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Dutch synod: variety, unity, • ISS,UeS agreem'ent on most VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Dutch bishops' synod produced 64 hours of meetings, nearly 500 interventions, three liturgical celebrations, well over 100 pages of documentation and a 46-point closing document.

But what is its bottom line for the Catholic Church in the Netherlands and ~he world?

ANTONIO da CRUZ of Our Lady of the Assumption parish, New Bedford, a freshman member of the diocesan Permanent Diaconate program, takes classroom notes.

Deacon totals WASHINGTON (NC) - The number of permanent deac:ons in the Catholic Church in the United States rose by nearly 1,000 from 1978 to 1979, according to figures compiled by the secretariat of the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Perman-

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For Pope John Paul II, convener of the assembly, it was a joint consultative process resulting in an "accord on the content of Catholic faith according to the teaching of the magisterium of the church."

For Cardinal Jan Willebrands of Utrecht, Netherlands, president of the Dutch Bishops' Conference, it was a reminder that "different currents everywhere oppose each other, but variety should always remain within unity."

For the rest of the Dutch bishops it was a reaffirmation of their duty to guide people with a firm hand and to work to-

gether in overcoming ideological differences.

For Dutch Catholics, it was a call from the pope to "gather around your bishops in prayer and action" and a preview of pastoral changes to come in the Dutch church.

'For "critical groups" who dissent from church teachings, it

was an admonition to get in line.

For Archbishop Jozef Tomko, general secretary of the world synod of Bishops and a participant in the Dutch synod, it was "16 days of intense work."

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Azoreans grateful Bishop Cronin has received a' hand-delivered message from the Most Reverend Aurelio Granada, bishop of the earthquake-torn diocese of Angra in the Azores.

The Azorean prelate expressed profound thanks to Bishop Cronin for his fraternal message of concern transmitted immediately upon news of the disaster.

"We are in need of everything," Bishop Granada wrote.

He went on to describe the suffering of the victims of the earthquake which struck a month ago

and noted that many churches and diocesan buildings had been destroyed and damaged.

Bishop Granada conveyed to Bishop Cronin particular thanks for the pledge of financial assistance from the Catholic faithful of 'the Diocese of Fall River, the results of a diocesan-wide special collection. Bishop Cronin appealed for aid to residents of the Fall River diocese when the very first reports of the devastation occuring in the Azores Turn to Page Six

Connolly's Quechua Indian

By Pat McGowan About a year and a half ago, The Anchor reported a population of one Quechua Indian in the Fall River diocese. That figure has now doubled. There are two Quechua Indians.

The newcomer is 19-year-old Sixto Cespedes, a dark-eyed, black-haired Peruvian charmer.

In July he joined his compatriot, 3-year-old Noelle Durette, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Durette in Swansea. From there he commutes daily to Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

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SIXTO CESPEDES, seated left, hits the books in the Connolly library, aided' by Brooks Hawkins, standing, and Paul Desmarais. Paul, an advanced Spanish student, provides language backup for Sixto. (Torchia Photo)

Thereby hangs a tale. Mrs. Durette Is the sister of Father Paul Canuel, who was associate pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, Seekonk, until June, 1975, when he was granted permission to work with the Missionary Society of St. James in Latin America.

H~ was assigned to Peru, where in 1978 he arranged the

adoption of little Noelle by his sister and brother-in-law. She was then a semi-starved waif whose mother was unable to care for her, and Father Canuel overcame mountains of red tape to secure her immigration to the United States.

With that experience behind him, he tackled the matter of Sixto.

The youngest of four children, the youth was brought up in a tiny mountain village. His native Quechua tongue exists only in spoken form so he had to learn Spanish in order to go to school. Despite pressure from his parents to abandon his education in favor of going to work, he was able to reach high school level, aided by an older brother.

But, he related, the brother married," and could no longer afford to assist him. After struggling to combine work and school, entirely on his own, he

asked Father Canuel for help.

Impressed by the youth's determination to escape the life of many of his friends,' "enslaved to ignorance, coca and potato liquor," the px:iest took Sixto into his house. When Father Canuel moved from his first assignment to an area offering high school opportunities, Sixto went along.

In December 1978 the young Quechua graduated from a fiveyear high school course and Father Canuel tried to gain him entrance to a university.

But, as he explained in a newsletter to friends and relatives in the States, "Opportunity for education on a higher level is quite limited for the poor. There are few vacancies in the existing universities, which are constantly lleset with political demonstrations, strikes and closings.

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people/ pIQcel/~ventl SANTA FE, N.M. (NC)--Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez of Santa Fe encountered a scene of "total destruction of life and property" when he was one of the first outsiders admitted to the New Mexico State Prison following a two-day riot, one of the worst in U.S. prison history. But the prison's Catholic chapel was not harmed by the largely Hispanic rioters. "The prisoners showed great respect for our chapel," said Archbishop Sanchez, who was able to retrieve the Blessed Sacrament. "That seemed to be the only room not touched by violence. Even the stained-glass windows were intact."

In the riot's aftermath, the prelate offered archdiocesan services "in anything we can do to help."

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VATlCAN CITY (NC)-Pope John Paul H told members of the African community in Rome that he plans to visit Africa this year. Vatican sources speculated the trip might come in March, April or May, prior to his already scheduled trip to Brazil in Juiy.

NEW DELHI, India {NC)-Mother Teresa of Calcutta, recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, has received India's highest honor, the Bharat Ratna.. The prize is awarded for "exceptional service" to India.

VATLCAN OITY (NC)--"Obserwator Rzymski," a Polish-language version of "L'Osservatore Romano" will appear soon on newsstands around the Vatican. The paper's first Polish edition will debut as a monthly publication.

A LITTLE SECURITY: First the Swiss Guards recruited the tallest member in their history, now it seems they've gone to the' other extreme.

Pope John Paul II looks dubious about the whole thing. (NC Photo)

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Archbisho:p, new"dioce~~e WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope John Paul II has namE~d Bishop John 1", May of Mobile, Ala. archb&1top of St. Louis, succeeding retired Cardi::lal John Carberry; and has created the new diocese of Lake Charles, La., appointing Msgr. Jude Speyrer its first bishop. The bishopdesignate is presently vicar general of the diocese of Lafayette, La. 'Both announcements were made in Washington by Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States.

Archbishop May, 57, has headed the Alabama diocese since 1969.

Born in 1922, he was ordained a priest of the Chicago Archdiocese in 1947.

An assistant pastor of St. Gregory Church in Chicago (1947-56) and chaplain of Chic- . ago's Mercy Hospital (195659), Archbishop May has also served as general SeCrE!tary and president of the Catholic Church Extension Society, an organization devoted to home missions.

He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Chicago in 1967 and was vicar general of the archdiocese when he was appointed to Mobile.

The new Lake Charles Diocese was created by taking five Louisiana civil parishes (counties) from the 13-civil-parish Lafayette Diocese.

Bishop-designate Speyrer, 50, is a native of Leonville, La., and was ordained to the priesthood in 1953 in Lafayette.

He studied at the North American College in Rome, and did post-ordination studies at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.

He was named chancellor and vicar general of the Lafayette diocese in 1974.

The new Lake Charles diocese will include 35 parishes with 29 active diocesan priests and 23 active religious priests. In addition, 25 nuns serve in various schools.

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seminary, since he had successfully defended his doctoral thesis in moral theology at the Gregorian University in Rome in 1956, addressing the moral implications of utilizing the ordinary and extraordinary means of conserving life. The bishop was awarded the docoral degree with 'highest honors, has maintained an abiding interest in this and related bio-ethical/moral questions.

The emphasis of the workshop was on study and reflection rather than on action or resolutions by the bishops. Father McCarthy noted that this seminar was the largest gathering of bishops which anyone could recall, apart from the fall and spring gatherings of the hierarchy. It was a sign, he observed, of the importance of the issues addressed at the conference.

Most Reverend Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States, was a participant. In addition to American and Canadian bishops, representatives were present from the hierarchies of Ireland and Australia.

The Pope John XXIII Medical/ Moral Research and Education Center publishes a monthly newsletter on pertinent medicalethical issues. Bishop Cronin last year enrolled the entire presbyterate of the Diocese of Fall River in a group subscription to this publication, as an element of the diocesan program of priestly education.

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Sponsored by the Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center of St. Louis, Mo., and funded by the Knights of Columbus, the workshop probed the medical, legal· and moral dimensions of the new technologies of birth and death from the viewpoint of the Church's magisterium. The Pope John Center was founded five years ago by the Catholic Hospital Association as a Catholic center for research and education on emerging medical and moral issues.

Pope John Paul II, in a taped greeting to the bishops, termed the workshop "a splendid initiative of the service of truth and of service to the human person."

Continued from Page One "A ,gathering of such a large reached America. number of bishops from the A chancery spokesman in Fall United States and Canada maniRiver indicated that returns from fests a consciousness of your perthe 113 diocesan parishes had sonal responsibilities as authennot yet been completed, but ob- tic teachers of God's people who served that the generosity of are called to live the Christian Catholics in all areas c.f the Di- life in the modern world," the ocese appears, at this time, to be pontiff told the cardinals, archexceptional. Once the final tally bishops and bishops at the openis available, it will be announced. ing session.

The Azorean prelate thanked "Our task is to proclaim ever Bishop Cronin and the clergy, more effectively this sacredness religious and laity of the diocese of human life," the pope conof Fall River for their spiritual tinued. To do so, he stressed, and economic solidarity, a spe- members of the hierarchy "must cial sign of the close bonds of understand the new opportunifraternal affection which link the ties and the new trends that are Diocese of Fall River t<o the Di- posed by ever-developing techocese of Angra, home diocese of nologies." so many residents of southeasThe workshop dealt with what tern Massachusetts.

Father Donald G. McCarthy, diConcluding his message to rector of education at the Pope Bishop Cronin, Bishop Granada John Center, called "gutsy iswrote, ". . . we will not lose sues": abortion, sterilization, in courage nor the desire to begin vitro fertilization, euthanasia and anew, with the help of God and living will legislation. the assistance of our brothers in Bishop Cronin participated the Faith." with particular interest in the

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For Another View With this edition of The Anchor, the diocesan press kicks off its annual drive for subscriptions from new readers and renewals from old friends. It does so in an optimistic spirit and hopeful anticipation, knowing that this paper has a potential'of being the chief catalyst in bringing a spirit of community to all the people of the diocese, while attempting always to be an open and honest reflection of truth and faith.

During the past year there have been many efforts to make the newspaper more readable and interesting. New formats and type designs have been introduced. New writers, reflecting a broader scope of news and opinions, have been featured, attempting to bring into diocesan homes an honest reflection of Catholic teachings. In addition, greater efforts have been made to carry news and features written by our own priests and people.

As the largest weekly newspaper in Southeastern Massachusetts, we attempt to cover events of areawide interest.

And on both the diocesan and local scenes, our weekly "Steering Points" has proven itself a wonderful bulletin board.

To be sure, we admit our limitations. Space is at a priority, soaring newsprint costs are unpredictable and postage rates continue to spiral. These are challenges that must be faced daily; yet this paper remains one of the very few that gives its readers 52 issues for only $6 a year.

As an education tool for adult and parish education, this paper can meet all challenges. However, such an instrument cannot achieve its purpose unless it is used as intended.

A Catholic paper must be' supported on the parish level.

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During the decade to come, this paper hopes to continue developing its own distinctive style, maintaining its commitment and dedication while expanding its content and outreach.

Combining the efforts of the worldwide wire service of the National Catholic News Service with those of its own staff, The Anchor is able to bring the Catholics of this diocese all the news they need not only to know the faith but to reflect it intelligently, faithfully and responsibly.

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By Rev. Kevin Harrington There is no more divisive an issue in the Church ~oday than the question of women's ordination. On the American scene, this is a logical outcome of the prominence of women in all areas of work and of the presence of women ministers among our Protestant brethren.

We must remember that ordination should n€:ver be sought as a status symbol for women's equality. Ordination does not make a man any higher in the sight of God than he is already by being a membe:: of the priesthood of all believers through baptism.

When women feel welcomed to participate in the mission of the Church and to answer their call to holiness, the clamor over the exclusion of women from the ranks of the o::dained should lessen.

Much of the frustration of women with the male-dominated leadership of the Church is expressed through this one issue.

The challenge to an all-male clergy is to work closely with women in fulfilling the mission of the Church.

Women have been aided immeasurably by the Church's heroic stand in favor of their dignity and the Church's mission has been aided im::neasurably by the heroic answer of women to Christ's call to holiness.

Let us recall the words of Pope John Paul II: ".It should help us to understand that the Church's traditional decision to call men to the priesthood, and not to call women, is not a statement about human rights, nor an exclusion of women from holiness and mission in the Church."

There is no doubt that women's talents have in the past 20 years become more diversified.

The Church must tap this resource if it is to abide by the spirit of the Second Vatican Council.

Likewise, women must not make the issue of their exclusion from the ranks of the ordained a scapegoat for their just frustration with working with an imperfect and all-male clergy.

Women must rediscover with pride their histOry~· Church.

As participants n the priesthood of all belie ers, they are called to live priestly and holy lives in the service of the Church. Mary, the Mother of God, while not called to be an apostle, provides us with a splendid example of answering her call to holiness: "Be it done unto me according to your Word."

The priesthood of all believers must never compete with the ordained ministries of bishop, priest and deacon. An ordained ministry is essential for 'the proper

functioning of the Church. There is a distinctiveness to the ordained priesthood that demands an abiding fidelity to the call of holiness. This is why Jesus, while instructing his apostles to remember him through the Eucharist, also told them to wash each other's feet. Priesthood must never be seen as a cultic figure of privilege but as a call to serve.

Both the priesthood of all believers and the ordained priesthood must lead us to our Chief Priest, Jesus Christ. This must always be foremost in our minds and hearts. The ordained priests must match their distinctive role as celebrants of the Eucharist with a distinctive life style of self-giving characterized by a willingness to surrender one's will to the Lord.

There are signs of hope that the ordained ministry will provide this example to the laity.

The future of the Church will always depend upon the working together of these two priesthoods: The priesthood of all believers and the ordained priesthood.

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Cathc)lic Revival I expect very little from my reading of the magazine "Commonweal." Normally I am not disappointed.

I was shook up a couple of weeks ago when "Commonweal" actually managed to present a decent article, "The Catholic Revival Revisited" by Dolores Alise Brien. Ms. Brien recalls with powerful emotion the impact on her young life of such writers as G. K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Jacques Maritain, Nicholas Berdyaev, P,aul Claudel, Leon Bloy and earlier writers like Cardinal Newman, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Francis Thompson and Alice Meynell.

She cites such important novels as Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory" and George Bernano's "The Diary of a Country Priest." As we all used to, she quotes the famous concluding line from Leon Bloy's "The Woman Who Was Poor:" "There is only one unhappiness, not to be one of the saints."

Ms. Brien admits her ambivalent feelings about the Revival.

She claims that as a product of the Catholic ghetto, she may not have been able to understand fully the books. She also asserts that the revival authors distinguished sharply between "church" and "world;" she says she came to want "an original relationship with the univerlie, not a mediated one." She also is upset that women are often the sacrificial victim in revival books: Chantal, the glorious heroine of Bernano's misnamed "Joy," is, for example, brutally murdered.

I suppose it depends on your perspective. I was a product of the Catholic ghetto, too, but I

never saw the revival literature setting up a dichotomy between church and world. On the contrary, the way we read such books in the Midwest demanded that we become personally and deeply involved in the problems of the world. Hence, my pilgrimage to the secular academy where I would later find myself abandoned precisely by those priests who interpreted the revival as demanding greater involvement in "a secular life."

If Ms. Brien thinks the point about Chantal - one of the most extraordinary characters I have ever encountered in literature - is that she is brutally murdered, then I think her feminist ideology has blinded her to the point of the book.

Nonetheless, it is, I think, fascinating that somebody has finally decided to say some good things, in the pages of "Commonweal" of all places, about the Catholic revival. Indeed, in Ms. Brien's words, to say that it was "so remarkably rich, so provocative, and so effective an agent for change."

I would add two footnotes.

If the revival authors are cur-

rently unfashionable, that is not necessarily a reflection on them.

The Newman of "Grammar of Assent," the Mauriac of "The Viper's angle," the Maritain of "Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry," the Chesterton of "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" are not writers who have been tried and found wanting but writers who have been found deep and not explored by the current fadcrazed American Catholic elites.

Secondly, it is worth noting that路 all writers of the revival

Chancery people What's in that big building called the Chancery? First there is the bishop's office.

Few laity have reason to frequent it, other than for ceremonial purposes, but if you need information on the Cr"lfch or an address of another chancery, the bishop's secretary is usually happy to accommodate you.

School and religious administrative offices are us\;,ally located near the Chancery. It is here you get information, lodge complaints, or seek advice on your children's parochial and religious education. You can also find out where to volunteer as a special CCD teacher, how to start a parish preschool or how to get a speaker. Most religious education centers include a learning resource area, housing books, films and other audiovisual materials.

Adult learning may be an office in the R. E. Center or it may be an entity of its own.

Here you can find out about adult classes, how to register, how to teach, or how to get suggestions and teachers for potential ~arish classes.

Catholic Charities offices are also found in connection with most chanceries. These offices serve people in need: the home-

less, the hungry, the unwed mother, adoptive parents, migrants, the boat people - and work to implement better conditions for all peoples in the diocese. This is the place to call if you are in need or know someone in need.

Some offices are badly understaffed and, while they may not be able to offer services themselves, they can usually steer you to agencies that can help.

If you want to involve your parish in outreach to others or donate some time, services, or money yourself, this is the office to call. Don't hesitate to call if you have a need or want to help.

Most dioceses also have a Family Life Office which is the umbrella or marriage enrichment, marriage preparation, natural family planning, marriage counseling, ministry to the divorced, homosexuality, parenting courses, grief education and other family areas.

If your marriage isn't in trouble but isn't very good, for example, call your Family Life office to see what's available locally in marriage enrichment.

If your parish wants a speaker or if you want to find out if there's a diocesan organization

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were foreigners - with the possible exception of Thomas Merton, whose early work was heavily influenced by English and French sources. Then and now the "Commonwea,l" elite has had little use of anything that was American and Catholic.

Yet Flannery O'Connor, Edwin O'Connor, J. P. Powers and only partly, despite himself, James T. Farrell, can be stacked up favorably against Bloy and Claudell.

While I don't think much of Daniel Berrigan's politics, his poetry, particularly his ode on the death of his father, deserves to be considered a classic in Catholic literature. The writing of the brooding 19th century Catholic genius, Lancaster Spalding, has been completely ignored. David Tracy, who may be the best Catholic philosophical theologian in the world, is written off as "too deep," and John Shea, who may be the most creative Catholic writer of our time, is dismissed as a popularizer.

In short, if there were a Catholic Revival going on in the United States (and I am convinced that there is,) the snobbish, self-envious, mediocrityloving "Commonweal" Catholics would never notice it - neither the editors nor the writers nor the readers of that weary old journal.

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for single parents, call here also.

Some dioceses have a separate department for Youth, but in others it is found under Family Life. Ask the switchboard operator to give you someone who can help you if your child has run away, is dependent on drugs, is attracted to a cult, or needs a food youth retreat.

Some dioceses also have a Vocations Office; Campus Ministry Office; and Office of Evangelism, which is dedicated to increased faith and prayer in the parish and family. Call the latter if you want to know where prayer groups, retreats and scripture courses are offered. Or if you want one started.

Small dioceses often have only the bishop and one or two offices, the occupants of which wear a number of hats, but don't be deterred from calling, because these staff members can usually direct you to the help you need. Remember, the Chancerf is yours.

C1arter tastes power The most striking thing about Jimmy Carter's state of the Union was how long it took him to get around to it.

It was on page 6 of a 7Y2page screed that he finally tore himself away from the engrossing global upheaval he had set off to give a little attention to the country.

It is ever so much headier for president and people alike - to hate Russians, play war games and beat drums than to contemplate Congress and the daily grind. He is no longer the bumbler with the unsuitable appointments - who cares about the trial of Bert Lance, when freedom is under fire? For them it is an escape from discussing the price of hamburger, which matters so little when the end of the world may be on the menu.

Carter never expected to be cast in the Churchillian role. But the Ayatollah Khomeini made a president out of him, and Soviet tanks in Afghanistan gave him the leadership of the Western world.

The glad news from Iowa, whose voters handed Sen. Edward Kennedy his head, made it official: Carter is not to trouble himself about details. Before the rapt and crowded House chamber, where Kennedy had tucked himself away under the press gallery, Carter sounded the trumpet, and hurled defiance at the Kremlin.

Let us not trouble ourselves about the "moral equivalent of war," as he used to call the energy issue. Let us contemplate war itself.

Some people who heard him may have thought they. were attending the funeral of liberalism.

He will increase defense spending.

He will stop the "unwarranted restraints"路 on the CIA. He will stand by Pakistan.

He will use any means necessary, "including military force, to protect the Persian Gulf.

He has shelved SALT. He made a tremendous hit with his immediate audience, which clapped at every thunderbolt.

The hawks, of course, have been delirious since the Russians made their move in Afghanistan.

Carter's namby-pambyism about human rights and the B-1 bomber had disgusted them. !But since he came out for increased defense spending, they have made a place for him around the fire at the Hardliners Club.

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has been drastically revised. We are being told we should have bombed them back to the stone age.

Carter is not repeating the "guns-and-butter" mistake of Lyndon Johnson. In the few bythe-way paragraphs he devoted to dull domestic cares, he mentioned a minority youth employment program and deregulation.

No question about it, Carter has been born again politically and is enjoying his first real taste of power. But now that he has pUblic support, how is he using it?

Instead of sending young men to register for the draft, he ought to be sending out gas coupons. That would reduce our "excessive dependence on foreign oiL" He should be making friends with Iran, not Pakistan. Our real concern is the oil fields, so why not make a deal with the proprietor? .: 'Pakistan's head man, General Zia, is a throughly bad hat, and seems much in the mold of other Asian horses we have backed..

He is detested by large portions of his citizens, arrests political rivals, regards elections as "luxuries," lusts for an atomic bomb to call his own and dismissed our offer of $400 million in military aid as "peanuts."

We don't really care about Pakistan or Afghanistan, either, although we have dutifully promoted its cutthroat hill tribesmen to "freedom-fighting nationalists." Our concern is the oil fields of Iran and other Persian Gulf oil countries.

It would cost less to make overtures to the Iranians than to rearm.

The ayatollah is not completely out of it. There has to be someone in this country who could go and talk to the ayatollah and tell him we're sorry and did not realize how strongly they felt about the shah, help arrange a world court proceeding and point out. that things have changed since the hostages were taken and' ask him to let them go.

They may find us loathsome, but it's only because they don't know the Soviets who are massing on their borders.

It's not very glamorous, and won't help much in the primaries. And Carter may be unwilling to remind Americans, who have for the first time clustered around him, of how all the trouble started.

He doesn't want to think about that right now. Neither does the country. It's too busy saluting, and the State of the Union told us how much he likes it that way.

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In Peru he was active in the Continued from Page One movement and "After fruitless attempts to charismatic break through the barriers, we taught catechism in Father Candecided to try to get Sixto to the uel's parish. He was also a socShrine States. It was an uncertain and cer coach and hop~s to put that long way . . . but the Lord talent to use in an area athPark Street - Route 118 worked his will and Sixto ac- letic program this summer.

Attleboro, Massachus~tts In typical teen fashion, he encompanied me home in late joys disco, rock ar.:d roll and an' July."

Before the trip to the Durette occasional movie, as well as home in Swansea, however, .driving the Durettes' car.

His eventual aim is to become Father Canuel and Sixto visited the youth's parents on the edge a psychologist and' return to of the Peruvian Amazon where Peru to work among Quechuas, Direction of his father works on a coffee spearheading efforts to raise Rev. J. Joseph Kierce their standard of education. plantation.

Author and Producer of But this goal is five years "We went seeking them with The New England Passion Play away and, as Father Canuel little more than blind faith," - "THE CHRISTUS" points out, Sixto, as a foreigner, Father Canuel wrote. "We didn't is ineligible for federal loans or have an address but we did. have other aid. a post office direction." Reach"That leaves r.le," he said ing the tiny town of Villa Rica, they inquired for the Cespedes wryly, "and my financial assets are directly linked to my friends family without success. Then in the States."

Sixto drove to a neighboring cooperative farmers' settlement and walked through the hills, TOUR 1 -- 'HOLY WEEK AND EASTER IN inquiring for his parents at each THE HOLY LAND AND JORDAN! shack, until his own father anContinued from Page One The experience of a lifetime (Holy Th!lrs· day in Gethsemane, Good Friday on Cal· swered the door at one of them. ving more than one diocese. vary) "You can imagine the surAs of October 1979, there were prise and joy that filled that 4,028 deacons in the country.

FOR ONLY tiny room," said Father Canuel. compared with a,087 a year The parents accompanied Six- earlier. The number of candito to the small town where they dates for the d:aconate was MARCH 31 to APRIL 7 Includes all mea~s, sightseeing, service had the unprecedented experi- 2,621 compared to 2,515 in 1978. charges and 1st ll.lass hotels. ence of staying overnight at a The figures were supplied by TOUR 2 -- YUGOSLAVIA, ITALY, AUSTRIA, hotel. directors of diocesan diaconal.

HUNGARY, ENGLAND, GERMANY, CZECHO· "On a star rating basis, the The Fall River diocese will orSLOVAKIA, SWITZERLA"D, FRANCE, LIE· hotel rated a minus-5," com- dain its first class of permanCHENTENSTEIN AND HOLLAND! mented Father Canuel, "but it ent deacons on June 7 of this The East and the West of Europe. did have sheets and they had year. A second class began prepFOR ONLY never slept between them be- aration last September and fore. They were so proud of members will be ordained in their son who through educa- 1982.

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Bisho:p l(.new Iran secret Among Americans who shared the secret of the U.S. embassy employees hiding in the Canadian embassy in Iran was Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit.

The six embassy staff memo bers, hidden from the student captors in Iran during the 12week siege, were smuggled to freedom with false Canadian passports in late January.

Two of the six, Joseph Stafford III and his wife, Kathleen, are members of the Nashville Diocese. Others who escaped were Mark J. Lijek and his wife Cora, Robert C. Anders, and Henry Lee Schatz.

"We were sworn to secrecy, as were the families of the men and women in the Canadian embassy," Bishop Gumbleton said.

As Bishop Gumbleton talked of the exploit in his Detroit chancery office, less than half a mile from the U.S.-Canadian border, billboards .and light signs were flashing signals across the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario: "Thanks, Canada!"

Bishop Gumbleton, along with the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, of the Riverside Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. William Howard of the National Council of Churches, learned of the hidden six from the U.S. State Department.

The State Department wanted the three clergymen prepared "in case by some outside chance we were able to. effect release of the hostages we would also be able to ask for the hidden six to be allowed out.

OSTEEN, Fla. (NC) - The executive board of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) has announced opposition to registration of women for the draft.

Mrs. Donald Lefils of Osteen, Fla., NCCW president, said a poll of the organization's executive board was taken after President Carter announced his . proposal to reinstate registration. The poll, she said, showed overwhelming opposition to the registration of women.

The telephone pol1 fol1owed by a few days a regularly scheduled NCCW executive board meeting, held in Washington concurrently with the annual March for Life, in which NCCW members participated.

Mrs. Michael J. MacMahon, St. Mary's Cathedral parish, Fal1 River, newly elected NCCW treasurer, was among 37 women in attendance from across the nation. She will serve on the organization's personnel committee and will chair the budget committee.

Meeting participants resolved to urge member councils to aid local voter registration drives, giving special attention to assisting the elderly and handicapped in registering and voting.

Local council members are encouraged to seek selection and election as delegates to the White House Conferences on Families in order to reflect Christian presence and values.

Board members heard speakers discuss the work of the National Catholic School of Social Service, the Family Center planning office of the Catholic University of America, the Office for Black Catholics and the needs of young single adults. Plans were discussed for the next NCCW convention, to be held in San Francisco in September.

Mary Helen Madden, NCCW executive director, has resigned, effective Feb. 15. A search committee will seek her successor.

CCA kicl(.off on April 16 Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced key dates for the 39th annual Catholic Charities Appeal.

The Special Gifts phase will continue from April 21 to May 3 and the Parish phase from May 4 to 14.

They will be preceded by a kickoff meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 at Bishop Connolly High School, FaIl River.

Bishop Cronin noted that for 39 years the diocese has been distinguished for its concern for human life and for its caring, sharing and giving to those in need, regardless of religious affiliation.

He said that greater enthusiasm, support and generosity should be generated in' this year's Appeal in order to meet the increased needs of the time.

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Archbishop Danneels and Cardinal Willebrands were named by the pope as synod co-presidents.

The synod, the first of its kind in church history, had ,an openended theme: "The pastoral work of the church to be exercised in the Netherland.s in the present situation:' Its participants included the seven Dutch bishops and 16 other church leaders.

The key word as the synod opened was "community," referring to the goal of fostering unity in a church divided in its hierarchy and in its lower ranks over such issues as seminary training, lay ministries and interpretation of church teaching in some areas of doctrine and morality.

Summaries from the synod's first days showed some lively - although polite _. battles among the five liberal and two conservative members of ~he Dutch hierarchy.

The final result was al 22-page closing document, signed by each synod participant, including the pope.

The wide-ranging document, aimed at restoring order and discipline in the Dutch church, showed that the participants reached agreement on Ilearly all issues dividing them.

Final action on such issues as pastoral workers, seminary training and the division of dioceses will be worked out in specially appointed commissions, but certain agreements were reached even in those, controversial areas.

The Dutch church's 276 lay pastoral workers were told in the document that they cannot replace priests or perform priestly functions. The conclusion reaffirmed Pope John Paul's emphasis on the need for a clear distinction between priests and laymen.

The conclusions mandated reform of Dutch seminaries and set up a commission to review current practices in light of Vatican norms and to propose recommmendations by September 1981.

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The synod participants expressed agreement with the principle of splitting some Dutch dioceses and thus increasing the number of bishops. Another commission will study that question.

Synod members sharply rejected intercommunion (sharing the Eucharist) between Catholics and Protestants. They insisted that general absolution without individual confession can take place only in extraordinary circumstances and under the stringent Vatican norms.

They also stressed the import tance of conformity with church law and discipline in liturgical celebrations and in use of official liturgical books.

The closing document dealt with "the particularly difficult problem" of relations between the Dutch Bishops' Conference and the individual bishops in their own dioceses. It established a five-point program which includes praying together more and a greater sharing of ideas and concerns.

The most conservative member of the Dutch hierarchy, Bishop Joannes Gijsen of Roermond, was bluntly ordered to rejoin the other bishops in their national fundraising programs.

Bishop Gijsen withdrew from these to show his disapproval of the projects being funded.

The bishops unanimously backed mandatory celibacy for priests and insisted that the priesthood is a lifelong commitment.

Beyond the official documentation, one major effect of the synod may be changes in the strict Vatican secrecy which previously kept such high-level meetings hidden from the eyes and ears of journalists.

During the synod, a five-member press committee issued daily summaries, three press conferences were held and in an unprecedented move - a lay Dutch press officer was admitted to all the synod sessions after the first day.

But the success of the synod rests in large part on how well its conclusions are accepted by lay Catholics.

"We hope that in some months, some years, there will be a deep spiritual effect on Dutch Catholics" as a result of the synod, said Cardinal Willebrands at a closing press conference.

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Exact dates were not announced for the first papal trip to Brazil, but it is expected to take place July 9-13 to coincide with the closing of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference's annual meeting.

Brazil is the world's most populous Catholic country.

About 90 percent of its 110 million people professes Catholicism.

Father Panciroli did not say whether Pope John Paul will visit other South American countries during the trip. Stops in Chile and Argentina are likely if Vatican mediation is successful in resolving a sovereignty

Albert Gallant Albert L. Gallant, 64, a candidate for ordination as a member of the first permanent diaconate class of the Fall River diocese, died Jan. 29 and was buried last Friday.

A funeral Mass concelebrated by 22 priests of the diocese and served by four diaconal classmates of Mr. Gallant was offered at St. Mar&'s Church, Attleboro Falls. Father Ronald A. Tosti, a longtime friend, was homilist.

Among those attending the Mass was a large delegation from the Massachusetts Council of Churches. Mr. Gallant was a pioneer member of the ecumenical movement in the commonwealth.

He was a lector and Confraternity of Christian Doctrine teacher at St. Mark's and a special minister of Holy Communion at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro. He was a former member of the diocesan school board.

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In the early Church, when one became a belieVEr, two things happened: first he was baptized in water, thereby becoming a member of Christ and the Churoh; second, the Apostles laid hands on him and prayed that he would receive the Holy Spirit. The two rites (our baptism and confirmation) were distinct, yet not d~sjoined. They were part of the full Christian initiation.

When infant baptism became prevalent, the sacraments of baptism and confirmation became separated in time, at least in the western Church. One became a Christian at baptism.

The importance of our "Life in Christ" was affirmed. But what of our "Life in the Spirit?" It became and still is for many Catholics almost a luxury that doesn't really change much in one's life.

Not so with the early Christians..To be a Christian was "to live in the Spirit" (St. Paul).

That meant having received the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands, accompanied by prayer.

One day, as Paul arrived at Ephesus, he found some disciples there and one of the first things he said was, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2) It turned out they had only received the baptism of John, so he baptized them "in the name of the Lord Jesus." Then, "when he laid hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with tongues and prophesied." (Acts 19:5-6) In the days of the apostles it was ordinary tr.at whenever new believers received the Holy Spirit, striking ph:momena happened. On Pentecost day, the disciples began to speak in tongues; they were so filled with

enthusiasm and joy, and with a . main partly inoperative because new ass"Jrance in their faith that we don't know about them and bystanders '~hrought they were do not expect that the Holy drunk! (Acts 2:1-21) Before as- Spirit might work in us as he cending to heaven, Jesus prom- did in the early Christians. This ised "You shall receive power is a distant loss to our own when the Holy Spirit comes spiritual life and to the witness upon you and (then) you shall to Christ we are called to give be my witnesses." (Acts 1:8) in the world.

"Baptism in the Spirit," as When the early Christians received the Holy Spirit, they practiced by charismatics, conknew it and others knew it too. sists in laying hands on the There were visible signs. A new candidates seeking the fullness and joyous faith and special of "life in the Spirit" and praygifts, such as speaking in tong- ing for the "release of the Holy ues and prophesying, are fre- Spirit and his gifts," so that what was received at confirmaquently mentioned in Acts.

Why don't we see evidence tion might become operative.

Normally this blessing should be of the Holy Spirit when Chrisexpected and experienced when tians are confirmed today? Because we no longer expect it the sacrament of confirmation is received. and so are not open to the variWhen charismatics are bapous manifestations of the Spirit tized in the Spirit, they usually in our lives (1 Cor. 12:7). experience in a new way the Charismatics seek to bring to presence of the Lord in their the faith life of Christians that life. They become aware of the extra dimension that was not Spirit's guidance, they develop experienced when they were con- a new and joyous prayer life, firmed or after. Following a per- filled with praise, they acquire iod of instruction on "the life a hunger and thirst for the Word in the Spirit," candidates are of God; they also experience the "baptized in the Spirit." For power that Jesus promised in most Catholics, the expression is marvelous ways, through prayer ambiguous and confusing, as if for healing, for example. it were another sacrament of Baptism in the Spirit does not baptism, or the renewal of con- confer instant holiness. Actually, firmation. many fervent Christians who It is neither. Catholic charis- lack this extra dimension given matics believe that we truly re- by the Spirit are holier and more ceive the Holy Spirit and his mature in· the Lord. Spirit bapgifts in baptism and confirma- tism is rather like a new birth, tion. But the gifts of God can the beginning of a new life in remain more or less inoperative Christ lived in the power of the in us. It is like a packet of Spirit. flower seeds, which you can The action of the Holy Spirit leave in your drawer for is what makes the difference. years and nothing will happen. We are more and more "led by But even after 20 years, if you the Spirit" (Rom. 8:14). Our bury these seeds in the earth spiritual transformation is exand water them, they will ger- perienced as a new life, more miniate and manifest the power God-centered and joy-filled, more of life that was always in them. power-full. For this reason, some So it is with the Holy Spirit charismatics call themselves and his gifts. They often re- "born-again Christians."

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Bishop Edwarc: W. O'Rourke of Peoria, Ill., tackles the question of consumption in his book "Living Like a King." He reminds us that Christians are called to model themselves after a king, not one who lived in a palace but one who had no place to rest his head.

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Families can he small cells of sanity in the ocean of self-indulgence. The family is that basic unit in which most consumption takes place. It is the best place to teach individuals how to protect both their own pocket-

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Everyone eats. While expressing dismay at the cost of food, many households overbuy, impulse buy, and waste large amounts of food. The average supermarket displays from 8,000 to 10,000 separate items. Mother can teach children the pitfalls of labeling, packaging and pricing on shopping trips. She can teach them to shop after lunch when one is less hungry, to make a list to avoid impulse purchases and to skeptical of all ads.

The family can grow a garden together. Mother can teach canning and other methods of preserving food. Dad can build a cold storage unit. The family can teach good nutrition, the perils of junk food and how to prepare nutritious snacks and meals.

Everyone wears clothes. Yet most of us have far more than we need. How many outfits are necessary? Children of both sexes can learn to mend and sew and knit. Family members need to teach one another about the washability and wearability of different fabrics. They should use thrift shops, where good used clothes can be purchased inexpensively.

Most families would say that a refrigerator, stove, washer, dryer, automobile, television set and toaster are necessities. But what about a dishwasher, garbage compactor, hair dryer, second car, second TV, snow blower, power mower, motorbike and the myriad of small appliances?

Are these necessary? Does their usefulness justify their cost? Or are they the result of a heavy sales appeal to our greed? Families need to think through such purchases.

Reflect on our transportation habits. There are many ways to get about. Bicycling, walking, car pooling and public transportation may require extra time and forethought, but they surely save on gasoline and cars.

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Parish preparing for Olympics

By Father Bernard Christman LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (NC) While parishes throughout the diocese of Ogdensburg, N.Y., pray for snow, St. Agnes Parish in Lake Placid is doing that and much, much more to prepare for the Winter Olympic Games.

The 400-family parish is preparing for thousands of visitors at its downtown property, located near. several Olympic sites. It will open the church to evening programs, operate a 'day care center and house visiting clergy, among other services.

As for the weather, "It's getting better, it was down to zero yesterday," said St. Agnes pastor, Father Philip T. Allen. He added that Bishop Stanislaus Brzana of Ogdensburg had asked for prayer in all parishes for suitable weather, since winter got off to a slow start in Lake Placid.

Father Allen, a member of the Olympic Religious Affairs ; 'Committee, said the average . daily ticket sales for Olympic events is $55,000.. There will be 1,400 athletes with several thousand support personnel at Lake Placid.

Some of the su:;>port personnel will be volunteers from Lake Placid, including quite a few St. Agnes Parish me~nbers, he said.

As for the church and its services, Father Allen said, "Welcome world, we're ready."

The St. Agnes rectory will be home for several visiting clergy, including Bishop John Marshall of Burlington, Vt., and two team chaplains, a Lutheran minister and a Catholic priest traveling with the Austrian athletes.

Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York, Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United Stat,es, and Bishop Brzana will also visit Lake Placid and will sta,y at a parishioner's home.

Cardinal Cooke will watch the start of thE~ games with President Carter and New York Gov. Hugh Care)r. Archbishop Jadot will attend an ecumencical Olympics service Feb. 11.

Part of the St. Agnes Church basement has been turned into the headquarters for Pinkerton guards who will be on duty during the games.

Rooms in the school will be used for a day care center for children 3 to 6 of local residents and visitors.

The St. Agnes basement will also be used to store emergency supplies and by the Religious Affairs Committee.

The church itself will be the site of a program every night, including a European Mass in three languages, a concert and testimony by the New York State Salvation Army Band, a performance by a nationally known storyteller, and several performances by a barbershop quartet.

Extra Masses have been scheduled, including nine on Ash Wednesday and eight on Sundays, with facilities available for foreign-language. groups to offer Mass in the school. Bishop Brzana has granted dispensation from the usual fasting for Ash Wednesday, Feb. 20.

The people of St. Agnes Parish aren't forgetting the pope and his fondness for skiing, either. They are sending Pope John Paul II a box of Olympic mementoes and a' request for prayers for the games. ,

Renewal praised SOUTH BEND, Ind. (NC) In a meeting with international leaders of the Catholic charismatic renewal, Pope John Paul II spoke warmly of the movement, the Charismatic Writers Association has reported in its newsletter.

"I am convinced that this movement, is a very important component of the entire renewal of the church," the pope said in an audience with the leaders, who came from nine countries.

"These di.fferent charisms are all part of the richness of the Lord. I am convinced that this

movement is a sign of his action," the pope said.

The leaders included Cardinal Leon Joseph Suenens, retired archibishop of Malines-Brussels, Belgium, Bishop Uribe Jaramillo of Sonson-Rionegro, Colombia, and 10 members of the international communication office of the charismatic rene.wal movement.

During the 90-minute meeting, the pope and the group viewed a television program that gave a history of the Catholic charismatic renewal. The program was produced by the Community of God's Delight, Dallas.

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ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SWANSEA Ladies of St. Anne wiH meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Flab. 13 in the parish hall, advancing their meeting due to Ash Wednesday. Judy Kusinitz will present a program on cardiopul. monary resuscitation.

BLUE ARMY, FAIRHAVEN The Blue Army of OUI' Lady of Fatima will meet at 1 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 10 at Our Lady's Haven, 71 Center St., Fairhaven.

All are welcome.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER A School Liturgy will be celebrated at 1 p.m. today in the upper church in observance of Catholic Schools Week.

Confirmation candidate-s will meet with Father John FoIster, pastor, at 7 tomorrow night in the school lunchroom.

Cub Scouts and families will attend noon Mass Sund.ay. A Blue and Gold banquet will follow.

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ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Registration for the parochial school will be held tl:.e last week in February. Volunteers are needed for lunch and recess supervision and to help with nursery activities. Qualified substitute teachers are also needed.

ST. LOUIS FRATERNm', FALL RIVER The Secular Franciscans of St. Louis Fraternity will meet Wednesday, Feb. 13, beginning with Mass at 6:30 p.m. All are invited.

ST. KILIAN, NEW BEDFORD Former parishioners lire in· vited to 11 a.m. Mass Sunday, March 23. The liturgy will be offered by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in celebration of the completion of the church renovations.

ST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD The rosary will be recited at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13.

A Mass of healing and a Bible study session will follow, during which the Gospel of St. John will be discussed by Father Wilfred Vigeant, S.J.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Couples will renew marriage vows at 6 p.m. Mass Saturday, Feb. 16. A potluck supper will follow.

ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH Father Damian will present a film, "The Priestly Heart," at a Women's Guild meeting set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the parish hall. The public is invited.

SS. PETElt AND PAUL, FALL RIVER Prize winning poems in the parish Catholic Schools Week contest were submitted by Kellie Jones, Grade One: Monique Desrosiers, Grade Two: Matthew Vaillancourt, Grade Three; Alicia Coyne, Grade Four; Rosemarie Arruda, Grade Five; Anthony Vaillancourt, Grade Six; Kim von Maluski, Grade Seven; and Melanie Ciosek, Grade Eight.

Individual photos of the un· beaten parish CYO girls basketball team are featured on the church bulletin board.

A meeting of the g.qng show committee will be held at 3 p.m.

Friday in the rectory and the SIGN Folk Group will rehearse at 4:30 p.m. in the choir room.

THE COMMON, PETERBOROUGH, N.H. The Common, a retreat and spiritual center staffed by Carmelite Friars, will offer weekend and week-long retreats and seminars from now through August, including a Lenten reo treat and a seminar on Bach and spirituality. Further information is available from Brother Joachim Nickerson, The Common, Peterborough, N.H. 03458.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER The annual school art fair will be held in the auditorium today and tomorrow during school hours. A science fair will take place Sunday following all Masses, also in the auditorium.

An organizational session for a Polish culture course will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the rectory.

Teen talks will begin Thursday, Feb. 21 and continue for the Thursdays of Lent from 7:15 to 9 p.m. under sponsorship of the parish youth ministry.

ST.. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN School registrations for the coming year :will take place Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 26 to 29.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Parents planning to register children in Catholic schools should contact the rectory for a pre-registration form.

The Social Club will sponsor a wine and cheese party at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the school. All are invited.

The Women's Guild executive board will meet at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the parish center.

The parish library needs a volunteer for typing, filing and "simply being present." Those interested may contact the rectory.

A Natural Planning information night will be held in the church hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

All are welcome.

ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER Thirteen members of Cub Pack 25 received Parvuli Dei awards for proficiency in religious studies at ceremonies held at 8 a.m. Mass on Scout Sunday.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will meet Tuesday evening.

ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH The Women's Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the church hall. A film on the work of Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be shown.

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II For children II

By Janaan Manternach

II Newlyweds II

Anna and Tobit were worried.

It was months since their son,

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know your faith

Learning to love unselfishly is difficult at the practical level of marriage. Today we live in a society geared to self-gratification. This philosophy is directly opposed to the principle of unselfish love upon which a Christian marriage must be based.

'Before marriage the future husband and wife usually see only the best side of each other.

Discovery and acceptance of the rest of the person occurs during

By Father John J. Castelot the first years of married life.

One of the most fascinating These are difficult times, not results of a careful -study of the only for the newlyweds, who Gospels is the discovery of their must grapple with their own feelings as well as those of the cleverly designed structure, dicspouse, but also for parents, tated by the theological purpose who must give them time and of the author. Matthew is a case space in which to forge a ma- in point. Apart from the person and significance of Jesus himture, loving relationship. parents gave us the time and self, ' the author was especially space we needed. They loved us interested in the central theme enough to let us make our own of Jesus' preaching: the kingdom decisions, even our own mis- or reign of God. He undertakes, an important part of the scores this interest by arranging the body of his Gospel in growing process. five booklets, each treating some When our daughter married, aspect of the kingdom. A narrashe and her husband moved in- 'tive section opens each booklet, to a trailer in a small town preparing for a long instruction. about 30 miles from our home. The author composed these inWe loved them very much and structions by putting together wanted to offer advice that thematically and/or elaborating might prevent their making on words of Jesus which he had some painful mistakes that we received from the tradition. made.

Undoubtedly the best known We wanted to be with them, but we didn't let ourselves. They of these instructions is the first, knew we were available and the Sermon on the Mount (Matcalled on us occasionally for thew 5-7). It touches on a varihelp, but we tried to let them ety of subjects, but all have to determine the relationship be- do with the attitudes required of one who would open his heart tween their family and ours. to the coming of God's reign.

It is important to recognize By the time this Gospel was that with the marriage of a child a family doesn't expand to take written, sometime between 80 in a new member, it divides, like and 90 A'.D., the kingdom was a cell, to create two entities being considered not just as a where previously there was one. transcendent, mysterious reality but also in terms of the Turn to Page Thirteen

God's reign in the world

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God's reign is a reality which transcends any human community, the churc:, included, but there is definitEly a relationship between the two: the church is the sign of God's reign in the world and the :.nstrument of its eventual realization.

This function of the Christian community is obviously of supreme importance in God's plan.

Immediately after the -Beatitudes, we read this insistent injunction to, the disciples: You are the salt of the earth.

But what if salt goes flat? How can you restore its flavor? Then it is good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

You are the light of the world.

A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Men do not light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket. They set it on a stand where it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, your light must shine before men so that they may see goodness in your acts and give praise to your heavenly Father (Matthew 5, 1316).

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A welcoming parish

By AI Aspell

Jeff and Lori Hately were neWly married when they moved to Urbana, Ill. They were extremely anxious about the Catholic parish they would join.

Jeff is in a wheelchair. He needs easy access to church and church-related activities. A recent convert, his new parish

would be important to the growth of his faith.

Lori, a lifelong Catholic blessed with energy, enthusiam and eagerness for parish involvement, agreed that their parish would become their second home.

They "shopped around" and were drawn to St. Patrick's,

New families

By Angela M. Schreiber

One of the most joyful events in the parish community should be the arrival of a newlywed couple. Why? Because this is a brand new family unit. And youth is like spring - fresh, hopeful, celebrating, open to discovery.

'By our nature, we look forward to celebrations for family and friends usually accompany such events as marriage, baptism, Christmas and Easter.

But nowhere have I witnessed the celebration of newlyweds joining a parish. Yet I wonder why it 拢sn't common practice.

Oldtime parishioners can be reluctan: to welcome newcomers for fear of losing their treasured recognition; new parishioners can be just as reluctant to initiate involvement because they may not remain in the parish.

Why bother to say hello in the first place? So year after year, the same people work on various committees, complain about being overworked and wonder why

the young people don't seem interested.

Yet Jesus went to great lengths to invite people to hear his good news and join him. He was not afraid to share his work with others. Every human encOJ.lnter, he realized, was important, whether that encounter lasted for years or moments.

Wouldn't it be fitting, then, to welcome new family units formally to our parish two or three times a year? The welcome might begin with a special liturgy, followed by a simple celebration in the parish hall. (Many parishes do serve coffee and doughnuts after Mass regularly and set aside special times to welcome new parish members, but seldom do oldtime parishioners initiate further contact with new people.)

After the initial welcome, a special effort should be made to get to know the new people and invite them to join groups in the parish. Each new person has something unique to offer and share. A parish has room for all our talents.

Tobiah, had set out for the distant land of their kinsfolk to find a wife.

Nothing Tobit could say eased Anna's anxiety about her son.

Some nights, she cried all night long.

Meanwhile Tobiah was very much alive. He and his relatives in that far-away country were celebrating his marriage to Sarah. The wedding celebration lasted two whole weeks.

Then Tobiah told Sarah's father, Raguel, "I think it is time for me to return home with Sarah. I know my parents must be terribly worried by now."

Raguel was sad. He did not want to see his daughter or his new son-in-law leave.

But the next day Raguel gave the two young people half of everything he owned. He and Edna kissed and blessed them.

Tobiah was very happy. He praised God for being so good to him. He said goodbye to Raguel and Edna. "May I honor you all. the days of my life," he said.

Then Tobiah and Sarah set out for Nineveh.

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LORI AND JEFF HATf:LY

where they have been absorbed into an active Christian com路 munity, have made close friends and have been given responsibilities that might ordinarily fall to parishioners of longer standing.

But perhaps the warm exchange can be credited to both the willing young couple and the community that accepted them without hesitation.

In 1969 Jeff was in a motorcycle accident which left him unable to walk. He worked first as a disc jockey, then took vocational training. At the training center, he met Lori, a physical therapist. Friendship developed into love and they were mar路 ried in 1977.

They moved to Urbana where Jeff is studying early childhood development. When his degree work is completed, they will move wherever a job offer takes them, but they are sad at the thought of leaving St. Patrick's, to which they were drawn because of the liturgy and the warm welcome of the people.

Lori was attracted to a class for ministers of the Eucharist and was soon commissioned.

Jeff, whose training as a disc jockey gives him a special talent with a microphone, is a lector.

Recently he was elected to the parish council, where he is liaison to the parish education committee.

Jeff and Lori also work with students who come into their home twice a month ~o talk and plan social activities.

They find their a40pted parish "more than just a place to worship. It is a big part of our life and we do as much as we can for it."

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Homem g Livre o homem na.o e obra a£abada. D~us criou-o, mas deixou nas maDs do proprio homem 0 seu aperfeiQoamento.Deixou 0 homem nas maos da sua 1iberdade.

A 1iberdade e urn dos dons mais preciosos e ii,teis que 0 homem possui. t: e1a que torna posslve1 0 amor, mas tambern 0 odio, 0 E~goismo.

A 1iberdade do homem, fer ida pe10 pecado, so com a ajuda da graQa divina pode tornar-se p1enamente efectiva.

Tern inte1:Lgencia, julzo e criterio para saber discernir 0 que e born e 0 que e mau. Diante do homem estao a vida, 0 fogo e a agua, a vida e a morte. Mas a inte1igencia sabe distinguir entre fogo e agua, entre vida e morte. 0 homl~m nao e cego. Pensando sobre as coisa:s que 0 mundo oferece, o homem pode e deve distinguir. Muitas vezes. porim, nao pensa: 0 traba1ho material, a diversao, 0 prazer absorvem-no; h.i urn mundo de egoismo, de insia de 1ucro.

Se 0 homem esco1he mal, nao'e por nao ter 1iberdade, mas por nao exercitar devidamente as facu1dades dadas por Deus para ver e esco1her bern. t: como 0 condutor que teimasse em guiar 0 carro de olhos fechados.

Esta dotado duma vontade forte para esco1her 0 bern e pratica-10. A pratica do bern requer esforQo, consciencia, coragem, suportar a contradiQao, a 1uta.

Deus, com muitos sinais, com muitas intuiQoes e, sobretudo, com a Pa1avra do Seu Fi1ho indicou aos homens urn plano maravi1hoso, uma meta para se rea1izarem. A inte1igencia descobre e compreende este plano, A vontade, esco1hendo a 1uz da inte1igencia e da reve1aQao, orienta tudo rea1izaQao desse plano.

Para acertarmos na esco1ha,Deus depositou em nos um facu1dade diflci1 de corromper: a consciencia. t: e1a que nos aprova quando fazemos 0 bern, nos censura, mesmo que os outros nos 10uvem.

A consciencia do cristao e a facu1dade que 0 leva a buscar os criterios que Cristo tern sobre 0 valor das coisas, 'impedindo-o a acei tar esses ensinamentos, mesmo que resu1tem incomodos.

Liberdade e facu1dade que 0 homem tern de agir sem nenhuma c1asse de coacQao interna ou externa, na esco1ha e execuQao dos seus proprios actos.

Deus reve1a-Se como Sumo Bern. Esta reve1aQao, porem, nao anu1a nem diminui a 1iberdade do homem. Deus revel Se de forma 'a podermos conhecer que E1e e born, que nos ama, que procura 0 nosso bern, que e 0 nosso Salvador.

Deus quer 0 homem livre, pois e esta a unica maneira de 0 homem poder amar. Isto co10ca-o perante uma opQao dramatica. Pode esco1her Deus, pode esco1her-se a si proprio, co10cando-se no 1ugar compete a Deus. Pode esco1her "a vida ou a morte". .

Deus mostra-Se exigente. t: preC1S0 tomar a cruz, amar 0 pobre e 0 inimigo, renunciar a muitos prazeres.

Perder a vida para a sa1var.

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Fr. Doyle speaks The Book of Revelation or Apocalypse was the theme for an afternoon of study recently led for diocesan priests by Father Stephen Doyle, OFM, STL, SSL, an author and Scripture scholar.

Some 60 priests met at St. [Patrick's parish hall, Wareham, to hear Father Doyle address the context and symbolism of the closing book of the New Testament.

'Situating the writing within the context of the prophetic tradition, especially that of Daniel, the speaker noted that apocalyptic literature surfaced at a time when people were content with a mediocre observance of God's law and government usurped the powers normally attributed to God. Because it was, in a sense, "underground literature" it used imagery and symbolism to communicate its message.

Knowledgeable in Hebrew and Aramaic symbolism, Father Doyle shed light on the symbolic use of numbers in the Book of ,Revelation. He also underscored certain Apocalyptic themes common to the writings of St. Paul and St. John.

The study session was initiated by the Priests' Council of the diocese and was organized by the Office of Continuing Education of Clergy, directed by Rev. Michel G. Methot.

Father Methot noted that Father Doyle will he sponsored by the Diocesan Service Committee ()f the, charismatic renewal for an all-day workshop this Saturday at Bishop ConI nolly High School, Fall River.

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He will also direct the Seventh Theology Institute for Priests to be held June 17-18 and 19-20 at La Salette Center, Attleboro.

His theme will be "Preaching as Jesus Did."

Collar's OK BROOKLYN, N.Y. (NC) Father Vincent La Rocca may wear his collar when he is representing clients before a jury, a New York Supreme Court judge has decided.

Justice Hugh F. McShane said priests have beoome familiar figures and no longer exert undue influence. "To argue that the average citizen would hold them in awe ignores our times," McShane said.

Father La Rocca, a Legal Aid Society lawyer, was first denied the right to wear clerical clothing before juries in 1974. That denial was upheld by the highest state courts.

Since then, he has appeared in court only for cases without juries. "I've never taken the collar off. The Holy Father requires us to wear collars," he said.

McShane said Father La Rocca had shown that the "ruling that he may not wear his clerical collar at trial has resulted in a substantial burden on his free exercise of religion."

The Brooklyn district attorney said he would appeal.

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For children Continued from Page Twelve The journey was long. All the time Tobiah and Sarah were on the way, Anna sat by the road waiting. At last she saw her son coming.

She ran down the road to. meet Tobiah, who had gone ahead of Sarah to prepare his parents for her arrival.

Tobiah told them about his trip and most of all about Sarah.

The three of them went to the gates of Nineveh to meet her.

"Welcome, my daughter," Tobit said when Sarah arrived.

God's reign Continued from Page Twelve must demonstrate that people can live together in peace, understanding and love - all marks of the kingdom. Only this kind of community can influence and transform society. Mere talk will accomplish nothing.

It -goes without saying that the family is the basic Christian community. It should image forth God's reign to each other, the neighborhood, the parish, the community. Children raised in this atmosphere will bring it with them when they leave to form their own family communities and so the kingdom spreads, quietly and inexorably.

He hugged her, kissed her and said, "Blessed be God for bringing you to us. Blessed be your father and your mother. Blessed is my son, Tobiah. And blessed are you, daughter. Welcome to your new home. Come in, daughter." Anna took Sarah into the house and loved her like her own daughter.

Newlvweds ., Continued from Page Twelve The new family cell must choose its own customs, its own lifestyle. Without the time and space to accomplish this it will either die or become distorted.

I have seen many young marriages smothered to death by loving parents too blind to see that their well-meant efforts were preventing the young couple from putting down the roots of their own family.

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By Charlie Martin

"ESCAPE" (THE PINA COLADA SONG) I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long Like a worn out recording of a favorite song So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed And in the personal columns was this letter I read If you like pina coladas, getting caught in the rain If you're not into yogurt, if you have half a brain If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape I'm the love you've looked for, write to me to escape I didn't think about my lady, 1 know that sounds kind of mean But me and myoid lady had fallen into the same old dull routine So 1 wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad Though I'm nobody's poet 1 thought it wasn't half bad Yes 1 like pina coladas, getting caught in the rain I'm not much into health food, I'm into champagne 1 got to meet you by tomorrow noon to cut through all this red tape At a bar called O'Malley's We will plan our escape So 1 waited with high hopes and she walked into the place I knew her smile in an instant, 1 knew the curve of her face It was my own lovely lady and she said, "Oh, it's you!"

And we laughed for a moment and 1 said "I never knew That you liked (repeat chorus).

Sung by Rupert Holmes, (c) 1979 Infinity Records, Inc. Two points emerge from this song's surprise ending. The first concerns the many ways we can know a person. We may think we know all the other's questions, interests, dreams and goals. But life is never static and consequently holds a vast potential for continual discovery. Yet the person in the song had stopped trying to find something new in his partner.

The song acknowledges that boredom can creep into our lives; but finding someone new does not necessarily provide a cure.

The deeper problem is in the individual himself. If we interact only with what we find on the surface of another's personality, we miss the richness of feelings and ideas each person possesses.

Boredom is a sign that we should examine our lifestyle and relationships. Perhaps we have backed away from changes and allowed routine to govern our life. Perhaps we are taking our relationships for granted, not putting forth effort to discover new dimensions of others.

Whatever the cause, we can be sure that life is not meant to be boring. God created us with the inherent abilities to find life exciting and meaningful. Bringing newness into our lives can help, but tapping the depths of those we already know can be even more important.

By Cecilia Belanger Revolutions a:~e common these days. We don't like some of them but we f.re getting used to them. Every medium blares forth the blow-by-blows. Who can sift the truth from the lies and half-truths?

Young people are anxious to talk about these revolutions.

They discuss Iran, what they would or would not do, were they in power. .

They also discuss the American Revolution. Let us think about that.

Remember the Minuteman?

How many town squares pay him tribute: rolled-up sleeves, musket in hand, a man who had to turn from peaceful pursuits to war. Many would have preferred to stay on their farms.

A remarkable fact about the American Revolution is that, except for a few European professionals, idealists and mercenaries, the B:-itish army was driven from the colonies by clerks, farmers, lawyers, fishermen, housewiv(s and whoever else happened to be around.

Tl:is nation owes itself to those people. Often amateurish, frightened and confused, they rose to the occasion and coped with one of the most important events in their lives. They did it with courage, they did it honorably, and many thought of those' who w0.11d come after them.

Shall we begin with Paul Revere? He played a large part in this ~hess game. One can't wage war with broomsticks. Matriel must be hoard~d, men rallied and a fighting group created.

They had an underground or-

ganization in those days and it required dedicated men.

Paul Revere was its chief agent. A silversmith of high repute whose elegant work graced many a table, he has been romantically immortalized.

And what of John Adams, the man who loved the cool detachment, . the impersonal logic of the law. He believed deeply in the patriot cause, but he had written a:~icles about its excesses. ThÂŁs made it difficult for him to practice law in Boston.

Adams felt there were times when his townsmen had provoked their own bloodying, but still the c~ty demanded revenge and after the bloody business in front of the Custom House, there was a trial.

Adams felt the new nation would be a bad joke if its legal processes were less than civilized. He looked at the frightened grenadiers in the dock, who felt they had no chance of a fair trial.

The::1 John Adams, the cool one, who was to help negotiate peace with England, become an envoy to the Court of St. James's and finally to become our second president, rose and faced the justices. His voice was cool and dispassionate: "M' Lords, I am for the prisoners at the bar."

He is the kind of American of whom we can truly be proud.

This is greatness, that we can be just to an enemy.

There was Mrs. Jonathan Harrington, who protested when her husband took down his French flintlock and joined his neighbors when the King's troops marched into the village.

Suddenly Mrs. Harrington heard the sound of muskets.

When it was over, she saw scattered bodies that lay very still and Minutemen, weaponless, running, limping and stumbling.

Then she saw Jonathan pitch slowly to his knees and die, face down in the dirt.

A change came over the peaceful Mrs. Harrington. She knew what she had to do. She knew the routes the enemy would have to use. Quite calmly, she picked up Jonathan's flintlock.

And every war has its artists.

John Trumbull, patriot, Harvard man, student and dabbler in art, accepted an assignment crawling around in mud and grass beyond Boston Neck to make accurate drawings of the British defenses. He did his work well and eventually was able to retire to his studio to enjoy a long career of painting scenes of the Revolution.

Taunton Middle Students and staff at Taunton Catholic Middle School are celebrating Catholic Schools Week.

Highlights have included an awards presentation as part of student appreciation day and openhcuse and the annual Science Fair, being held today and tomorrow.

To culminate Catholic Schools Week, a special Family Liturgy will take place in the gym at 9 a.m. Sunday. A Communion breakfast will follow, sponsored by the Home-School Association.

Bo Lyons of Northeastern University will be guest speaker.

Further information on activities is available from the school.

Coyle-Cassidy A Remembrance Fund has been established by the CC Mother's Club, offering students and friends the opportunity to memorialize the departed or to honor a special occasion. Further information is available from Sister Mary Elizabeth Murphy.

The Taunton school's weekly bulletin, "Update," last week saluted Dan Chisolm, a 1976 graduate, the recipient of a Fullbright scholarship for graduate studies; and Sally Hoye, '72, graduating this spring from Tufts Medical School.

Catholic Schools Week activities have included a luncheon meeting with area priests; an address by Juvenile Court Judge Ronald D. Harper; and registration and open house for entering freshmen.

Today is Family Appreciation Day, with a family Mass scheduled at 12:30 p.m., followed by refreshments. Tomorrow will be Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day.

Also today, Paula Zopatti and Joseph Figlock will discuss Catholic Schools Week on radio station WPEP.

Bishop Gerrard Seven sophomores were inducted into the National Honor Society in Monday night ceremonies at the Fall River girls' high school. They are Denise Frederick, Diane Gagnon, Lisa Medeiros, Maria Nadeau, Patricia Pelland, Madeleine Sirois and Michelle Tremblay. Speakers were Sister Theresa Farrell, RSM, Sister Elizabeth McAuliffe, RSM and Sue Miguel, president.

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An invitation "Defeat is never anything but an invitation to have recourse to God." - Antonin Sertillanges

PRETTY NICOLE CARRIER, Bishop Stang High School senior and the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Carrier, New Bedford, has been named Massachusetts Junior Miss. She'll compete for mtional honors in Mobile Ala. t his spring.

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portswQtch Cheerleading Competition Upcoming The twenty-first CYO diocesan cheerleading compet::on will be held on Sundays, March 9 and 16, in the Kennedy CYO Center in New Bedford, starting at 1:30 p.m. each day.

Junior CYO and grammar school squads will compete on March 9. The competition is open to all grammar school cheerleading squads from southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

The competition March 16 is open to senior CYO, ninth grade, high school varsity and junior varsity squads. Junior varsity and ninth grade teams will com-

pete in one division, senior CYO and varsity teams in another.

Trophies will be presented to the first three squads in each group. Entries should be sent to CYO Cheerleading, 403 Anawan Street, Fall River, Mass. 02720 and must be received there by March 1.

Another upcoming CYO event is the sixth annual George Washington Basketball Tournament sponsored by the Taunton Area CYO and to be held in the Taunton Catholic Middle School starting one week from tomorrow, Feb. 15, and continuing through Tuesday, Feb. 19.

Feehan Still Leader in Two The Bishop Feehan High Shamrocks are still setting the basketball pace in Division Two of the Southeastern Mass. Conference but surprising Bishop Stang is only one game back as is Wareham with Greater New Bedford Yoke-Tech only two games off the pace.

Tomorrow night's co::tfrontations between Stang and Feehan on the latter's wood, and VokeTech at Wareham could have a decisive effect on the d:ivision's pennant race. Other games tomorrow have Dennis-Yarmouth at Seekonk and Old Rochester at Holy Family.

Coyle-eassidy, Falmouth and Dighton-Rehoboth are the only remaining strong contenders for the Division Three crown. Entering this week, Falmouth was in first place, one game a:nead of the other two contenders. Falmouth was host to Dighton-Rehoboth last Tuesday as CoyleCassidy visited Case. Tomorrow Dighton-Rehoboth is home to Case, Coyle-Cassidy is at Westport and Falmouth at Diman Yoke. The division championship might well be decided when Falmouth and Coyle-Cassidy clash in Taunton next Tuesday.

In Division One, New Bedford has already clinched the title.

Fairhaven was the runnerup after last week's action. They met at New Bedford last Tuesday. A

loss to New Bedford in that game would make Fairhaven's home game with Barnstable tomorrow a "crucial" encounter for both. Dartmouth is still in the running for the runnerup spot.

Four straight losses have eliminated Bishop Connolly High from contention for runnerup to New Bedford. Connolly is home to Dartmouth tomorrow and winds up its division schedule at Barnstable Tuesday. All conference play ends on Friday of next week, Feb. 15, except for possible postponements.

The Stang Spartanettes had, at the end of last week, run up an 8-1 record in the East Division of the conference. The Stang hoopsters were H-l overall.

Apponequet Regional High of Lakeville is the Mayflower League Large Schools champion with an unblemished record of 10-0 in league and 15-0 overall.

The Hockomock Basketball League .ends its regular season next week. At this writing Oliver Ames appeared headed for the league crown but Stoughton, Sharon and Franklin still have a mathematical chance of catching up. Tomorrow Oliver Ames is at Canton, Foxboro at King Philip, North Attleboro at Stoughton, Franklin at Mansfield.

Taunton Clinches Runnerup Spot Taunton routed hapless Fall River North, 6-0, last Sunday night in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, and clinched second place in the Bristol County CYO Hockey League. In other games champion New Bedford was held to a 2-2 tie by SomersetFreetown, and Rochester tipped Fall River South, last year's titlist, 2-1. Its victory boosted Rochester to a third-pIace tie with Somerset-Freetown., The league closes its regular schedule Sunday with its usual three-game card in the Driscoll Rink. It will be Taunton vs. Ro-

chester at nine p.m., SomersetFreetown vs. Fall River North at 10 and Fall River South vs.

New Bedford at 11.

New president WASHINGTON (NC) - Augustinian Father Patrick H. 0' Neill, 40, national director for higher education and campus and young adult ministries for the U.S. Catholic Conference, has been named president of Biscayne College, Miami.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

New Films "Angi Vera" (New Yorker) is a Hungarian film set in 1948, the early days of the country's Communist regime. Its heroine, for whom the film is named, is a young Budapest nurse invited to join the Communist party, who attends a three-month training seminar. There she falls in love with a married man but is peruaded to terminate her affair by two older women. The film shows that human nature, for good or ill, can infiltrate the most resistant of ideologies.

Some adult scenes and the complexity of theme render "Angi Vera" unsuitable for younger viewers. A3 "The Fog" (Avco Embassy) The victims of a century-old ship wreck caused by a false beacon stalk the descendants of their murderers under cover of a lethal fog. This heavy-handed thriller clumps in on big noisy feet, which it then keeps putting in its mouth. Its violence rules out all but adult viewers. R, A3 On TV Monday, Feb. 11, 9-10 p.m.

(PBS) "Paul's Case." Willa Cather's portrait of a young man who steals from his employer to sample what he imagines to be a life of glamor and refinement in New York is the second program in "The American Short Story" series.

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 4-5 p.m.

(ABC) "Heartbreak Winner." An outstanding young figure skater's dream of qualifying for the Olympics is shattered when she is afflicted by a juvenile form of arthritis. An "ABC Afterschool Special."

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 10:30-11 p.m. (PBS) "China: Land of My Father." Felicia Lowe, a firstgeneration Chinese-American, went to China as a journalist and was permitted to meet her father's family. This documentary abounds in human glimpses of the Chinese and its highlight is the narrator's meeting with her relatives. Recommended for family viewing.

Saturday, Feb. 16, 7-7:30 p.m.

(PBS) "King Arthur." The young Arthur proves his claim to the throne by pulling the sword from the stone in this first episode of a new "Once Upon a Classic" series.

Sunday, Feb. 10, and Monday, Feb. 11, 9 p.m. (ABC) - "The Deep" (1977) - In this film version of the Peter Benchley best seller, an unmarried couple

(Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte) find treasure while scuba diving off the coast of Bermuda.

A salvage expert (Robert Shaw) becomes their ally against a crew of villains led by Louis Gosset. Aside from the acting of Shaw and Gosset, the script has little to recommend it but the Bermuda scenery. It is offensive in making much of unwedded bliss. The black-white confrontation is calculated to provoke racial tension. there is a brutally graphic fight scene and much highly calculated titillation. PG,B Tuesday, Feb. 12,8 p.m. (NBC) - "The Swarm" (1978) - Air Force Gen. Richard Widmark and scientists Michael Caine must halt billions of killer bees and save the lives of the same sort of motley collection of aged and aging actors who assemble every time Irwin ("The Towering Inferno") Allen throws a disaster party. This is among the silliest and most fatuous movies ever made. PG,A2 Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m.

(CBS) - "Citizens Band" (1977) This warm-hearted little comedy set in a small California town tells us that most CB enthusiasts use their radios to free themselves from commonplace reality. The acting is good, especially tnat of Paul Le Mat as a CB knight errant, who is always dashing about rescuing people and Candy Clark as his not altogether approving girl friend. A subplot about a bigamous trucker makes an adult rating necessary. PG,A3 "The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic," Feb. 12 and 13, evenings, CBS: Basically these are two horror movies, although "The Exorcist" has more theological substance than its sequel. For this reason the first film received a rating of A4, while the second was condemned, due to its systematic profaning of Christian beliefs, including the celebration of the Eucharist. Neither film is suitable for family viewing.

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