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Prelate asks alien regulations change WASHINGTON (NC) - The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration has called on Congress to ease legalization requirements and to extend for one year the period in which illegal aliens can apply for legalization.

Newark Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick also urged allowing aliens whb entered the United States between Jan. I, 1982 - the current legalization eligibility cutoff date - and Nov. 6, 1986, to apply to become legalized U.S. residents.

Nov. 6, 1986, is the date the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 went into effect. It allows aliens who have resided illegally in the United States since before Jan. I, 1982, to apply for legalization. The present legalization application period ends May 5.

that their labor merits ... don't have any kind' of safety net."

With employer sanctions for hiring illegal aliens, said Gilbert Carrasco, also of Migration and Refugee Services." there is a higher likelihood that undocumented workers will be exploited and ... will be much less likely to complain about any abuses in the workplace."

Faithful enter Lenten season

On Ash Wednesday the church reminds us that we are mortal, Bishop Qaniel A. Cronin told an overflow congregation at St. Mary's Cathedral on Ash Wednesday.

At a solemn noontime liturgy and distribution of ashes the bishop said that imposition of ashes on In his statement Archbishop Mc- the foreheads of the faithful signiCarrick warned that the United fies that one's. time on earth is States is "in danger of creating a limited and that one should look dispossessed. disenfranchised un- towards eternal life. derclass subsisting on the edge of "We should be serious, not somour society." ber, at the beginning of Lent and should see to it that our Lent is In seeki ng a legislative approach grace-filled," he said, noting that to dealing with the issue, Arch- the season presents the opportunbishop McCarrick said in his state- ity to "make a good confession, do ment. "we must keep reminding penance and above all take control ourselves that illegal immigration of ourselves by fast. abstinence. is more than a question of public self-denial and intense prayer." policy.

The bishop reflected that if the entire world took such advice, "It is above everything else a great changes would be observed. problem of real people, with real "When Easter comes," he said, families who are in great need of "we can rejoice with the risen Lord our assistance. In an overzealous and look forward to the day when effort to control our borders, the we will live eternally with him. In U.S. government must be careful the meantime the church asks us in not to create an even greater social this season of Lent to reflect on problem for the future." who we are."

The archbishop said the U.S. bishops recommend that Congress pass new legislation that would give more assurances to families in which some members are eligible for legalization and some are not; reduce legalization fees; and relax continuous residency and documentation requirements.

In a recent interview, Msgr.

Nicholas DiMarzio, executive director of the U.S. Catholic Conference's Department of Migration and Refugee Services, said studies . show that "perhaps twice as many people [in the United States] are still undocumented as were legalized."

"That's a substantial underclass," he said. "That's 2 million people at least - 2 million people who don't have permission to work, most likely don't have Social Security coverage, don't have basic benefits

Papal Comments In Rome, Pope John Paul II told Ash Wednesday attendants at his weekly general audience that by humbling himself on Earth, Christ showed what being human truly means: Although divine, Christ "emptied himself' by becoming human, the pope told pilgrims and visitors.

This emptying "does not mean in any way that he ceased to be God: that would be absurd," the pope said. Rather, it meant assuming human nature, with all of its sufferings, in order to "live in obedience to the Father" until his death on the cross.

Jesus renounced the "privileges" of divinity to "assume the form of a servant," the pope said, noting that his earthly existence bore "the mark of poverty" from the beginning.

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POPE JOHN PAUL II is blessed with an American eagle feather by medicine m.an .

Emmett White during the pope's meeting last September !n Phoenix ~i~h 16,~OO Native Americans. The annual collection for Black and Native Amencan home mISSIOns wIll be taken up this weekend in diocesan parishes. (NC photo)

Home Missions work financial magic Last year, fQr every dollar contributed to the annual Home Missions collection, over $1.02 went directly to evangelization efforts among Blacks and Native Americans, notes Msgr. JohnJ. Oliveira, Episcopal Vicar for Administration and diocesan director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

This bit of financial magic was' made possible, he explained, because mission grants are disbursed semiannually, accumulating interest prior to disbursement.

Support derived from the collection, to be taken up this weekend in diocesan parishes, goes "to some of the neediest people of our country; from the inner cities to the rural South, from the deserts of the Southwest to Alaska's cold wilderness," said Msgr. Paul A. Lenz, executive director of the Black and Native American Mission Office in Washington, D.C. Pope John Paul II spoke to home mission needs last September, said Msgr. Lenz. The pope's com-

ments came when he addressed the Black community in New Orleans and Native Americans in Phoenix.

The Home Missions coIlection is the oldest national Catholic collection in the nation, dating back to 1885. Some may feel it is outdated, but in fact "it is needed more today than in any prior decade," said Msgr. Lenz.

"Almost every city has Black and Native American people," he continued. "Often they have been Turn to Page Six

Vatican document lauded DALLAS (NC) - A speaker at a medical-moral conference for Catholic bishops defended the Vatican document on procreation as "a sure guide" for respecting human life in its origin and preserving the dignity of procreation.

He also said the document, issued one year ago by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was not an obstacle to technological enhancements of human life but caIled attention to what can be destructive to life.

The speaker, Ralph Mcinerny, philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame and a novelist, addressed an annual workshop for bishops held earlier this month in Dallas. It was sponsored by the Pope John XXIII MedicalM oral Research and Education Center, based in Braintree, and the Knights of Columbus.

About 210 bishops, including Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, from

the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Antilles attended the conference.

There were several speakers but the text of Mcinerny's address was the only one made available.

The Vatican document was titled "Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day." It said virtually all forms of procreation techniques that do not involve sexual intercourse between a husband and wife are morally wrong and a threat to humanity. It condemned in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood and other procreative techniques and warned against genetic engineering, embryo freezing, fetal experimentation and prenatal diagnostics.

"The instruction is a sure guide on how respect from human life in its origin can be shown and the dignity of procreation preserved,"

Mcinerny said.

He added that the Vatican document was not "an obstacle" to technological enhancement of human life but instead called "attention to the fact that we can do things, with or without technology, which are destructive of the human."

Mcinerny said many people support in vitro fertilization between a husband and wife' who strongly desire children and could not have them otherwise, but that the document is against it because "once the unitive character of the marriage act is denied one has in principle accepted all sorts of things, undreamt of things."

"N ot only is the technician the proximate cause of the new life, but time elapses oetween the taking of sperm and egg and fertilization," he said, adding that if the Turn to Page Six

Prelate sees need of Panama reform VATICAN CITY (NC) - In Panama, which has a "dire contrast between the rich and' the poor," democracy requires socioeconomic reforms as well as free elections, says Archbishop Marcos McGrath of Panama City.

Free elections must be within a political structure which is "at the service of the common good and which must serve for socioeconomic democracy and socioeconomic rights," he said in a recent telephone interview with Vatican Radio.

Panama has been under military rule for 20 years.

"We are trying to raise a consciousness among our people that we have to work for better socioeconomic structures that will serve the dignity and full human life of all our people" said the archbishop.

"Political structures should be oriented not only toward formal democracy, but toward real democracy" which assures greater socioeconomic equality. he said.

The Panamanian church has been trying "to orient our govern. ment since the military takeover in 1968 toward a form of civil democracv." he said.

The archbishop did not comment on a recent Miami grand jury indictment of Noriega on charges of drug trafficking and racketeerIng. In Panama. Noriega has been accused of corruption by former high-ranking government officials.

Lawsuit threatens church freedom, say bishops

JANE SELLMAYER, left, a past president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and chairman of the council's annual retreat, to be held March 11 through 13 at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, reviews retreat details with Alice Lt>ew, Church Communities Commission chairman, center, and current DCCW president Dorothy Curry. The retreat will be led by Father Joseph M. Costa, parochial vicar at 51. John of God parish, Somerset, and themed "Mary, Christ Bear~r." Information is available from district presidents and from Mrs. Sell mayer, 285-5736. Deadline for reservations is March I.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - A 7The attorneys a;gued that "forcyear-old lawsuit against the U.S. ing the Roman Catholic bishops Catholic bishops threatens the of the United States to disclose freedom of all religions to speak internal documents to persons who out on any public issue, the bishops' oppose the church's religious conference told the U.S. Supreme teaching on abortion would intrude Co~rt in a request to have the suit upon the church's exercise of its dismissed.

First Amendment rights in the Letting the case continue could past and discourage the full expreslead to similar suits "by virtually sion of those rights in the future." anyone who disagrees with the statements of any religious organThe bishops' attorneys suggested ization on a broad range of moral that even if the high court decides issues that confront the American that the lawsuit is valid, it should public," the bishops said in their dismiss it as frivolous. written argument on the case.

They said that if the IRS should The National Council of revoke the church's tax-exempt Churches and nine other Christian status, the bishops "would or Jewish groups have filed friend- undoubtedly invoke" their legal of-the-court briefs supporting the right to challenge such revocation position of the Catholic bishops. with a completely new trial in The U.S. government, through which the previous decision would a separate brief filed with the "serve, at most, as advice,"leading Supreme Court, expressed a sim- to "duplication ofjudicial efforts." ilar view.

The bishops' brief was submitted by attorneys ,for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference. A decision by the high court is The third annual Fall River Dioexpected before its current term cesan Conference for Separated/ends this summer.

At issue is whether Abortion Divorced Catholics will take place Rights Mobilization and other from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturgroups and individuals who back day, March 12, at St. Patrick's legalized abortion had the right to parish center, Somerset.

Sponsored by the diocesan Office sue the Internal Revenue Service of Family Ministry and hosted by 'over the Catholic Church's tax exemption and to subpoena the the Fall River Area Separated/NCCB-USCC for internal church Divorced Support Group, it is open to all separated and divorced documents.

Catholics. Its theme will be "LivThe challenged lawsuit was ing Water." originally filed in 1980. It alleged The day will begin with registrathat Catholic organizations have tion and coffee from 8:30 to 9 a.m., backed pro-life political candidates, followed by opening prayer led by violating IRS regulations' that Father John P. Cronin, spiritual prohibit politicking by religious director of the host group. organizations.

Father Ronald A. Tosti, director of the Office of Family MinisThe plaintiffs claimed that by failing to revoke the church's tax try, will welcome participants and introduce M. Patricia Gillis, repreexemption the IRS gave preferensenting Region I of the North tial treatment to Catholic antiabortion beliefs. They said this American Conferetlce of Separated/ Divorced Catholics. denigrated and stigmatized their Workshops will be held from own opposing beliefs and harmed their ability to participate equally 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. and again from in the political process in support 1 to 2: 10 and 2:20 to 3:30 p.m.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will of those beliefs. celebrate Mass' at II a.m. and The NCCB and USCC, called into the case as witnesses repres- lunch will follow. Participants will have the opportunity to receive the enting all U.S. Catholic institutions, were ordered in 1986 to pay sacrament of reconciliation before $100,000 a day in fines for refusing the afternoon workshops begin.

Preregistration for the conferto obey subpoenas for internal church records issued by the U.S. ence closes March 4 and early registrants will have first choice of District Court in New York.

The fines were delayed pending workshops they wish to attend, said organizers. appeals.

Further information and regisIn calling for dismissal of the tration forms are available from lower-court case, attorneys for the the Diocesan Office of Family bishops argued that: Ministry, 500 Slocum Road, North - Abortion Rights Mobiliza- Dartmouth 02747, tel. 999-6420. tion and its fellow plaintiffs are Workshop Listings simply "legal bystanders" who 9:30-10:45 Self-Esteem - Positive have made no claim of illegal or • Thinking: Helen T. McCarthy, discriminatory action against them Bridgewater State College by the federal goverment, and who Forgiveness-Beginning Again: thus have no legal basis under U.S. Rev. Paul T. Connell, Associate law, to sue the government.

Judicial Vicar, Worcester Diocese - The alleged "denigration" 1:00-2: 10 Preparing So I Need Not Be Alone: Sister Jane Hogan. and "stigma" claimed by the plainOSF. Associate Director. The tiffs are "too general to support" Listening Place. Lynn because the plaintiffs have alleged Annulments: Rev. Jay T. Mad"only some vague impairment" dock, Vice-Officialis. Diocese of and not the "distinct and palpaFall River ble" direct personal injury which 2:20-3:30 Sexuality and Spirituality: courts require as grounds to sue.

Rev. James O'Donohoe, Boston - Even if the plaintiffs could Collegefacuity. Doctor of Church show real injury, they cannot meet Law and Moral Theology court tests requiring them to show Relaxation Techniques for Copthat revocation of the church's tax ing with Stress: Helen T. McCarexemption would relieve that thy injury.

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Abp. Bevilacqua installed: Bp. Wuerl to Pittsburgh WASHINGTON(NC)- Bishop Donald W. Wuerl, former auxiliary bishop of Seattle, has been named by Pope John Paul II to be bishop of the diocese of Pittsburgh.

The bishop, 47, a Pittsburgh native, succeeds Archbishop Anthony J. Bevilacqua, now head of the archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Archbishop Bevilacqua's installation marked both the end of the 27-year-tenure of Cardinal John J. Krol and the first time in archdiocesan history that a living prelate transferred his powers of governance to a successor.

The ceremony took place at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul before a congregation of 1,900. Among the 100 bishops attending were five other U.S. cardinals- Cardinals Bernard F. Law of Boston, Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago, and John J. O'Connor of New York; retired Cardinal John J. Carberry of St. Louis; and Cardinal William W. Baum, head of Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education.

Also present were Archbishop Pio Laghi, Vatican pronuncio to the United States, and more than 900 priests from the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn dioceses.

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey, Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode and U.S. Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., also attended the installation.

Cardinal Krol, 77, who in retirement will continue to be a special adviser on Vatican finances, received a standing ovation before addressing the congregation near the end of the ceremony.

Bishop Wuerl holds bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in Washington. He completed studies for the priesthood at the North American College, Rome, where he was ordained Dec. 17, 1966.

He holds a doctorate in theology from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, commonly known as the.Angelicum.

He was secretary to the future Cardinal John Wright, then bishop of Pittsburgh from 1967 to 1969 and in 1969, when Cardinal Wright became head of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, the future Bishop Wuerl went to Rome as his secretary.

Following Cardinal Wright's death in 1979. then-Father Wuerl returned to Pittsburgh and served until 1985 as vice rector and then rector of St. Paul Seminary.

11'1 1982 he also became executive secretary to Bishop 'John A. Bishop Wuerl Marshall of Burlington, Vt., who With appointment in December headed a papally mandated study 1985 as auxiliary bishop of Seatof U.S. seminaries. tle, Bishop Wuerl became a major In 1985, he became associate figure in the controversy over Archgeneral secretary of the Pittsburgh bishop Raymond G. I-lunthausen's diocese. He was ordained a bishop administration of that archdiocese. . by Pope John Paul on Jan. 6, '1986.

On Sept. 4, 1986, Archbishop H unthausen announced that the Vatican had instructed him to relinSince 1984 he has served as a quish authority over several key . consultor to the Vatican Congreareas of church life to Bishop gation for Clergy.

Wuerl. Among the areas were liturIn a 1980 NC News interview, gy, priestly formation and educaBishop Wuerl recalled a meeting tion and the marriage court. The he had with Pope John Paul the Vatican action drew criticism from previous year where they discussed Catholics' in Seattle and elsewhere his return to Pittsburgh and his in the nation. seminary duties.

After a U.S. bishops' commis"The pope said, 'I hear that you sion helped resolve the case, Bishop don't want to stay in Rome,' and I Wuerl's Seattle assignment ended told him that I wanted to do someMay 27, 1987. The Vatican resthing pastoral," the future bishop tored Archbishop Hunthausen's said. He added that the pope joked powers and appointed Bishop Thoin return: "And what I'm doing isn't?" mas J. Murphy of Great Falls-

Chaplain celebrates 40 years as priest Forty years of priestly life will be celebrated on Sunday by Father Edward F. Mcisaac, chaplain at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Fall River. He will mark the occasion at 9 a.m, Mass at the home.

Born in Woburn, he is the son of the late Colin F. and Mary J. (MacDonald) Mcisaac. He attended Newton public schools and prepared for the priesthood at Catholic University, Washington,

D.C. He was ordained Feb. 21, 1948, in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, by Francis Cardinal Spellman and subsequently did parish and retreat work in North Carolina, New York, Texas and Canada.

Incardinated in the Fall River diocese in 1968, he has been parochial vicar at St. Thomas More parish, Somerset; St. Mary's Cathedral; St. 'John the Evangelist. Attleboro; St. Margaret's, Buzzards Bay; Corpus Christi, Sandwich; St. Patrick, Wareham; and St. Joan of Are, Orleans.

From 1977 to 1980 he was chaplain at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, and since then has been at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home.

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We cite PAMELA F. PLUNKET GALUSKA to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, February 22,1988 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the GALUSKA·PLUNKET case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, Pamela F. Plunket Galuska. must see to it that she is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation.

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER. MASSACHUSmS Since the actual place of residence of FRANK FERNANDES is unknown.

We cite FRANK FERNANDES to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, March 7, 1988 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 High, land Avenue. Fall River, Massachusetts, to give tes· timony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the MEDEIROS,FERNANDES case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the ~nowledge of the residence of the above person, Frank Fernandes, must see to it that he is properly ijdvised in regard to this edictal citation.

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A report by the bishops' comission praised Bishop Wuerl's efforts to fulfill his responsibilities "despite exceedingly difficult circumstances." The commission'consisted of Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco and Cardinals John J. O'Connor of New York and Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago.

When the Seattle changes were announced May 27, Bishop Wuerl told National Catholic News Service that "I haven't felt any bitterness. This is not a question of personal animosities but of issues,"

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the living word themoorin~ Pass it On Jesus told us that we should let our light shine before men but we in the church have a rather poor track record in fulfilling that mandate.

Seldom do we take full advantage of the media outlets at our disposal, especially on the local level. Rather, we have an unfortunate tendency to shy away from the media, often because we are unprepared to meet their challenges.

Never in Western civilization has the church had such tremendous opportunities to present the Good News and never have we seemed so reluctant to take advantage of them. Efforts to achieve are often replaced by excuses to ignore.

Thus it is well during this Catholic Press Month, as we encourage support of our own Anchor, that we also reflect on the importance of all media forms in our social order.

True, the print media are not appreciated on the same mass level as television, but their effectiveness is appreciated by those who understand the lasting influence of the written word. It is not a mere passing image buried in the turbulence of time. At its best, it becomes part of a person, it induces and engenders.

Even in this semiliterate age, the written word has power. It is in this context that we continue our effort to bring the living word of Jesus to the Fall River diocese.

A weekly Catholic newspaper is indeed an effective way to bring the truths of faith into our homes. Its news stories, reports on church documents and accounts of the lives of so many of our brothers and sisters who are dedicated to the poor, homeless, sick and dying, offer us .models of hope and examples of service.

It takes time and hard work to prepare a weekly publication.

It is sometimes difficult to bear capricious criticism. It is a constant challenge to meet the costs of production, printing and postage. Without the motivation and challenge of serving the church, it would be an impossible undertaking.

There are many ways to use media opportunities effectively.

However, if we veer from the teachings of Christ and his church simply to popularize and entertain, we have missed the goal.

To the extent that our nation is materialistic, morally permissive and excessively subjective, to that extent we have failed to bring faith and hope to our culture and have misused our opportunites to employ the power of the media.

The Anchor is but one means of diocesan communication.

There are other avenues yet to be explored and used. However, in our desire to be relevant and meaningful, let us not overlook or ignore the printed word.

We encourage our readers not only to renew their Anchor subscriptions through their parishes, but also to spread the good word our newspaper contains, letting others know the story of today's church in today's world.

Let's stop hiding our light under the proverbial bushel basket! Rather, let us pass it on!

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"Children are a gift from God; they are his reward." Ps. 126:3

C.hurch-state issues surveyed

By Liz Schevtchuk Washington (NC) - Nearly 90 percent of Americans would vote for a Catholic presidential candidate. and 70 percent place some importance on a president having strong religious beliefs, according to a new survey.

A majority also backs laws against satanism, rejects government financial assistance to church schools, and refuses to vote for a homosexual or atheist as president, survey results showed.

The survey was commissioned by the Williamsburg Charter Foundation, a non-profit, non-denominational, non-partisan group probing the role of religion in America, and was released Feb. 3 in Washington. The foundation's board of trustees includes Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The foundation, which is holding various educational and public forums in 1988, was organized to help highlight First Amendment values and issues as the nation celebrates the bicentennial of the . U.S. Constitution.

Survey results showed that 87 percent of voters would cast their ballots for a Catholic candidate with whom they agreed politically, while 8 percent would not vote for a Catholic.

When the same question was asked about a candidate who was Jewish, a "born-again" Baptist, or

a Greek Orthodox, the levels of support were 82 percent, 81 percent, and 74 percent, respectively.

The survey found that 65 percent of voters would refuse to back a homosexual candidate and 62 percent would not back an atheist.

33 percent of respondents said they think it is "very important" that the president "be someone who has strong religious beliefs" while 37 percent found it "somewhat important."

The poll also found that 56 percent of respondents believe "it's OK for the right-to-life movement to use religion in the debate on abortion" and that 62 percent "think it is proper for religious leaders to try to close pornographic book stores."

50 percent oppose government assistance to church and religious schools; 4 I percent favor it. Catholic respondents, however, backed such aid by 52 to 40 percent.

A majority - 54 percent believes "there should be laws against the practice of Satan worship;" 35 percent disagreed. . Respondents also said that while they agree, by 68 percent to 25 percent, that "religious groups should have a legal right to get involved in politics," by 57 percent to 32 percent they prefer that religious groups not be involved.

A report accompanying the survey results noted the "ambivalence" of Americans toward the "wall of separation" between church and state.

"Rhetorical assent to the separation of church and state is contradicted' by nearly constant approval of less rigid separation in practice," the report said.

On other church-state issues the poll determined: - 62 percent disagreed with the view that it is acceptable for religious leaders to hide illegal immigrants; 24 percent approved.

- ;7 percent reject the notion that churches which refuse to ordain women as priests or ministers should, be denied tax exemptions; 29 percent favor such a denial.

- 80 percent believe it is acceptable for a city government to displaya Christmas creche on government property. Similarly, 79 percent accept city government display of Jewish religious candles.

- 88 percent support having the government pay for religious chaplains in the military.

- 70 percent think public schools should allow student religious groups to hold voluntary meetings in classrooms when classes are not in session.

- 77 percent would allow a moment of silence daily in public schools for students to pray if they so desire.

- 69 percent think public schools should teach both evolution and the Bible's account of creation.

The survey, which involved questioning some 3,000 people, has an accuracy of plus or minus 2.4 percent.

Offer it up Many Lents and a couple of generations ago, kids knew what "offer it up" meant. Today they look at us in puzzlement if we say it.

For those too young to remember, "offer it up" means that when trouble comes, we can make it of value by offering our pain to God in expiation for our failings, to lighten others' sufferings and in anticipation of eternal reward for accepting our hurt or disappointment gracefully. , Those who suffer ongoing physical pain tell us that offering their suffering to God for others' pain gives meaning and worth to their own. "Otherwise I just hurt," one told a reporter.

This Lent I'm going to dredge up past God-related phrases and invite individuals and families to reflect upon them anew. Each might be used as a focus for a week. Perhaps you could read each column aloud and then share how the phrase affected your life.

"Offer it up," is a fine way to start because Lent is a time of"giving up" to offer ourselves more completely to our Lord. Today's children don't understand giving up tangible for intangible rewards.

We need to help them by encouraging ways they can give up and offer up for Lent.

Candy and desserts are traditional sacrifices of kids but I think there are other more valid forms today. Here are some ideas.

1. Giving up argu"ments over chores and offering them up for the reward of family peace. This sounds simple but when children or parents choose this sacrifice, they are saying, "I am willing to do a task without question, one that I may think others should do." Since basic fairness seems a fundamental right to us, this can be difficult, especially if we choose this sacrifice for six weeks.

What happens if we slip and argue when we feel someone is taking advantage of our meekness?

Well, we slipped when we gave up candy but we renewed our determination and tried again.

2. Giving up fighting with others in the family for the reward of harmony, This is a tough one for families who have a habit of cuttingeach other down and fighting rather than negotiating. Maybe such a family would agree to try it for a week. My bet is that the rewards will show them that peace is pleasant. if not always easy.

3. Giving up telephone and television time and offering them up for the reward of better listening and exchange, It's probably unrealistic to give these up entirely but we can cut back on them.

Out on a limb What are the most startling statistics on today's church telling us about the church's future?

This question is difficult to answer because it puts a researcher in the role offuturologist making hypothetical projections on the basis of current data. One must go out on a limb, which I will now proceed to do.

The data on ordained ministry in the United States reveals that for every newly ordained diocesan priest we lose an average of two to death, resignations and retirement. We had 8,325 seminarians and I 10 theologates to train men as priests in 1966. Toda~ we have 3,853 seminarians and 54 theologates.

One result of having fewer priests is that a number of dioceses now have parishes headed by lay or permanent deacon administrators.

We probably never will see in our lifetime the priesthood or parish life we once had. The priesthood no longer commands the numbers or is in a position to serve the parish as it once did.

Turning to permanent deacons, we have 8,443 and an additional 1,885 candidates. The majority are married; their wives work with them to double the service they provide.

Moving on to the laity, we have 100 dioceses with one or more lay ministry training centers. We have more laity involved in church ministry than ever before and never have they had so many diverse roles on the parish level to fulfill.

Without denying the seriousness of the priesthood shortage, which I have discussed many times in the past, I am going to go out even further on a limb and say that

if the trends I've cited continue and we deal with them properly we could well see a stronger comunity spirit in parishes than we have ever experienced.

Today, with fewer priests and considering their need to avoid burnout, a good number are working closer with laity and permanent deacons. We are all drawing together because of our need for each other.

In the past we never had so many married men intimately bound up with the permanent deacons. The same can be said for the wives of permanent deacons and the lay persons who are devoting their lives to the service of the church. .

Again, we are seeing a closeness to the very heart of the church not seen before.

If all this is handled well by persons with vision we could see an

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A teen might offer to limit calls to five minutes. Television can be turned off during meals or on Fridays.

4. Giving up service we assume as our right and offering it up for the reward of self-sufficiency. If we agree to this sacrifice, it means we no longer expect or demand that a car will be waiting for us when we need it or that trash and snow will disappear because it's someone else's chore.

It means that we take more responsibility for our needs and it results in greater appreciation for one another in the family. When clean laundry doesn't automatically appear, we withhold the temptation to whine, "I don't have any clean socks." Rather we say, "Can I do a load of laundry?"

As you've already guessed, these sacrifices are harder than giving up candy because they have to do with getting along with people.

Regrettably, people can be a pain, but as the athletes say, "No pain, no gain'." Ifwe learn to offer up the pain for the gain of loving as Jesus taught us, we'll have no problem with Lent.

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undreamt-of renewal in parishes.

And who knows, it might lead ultimately to an increase in priestly vocations.

I know this may sound like wishful thinking, but the numbers seem to say we are going in a new direction. It could lead to a parish community in which people are more closely knit not only with other people, but with the heart of the church's sacramental life.

The ingredients are there. All we need are visionaries and the desire.

Holocaust called gift NEW YORK(NC)- New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor, explaining his controve'rsial description last January of the Holocaust as a "gift" of Jews to the world, said the suffering ofthe Nazi extermination could be viewed as "incalculably redemptive."

"In my perspective, if the suffering of the crucifixtion was infinitely redemptive, the suffering of the Holocaust, potentially conjoined with it, is incalcualably redemptive," Cardinal O'Connor wrote in a Jewish publication.

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Getting married • again Q. After 10 years of marriage I found myself in the process of divorce, something I thought would never happen. We had many problems for several years which my husband refused to admit or discuss. After the divorce he suddenly became aware of these matters, changed his attitude and we eventually went for counseling.

Now, four years after the divorce, we are happily remarried. What worries me is that we were remarried by ajudge, My husband insists that since we were married by the priest the first time and the church never recognized our divorce we always were and still are married

by Catholic Church law and needed only to be remarried by state law.

Is this true? We feel married and comfortable with our actions but even some of our family keep questioning us about this. (Ohio) A. Your husband is right. Your marriage in the Catholic Church apparently still is valid and no "remarriage" was needed.

Often I have found in such situations, h'owever, that strong spiritual reasons might suggest renewal of your marriage vows and your recommitment to each other in some ceremony with a priest, perhaps even in connection with a Mass, if that can be done in a way comfortable to everyone.

You have remarried already, of course, but other couples facing such a possibility might consider having their remarriage with a priest. Normally a priest should not and does not act as a purely civii minister. But this seems to me a special case; the priest simply would be reconfirming what you already promised to each other in your original ceremony.

Couples with painful experiences such as yours need every possible grace of healing and strength to fulfill the commitments they have renewed. Some appropriate ceremony connected with the church's liturgy cna help that to happen.

Q. A relative is in possession of a good chalice in which are embedded some valuable jewels. It belonged to her brother, a priest, who bequeathed his possessions to her.

She would like to give the chalice to a needy priest but also wonders if it is appropriate to have the jewels removed for her keeping. I understand that gold chalices are used rarely today.

Would you help us solve this problem? (Pennsylvania)

A. I understand your concern and it is quite proper. A sacred vessel used for the celebration of the Eucharist should be preserved and used reverently or disposed of properly.

Though chalices of some other materials are permissible, gold chalices still are used probably more than any other. However, there are limits to how many old chalices can be passed on and used, even in mission territories which formerly absorbed literally thousands of them.

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For one reason, dignified local materials (wood, glass, ceramic and so on) are used often, perhaps most of the time, in such localities.

From your description I would guess that removal of the jewels would destroy the chalice for liturgical use. I suggest you contact the chancery office of your diocese, perhaps through your parish priest, to help solve your problem.

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"And how can the new life relate to its origins in a man and woman long since dead? What is new human life that bears no relation to parents?" he asked.

The document suggested that a person has "a right to be born of parents" because new life "brought about artificially is defective as human," Mclnerny said.

He called dissent from the document by some Catholic theologians "scandalous" and said their behavior was an example of a pervasive attitude the instruction aimed to correct.

The obstacle to the instruction's being understood and received is moral relativism, the view of man as creator of values, he said.

Difficulties came from equating membership in the Catholic Church.

to membership in human society, particularly with regard to rights, McInerny said. He said it was society's view of person as individual vs. the church's view of man as part of a community.

"What we need to recover is the sense of God's mercy as manifested in the fact of the magisterium," or church teaching author-ity. "Imagine living in a world that did not have the moral guidance of the church," McInerny said.

He called it nonsense to suggest that the magisterium "impedes human fulfillment and happiness."

Missions Continued from Page One neglected. Many times they feel uncomfortable and notat home in parishes. Remote reservation areas and poor Southern towns have not had the spiritual and social opportunities that people. in cities and

towns have been able to enjoy. The church still has to go to these people. Bishops and pastors do everything to keep Black and, Native American schools open to give the people a chance. If the church is really serious about evangelization, these people must not be abandoned."

Msgr. Oliveira said that the Home Missions collection enables priests, sisters, deacons and lay catechists to minister to Blacks and Native Americans and that some churches could not exist. without their seminannual grants.

He noted that the collection helps fund the National Black Catholic Congress, which has promoted Black evangelization centers in nearly every U.S. archdiocese and diocese. Also assisted are the National Catholic Tekakwitha Conference for Native Americans and many Catholic schools offering Indian and Eskimo children the only education available in their areas.

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The archbishop has been a ham'路 radio operator since high school, when he received his FCC license and built his own ham radio equip-. ment.

Now his radio room boasts highpowered Japanese-made gear.

He recently discussed his hobby in an interview for a Southern California TV viewers magazine.

Ham operators, he explained, are known only by their first names, "so people know me only as Roger."

He said he has revealed his identity only tWice, once on Christmas day, 1985 when his signal was picked up by a man in Boston who said he was on his way to Christmas Mass and last summer when a Catholic Australian inquired about the papal visit to Los Angeles.

The archbishop said his signal was strong and that he talked most often to operators in Japan, New Zealand and the South Pacific islands.

Sometimes, he said, there is a chance to be a pastor to someone..

One night he got a response from a man in eastern Canada who spoke of his loneliness after his wife's death.

"It became a kind of mini-counseling session," the archbishop said.

He added that he did not divulge his identity, but that in his Los Angeles rectory, with headphones on, he was able to do the work any priest would do.

ROME (NC) - Austrian President Kurt Waldheim's decision to remain in office after a critical government-sponsored study of his World War II record as an officer in the German army enhances the prospect that Pope John Paul II's trip to Austria in June will be controversial.

The study, conducted by an international panel of historians, did not find proof he committed war crimes but said Waldheim knew of atrocities and did nothing to stop them.

Pope John Paul is scheduled to meet the Austrian president three times during the June 23-27 trip, according to the preliminary itinerary.

The plans have drawn sharp Jewish protests and follow stinging Jewish criticisms of a 1987 meeting at the Vatican which severely strained Catholic-Jewish relations.

The state visit by Waldheim to the pope last June 25 also drew a protest demonstration outside the Vatican by 150 people, including concentration camp survivors.

Vatican officials note that current plans do not call for the pope to meet privately with Waldheim during the coming trip. At each event Waldheim is scheduled to be one of many dignitaries meeting the pope, they say. The pope and president are to meet at arrival and departure ceremonies and at a state reception.

Austria and the Vatican- have diplomatic relations, making such encounters between the pope and Waldheim protocol formalities.

The preliminary itinerary reported last January by Vatican Radio listed the pope as meeting the Austrian president but did not name Waldheim.

The Vatican Radio report ofthe new pope-Waldheim meetings drew quick reaction from many Jewish leaders.

The pope should "take confession from Mr. Waldheim" and give him the "moral courage" to "publicly admit his past and withdraw from public life," said Seymour Reich, president of B'nai Brith international.

At last June's Vatican encounter, the pope and the president met in private for 35 minutes, then exchanged speeches and gifts in a public ceremony. In his public speech the pope did not mention the controversy over Waldheim's war record nor the Holocaust.

The Vatican defended the 1987 meeting, Waldheim's first international state visit, because Waldheim was received as the elected representative of the mostly Catholic Austrian people.

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Lenten season begins Continued from Page One This was evident in his birth in a manger and his early life in Nazareth, the pope said. But even when '. he began his public life, "an extreme, poverty continued to accompany , him," the pope added. "The Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head," Jesus said in the Gospel of Luke. .

His death on the cross, a punishment reserved for the gravest of offenses, was a final sign of his humbling himself, the pope said.

"What seems a shameful death from a human point of view is in fact an act of redemption," the pope said.

"In his self-emptying, Jesus shows the truth ofwhat it means to be human," the pope said. W~ile Adam an~ Eve sought to. be like God, Chnst became man "m ord~r to .r~store .ma.n a~d woman to theIr ongmal dlgmty.

After his general talk, the pope exhorted young people to listen to the Word of God and to pray during Lent.

The pope called Lent a "time of joyous discoveries, but also and above all a time of strict commitment and search."

More on Jews for Jesus I received an unusual amount of correspondence after my column raising objections from a Catholic perspective to certain claims and tactics of such organized, extremely fundamentalist proselytizing groups as Jews for Jesus and Messianic Jews. Some of these letters have been quite thoughtful.

I accept with gratitude, for example, well-taken reminders not to overgeneralize and not to sit in judgment on the destiny of individual souls in their spiritual journeys to God. But just such harsh generalizations concerning Jews and Judaism are what I sense, rightly or wrongly, in much of the literature of these movements that I have seen to date.

Indeed, one letter writer, in the very process of criticizing my column for beingjudgmental, states that without baptism "Jews biblically have no chance for salvation."

The Hebrew Scriptures throughout are unequivocal in their insistence on the life-giving nature of Toran observance for Jews. Even Matthew's Gospel, the only one that comes even close to a supersessionist theology, is also unique in insisting that Christians continue to observe the Law, indeed to outdo the Pharisees in observance.

One must be careful then to avoid absolutes, especially negative ones. Vatican Council II, while maintaining quite clearly that the cross of Christ is "the fountain

Jews for Jesus Dear Editor: I think it's interesting that in the Jan. 22 issue of your fine paper you have an article entitled "Religious, racial bigotry seen on rise;" In the Jan. I issue there was a piece warning us against the Jews for Jesus, on the occasion of their taking a full-page ad in many of the newspapers across the country.

I have been on their mailing list for some time, probably from a car salesman who sold me one in 1982 or 1983. Their literature is interesting and gives much food for thought. I have never seen anything that contradicted any Catholic teaching I've ever heard. Bible points are brought up and shown to agree in both the Old and New Testaments, and there is testimony given of how these people are reaching out to Jews first and those of no religion second, to bring the words of Jesus to them.

How you can feel this is dangerous to Catholics I can't understand.

Even Jesus, when his apostles complained that a man was going around casting out devils using his name, although he was not oftheir number, said to leave him alone "Anyone who is not against us is with us." (Luke 9:50) This certainly makes more sense to me, and leaves more space in your good paper to concentrate on real dangers to the Faith.

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from which every grace flows," stated with equal cerrtainty that "the Jews should not be represented as repudiated or cursed by God, as if this followed from Sacred , Scripture" (Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, No.4).

God's love and mercy, after all, are infinite and universal. All human beings, whatever their theology or religious practice, have a "chance" for salvation. How much more the Jews, whose way of life is founded on 'a sincere attempt to live out the divine mandates given to them by God on Sinai and subsequently through the prophets and teachers of Israel?

Does this mean there is no room in the church for sincere Jewish converts? No, of course not. The church's proclamation is universal, and Catholics should rejoice in those to whom God has given the special grace to receive it, as another writer rightly pointed out.

But this is different from a theology which. would assign everyone outside the church to automatic condemnation to hell (and, even more presumptuously, everyone inside the institutional church to automatic salvation).

It is also different from the proposition that the church should establish specific organizations to proselytize the Jews, as Jews for Jesus seemingly presumes; or that such organizations may use any means possible, as many of their tactics presume; or that we can create out of a mindless mingling of Catholic and Jewish rituals a virtual third tradition without seriously undermining the integrity of both Jewish and Catholic traditions.

• This latter goal is obviously syncretistic, and represents a watering down of Catholic faith and a clear danger to the faith.

CardinalJoseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in his recent add ress in New York, issued a strong warning against biblical fundamentalism, which is a cardinal principle of the movements under consideration here. My original article, among other things, was meant to support such a warning for Catholics, however sincere their motives.

I repeat it here with reference once again to Jews for Jesus and Messianic Jewish movements, all of which seem to me to depend on a fundamentalist outlook to support their theological message.

New age VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paulll said recently that the ecumenical movement, while facing serious difficulties, has ushered in a new age of Christian brotherhood and that continued dialogue would dispel fears that "unity" means "uniformity" among Christian religions.

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Red ink tidal wave threatens world stability ROME (NC) - Since the Vatican issued its unprecedented document on the world debt crisis one year ago, Third World debt has increased by $70 billion .with no end in sight.

Although the crisis has worsened, the Vatican might have played an' important role in forging the global consensus that the tidal wave of red ink threatens the fabric of societies as well as national balance sheets.

The Vatican document was produced by the Pontifical Justice and Peace Commision and unveiled in January 1987. It was ~alled "At the Service of the Human Community: an Ethical Approach to the International Debt Question."

It arrived at a time when the foreign debt of developing countries was hitting record highs. The most rect;nt World Bank figures show the total debt of developing countries climbed to $1.19 trillion in 1987.

At the same time, three of the largest debtors - Brazil, Mexico and Argentina - have suffered from skyrocketing inflation and sagging economic growth, resurrecting fears of a default Which could provoke a banking collapse.

Arriving amid such dreary news, the Vatican document benefited from fortuitous timing, said Msgr.

Diarmuid Martin, commission undersecretary.

"It came out at the right moment," he said, "when consensus was emerging that something had to be done."

Msgr. Martin said the exact extent to which the document helped form a consensus on the debt issue might never be known, but the document drew attention to the growing awareness that the problem was not just a matter of dollars, but of the future of nations.

Recent examples of creative' thinking with regard to Third World debt involve the Fleet-Norstar Financial Group and two conservation groups.

In what Fleet-Norstar officials believe is the first U.S. donation of foreign debt for a charitable cause, the group donated its entire Costa Rican debt of $250,000 to the Washington-based Nature Conservancy.

The conservancy will swap the debt for a Costa Rican currency bond and use the proceeds to buy and maintain a 25,000-acre strip of Costa Rican rain forest in order to protect endangered species of birds and animals.

And in 1987, Conservation International, also based in Washington, bought at a discount foreign debt held by a Swiss bank, using it to purchase four million acres in Bolivia for conservation purposes.

Meanwhile, a key financial aid organization, the International Monetary Fund, has begun to make changes in the direction suggested by the Vatican.

The debt document included specific criticisms of the 1M F, noting that its strict conditions of assistance have been "ill-received by the leaders and the general public" of debtor nations.

Reaction to those conditions has sparked riots in the Dominican Republic and a coup in Sudan, and has nearly frozen relations between the 1M F and Brazil, the Third World's largest debtor.

1M F decisions "may seem to have been imposed in an authoritarian and technocratic way with-

out due consideration for urgent social requirements and the specific features of each situation," the Vatican document noted. "It would be advisable to bring out clearly that dialogue and the service of all concerned are values which guide the actions taken by the IMF," the document said.

It also urges the 1M F to reexamine its loan conditions, protect debtor countries from financial fluctuations and become more sensitive to the human issues involved.

On Dec. 21, 1M F managing director Michel Camdessus held a lengthy private meeting with Pope John Paul II. A former governor of the Bank of France, Camdessus took over the helm of the lSI-nation agency at about the same time the Vatican debt document appeared.

While no details of the audience were made public, in an interview with Vatican Radio Camdessus emphasized that ethics and economics are not "irreconcilable."

"When one must confront very difficult situations, doing it with respect for fundamental ethical principles - namely individual liberty, truth, defense of dialogue, of collaboration, of work - permits one to find not only the best solutions, but also and above all to guarantee to strictly economic pro-

est countries, reflect concerns articulated by the debt document. .

While the document criticized the practices of debtors as well as creditors, developing nations have generally applauded the Vatican effort.

It was warmly received in Latin America. According to Bishop Jorge Mejia, vice president of the Justice and Peace Commission, Brazilian President Jose Sarney sent a telex to the pope two days after publication of the document saying he "agreed fully and completely."

The Brazilian bishops translated the letter into Portuguese for distribution in their country.

Argentine President Raul AIfonsin expressed agreement with the document and it was also included in discussions of Peru's debt.

Last August the Venezuelan mission to the United Nations had copies of the debt document distributed to UN General Assembly members, saying it reflected Venezuela's view of the developing world's debt crisis.

Among the larger creditor nations, the document has been welcomed by West German, Dutch, English and Australian finance and development ministers.

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In a statement released by the embassy Jan. 29, Ambassador Frank Shakespeare called the document a "well-balanced, moral view of one of the pressing problems of our time."

"It considers the rights both of lenders and. recipients of Third World debt," Shakespeare said.

"It asks for creative solutions, and we believe the U.S. is at the forefront of suggesting creative ways of solving the problem."

Last April, The路Wall Street Journal published a sympathetic editorial, suggesting the document might have "considerable" effect on Catholic Latin America.

What the financial newspaper found most praiseworthy in the document was evidence the pope "is becoming a proponent of liberating economics from excessive state control." The editorial contrasted this perception with what it labeled the "government-led redistributions [of wealth) approach of the U.S. bishops in their recent pastoral letter on the economy.

The document has its critics, however. Its effort to be balanced has not satisfied those who wanted a stronger judgment, either in favor of debtor or creditor nations.

It has also been rapped for failing to distinguish adequately be-

TRANSLATING STATISTICS into human suffering, this homeless child in Bogota, Colombia, is one of the millions of Third World inhabitants affected by the world debt crisis. He is also one of an estimated 10,000 bomeless youngsters in Bogota alone, mostly boys between 9 and 13, who roam the capital city's streets by day and by night sleep in cardboard boxes, under overpasses or in garbage dumps. The UN estimates that a total of 20 million such Children live on the streets of Latin America. (NCI UPI grams a deeper and lasting popular support," he said.

have generally said little about the document; but the U.S. Embassy Early this year Camdessus pro- to the Holy See distributed about 40 copies to U.S. political and busposed the IMF adopt more flexiiness leaders, according to embassy ble, less harsh lending conditions for debtor countries, while devis- spokesman Frank Lattanzi, who ing new programs for protecting said copies went to U.S. Treasury them from further declines in the Secretary James A. Baker, officials in the U.S. State Department world economy.

Camdessus's efforts at reform as concerned with debt issues, the well as negotiations he success-路 chief administrative officers of fully concluded for an $8 billion major U.S. banks, and other busipool offunds for the world's poor- ness leaders.

tween the debt of underindustrialized African nations, for example, and the debt of a Third World industrial power like Brazil.

While African debts are primarily owed to western governments, the debts of the relatively more developed economies of South America are primarily owed to large, private banks.

Also criticized was the document's final suggestion for a new international aid system reminis-

cent of the Marshall Plan which pulled Europe from the rubble of World War II. But reception of the document has been generally positive, Vatican officials say, not least of all by individual Catholic banking and government officials involved in the ongoing crisis.

One of its goals, Msgr. Martin explained, was to "try to make Catholics working in these areas aware of their responsibilities."

But in the face of a gloomy World Bank report in January on the worsening debt burden for the world's poor, it is still too soon to judge if the document's final warning has been taken to heart: "May our appeal be heeded before it is too late."

Debt stymies land reform WASHINGTON (NC) - Fifteen thousand Brazilian families are illegally occupying farms of large landowners to force the goverment to help landless peasants.

Except for their action, the nation's land reform movement is largely at a standstill, Brazilian agronomist Regina Camargo said in Washington at a session sponsored by the Washington Office on Latin America, which monitors human rights and lobbies on Latin American issues, and the Brazil Network, an organization of people interested in Brazilian issues.

Ms. Camargo, a field representative for the American Friends Service Committee, works with the Catholic relief agency Caritas in the coastal city of Joao Pessoa, Brazil.

She said the government has reneged on its promises to give land to the to landless because of pressure from large landowners, and Brazilians have given up hope for a proposed new constitution for the nation.

Even fuel has become an element in the confrontation over land, she said. Many Brazilian cars run on alcohol, of which sugar cane is a valuable source.

Thus small farmers are pushed off their land as large landowners expand their farms to grow sugar cane.

"What people are doing more and more is to go back to the land and camp," said Ms. Camargo, who noted that the encampments are largely church organized.

In one protest, landless farmers dug up sugar cane and replaced it with beans and corns, she said.

Under terms of its land reform program, the Brazilian government planned to resettle 300,000 landless families in 1987, but last June cut the number to 80,000. Later Brazil's minister for agricultural . reform said even those 80,000 families would not get land in 1987.

The nation's proposed new constitution has provisions for buying unused land for the landless, but money for such purchases is constrained by Brazil's huge debt to First World nations and monetary institutions.

"There really isn't the money to compensate landowners," said Linda Rabben of the Brazil Network. "You're talking about hundreds of thousands of people you'd have to pay."

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By Sister Mary Ann Walsh WASHIN'GTON (NC) - Former California Gov. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. sees "killing of the unborn as crazy" after a threeweek stay with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India.

Brown spoke in a recent telephone interview the day after he returned from Mother Teresa's Home for Dying Destitutes, where he worked with the Missionaries of Charity.

Now a lawyer in Los Angeles, Brown said he did not support efforts to ban abortion while governor, but he said working with the nuns "gave me a different perspective on the whole question."

It does not make sense to support abortion, he said, after spending time "comforting and protecting the lives of the suffering with not as high a quality of life as' a three-month fetus that is healthy and has potential."

That "this country and Europe see the need to kill so many unborn does not seem to be justified," said Brown, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976 and 1980.

"It's just that we've organized society to be anti-life," added Brown, who said he plans eventually to reenter politics.

In Calcutta, Brown, a former Jesuit seminarian, began his day with morning Mass with the nuns and then, with other volunteers from several nations, worked with the sick.

He said he "helped bathe patients, serve food, take care of whatever needs there were - cut hair, shave, hand out medicine."

He saw many get well at the home, where many are treated for tuberculosis, but also saw about a

dozen people die. The nuns' "respect" for the dead impressed him, he said.

A man was brought in from the streets with "a gaping wound in his shoulder," he said. "The socket was exposed." Two to three nuns "changed the wound every day," but the man did not recover.

When he died, they wrapped his body in a white cloth, placed a rosary on him, covered him with flowers and left him there for a few hours. "It was like he was in state," Brown said.

The nuns showed "more respect for someone just off the streets than some people with substantial means get in developed countries," Brown added. "It would be great to take the attitude that created that environment and spread it around the world."

Brown said Mother Teresa's belief that one sees Christ in the poorest of the poor showed clearly at the hospital.

The day he left, he said, he was "holding a man - some are very feeble, they can't stand up." A passer-by commented, " 'You're holding the body of Christ' and just walked on," Brown said.

"Anywhere else that would seem artificial," he added, but not with Mother Teresa.

and what you do to me," he said.

The words were simple, but in Calcutta from Mother T-eresa they had "more immediacy," Brown said.

Her nuns give a pure message of Christianity, Brown said.

It is "very clear when people are de.voting their lives to taking care of the poor, sharing similar conditions, doing it with good humor, joy, laughter and compassion," he said. "That's as pure a message of Christianity as I can imagine."

Seeing people die made Brown "realize there's a lot of suffering in the world." He cited a need for developed countries to help underdeveloped nations, especially with medical supplies, "Tuberculosis, malnutrition, dy- . sentery," the diseases he saw, he said, are "all preventable."

Countries such as the United States, Soviet Union and Japan "should talk more about reducing human suffering," Brown said. It's "fine to reduce a few missiles," he added, but not enough is being done about the "hundreds of millions suffering right now."

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr. Kenny: "How do you • handle a 16-year-old girl who knows it all and is self-bent on destruction? She refuses to listen. Her choice of companions is deplorable and her school marks are failing.

She has no respect for anyone, herself included. She seems to be anti-church, anti-teachers, anti-police, anti-all authority. Her talk is vulgar. Hostility reigns.

The Bible says: Love, love, love.

It is not working. I think she has even tried marijuana. We continue to give good example and are storming heaven with our prayers, but to no avail yet. I'm about nuts." (Illinois) Some children test, challenge, resist and blatantly defy authority.

Dr. James Dobson, in his new book "Parenting Isn't for Cowards" (Word, 1987), reports that such strong-willed children may outnumber compliant ones by as many as three to one.

Why is this happening today?

Anthropologists tell us that society raises the type of children it needs.

They speculate that we need more brash, brave young adults who can adapt readily to rapid changes.

That young girls appear to be leading the way may reflect society's need for more assertive women.

This, however, is hard on parents. You have described such a teen with passionate eloquence,

including your own intense frustration. As you are experiencing, girls are becoming even more "mouthy" than boys. What can a parent do?

There are two basic parental strategies for rebellious teens. The first is totry to keep increasing the punishment until you achieve compliance. The second is to make an effort to redirect the strong energies of the teen into more acceptable channels.

I would avoid the confronting and punitive strategy for the main reason that it probably won't work.

Even if it does, it may well be at the expense of the teen's drive and self-confidence.

Here are a few hints on the second strategy, how to direct and control without destroying the drive and energy.

- Don't take her words too seriously. Teens often use strong words in an absolute sense, to shock. Pay more attention to what she does than what she says.

- Don't confront. Avoid getting into situations where it's your "mouth" against hers. This tends to reinforce her "mouthiness," and to escalate the verbal battles.

- As much as possible, ignore her. ·\mouth." Ignoring is not a copout. Ignoring is a powerful way to get rid of undesirable behavior.

- Focus on compliance in real-

istic and important areas such as curfew, school grades, chores and freedom from drug use. Use charts to reward her progress. Mark down when she comes home on time, completes a chore or gets a good grade. Keep track of her good behavior rather than her misbehaviOr.

- Allow her peer friendships, unless they are clearly destructive.

Teens gain more strength from peers than any other source. Use teen groupings and friendships rather than fight them. Encourage parties in your home, overnights and other group experiences with acceptable teens.

- Talk with other parents of teens. Realize that you are not alone. You may even provide an occasional "time-out" for one another by trading or taking in a temporarily defiant teen.

- Hang in there. Take comfort from the fact that most youngsters will return to their family values once adolescence is over.

As Dobson says, parenting is not for cowards. The defiant teen is a child of our times. Be patient with your teen and yourself, value her energy and learn ways to redirect it.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address The Kennys; Box 872; St. Joseph's College; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Generosity in the workplace

By Antoinette Bosco Here's a resolution that I wish every 'manager and supervisor would make: Praise your employees for good work whenever you can.

Supervisors often don't realize the power they have to affect others' lives. In a word or two, they can make or break a person's day.

Most workers spend nearly half their waking hours on the job.

How the boss treats us makes an enormous difference in how we feel about our lives.

Yet surprisingly few supervisors make the effort to compliment or reward the people who work under them.

Recent years have seen an outpouring of books, articles and management seminars by human resource specialists urging recqgnition of employee achievements.

A supplement in a recent "Working Mother" magazine .listed 30 ways to publicly thank and praise employee accomplishments.

Rosabeth Kanter, co-founder of Goodmeasure Inc., a Massachusetts-based management consulting firm, makes a distinction between compensation and reward.

Pay, she says, has nothing to do with reward. Compensation is a right - a fair exchange for a job done. Recognition, on the other hand, is a gift.

Maybe that's why there's so little employee recognition in most companies and offices. Most managers don't see~ comfortable with the idea.

Perhaps the problem is that too many organizations are so obsessed with profits that they can't make room for people's feelings.

Suppose we forget about profits for a moment. I'd like to see managers everywhere give the gift of recognition purely for the sake of human kindness.

I'm not even talking about institutionalized programs like "em-

ployee of the month" or trophies for outstanding achievements. I'd just like to see supervisors triple their use of the words "thank you" in the normal course of the day.

A compliment should be an easy, painless gift. Why is it hard to tell a secretary, "You type beautiful letters" or "I enjoy working with you?"

Contrary to what some managers believe, praising employees doesn't lead to a breakdown of discipline. Sad to say, many bosses have the mistaken notion that e'mployees must be kept on their toes through fear and discomfort.

I think that misconception is an excuse for a kind of stinginess.

Freely complimenting and rewarding employees isn't difficult, but it does require generosity of spirit.

Many people are afraid to be generous in a work environment.

Perhaps they're afraid they'll look weak or their compliment will be misinterpreted.

Bosses who have to protect their own egos and status may be afraid to admit that they need their employees. They might feel too vulnerable to praise others.

Whatever their own fears or hesitations may be, supervisors have to realize that along with power comes responsibility. More than the authority to assign tasks, bosses wield great power over other peoples' self-esteem.

Considering their power, b.osses ought to encourage a sense of selfworth in employees. They have a responsibility to be generous in recognizing those whom they affect so deeply.

Why I remain a Catholic

By Hilda Young A long, and yet not so long, time ago at the age of 23 I chose to become a Catholic. At dinner last night the kids asked why I remain one.

It was a fair question. Why do I remain a Catholic? Let me count the ways: - The Hail Mary helps me go to sleep.

- Mass. I have questioned the obligation and efficacy of Mass, notably during the days when children colored hymnals, fell off pews and screamed during the homily.

Sitting next to teen children who don't want to be there can raise some more questions. N onetheless, the eucharistic liturgy supports me and my family in a mysterious manner.

- Irish priests, old Bing Crosby movies and votive candles.

- Confession. The sacramental power provided in the rite of pen-

ance was a fulcrum for my conversion. That intoxicating experience of the healing power of Jesus has not diminished. I love confess on.

- Community. Parish friends and parish functions - from pancake feeds to school carnivals are an important part of my life.

- Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans, Redemptorists.

- Earthiness. Despite the media's frequent portrayal ofthe church as regal, even bombastic, I see it with sleeves rolled up in the Peruvian slums, Asian refugee camps and American AIDS clinics.

- I'm lazy. When zealous fundamentalists beat on my door and sensibilities, I wrap my Catholicism around me.

- My mother-in-law. She'd have a heart attack if her son was married suddenly to a non-Catholic.

- Jesus and his family.

Send comments to Hilda Young, General Delivery, Lopez Island, Wash. 98261.

Social issues parley topic WASHINGTON (NC) - Rev. Peter N. Graziano, executive director of the diocesan Department of Social Services, last week attended a national conference on social . issues sponsored by the U.S. Catholic Conference Department of Social Development and World Peace in Washington, D.C. Father Graziano said the meeting, whose keynote speaker was Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, focused on current public policy issues with emphasis on the church's role in advocacy and political responsibility.

Cardinal Bernardin told social action directors at the annual meeting that the consistent ethic of life which he has popularized in recent years has a role in providing "a grid for assessing party platforms and the records of candidates for public office."

"It is a broad-based set of criteria. Properly used, the consistent ethic will refute decisively claims that we are a 'one-issue' constituency," he added.

The consistent ethic, also known as the "seamless garment," links efforts to fight abor.tion or the threat of nuclear war to such other attacks on life as injustice and discrimination.

"We are simultaneously committed to a diverse set of objectives which many individuals and institutions in society find irreconcilable," Cardinal Bernardin said, citing the church's commitment to reversing both the arms race and the Supreme Court's 1973 decision legalizing abortion.

"We must protect the basic right to life and at the same time promote the associated rights to nutrition, housing, and health care which enhance the lives we have saved," he said.

"It is not the position of this tradition that aH moral values and princi pies should be legislated," Cardinal Bernardin said. But every stream of moral thinking channeled into the consistent ethic "is based on the conviction that some key values, principles and practices must be protected and promoted by law and civil policy," he said.

Saying 1988 gives Catholics an "open moment" to spread their moral vision nationwide was Father J. Bryan Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conference social policy counselor and former USCC secretary for social development and world peace.

The moral factor's new timeliness stems in part from pressures of unprecedented technological change and social interdependence, Father Hehir said.

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NEW YORK (NC) - The "profoundly Catholic" metaphors of Bruce Springsteen's latest album touch people deeply, Father Andrew M. Greeley said in America magazine Feb. 6.

In his article in the U.S. Jesuits' weekly journal, Father Greeley, a sociologist and novelist, said the work of "Catholic minstrels" such as Springsteen deserves the attention of the church because such Catholic voices are "the true sacrament-makers because they revive and renew the fundamental religious metaphors."

He said that Springsteen's latest album, "Tunnel of Love," is "an exercise in metaphor-making dynamisms" and added that Springsteen sings of religious realities sin, temptation, forgiveness, life, death, hope - in images that come (implicitly perhaps) from his Catholic childhood."

Father Greeley's article, "The Catholic Imagination of Bruce Springsteen," is the third installment of an investigation he began last summer into the relationship between religious imagination and . He said growing interdependence the persistent loyalty of U.S. CathIS. underscored by federal budget . olics. dIsputes over such issues as military vs. non-military spending or Religion is more explicitly exfood stamps vs. nuclear sub- pressed in the "Tunnel of Love" marines. album, released in 1987, than in "It's not that it's moral on one any previous Springsteen album, side or immoral on the other. It's Father Greeley said. simply that it's complicated on both sides," he said.

As the nation wrestles with such the church has "particularly powdilemmas, however, Catholics "are erful tools" for joining "self-inwell equipped ... to both draw on terest, self-reliance and social sothe best we have and to seek to lidarity."

She said the tools include the share it beyond the boundaries" of the Catholic community, Father church's social teaching on the common good, its dedication to Hehir said. "We are in a good achieving that good for the least place to be able to enter into the well-off, and church leaders who discussion," Father Hehir said. "seemed joined on a fairly broad In another address to the direcconsensus about matters of social tors, Commonweal magazine edijustice." tor Margaret O'Brien Steinfels said

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- Information agencies must world order of information and of communication" which would provide "complete and balanced include greater access by the entire information."

- Greater "reciprocal exchange" international community to technological advances such as data in shortwave radio broadcasting is banks and satellite transmission needed.

- "Media which are the mouthsystems.

"To hearts which are troubled piece of particular groups" can by the risks of the new technolo- contribute to justice by "giving a gies of communication, I would voice also to the voiceless." reply: 'Fear not!' " the pope said.

"Far from ignoring the reality in which we live, we read it more p'rOfoundly. We distinguish, in the light offaith, the authentic signs of VATICAN CITY (NC) - The the times," he said.

Dutch Catholic Church remains The pope asked communicators deeply divided on church issues, to adopt a "code of honor" comdespite seven years of concentrated mitting them to avoid the "perVatican efforts at promoting unity, verse effects" that mass media can according to Pope John Paul II have on efforts to promote interand Dutch Cardinal Adrianus Simnational peace and brotherhood. onis.

He warned against "exaltation Pope John Paul spoke of "the of the self contempt for and rejecpolarization' within the ecclesiastition of those who are different," he cal community," and Cardinal said.

"From such attitudes spring vio- Simonis, of Utrecht, Netherlands, lence, mistaken directions, destruc- said serious splits even exist among tion of true communication," he the bishops regarding "a commmon and diligent pastoral strategy." added. , They spoke during a recent visit Communicators should be comof Dutch bishops to the Vatican mitted to "elementary values" such and against the backdrop of the as dialogue,justice, personal ethics, turmoil that has marked Dutch freedom, equality, "peace in unity" Catholic life since the Second Vatand respect for the human dignity ican Council. of others, he said.

Both said the Netherlands' highly The pope listed practical applisecularized society is a primary cations. These include: cause of the problems.

- People responsible for televiThe pope also pointed a finger sion programs should have "an at the media, speaking of"the negethical imperative, obliging them ative image of the church and of to offer to persons and communithe faith which is often given by . ties images which favor the mutual the means of communication." penetration of cultures, without "We bishops are trying to adapt intolerence and without violence." the church's misson in a society - "Wist; management" of data which is rapidly changing," said banks is "a veritable precondition the cardinal. "Spreading secularizafor peace" because they store vast tion ,and individualism have amounts of concentrated informachanged traditional society."

- Giving access to telephone, telex and satellite transmission systems "to a greater number, so as to permit really meaningful exchanges."

- Because "advertising publicity awakens or increases desires and also creates needs," people responsrble for it "have to keep in mind the disadvantaged for whom the benefits advertised are out of reach."

"Brotherhood and solidarity rise above all clannish and corporation spirit, all nationalism, all racism, every abuse of power, every individual fanaticism, be it cultural or religious," the pope said.

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Pope urges use of icons VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paull!, in a letter com~ memorating the Second Council of Nicea, urged bishops to promote religious art and images as aids to the faith.

The pope said a renewed popularity of Christian icons could be a spiritual antidote to the "depersonalizing" and "degrading" images of modern advertising and the mass media.

The pope's 15-page apostolic letter to the world's bishops .. marked the 1.200th anniversary of the Nicene council, which approved devotion to icons lind other images of Christ, Mary-and the saints.

The pope suggested the church take advantage of a "resurgence of interest" among the faithful in the theology and spirituality of Eastern icons. The trend, he said, was "a sign of the growing need for a spiritual language of authentically Christian art," TraditionallY, the artist who produces an icon fasts and prays as he or she works, thus making the finished product a true spiritual offering.

The pope asked that bishops "maintain firmly the practice of proposing to the faithful the veneration of sacred images in the churches," and "do everything so that more works of truly ecclesial quality may be produced."

"The believer of today, like the one yesterday, must be helped In his prayer and his spiritual life by seeing works that attempt to express the mystery and never hide it,' he said.

All sacred art, he said, should express the faith and hope of the church. On the other hand, he said, "art for art's sake" has no place in the Christian concept of the icon because it establishes no relationship with the divine world.

The rediscovery of the Christian icon, the pope said, wiII help people react against "the depersonalizing and at times degrading effects of the many images that condition our lives in advertisements and the media."

The pope several times cited the teachings of the Second Vatican Council in his letter. The council, in its decree on the liturgy, promoted the role of sacred images in churches but said the number of such images should be "moderate."

The 1970 instruction on the Roman Missal also cited the strong church tradition of venerating images, but cautioned that too many of them co~ld detract from church ceremonies and commun路 ity piety.

The Second Nicene Council, called in 787, made clear that in the veneration of icons, honor is given only to those who are depicted in the works, not the images themselves. The council condemned the heresy of the iconoclasts, or image-breakers, who s.aw icon veneration as a sinfUl return to idolatry.

Nicaea was an ancient city of Asia Minor located on the site of what is now the town of Iznik. in northwestern Turkey, about 60 miles from Istanbul.

Working center VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II says the Vatican should not be seen merely as a tourist site or complex of monuments but as the living and working center of the church which attracts "all peoples."

The pope, in a recent talk to Vatican City security personnel thanked them for their help in dealing with the influx of thousands of pilgrims and visitors each year.

It is by "design of Providence," the pope said, that "all peoples are attracted and called to Rome, to Vatican City, to the tomb of Peter, to the Apostolic See."

"From this center of the Catholic faith is, in fact, proclaimed the true religion, revealed by God himself through Jesus Christ, founder of the church. Here is celebrated the religion that God himself wanted," the pope said.

.Exploitation seen threat to Earth VATICAN CITY (NC) - Exploiting natural resources solely for economic reasons has led to increasing pollution and threatens to turn Earth into an "abandoned desert," Pope John Paul II said.

Speaking to teen-age members of the National Confederation of Direct Farmers, the pope said the rural environment was threatened by "the triumph of uncontrolled egoism and unrestricted material interests."

"U nfortunately, this is what is happening today with worrisome frequency," the pope said. .

"The use of resources, affected without regard to the environment and man, leads to disfigurement of the landscape, upsets vital and dynamic balances, provokes pollution and degradation, compromises the way nature works and threatens the survival of living beings," the pope said.

The pope called for a "rational management" of the environment that considers human and community values as well as economic ones. Otherwise, he said, Earth would become "an exclusive source of economic exploitation, an abandoned desert."

The pope told the bishops to deal with the problems by engaging in dialogue with dissident Catholics, improving the training of priests so that they keep the "transcendental dimension" of their ministry and imparting a profound knowledge of the church's spiritual dimension in catechetical programs.

Youths should be given "a true understanding of the Catholic faith and not just a generalized religious instruction or only the social doctrine," the pope said.

Lay spirituality programs should be developed "avoiding everything which could lead to the formation of a parallel clergy," he added.

Pope John Paul also told the bishops to exercise more control over religious orders.

"Prevent religious institutions from becoming a form of alternative church, a refuge for those who find it difficult to accept the legitimate authority of the bishops," the pope said, without elaborating.

Religious vocations are on the decline in the Netherlands and some religious orders have begun experimenting by forming small groups with married and unmarried lay people in an effort to keep alive the tradition of religious life.

Regarding divisions in the hierarchy, the pope said it "is for me a duty to encourage you in your search for an authentic and profound collegial communion" because of the current challenges.

The pope said the bishops should seek greater unity by praying and celebrating Mass together more often.

In 1980, the Vatican called a special synod of the Dutch hierarchy to help the bishops heal their split and hammer out a common pastoral approach to dealing with a polarized church.

But the turmoil continued and was highlighted during the pope's 1985 visit to the Netherlands, when many Dutch Catholics openly complained about papal policies and major church teachings.

Surveys prior to the papal trip showed a majority of Dutch Catholics opposing church teachings on abortion, birth control, divorce, obligatory celibacy for priests and the prohibition against women priests.

Sixty percent of those polled also disagreed with the Vatican's naming of new bishops, saying the choices were too conservative and charging they were part of an effort by the Vatican to change the face of the Dutch church.

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O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Kenneth and Mary Griffin are celebrating their 42nd wedding anniversary with a Mass of thanksgiving.

High school religious education class 6 p.m. Feb. 28; CYO meeting follows. Mr. and Mrs. Jose Amaral are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary. Men's Club meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday, parish center, guest speaker CPA John A. Beggs J r., discusses tax changes.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Lenten mission with Father Tom McElroy, SS.CC., 7 p.m. March 21 through 24.

FRIENDLY SONS, NB Members of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, an organization dedicated to spreading awareness of Irish cultural achievements, hslping others and giving financial aid to area students, will attend a Mass for deceased members at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 12, at St. Kilian's church.

The liturgy, d~dicated to international peace, will include harp and bagpipe music and choral selections

by Sacred Heart choiT. The same day, from 7 p.m. to midnight, the annual St. Patrick's dinner-dance will be held at White's of Westport.

Officials also announce that scholarship grants in the amount of more than $4,000 are available to New Bedford area high school and college students. Since 1982 the organization has awarded 62 grants totaling $15,000. Recipients have attended 31 colleges.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Le Repos weekend retreat with retreat master Father Joseph Maguire today through Sunday. Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea, youth retreat 3:30 to 9 p.m. Feb. 23.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH Engaged Encounter begins today.

Couple to Couple League Natural Family Planning session 3 p.m. Sunday; sessions will also be held March 20, April 17 and May 15. AA retreat for men April 29 through May I. ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Catechist formation program rescheduled; will resume April 10. Lenten retreats 9 a. m. to II a. m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 23, conference room.

Rehearsal for CYO-sponsored St. Patrick's Day celebrations; singers: II to II :45 a.m. Sunday and Feb. 28 and March 6 and 13; dancers: noon to 12:45 p.m. same days.

ST. JOSEPH, F AIRHA VEN Lenten study after 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday; director: Sister Claire Bouchard, SS.Cc. SS, PETER & PAUL, FR Lenten mission conducted by Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pastor of St. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, March 13 through 17. Suzi Ball will offer a presentation on Ukrainian Easter eggs at 7 p.m. March 7 Women's Club meeting.

ST. ANNE, FR Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after II :30 a.m. Mass today; hour of adoration 2 p.m., shrine.

December parochial school students of the month: Jennifer Millerick, Lauren Marciszyn, Cindy Brizido, Sara Lopes, Leslie Drumonde, Joyce Botelho, David Lopes, Robin Nunes, Kristopher Medeiros, Michelle Desrosiers, Loriann Costa, Kevin Medeiros, Kelly Labrecque. School science fair Tuesday. Parent meeting on child abuse and runaways 7 p.m.

Thursday, auditorium.

BLUE ARMY Fall River diocesan division members of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima attended a recent Mass marking opening of a Boston archdiocesan division.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N. FALMOUTH Charismatic prayer group meets 7:30 p:m. Thursdays, church. Father Timothy Goldrick will present a Lenten Scripture program 7 p.m.

Sunday; it will be repeated after the 9 a.m. Mass Monday.

Sister serves Morton Hospital Sister Annette Bibeau, SSA, a pastoral minister at Morton Hospital and Medical Center, Taunton, is working towards certification as a hospital chaplain with the National Association of Catholic Chaplains.

The Sister of S1. Anne, who says that she very much enjoys working at Morton, joined the pastoral care team last September. The department is directed by Father Raul Lagoa, a diocesan priest Sister Bibeau calls "devoted and conscientious.

"I find it a rewarding experience to be working with [him]," she said.

Sister Bibeau prepared for pastoral ministry at Roger Williams and Rhode Island hospitals. both in Providence. A Pawtucket, R.I.. resident. she is a former editor of "Essay." monthly publication of her order's U.S. province. She has also taught business subjects at Bishop Feehan High School. Attleboro. and at schools in Worcester.

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Additionally. she was recently named a representative of her congregation on the board of trustees at Anna Maria College, Paxton.

Sister Bibeau was for a period primary caregiver for her mother, an Alzheimer's patient now in a nursing facility. The nun was for many years active in a PawtucketAttleboro area Alzheimer's support group.

ST. THOMAS MORE, THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall SOMERSET 43 Youth Group members had a recent ski weekend in Gunstock, NOTRE DAME, FR NH. Parish Day of Prayer WednesElijah Souza was recently named day incorporates exposition of Bles- Troop 15 Scout of the Month. sed Sacrament throughout the day and 7:30 p.m. evening prayer, Bene- ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Women's Guild meeting 7 p.m. diction and a reflection by Mr. Bruce Morrill, SJ. Women's Guild-spon- Monday, school hall; Martin Costa sored living rosary 7:30 p.m. March and Scott Peckham -will speak on II. Martin Dunn, MD, founger of spinal cord injuries.

Por Christo, will speak on South American poor at 7 p.m. March 13. - LaSALETTE CENTER FOR Penance service 7:30 p.m. March 14. CHRISTIAN LIVING, Anointing of sick II a.m. March 19. ATTLEBORO Lenten meditation with prayer, Scrip- I Lenten retreat March II to 13 ture, song and reflection focused on directed by Father Ernest Corriveau, the suffering and death of our Lord MS, and Sister Patricia Cocozza, 7:30 p.m. March 23. Sister Vera SND, will feature guided and reflecHerbert, SUSC, will speak on "The tive prayer and use of Bible; inforReality of Living Our Faith in the mation: 222-8530.

Golden Years" after 9 a.m. Mass O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK March 24; refreshments.

Parishioners interested in Renew second season sharing groups may CORPUS CHRISTI call Dolores Andrews, 761-8365.

Lenten video program after 9 a.m.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Mass Lenten Wednesdays, Father Franciscan pilgrimage to AttleboClinton Hall. Catechist meeting 7:30 ro's LaSalette Shrine Sunday for p.m. Feb. 24, hall. services, Benediction and talk by BLESSED SACRAMENT Father James McCurry, OFM Conv,; ADORERS, NB free bus leaves parking lot at I p.m., Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament returns 4 p.m.; people of all churches holy hour with guest priest Father invited. Vincentians need furniture Brian J. Harrington of St. Francis of and household items; drop list of Assisi parish, New Bedford, 7 p.m. things you can donate into weekend Feb. 29, St. Theresa's Church, New collection basket; include name and Bedford. Exposition Fridays at St. phone number for pickup.

Theresa's follows 9 a.m. Mass to 7 p.m. Benediction. Information: LENTEN LUNCHEONS Angelo DeBortoli, 996-0332.

Lenton Lucheons '88 program, presented by Catholic Campus MinDOMINICAN ACADEMY, FR istry, Southeastern Massachusetts Father David A. Costa, of St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, re- University, N. Dartmouth; themed cently spoke to students about the "Our Baptismal Call: An In-Depth Consideraton of Our Christian Vocameaning of Lent.

ST. ANTHONY OF THE DESERT, tion," .all sessions noon to I p.m. , Sunset Room East; Feb. 22: Father FR Richard E. Degagne, "Vocation: It's Healing service and Mass with Father William T. Babbitt of St. for Everyone"; Feb. 29: Father WilMary's parish, North Attleboro, 2 liam W. Norton, "The Church: Who p.m. Feb. 28; all welcome; informa- Are We?" Further information: 9998872. tion: 672-7653.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO The parish family will support Holy Ghost parish, Dubuque, Iowa, in prayer as members begin the ,Renew process.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Investiture service for altar boys 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

ST. JAMES, NB New choir members needed; information: music director Steven Massoud, 990-0806.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH Ladies' guild scholarship applications available in rear of church.

Lenten study on first books of Old Testament 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, presented by Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill and Father Marcel H. Bouchard.

Penance service evening of March 22.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Kids' Singing Group rehearsal II: 15 a.m. tomorrow, church. Choir members needed for Holy Week services.

Directory needed v AT1CAN CITY (NC) - A new ecumenical directory is needed to give Catholics updated guidelines for Christian unity, Pope John Paul I I recently told members of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. The secretariat has been working on a new directory for a year and hopes to have it ready by 1989, replacing a 1979 edition.

DARE TO ANSWER HIS CALL

The Dominican Sisters ofHawthorne We have been called to love God above all else through a life of prayer and work- caring for incurable cancer patients.

Write or phone Sister Anne Marie, Rosary Hill Home, Hawthorne, New York 10532. (914) 769-4794 Please send me more information abollt your Order.

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Convert classes II a.m. Saturdays, parish center; information: rectory, 563-3121.

Christ Is Calling You

SACRED HEART, FR Old-fashioned parish mission 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 29 through March I with Father Andrew Brizzolara, CS.

"The Lord is near to all who call upon him." - Ps. 144:18

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By Charlie Martin

CANDLE IN THE WIND Goodbye, Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself Whil~ those around you crawled They crawled out of the woodwork And they whispered into your brain They set you on the treadmill And they made you change your name And it seems to me that you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would have liked to know you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did Loneliness was tough The toughest role you ever played Hollywood created a superstar And pain was the price you paid Even when you died The press still hounded you All the papers had to say Was that Marilyn was found in the nude Goodbye Norma Jean From the young man in the 22nd row Who sees you as something more than sexual More than just our Marilyn Monroe Recorded by Elton John. Written by Elton John and B. Taupin. (c) 1987 MCA Records and Happenstance Ltd. "CANDLE IN the Wind" is Elton John's remembrance of Marilyn Monroe's life. The song is off his "Australia" album and has risen steadily in the pop charts.

The song describes a life that lacked real happiness. Marilyn had talent, money, fame and attention.• Yet, as her tragic death indicates, these things did not

take away the confusion and loneliness that she felt.

This song's reflection on her life encourages us to examine the way that we live our lives. Are we finding the happiness that we seek? Are our choices and actions leading us to genuine satisfaction?

At times, individuals can go along in life without really asking these questions. Such people act without thinking about consequences. For example, consider the choice that some teens make to party frequently.

Such a choice is likelyto cause problems with one's school performance, family relationships and perhaps even lead to trouble with the law. If these consequences occur, a person needs to examine his or her actions and the direction being formed for the future.

Surely we all need fun times with our friends. What goes beyond enjoyment are abusive behaviors that hurt ourselves and others. Signs of such actions are the use of drugs, forsaking responsibilities and so much running around that it begins to affect one's health - all done in the name of fun. Fun like this is a ticket to tragedy.

Lasting satisfaction often builds slowly in life. It includes an appreciation of who you are as a person and the values that guide your life. When we possess such knowledge, we are more able to withstand peer pressure and make the choices that lead to long-term happiness.

Our choices determine what we will experience in life. If you are beginning to feel blown about like a candle in the wind, perhaps it is time to evaluate your choices.

Your comments are always welcome. Address Charlie Martin, 1218 S. Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, IN 47714.

What's on your mind?

Q. I want to know how we are supposed to go on after a loved one leaves us. (Minnesota) A. The week before your question came I was on vacation in Dallas. In a posh gift shop near the new Crescent Hotel I saw something that contained a partial answer to your question.

Near the front was a large collection ofgreeting cards ofall sorts, everything from the sentimental to the looney.

As my eyes roamed over the many racks, I saw a large card with bold letters proclaiming, "Life is changed, not taken away." The message brought back memories of childhood when I weilt to quite a few funerals.I looked inside the card. It said simply, "With deepest sympathy."

Then I looked again at the truth printed on the front and was glad it could be found in this secular gift shop.

It is truth taken from the Catholic Mass of Christian Burial.

It is a truth that gives us hope and even joy, whether we are facing our own mortality or the death of a loved one.

As you grieve over the departure of your loved one, it will help you, I believe, to remember that your loved one is now blissfully

Faith aided Jansens

By TOM LENNON

happy, filled with ajoy that n? o~e can take away. In heaven life IS changed into something perfect.

Meditation on this truth, however, cannot assuage your grief entirely. You would do well to talk to your friends and to some adults too about what you are experiencing.

You probably will find it helpful in talking to these people to recall the memories, those perhaps too private to share even with your closest friend.

Iftears should come, whether in private or with friends, let them come. They are every bit as healing, human and natural as laughter.

In spite of all these suggestions, there may be times when you are numb, devoid of all feeling, empty, lonely, depressed, deeply discouraged and maybe certain that life never can be good again.

And it may happen that sharing these feelings with someone seems to do no good. Life seems to be endlessly gray and perhaps even God seems to have disappeared.

Then you must hang tough. You must go on and make courage the word of the day-every day-but only on~day at a time.

St. George School 52 youngsters at St. George's School, Westport, merited school honors for the second quarter of the academic year.

Earning high honors were, for grade one: Justin Coelho, Michelle Rodriques, Joshua Trepanier and Veronica Vidal; grade two: Marietta Knox, C. Jay Martin, Katie Ritz and Courtney Smith; grade three: Nicholas Lacey and Amanda O'Gara.

Grade five: Victoria Marcelino and Jennifer Oliver; -grade six, Kimberly Shenk; grade seven: Anne Marie Ferreira; grade eight: Audra Chouinard and Celeste Castonguay.

36 students earned placement on the honor role.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The father of Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen said that "first and foremost" on the minds of his family in the days before the Olympic Games was their 27-year-old daug~ter, who was dying of leukemia.

"Faith definitely helped us get through" the ordeal, said Harry Jansen, a member of St. -Augustine parish in West Allis, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee. "We've been to church very much recently.

We've never stopped praying."

He made the comments in a telephone interview Feb. 15 with National Catholic News Service.

• • • Dan Jansen, 22, the top-rated The school's seventh and eighth U.S. 500-meter speed skater, crashgrades recently held their annual ed into the barriers of the first turn science fair. ofthe speed skating oval 10 seconds 'Grade seven's first place project, into his dash during the first full

by Elizabeth Krudys, was a look at day of the XV Winter Olympics in fermentation, Shawn Cookinham Calgary Feb. 14. Jansen had deditook second prize with a presentacated the dash to his sister. tion on schizophrenia, and third Television recorded the speed place went to Bethany Alexander's skater's agony after his spill. Viewcave formation project.

50 MEMBERS and chaperones of the Ski Club at Bishop Stang High School, North ers worldwide watched the young Heath Chouinard, Justin House, Dartmouth, recently' traveled to Mt. Orford in Quebec Province, Canada, for a weekend man bury his face in his hands as Donald Martel, Rebecca Babineau, he glided toward the edge of the labeled fabulous.

Jennifer Borden, Anne Marie Ferrink. .reira and- Danielle Riley earned Earlier the same day; ~is sister, honorable mentions'. ":,Jane Jansen Beres, the mother of A presentation on television's three young children, died after a impact on the developing child yearlong fight with leukemia, a won eighth 'grader' Celeste Casform of cancer. The skater had tonguaya fi'rst-pmce aware!. Chris. spoken to his sister by telephone topher Carreiro's project or lizards three hours 'before her death; 10' ' came, in seconO, -arid' Douglas .: hours before the start of the 500Moniz merited third with a"Drugs - meter race. , of Abuse" presentation, .

His parents had gone fo Calgary Eighth graders awarded honorto watch the race, but, hearing' able mention were Jean Pilul Destheir daughter's 'condition 'had rosiers', Wayne Goyette,' Gerald - worsened, left in a hurry Feb. 13.

Santos, Erin Coyne, Wendy PeckThey were with lier at West Allis ham and Kimberley"'rripp.

Memorial Hospital when she died.

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tv, movie news

STUDENTS SHAUNA Reis and Ryan Farmer, with teacher Michael Ra<;:ine and classmates, hold mementos sent in response to their letters to the Holy Father. (Parkin photo)

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

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

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classification (given films not morally offensive which. however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

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

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St. Lawrence students receive Vatican reply What's it like to get mail from the Vatican? Just ask sixth-grade religious education students at St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford.

They and teachers Michael Racine and Jane Parkin can tell you that it's pretty exciting.

The students recently received a response to 25 individual letters they had sent Pope John Paul 1\ detailing their thoughts on his recent visit to the United States.

The letter-writing project was initiated by the two catechists, who "were amazed at what the children had written and how much of the visit they had witnessed on television," according to Racine.

The teacher, who, incidentally, lives on Pope Street in New Bedford, said that student writings included reflections on the pope's reaching out to a young AI DS victim, his meetings with schoolchildren and his celebration of Mass with the U.S. bishops in Dodger Stadium.

Racine reported that the class was thrilled when it received the Vatican letter telling them that their messages had been received and that the pope was grateful for their good wishes. Accompanying the letter was a papal photo carrying the dates of the U.S. visit.

North Dighton parish holds Vocation Awareness Night

By Sister Maureen Crosby, SSD Sister Crosby is religious education coordinator at St. Joseph's parish, North Dighton.

The Religious Education Board at St. Joseph's parish, North Dighton, recently sponsored a Vocation Awareness Night for confirmation I and II candidates.

Aspects of married life, the permanent diaconate, priesthood and single and religious life were addressed.

Parishioners Mr. and Mrs. David Long shared their views of marriage and what it entails. Their dream, they said; is to share their love for Christ and to pass that love on to their children.

Deacon James O'Gara, assigned to St. Joseph's since his ordination to the permanent diaconate, continued the talk on marriage and explained the difference between transitional and permanent deacons. He gave a brief history ofthe role of the deacon in the early Church and explained why Vatican II revived the order.

He told his teenage listeners that there are 35 permanent deacons in the Fall River diocese, most of whom are married and combine their family and professional lives with church service.

Rev. William O'Connell, St. Joseph's pastor, shared details of his own priestly call and how his studies were interrupted by naval service in World War II. \

The pastor said he was told as a youngster by his own pastor that one day he would take the latter's place in serving God and the Church as a priest. In turn, Father O'Connell told the confirmation boys, he hoped one of them would take his place to serve the church.

Parishioner Ellen Tobin offered insights into the single life. She told the young people that being single offers two choices: to live selfishly or to live for others.

Miss Tobin works at Taunton's Morton Hospital and specializes in the early detection of cancer.

Sister Dorothy Schwarz, SS]), spoke about her calling to be a Sister of St. Dorothy. She said that she has an identical twin and that when she told her parents she wanted to enter the convent both her mother and father cried. She hastily pointed out that God had given them two identical children and that they wouldn't be left without a daughter if they gave one back to God. Sister Dorothy is presently coordinatorfor her order's North American province. She resides in Bristol, R.I. The lifestyles represented all had their ups and downs, but none is superior to any other. If we are to hea.r Go~ talking to us about what ~e IS c~lIIng us to be and where He IS .leadIng us, we must keep our minds and hearts open.

Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local listings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "Action Jackson" (Lorimor)The ultraviolent exploits of a Detroit police detective (Carl Weathers) are detailed in a contrived series of bloody killings, car chases, crashes and explosions perpetrated by an exotic collection of villains in the hire of a power-mad businessman. Special-effects pyrotechnics with some sexual and drug scenes, excessive violence, some nudity and much rough language.

O,R "I Don't Give a Damn" (Trans World Entertainment) - Disappointing Israeli melodrama about the emotional and physical problems of a wounded soldier (Ika Sohar) who despairs of adjusting to life as a parapalegic. Centers on the soldier's fears of sexual inadequacy with little subtlety or insight.

Several fairly explicit bedroom scenes, brief nudity and much rough language. A4, R "Night Zoo" (Filmdallas)French-Canadian crime movie about an ex-con (Gilles Maheu) trying to stay alive in Montreal's sleazy underworld while being pur-

sued by two drug-dealing cops he has double-crossed. Excessively violent with several explicit sex scenes and rough language. 0, NoM otion Picture Association of America rating.

Film on TV Monday, Feb. 29, 9-1 p.m. EST (NBC) - "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment" (1985) Somewhat less vulgar than the original but vulgar enough, as well as altogetber lackluster and unfunny. Sexually oriented humor. A3, PG-13.

TV Program Tuesday, March 1,8-9 p.m. EST (PBS) "Battles in the War on Cancer: Breast Cancer - Turning the Tide." Jane Pauley of NBC News hosts and narrates this "Nova" report on stepped-up efforts to reduce the death rate of a form of cancer that claims the lives of four American women every hour.

Religious TV Sunday, Feb. 21 (CBS) - "For Our Times" - CBS News correspondent Douglas Edwards reports on various areas of continuing debate between scientific findings a_nd religious faith.

Sunday, Feb. 21, (NBC) "Guideline" - Moshe Yagar, the Israeli consul general in New York City, is interviewed about the Palestinian question on the West Bank.

Sunday, Feb. 28, (NBC) - David Gibson, director of "Beyond the

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Dream: Immigrants in America," is interviewed about the upcoming NBC television program about the large numbers of Catholics who emigrated from western Europe to America during the 19th century.

Parishes host two educators Carl Pfeifer and Janaan Manternach, authors of the catechetical series "This Is Our Faith," recently addressed catechists from Holy Cross parish, South Easton, and Immaculate Conception parish, North Easton, at Holy Cross.

Pfeifer traced catechetical developments since 1940 and explained the impact of educational psychology. "We have come to realize that so much of learning involves asking and doing," he said, "and this has had a profound impact on the catechetical scene in the U.S.A." Ms. Manternach took her hearers through a sample religious education lesson, said Joseph Moore, director of religious education at Holy Cross. He said she offered "both practical wisdom and inspiration." .

Both parishes use the "This Is Our Faith" series.

Youth Ministry Lenten reminder . frOm the Office of Youth Ministry, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown On March 21. Palm Sunday, the second Fall River diocesan celebration of the World Day of Youth will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Since the diocese is dedicated to Mary and because the Holy Father has proclaimed this a Marian year, the celebration will have a Marian theme.

Organizers feel that young people must know Mary as a human person before they can fully realize the extent of her mission to the world.

The youth ministry office is beginning Lent by inViting those who minister to the young people of the diocese to focus upon Theme I, "Mary as a Young Person," of the recently~distributed Youth Ministry lenten packet.

The packet contains suggestions, activities, songs and prayers designed to reexamine Mary and her relationShip to the life of faith.

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they are In a position to succeed him. This would represent "the only guarantee we would have that tradition be maintained," he said.

- That priest members of his society remain independent of diocesan bishops. The archbishop has pushed for some type of special canonical status for his society that would prevent dispersion of its priests and seminarians.

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Rebel archbishop says he'll ordain bishops ROME (NC) - Dissident Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, 82, said he will ordain at least three bishops in June whether or not he has reached agreement with the Vatican on the status of his religious society.

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was an attempt to "keep the pressure on" the Vatican to grant concessions to his priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X. Cardinal Edouard Gagnon, head of the Vatican Council for the Family. investigated the society at· its Swiss headquarters for the Vatican last year and has given his report to Pope John Paul II.

Neither Cardinal Gagnon nor a Vatican spokesman would comment on the interview. But another Vatican official who has also followed the case closely said the requests were not new.

"Archbishop Lefebvre is rather impatient," the official said. "He's trying to keep his work going, preferably within the church.

He doesn't want a break with the Vatican, but by making these [demands) he is trying to keep the pressure on."

Archbishop Lefebvre, who has rejected several main teachings of the Second Vatican Council, was suspended from his ministry as a priest and bishop in 1976, and his society lost its canonical approval.

The archbishop has continued to ordain priests against Vatican orders. Under current conditions, by ordaining bishops he would be automatically excommunicated and precipitate a possible schism.

In an interview with the French newspaper, Le Figaro, Archbishop Lefebvre said the Vatican had already agreed in principle to his three basic requests: - That a Vatican commission be established to "concern itself juridically with tradition." The archbishop has frequently accused the post-conciliar church of abandoning its traditional teachings.

He said such a commission should be made up of "traditionalists," and suggested Cardinal Gagnon as its president.

Archbishop Lefebvre also said in the interview that he presumed his ministerial suspension had been lifted, because Cardinal Gagnon had attended a Mass he celebrated in Switzerland.

But the official said this was a "false deduction."

The archbishop and his society reject Vatican II teachings on ecumenism, liturgy and religious liberty. Last fall, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said reconciliation with the Vatican presupposes "fidelity to the church magisterium."

- That three members of his society be made bishops, so that

BROTHER Alphie at work.

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Licking, sticking keep brother busy STOCKBRIDGE(NC)-"Stick 'em up!" is Brother Alphie Gagne's motto. At 79, the Marian Brother'sjob is collecting trading stamps for items his congregation needs.

His latest project is saving 75,000 books of stamps to purchase an entrance for the handicapped at the Marian community'S Eden Hill center in Stockbridge. The entrance, equipped with an elevator, will cost about $150,000.

Since 1970, donations in the form of S & H Green, Top Value, Gold Bond, Plaid and Blue Chip

stamps have come to the Marian monastery in the southwest corner of Massachusetts.

Just about every state has been represented, according to Brother Gagne. It began, he said, when a monastery priest placed an ad asking for stamps in the Marian Helpers Bulletin, a publication of the Marian Fathers and Brothers with more than a million subscribers.

"It took at least a couple of years," Brother Gagne said, before he had enough stamps to purchase a used Jeep for a Marian mission in Brazil. The Jeep cost 1,500 books with 50 pages per book for a grand total of 1,800,000 trading stamps.

Next the Marians accumulated 3,000 books to buy a Ford station wagon for the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, also of Stockbridge.

But the licking and sticking didn't end there. Some 40,000 books later, the congregation acquired a pipe organ for its chapel at Eden Hill, and with 35,000 more, one for the Marian novitiate in Brookville, Md. Brother Gagne enjoys working on the stamp project. "It keeps me out of trouble," he joked. Donations arrive in full or partially filled books or as loose stamps.

Each is acknowledged.

When Brother Gagne has a large enough bundle to cash in he drives for two hours to a redemption center in East Windsor, Conn.

"About four times a year I'll take down about 4,000 books," he said.

When asked how long it took to fill each book, the brother's reply was "too long!"

Stamps find him at Congregation of the Marians, Eden Hill, Stockbridge, Mass. 01262.

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