of then-new Holy Rosary Church, but since it is an Italian parish, she attended nearby Immaculate Conception Church where she was baptized, received first communion and was confirmed and married.

She prepared at Fitchburg and.

Bridgewater state colleges to be a teacher, but when she graduated there were no teaching positions open in Fall River. She therefore worked in the fabric department of the former Steiger's department store on the corner of Spring and South Main Streets in the city, a building now occupied by a Salvation Army thrift shop. However, with the energy still typical of her, she managed to squeeze Americanization classes, into her lunch hour. .

"I taught people who wanted to become citizens," she said, ."and I always told my students two things: that the word American ends in 'I can' and that Fall River's motto, 'We'll try,' is a good motto for' anyone."

ROSE SULLIVAN in front of her family picture wall.

Below, a closeup of "Ring Around A Rosie," designed by niece Timothea Lovett Youngburg and showing Mrs. Sullivan surrounded by a rose wreath of her sons, their spouses and her grandchildren. (Hickey photos) reflects its namesake's love of that color.

Almost everything also comes up roses in her apartment, where dishes, candles, wallpaper, furniture, draperies, tableclothes and needlepoint seat covers are but a few roseate items, most of them crafted by their owner, an expert seamstress.

"My mother taught me my prayers and how to sew," she said, adding that her father instilled in her a love of reading. "He read to us and there were bookcases all' over the house," she recalled.

School Committee Bringing up her sons and assumRose Sullivan's 1932 marriage ing charge of the Sullivan funeral to William S. Sullivan marked her homes did not exhaust Mrs. Sulliinformal entrance into the funeral van's energy. A year after her hushome business; but what had been band's death, she ran for the Fall a career shared with her husband River school committee post he suddenly became her responsibilhad filled, taking as her slogan ity alone when in 1951 he died "M other-Teacher-Businesswosuddenly, leaving his widow with man." She held office from 1952 two young sons, aged II and 17. through 1964, topping all candi"He was buried on a Saturday .. ' dates in each election. . morning," sheTecounted, "and on Interested as well in nation'al the following Monday I began politics, she introduced the late commuting to Boston for a onePresident John F. Kennedy at year course in mortuary sciences." events within the diocese in 1953 Earlier, Mrs. Sullivan had mas- and 1958, in 1953 also introducing terminded the move of her hus- another Rose, the president's band's funeral home from a store- mother, and his sisters Jean, Eunice front at Bedford and Oak Streets and Patricia. to its present Locust Street location. Succeeding years saw the Over the years, as a school addition of homes on Plymouth committee member, it was Mrs. Avenue arid in Somerset. The Som- Sullivan'sjoy to present high school erset home, at the insistence of her diplomas to both her son William family, is named for Rose and its and his wife-to-be, then Margaret Mary Nawrocki. Through the decor, irysoothing shades of rose,

years, too, she was in demand to speak at banquets, parents' and funeral directors' organizations and parish women's guilds.

She is now a member of SS. Peter and Paul parish in Fall River, but formerly she lived in Sacred Heart parish in the city; and it is one of her proud memories that she was a charter member and first president of Sacred Heart Woman's Guild, where she is honored with the annual Rose E. Sullivan scholarship, awarded to the child of a member.

Favorite themes in Rose Sullivan's speeches were the importance of family life, of instillingcharacter in children and of providing them with a good education. And a favorite quotation was" A family is a haven of rest, a sanctuary of peace, but most of all a garden of love."

Rose Sullivan, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, says the secret of her continued alertness and interest in life is that "I keep up with everything." She visits the family's three funeral homes regularly, still talking to and consoling mourners.

"It's therapeutic for me," she confided, in her husky, instantly recognizable voice.

She probably knows more' people in Fall River than any of today's politicians and she can go , back four or five generations With many families.

"It comforts people when you've known their grandparents and great-grandparents," she said.

Sorry, you can't fax your sins . ROME (CNS) - A maker of church furnishings has denied that he plans to market a confessional containing a fax.

"Of course we have built confessionals with air conditioning and for the disabled, but this story about a fax is something absurd," said Paolo Lion, president of Genuflex, a furniture company in the northern Italian city ofTreviso.

January rumors that he planned to construct such confessionals led to international news stories that Catholics would be able to go to confession via fax.

The rumors also caused Italian church officials to reiterate that a valid confession requires the mut-· ual physical presence of the priest and penitent.

"Confession is a sacrament which is celebrated in a sober and dignified. manner," said Father Giancarlo Santi, president of the Sacred Art Commission of the Milan Archdiocese.

Young adult group is considered "Come and See," a gathering to explore formation of a young adult ministry group, will be held 5 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at St. John of God parish, Somerset.

The evening will provide an opportunity to investigate concerns of single Catholics ages 20 to 40 about prayer, service and fellowship.

The evening will begin with a Mass celebrated by Father Robert A. Oliveira, director of Continuing Formation of Clergy and Laity for the diocese. A buffet and open forum will follow.

Registration is asked by Feb. 21. For information contact Father Oliveira at the Diocesan Department of Education, 678-2828.

In addition to Father Oliveira, "Come and See" committee members are Pauline Desrosiers of St. Patrick's parish, Somerset, and Beth Lee of St. Peter's parish, Dighton.

Rough road in Russia WARSAW, Poland (CNS) The head of Russia's newly inaugurated Jesuit region says Catholics face a rough road in many of the former Soviet republics. Jesuit Father Stanislaw Opiela said popular attitudes toward Catholics in Russia were "generally negative" and warned that some Russian Orthodox Church leaders want Orthodoxy declared the official state religion. In an interview with Poland's independent Catholic weekly, Tygodnik Powszechny, Father Opiela added that, while Christian baptisms remained plentiful, serious interest in the faith was limited.

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Believed the largest shortwave broadcast "curtain" anywhere, it resembles giant fishing nets strung across the sky. The curtain is actually eight antennae which beam EWTN's shortwave signal across five continents" According to EWTN officials, the new radio station, WEWN, is

Confirmation changes are announced The following changes have been made in the confirmation schedule of Bishop Sean O'Malley as announced in the Anchor for Jan. 15: March 28, 12 noon: St. Lawrence and St. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford, at St. Lawrence March 30, 7 p.m.: St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis March 31, 7 p.m: Holy Trinity, West Harwich April 25, 12 noon: Our Lady of the Assumption, New Bedford May 6, 7 p.m.: St. Mary Cathedral, Blessed Sacrament & St. Louis, Fall River, at Cathedral May 7, 7 p.m.: St. Anthony, Taunton May 10, 7 p.m.: St. Thomas More, Somerset 11111I111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I1I111111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass.

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EWTN launched the $20 million project Dec. 28 when it began broadcasting in Dutch, English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Canadian French.

In its first-few weeks, WEWN increased broadcast time to 24 hours a day and the number of languages offered to about 20.

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EWTN and WEWN, the station is "primarily an evangelization tool," especially in developing countries and former communist Eastern bloc nations. Mother Angelica is the driving force behind the ministry's extensive broadcast and publishing operations.

"As a Catholic, there are certain dogmas and practices in our faith that I would like to explain to everybody," she said in an interview in the WEWN control room. "I believe in my heart that in this room the whole world is going to be changed."

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FALL RIVER His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., has approved the nomination of the Very Reverend William J. Considine, SMM, Provincial, and has appointed the Reverend Francis Allen, SMM, as Pastor of Saint Peter's Parish in Dighton effective February I, 1993.

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A Needed Voice In these days of increasing media pandemonium with glitz substituting for substance, one wonders where to find truth and sincerity. This is especially true of the printed word. It's really difficult to find a secular newspaper dedicated to honest journalism.

Sensationalism is too often the secular writers' byword and for the sake of profit, the appeal is to readers' baser instincts.

Both on the regional and local level, the effort is simply to stay on the borderline between liberty and license, while the bottom line is the annual financial report. What happens in the process to individuals, institutions and integrity is of little concern if a so-called juicy tidbit of scandal can be publicized.

In this muddied atmosphere, support and encouragement must be given to those journals which try to bring readers the truth. This has long been the task of church-sponsored publications, be they diocesan weeklies, scholarly quarterlies or monthly magazines. These so-called in-house publications fill a void often left by the secular press when it attempts to report church-related stories.

In this connection, the purpose of the Catholic press is Gospel-mandated: nothing more nor less than proclaiming the truths of Christianity. The documents of V~tican II remind us that the Church should use the printed word to further its apostolic work as times and circumstances require and should also attempt to forestall enterprises which seem harmful, especially in areas where moral and religious progress needs special attention.

From this point of view, wholesome journalism should be supported and encouraged in the Churc.h; but too often the reverse is true because of the costs involved.

Viewed in the light of consistent Church teaching, the Catholic press should have the goal of forming, strengthening and promulgating public views in harmony with the natural law and with 'Catholic teachings. In this light, a churchsponsored newspap~r must publicize and correctly interpret facts pertaining to the life of that Church. It is also imperative that such efforts be supported by the entire Church family. If this is not done, that family denies itself significant assistance with regard to making moral and ethical judgments, decisions and choices affecting daily life.

One cannot expect such aid from the secular press, nor can sufficient guidance be offered in a lO-minute weekly homily.

But the invaluable support of the Catholic press is difficult to provide, given today's financial realities. It is easy to ignore a subscription appeal if one is thinking of cost alone. But can one really say that one cannot afford the truth? Can one justify the notion that the Catholic press is not worth the effort?

In answering these and like questions, we should never lose sight ofthe part played by the Catholic press in the mission of the Church. To be controversial about Church matters simply to increase subscriptions is merely deceitful; there is enough of that in the anti-Catholic press. In these days especially we need to pull together, not defensively but with our hearts set on objective truth that accurately reflects Catholic teaching.

Noone in the Church should be ashamed ofthat goal. As we seek to improve all Catholic路media outlets, we must not forget those already in place and forming a strong foundation for all future efforts to communicate the Good News of the Gospel.

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"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths." Ps.118:105

Which church do you belong to?

"Hey Father, which bingo 'church . that what we do very often defines do you belong toT" who we are - or who we are perThe question took me aback. It ceived to be. was addressed to me by a woman When we introduce ourselves as to whom I hadjust served lunch at Catholics, who do people say we the Family Kitchen in Altoona, are? Do they say "Oh yes, you are Pa. Gee, I thought, I always fig- members of that church that acured the black shirt with the white knowledge's that Jesus is Lord. collar, and the black trousers and You are the people who celebrate shoes were a dead giveaway that I the sacraments, proclaim God's was a Catholic priest, from the word, follow the commandments Catholic Church. "Which bingo and live your lives in service to church do you belong to" sure 'others. You 路are the people who didn't sum up the way I saw myself. believe that Jesus came into this The problem, of course, is not world to bring us into union with with how we Catholics see our- God and unity with one another"?

When we are introduced as selves, but with how others see us.

Catholics, do the people we meet I don't have any problem with bingo. I like bingo. Some of my say "You are the people who believe happiest memories of my first par- in penance and reconciliation. You ish assignment are the hours I are the people who feed the hungry, spent working in the kitchen dur- clothe the naked. comfort the afing Sunday night bingo games. I flicted and bury the dead. You are understand that financially the only the people who believe it is imporway some parishes and Catholic tant to do unto others' as you would have them do unto you. schools can survive is through You are the people who believe in bingo. But when our outreach into peace on earth, and life forever in the community is perceived only God's kingdom"? as the place where bingo is played, When we are identified as Caththen we do have a problem. olics, is the other person's first Sister Arlene Violet is quoted in Sister Regina Werntz's book "Our reaction "Yes, you are part of the Beloved Union," as challenging church that teaches respect for all the members of her religious com- ' human life, from conception to munity with these words: "When I natural death. You belong to the introduce myself or you introduce church that teaches that God wants yourself as a Sister of Mercy, do all people to live together as the people say, 'Oh yes, you belong brothers and sisters. You are the to that order which binds up the church that honors the body and wounds of society. You are that blood of Christ you receive in order that witnesses to the Mercy communion, and the body and of God'?" This quote points out blood of Christ you meet each and

every day in the people around you"?

If all that can be said of us when we meet someone new is "Y ou belong to the bingo church," we are sending the wrong message.

We are sadly missing the mark.

We have not done a good enough job of letting people know what it means to be a Catholic Christian.

We have failed to be the people God has invited us to be.

The above article appeared as an editorial in the Catholic Register, newspaper of the Pennsylvania diocese of Altoon - Johnstown. It is by the paper's editor, Father Timothy P. Stein and was made available to other diocesan newspapers by Catholic News Service. '

praye~BOX Fatima Prayer o God, fill our hearts with confidence in our mother Mary, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima.

Gran~ us by ~er intercession all the graces of which we stand in need. Amen.

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Love fulfills God's will Isaiah 58:7-10 I Corinthians 2:1-5 Matthew 5:13-16 We should never separate today's gospel pericope from the beatitudes which immediately precede it. The people Jesus designates as salt and Fght are those who are being persecuted, insulted and slandered because of their faith.

Though decimated, they are to continue the struggle because, as Father Benedict Viviano writes in The Jerome Biblical Commentary, "They have a vocation for the world."

One of the most difficult truths with which we Christians struggle is the insight that when we accept the call to be followers of Jesus, we also accept the call to give ourselves to others. We stop being responsible only for what happens in the safe parameters of our own lives and begin to be answerable for people and things in the wider world. The theme of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio could be the theme for all disciples of Jesus: "N ot for ourselves. but for the whole world were we born."

We must continually overcome the temptation to look only at how something affects me, and begin to look at how it affects us. The only problem is that the more we deepen our faith, the wider that us becomes.

Matthew's Jesus, speaking to a Jewish-Christian community, constantly reminds his people that they are no longer centered around just the laws and cult of a small religious group. Ancient Judaism had a knack for turning in on itself, always making certain its participants were ritually pure by forbidding its members to associate with non-Jews. But now, as Jewish followers of the Lord, their mission is quite different. Centuries of exclusiveness must be abandoned. Jesus proclaims, "You are the salt of the earth... You are the light of the world ... Your light must shine before others, so that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father." JewishChristians had to acquire an entirely new mind-set about their place in the world.

Third-Isaiah, like all prophets, also tries to expand his community's horizons. Though the concepts found if! today's gospel are still five centuries away, he helps lay

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN the foundation for them by insisting that his people recognize an obligation to love those on the

Paul's experience with the Corinthians proves that unity and love aren't always on the top of our wish list. In his first letter to this fractured community, the Apostle confronts thos~ who believe that true faith simply consists in having a better argument than the "other guy." But Paul knows that the most persuasive debater does not always convey God's message.

"I did not come," he writes, "proclaiming God's testimony with any particular eloquence or 'wisdom.' No, I determined that while I was with you I would speak of nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified...so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God." In other words, "Your faith is built not on some-

outskirts of society: ..... the hungry the opressed ... the homeless the afflicted ..."

We can separate communities into divisions based on race, money, religion or power, but the pieces we create are just as artificial as those we make when we establish countries and nations. Anyone who has ever seen a photo of our planet from outer space knows there are no such boundaries.

But Third-Isaiah isn't looking at his people through the lens of a camera; he's looking at them· through the eyes of Yahweh. And since there are no divisions of persons for Yahweh, the prophet must try his best to help reestablish unity by joining all people together in love.

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one's slick tongue, but on specific, outward signs that God is in your midst."

Those who have read all of I Corinthians know these signs always revolve around our attempts to unite with all people to form the Body of Chtist. As Paul reminds his community in chapter 13, we must love one another· because only love can mold this diverse group of people into one.

No matter how good our religious arguments, unless we open ourselves enough to give back to the world the love which God gives us, we're really not fulfilling God's will.

Now we can showyou a side ofyourselfyou've never seen before.

The imageyou see here may look like a regular X-ray. But it was actually produced at Saint Anne's Hospital using an extraordinaIy piece ofequipment called a SPECT camera - that stands for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography. And it can provide our doctors with images ofthe human body that were undreamed ofnot long ago.

Robert Courey, M.D. Chief of Radiology

When a conventional X-ray is taken, it creates a picture that contains everything in the area being

X-rayed. So a chest X-ray will showyour breastbone, your spine and everything in between. Ifyour doctor wants to look at a specific area ofyour chest, he or she must find that precise spot among the layers ofoverlapping images that an X-ray creates.

The beauty ofthe SPECT process is that it can create extremely clear

images of exactly whatyour doctor wants to look at- and nothing else. If your doctor has to see what's going on ten centimeters belowyour breastbone, the

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If an image ofyour heart is needed, our camera will produce a crystal-clear view ofthe heart withoutyour lungs or ribs obscuring the view.

And while the results ~ incredible, the principle behind this process is actually quite simple. Certain substances

are attracted to different parts ofthe body.

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DAILY READINGS Feb. 1: Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20-24; Mk 5:1-20 Feb. 2: MaI3:1-4; Ps 24:710; Heb 2:14-18; lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 Feb. 3: Heb 12:4-7,11-15; .

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So, for example, to produce the images ofthe skeleton in these photographs, we injected the patient with a material that "sticks" to bones.

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DOLORES CURRAN

My nephew was married in St. Margaret Mary Parish in Naperville-Lisle, Illinois, in late November. Being addicted to free reading material, I grabbeda parish bulletin on the way out. I didn't know a thing about this parish but after reading the bulletin, I knew a lot about its people, faith life, and . ministry. This was everything a parish bulletin should be.

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Why didn't you tell u's?' It was only in the bulletin.

Reading the parish bulletin is a little like examiningjunk mail. We scan it on the way home from church and toss it out with the Sunday paper. We may make a mental note of some activity we'd like to attend but unless we clip it out or write it down, it flees our fleeting minds. Then, later, we accuse others of failing to inform us. What we're really saying is, "You didn't call me personally and remind me that I might want to attend."

What makes St. Margaret Mary's bulletin so readable? First of all, it's n6t a weekly but a 12-page monthly newsletter with an arresting cover and good layout. It resembles a professional newsletter more than a church bulletin.

Two pages are devoted to local advertising. I counted 68 profes·

sional ads, so clearly this first-class act is self-suppqrting. I suspect this newsletter crammed with events, schedules, spiritual reflections and notices for the upcoming month is not tossed, but saved to refer to again and again.

As attractive as the physical product is, though, it's the content that makes the difference. The banner on page two reflects the parish mission statement. (How many parishes even have a mission statement?): "As a worshipping Roman Catholic parish family we are guided by a collegial partnership of laity, pastor, and ministerial staff. Together we seek to foster spiritual growth through the active practice of Christianity. By the sharing of our God-given talents and resources with all God's people we strive for peace and justice as the 'Parish with Heart.''' Beautiful.

Immediately under the mission statement appears a "From the Pastor" column, only three paragraphs, but written in real language, not churchese. Like our daily papers, there's a section for seniors, religious education, junior high, youth. Mass schedules, finances, Masses for the week, and upcoming events.

Two sections told me that this is really a parish with heart: the three pages of baptismal photos and the page devoted to job seekers. Regarding the former. I recall the pastor elsewhere who invited all couples he married to give him,a wedding photo to hang in the vestibule of the church. When a wedding photo is displayed, it says family. The same goes for baptismal photos.

The job seeker's section publishes brief resumes, eight in the November issue, of individuals who have requested support through

the parish's Employment Support Meeting. That's right! A parish that helps people find jobs as well as faith.

Another section describes the employment support group: for anyone seeking support during an employment search; all who desire to assist by providing job openings, supplying networking contacts, reviewing resumes. furnishing skill training. and offering spiritual encouragement.

Oddly enough, although the newsletter lists eleven parish staff members, there's no newsletter editor mentioned, so I can't assign personal credit for a magnificent product. They'll probably offer me up at S M M P when this hits your paper because I'm going to give you the address here rather than answer all your requests for it: 1450 Green Trails Drive, Naperville, IL 60540. Clip it now. (And, thanks, SMMP.)

How it feels to identify with the homeless By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

On a beautiful Sunday I was in Manhattan - that incredible synthesis of the new and the old, the glittery and the gross, the meek and the merciless.

I had a lovely day, until I had to return home to the adjacent state where I live. I was traveling by bus and had to go to the Port Authority on Eighth Ave.

By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. At one time when a rosary or ,other article was purchased it was customary to have it blessed.

How is this looked on today? .Are blessing still important? If so, why don't we hear more about ,them? (Pennsylvania) A. Blessings certainly are important in the church and in our Catholic lives today. There is a whole range of them, available to everyone, for every part of life, a fact about which most Catholics and even many priests are unaware, A blessing of persons or articles' or events always involves a num-

By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: 1seem to have the winter blues or the January blues or the post-holiday blues.

Whatever you call it, I am depressed and can't seem to wake out of it.

What can I do? - Iowa Depression is a painful state.

The last time I used this bus service, more than two years ago, I was mugged across the street from the station. The thief nearly pulled my arm off in hisd'etermination to get my purse.

Remembering this, I had come to th~ city without my purse, strapping a tiny bag around my waist, covered by my sweater, to conceal my car keys, ticket and the few dollars I brought with me.

I didn't carry an overnight bag.

My belongings were in a plastic bag. I also wore pants, flat shoes and a 20-year-old, getting-shabby coat. Clearly my m9tivation was to look poor, 'hoping riot to become a thiefs target.

When I got to the station, I noticed a difference - more police.

As I walked to the spot where my bus would leave, a bag lady came up to me, mumbled something, looked at the plastic bag I was carrying, shrugged and walked away.

It occurred to me that she

thought I was a bag lady, too.

Strange, but for a few minutes I felt a great identity with her. I was, in a sense, in disguise. But in so doing, I became one of the anonymous, nameless people - like she was.

I almost felt invisible, recalling the pook by Ralph Ellison, written some five decades ago, which he titled, "The Invisible Man."

When people don't want to associate with you because you are of a different race, homeless, an addict, an ex-convict and so on, they look past you and never see you.

Truly, the homeless, and yes, the poor - in a one-to-one encounter - are the invisible people.

We can talk about them in categories, but we don't converse with them. If we do, they may ask us to give something we don't want to give - our acknowledgment perhaps that they exist.

I started that Sunday in"my familiar milieu. I ended it in an unfamiliar environment that, be-

cause of my mugging experience, I still perceive as hostile.

But for a moment, I belonged, I fit in when a bag lady thought I was like her. And what I learned was not comforting or consoling.

I have been a human rights commissioner, worked in causes, fought for civil rights,justice, equal opportunity, have given money to the poor. I can feel I'm doing my share to help the poor and the homeless.

But the truth is that I am part of the majority who have a place to live and a paycheck - who inove away from and pass by the invisible people ~hen they wear a face arid'you' c'an feellheit'breatll. We just can't get that close.

Ministry of blessing may be celebrated 'by all "

ber of good things. It promises God's help, it proclaims his love and mercy toward us, it reassures us that he is faithful to the covenant he made with his people, and it proclaims our reverence and thanks for the gifts he showers upon us.

Jesus, as we know, was continually blessing people or things one way or another. His great command to his church was that it share the "cup of blessing" (I Cor. 10) in the Eucharist, which is itself' a blessing for the whole world.

It's no wonder then that the church has always wanted to "bless" every thing and every act in creation. This way we make all that he has made a conscious part of our life of praise and prayer.

Two special books will be helpful for anyone really interested in this treasury of prayer. The first is the church's official "Book of Blessings," published in 1989;

It contains blessing prayers and Scripture text~ for everything from statues of the saints to drug addicts, from fishing poles to Christmas trees. ','The ministry of blessing always involves an exercise of the priesthood of Christ, who is the head and high priest active in all the prayer of the church.

Thus it is noteworthy that many blessings may be celebrated not only by clergy but also by laymen or laywomen, "in virtue of the universal priesthood, a dignity they possess because of their baptism ~nd confirmation" (General Introduction, 18).

This volume is available from the Catholic Book Publishing Corporation (New York).

The other book is "Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers," prepared by the National Confer-

ence of Catholic Bishops, available from the U.S. Catholic Conference in Washington, D.C. ($18.95).

This is a remarkable compilation of brief but prayerful blessings and readings for every occasion and season, all oriented to events and people at home.

It's beautifully bound and also contains many traditioinal prayers, litanies and other devotions from our rich Catholic heritage.

In a marvelous introduction, the bishops note that we receive these prayers and rites from the generations that have shaped them for us. But we give something of ourselves to these prayers.

Then "we will hand them on, for they are not finally ours. They belong to this communion of saints in which'we walk and in which our children and their children may also walk."

One final interesting note about blessings. They are part, of the liturgy of the church and therefore should ordinarily not take place without a group of the faithful assembled to celebrate the rite together.

Even when there is no group, the minister and others involved must remember they represe.nt the whole church in the blessing celebration.

It is a wonderful reminder of how central a role blessing prayers and rituals play in the liturgy and spiritual life of the church.

A free brochure answering question Catholic ask about baptism requirements and sponsors is available by sending a stamped selfaddressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column may be sent to the same address.

,How to fight the wintertime blues Not only do' you feel deeply un- 'or try the extra-bright neon tubes happy, but you are also apt to feel (also known as grow lights).

Coldness depresses. Wear helpless about changing things.

You have a very common prob- undershirts and sweaters. Move lem, and you need to take some , your thermostat up,two degrees. action even though you may at Rich food and overeatlOg can first have to force yourself. If you depress you. Be careful of fats and wait for a "happy" mood to strike sugar sweets. Avoid gravies, potato you, you may wait a long time. chips, chocolate and icings and, in Better for you to take the initia- general, stuffing yourself. tive.

Lack of sleep can get you down.

Take a warm bath about an hour Winter depression has many before bedtime. Read or listen to possibre causes. Darkness is known music in bed to relax. Be sure you to be a factor. Get out in the sunare getting enough rest. shine. Put in brighter light bulbs

,Lack of exercise is another cause of the blues. Fifteen to' 20 minutes of aerobiC exercise daily is a great antidote to depression. Walking and solo disco dancing to music are good wintertime exercises.

Problems can wear you out and keep you low, especially problems that seem hopeless. Combat the feeling of helplessness by analyzing your problems into stages.

Then begin by taking one step in the right direction.

If your depression continues; counseling may be beneficial. Find

a social worker,' psychologist or psychiatrist who has helped someone you know. Consult him or her about ways to overcome your mood.

A final remedy may be antidepressant medication. Drugs are a radical treatment and are not usually appropriate for seasonal or situational depression.

Take the above steps to address your mood. Be encouraged. You are not helpless. You don't have to wait for spring. You can change your mood now.

Getting it all together Pro-death president Dear Editor: In the Anchor for Jan. 22, the photo of Clinton Place struck me!

I saw this outline of the tree branches and behold: it is an outline of a face, so I connected the lines with ink to get a better definition.

It's strange, but doesn't it have a look of President Clinton, the prodeath president? I pray for his conversion of mind and soul each day. I worry for the long-te.rm results of this great country. I remember his oath of office a few days ago: "To protect...so help me God!" President Clinton's tongue got caught on the word God - what does it gain a man to inherit a nation and lose his soul for the price of being popular and powerful?

Let us pray for his conversion before it is too late for this great country.

James R. Mullen Harwich

Randolph] and was familiar with families of priests. I have witnessed the social habits of many. many of these great men.

Yes. we can criticize, joke and point. but can we understand another's weakness'! In my view. these ill people should be removed from their torme-nted way of life. releasing them from their duties.

We should never forget the thousands of dedicated. solid priestly men who have given their lives totally in the service of our Creator. We neglect at times to reason that most clergymen. regardless of denomination, are fine people.

Ralph P. Condlin Edgartown

Pro-abortion film is criticized

WASHINGTON (CNS) - A new movie uses "every argument I've ever heard." including false arguments, to press for abortion rights. according to Helen Alvare. spokeswoman of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

"Rain Without Thunder;' which Dear Editor: is being shown initially at just one We are all aware of the unpleascreen' in large U.S. cities, details sant. unbearable tragedy that has in docudrama fashion a test case in created a major scandal within the which a college student and her Catholic church involving the demother in the year 2042 are found meanor of priests afflicted with guilty of the "Unborn Child Kidcertain weaknesses relevant to napping Act;' designed to prevent serious mental or physical derich women from going abroad to ficiencies. get an abortion.

Although this behavior is hei- .

The new law. according to the nous. we must not condemn the movie, was put into effect when priesthood: I have been associated other laws against "fetal murder" with clergymen since my childhood. were seen to disproportionately working with them closely in my affect poor mothers. who are jailed position [retired chief of police in' for the crime.

The movie stars Betty Buckley.

Jeff Daniels. Ali Thomas. Linda Hunt. Austin Pendleton, Graham Greene and Frederic Forrest. "I don't imagine how you in good Feb. 6 conscience could take part in the 1988, Bishop Frederick Donmovie" if an actor had pro-life aghy, Vicar Apostolic of Wuchow beliefs because of the film's "unvarnished message." Ms. Alvare Feb. 7 said.

1991, Rev. Arthur N. Robert, The movie's title, taken from a O.P., St. Anne Shrine, Fall River quote from black abolitionist FredFeb. 9 erick Douglass at the end of the 1963, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. film. was "very disturbing from a Kelly, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, human rights perspective." she Fall River added.

1972, Rev. Peter J. McKone, Douglass fought against slavery S.J., Bishop Connolly High School, for blacks "to be free and to live, Fall River and to equate it to this message 1985, Rev. Vincent R. Dolbec, death to children - has to be disA.A., Assumption College turbing to African-Americans."

Ms. Alvare said.

Feb. 10 Michele Kreger. a Washington1966, Rev. Edward L O'Brien, based publicist for the film, said St. Mary. Mansfield there is a national strategy to 1983, Rev. Lucien A. Madore, sponsor "discussions" on abortion Retired Chaplain, Mt. St. Joseph after invitation-only previews to School, Fall River. Director, Notre "Rain Without Th·under."

Dame Cemetery, Fall River "They're discussions. I wouldn't Feb. II call it a debate. A debate could get 1910. Rev. John O'Connell. kind of ugly, I'd think." Ms. Kreger Founder. 5t. John Evangelist. said.

Attleboro One such discussion is to take 1961. Rev. John J. Sullivan, place Feb. 9 in Chicago. Pro-Life S.T.L. Pastor, Holy Rosary, Fall speakers who agreed to take part River were Joseph Schiedler of the Pro1987. Rev. William J. McMaLife Action League and Paig~ Cunhon, Retired Pastor, St. Joan of ningham of Americans United for Arc, Orleans Life.

"Yeah, why not?" Schiedler said Feb. 12 when asked if he would debate.

1961, Rev. Stanislaus B. Albert, "It's not going to change minds."

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Defense of priests

POOL PLAYERS simultaneously enjoyed themselves and helped others at a pre-Christmas session at Straight Shooters Family Billiards in Fall River. Profits from the evening session went to area Vincentians for Yuletide toys and food for needy families. Len Nicolan, Fall River District St. Vincent de Paul president, third from left, receives the contribution from Straight Shooters partners, from left, Rick, Jack and Kevin Albin, Bill Aguiar and Bob Albin. ing, he added. was, "Do you want to be a sacrificial lamb for NOW?" NOW is the National Organization for Women.

Schiedler said he was told "there would be lots of media" on hand to witness the debate. Myrna Gutierrez of Americans United for Life said pro-life and abortion-rights groups would get about 75 tickets apiece so their supporters could see the movie and debate.

The U.S. Catholic Conferenc'e Office for Film and Broadcasting has classified the film 0 - moral issue of abortion."

Planting Paradise "A man's good deeds are used by the Lord as seeds for planting trees in the Garden of Eden: thus each man creates his own paradise."The Mezeritzer Rabbi

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Trappist lifestyle: austere but attractive orous screening process don't join the monastery to escape the world's problems, says Father Michael Casagram. One monk, for example, has lost a nephew to AI DS; another fights federal agricultural policies that burden family farmers.

"Monks, too, have to struggle with Life at Our Lady of Gethsemani their thoughts and feelings," the Abbey near Louisville "has an priest says. element of simplicity, directness Unlike the stereotype of conand uncompromised obedience to templatives with loads of leisure God," says Abbot Timothy Kelly. time, the monks, like laypersons, "We're called to witness to the must carve time for solitude out of larger society... not as a rejection a busy, tightly structured daily of the culture, but as an alternative routine. culture."

The Trappists' founder, St. BeneGethsemani is one of 12 Trap- dict, required his monks to suppist monasteries in the United port themselves by physical labor States. Its monks take lifelong - such as Gethsemani's cheese, vows of obedience, chastity, pov- fruitcake and fudge production. In erty and stability. Though radical, . 1990 the abbey sold 75 tons of the "conversion of manners" the Trappist cheese. Customers have monks are called to "is the same included Pope John Paul II, Lynconversion that all Christians are don Johnson and Jimmy Carter. called to," thinks Abbot Kelly.

Gethsemani's monks also sell Gregory Flannery interviewed the beef. cattle and grow their own abbot and his fellow monks for the potatoes (a dietary staple), sweet cover story of a recent issue of St. potatoes and corn. They work Anthony Messenger, a national from 7:50 to II :50 a.m., using only Catholic family magazine. half the "real world's" eight-hour shift to support themselves. N 0The three to four novices per frills cooperation accounts for their year who survive Gethsemani's rigThey earn no salary, eat no meat and - starting with a 3 a. m. wakeup call - spend 12 hours per day in silence. Yet Kentucky's 81 Gethsemani monks get up to 160 applicants and 2,500 unsolicited visitors each year.

efficiency, says Brother Gerlac O'Laug'hlin. "Simplicity is the outstanding characteristic of the Order."

Until the 1960s, the order took self-denial to an extreme: the monks never spoke aloud to each other, communicating only through a special sign language. They slept on straw mattresses and, as a form of penance, whipped themselves once a week.

Today Gethsemani is a gentler place. The brothers talk while working. Religious superiors no longer screen incoming and outgoing mail. The whips are gone and monks no longer need permission to take a weekly shower; they may bathe at will.

But intercession on bahalf of their sisters and brothers outside the monastery remains an important part of their "hidden apostolate." Requests for prayers and Mass offerings crowd the cloister bulletin board.

"A monk does not involve himself only in his own salvation, because he is part of the [human) family," says Father Matthew Kelty. "We speak in nomine omni, in everyone's name."

An open letter to President Clinton they know what it's about. The M r. President, bill is so extreme that even Congratulations! You have Senator George Mitchell, leader persuaded the American people of the Democratic majority in by your youthful idealism, your enthusiasm and your energy, the Senate, despite his support that you could bring about a for legalized abortion, came out in opposition to it, caIling it "a change for the better in our very dangerous precedent." country. I share such hopes and wish you well.

What is so extreme about FOCA? Just a few examples: One thing. however, you promised to do if elected presiIt invalidates all informed consent laws that require a dent, bothers me and leaves me deeply distressed. You promwoman seeking an abortion to be given accurate information ised to cooperate with Congress to enact the Freedom of Choice about the procedure, the pros Act, known as FOCA. I can and cons, and the options available: the same information only hope you will have second a patient is given by his or her thoughts on this issue as you physician before any operation. have had on others.

Do you realize what FOCA Pennsylvania's informed conmeans? It is the most extreme sent law was upheld by the pro-abortion bill ever proposed.

Supreme Court last June. It It would allow abortion on dewas supported by 86 percent of mand for any reason whatever the public in a January 1992 and at any stage of pregnancy.

Gallup poll. Instead of informed It would remove even those consent, FOCA imposes a "blindlegal restrictions that would at fold rule." least protect the mother seeking Is that really a "Freedom of an abortion, such as the Casey Choice Act? Free choice has to Laws in Pennsylvania that were be enlightened choice. Otherupheld by the Supreme Court. wise, its not free choice at all.

Among such restraints that Ironically, the pro-choice movewould not deny an abortion but ment is not really pro-ch'oice. ensure a greater measure of Its only' purpose is to keep prudence before making such a abortion legal. Pro-choicers do serious decision: a 24-hour not seek to educate and enlighten waiting period; parental notifipeople; they are only pushing a cation or consent for minors social agenda largely based on requesting abortion; the perfear and ignorance. This is unformance of abortions only by worthy of a civilized people. It's licensed physicians (not always a manipulation of minds. If it the case today); conscience laws were truly free choice that was allowing physicians, nurses and wanted, why should it matter if hospitals to refuse to particisidewalk counselors outside abortion clinics talked a woman pate in abortions, especially late abortions, as a matter of conout of an abortion? science; etc. Finally, FOCA FOCA also invalidates parwould invalidate any state laws ental consent laws. Mr. President, you boasted that you requiring even such minor restraints. "fought against parental consent laws in Arkansas" and now The proponents of this biII would have us believe it is you say you oppose a bill that nothing more than a legislative supports parental consent.

That's taking away the Godversion of Roe v. Wade: an egregious lie calculated to given responsibility of parents deceive the American people. to look after their children's The people have put up with welfare and to guide them as Roe v. Wade; I daresay they '" long as they are minors under will not tolerate FOCA once their au.thority.

Children es'pecially need parental guidance in crisis situations. This is certainly true when a young girl suddenly realizes she is pregnant. How can you suppose that a girl of 16 or 17 is I matu~e enough and able to decide for herself ~hether she should have an abortion, while she is in a state of emotional turmoil and mental confusion?

That's where the wisdom of parental consent laws is obvious.

To oppose them flies in the face of common sense. According to a Gallup poll of February 1991, 69 percent of the American people support such laws.

FOCA also invalidates all waiting periods, such as the Pennsylvania 24-hour waiting period upheld by the Supreme Court. This period, however short, would allow a pregnant woman to think it over and perhaps seek counsel before rushing headlong into an abor- . tion clinic. According to a January 1992 Gallup poll, such a waiting period is favored by 75 percent of the public.

Finally, Mr. President, you ha~e repeatedly stated: ,,( am not pro-abortion: I am prochoice." That's a distinction without a difference. In the abstract, you have two distinct ideas; in reality, the only purpose of the pro-choice move路ment is to keep abortion legal.

That's the bottom line. To be pro-choice is to be pro-abortion.

Let me conclude by saying that the American people, including woomen, have on a iarge scale rejected the unlimited freedom of abortion permitted

by FOCA. This act does not have the support of the American people and I am convinced it will not have the support required to pass it in Congress.

Congressmen do listen when the people speak with a strong voice. FOCA goes too far!

Yours for a better America, . Father Pierre E. Lachance, OP

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Catholic Memorial Home to open Alzheimer's unit Catholic Memorial· Home has announced plans to establish a special care unit for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related conditions. The unit, to open in mid-1993, will meet a growing need in the greater Fall River area for therapeutic extended care for men and women with this diagnosis.

Alzheimer's disease is a chronic, degenerative disease that affects and eventually destroys memory, judgment and reason. More than 4 million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease. It strikes one in 10 people age 65 and older, and nearly half of those who are age 85 and older.

The 43-bed unit will emphasize an interdisciplinary program involving nursing, therapeutic activities, rehabilitation therapies and nutritional services. Two "neighborhoods" will offer services geared either. for more independent residents or for those requiring increased supervision and nursing

care. The unit will also be decorated to enhance each resident's cognitive capabilities through colors, lighting and acoustics. .

"Our philosophy of care places great importance on the maintenance of each resident's integrity and value as a person," said Sister Sean Connolly, administrator.

"We'll be encouraging the highest possible level of functioning for each individual in this unit."

The home will also provide services for family members through family support groups and pertinent educational seminars.

Catholic Memorial home serves 294 residents, some of whom already have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and would benefit from the new unit's specialized services. Sister Connolly said that these residents would be given first priority for admission to the unit.

For more information about the Alzheimer's unit at Catholic Memorial Home, contact John Rogers, admissions director, at 679-00 II.

The hero of Georges Bernanos' classic. "The Diary of a Country Priest," was not more dedicated to the priesthood than the Rev. Donald Eichinger, who recently died at 75 after spending most of his life as a priest in Minnesota's western farm country.

I knew my friend as"Dear Abbe," the label he attached to his editorial column during the 15 years he served as editor of the nearly monthly Newsletter of the Diocese of New VIm. Editing the diocesan newspaper was only a part-time job for Father Eichinger, who was first, foremost and always a priest. Because of his newspaper, however, we have a record of what this beloved writer, pastor and fisherman meant to his readers and his friends in th~ pews.

I say pews because Father spent 31 years serving people in many parishes in small country towns like Graceville. Darwin, Tracy, Leavenworth and Gibbon.

"No one ever doubted that Don was a priest,," wrote the Rev. Michael O'Connor, another country pastor, who preached a ribtickling 44-minute eulogy at Dear Abbe's funeral Mass. "Townsfolk saw him walking the streets in his full priestly regalia. Farmers experienced him assisting around the threshing machine or chasing cattle after dark in similar garb. And I personally teamed up with him to take a limit .of large crappies on

Lake Traverse, north of Big Stone, with Eich in cassock, but no surplice. It is controversial as to whether or not he slept in his cassock!"

A parishioner in Litchfield, where Father Eichinger sometimes preached, recalled how he used to play softball in the park: "He used to pitch, and we always accused him of cheating because he would stop ground balls with his cassock."

When some parishioners hinted he preached too long, he suggested that they signal him when he went over I0 minutes. They sat in the front row next Sunday, and when I0 minutes were up they st'ood up and waved a white flag.

The preacher started to laugh, the Litchfielder wrote, and said, "I see by my timekeeper I have to quit." And he did.

In failing health, Father Eichinger moved to the priests' retirement home in St. Paul and then to the residence of the Little Sisters of the Poor, wherean Alzheimer'slike condition wiped out most of his memories.

We need to keep evergreen our memories of country priests like Father Eichinger who served God joyfully for decades, step down quietly and disappear from view.

During February, Catholic Press Month in North America, I think the world ought to know more about "Dear Abbe."

St. Francis de Sales is the patron

By BERNARD CASSERLY

saint of Catholic journalists. a priest, preacher and bishop whose leaflets. correspondence and "Introduction to the Devout Life" remain popular to this day. This 17th Century communicator is the model for the statuette handed out yearly. by Catholic journalists to the one who best reflects the work of St. Francis today. I hereby nominate Father Eichinger for the award this year. posthumously.

Let me share with you one sample of his writing, afready widely reprinted: "You call me 'Father,' and I don't think you know how much I treasure that title. Not because it sets me apart but because it hints at a relationship that exists in every good family where the father is generously and genuinely concerned about the welfare of every member of his family. I haven't always measured up to that ideal but it has been a goal. I leave you with the hope that you know that 1 tried to fill the role signified by the title you give me and, in turn, know that I have a father's love for each and everyone of you."

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Cutting corners on social security

By Ron Pollack to find out. if the help they need is Larry M. is a disabled veteran. on the way when a disabling injury He spent most of his twenty years or illness strikes! And by the end in the work force as a grocery clerk of 1993, the average wait will in- paying Social Security every crease to over six months! Cuts in week - before his disabilities final- Social Security staffing have created massive backlogs and outly forced him to stop working.

Larry applied for Social Secur- rageous waiting lines for aid. ity disability insurance - and the These people cannot afford to waiting began. After six months wait. Each day's delay is one more his application was denied. But day without essential medication Larry was convinced that he de- or income. In the worst cases, the served benefits, so he appealed. delays can mean permanent disThen the waiting really got started. ability. Or death.

Two' years have passed since his The pain, financial hardship and first application, and Larry is still loss of life that these delays cause waiting for an appointment to are disgraceful and inexcusable. meet with a judge to hear his case! The backlog could be easily relieved While waiting, Larry has lost his if we as a nation stopped cutting home and his savings. corners on Social Security staffing.

Why would someone who has According to the Social Securworked for over two decades and ity Administration's own projeccontributed to Social Security the tions, the backlog of disability whole time be forced to wait two claims will reach 1.2 million by the years for his appeal to be listened to? In Larry's case, his application end of next year, and the wait for a decision will average 189 days, was lost by an employee in an more than six months. And if a over-burdened, understaffed Social rejected applicant appeals, that Security office. And his case is not will take an additional 294 days.! unusual. Very often, benefits are The money for benefits is availheld up or blocked because Social able - we all contribute. But Security offices are expected to handle more and more applica- corner-cutting on staff means that tions with smaller and smaller we don't get our money's worth.· . when we need the help we have staffs. . Larry says, "I don't know how earned . to fix the system, but I know it's Ron Pollack is executive director not right." of Families USA Foundation In fact, the way to fix the system is to make sure the Social Security No Deal Administration has enough staff to do its job. The fact is that there "Don't try to deal with sin, for are 6,700 too few Social Security you are sure to lose. Deal with Christ; let ·him deal with your sin staff, and waiting lines are growing. and you are sure to win." - Arthur Here's how bad it is: four months H. Elfsttand is the average wait for Americans

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Rehoboth Senior Citizen Club meets 1:30 p.m. first Thursdays for business meeting and third Thursdays for speaking program. Financial planner Stephen Feldman will be Feb. 18 speaker. January-March birthday party I:30 p.m. Feb. 10; reservations requested by Feb. 5. Tax return assistance will be offered 9:15 to II: 15a.m. Feb. 9and 23 by appointment.

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Continued from Page One rushed to the convent chapel, where and died there in 1837. She will be "she literally screamed to Dina for canonized almost-exactly 219 years help," recounted Sister Renee. later, on March 21. She grew up in "At that moment," she contina bourgeois family and saw two of ued, "a priest anointed the woman her brothers captured, imprisoned on the forehead and the physician and brutally killed by revolution- noted that her eyelids flickered. ary soldiers. Her last memory of He checked her heart again and them was of their asking her to found that it had recommenced forgive their executioners as they beating, although she had apparhad done themselves. ently been dead for half an hour."

This gift of forgiving love, won The Religious of Jesus and Mary at such great personal cost, even- have served in the Vnited States tually led Claudine to respond to for over a century as educators, the plight of the thousands of chil- social workers, community organdren victimized by the French Rev- izers and ministers among the aged olution. She gathered young girls and infirm. They have-also organized Quest, a lay volunteer proin Lyons who otherwise would have been lost in the turmoil of a gram that serves the poor in this disintegrating society and prepared country, Mexico and Ireland.

In the Fall River diocese, the them for life by education and by providing them with the skills community for many years staffed necessary to support themselves. the former Jesus Mary Academy.

From this small beginning In Fall River, in addition to the cause the world agency is seen as resulted in tremendous human suf- evolved an international congreworks already noted, a sister is at having been too slow to react to fering, the cardinals said. gation flourishing on five contIthe Diocesan Department of Eduthe country's tragedy, he said.

Zaire is also in the throes of a nents, with over 1800 sisters serv- cation. The community is also struggle that is one of the greatest ing in 24 nations.

Catholic Relief Services spokesrepresented at Bishop Feehan High threats to his power that strongDina Belanger School, Attleboro. man Jack Morgan said that too man President Mobutu Sese Seko Dina Belanger was a talented rapid a V .S. departure could send Further information on the Rehas faced. musician who spent the years from Somalia to the backburner of world ligious of Jesus and Mary is availThe turmoil and the ruin expe- 1916 to 1918 studying piano in attention, precipitating a return of able at Thevenet Mission Center, rienced by the Zairean economy chaos.

New York City, where she first 632 Highland Ave., Fall River 02720, teleph.one 672-7952. met the Religious of Jesus and On another devastating internal touched off riots by Zairean troops Mary. Joining the community in conflict, 13 African cardinals who were angered at being paid in 1921, she came to religious life appealed to contending forces in a hyperinflated currency that was already centered on Christ in the Angola to stop their "suicidal" virtually worthless.

Sixty-five people were reported Eucharist. civil war and return to the bargainkilled in the rioting. Most were ing table.

This extraordinary woman might Zaireans, but some foreigners were have gone unnoticed for, much "We ask our Christian brothers also slain, including the French like St. Therese of Lisieux, she and sisters and all people of good ambassador.

GENERAL CONTRACTORS thrived on humility. But her superwill in Angola to pull themselves From R~me, Cardinal Frederic· iors recognized her special quali55 Highland Avenue together while there is still time, Etsou-Nzabi-Bamung~~b.io(~in­ ties and asked her to write the Fall River, MA 02720 'and to resolutely tak-e the' path of shasa protested the notmg' and story of her life. This work "Canti-dialogue and reconciliation," the asked for a "sincere dialogue" to 678·5201 cle of Love," written under her cardinals said in a statement re- resolve problems. name in religion, Marie Sainteleased Jan. 26.

"I energetically protest these Cecile de Rome, while she was suffering from advanced tuberculoThe country has been flattened . barbarous acts of vandalism," he "New Eng/aillj llO,'I'lIalll)' sis, revealed her mystical life of by 16 years of strife which have said. w'lh a European FlaIr" grace. , Beatification Miracle requirements of human fulfillment Sister Renee Thibault of The-, and psychosocial wellbeing can be venet Mission Center, the comBed C9' Brealifusl made without respect for man's munity's Fall River convent, respiritual dimension," said the pope. called that the miracle necessary VATICAN CITY (CNS) There are also social ramifica- for Dina's be;itification occurred Psychiatric therapy must help tions to psychiatry because of "a 495 WeSl f"lmulIlh "'g/n",,)' in Uruguay in 1986, when a lay(Ruure 28A) /'0 8m fll)5 patients develop morally as well as relationship between appearance woman working at a Jesus Mary Wesr Falmullrh. Ma. 025i~ psychologically, Pope John Paul and aggravation of certain illnesses convent was accidentally elec·11 recently told an international and mental disturbances and the trocuted.

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-Pope visits troubled Africa Continued from Page One uation where both sides are expressing themselves with weapons.

"What must an oppressed minority do when the one who holds the power contradicts solidarity and refuses dialogue?" the magazine asked.

The editorial pointed out that the pope has recently said armed intervention for humanitarian purposes may be called for when people's most basic rights are being trampled.

"Will he repeat that in the case of Omar Al-Bashir?" Nigrizia asked.

The magazine also decried the "scandalous silence" of the international media about the situation . , in Sudan and'called on 'journalists covering the papal trip to report how they have seen with their own eyes "the new holocaust which is burning in Sudan."

"If they do not speak, it will be only their responsibility," Nigrizia said ..

In Somalia, where lawless bands and factional leaders held sway until V.S. troops landed, two l!.S. church officials have warned against sending American troops home too soon.

Father Richard Ryscavage, director of the V.S. bishops'department of Migration and Refugee Services, said V nited Nations forces are not ready.

"The credibility of the V nited Nations is zero" in So.malia, be-

Postcards Continued from Page One 85 percent or'diocesan parishes - 94 of III churches have reported participation in the postcard initiative, Father Fernandes said. While national totals are not yet available, at least 75 percent of V .S. dioceses took part.

Michael Taylor, executive director of the National Committee for a Human Life amendment, which cosponsored the drive with the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Affairs, said that 5 million postcards were printed but supplies ran out before the drive, and many dioceses had to print their own.

Persons who signed the cards should expect a response from their congresspersons, organizers said.

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CRS marks 50th anniversary BALTIMORE (CNS) - Catholic Relief Services is an "instrument of God's peace," said Arch. bishop William H. Keeler of Baltimore at a recent Mass honoring CRS' 50 years of service.

"This is not a world of peace we look out at now," Archbishop Keeler said in his homily. "As the church in the United States, we are present as instruments of reconciliation."

The anniversary Mass at the Basilica of the Assumption was followed by a dedication service featuring numerous proclamations and a letter of congratulations from President Clinton.

CRS work "inspires respect for the human rights of all people," said Archbishop Keeler.

At the dedication service, an anniversary plaque was unveiled at CRS headquarters in Baltimore

by CRS executive director Lawrence Pezzullo and Bishop James A. Griffin of Columns, president and chairman of CRS' board of directors..

CRS is all over the world, Pezzullo noted, even in such war-torn places-as Liberia and Somalia.

"But we are non-political," he

said. "We're pushing only for human beings to live out their destinies with respect."

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, 0Md., said CRS puts the beatitudes and corporal works of mercy into action.

"As a little girl, I was aware that CRS served Polish refugees coming out of Siberian camps," she said. "Now, as an adult, I have seen in my travels that CRS is always out in the field, creating solutions and worrying about others."

Founded in 1943 as War Relief Services to help World War II refugees, concentration camp prisoners, Catholic seamen and prisoners of war, CRS has become the second-largest international relief agency in the world: , By the mid-1950s, CRS began to reshape its role to address hunger, disease and poverty with development programs and emergency assistance.

Some CRS projects have included Food for Work programs, digging wells and canals, building bridges, dams and roads, and cultivating land. CRS also developed a·lending program to give the poor access to credit.

Pope's health "excellent" VATICAN CITY (CNS)- Pope John Paul II's medical tests six months after surgery show him to be in excellent health, said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

The 72-year-old pope underwent an examination, including laboratory tests, at the Vatican Jan. 18.

"All the clinical and laboratory test results were within normal parameters," Navarro-Valls said.

"The pope's health is excellent."

The spokesman commented after an Italian news agency reported that an article by Peter Hebblethwaite in the Jan. 8 issue of National Catholic Reporter said the pope was ill and had only one to four . years to live.

Navarro-Valls flatly denied the NCR story and other reports that the pope had not recovered. , "All sorts offantasies still appear about the pope's health," he said.

During surgery July 15, doctors removed his gallbladder and an orange-sized benign tumor from. the pope's colon. .

Navarro-Valls.stn;ssed that,.the growth was ,not canc~rous, but said the pope "was following a '. f h . d 23 h -<

Navarro-Valls said the tests have been conducted at the Vatican by the pope's personal physician, Dr. Renato Buzzonetti, and by members of the surgical team from the Gemelli Polyclinic who operated on the pope.

The Italian news agency Adista reported that the NCR article said doctors at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan gave the pope one to four 'years to live.

Immediately after the Adista story was published, the hospital reacted, saying, "for the sake of the truth and our own scientific seriousness, we categorically deny having made any statement ofprognosis about the condition of His Holiness John Paull!."

The anesthesiologist during the papal operation, Dr. Corrado Manni, told a Rome newspaper he saw the pope just before Christmas and "J have no doubts about his health."

Manni told 11 Mesaggero Jan. 24, "The best denial comes from the Holy Father himself, who con~ tinues toJundertake a heavy, tiring andstressful.pastoralload and dip.... . lomatlc activity 10 Italy and 10 the ~~g~~~~P~ ~~e~~~~~~nther~i~n~o"W?~ld without giving any signs·of falling."

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Guatemalan refugees return LA MESILLA, Guatemala (CNS) - More than 2,400 Guatemalan refugees were greeted by scores of cheering supporters and fireworks as they came back home across the Mexico-Guatemala border Jan. 20.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Indian rights activist Rigoberta Menchu shook hands and welcomed the returnees at the government reception center in Huehuetenango.

During the 1980s after thousands were slaughtered in army campaigns against leftist guerrillas, more than 35,000 mainly Mayan Indians fled to Mexico, where they have lived in exile for more than a decade.

Bishop Jorge Avila del Aguila of Jalapa, Guatemala, also head of the Mediating Commission at government:refugees negotiations, told Catholic News Service the refugee return "symbolizes peace in Guatemala, it is this first group of refugees to come back."

"We do not want more bloodshed or more violence, the Guatemalan people are clamoring more than ever before that human rights be respected and the refugees hope to help in this," the bishop said.

Refugees threw leaflets out of bus windows, trying to explain why they are coming back.

"Brothers ... Thank you for showing solidarity with our struggle .... We promise to work tirelessly for human rights and peace," . the leaflets read.

Pedro Matias, 38-year-old father of six, ~lthough tired from the weeks of organizing his family for the return j'ourney, was relieved to be home after 10 years ofliving in exile in southern Mexico..

"The army entered my village in lxcan, northern Guatemala, and burnt the houses. We just grabbed the children and fled to the mountains," Matias said, recalling events a decade ago.

FIVE NEW members have been added to the U.S, bishops' National Advisory Council.

New bishop members are Auxiliary Bishop Peter A. Rosazza of Hartford, Conn., and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan of Brooklyn, N.Y. New members representing the Conference of Major Superiors of Men are Christian Brother Donald Mouton and Trinitarian Father Domingo Rodriguez.

The new at-large representative is J. Tracy Prescott of Peoria, III. The 63-member council annually reviews and offers recommendations concerning matters before the National Conference ofCathoIic Bishops and the USCe. It includes bishops, diocesan priests, permanent deacons, laywomen, laymen, women religious and men religious. :_ . . ., .,' THE VATICAN joined 125 nations in signing a treaty to ban chemical weapons, calling the, agreement .a rpajor step a'gainst .~ "particiJlarly cruel ,and inhuman'" form of warfare. .

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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE winner Rigoberta Menchu talks with repatriated Guatemalan refugee children in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, at the government's Commission for Aid to Refugees center. (CNS photo) The majority ofthe refugees liv- escort and offer refugees logistical ing in Mexico have similar stories, support during their IO-day journey to the repatriation site in to tell.

Women talk about soldiers northern Guatemala, Poligono 14.

The head of the Guatemalan snatching their babies from their U.N. refugee office, Michele Gaarms and killing them.

"They would take the babies by baudan, commended the Catholic their feet and crack their heads Church's support and aid to'refuopen against rocks," said Maria gees.

"The Catholic Church has played Francisca, from Nenton, Huehuean important role in the mediating tenango. commission presided over by the Over 240 voluntary aid workers, bishop," she said. "One of its major the office of the U.N. High Comroles was to foster the agreements missioner for Refugees and nawhich have permitted this return." tional government agencies will

The Vatican, in putting its name to the accord, wanted "above all to emphasize that not everything is allowed in war," said Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, the Vatican's representative to the signing ceremony Jan. 14 in Geneva.

The Vatican was an active participant in the Geneva chemical weapons talks, which lasted 24 years. The new treaty, also signed by the United States, calls for destruction of all chemical weapons over the next 10 years and provides for tough verification procedures.

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International health authorities estimate that about I 0 million people - almost all in Third World countries - suffer from leprosy, or Hansen's disease. The infectious disease is caused by a bacterium that attacks the skin, flesh and nerves.

According to Jacques Grosset, a French medical researcher for the World Health Organization, many cases of leprosy can be cured with relatively inexpensive treatment.

But less than Jlalf of the world's leprosy victims receive adequate .care, he said.

POPE JOHN PAUL II said it was a scandal that a largely curaUN 0 one is concerned about this ble disea~e like leprosy was still ana'chronistic disease because it striking poor people around the strikes people who don) count," ,world.. he said.

TJ!e-p~pe, marking World Leprosy·Day,Jan..31, said the persisSinf~1 Shado'ws tence of the disease was partly the : '~Oursins, like to our s"adow, result of indifferellce to the' plight:. when our day-is in its glory, scarce of the worst-off. ! :'ltrem,'a!ns's scanda.! that l,l ter- , appear; ,toward. ~~r even,ing how rible disease like this continues to .! .great,and.monstrous they ar:e!"" kill so many,just because of 'in- . John'Suckling

.....-THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 5, 1993

In South Dakota

Fall River native creates works of art .The following article is reprinted from The Bishop's Bulletin, newspaper of the diocese of Sioux Falls, SD. Written by diocesan communications director Melanie Weber, its subject is Father Thomas Connolly, a native of Sacred Heart parish, Fall River, who has served in the diocese of Sioux Falls for over 40 years. Father Connolly returns to the Fall River area for a month each summer, staying at St. James on the Sakonnet House of Hospitality in Tiverton, RI, staffed by Holy Union Sisters. There he offers Mass for the staff and sisters on vacation at the facility. A niece, Mrs. Charles Curtis, is a Fall River resident and also a member of Sacred Heart parish.

From across the room it gives the viewer a vivid impression of being transported back in time and actually seeing the Madonna carrying baby Jesus. Even a slight halo can be seen gracing the Child's head.

It's a picture - but not just any picture. It's a needlepoint, finished in different stiches to give the work of art a three-dimensional quality, making it come alive.

The creator of this needlepoint and many others, ranging from the Last Supper to Our Lady of Guadalupe, is Father Thomas Connolly, pastor of St. Martin parish in Emery and St. Mary parish in Spencer.

"They really are created, because I take a canvas that has been machine-printed or hand painted and stitch on it, while blending together my own colors which produce a more life like appearance," says Father Connolly.

"I also use smaller stitches, called petit point, on the faces, hands and feet, and that gives a piece the three dimensions."

His finished pieces are rare and valuable works. According to Father Connolly, not many people do needlepoint anymore.

"My latest addition to my canvas collection is a baroque image

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A CLOSEUP of Father Connolly's intricate stitchery.

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of the Sacred Heart purchased at a shop in Los Angeles," says Father.

"The price tag was $1,800. It came from Austria with the face, hands and feet already stitched in petit point. The rest of the canvas had the color scheme stitched to it. I bought it for $1,000, which is a steal for such a canvas."

What makes a canvas so expensive is the work already done on it, or as in a finished piece, the hundreds of hours it takes to complete.

"Depending on the canvas, it can take a year and a half to two years to finish. The Sacred Heart may take up to five years," Father says. "Needlepoint is a slow process. A petit point stitch, for example, is 400-600 stitches per inch. The regular~titchis a larger stitch with 100 stitches per inch, which is tedious too, but takes less time."

When Father Connolly completes a canvas, he likes to say "It's finished," as the Lord said on the Cross. Then the piece is framed to preserve and protect it. Because of their priceless nature, each one is insured.

"There are only three ways to get a needlepoint today," he says.

"Either you receive one as a gift, or you come by it through an inheritance. Sometimes one will be on auction, but usually the auctioneer will hold it back for himself knowing the value of the piece. You can't buy one completed."

Father Connolly says needlepoint is too time-consuming, and people just don't take the time to buy and complete large canvases.

"You see a lot of small finished pieces like those used for pillows and chair cushions."

A needlepoint design can be machine-printed, hand-printed or hand painted on a canvas. Father Connolly says the hand painted are best, as they are the most clear for seeing the pattern and the color scheme of the piece. Larger canvases are extremely hard to find, and he has traveled as far as California to purchase some.

Father Connolly has never sold any of the 14 needlepoints he has completed, but he did give .his brother a Japanese garden scene.

As I worked on the canvas, it didn't look like much, but when I finished,lliked it so weill wished I hadn't promised it to him," he says with a laugh.

He finds needlepoint very relaxing. "My pastoral duties come first of course, but I thoroughly enjoy seeing a piece progress bit by bit.

It's something I can do while watching TV. A lot of sports players do needlework as a way to relax," says Father Connolly.

Father Connolly became interested in needlepoint when he was still in college. "I worked in a large department store with three of my friends who were sisters. One of them worked in arts and crafts and showed me how to do the stitches.

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Needlepoints aren't his only creations. Father Connolly also grows flowers, drying them and making beautiful floral arrangements which are used to decorate the church. He does latch-hook pictures and loves to dabble in gold-leafing as well.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 5,1993

By Charlie Martin

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

By Christopher Carstens Let's start with the grim facts.

Nearly half of all marriages end in divorce. The younger you are when you get married, the better your chances of ending up in the divorce courts.

Kids who get married in high school almost never make it. There are too many changes between your 15th and 20th birthdays.

Get married in your teens and it's almost certain you'll be living with somebody you hardly recognize five years from now. Divorce is one of life's most painful experiences.

People who have experienced the death of a loved one and who have also gone through a divorce almost always find it's easier accepting the death. It's more final, and there's less feeling of rejection and guilt. , It's important for young people to think about what they're looking for in a marriage. It may go a long way toward keeping you'olit of the annual divorce statistics down the road.

There are some good reasons for getting married - and some very bad ones. Here's a list of bad reasons and motivations that won't provide the basis for a good longterm match., - Don't get married just because the person seems like' the' only one who's available.

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are not made in heaven, and there are probably hundreds, or even thousands, of people out there who would make a fine partner for you. You just need to meet more of them.

- Don't get married because your parents or your friends think you're a good match. The fact that your best friend thinks you're a cute couple has nothing to do with your chances for long-term compatibility.

In the same way, your mom may think he's a' great catch, but she doesn't have to live with him; you do.

- Don't get married because you can't keep your hands off each other. Marriages made in the heat of passion often e'nd in the ashes when the emotional flames burn out.

- Don't get married if you think having children will automatically make your life wonderfuL The cute and polished infants in the baby food ads are a lot different from the crying, sleepless, teething reality of life with a little child of your own.

- ' Don't get married to get out of a bad situation. Life with your alcoholic dad may be pretty tough, but having all the responsibilities of married life may not prove the best alternative.

If what you need is to get out, get out. Share an apartment with a friend. Join the Army or get a job in another town. There are lots of ways to leave home with9ut making a lifetime commitment to someone you may barely know..

-Don't' get married to win a contest with your friends. Sometimes people act. like they're in a race to see who can get married first. That's a rac'e to nowhere.

The real question is who gets to enjoy married life the most. Often that will be the one who waited and really thought things through.

Don't get married to save your partner. Exactly how much do you , \Ylint to spend Your entire life supporting this person? People don't really change after marriage.

-:.... If you don't like the way,the person is now, don't imagine that getting married will change his or , her entire, personality.

Marriage is. a ,won,derful thing, especially whim it lasts. Get married for the wrong reasons and you'll regret it for Ii lori'g time. .

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If I should stay I would only be in your way So 111 go But I know 111 think of you Every step of the way And l will always love you Will always love you Bittersweet memories, That is all I'm taking with me So goodbye, please don't cry We both know I'm not what you need I hope that life Treats you kind And I hope that You have all you dreamed of And I'm wishing you Joy and happiness But above all this I wish you love Written by Dolly Parton, Sung by Whitney Houston, (c) 1992 by Arista Records Inc.· and happiness." Above all, she IN THIS big hit song from wishes him love.

"The Bodyguard," Whitney She walks away from the Houston displays the powerful relationship realizing' that "I vocal style that places her among will always love you." the elite of today's recording We are not told why she ends artists. I haven't seen the movie, the relationship. Perhaps this is but if Ms. Houston's acting is apparent in the movie. But if anything like her singing, she she is not what the guy needs, it must be terrific. is likely he is not a good match The woman in the song tells for her. her guy that "we both know I'm Relationships are mirrors. not what you need." As she says They reflect back to us who we goodbye, she is aware of the are at deeper levels. Sometimes "bittersweet memories" which we are blind to parts of ourare all she takes with her. selves. Other times, we simply But she still wants the best in deny or ignore parts of our perlife for this man, including "joy

sonalities or behaviors that we do not want to see.

Often we blame the other when a problem develops in a relationship. However, it can be more honest to look at ourselves, though that does not mean we should accept blame for another's actions. What we can do is to determine what the hurtful situation is revealing about us.

For example, if someone close to us repeatedly speaks in an abusive manner, it is likely that our own lack of self-respect is being mirrored back to us. Perhaps you are in the habit of putting yourself down, at least in your own mind.

Of course, even if the other person's behavior mirrors your attitude toward yourself, it does not excuse that person's disrespectful behavior nor is it a reason to accept the abuse.

When a close relationship ends, no matter what the reason, we need to ask ourselves: -'- What can 1 learn about myself through this painful situation?

- Does this hurt prompt me in any way to change how 1 think or treat myself?

Such questions deserve consideration. They can lead us to new and healing ways of loving ourselves.

If we make changes, we may become better prepared to build a love that endures, for we will have built up a good base for love first in our own hearts.

Part of what makes life a challenge is the ongoing discovery and rediscovery of ourselves. It is a process of learning to accept ourselves more fully as images of God - a process of learning to love and respect ourselves that helps us to love and respect others in turn.

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How teenagers take phone messages dates, times and a box to check for

By Dan Morris "Will Call Back" or "Please Return Tell me the truth. If you were Call" - in carbon to boot. looking for an important return Oldest son reached for the salad telephone message from your auto mechanic, which would you check dressing. "What if my little studfirst - the refrigerator door, the , . muffin brother makes off with the cork board near the 'phone, the pen like he usually does?"

"Improvise." I growled. scribblings on the backs of unNevertheless, the memo pad went opened mail or the Home Organization System Spiral Phone Mes- ignored, except for the page my sage Memo Pad purchased by the wife used to smoosh a spider. This father of the family and stationed , led to my spending some time try'jng to decipher the date and time strategically by the phone?

Did I mention we have four boxes marked by its legs and the 'exact meaning of the ink-blot-like teenagers?

That makes it a dead givea'way. communication. Ultimately, I assumed'it was an obscene prank call The answer is'none of the above.

The message would be taken in from my neighbor, Bud, and left it yellow highlight pen on the sports at that: .

The old system remained in place. page of yesterday's paper and placed in the recycling bin on the Wife and daughter' favor bank deposit stubs and bulk mail fasback porch. tened to the refrigerator door: Was there ever any doubt?

Candidly, there was a little at strawberry magnet for new mesfirst. You see, 1 am an eternal sages; orange and banana magnets , optimist. I held out hope that the , for aging missives.

Oldest son leans toward marker dinner lecture the week before on care and use of the spiral phone pen over box scores in the newsmessage memo pad might sink in, paper, ripped out and tacked to especially since 1 took the time to the cork board, preferably over his stand on the table for the better report card.

The youngest two boys often part of the address. , "And no longer will we have to rely on memory ("Dad. did I tell you last week some woman from dig through coffee grounds and watermelon rinds to retrieve a the bank called about drugs or message scribbled on junk mail something - something about with a carpenter's pencil," I said O. D.?") Recently they left a scrap eloquently. "We can now read of grocery bag taped to the toaster: brief, accurate messages directed "Some Body (sic) called who said to the correct person replete with you had there (sic) number (sic).

Call them about you're (sic) appointment (sic)."

Revenge can be sweet. I left them a scrap of Home Organization System Spiral Phone Message Memo Pad, that says, "she called back. You can pick up your money tomorrow."

CHILDREN'S CANDLE: a 20-foot high candle was lit by Orthodox Serbs at St. Sava Orthodox Church, Belgrade, for all children killed in the two-year-old war in the former Yugoslavia. (eNS photo)

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commemorative collection of historic American documents will be used by juniors in their study of early American history.

The NHS operates an afterschool "snack shop" on Tuesdays and Wednesday afternoons.

Members coordinated a Christmas wreath sale with the proceeds going toward scholarships for Connolly students. They also conducted a Christmas gift drive for disadvantaged teens.

Seniors Christine M. Bounds of Portsmouth, Rl, and Patrick Joseph Manning of Tiverton, R I, were named Teenagers of the Month for January.

Miss Bounds is a member oftht!

National Honor Society and the soccer team and Manning is a parKARA ROTH ticipant in spring track, soccer and the ski club and ski team.

The Parents' Group will sponsor a family spaghetti supper at 6 Kara Roth, a junior at Bishop He had only to ask. p.m. tomorrow in the school caf- ' Stang ,l:pgh School, North DartJeff Larrivee, a fifth-grader at eteria. The event, culminating . St. Mary's School, Taunton, used mouth, was first-place winner in a Catholic Schools Week, will recLions Club Youth Speech Compehis interest in the political process ognize the work of teachers and tition held last month in Hyannis. to become a part of it. After writstaff, who will be invited guests.

M iss Roth, representing southing a letter to President Bill ClinSenior Pedro Fernandes of Fall eastern Massachusetts, competed ton saying he wished he could River and junior Kate Marino of against other regional representaattend the presidential inauguraWarren, Rl, are Athletes of the tives on the topic" American Demtion, Jeff got an invitation.

Month for January. ocracy - Fact or Fiction?"

The fifth-grader, the son of SanFernandes, a member of the dra and Jeffrey Larrivee, Sr. of The South Dartmouth resident -.' winter track team, has won the 55 Taunton, had followed Clinton's earned a $1,500 award and the hurdles in every meet and the 50- emergence in the presidential camopportunity to compete at the state yard dash in all but one. In the paign and even portrayed him in a finals in May. high jump he has three firsts and mock debate at school.

Juniors Allison Somers of two seconds. He finished seventh So when he learned that Clinton Wareham and Andrea Sorell of among 56 boys in the State Meet. had won - at 2 a.m. election night Fairhaven also received awards in Miss Marino, a three-year mem- he quickly penned a letter cona separate speech competition. "My ber of the girls' varsity basketball gratulating the nation's new hiader; Voice in America's Future" was team, is the team's leading scorer, The enter.prising youth then called the topic of the Dartmouth Memoraveraging 12 points per game. In ial Post VFW 9059 Voice of Demdirectory assistance in Little Rock, addition to her athletic skiil, she is Ark., to get then-Gov. Clinton's ocracy Speech Competition. Miss ranked first in her class.

Sorell earned the first prize of $1 00 address.

Members of the Connolly Alcoand M iss Somers the second prize A response came in the form of hol and Drug Awareness Team of $50. a letter from the Presidential (CAAT) recently presented the proAdvisory Committee inviting the gram "Inner Vision" to the Notre Larrivees to Washington for the Dame Church youth group in Fall whole slate of inaugural activities River. The presentation focused Thirty-two students were Jan.17t021. inducted into the National Honor on health issues, including selfJeff and his father followed the Society at a recent ceremony at esteem, peer pressure, drugs and itinerary provided by the InauguBishop Connolly High School, Fall other adolescent problems. ral Committee, attending the events CAAT, composed of students, River. Tara Gauthier, the presibeginning with a fireworks display teachers and administrators, works dent of the NHS Bishop James L. Jan. 17. They were at the inauguto increase drug and alcohol awareConnolly Chapter, welcomed ral address and parade Jan. 20 and ness and to counsel students on guests and Rev. James Mattalilater toured the White House and ano, S.J. gave the invocation. The various adolescent issues. The other historic'sites. officers of the Society explained, group has sponsored health awareJeffs only regret was just missthe four requisites necessary for ness days, monthly seminars, paring a chance to 'shake the presiadmission to the organization ent programs, and a monthly newsdent's hand at the White House which is an affiliate of the national letter. , the day after the inauguration. But organization. Miss Gauthier spoke he said he plans more letters and os~ph on scholarship: Lauren Stiles, ser, hopes he will eventually meet Bill vice; Elizabeth Sisson, leadership; Clinton. ' F ourth-', through sixth-graders Sarah Ann Ryder. character. at St. Joseph's School, New BedRev. John P. Murray, S.J., ford: are overcoming the winter' principal, congratulated the studoldrums by spending physical dents for their accomplishments education time each Tuesday and the contributions they have morning at a local bowling alley. made to the school in the areas of Leading the group are teachers service and leadership. He also Father James Mattaliano, S.J., Wayne Francis, Theresa LeBlanc thanked the students' parents for and Rosemary Da,SiI~a. a coordinator of the Bishop Contheir loving support of the candi.nolly High, School Alcohol. and dates. Joyce Costa, the m~derator Drug Awareness Team (CAAT), St. James-St. John School of the Connolly chapter, offered will conduct a, series of four Information on registration for congratulations to the new inducseminars for the general public on , 1993-94 at St. James-St. John tees. the topic ,:'Parenting ,for P~e­ School, New Bedford, may be obA rece'ption followed in the Jesuit vention." , residence. tained 9 a:m. to 2 p.m. daily by The first session: "Empowering The NHS has been very active in calling the school at 996-0534. vs. Enabling - , H'ow tQ raise reservice this year. Members are spo'nsible children," will be held'7 working on the details of a Mentor " to 9 p.m. Feh. 9,in the Fall, River Program designed to provide enschool's auditorium. For informarichment activities for elementary The following' area students' tion call the school at 676-1071. school 'students. They are 'also earned Dean's' List status for the making preparations for their' fall semester at Salve Regina U niannual blood,drive., versity, Newport: M'ark Cardelli, Ghost of a Lie' The NHS also donated 150 copies Lisa L. Duarte 'and Sheryl Lynn "Stick with the truth; even if it of The United States of America' Grant of Fall River; Marybeth makes you look or feel bad. False- 200 Years ofLiberty to Connol- Goslin 'of Westport; and Paula J. hoods are like wan'de'ring ghosts." ly's social studies department. This Mathieu of East Freetown.

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Eighth-grader William McLoughlin of Berkley was the winner of the 1993 National Geography Bee competition at Taunton Catholic Middle School. Ann Goj, a seventh-graderfrom Taunton, was first runner-up.

The seven-round preliminary competition began Jan. 4 for all seventh and-eighth-graders. After all other students were eliminated, McLaughlin and Miss Goj competed in a Jeopardy-style championship round.

The competition was part of the fifth annual National Geography Bee sponsored by National Geographic World Society and Amtrak.

The winner from each school takes a qualifying test for potential inclusion among the 100 students per state who will compete on a national level.

As Catholic Schools Week comes to a close, today will be a "Student Teacher. Day" for which eighthgraders will take over some classes under the teachers' supervision. A social for grades 5 and 6 will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and a dance for grades 7 and 8 will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Activities for the remainder of Catholic Schools Month are as follows: Feb. 8 will begin "Bee Week" during which students in all grades

will participate in elimination rounds in spelling, math and social studies. Students will design Mardi Gras masks in art class.

A teacher social for faculty of Taunton parochial schools will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.

Feb. 9: Science fair opens.

Feb. 10: Students from St. Mary's and Our Lady of Lourdes schools will visit for science fair and orientation with TCMS student council.

Feb. 11: World Day of Prayer for the Sick and Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Grandparents will visit and attend living rosary for the sick 9:30 a.m. Eighth-graders will visit Marian Manor nursing home 9:30 a.m. to offer rosary and attend daily Mass with residents.

Feb. 12: Teacher Appreciation Day. Faculty will be treated to a breakfast at 7 a.m. and will participate in a dress-down day. Studentfaculty volleyball game I p.m.

Feb. 15 to 19: Winter vacation.

Feb. 22: Parents' Night Out 5 to 8 p.m.; supper and activities will be provided at school for children over age 2. . Feb. 23: Student Appreciation Day. Dress: sneakers and jeans.

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STONEHILL COLLEGE, N,EASTON Daniel Lamoureux, professor of fine arts and college organist, will present lecture and organ performance entitled "Musical Rebellion: Imagination and Fantasy in the Work of Selected Keyboard Composers" 7 p.m. Feb. 9, Chapel of St. Mary.

Theaterworks Company of Boston will perform dramatic program on ancient Greek poetess Sappho entitled "The (In) Complete Works ofSappho" 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, Joseph W. Martin Institute auditorium.

Julian Bond will present "Civil Rights: Still an American Agenda" as part of the "Is Congress Broken?" lecture series 8 p.m. Feb. 18, Martin Institute lecture hall room 105.

New World Theater will present "Miss Ida B. Wells," a play based on the life of the journalist, suffragist and militant civil rights activist, 7:30 p.m. March 2, Martin Institute auditorium.

All events are free, open to the public and handicapped accessible.

Information: 230-1120.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, NB Arthur B. Trundy, M.Ed.. , CADAC, C.R.D.S., will speak on "Warning Signs of Addictive Relationships" at support group meeting 7 t09 p.m. Feb. 10, Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Rd .. N. Dartmouth.

Trundy is clinical director of Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction and of Safe Harbors Service.

CHRIST TI:IE KING, MASHPEE Evening Scripture study course begins Feb. 9; information: Alice and Millard Cramp.. 477-3672.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Mass and testimonial for Father William Boffa will be4 p.m. Feb. 14, not Feb. 21 as previously announced. , Knights of Columbus Msgr. James Coyle Council 82 information and recruitment sessions after Masses this weekend in church hall. West Side Seniors meet 1:30 p. m. Feb. 18; new members welcome. Presentation on substance abuse by Peter Viveiros, director of Alcohol Council of Greater FR, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8, church hall.

EMMAUS/GALILEE Emmaus 96 this weekend at Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown; closing Mass 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Neumann Hall. Galilee monthly meeting 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 14, Neumann Hall; AI and Betty Rivet will present "Community of Love." Father John Sullivan of St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, will be Mass celebrant.

Donations of baby items (practical needs, no toys) will be collected for Birthright.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Food' pantry collection will be taken next weekend. Baby and chilST. THOMAS MORE, dren's '210thing for Marie's Place SOMERSET Donations for FR Community may be left in garage closest to parkFood Pantry will be collected this. ing lot.

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ATTLEBORO Support group meeting 7 tonight, St. Mary~s parish Center, N. Attleboro; the movie "Sister Act" will be shown after Mass.

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St. Francis of Peace Fraternity, West Harwich, monthly meeting 2 p.m. Feb. 14, Holy Trinity Church, W. Harwich. Father Edward Healy will celebrate Mass and speak on "Why St. Francis Was Grateful for His Crosses." Business meeting, dialogue and refreshments will follow.

Rosary will be recited I:30 p.m. with intention to end abortion. Inquirers welcome. Information: Dorothy,WilIiams, 394-4094.

DON BOSCO TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, BOSTON Daniel Ferrara of Quincy is organizing a IO-year reunion of Class of 1984 at Don Bosco Technical High School, Boston. The Class of 1968 is planning 25-year reunion and other classes will celebrate five, 10, 15 and 20-year reunions. Addresses of alumni are sought to communicate information about events.

Information: 300 Tremont St., Boston 02116, tel. (617) 426-9457.

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SACRED HEART HOME, NB A Sweetheart Brunch will be held 10' a. m. to 2,p.m. Feb. 14Jn the auditorium. of Sacred Heart Nursing Home, 359 Summer St., New Bedford. For information call 996-6751.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Women's Guild will'collect layette items for Birthright at meeting noon Feb.8.

,., • t t t ""HOLYGHOST;'J\TTLEBORO Benedict CIrcle 61 Daughters of Susan Collamati of Bishop FeeIs~bella of North Attleboro recently han H.S. will be speaker for adult hosted a surprise dinner party at Family Life Enrichment Series Hour Br~ok. Manor for Father Justin 7 p.m. Sunday. Topic: "How do we QUIn!1 In hon?r of his 40th ~nniver- ge~ C~ristian values ~o im~aet our sary In the pnesthood. He IS chap- dally hfe and economic chOIces?" lain of Benedict C~rcle and of MaWell-Adjusted donna Manor nursing home.

"A well-adjusted person is one ST, PATRICK, FALMOUTH Adult education seminar resumes who makes the same mistaketwice 3 p.m. Sunday; topic: Worship, Past without getting nervous." :...... Jane and Present.

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Symbols of a saintly life are part of Bob's funeral

By Mitch Finley Around Christmas time, in the mail came a sad note from a friend who lives in a suburb of Milwaukee. Dolores wrote to say that Bob, her husband of more than 46 years, had died.

Bob would think it some sort of cosmic joke to suggest that he was a saint. Yet his life reveals the kind of evidence that the church's official saint-makers ought to consider if they were looking for married people to canonize.

Dolores and Bob raised 12 children - a large family by today's standards or yesterday's. Their home always looked lived in: comfortable, the shine gone, the edges a bit worn but open, hospitable, warm and welcoming. People mattered, not things.

The booklet Dolores and her children put together for Bob's funeral Mass reflected much thought and love. Still, it had to be done quickly, and that it is packed full of good thoughts and memories about Bob shows how easily his family was' able to think such thoughts about him.

One section of the booklet was headed "special symbols," and I suspect that each of the symbols was on display during the liturgy.

A few items from the list: -Backgammon: Bob "taught his children and grandchildren to play and for many years he took it wherever he went."

-Handkerchief mouse: "The most fun a kid ever had with a clothespin, rubber band and handkerchief. Dad delighted in fascinating children and adults alike with the antics of his pet mouse."

-Cursillo prayer book: "The Cursillo movement was a transforming time for Bob in the development of his adult faith."

-Briefcase: "He jokingly referred to this as his 'brains' and therefore he was never without it."

- Valentine letter: "An example of his love for his wife."

Perhaps the real proof that a person lived the spirit of the Gospel from it distinctively Catholic perspective - so rich is our tradition with sacraments, signs and symbols - is the ease with which that person's friends and relations can find symbols such as these.

Bob clearly loved life and embraced it with all his heart. He said yes to the life he and his God had fashioned together. Best of all, he knew how to play and enjoy the time of his life. Handkerchief mice.

Backgammon. Valentines. Calling his briefcase his "brains." How completely playful, even when it came to his work.

F or the last 17 years, Bob had a job I didn1t envy. He called people who were not paying their bills.

Lord, I often thought, what stories he must hear, heartbreaking stories and stories that give the Brothers Grimm a run for their money. How does one go about such work in a caring and Christian fashion?

There was one other item on the list of Bob's special symbols. It was a copy of the Milwaukee Sentinel. This represented "10 years of helping his children with predawn paper deliveries." Any parent who has helped kids with paper. routes will testify that to do this for lO years is an astonishing sign of holiness, indeed heroic sanctity.

ST·. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA· Juliette Talbot, retiring as organist after 60 years, and Raymond. P. Leduc, Sr., retiring as sexton after 18 years, will be honored at 1.1 a. m.

Mass Sunday followed 'by reception; all parishioners and friends welcome,

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ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, ATTLEBORO Mayor Judith Robbins will speak on "Attleboro and Its Future" at Ladies Guild meeting.7: 15 p.m. Feb. 10, school hall.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Volunteers are needed to stitch· cancer pads for Rose, Hawthorne Lathrop Home in Fall River 9:30 a.m;· Feb. 9; Thrift Shop.

ore., FALMOUTH Knights of Columbus Falmouth Council 81 J social meeting and dinner6:30p.. m. Feb. 16; Father Gerard Hebert will present: video "The Catholic Way of Life."

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PRAYER VIGIL: Archbishop William H. Keeler of Baltimore (center) joins hands with Muslim and'Jewish leaders in a vigil for peace in·the Balkans during' a prayer 'service led by Rabbi Murray Saltzman (right) at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in Pikesville, Md. Imam M, Bashar Arafat (left) spiritual.leader. of-the Baltimore. Islamic Society-,represented the American Muslim'Council..(CNS· photo)