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WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Catholic Conference has asked the Supreme Court for a "critical reassessment of the his torical underpinnings" of the First Amendment's religion clauses. In a friend-of-the-court brief urging the justices to uphold Minnesota's tuition tax deduc tion statute, the USCC said re assessment of the history of the religion clauses would yield a more accurate view of the intent of the framers of the Constitu: tion on church-state issues. The brief was filed Feb. 1 in m case (Mueller vs. Allen) which is shaping up to be this term's major examination of the extent to which state educational aid programs can indirectly benefit parochial schools. The case, ex-

pected to be decided by summer, also is being viewed as a critical test of the tuition tax credits President Reagan has proposed to Congress. Critics of the Minnesota tui tion tax deduction say the stat ute unconstitutionally benefits religion since most parents who take thl! deductions send their children to church-sponsored schools. . But the USCC brief, signed by its general counsel, Wilfred R. Caron, argues that the First Amendment's prohibition against an establishment of religion was not meant to rule out all forms of aid to churches or religious groups. Instead it was aimed pri marily at prohibiting establish ment or preference by the gov· Turn to Page Three

BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN confirms ir9n lung patient John Hersee of St. Mary's parish, Norton. Left, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, right, Willard Herse!;!, John's father.

A special confirmation.

psalm. Bishop Cronin explained the' ceremony to John and his On Saturday, Jan. 29, Bishop family and friends. He noted in Daniel A. Cronin administered particular the gift of the Holy the sacrament of confirmation as Spirit in showing us' God's wil\ he had done many times before. and assisting us to complete our But this ceremony was special. union with God the Father. John It was the confirmation of renewed his baptismal promises John Hersee, 21, and it was and was sealed with the chrism. celebrated at his home in St.. Father John V. Magnani, pastor Mary's parish, Norton. The son of St. Mary's, led the recitation of Carole and Willard Hersee of the prayer of the faithful and suffers from muscular dystrophy, it was also my privilege to as a progressive disease. He has sist in the ceremony. The annual collection for been confined to' an iron lung After the liturgy all joined in for two years and is completely Black and Indian Missions will a social gathering and in presen immobile except for his neck and be taken up in diocesan churches tation of gifts to John. this weekend, according to an· lhead. The occasion was a reminder Physical infirmity, however, nouncemimt made by Msgr. to all of us of how confirmation, did not impede John's growth in John J. Oliveira, diocesan direc special in itself, can be special tor of the Society for the Propa· to us. It is a reminder and a faith. For six months Father Ro land Nadeau, MS, of LaSalette gation of the Faith. consolation to know that God, is Msgr. Oliveira said the theme present in a special way to the Shrine in Attleboro helped pre pare him for the reception of for this year's collection is sick and handicapped. It is a "Brotherhood Has Many Faces." reminder that the sick and the confirmation. He joined Msgr. Paul A. Lenz, handicapped reveal to us, in a Father Andre Patenaude, MS, director of LaSalett~ Shrine, director of the national Black special way, God's love in our sang the opening hymft as some and Indian MiSSions program in. midst. As John himself said, 35 relatives and friends gather"that's great." Tum to Page Six Bq Msgr. John J. Oliveira

ed in John's room for the con· firmation liturgy. After the opening prayer by the bishop, John, in a strong and clear voice, 'proclaimed the first reading from St. Paul. His god father recited the responsorial

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 18, 1983

Central American trip

political hotbed for pope

genocide under the .government of Gen. Efrain Rios Montt and that chur,ch personnel were be When Pope John Paul II visits ing persecuted because of their Central America and the Carib social action work. bean in March he will be stepping In Honduras church agencies into turbulent political waters. have aided Salvadoran refugees Several of the countries are torn and church officials have gather by domestic violence and con ed evidence of massacres by troversies involving the Cath Salvadoran soldiers of refugees olic Church, testfng the ability of trying to cross the border into the pope to be an influence for ,Honduras. peace in a region where 90 per In Nicaragua many of the peo cent of the 26.7 million people ple killed by guerrillas in the profess Catholicism. The trip, from March 2 to 9, border raids have been local will take the pope to the Central officials who are also active American countries of Costa Catholic laymen. Many priests, Rica, EI Salvador, Nicaragua, ' religious and lay people support Panama, Honduras, Guatemala the Sandinista government which and Belize. It also wH" include a has been in power since July 1979 when the Sandinista-Ied ~top in the Caribbean country of Haiti. . ' revolution overthrew the regime Four of the eight countries are of Gen. Anastasio Somoza. The in the throes of major political bishops, who supported the over violence. EI Salvador is in the throw of Somoza, have become, fourth year of a civil. war which however, increasingly critical of has claimed more than 32,000 the government, saying they fear lives. The' military government the Sandinistas are moving to ward a totalitarian regime. The of Guatemala' and the Marxist Sandinista movement is a coali influenced Nicaraguan govern tion of socialists, Christian ment are fighting guerrilla move Democrats and, Marxists. ments. Criticisms by the bishops have Honduras is getting the fall caused church-style tensions. A out of the neighboring ,violence: key issue in tnese tensions is the Tens of thousands of Salvador presence of four priests in high an refugees have fled to Hon government posts despite Pope duras and church and human rights groups have said they have John Paul's frequent statements been raided by Salvadoran that priests should not be in volved in partisan politics. troops. In 1982 \ the pope addressed The Salvadoran government says that some camps are being separate letters' to the bishops of used by guerriUas. Most of the Nicaragua and EI Salvador in guerrilla fighting in 'Nicaragua which he discussed several of has been along the Honduran the controversial issues. border and Nicaragua says the . He supported the Salvadoran bishops' call for an end to hos guerrillas are based in Hon tilities and a negotiated solution duras. In ,announcing his travel plans and condemned guerrilla and Pope John Paul said he hoped mili,tary violence, saying neither the trip to "countries so dear to can be justified according to my heart and, many of them, so Christian principles. The calls by the bishops and tried" would be "enriched with the pope have yet· to lead to abundant fruits." The Central American church negotiations, although they were has been deeply involved in the' favorably received by guerrilla political violence and in efforts representatives. The U.S.-backed to bring about the "abundant government has offered amnesty for guerrillas who lay down their 'fruits" of peace. arms but has rejected the idea In Ei Salvador ArChbishop Os- . of direct negotiations to end the car Romero of San Salvador was fighting. 'murdered in March 1980 while The letter to the' Nicaraguan celebrating Mass. The following bishops reaffirmed ,the pope's December four U.S. female' , ,missionaries were killed. ,Five displeasure with' priests, in !gov ernment and criticized "popular Salvadoran members .of the Na churches" which reject hierarchi tional Guarc,l are currently await ipg trial on m~rder charges in cal authority. The criticism of the case of the U.S. missionaries. "popular churches" was an iIIu~ No serious investigation has sion to pro-Simdiriista Christian' groups which have been: crit"ical ~een made t:egarding Archbishop of the bishops' political stands '.Rom~ro's murder, as is the case in the overwhelming ~ajority. of . and which, in several cases, have refused to accept transfers of Salvadoran noncombatants kill parish priests ordered by the ed. ' , 'Many uninvestig~ted murders bishops.. Currently the priests in the are believed to be the work of paramilitary groups supporting Nicaraguan government ,have the military's struggle against been allowed to retain their the guerrillas. The San Salvador posts by the bishops under an archdiocese has been active in arrangement by which they do not exercise their priestly minis documenting killings of noncom 'batants and other violations of try while holding office. human rights. The, pope's actio~s and In Guatemala the bishops is speeches could also have a bear sued a statement last June say ing on U.S. foreign policy since ing rural Indians were facing the Reagan administration has By Agostino Bono

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A WAR-WEARY resident of Berlin, EI Salvador rests against a wall painted with rebel slogans while a young woman carries her family's beds from the battle-tom city. EI Salvador is among the nations the pope will visit next month. (NC/UPI Photo) ,

taken strong stands in favor of the Salvadoran and Guatemalan governments and in opposition to the Nicaraguan government. U.S. officials have criticized Nicaragua, saying it is aiding Salvadoran guerrillas by slip ping ttiem Soviet-bloc arms as part of a plan to establish com munist governments in the region. The Reagan administration ul ~o has announced resumption of military sales to Guatemala, say ing the human rights situation has improved since Rios Montt came to power after a coup in March 1982. The Reagan move was strongly criticized by many human rights and church groups in the United States, which said, their evidence indicates that the human rights situation has wor sened under Rios Montt. U.S. military aid to Guatemala had been suspended in 1977 because of the human rights record of the military government then in power. Pope John Paul already has criticized outside interference as a key problem in solving Cen tral American problems, but has not specifically addressed him self to U.S. or Soviet policy in the area. The pope also faces a delicate political issue in that his trip in cludes Guatemala and Belize. Guatemala has historically con sidered Belize, a former British colony, as part of its land and official Guatemalan maps in clude Belize as national territory. The pope may have to be careful in how he words references to Belize to avoid antagonizing Guatemalan feelings. However Rios Montt made the pope's job a little easier by modifying Guatemala's claim. The new gov ernment position is that only the southern portion of Belize be longs ,to Guatemala. Another issue facing the pope is that although Catholicism is the dominant religion in the area, other religious movements are making major inroads. In Guatemala many people arc converting to fundamentalist Protestant'movements as the re sult of heavy missionary activity by U.S.-based groups. One of the converts is Rios Montt, who describes himself as a "born again Christian." . In Haiti Catholicism is the official religion but voodoo, based on a mixture of Christian ity and African animist worship, is practiced by at least 50 per cent of the population. This also has 'political implications since many officials in the authoritar ian government of President-for . life Jean-Claude Duvalier are voodoo priests or practitioners. . . -...11....." ..."' ••• '11"..""'''...•.......1 _.....11''''''.. ''11'1111'"1111''.....mlllll....

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study today, tomorrow Priests and deacons of the dio cese will meet at 7:30 tonight at St. Stanislaus School, Fall River, for a discussion of the place and workings of the charismatic re newal within the structure of parish and local diocesan life. Under the chairmanship of Father Robert s. Kaszynski, the Bishop's Liaison to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Msgr. Vin cent M. Walsh of ~Philadelphla ,will deliver the main presenta . tion on the topic.'

Father Lucien Madore Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be the principal celebrant at funeral rites at 10 tomorrow morning at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, for Father Lucien A. Madore. Father Madore died Tuesday in Melbourne, Florida, where he lived'since his retire ment in 1979.

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He served as associate pastor Msgr. Walsh, nationally and at Notre Dame and St. Mathieu internationally known in cha~is parishes, .Fall River, before be matic renewal circles, was or . coming 'a military chaplain in FATHER MADORE ' dained in 1962 and did graduate 1942. He saw overseas service in Following his retirement, work in canon law in Rome be fore returning to the Philadelphia World War II and thereafter Father Madore received a testi~ served at installations in the monial from the Sisters of archdiocese to engage in par United States and abroad before Charity of Quebec of Mt. St. ish ministry and direct the arch diocesan Hispanic apostolate. He retiring from the military in 1960 Joseph's. In part it read: "We has also taught on the high as a much-decorated lieutenant witnessed daily how he disting uished himself by his priestly school level and worked with colonel. obedience to the authority of college students in the Newman Upon return to the diocese the church, his sincerity of mind apostolate. Father Madore became chaplain 'and heart, his deep and con An assistant archdiocesan at Mt. St. Joseph School, Fall stant concern for justice toward River, and director of Notre all, his modesty in speech and .chancellor, Msgr. Walsh is epis copal vicar to the charismatic Dame Cemetery, also Fall River. , .his industrious, humble and renewal and officialis of the In the latter capacity he over simple ways of living." saw construction of the Notre Philadelphia metropolitan mar Father Madore is survived by riage tribunal. He is the author Dame mausoleum and was a a sister, Mrs. Yvonne McKenna, of several books on charismatic director of the Massachusetts Stamford, Conn., and a brother, Cemetery Association. spirituality and on priestly re Joseph Madore, Hooksett, N.H. newal. Tomorrow Msgr. Walsh, join ed by Sister Mary Rosita, RSM, a member of the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Charismatic Ser vice Committee, will conduct an all-day renewal seminar on leadership training for diocesan prayer group leaders.

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The New Code of Canon Law To some Catholics the pt:Qmulgation of the new Code of Canon Law seems rio more than a flight of papal fancy. After all, who in. today's world would pay much attention. to such. an irrelevant. and fruitless enterprise? . There are others who would have the church abolish all canon law. If one lives by. the. spirit and one's own feelings, who needs guidelines and good order? Indeed, there are Catholics whose limited view of church and consequently' of life will lead them to ignore this latest visible demonstration of the effects of Vatican II. Seeking freedom under the guise of self-awareness,caught up in the self-created dilemma of the Gospel versus social action and (lpundering in a self-made world of fantasy and fiction, they cannot recognize the real and objective. But their eccentricities and antiestablishment antics earn them undeserved media attention, serVing to confuse and confound many. ·They consider the Holy Father's actions' no more than U11justifiable restraints on the members of the church. Rather than supporting, they.destroy. It is important for all Catholics to realize the role of the new Code of Canon Law in the church. In his apostolic constitution promulgating this body of church law,Pope John Paul II clearly pointed out the necessity of such guide ~ lines for the universal church as well as their overall . importance in helping create order within the church family. He stressed the fact that in no way does the code substitute for grace, faith and charity in the life of the church or of anyone of the fait?ful. Rather, its purpose is to assure a body of procedures that will allow grace, faith and charity to assume the primacy rightfully theirs in the CALIFORNIA DEMONSTRATORS EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO EL SALVADOR ARMS SHIPMENTS .. spiritu~l order. As the church's prime legislative document, the code 'The weak things of th~ world hath God' chosen, that he may confound the strong.' I Cor. 1:27 . is based not on mere human experience or historic data but on the juridical and legislative inheritance of revelation and tradition. In this regard it should be remembered that Christ did not come to destroy the heritage of the law and the prophets, but to fulfill them. The pope unmistakably indicated to all Catholics that the new code is extremely necessary to the church. He This is admittedly an easier these young people experienced By Father Kevin J. Harrington task for soneone who is 70 than declared: "The church needs the code for her social and as tutors for young pupils and A priest's life is packed with visible framework." It clarifies her hierarchical and organic challenges and adventures not transportation aides for the someone who is 17; .but no matter structures while ordering the administration of the sacred, readi,ly available in other pro elderly was beyond their col . what our age we must seek God's will and creatively go about ac fessions. I recently volunteered lective expectations. - so important to the works of salvation. With only 11 students in the complishing it. Shaping a well .teach religion to a group of to It should be obvious that no Catholic should ignore the at Bishop Feehan High course, I' was able to develop a designed life is never easy. promulgation of this new code. Its acceptance is not a matter seniors School. It was one of the more rapport with them that would I am sure that many of my' / of choice; it binds on all members of the Roman Rite. The satisfying experiences that. I have been impossible with a Feehan students will continue to Holy Father. made this quite clear when he affixed his have had during my nine years larger group. Through their vol volunteer their time and talents. unteer projects they became The pres&ures. of the economy in the Attleboros. signature to the document of promulgation. aware of their God-given talents play make them compromise and Fifteen years ago I was a sen It will be some time before we have all five volumes of and of how they could use ihem our consumer society may se ior at Holy Family High School the code in hand in approved translation. In the meantime, to' serve others. duce many of them to equate little weight should be given to mere speculation, although in New Bedford and it amazed My goal was to have the stu their worth with what they con me how much things had it is true that many responsible scholars have already com dents look at their lives as a sume and the services that they changed. _ mented on .the original Latin text and many pf their articles - Today school pride is tem "magnum opus," a great work can buy; however, the course hav~ appeared in The Anchor and other journals. pered by suspicion of authority of art. Indeed, everyone's life prOVided them with a unique op What i~ certain is that the new code will bind on all and worry about the future. Par can be a work of art. Just as portunity to find satisfactions that money cannot buy. ental concern about the economy sUClt a work has wholeness, in as of the first .Sunday of Advent this year. cluding unity) variety, balance is refleCted in students' desire to It certahlly provided their Mayall church members view the code as a sincere attend institutions of higher and harmony, a well-designed teacher with such a satisfaction! effort to render the ~eachings of Vatican II into livable learning that ·will contr:ibute to life has the wholeness that is guidelines and indeed as a complement to the Council career choices. Grade-conscious called holiness. documents. The need to live such a life .ness prevails. Education seems As the council fathers sought to renew the life of the for many a means toward an end, goes back deeply into our col church, may we continue their work by our wholehearted presumably the end of acquiring ·Iective history. The ancients ex pressed it when they admonish February 19 affirmation of the right order that tile code seeks to bring a .marketable skill. The greatest ed their young to ~live accord fear seems to be that of gradua Rev. Andrew J. Brady, Pastor, to the life of God's people on their 'journey of faith. ting from college in debt and' ing to nature. Our Hebrew' an 1895, St. Joseph, Fall River

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without a job. It was against this backdrop that the Feehan students were invited to participate in a. reli 'gion course in 'which they would ,be required to volunteer one hour a week in service to an institu tion. the students responded with an enthusiasm that was ·re freshing to the schools and r.e tirement center that they served. In ·turn, the satisf~ction which

cestors expressed it in the word "shalom," a beautiful greeting still in use. Shalom iQ1plies a life in total harmony with self, nature and God. The Jewish people have a venerable' holy day, Yom Kip pur, .the Day of Atonement. On this day Jews strive to ·get in touch with God and to deter mine if they are doing his will or their own.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 18, 1983

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OPENING PRAYER Dear God, you are father of us all; we are brothers and sIsters to everyone in your human fam Ily. Help us to appreciate what being your children really means and the responsibility we have for loving and caring for others everywhere. Be with us In a special way this Family Night as we talk about and express our caring for our relatives 'near and far. Amen.

TO THINK ABOUT Since In our society families move so often, it is difficult to have a close-knit extended fam ily. Children and adults need a sense of belonging, a rootedness. We need to be in touch with our relatives even at a great distance. During this Family Night we will concentrate on our relatives and the specialness of our family name.

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meaning son of John; Cook.Jor someone who cooked; Smith for a blacksmith. Make a list of. all the relatives you can think of who share your family name. Make a banner featuring your name in large decorative letters. Instill a sense of pride in your name.

Middle Years Families FAMILY BINGO Materials: paper and pencils. Each family member draws a large bingo card with five boxes across and five down. As parents tell about a relative, each person writes that name in anyone of the boxes until 24 boxes are filled. Put an "x" in the middle box. Then write the names on slips of paper, fold, and place in a box. One Person calls the bingo names and who ever fills a line first is the win ner. Everyone should know a lot more about the family's relatives when the game is over.

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Young Families

Make a family tree going back FAMILY NAME Materials: as far as possible on both sides . paper, pencils, cloth or poster of the family. Decide upon one board for a banner, crayons, glue, particular relative who would scissors. Talk about your family especially like to hear from you. name. Dad and Mom could tell \Write a letter or call that rela what they remember about thefr tive on the phone. ancestors. Try to figure out what your family name means. About 900 years ago most people had only one name. As the population in towns and villages grew it was necessary to better identify people, so last names were given. Some examples were Johnson

SNACK TIME Fix- a cherry treat in honor of George Washington: cherry pie, tarts, or ice cream with a cherry on top.

ENTERTAINMENT 1. Give each member ten or fifteen round toothpicks or matches: Place a narrow-necked bottle on a table. The object is to stack the toothpicks across the opening of the bottle. This continues until one of the play ers upsets the pile while trying to add to it. The person who up sets the pile must take all the toothpicks that fall. The winner is the player who gets rid of all toothpicks. 2. Plan to invite a relative over to your house.

SHARING - Tell how you feel about your family name. - Share a happy memory about a grandparent, aunt, or other relative. - Talk about a family re union or family gathering that you remember and why it was fun.

CLOSING PRAYER God, our father, you have blessed our family so much. We thank you for uniting us in your love. We ask your blessing on all of our relatives near or far, living or deceased, especially . .. (each mention the name of a relative). Amen.

Mary our mother

Many have dropped their pray er and devotion to Mary because of the distortion that came to represent her through the zeal of Christians the pastfew centuries. Then he said to his disciple, For some, she became more di "Son, behold your mother." vine than Jesus. So idealized These second words of Jesus were her perfection and passivity gave us his mother. At that mo that she became hard to relate to ment, however, she was a very as a person. Yet she was a very human mother filled with the al real woman with feelings of joy, most indescribable grief of seeing concern, and grIef. her child die in pain and ignom Sister Fran Ferder, FSPA, has iny. Death of a child is probably written what I consider some of the rawest agony one can experi the most beautiful words on ence, and Mary went through it Mary. They appear in "The Fam as a parent alone, without a hus ily Healing Manual" (paulist band. How can we think she will Press). She writes: be insensitive to our pain? To "Almost 2000 years ago, a our family problems? To our family we have come to call holy church needs? began their life together. It start The words have meaning on ed with a crisis - a pregnancy two levels. In those days, Mary that had not been planned and a could not have survived without confused young groom consider a family and her only child was' ing a quiet divorce. Soon there dying. In his last words, Jesus was another problem - an un met his responsibility as son in expected business trip at the providing for his mother's future. worst of all possible times. All In the same way, he bequeath the carefully made plansl sudden ed her to all of us, under the title ly changed. There was ari uncom of his church, providing f9r our fortable journey and a lonely future. By giving her to his be birth. The difficulties must have loved ,disciple, John (although seemed endless to this. young some scripture scholars dispute couple - frightening threats on just who this was), he gave her their child's life; moving without to us all for all time. a moment's notice; and then

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moving again just when things seemed to be settling down. "Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were a family much like any of our families today. They knew fear, loneliness, confusion, disagree ment, and disappointment. Some times, in our religious fervor, we may tend to spiritualize away the full and painful impact of the problems they faced by be lieving that they had direct ac cess to solutions through angels and dreams. The fact that they were close to God, a God who spoke to them through the per sons and events of their lives. But our families today have the same access tei this same God." Sister Ferder's profound words ring 'a comfor.table bell in fami lies today who experience pain and problems but who feel that Mary is too remote and un approac~able 10 go to in times of need.

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reason? According to a spokes man for the Donahue show, "They all have a strong commit ment to the idea of surrogate parenting, and they would all do it again." Besides, "Phil creates a com fortable atmosphere, where peo ple can speak out." What drives people to reveal their most intimate secrets to a camera, and through it, to mil lions of people who may be titil lated but not moved by their confidences is not entirely clear. Apparently, celebrity comforts certain souls. Letting it all hang out is tea and sympathy to the participants, who do not ob serve that some of their viewers find it terminally tasteless. The Donahue showdown made all the network news programs, and no wonder. The defense bud get cannot compete with the sight of the final news being brought from the laboratory and disclosed, live, to the three peo ple whose ~ives it ,will forever mark. Malahoff was not the father. Mr. Stiver is the father of his wife's child. The ladies in the audience applauded, as is their custom, when their need to know has been sated. Astonishingly, Ms. Stiver clapped, too, whether out of politeness or a sudden gladness that she could keep the baby she had so recently reject ed, she did not say. There's a second segment to come, and we may, if we are not careful, know more later.

to be cut in half. The real mother revealed herself by ex pressing utter horror at the idea. Today's electronic Solomon, talk show host Phil Donahue, presided over a paternity quar rel employing less drastic means: a sophisticated blood test for a baby whom nobody wanted, a baby born to a surrogate mother. The program where all this un folded could be a kind of Three Mile Island for the growing sur rogate-parenting moveme,nt, which its critics call "rent-a womb." Donahue likes to explore the outer' reaches of sexual mores. Wolf-gray head down, he prowls among the preening women in his studio audience, hungrily snapping up their views. Are they sorry that truck drivers no longer whistle at them? What do they think of male prostitutes? Transvestites, anyone? His "surrogate parenting" peep show brought together an' odd tilo - the surrogate mother, her husband and the putative father of the bapy. Led by the interpid Donahue and his hand-held mike, they plunged into a thicket of ethical, emotional· and legal con siderations of pregnancy by con tract, which, like the other kind, is a risky business. Telling their tale to Phil and his million viewers were Judy The socially redeeming aspect Stiver, 26, unquestionably the of it 'all may be that it calls at mother of a month-old, possibly tention to the desperate hunger retarded baby, her husband, Ray, of America's childless couples. and Alexander Malahoff, 46, who Mr. Malahoff's reason for seeking denied that he told the doctor out a surrogate mother was the to let the disappointing baby die. worst in the world. He hoped to paste together his failing mar The principals have been in - vading their own privacy ever riage, an admission that would since the birth of Baby Doe on have made him ineligible to Jan. 10. The one thing they some surrogate-parenting organ agreed about is that they did izations and woud have ruled not want the baby, born' with a him out for adoption, which has 'smaller-than-normal head. Ray become the forgotten option in Stiver, a bus driver" has been the terrible, ongoing row between telling the world that he did not pro - and anti-abortion groups. have sex with his wife during Dr. William Pierce, chief of the proscribed period before she the National Committee on was artificially' inseminated with Adoption, hopes that the Dona Malahoff's sperm. hue show may set people to Malahoff has been broadcast . thinking about adoption. An ing his certainty that the baby estimated 2.5 million Americans was not his, not because it is have applied for babies. In 1980, abnormal but because early tests some 1.55 million abortions, ac showed a different blood group cording to the Alan Gutmacher ing. Malahoff, who had agreed Institute, were performed. Ob to pay Ms. Stiver $10,000 on de viously, there is less supply than livery of the baby, wanted his demand. But Pierce believes that money back. as a first step, instead of scream ing at each other, pro-life and They have filed suits. Mala hoff is asking $50 million of the pro-choice groups should sit Stivers. They are suing the doc down at the negotiating tablc for who made the arrangements. and figure out ways to make But where some people would adoption a more appeaHng alter go to court, the Stivers and Mala - native to abortion and surrogate hoff went to Phil Donahue. The parenting.

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Needs' Continued trom page one noting that "brotherhood is an essential part of mission work and as the world gets smaller with satellite communications and swift travel, the Church be comes more aware, of the needs of brothers and sisters every where and of the need for mis sionaries and the support of all missionaries with prayers, gifts and concern." The 1982 sacrifices of Ameri can Catholics contributed to an alltime record in the home mis sion collection history, said Msgr. Lenz, with a total of $4.2 million given nationally. This record total will help meet the needs of more than 100 dioceses receiving grants ~his year, making possible hundreds of individual efforts that go to gether to make up the home 'mission effort, he said. But the needs of milOy remain unmet, he added. They include mission such problems as schools faced with closing for I~ck of funds; priests and sisters struggling to keep an old car or truck going, sometimes for sey eral' hundreds of miles a week; deacons and catechists who must work with outdated religious in· struction materials - or no ma~ ,terials at all. "We hope," says Monsignor Lenz, "that having surpassed the $4 billion total, the collection will no'!" continue to grow be cause the needs are many. These needs can be met - if we can get the entire Church behind us."

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We love you, Margaret! Dear Editor: I would like to comment on many of the writeups in The Anchor. Dolores Curran and Antoinette Bosco, also Mary McGrory on one page; then Cecilia Belanger's column each week - her col umn on Laughter was very good; also Tom Lennon - very good. Also "Know Your Faith" - all those columns; and the Kennys, of course. . I read most of the paper every week. It is very Interesting and I'm sure we get a lot of under· standing from them all. In fact, I 'like the Anchor, period. Looking forward to next week's Anchor, Mrs. Margaret P. Mello Fall River

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provide funding, personnel and programs for other student or ganizations, yet ignore the largo est student organization in the free world. I urge you and your readers .to lend us your support and to con tact Commissioner Lawson and Commissioner Cronin and urge them to meet their responsibility. Additionally, the Massachu setts Vocational Agricultural Teachers' Association has filed House Bill No. 1823 in the Massachusetts Legislature that would require, from a state au thority, the funding and person nel that are needed. You and your readers ar-e respectfully asked to support this legislature ,at the appropriate time. Michael Butts Bristol County Agricultural High School Segreganset

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A bus driver found her in the parking lot behind UNDER 21. My kids kept sneaking over to look atherbody.Shewas 170r 18. You really couldn't tell how pretty she'd been-her face had been mashed in and she had been stabbed eight ti'mes. The autopsy put the time of death between 2:00 and 5:00 AM on Thursday. Detectives were able to determine that up until the night before her death she had been living in a hotel on 47th Street. The hotel is used by alot of pimps and prostitutes. My kids all knew her-but nobody knew her real name. They remembered she used to have a baby. The word spread through UNDER 21 like wildfire. The kids sat in stunned silence or talked quietly. The older kids didn't bother getting angry or belligerent-casual, unexplained, anonymous death is a fact of street life. That afternoon, Sister Alicia, our Director of Residential Services, called our kids together in the main lounge. "Look." she said, "this is adangerous and violent area. Out there, we can't protect you. In here, we can. You're safe in ~ere. Look," sh.e said, "we care about you. Don't hang out In the streets. Times Square is asick place with sick people who will do this to kids." Our counselors, heaVily involved, trying to reach as many kids as possible, reported that the shock and fear were profound. Our kids are afraid of dying-they feel ex posed, vulnerable, used. Acurious uneasy undercurrent of the discussion swirled to the surface repeatedly. "We don't know her name...1can't use my name...nobody knows who I am...we can't tell anybody who we are...a hundred people know my first name and it isn't really me...Bruce, I ain't anybody somebody knows." All during that day we tried to calm and reassure our Father Bruce Ritterl OFM Conv., is the founder and President of Covenant House/uNDER 21, which operates crisis centers for homeless and runaway boys and girls

kids-and braced ourselves for what we knew would h~ppen. A lot of kids did not go out that night. The few that d!d go out came home early. And then it began. The new ~Ids. those we never saw before began flooding in, know Ing they would be safe here. Our intake workers reported that a record number of. kids came in t~at night and the next. More than 80 new kids. They came in small groups of twos and threes, afraid to walk alone, to be alone. We took them all. We beefed up our street patrols. Put extra 24-hour street counselors outside. .

"She was 17 or 18. You really couldn't tell how pretty she'd been ... " We were. right to be afraid. Two Saturday nights later they found the body of Cheryl in an abandoned warehouse on 33rd Street. She had been strangled and"beaten to death. She was 14. Cheryl ran away from warm, caring parents, from a small town, from safety and security and a future, to the Big Apple, to Fun City, to the Great White Way, to 42nd Street and the pushers and pimps and pan derers and johns who buy little girls. Cheryl stayed at UNDER 21 for about five days a couple of months ago and then had returned home to her parents. She ran away again and came back to New York-a tiny Iittle moth-and flew directly into the flame. If she were trying to get to UNDER 21 she never made it. She was only blocks away when she was killed.

nearly went through the roof. Please help Covenant House continue to care for these "fragile moths", to offer them a place where they c'an be safe. where they can come for help. Nine out of ten dollars we receive comes from people like you. Without your lOVing-and consistent-support we simply would have to close our doors. Maybe it's a little easier to understand now why other UNDER 21s-centers in Houston and Boston are already underway-ere so desperately needed. I mean I really worry about those other kids. You've got to. too. Pray for us and my kids. Pray for all the tens of thousands of kids here in New York City and other large· cities in the United States that are at great risk. And thank you for caring about our kids. -

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Pulitzer winner puts fait.h. first DAYTON, Ohio (NC) - Since April 1981 it has seemed that Dayton Daily News cartoonist Mike Peters has acquired three new first names. Now he is in variably referred to as "Pulitzer Prize winner Mike Peters." But the achievement, the ful fillment of an editorial cartoon ist's dream, has not changed the sometimes irreverent, boyish looKing 38-year-old Peters. At heart he's still the inhibited man who once, atired in full Super man costume, whisked through an open window during a Daily News editorial meeting, Peters doesn't take himself too seriously but after a year of heavy fallout from Pullitzer, involving a seemingly endless round of speeches, television ap pearances and added syndication work, the cartoonist is deliber~ ately slowing down. . During a recent interview with the Catholic Telegraph, news paper of the Archdiocese of Cin cinnati, he concluded that "the one worse thing than never hav ing your dreams fulfilled is to have all your dream~ fulfilled."

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himself as a former "yellow pages Catholic," a phrase coined by his wife, a Presbyterian. Be fore discovering Queen of Apos tles, he attended Mass at' par ishes selected at random from the telephone directory. That has changed. He now is a part of Queen of Apostles parish, has written a short play performed during the liturgy and with his wife has taken part in church outreach to the mentally ill,

Why the increased involve ment? The reason, he said, is the spirit at his parish. "The first thing that hit us was that every one seemed to really like one another. I'd never been to il Catholic church where the peo ple didn't Just honk at each other on the way out. . "It took us about two months to realize that those people were for real, there was substance to their joy," he added. "For the first time in my life, if I missed Mass I really missed Mass. It used to be only a sin. Now it's. a disappointment." .

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By Nen Parent For many, their first exposure to the Islamic faith came through the recent tumultuous events that engulfed Iran, particularly the deposing of the late shah and the takeover of the American embassy in Teheran. Although those events were essentially polit.ical, they were not without religious 9vertones. For years Iranian Islamic leaders had been protesting what they considered the increasing harm ful influences of Western cul ture on their society. This they felt was symbolized in a large way by' the growing U.S. pres ence in their country. ,As we watched the struggles in Iran unfold on our TV screenS, we may have developed a dis torted and unfair impression of the Islamic faith. For not only did, recent events develop in a highly charged political atmos phere, but many Moslems in Iran represent a sect outside Islam's orthodox mainstream. As a religion, Islam - the re ligion of the Moslems - embod ies much that would be genuine ly inspirational to both Chris tians and' Jews. The Arabic word "Islam" means "surrender to the will of God.,,' Allah - the designation for God in the Koran, Islam's holy book - is considered by Moslems to be the same God as that of the 'Old Testament. Though not seen as divine, Mos lems consider Jesus one of the great prophets. The Koran invokes five major obligations for Moslems. They are often referred to as the five pillars ,of Islamic faith. - 1. Belief. Moslems accept God and consider Mohammed his last and greatest prophet. It· was Mohammed who received the revelations that comprise the Koran and who founded the Islamic faith.' Moslems, like Christians and Jews, believe their holy book is of divine origin re vealing God's intentions for humankind. - 2. Prayer. Five times a day, at dawn, noon, late afternoon, sunset and after nightfall, Mos lems throughout the wOrld face Mecca (the birthplace of Mo hammed) and engage in a set form of prayer. Private prayer at other times also is encouraged. - 3. Almsgiving. ' Moslems give alms either on an unstruc tured basis or' through tithing. Charity is viewed as a form of purificaUon. - ' 4. Fasting. Moslems fast during th~ month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Moham medan year. As in Jewish or Christian fasting, Moslems see this time as one of, repentance and of drawing close to God. The Koran also recommends volun tary fasting at other times of the year for the expiation of sin. - .5. The final pillar of Is lamic faith is a pilgrimage to Mecca. The faithful are enjoined to make a pilgrimage to Mecca once during their lifetime if they ,Turn to Page Thirteen

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ACCOMPANIED BY MOSLEM LEADERS, Pope John Paul II leaves the Lagos, Ni geria, airport during his 1982 visit to Africa.

Moslem·Christian similarities By Katherine Bird At first, historian of religion John Esposito was ,attracted to Islam by the strong faith o( Mos lem students and professors at Temple University in Philadel phia. He began to study Islam 15

years ago as a graduate student with a strong interest in world religions. He was intrigued when his Moslem friends refert-ed to it

. as' a cousin to Christianity' and Judaism. ' The religions are cousins, Es posito says, because they share a common ancestor in Abraham.' Now a historian of religion at Holy .Cross College, Worcester, Esposito notes that Jews and Christians trace their descent from Isaac, the son of Abraham and Sarah, whiie Moslems con sider' themselves ~escendants ,of Ishmael,. the son of Abraham and Hagar. The religions have other simi larities. Adherents worship a single divine being and each be lieves God has revealed himself to human beings and acts in history. . Believers in each, religion are "people of the book," Esposito said. For Moslems, the Koran 'is the sacred book of revelations, the "literal word of God." In his-pursuit of Islamic stud ies, Esposito spent four years in the Moslem woi'ld, traveling from Egypt through Malaysia.

What especially intrigued him as he talked with Moslem busi nessmen, 'politicians and religious leaders was their sense of cer ,tainty. I~eally, Islam plays a role in all of society, governing mar riage and divorce, economics and politics, Esposito said. This can be seen today, he noted, in certain Moslem coun tries which are experiencing a

For children II By JllIl1aan Manternach The evening air was warm. Sounds of families celebrating Passover filled the Jerusalem streets. Jesus and his disciples left the upper room and walked to a se cluded olive grove caIled Geth semani. They said very. little as they walked through the dark night. Once outside. the olive grove Jesus said t::> his friends, "Sit down here wh~le I pray." He asked Peter, James and John to go with him further in" ,side the grove. Jesus was filled with fear. "The sorrow in' my heart feels SIS if it is crushing me to death,':.' he confided to his three closest friends. "Remain here and stay awake." . Jesus walked a few yards Tum to page thirteen

There is a succession of con flict stories in Chapter 12 of Mark's Gospel. They heighten the impression of impending doom. But the attempts of the ad versaries of Jesus to trick him into making a self-incriminating remark only backfire. First there is a question: is it 'awful to pay taxes to the em- ' peror? Jesus' well-known answer is: "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, but give to God what is God's." What was of supreme impor tance was that people give God his due. The clear implication was that they were in arrears on this score. ' Now he receives a question about the resurrection from some Sadducees. He confounds them by pointing out that their' dE' ial .of a resurrection betrays an ig norance of both Scripture and of the power of God. Next comes a scribe's ques tion: "Which is the first of all the commandments?" The re sponse of Jesus links love for God and love for neighbor. The discussion about which was the first or greatest Of the commandments was merely acad emic. But the scribes liked acad emic questions. The incident itself proceeds amicably. The scribe asks the question. out of admiration for Jesus' astuteness. Then the scribe compliments Turn to Page Thirteen

resurgence of Isiam. According to Esposito, such countries are wary of excessive Western dom ination and want a more Islamic form of government, law and even dress. This often makes Is lam difficult to understand for Westerners.

There are other roadblocks as well. In some African countries today, Islam is the main chal lenge to' Chris,tianity.

After Chrisianity, it is the second largest world religion, and is the domin'ant religion in 43 countries. A 'barrier to understanding is a faIlout of the many years in past history when members of By Father Gerard Fuller, OMI the two religions were engaged Ali Hassan is his name. He is 'in combat, Esposito theorized. 29 years old, an Iranian struc Finally, Esposito sees the city tural engineer who came to the .of Jersusalem as both the "heart United States in 1977. of the problem" and the hope for We were having supper to future understanding among gether near the freeway construc Jews, Christians and Moslems. tion site outside East St. Louis Jerusalem has been a longtime where he was working. During center of controversy among the our time together, he explained three religions, yet it is also a many of the basics of his child symbol of what they share, for hood beliefs to me. Mohammed, the founder of Is it is a holy city for each religion. .Jived some 700 years after lam Esposito emphasized the im Christ. He shaped the discipline portance of dialogue in foster ing better relations among Chris , that interlaces the Moslem's daily practice of faith.. tians, Moslems and Jews. He ad Hassan was a bright student ded that there is a greater need who left home to study at age in the United States for Chris tian-Moslem dialogue than is 17. But he began to doubt his often realized, since there are faith. At the university, he became 5.5 million Moslems in this convinced that man is all there country. is - and man is good. Hassan says he would never lie or cheat; and that he wants to help his fellow humans. But he feels these urg~s do not come from God, but are ~atural; they come from himself. The young man spoke of pray ing .many times as a youth that God would help him pass his ex ~minations. Once when his moth er was injured he remembered praying fervently for her. As a child, Hassan felt it was God who aided him with his examinations and who healed his mother. ,But now he has decided Turn to Page ThIrteen

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Continued from page twelve Jesus on his answer. And Jesus also pays his questioner a hiKIt compliment: "You are not far from the reign of God.~' This reign is the working out of God's saving love. One opens one's heart to it by loving, by taking to heart Jesus' assessment; of the two great commandments': "There is no other command ment greater than these." Jesus now takes the initiative by posing a problem suggested by the wording of Psalm 110: "The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool." The real question which now emerges from the discussion is not: "Is the' Messiah David's son?" Rather, "In what sense is he his son?" It is a question designed to lead to acknowledgment of Je sus' true identity. He is the Messiah, yes, and the son of David, but in a sense far sur pasing the expectations of his hearers. As the hour of Jesus' passion grows near, the conflict with some religious 'leaders increases in intensity. Mark is careful to point out, however, that Jesus' quarrel was not with the Jew ish people, of whom he was one, but with some of their leaders. He takes those leaders to task for using religion to build up their own egos. Reprehensible as this is, even worse is the fact that they "de-

Five pillars Continued froIJ' page twelve possess the financial means. Be sides being a personal religious event, the pilgrimage offers sup port' to the community of be lievers and contributes to the ex change of ideas. There is a strain of contem plative prayer within Islam,' as in all the world's great religions. In recent years, more and more Westerners have discovered the riches of the Islamic Sufi mas" ters who have perfected their methods of meditation and achieved great spiritual insight. Islam has contributed much to art and architecture. Beautiful mosques Oiteraliy, places to pros trate oneself before God), like the great cathedrals of Europe, help raise the thoughts of faith ful Moslems to the sublime na ture of God. The Taj Mahal is perhaps the most noted and stun ning example of mosque archi tecture. Though Islam has' no priest hood or sacramental system, it has a well-developed leadership class which serves its millions of . members throughout the world. Islam is a faith rich in history and spiritual treasures. Like Christianity, it is the religion of hundreds of millions of people in Africa, in the Near East, In Asia. In those areas, Christians and Moslems are neighbors. But ~s the world grows smaller, Christians and Moslems find themselves near neighbors in the West, as well. The need for understanding and communi cation increases.

vour the savings of widows," taking advantage of the already disadvantaged. Mention of widows reminds Mark of a story about sincere piety. Jesus sees the people drop ping money into the temple col lection boxes. The wealthy are making large contributions, easily, casually. Not so easily or casually a poor widow deposits two little coins worth hardly anything. Jesus points out that her offer· ing is of more value than those of the rich. They have given what they'll never miss; she has given "from her want, all that she had to live on." She has given her life, aban doned herself completely and trustingly to the care of her heavenly father.

For children Continued from page twelve deeper into the olive grove, fell to the ground and lay there trembling, begging God to let the suffering he feared so much pass him by. Over and over he prayed, "Father, you ca~ do all things. Take this cup of pain away from me. But let what yO\! want, not what I want, be done." After a while Jesus got up and walked over to' his friends. They were sound asleep. Jesus woke up Peter. ",Are you asleep, Si mon?" Jesus asked sadly. "Could you not stay awake for even an hour? Be on your guard. Pray that you will not be put to the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." Jesus went· back to where he had been and prayed the same prayer. He begged his father to take the suffering from him. But he always offered to do whatever his father wanted. Again Jesus went back to his friends. Again he found them asleep. They could see how sad and afraid Jesus was but they did not understand what he was struggling with. Jesus went off and prayed again. A third time he came back and found the three sleeping. This time he sensed the end was near. "Still sleeping? Still resting?" Jesus chided his friends. "It will have to do. The hour is here. You are about to see me, the son of man, handed over to evil men." Just then sounds were heard in the darkness. Jesus saw torches moving' between ihe trees and the figures of a mob of men. He knew they were looking for him. "Get up and come along," Jesus said to Peter, James and John, "See! My betrayer is very close."

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Continued from page, twelve that science is more helpful than religion. He thinks humanity will evolve, that people will p6ssess more knowledge and will help their fellow human beings more. The reason for existence is a question that bothers' Hassan. But, he finds meaning for life in various ways, suggesting for ex ample, that people live on in their children. When I pressed him, Hassan DR. DANIEL T. HAR· admitted that his generous na· RINGTON has been named ture and honest outlook come president of the -medical from his parents, strict Moslems who tried to raise him the same staff of St. Anne's Hospital, way. His father is a doctor who Fall River. A graduate of is "uncompromisingly honest," he Holy Cross College and said. Tufts University School of I saw in Hassan many young Medicine, he served as a people of today's world, and I medical officer in, the U.S. thought how much young peo ple are .linked in their questions Navy. Associated' with St. and in their attitudes. So many Anne's since 1971 as an in young people have broad inter ternist, he is also chairman ests and are generous of nature of the Fall River Board of and outgoing, but somewhat Health and the Fall River earthbound in their vision and Poit Authority and presi. somewhat suspicious of the dis ciplines and customs of their dent of the Fall River Line religions. Pier. I genuinely liked Hassan and I told him I felt that despite his questioning, he was basically Less Notetaking religious because of his desire "He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever for honesty, goodness and mercy. Jesus, Mohammed and all great taking note of others and above all of their sins, lest he fall int«;> religious teachers stress the need for mercy and love, I' observed. wrath and bitterness and a judg ing spirit towards his neighbors." He was surprised and said, "Then you and I are very much alike." - Johannes Tauler

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Plans are underway' for a Career Awareness Day to be held in May. Juniors and seniors are listing their career interests and a parents' committee, together with school guidance personnel, will contact speakers in the in dicated areas. '

. By Tom LeDnon . Q. I would Ilke to get married

At recent basketball games, at sometime. but rn neVer be able tention has focused on the to afford it. You see. I can't even stands as well as the playing afford dating. fm always broke ' court. The object: Stang's young _ even though I have twp Jobs. est fan, two-month-old Ross For I wish you·cl show me some way tin, who accompanies mom and to solve this problem. · dad, Mr. and Mrs. Henry F., to Here are some of my expenses games. It's not true that he wails connected with dating. My boots when opponents make baskets cost $90. Getting my body-perm FOR THE DOZENTH time in 19 years, Coyle and Cassidy High School runners are and coos when Stang's doing the hair styling was $40 last week. dunking. The shirt I'm wearing now was City of Taunton Cross-Country Champs. Receiving Paul Fraga Memorial Trophy, honor $25. My new Jeans cost $40. If I ing a fQrmer Taunton High School\harrier, from Coyle High School graduate and fo~er take my girl out for dlnner, C-C coach Edward Tompson are runners Mike' Labonte and· Chuck Berthelette. Right, that's about $50. I also make present C-C cross-country coach Brad Fitzgerald. payments on a used spo~ ear. The student council will spon Those are Just some of my ex sor a dance from 8 to 11 p.m, penses. And you have to spend. messages of 'love. Also on the or her homeroom teacher ex Sunday. The boys'basketball that much money if you want to week's program was a poster pressing thanks for cooperation team will play Stang at 6 p.m. Impress a good-looking girl. (In contest. and dedication. The day was Eighth graders of Polish de~ tomorrow at C-C, while girls will diana) At Taunton Catholic Middle highlighted by the school basket scent residing in Mass'achusetts travel to Cardinal Spellman for School the week began with a ball team winning the Taunton A. Do you reatly want to im- , are eligible to enter the 23rd an a game at 6 p.m. Wednesday. press a good-looking girl who is nual essay contest sponsored by NI.ass. A spelling bee and essay city championship. But pride fell the following day when the fac During vacation week the dumb enough to think that $90 the Massachusetts 'Federation of 'and poster contests were fea tured and there was a Ma,roon ulty was victorious over the stu ·weight room at the Taunton boots make the man? Polish Women's Clubs. and Gold ·Day during which each dents in a hard-fought volley school will be open from 9 a.m. Would you really want to This year's essay topics are student received a note from his ball game. to noon Monday through Friday. spend a lifetime 'with someone "Pope JO,hn Paul II" or "Solid who thinks the price of' a shirt 'arity-Lech Walesa." Essays

is more important than the man? must be between 250 and 300

test exists to measure the depth Is something vastly different words and include a bibliogra

or rightness of love. We cannot from an expensive sports car phy. Further information is

be sure at the start about the needed to build a happy life and available from Mrs. Cecelia

future of a relationship. 'a happy marriage? " Swiszcz, 43 Central Ave., New

But neither is love strictly What might that be? Bedford 02745, Entf.ies should

magic, the type of "head-over Are you willing to date only be mailed to her by March 31.

heels" experience the song de someone who qualifies as a Miss ·scribes. Indeed, love often af The first prize is $50; second,

Bunny of the Month? If so, you fects our emotions tremendously. $25; third, $15; fourth and fifth,

may miss some wonderful wo ·But if emotion remains the pri $10 each. Five honorable men

men, perhaps even the o'ne wom mary basis of our love, we can By Charlie Martin

an you could live happily: with tion book awards will be made

be sure that we have not reached and all entrants will receive cer- .

fora lifetime. ' TRULY the "truly in love" state. Whether we admit it or not, t.ificates of participation. The

Real love includes apprecia first prize winner's .sChool will

all of us, men and women, boys Girl tell me only this

• tion for the diverse qualiti~s of receive a donation from the fed

and girls, are affected by the cul That I have your heart for always

the other. And that takes time. ture of our modem world. In eration.

And you want me bv your side

People "truly in love" find many ways, that culture is shal WhIspering the words .

something new in each other low, materialistic and even "I'll always love you"

continually. No matter what mu pagan. It often values~ wealth And forever

sic, the movies or television may With a theme of trust, stu-'

and possessions more than per I will be your lover tell us, real love does not hap . dents at St. Anne's School,' Fall sons. And I know If you really care

pen quickly. There are some strong indica- . River marked Catholic Schools

I will always be there.

tions in your questions that you Week. Activities were keyed to

Another quality of love is per Now I need to tell you this

have been influenced by. that trust in ea'Ch other, in families,

severance. Sharing with another There's 00 other love llke your love

culture. You might, if you're not in teachers and' staff, in the

.is certain to bring conflicts. And I as long ·as I llve

careful, end up being endlessly' church and in the community

Couples must learn to be fair I'll give you all the Joy frustrated by desiring possessions . and nation. They included sur fighters, able to negotiate their My heart and' soul can give

that you will never be able to prises from· teachers' for stu

needs and wants in such a way Let me hold you

afford. dents, .such as no homework or

that both emerge as winners. I need to have you near me

Could you soon spend some an ,extended recess; service proj

And I feel with you In my arms

Although Richie does not men time alone examining your way ects on the part of older stu

This love will ,last forever.

tion this, true love possesses of life and thinking about what dents for younger, thank you

Because fm tnI1y

something of God. Love, like will make you genuinely happy cards and good deeds for par

Truly, in love with you girl

,God, defies definition and is ai ' in the long run? ents; learning about each other's

I'm truly

')Yays .greater than the examples Ask too what it is that makes ethnic backgrounds; spending

Head over heels with your love

·we use to describe it. a person truly worthwhile. . time in prayer; celebrating a

I need you

Does yoor shared love open , . Then consider at length .these special -liturgy; and releasing

And with your love ,I·m you up to an expanded sense ot And truly . I .

often quoted words of St. Paul: hundreds of balloons bearing

mystery in your life? "Love is patient and kind. You lmow you're all right with me.

transcends both magic and meas LIONEL IDCHIE'S biggest· hit Those lyrics prompt a ques or proud; love is not all-mail

urement. But given the willing nered or selfish or irritable. Love to date is' "Truly." The song was tion: How do we know when we ness to make an effort, each of does not keep a record of wrongs; in the Top 10 for .the last months are truly in love?

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D of I,'ATTLEBORO Father Kevin J. Harrington will show slides at an open meeting of Alacazaba' Circle, Daughters of Isabella, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3 at K of C Hall, Hodges Street. The circle will 'hold a com munion breakfast with St. John's Knights of Columbus Council at the hall following 9 a.m. Mass Sunday, March 20, at St. Mary's Church, Norton. ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET First communion candidates' will receive first penance at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Adults wishing to be confirmed will meet ,at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. Candidates should bring bap tismal and first communion cer .tlficatesand a sponsor certificate for non-parishioner sponsors. C'Onfirmation will be admln istered in ,the parish at 7 p.m. Monday, March 7. O.L. GR~CE, WESTPORT Stations of the cross will be conducted at 7 tonight. The Couples'· Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. A Blue and Gold Cub Scout banquet is scheduled for Sun day, Feb. 27, in the parish cen ter. Information: 636-8747. The Women's Guild will meet In the center at 7:30 p.m. Wed nesd'ay, March 2. LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO A family liturgy will be cele brated by Father Joseph Ross, MS, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the People's Chapel. Father Ross notes that "family" includes 'any grouping of ~elatives or friends. , A 12-week '.'3D" Diet, Disci pline 'and Discipleship program is being formed at the shrine for men 'and. women with weight, smpking, drinking and other problems resulting from lack of self-discipline. Tools such as diet, exercise, group support, scripture, prayer and tapes will :be used to help participants develop new habits in spirituaHty, eaUng, work, use of time 'and care for others. An introductory meeting· will be held 'at the shrine monastery at 10 a.m. Saturday,' Feb. 26. All welcome. A healing'· service ineliJdlng Mass and the laying on of hands will be directed by Father·Andre Patenaude, MS, at the ~rineat 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. '.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK ~ The parish's Special Events and Easter Choir rehearses at 7 p.m. each Thursday. Stations of the cross are con 'ducted following 9 ,a.m~ Mass . each Tuesday and 7 p.m. Mass each Friday of Lent. Vincentlans will meet after 10 a.m. Mass Sunday. A parish Friendship Night is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, in the CCD center. Young married oouples will meet in the center Saturday, March 5. MEMORIAL ·HOME, FR The resident council met yes terday and members heard a talk from David Gallant, busi ness office head. Kay Fallon and John Wardle were named king and queen of the ,Mardi Gras celebration held recently at the home. ST. STANISLAUS, FR Cable TV channels 13 and 26 will show a Lenten series, in Cluding films of ,the parish family Mass, on Monday, Feb. 21 and 28 and March 4. T,he parish will sponsor a Polish art' exhibit at the Fall River Art Society from March 6 to March 20, with an opening reception on March 6. Lenten programs on "Fear: How To Overcome It" will be offered by Dr. Rick Varieur in the school hall at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 and 27 ,and March 6, following 6:30 p.m. Lenten ser vices in the church. SACRED HEAIltT,FR Confirmation candidates will meet tomorrow. HOLY NAME, FR A day ,of recollection for con firmation candidates with last names beginning A to H will take place March 12. Initials J to Z will 'attend a program March 19. Lenten dally Masses will be at 7 a.m., noon and 5:15 p.m.

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FR A Lenten trlduum will be 'held

March 10 through 12 with Fa

ther Felix Lesnek, SS.CC., as guest preacher. An organ ,recital series will begin at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, continuing to 'about 1:15 p.m., with Glenn Giuttari, cathedral director of music,as the first player to be heard. Subsequent recitals, all at the ~ame time, will feature Steven Young, March 1; Patricia Reyn olds, Mareh ~; Richard Pitre, 8J, March 15; Kevin Birch, March 22. Parents of first communion candidates will meet Sunday in the school following 10 a.m. Mass. Also on Sunday, the par ish council will meet ,at 7:15 p.m. at the rectory. The children's choir is prac ticing for Holy Week services. New members are welcome and rehearsals are held at 3:45 p.m. Monday at the school music room. . Cake decorating will be dem onstrated at ·a Women's Guild meeting set for Tuesd'ay, March 1. PASTORAL MUSICIANS The diocesan chapter of the National Pastoral. Musicians' Guild will 'hold a ~o~rd meeting at 11 a.m. Tuesday In the choir

office at St. Mary's Cathedral,

Fall River. Observers welcome.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Tying for first place in the sixth annual parish, Gong, Show were Trinidad, a rock band, and A Touch of Ireland, a comedy and dance team. XAVIER SOCIETY, NYC

A free braille calendar is

'available to any visually handi

capped person on application to the Xavier Society for the Blind, 154 E. 23 St., New York, N.Y. 10010. ST. MARY, NB The Tuesday morning discus sion group which meets from 10 to 11 a.m. is conducting a Len ten series, "Believe the Good News." All welcome. A holy hour and Benediction service will be held at 7:15 p.m. each Monday of Lent. Daily Mass will be offered at 7 a.m. preceded by the rosary and litany of our Lady.

ST. ANNE, FE Prayers are requested for DEAF APOSTOLATE parishioners participating in a Members will attend Mass at GIFT retreat this weekend. 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St. James Those interested in serving on . Church, New Bedford. A social ,a commission setting up a par honoring Fred and Gladys Ma ish council may contact the cedo, who recently marked their 40th wedding anniversary, will parish office. follow in the parish hall. FAMILY LIFE CENTER A signed Mass Is offered at 5 An Engaged Encounter week p.m. each first Sunday of the end begins tonight at the North month at St. Francis Xavier Dartmouth center. Church, Hyannis. The inter O.L. OF ANGELS, FR preter is Michael Swanson. Father Thomas J. '!'obin, CSC, Signed Masses are offered at 9:30 a.m. each SUQday at St. of the Holy Cross Fathers Mis sion Band of North Dartmouth Ant~ony of Padua Church, Fall River, and at 10:30 a.m. each .will' conduct a parish retreat at 7 each evenlnR from Sunday, Sunday at St. John the Baptist, Feb. 27,through Friday, March New Bedford. 4. ~he ,s.er-vlce will consist of ST. RITA, MARION . . Mass; confession and discussions. CCD classes will make the There will bean opportunity stations of ,the cross' at 3 p.m: ·for; .private·, consultations with Mondays ·and Tuesdays of Lent. Father Tobin. . Parents and others are welcome. .. Born in Cambridge, he studi~d . . ' ; at Boston University, Stonehill STONEHILL COLLEGE, .. College and the Gregorian Uni N. EASTON . '. . ·ver(lity in Rome. He has taught, Plans Ihave been announced served as 'a, vocational director BL. SACRAMENT A~ORERS for 'an addition to the college . for his' community and since The· Adorers· lanno~~ce a' se gymnasium, more ~an_ dCi':l~I!ng. '1959 has preached ·retreats for ries of Lenten 'adoration· "hours, the present 'athletl<:. facllIttes. pariShes and religious commu to be conducted by Fathe'r Rene Completion is exp~cted .by. Ocnlties In .the United States and Belanger, SS., !Ht.Sacred, Helirts tober. .' Canada .and military personnel, Church, Fairhaven. Based on throughout the world. the Seven Last Words from the NOTRE DAME, FR

Cross, .they· 'will take place ,from Lenten Masses, "all in the

ONlVFUll·LlNE RELIGIOUS 7 to 8 p.m, Feb... ~ and 28 and GIFT STORE ON THE CAPE

Lourdes chapel will be at 7:15 March 7, 14; 2i and 29. Coffee and 8 a.m. and 'at 7 p.m.

• OPEN: Mon· SII; 8 • 5:30 will be'served. 'All welcome. The annual parish credit union ·OPEN7DAYS . meeting will be·held at 2 p,m. during lumllllr HOS,PICE OUTREACH, FR Sunday at Notre Dame school 9-8:30 • III!!!!!!~~ Volluitee'rs "are needed to hall. ..~transport patientS for therapy to • .'?a" '

Hospital beds and wheelchairs Fall River and' Boston 'hospitals. are ,available at no charge for A mileage fee and liability cov parishioners' 'us~e. Information:' erage ,~'re provide,cl by the Charles' Lavoie, 672-9129. America" Cancer Sotiety. An

ST. JAMES, NB

informa~f()nal meeting on the Lenten daily Masses will be

program will be held at 2 p.m. 428,Main SI : HyannIS Tuesday, March'I, at Clemence offered at 7 and 9 a.m. and 5:15 775-4180 p.m. The stations of the cross

Hall, 243 Forest st" Fall River. John & Mary lees, Props.

will. be conducted at 4:45 p.m. Other information: Linda Valley, 673-1589. . each Friday.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 18, 1983 ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA A kindergarten pl'ogram is held in the lower rectory each Sunday during 10 a.m. Mass. ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA Parishioners aware of anyone in need of 'assistance with food or fuel expenses may notify the rectory so that the St. Vincent de Paul Society may offer as sistance. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Mass will be celebrated at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday of Lent. The Men's League will meet Sunday. Feb. 27.

BL. SACRAMENT, Flit The parish banner committee will meet in the near future to prepare banners for Lent and for .reception of the sacraments of first Eucharist and confir mation. New members are wel come. Information: 673-2408. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET The stations of the cross will be conducted at 7:15 p.m. each Tuesday of Lent. MQrning pray er and Benediction are held each Wednesday In conjunction with' 9' a.m. Mass.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 18, 1983

By Bill Monissette

portswQtch L(~lndry,

Lopes Among Leading Scorers

Kevin Landry' of the Bishop Feehan High School Shamrocks and Bob Duarte of New Bedford High's Crimson are engaged in a hot race for individual scoring honors in the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Div ision One and Holy Family's Steve Lopes is the top scorer in Division Three. Overall for the season Landry had scored 32 points in 16 games for a 20.0 average only a mere fraction behind Duarte who was the leader with 302 points in 15 games averaging 20.1 as the conference entered the final week of its regular sea son, which ends with tonights's games with the exception of one game, scheduled for Feb. 25. At the conclusion of last week's play Lopes had caged 315 points in 16 games for an average of 19.7.

Landry and Duarte, however, are not the only contenders for top scoring honors' overall in the conference. Despite the team's losing season the Qld Rochester Bulldogs' Mike Reeves had aver aged 20:0 with 340 points in 17 games. Season finales tonight in the are Bishop Connolly at Attleboro, Barnstable at Bish op Feehan, Somerset at New Bedford, Falmouth at Durfee in Division One, Bishop Stang at Coyle-Cassidy, Wareham at Dennis-Yarmouth, New Bedford Voke-Tech at Dartmouth and Fairhaven at Old Rochester in Division Two, Case at Dighton Rehoboth, Holy Family at :west port and Diman Voke at Bourne. Still remaining, however, is Dighton-Rehoboth at Holy Family next Friday. ~6nference

Marcin Sisters Pace Feehan Senior Stephanie and junior Christy Marcin have bee'n impor-

tant cogs in the ,Bishop Feehan High School girls basketball

team's drive for the conference's Division Two crown. . Stephanie, averaging 15 points per game and strong on cap ,turing rebounds, was named to the Attleboro Sun Chronicle and the conference's first team as a junior. She has been named to the all-star tournament in the Attleboro Area Women's Tourna ment in both her junior and ,senior years. Her sister, Christy, is captain and floor leaders of' ,this season's team and averag~s some eight points per game in ,her starting guard position. The Marcin sisters are the

daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph P. Marcin of Whiting ~oad, Wrentham. Stephanie ,plans to work in social services, while Christy hopes to continue her education in the field of nursing. The Somerset High School gymnastics team has won the conference's championship with, its eighth consecutive undefeated conference season. The Blue Railerettes rang down the cur tain on their amazing conference record - 82 wins without a loss - with a 119.8 to ~5 vic tory over Case in the conference ,finale:

Girls' Track Meet Big Success The first e.ver Girls' Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Division One winter track meet in the Luke Urban Field House, Durfee High School, attracted 250 competitors. Seekonk won the championship with 74 points followed by Falmouth and Somerset 58, New Bedford 27, Bishop Stang 26, Attleboro 22" Dartmouth .18, Barnstable. 12, Durfee and Feehan 10, New Bedford Voke-Tech 7, ,Fairhaven 2. Stang's Ann Marie Burke won the 300-yard dash in 40.4. In Bristol County, CYO Hockey League games last Sun

day night in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, New Bedford blanked Seekonk, 6-0, and Marion de feated Fall River South, 4-0. 'Next Sunday night's games are Marion vs. Mansfield at nine _ o'clock, New Bedford vs. Fall River South at 10. The standings: New Bedford

14-1-1 (won, lost, tied), Mans field 6-6-3, Fall River ,South 5-8 3, Marion 6-9-1, Seekonk 4-11-2. ' Timothy White of Durfee High School was the winner of the 1982 Vince Lombardi Block of Granite Award. It was presented to him at an awards dinner last Sunday. The award is sponsored by the Greater Fall River Chap ter of the American Cancer Society.

Padre Pio cause moves forward'

Renowned for decades as a confessor and ascetic, Padre Pio has been the subject of several . books. Italians flocked to him by ·the thousands during his life, and his grave has,been a pilgrim age site since his death in 1968. Father Robert Sarno, an Am erican official of the Vatican Congregation for Saints' Causes, told NC News Feb. 14 that the tribunal will be set up in the Archdiocese of Manfredonia in southern Italy, where Our Lady of Grace Monastery Basilica in is San Giovanni Rotondo located. Padre Pio died at the monas tery on Sept. 23, 1968, and is buried in a crypt behind its main altar. The tribunal will study Padre Pio's writings and question wit nesses in order to determine "whether he lived the theologi cal and cardinal virtues in a heroic manner." The cause for beatification and eventual canonization of Padre Pio was introduced at the Vatican in January 1973. Its documentation includes 12 vol umes of Padre Pio's writings and a list of 93 witnesses who knew the priest.

Padre Pio was .born Francesco VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope

Forgione on May 25, 1887, in John Paul II has approved es

P·ietralciJna. He was ordained ~ablishment of an archdiocesan

Aug. 10, 1910, and received the tribunal to investigate the beati

stigmata at the age of 31. fication cause' of Padre Pio of Pietralcina, ,an Italian Capuchin The Holy See has never ruled priest who bore the stigmata on whether the Franciscan re the marks of Christ's crucifixion ceived the stigmata through - on his hands, feet and side. supernatural intervention.

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