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DALLAS (NC) - In dealing with AIDS and other "behaviordependent" diseases, the Catholic Church "must teach and instruct that no-fault morality does not work in medicine or morals," U.S. bishops were told earlier this month. Msgr. William B. Smith, Ii moral theologian and academic dean of

St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y., made the comments to about 150 bishops from the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands Antilles attending a weeklong medical-morals workshop in Dallas. Among them was Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Msgr Smith 'was one of two speakers who presented a lecture

on "AIDS - A Public Health D,ilemma" during the workshop, sponsored by the P<?pe John XXIII ,Medical-Moral Research and Education Center based in Braintree. While the church must be compassionate in treating AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome - "we must be compassionate in prevention as well," Msgr.

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Smith said, "and that means we must tell the truth, especially to our young." The theologian said, "There is no indiscriminate sex without consequences - whether those consequences be spiritual, emotional, social or, now, medical. Promiscuity of same sex or opposite sex has real consequences, now obvious

public health consequences." Msgr. Smith pointed to AIDS, alcoholism and pelvic inflammatory diseases among women as "almost entirely behavior dependent; they can be avoided or pre'vented by an act of the will." He criticized concepts of "nofault morality" and "safe sex" and Turn to Page Six

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Bishop's Lenten Letter Dearly beloved in Christ, The.revealed word of God reminds us, "there is a time for every 'season under the sun."As brothers and sisters infaith, we embark upon the very important journey of Lent, a God-given time to grow in the spiritual life - a time ofprayer, a time ofrepentance, a time of love. The days and weeks of this holy season invite us to pause and to assess our relationship with God and one another. Do we try to conform our will to God's'! Are we growing in charity for all of God's people'! Pondering these two questions alone could readily take usforty days. What is most at issue, my brothers andsisters, is that you and I not neglect this special time to grow in grace and peace. The traditions of Lent are well known. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving, additional acts of worship and the discipline ofpenance are wholesome ways to grow in our capacity to say "yes" to God and one another, and "no" to sin. May I encourage your faithful observance ofthese and other spiritual exercises during the season of Lent. Permit me, in a particular way, to invite parents to seize the opportunity which this spiritual journey presents, namely, to inculcate in our young people the importance of sacrifice. The capacity for discipline, which Lent bespeaks, nurtures values which are fundamental to our life on earth and to life eternal. A sking the Lord's abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones as we undertake this time of penance together, I have the pleasure to remain Faithfully yours in Christ,

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NC), The U.S. church is likely to have a major imp"act on the world Synod of Bishops on the laity since U.S. lay leaders are "probably the most able, best educated and most experienced in the work of the church," said Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis. "I think that our input is going to be important, and I think that bishops from around the world are going to look to the American church for a great deal of thought," he said in an interview with The Catholic Key, diocesan newspaper of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo. Archbishop May, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, is one of the U.S. delegates to the synod, to be held in October at the Vatican. , "As Americans, we may not be looked upon as towering intellectuals or great theologians by many - although we have our share but I do think we have a certain distinction because of our lay people," he added. "Their role in our schools, institutions, health care and social service is unmatched. The laity are a leadership group more and more in the church and they have a lot to say." Pope John Paul II's 1987 pastoral visit to the United States is, "potentially very important" for the U.S. church, Archbishop May said.

Members of the U.S. bishops' conference, including Archbishop May, will meet the pontiff beforehand "to help him understand what he's going to face in this country ... and the mood of the American people, over and beyond Catholic people," he said. "There is no question that there's ·certainlya perception among.some people - and I don't know whether it's true or not - that the pope is out of touch with American Catholics," said Archbishop May. "So we need to acquaint him with that, we need to be honest with him, and help him... He wants our advice and counsel."

The 64-year-old archbishop said issues that will demand attention in the church in the United States in the next five years include: - Follow-up education on the U.S. bishops' pastoral letters on peace and the U.S. economy. - The role of laity and women in the church. . - The ongoing development of liturgy and worship. - The assimilation of "the many ethnic groups that are causing the American church to grow." In additon, he said, vocations and health care are topics to be addressed. Turn to Page Six

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Pope warns against laxity in grantin'g annulments

Lenten programs planned throughout diocese

VATICAN CITY(NC)- Pope John Paul II has strongly warned that church marriage tribunals risk "deception" by psychology experts who see every marital problem as grounds for annulment. The "mental incapacity" argument is sometimes used as a "pretext" to dissolve failed marriages, the pope said in a recent talk to members of the church's chief marriage court, the Roman Rota. He criticized experts in psychiatry and psychology who "evaluate every [marital) tension as a negative sign and as an index of weakness and incapacity to live a matrimony."

Most diocesan parishes have announced special Lenten programs, including additional Masses, lectures and discussion series. Adaitionally, the Diocesan Office of Education is sponsoring a series, "Living the Sacraments: A Call to Conversion," on five Lenten Mondays. The program will be presented twice each Monday, from 10:30a.m. to noon at St. 'Mary's Cathedral School at Rodman and Second Streets, Fall River; and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth's parish hall, 515 Tucker Street, also Fall River. Dates and topics are March 9, Baptism; March 16, Reconciliation; March 23, Confirmation; March 30, Matrimony and Holy Orders; April 6, Anointing and Eucharist. Rice Bowl As In previous Lents, diocesan Catholics will participate in the Rice- Bowl program of Catholic Relief Services. Rice Bowl paricipants are asked . to fast or to eat a reduced meal once a week during Lent and to contribute money saved to their parish Rice Bowl fund. Twenty-five percent of contributions is kept by the diocese to fund local anti-hunger and poverty programs, CRS said. The remaining' 75 percent funds com: munity self-help projects in Third World countries.

According to the Spirit "They that are according to the flesh mind the things that are of the flesh; but they that are according to the spirit mind the things that are of the spirit." -Rom. 8:5

Consulting of outside experts is allowed by church law to determine whether a person was mentally capable of entering into a marriage. The pope warned, however, that such opinions can be "a

real occasion of deception for the judge" when the experts do not share the Christian view of marriage. Some of those consulted, he said, see marriage as a mere means of "gratification" or "psychological decompression." By refusing annulments, church judges often perform a "service of charity" for couples, the pope added. "They are at least helped not to deceive themselves about the real causes of their marriage's failure, and are preserved from the probably risk of finding themselves in . the same difficulties in a new union," he said. At the same time, he added, refusing annulments would show that. church courts do not represent an "easy way" out of marriages, thus preventing a "laziness" from developing in marriage preparation.

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Lenten study materials prepare for papal visit WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Catholic Conference is distributing catechetical materials to be used during Lent to help prepare for Pope John Paul II's September visit tp the United States. . The six sets of material prepared by Norbertine Father Alfred McBride are not only for Catholics in the nine dioceses and archdioceses the pope will visit but for use by Catholics throughout the

country, the USCCsaid inannouncing the materials. "U nity in the work of service" is the theme of the pope's Sept. 10-19 visit. The first. catechesis, or instruction, distributed in time for Advent 1986, was on the ministry of the pope in the church. "Catechesis Two: The Charism of Apostles" is meant for use by adults and children during the first week of Lent. Lent begins March 4. "The Charism of Prophets" will be used during the second week of Lent and "The Charism of Evangelists" during the third week of Lent. "The Charism of Teachers" is the section for the fourth week of Lent, "The charism of Pastors" is for the fifth week and "Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life" will be used' dur.ing the week of Pentecost. Each catechesis has three sections: a general catechesis, a children's catechesis and a suggested homily and general intercession. A Spanish translation is~ncluded.

O'n borderland. WASHINGTON (NC) - Catholic higher education "ought to be the mediator between the church and culture" because it "exist~ on the bord.erland between the chur;'ch and the broader world," members ofthe Association ofCatholic Colleges and Universities 'were told at their annual meeting by William Shea, professor of religious studies at the University of South Florida. The meeting, held in Was.hington, focused on "Cultural Pluralism and Catholic Identity."

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Among section chai~persons to be seated at the 66th annual convention of the Catholic Library Association, to be held in New Orleans April 20 to 23, is Dr. O,wen T.P. McGowan of Holy Name parish, Fall River. Director of libraries at Bridgewater State College, Dr. McGowan will head the CLA Academic Libraries section. At the New Orleans meeting he will introduce a major speaker, Dr. Annabelle Melville, Commonwealth Professor of History Emerita at Bridgewater State College. The biographer of Archbishop John Carroll of Baltimore; Cardinal Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus, first bishop of Boston; and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, she has just published the first full-length life of Bishop Louis ~illiam DuBourg, a Sulpician educator who founded , St. Mary's College, Baltimore, and the school which later became St. Louis University. In New Orleans she will offer Catholic librarians "recollections of oddities and delights of research in the U.S.A. and France in preparation for writing the lives of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, John Carroll of Baltimore, John Cheverus of Boston and Bordeaux and William DuBourg." Dr. Melville was formerly chair_person of the social studies department at Bridgewater State College and from 1977 to 1978 held the Catholic Daughters of America Chair of American Church History at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. . She was awarded the 1955 John Gilmary Shea'Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association for her biography of Archbishop Carroll; and in 1983, when she was keynote ,speaker at, the 175th anniversary banquet of the Boston archdiocese, she was presented a plaque in recognition of her research on the early years of the see and her definitive biography of Cardinal Cheverus. , Her latest biography, "Louis WiI- ' Iiam DuBourg," a two-volume work, traces the French background of Bishop DuBourg and his exile to Spain and then the . United States in the wake of the French Revolution. In Maryland, the priest became the third president of Georgetown

University, launched Mother Seton . on her. work in the education of youth and was instrumental in the founding of Mt. St. Mary College, Emmitsburg, in addition to St. Mary's, Baltimore. Until 1812, Bishop DuBourg was primarily an educator, but in that year he was named apostolic administrator of the diocese of New Orleans, then the largest diocese in the nation, with boundaries embracing the entire North American frontier. Installed l;ls bishop in 1815, he labored for 10 years to found parishes, establish convents and bring into being the institutions necesssary to serve the faithful. By 1825, however, the bishop felt his usefulness in the New World was at an end. Citing both ecclesiastical and personal reasons, he resigned his see and returned to France where he served successively as Bishop of Montauban and Archbishop of Besancon, dying in 1833.' Tracing Archbishop Dubourg's complicated life has been described as a "task which others had grown fainthearted in attempting to accomplish" and Dr. Melville's book is hailed as "a treasure of research and documentation which will prove of immense value to students of American history and of Catholic Church history in the United States." .

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Church pleased by U.S. end of Polish sanctions VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican is "happy that the United States has lifted economic sanctions against Poland," said a Vatican source familiar with Eastern Eurcr pean affairs. "Everything that is good for the Polish people is looked upon well by the church," he added Feb. 20, the day after President Reagan announced the United States had lifted remaining sanctions. Sanctions were imposed after Poland declared martiallaw in December 1981. "The people have suffered enough. The foreign debt rose," said the Vatican source. The ending ofthe sanctions"opens the door to foreign credits" and is in the spirit of the recent Vatican document on reducing the foreign debt crisis, he said. As part of the sanctions, the United States had blocked Poland's bids to reschedule its foreign debt with Western financial institutions. Other sanctions included suspending 'agricultural credits, prohibiting Polish fishermen from operat-- ing in U.S. waters and raising tariffs on Polish goods. Many of the sanctions had been removed prior to the February announcement as Poland progressively eliminated martial law regulations.

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Osterville' pastor marks 40th year in priesthood Father Clarence P. Murphy, pastor since 1969 of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Osterville, will mark his 40th anniversary of priestly ordination on Sunday. Born on St. Patrick's Day, 1920, in Boston, he is the son of the late William and Ellen (O'Keefe) Murphy. After graduation from Mission High School, Roxbury, he prepared for the priesthood at Montfort Seminary and at St. John's Seminary, Ottawa, Ont., Canada. The jubilarian was ordained as a Montfort Missionary March I, 1947, at St. Mary's Church, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y., by Bishop

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Reagan's action restored Poland's "most favored nation" status, which grants it non-discriminatory tariff treatment on its exports to the United States. The president also lifted the ban on Poland's eligibility for official' U.S. credits and credit guarantees. Polish officials said that since 1981, U.S. sanctions have cost their economy $15 billion. In January the Pontifical Justice and Peace Commission issued

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the moorins.-, We Need Lent Have we become so used to the good life that everything has to be convenient, easy and fast? We take for granted fast foods, we look for easy dinners and we search for convenient parking places when we go to the mar~et. The drive-up window has become the answer to our impatience and it is now extended even to our local doughnut shops. The ultimate response to the search for personal comfort was probably reached in a church advertisement attempting to entice worshipers with valet parking. Unconsciously, all of us have been seduced by this search for the easy life. Everything has to be at our fingertips when and how we want it. We have eagerly embraced a style ofliving that has us believing that everything must be accommodated to our convenience. Vast industries have built their empires on this reality. McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's are but a few examples of our desire for instant and disposable everything. Seemingly daily, we extend this drive to more areas of our lifestyles. Our insatiable needs apparently include abolishing everything that might prick our conscience. Annually, more and more businesses are formed to pander to our路wish to turn the extraordinary into the ordinary, pleasure into need and the expedient into the acceptable. This mind set has had a profound effect on our ability to distinguish right from wrong. Catering to its fulfillment, we have become hedonists. For instance, abortion is our quick and easy answer to unwanted pregnancies. And the current debate over use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS stems from the American reluctance to say yes to chastity. We need Lent to help us to refocus our lives, to live them not as we might wish to, but as we should. Americans need to hear such words as moderation, self-control and self-denial. The church observance of the Passion and death of our Lord is an apt time to remind ourselves that the fast, easy and convenient life is not always the good life, the God life. Lent says to all of us that we must slow down, we must take our time, we must look in the mirror and see ourselves as we are. More, it tells us that we can be something other than what we are. It emphasizes that the easy way is not always the best way. We have many deep-seated problems that our present social order does nothing to meet. But Lent reminds Catholics that life can be better. This does not mean easier or without inconvenience. Moderation is difficult; constraint is not comfortable; temperance is trying; and peace of soul is hard to come by. Yet these qualities are needed by all to survive physically as well as spiritually in the world we have made. The road to Calvary was not the fast track. It was slow, painful and exhausting. Catholics are asked td follow this route for the next six weeks, not merely as a memorial but as a needed renewal. Parishes throughout the diocese will offer' special programs, Masses and prayers, opportunities to help us focus on our real needs as we live in the now and prepare for the hereafter. We urge all readers to take advantage of these occasions to learn the true meaning of life, to get off the merry-go-round going to nowhere and follow Christ who is leading us somewhere. Don't let this Lent pass you by. It could be your last chance to set yoyr sights on whllt really matters. The Editor

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"And Dian shall return into ashes." Job 34:15

The Church and politics crats. He fought against New York Mayor Edwa~d Koch's efforts to Without doubt the Church is . prevent the archdiocese from using receiving more attention than usual discretion in hiring or refusing to because of its involvement with hire homosexuals. shaping public policy, as in the Thankfully, the local l;ourts precases of the American bishops' vented the mayor from bullying . pastoral letters on peace and the the archbishop. economy, which dominated the With all the American bishops, headlines when they were pub- the cardinal has made his views on lished. abortion abundantly clear. As a However, other issues the Church result the bishops have found themhas emphasized have been ignored selves in court "'with their taxbecause t'hey are assumed to be exempt status in jeopardy. matters of private morality. For President Reagan has two more instance, when the Church speaks years in office. It now appears out against divorce, homosexual- unlikely that he will be able to ity and artificial birth control, its appoint any additional Supreme teachings are often dismissed by Court justices. It also appears that the media as unachievable ideals. the media have removed his soDrawing upon the pastoral let- called Teflon with the help of the ters, the secular media portray our Iran-Contra affair, and have left bishops as liberal Democrats at us with a more vulnerable p~esi颅 odds with the Reagan administra- dent. Nevertheless, despite media tion; but a closer look at the teach- attempts to portray him as incomings of the bishops could provide petent, he remains remarkably popan interesting eye-opener. ular, although the present Democratic majorities in House and New York CatdinalJohn O'Con- Senate have virtually assured that nor is an example of a Church he will not achieve his political leader at odds with the administra- goals. tion on the public policy issues outlined in the pastoral letters but Reagan 'has backed tuition tax a strong supporter on issues con- credits for private schools, has supported pro-life initiatives and , cerning private morality. He is a strong advocate for has favored prayer in schools. He morality in the media. His convic- and his wife Nancy have worked to tion that pornography is a major prevent drug abuse among youth cause of the breakdown in family and rarely does he deliver a speech morality has put him more in tune 'without affirming the traditional with Attorney General Edwin values reinforced through stable Meese than with liberal. Demo- family life.

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

In my opinion, to assume that the American bishops are totally anti-Reagan is to overemphasize the pastoral letters and to underemphasize other moral issues of equal or greater importance. While 1988 Republican and Democratic candidates are still to be named, it will be surprising if many of their views will coincide with those of our bishops on public and private morality. My pessimistic nature tells me that the candidates of both parties will have far less in common with our bishops than does President Reagan. Presidents are best judged with the passage~f time. Few would disagree that we are today stronger militarily as a nation and that we have achieved this strength during peacetime. For example, the fact that Reagan did not readily acquiesce to the Soviet Union in Iceland can be considered a contributory factor in its attempts to achieve democratization and improve its human rights record. Hopefully, the greatest legacy President Reagan can leave us is an ~rms contr()l agreement achieved through strength, not weakness. History has a way of overlooking spectacular blunders and scandals and focusing upon the truly significant. My optimistic nature tells me that路 Reagan will receive kinder. treatment in the history booles than he does on news programs and in the daily papers.

Stories of Lent "Celebrate Lent?" a friend asked me in disbelief. "You

for traditions and practices because those are the ones we experience and we are comfortable with repeatdon't celebrate Lent, you eh- ing them. But our children don't dure it. And when it's all over, remember the old Lent and they you feel guiltyfor not doing more." aren't living in a culture that obI laughed because he speaks for serves Lent as it once did. For Lent to be meaningful to many Catholics, especially those who remember a far different Lent today's children, grownups and in an earlier church. We remember families, we have to put it in the Lent as a time of giving up, of 'context of today's culture. At one endurance, of improbable resolu- time, there were no parties, school tions of holiness, of interminable dances or even weddings during length, and often offailure because Lent. we weren't as perfect as we wanted These were celebrations arid Lent to be. was meant to be grim. If we say to I listened to priests tell about today's teen, "No', you can't go to confessions during Lents past. the canteen because it's Lent," "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. we're apt to get a look that says, I ate two pieces of candy""'I didn't "What's Lent got to do with it?" say three rosaries every day." "I So how do we turn ourselves gave up radio but I listened to around and celebrate Lent in a Tom Mix Tuesday." meaningful way in our lives and Is it any wonder that such be- families? By looking forward to it. havior gave rise to a general dread By talking about the opportunity of Lent rather than to welcome. of it gives us to be together, to quiet an opportunity to deepen our faith our busy lives a little, to initiate and r~latio~ship with Go~? Yet - some new ways to come closer Lent IS a t~n:te o~ celebratIOn of together with one another and renewed spmtuallty and perhaps God and to have fun while we're our major Lenten resolution should . doing it. b.e to put.the past be?ind us, to get God never told us that Lent nd of childhood att.ltudes toward should be grim. We are allowed to Lent and to get on With new under'1 d I h when we . . dL sml e an even aug standmg an~ attltude.towar ent pray. We don't have to put on as a celebratIOn of faith.. . fac sand churchy voices to When we celebrate anythmg we Pllokusb e J · hb k' t h'ldh d ta a ou t esus. This Lent I am going to focus ten d to reac ac moe I 00

The priestly image Did the church attract more priests in the past partly because the priest of the past projected a certain !yp~ ~f strength that was attractive In ItS. day? As I was pondering that question, I happened to see the old movie "Going my Way." Its portrayal of the church of the past and the offhanded remark of a woman gave me reason to think many of our past vocations were based on an image of priesthood that now need updating. "Going My Way" portrays a young priest who is sent to an aging pastor and a rundown parish. The young priest, played by Bing Crosby, is sent on a clandestine mission to gently take com, mand. The young priest meets a former woman friend, now a famous opera singer, who is surprised to learn he had entered the priesthood. Once recovered from her surprise, the respect and help she gives the priest enrich the plot. Because of the young priest a group of r~oughnecksis turned into a choir and the parish fi'n~s new funds. After an initial bout with the old pastor, young priest and pastor become best offriends and their friendship gives so much new enthusiasm back to the old pastor that he is. able to take full ch~rge once again. . The last scene says it all. The young p~iest has the aged mother of the pastor brought over from Ireland for a reunion. In the final touching scene we see Bing Crosby slip out ofthe rectory with a twinkle in his eye as he moves on to a new assignment. As the movie ended, a woman nearby u1tered,"What a' strong person!" He had given up a possible marriage with a lovely woman. Single-handedly he mustered need-

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my selil'" for families on stories -storil:s of plagues, Jesus, church and family. As usual, I suggest families set aside an hour weekly, turn off TV and celebrate Lent together in a pleasant atmosphere, not a "we got to" but a "we get to" Lent. Each 'week I will offer content but the rest is up to you. Many families find it works best to gather around a table, light a candle, sing a song, say a prayer, examine their previous week and talk about the material offered this week. During the first week, I suggest families focus on setting a relaxed and pleasant opening of Lent by sharing stories of past Lents and hopes for this one. Parents, tell your stories of what Lent was like for you - what you liked and disliked about it: And add that you also want your children to have memories of Lent, so together you are going to come up with something valuable as a family, something joyous that your children can pass on to their children.

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ed funds, converted 'tough children and' not only overcame the prejudice of an aging pastor, but touched him with love and care. Mission accomplished, he uproots and moves on like the Lone Ranger. Is the image projected by' that young priest still needed today? I think so - but the demands on him are expanding and creating the need for a broader image of priesthood. We are in an age that needs priests who can apply God's word to a society in which the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer; who know how to make the church appe~ling to a jet-set age that includes almost as many singles as married persons. And, in the wo.rds of Jesuit Father Karl Rahner, we need ,priests who struggle with the mystical experience that takes place in every human heart, priests who remilld

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all of us of the responsibility to respond to the mystical within us.

STIGMATINE Father Anthony Nuccio, 55, the first Catholic priest to receive an artificial heart transplant, died Feb. 13 at Presbyterian U niversity Hospital, Pittsburgh? after two t~ansplantattempts. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb~ 18 at Holy Family Church in Lynn, Father Nuccio's hometown, where he had been associate pastor for three years,

Deacons can bless throats Q. In our parish we had the blessing of throats as usual on the feast of St. Blaise Feb. 3. The permanent deacon helped the priest do the blessing. I don't remember it being done before. Is this permitted now? (Massachusetts) A. You are correct. Until recently the blessings of throats was not among the functions delegated by the church to deacons. The new (1984) revision ofthe Roman Ritual provides regulations and guidelines for such bltssings. In this ritual deacons are included among those who may assist at the blessing of throats. The complete English translation of this ritual is not yet available. The American bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, however, published the section on the blessing of throats separately late last fall. The introduction states, "The blessing of throats may be given by a priest, a deacon or, with the permission of the, bishop, by a properly designated lay minister." What happened in your parish, therefore, is completely legitimate. Our two permanent deacons assisted with the blessings of throats in our own parish. As long as we're on the subject, I may as well anticipate questions I will receive after Ash Wednesday. The priest, of. course, blesses the ashes for distribution, usually during Mass. Lay eucharistic ministers and deacons, however, may assist in imposing the ashes. I'm sure many readers will see this done in their own,parish.

By .-FATHER

JOHN' DIETZEN

In no way does the church make choices about "who will be Catholic." If you will recall, the question ,concerned a couple who are unmarried and living together, who are not living a Catholic life and have no intention to do so. The couple wishes a baptism, ceremony for their child for reasons which are,unclear except that the child's grandmother is obviously desirous that the child be baptized. Some of us are still working out of an understanding of baptism that is almost superstitious, that it works sort of like magic. That is not true. . In the baptism ceremony the! child's parents several times are asked if they believe and intend to be examples of the faith in which that child is baptized. Parents of the child in your question could not in honesty answer that question affirmatively.

They, not the church, have decided the child will not be Catholic. As I have indicated frequently in this column, that understanding: of baptism is not the quirk of a grouchy priest or individual parish. Church law is very explicit. The,official rite of baptism places a serious obligation on the parish priest in this matter: "When parents are not yet prepared to profess the faith or'to undertake the duties of bringing up their children as Christians, it is for the parish priest (pastor), keeping in Q. I am a Catholic married to a mind whatever regulations may non-Catholic. I am concerned have been laid down by the conwhether he could be buried in a ference of bishops, to determine Catholic cemetery and whether it the time for the baptism of infants" would be permitted for me to be (Introduction, No.8). buried in a public cemetery? Other documents are even strongIf my spouse choo$es not to join er. When the parents are unmarour church I would hate to think ried or have lapsed altogether from that someday we would not be laid the regular practice of their faith it to rest side by side. (Texas) is essential that priests work "to A. Either of the alternatives you bring them to a· recognition of mention is possible. Many who are their responsibilities." not Catholic are buried in Catholic Godparents or other members cemeteries, for precisely the reaofthe community may supply such sons you mention. parenting but the expectation must Graves may be blessed and pray~ be genuine in the sense of being a ers for a Catholic burial recited well-founded hope of a Catholic regardless ofthe cemetery in which upbringing (Sacred Congregation the committal takes place. for the Doctrine of the Faith, . Q.I have been concerned about Reply, 1970). . an article in one of your recent .. According to canon law, the columns. You told of a young baptism of an infant is not lawful unmarried couple who wished to unless "there be a well-founded have their baby christened in the hope thatthe infant will be brought up in the Catholic religion" (Canon Catholic Church. The church refused, and you 868). . said you were In agreeme~t witb i~' was the judgement of the pritbls de~ision since yo,,· botb felt tbat tbe' child would not bave est that he could· not baptize this child without further efforts with proper Catbolic upbringing. What are you saying is tbat the the c!tild's parents. Fro~ facts church has the right to pick and. 'givenin the.question, I would have choose who will be Catholic. Based to agree with him. If your concern is that without on life as it is today I don't feel that we have a right to do that. (New baptism the child is deprived of God's grace and love or even eterYork) A. I can only say that your letter . nal salvation if he should die, that indicates considerable confusion is another question entirely. Such about Catholic belief and practice is not the church's teaching about the meaning and effects ofbaptism. concerning baptism. ,.

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said Planned Parenthood's campaign to promote condom use would result in an increase in all sexually transmitted diseases. "That is not a prophecy; it is an inevitability." Msgr. Smith said the church should "both teach and promote virtue as a matter of personal and Christian responsibility, as a form of preventive medicine, if for no other reason than to protect our youth from behavior-dependent diseases." In dealing with diseases, he urged the bishops to avoid "two opposite. mistakes: the mistake of condoning unrighteousness and the mistake of condoning self-righteousness." The other speaker, Dr. Lambert King, vice president of professional affairs at St. Vincent Hospital in New York, told 'the bishops that AIDS is now present in more than 80 nations and "the magnitude and gravity of this epidemic exceed our worst expectations." AIDS and AIDS-related disease's "will kill millions 'of p,eople worldwide over the next decade and may long darken our days to com~," he said. About 10 million people worldwide and I to 2 million in the United States have already been infected with the AIDS virus, he said. Between 5 percent and 25 percent of these will develop AIDS, he said, and another 25 percent will , develop AIDS-related complex.

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The involvement of women in decision-making roles in the church is essential, said Archbishop May. "Prescinding from the question on of ordination - which is a theological issue which at the present time is clear and set - certainly wOflhip. Stanley R. Azalo. O.P. explales two presumpthe possibilities are very wide," he tionl that are crueial in contemporary disel/$' said. "Women shoul.d be in more Iiona Iboul MOI~. , and more decision-making roles and that's happening around the country." He said nuns - many of whom are in parish leadership positions June 22 - (July 13) -July 31 - are "going to play an important (Three and Six Week Courses. role because they're better prepared •Begins June 22 •ends JiAy 31 ; for it in many cases than men." lBeginsJune 22·endsJIAy 10; In addition, women who are +BeginsJuly 13 •ends JIAy 31 ). direct~rs of religious education, he Biblical Studies: six courses including said, "are probably going to be Apcx3yptic Literature (T. A. Collins, O.P.)I. better equipped, more enthusiasJohnline Writings (Terence Keegan, O.P.)I. tic, and probably more available Pentateuch (Patrick Reid)l. Thessalonians than men" to accept decision(Raymond CoIins) +• Psalms IS' Christian making. Prayer (Patric:k Reid) +. Introductory Hebrew (Rebecca Twersky)·. Religious Studies: seven c:otneS including (Dogmatics) Cmst: WOld and Redeemer (Mat· thew F. Mony. O.P.)·. Glace and NatlM'e NEW YORK (NC) - Elie Wie(Justil Hennessey, a.p.)I. Saen.nents IIld sel, the Nazi death camp survivor, Worship (Giles Dimock. O.P.) +--. (Moral 1'tlec*>gy) MOlality and Poitics (Paul Seaver. . Nobel Peace Prize winner and a.p.)·. Principles of Moral Decision (PMp human rights activist, received a Smith, a.p.)·, (Spirituality) History of special Christopher Award at the Spirituality (Mary Ann FoIImtr) +. group's annual awards ceremony Feb. 26. Trevor Ferrell, a PhilaReligious Education: Ministry to Adults delphia teenager who aids the home(KalNeen KiIion) +. less, received the first Christopher ASummer In the OCean State Youth Award.

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Papal holiday MIAMI (NC) ~ Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy of Miami . has praised a decision by theDade County School Board to give public school students a holiday Sept. . II when Pope John Paul II will celebrate an outdoor Mass in Miami." ,

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II held an impromptu visit with the mother of his wouldbe assassin Mehmet Ali Agca and afterward called the encounter . "very moving." "It was a moment very moving not only for her but also for me," the pope said Feb. 20 while standing beside M uzeyen Agca. "It was a little like the meeting in Rebibbia," the pope said of the 15-minute visit. "One sees how unknown are the ways ofthe Lord." In Decemb~r 1983 the pope met in Rome's Rebibbia Prison with the convicted gunman who woundCLASSMATES WHO have raised some $10,000 for liver ed him in a 1981 attack in St. transplant candidate Ronald Desillers wish him good luck as Peter's Square. Agca has since he prepares for an air ambulance flight to Children's Hospital, been transferred to Spoleto rrison, about 90 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. (NCj UPI photo) Rome.

$5,000 th~ft disguised blessing, says principal FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (NC) - Donations for a 7-yearold's liver transplant have been pouring in since thieves took $5,000 that his parochial school classmates helped raise for his 'operation. Altogether, students at St. Anthony Catholic Schpol in Fort Lauderdale had raised $10,000 for class- . mate Ronnie DeSillers by donating lunch money and holding bake sales and other activities. Ronnie was born with a liver that does not have enough ducts to' transfer bile into his' intestines. According to physicians at Miami Children's Hospital he will live only six to 18 months without a transplant for his deteriorating liver. He was transferred to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh Feb. 17. When his mother, Maria, learned that the Pittsburgh facility required a down payment of$ I62,000 before Ronnie could be considered for a transplant, his classmates and others raised $10,000 and local television stations aired appeals on his behalf. Ronnie got a call Feb. II from President Reagan at Miami Children's Hospital urging him to "keep the faith." Reagan contributed $1,000 to the cause. '

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After her request was published A few hours after the president's call, thieves broke into St. An- in Italian newspapers, the Vatican thony's and stole about $5,000 of . said Feb. 18 that the pope was the money that had been collected. "available" for such a meeting. However, nothing was heard from After it was reported that the mon'ey had been stolen, contribu- Mrs. Agca until she appeared at tions began to pour in from across .the bronzedoors ofthe apostolic palace the country, according to Elaine at 10 ·a.m. Feb. 20, according to Patterson, principal at St. An- Vati~n spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls. thony's. Despite a full schedule of ap"The pledges are coming in like pointments, including "ad limina" mad. It's awesome," she said. visits with a group of African "We've replaced the $5,000 I don't bishops scheduled to start at II know how many times over. Talk a.m., the pope greeted Mrs. Agca about a blessing in disguise, thl,lt in the papal library 50 minutes was it." after her' arrival. The pope first Miami Beach millionaire indus- !TIet her alone, then with her son trialist Victor Posner contributed and a translator. $200,000 to the fund, assuring that Through the translator, Mrs. Ronnie gets on the waiting list of Agca a~ked the pope to forgive her about 90 children for a transplant. son. Owners of Pegasus Air Ambulance "I have already done so," the in Miami offered to fly the first- pope replied. grader to Pittsburgh without Afterward, the pope and Mrs. charge.. Agca appeared before a small group ofjournalists. The pope gave Mrs. Donations have been raised by Agca an enamel picture of the Virradio stations a,nd a Miami Beach gin Mary with Child. The pope nightclub, and the Metro-Dade also called Mrs. Agca "a deep Police SWAT team planned to believer." solicit contributions. The cost of the operation is Before leaving the library, Mrs. expected to exceed $500,000. By Agca faced east and briefly raised mid-February $400,000 had been her arms as if in prayer. raised. Traditionally, Moslems face east toward the holy city of Mecca while praying. The day after the meeting with the pope, Mrs. Agca' said that when he placed his hand on her use the a ward to set up a "national 'head, she felt "a shock right down help'line" for runaway youths and to my heart.~' their families. He said the line is Speaking to journalists Feb. 21 intended to facilitate crisis interafter her second meeting with her . vention' for runaways and help prevent others from leaving home imprisoned son, Mrs. Agca also by putting callers in contact with said she had not expected it "to be so easy to meet the pope, without local services. any formality." Father Ritter said recent publicMrs. Agca said her son had ity on homeless ness "has focused almost entirely on adults and ig- encouraged her to meet the pope nores the problems of the kids on because he "is a good and human person." the streets." She also denieo she was asking There are hundreds of thousands of these youths, he said, adding Italian authorities to pardon her that a youth who has spent about son, saying she asked that only of six months on tne streets is "ex- God. "As a mother I want, I must tremely'difficult to turn around to hope, that his destiny will not be to make productive." - He said Covenant House helps , stay in jail for the rest of his life," them through what he called a she added. "decompression period" of one year A Fervent Hope to 18 months to help them unlearn the message of the streets. That "My fervent hope is that the .message,he·said, is "intimidate or religious dimension of the teachbe intimida~ed, seduce or be se- ing in the Catholic school be ever . duced, and don't trust anyone." more evident." Pope JohnPaullI

$100,000 award to ~r. Ritter WASHINGTON (NC) - Franciscan Father Bruce Ritter, founder of Covenant House,' a shelter for homeless youth, was presented a $\00,000 award by President Reagan and philanthropisr W. Clement Stone at a White House meeting Feb. 19. The award, called "Endow a Dream," is given annually "to recognize an individual who has overcome great difficulties to make a contribution to society," according to the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation. Reagan was honorary chairman of the committee which selected' Father Ritter. Father Ritter founded Covenant House 18 years ago as a refuge '. for New York City street youths.' Since then Covenant House shelters have been founded in Houston, Toronto, New Orleans. and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In an interview after the meeting, Father Ritter said he plans to

Mrs. Agca and her youngest son had arrived in Italy from Turkey Feb.I 7. Mrs. Agca .said at the time that she hoped to see the pope and seek his forgiveness for her son's

Storm meditation Dear Editor: Recently I had to drive during a blizzard. I lost control of my vehicle several times and at times it was almost impossible to sec; then just ahead a snowplow or sander appeared. Then I found my way again and had a road to follow. The last leg of my journey involved ascent of a dangerous hill. Slipping and sliding, J reached the crest and felt exhilarated. U pOD reflection, I likened my ordeal to the storms of life. So often the path i! hard to find and the future hidden by snowflakes of

sorrow. Yet there is always One who will show the way and, like my snowplow, get me back on track. Christ is that light in the storm. ,He is there if we but call out to him. Climbinl the hiD. I recall saying 10 him, "J cannot do this without you, please belp." Within minutes, I reached my 8oel. 1 imagine that last 10Dg dimb of life to be like that, climaxed by a moment of supreme triumph when one reaches the safety of Christ's arms. Jean Quigley Rehoboth

Unsung hero Dear Editor:

I was deeply moved and touched by Father John Dietzen's column ("Letter from a reader," Anchor Feb. 20) and applaud his wisdom fOT the sharing of a truly human aspect of gratitude. The uosung hero: a member of the< clergy (undoubtedly possessing the mundane ability to listen

_"""""",",,and_>WMhy, I would say, of shepherding a flock.-lt's good to know that bingo and social amenities are not always the priorities in this day and age. Reading "Letter from a reader" just made my day - Better! Florence Burgess East Falmouth

No Cape schools Dear Editor: Recently 1 read tbe education issue of the Anchor which 1 must say did not inspire me but rather left me sad and feeling that Cape Cod bad been forgotten by the Fan River Diocese of which it is a part. I have always known that there was not eveR one Catholic sthool on the Cape, but ~eeingit 50 dearly in print made it worse. 1 do realize the magnitude afthe problem, i.e., lack of dergy, relisious andJay teachers, but there is nothing to compare to a Catbolic &ehool education, especially in these days of working. mothers, many of whom hafe neither the time nor energy to teach Catholic moral values and beliefs in their homes.

ceo programs have been the cburcb's attempt to instill these values. My church, St. Pius Tenth, has been singled out as having one ofthe best programs. However, no matter how good the CCD program is, one hour a week cannot possiblY ~mpare to the daily bond~

ing and unity of Catholic ideals and knOWledge that five days a week in a Catholic school can provide. We are paying now for our shortsightedness in not puttingsufficient effort into maintaining our Catholic schools, as evidenced by the many young Catholics today who support abortion, sex before marriage, and place greed, avarice and pleasure before everything else in life. 1 believe moil Catholic parents would rather build schools than the million dollar parish centCl'S that appearto be the latest plan for the future. Without the basis of a good Catholic education, these beautiful buildinss may become little more than monuments to a past generation of believers. Alice Houst West Dennis

Help .available Dear Editor: This is my plea to all those girls who find themselves with unwanted pregnancies. There is help available; it's just a phone call away. Remember that there are so many aJternatives to abortion. They could talk to their priest. Remember, that child belongs to God. It's not fair for us to make a decision of death for a baby who cannot make its own choice. There are so many people just waiting for the chance to adopt a child because they cannot have children of their own. It's a sin to murder a baby! Life was given to us by God, who is our true father. We must live it not for ourselves but for him who gave it to us. Thanks be to God. Amen. Mrs. Mary c.c. Loura Taunton

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deacon at her parish before his ordination. Eleanor was open and honest with The Anchor in discussing her recovery period. "You can't do it without God," she said. "Whenever 1 sec Father Neylon, it could be just a smile. 1 feel God's presence. I know (Father Neyl~n is] just a phone call away, and 1 feel comfortable with that. You just have to look at him and you know God is here with you.

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FATHER NEYLON prays with Eleanor Ottaviani.

Christ in the hospital By Joeeph Motta A man on a stretcher is hurried into a hospital emergency room. Docton and nurses turrotlnd him, working hard and fast to save his life. His family, informed of the emergency, rushes to the hospital. And, almost immediately, a chaplain is at his side. The Diocesan Department of Pastoral Care for the Sick provides spiritual care to patients at seyeral hospitals in the diocese. This ministry is funded by the annual diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal. A morning that The Anchor spent with Father Bruce M. Neylon, one of two pastoral care chaplains at Attleboro's StuRl.y Memorial Hospital, made it clear that the hard-eamcd and chct:rfullydonated CCA funds are well spent. Father Neylon has for two years been a fulltime chaplain at Sturdy. He said that he "fell into" the ministry gradually; after his 1975 ordination he was assigned as parochial vicar at Holy Name parish. Fall Rive-r, and then to the same position at 51. Patrick parish, Wareham. While at those churches, he said, his responsibilities included calls at Fall River's former True~ dale Hospital and Wareham'sTobey Hospital. He added that he became more interested in pastoral care after his mother and late father were hospitalized and benefited greatly from the services the diocese provided. "Vou never know how the day's going to start or turn out," he told The Anchor. Shortly before his interview began, the priest had been in Sturdy'S emergency room; a man had just been brought in with respiratory arrest. "Sometimes there's a crib death or an automobileaeident," he said. "Voujust never know." Hospital chaplains administer the sacramentS of anointing of the sick, Eucharist and reconciliation. They are on hand to talk or pray witll any patient, depressed, lonely, frightened or simply in need of a friendly visit. They also offer pas~ toral counseling to patients and their families, perform emergency baptisms and ref'erpabents to age.neies which may be able to assist them with long-range problems.

Father Neylon's cochaplain, Sister Elaine Shaw, OP, was not able to meet with The Anchor. Her coworker and friend, though, is quick to point out her vast importance to the pastoral care program at Sturdy. Father Neylon resides about one mile from the hospital, at Attleboro's St. John the Evangelist parish, and he ean be reached there in an off-hours emergency. If neither he nor Sister Shaw is available, parisb priests respond to caUs.

A Protestant minister alsoacrves Sturdy patients. The diocesan priest said that he tries to answer family questions and to offer guidance to families of patients who die. If a family member who has come to the hospital alone receives bad news and becomes distraught he added, be tries to contact· another person who could come in and be with him or her. "There have been a few instances where I've driven people home," he said. Has his immersion in a world which often includes much sorrow changed him? "I have a deeper appreciation of life and its values," Father Neylon said, "and a deeper appreciation of my own life. I try to make the most of each day and I thank God for the health I have. It's hard to take a lot for poted when illness can come on so quickly. "1 see the peace that a patient receives when the family and I are gathered around praying with them or for them. It's amazing. People become resigned to the fact that they're going to die. The family also benefits. The patient says 'Okay, I'm ready to meet the Lord.' You can see the peacefulness come over their faces. I see that as a little miracle." Eleanor Ottaviani. a member of St. Mary's parish, Mansfield, is among patients Father Neylon is currently visiting on his rounds. A wanD, upbeat person, Min Ottaviani is hospitalized due to recur~ ring problems with diabetes. During her current hospital stay, she has had toes amputated from her right foot, she said, and. about a year ago she had her left lei ampuSisters and lay eucharistic min- tated below the knee. She has known Father Neylon isters also serve the patient populasince he served as a transitional tion.

"I don't remember much about my first stay here because of all the medication and pain, but I remember looking up and seeing. Father Neylon's face." The friendly patient said that she had been learning to walk all over again. that she would begin climbing stairs this week, and that she hoped to be out of the hospital soon. "If the dear Lord didn't think I could do this, he wouldn't have sent it to me," she said. "lfit wasn't for my faith and all my friends and their prayers, I could never have done it." "Patients like Eleanor increase my own faith," Father Neylon said later. "You can really see Christ in so many of the ~tients here."

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The Rice Bowl program is back this Lent. How about a simple hamburger casserole tonight; no dessert; put the money saved in your home or parish Rice Bowl.

Do something special and unexpected for BamBoOS today. A flower? A goody? A hug?

How are you doing with your Ash Wednesday resolution?

The feast of St. Vincent Ferrer, a Dominican who preached throughout Europe In the late 14th and flsrty 15th centuries. He always prayed before preaching; could you say a

swift prayer befors saying 60mB. thing important?

Spring growth can be 8 powerful reminder of the Resurrection. R9Sd John 12:24-25.

Is there someone who'd love to have Sunday dinner at your house?

What is your favorite Gospel story? Do you see .yourself in any of the characters?

Really pay attention to each person who speakS to you today, including the children.

Do something you've been postponing: making a doctor or dentist's appointment? apologiZing to someone?

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Could you skip one television program today? In Ihe time saved could you write a letter or make a phonecaf' to someone who'd love to hear frdm you?

How many clothes in the closet that haven't been worn for over a year? What could/should be done with them?

This is the feast of St. Frances of Rome. In 40 years of marriage she and her husband never had a disagreement. What role modefs for their children!

Do you say grace before meals? Here's one: "May those who are hungry have bread; may those who have bread have ever a hunger for justice and peace."

Here's another grace: "As the bread which is here on Ihe lable was formerly scallered abroed and is now made compaclln one, so m.ay thy Church be galhered from the ends of the earth for thy kingdom."

The Rice Bowl menu suggestion for this. week: split pea soup.

The Annunciation: the day Mary said yes to God. Can we?

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Am I prejudic'ed? Ag*inst women? Men? Minorities? '. Those of other faiths? What would Christ say?

Can the famliy do something together today?

Could you skip the bedtime snack tonight and slip a little extra into your Rice Bowl?

What about eating and drinking? Do Istlck for the most part to wholesome, healthy foods or is there too much junk In my diet? We're stewards of our bodies too.

How long since you've said the rosary?

Waste not, want not. Are you a good steward of God's gifts?

Could someone in the parish use a ride to Mass and maybe a cup of coffee afterwards?

Who in your life needs you most? Do you feel you're doing your best by that person?

Could you pray the. front page of the newspaper, including people you agree with and those you think misguided, remembering that Jeslls said "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you...

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Could you go to Mass today?

Rice Bowl meal: peanut butter soup or another variety If you're not a peanut butfer lover.

Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. fila one is exempt from sorrow; ask Mary to help you bear yours. What about making the Stations of the Cross?

Who is your patron saint? What do you know about him or her? .

Palm Sunday and the Passion of Our Lord begins. Csn you come before or stay after Mass and take the lIrns to think prayerfUlly about the weak to come?

It's a traditional time for spring housecleaning. Can It be an occasion for real family cooperation?

Are new cfothes part of your Easter? Let them symbolize the "putting on the new" to which Christ calJs us.

Remembering Judas, today is known as Spy Wednesday in some countries. Pray for those who may seem beyond redemption. For Christ, it's never too fate.

Holy Thursday and the b8ginning of tha Paschal Triduum. Pray for the faith of St. Thomes Aquinas, who wrole of the S/ssse<! Sacramsnt: "Jesus, whom.t present my vision cannot S",1 What I long" and yearn for, 0 vouchsafe to me.

Good Friday Bnd the celebration of the Lord's Passion. Be at the cathedral or your parish church if at all possible. A simp.!e evening meal of bread and vegetables is traditional for many, as are the symbolic hot cross buns.

The sense of waiting fills today, culminating in the glorious Easter vigil. EastfJr eggs, a powerful symbol of new life, provide an unequaled teschable moment for children.

â&#x20AC;˘ St. Patrick's Day: a green oasis in Lent. Havs fun!

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It's the feast of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a doctor of the . Church. In his honor, could you spend 15 minutes with the New Testament?

The f9asr of St. Joseph, patron of workers. 11.ow about 100 percent effort at work today? The Rice Bowl suggestion: chicken and rice soup.

Are things chaotic in the morning? How about getting up 15 minutes esrlier? Rice Bowl meal: Mexican chili.

Try not to lose your temper or even get irritated today.

How long since you've been to confession? Would this be a good day?

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Banners, new clothes, special foods, Easter egg hunts: Christ is risen! He is trufy risen! May your good Lent take you into the Easter season as a rejoicing Christian.

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ST. MARY, NB Adult Confirmation classes are forming; information: rectory, 995~ 3593. Lenten Masses 7 a.m. and 12:05 p.m, weekdays. Fatber John F. Moore, pastor, will lead a core group in tbe formation of parish community 7:30 p.m. Lenten Wednesdays, ~ligious education cenler. NOTRE DAME, FR. School science fair first-pl~ winne(s: Christopher Mello, grade six; Cristen Cote, llrade seven; Andrea Silvia, grade eight. Lenten weekday Masses at 7 p.m.; CO&l!ey aI6:4' p.m. D of I. ATTLEBORO Daughter. of Isabella Alcazaba Cirele meeting March 5, with 7 p.m. fe(:oUection at 51. Joseph's Church led by pastor Father Paul E. Canuel; all women welcome. ST.JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET March 6 First Friday Mas~es 7:30 and 9 a.m.; First Saturday Mass 8 a,m., followed by rosary, The parish will bost an ecumenical World Day of Prayer service at 1;30 p,m, March 6 under sponsorshij) of Church Women United. All area -Women welcome, Four new parish council members wiII be elcted at weekend Ma'ses, ST. PATRICK, FR Dr. Jeremiah J. Lowney will speak at 6 p.m. March 8 in the school auditorium on his mission of providing dental services tothe poor of Haili; a light supper will be served; infQrmatioIl, rectory: 672-2302, Parishioners are praying for members of St. Patrick's parish, Escanaba, MI, as they prepare for their fourth semester of the Renew program. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Parishioners Roland and Delia Dessert are celebrating their 49th wedding anniversary. Education Buard meeting9a.m. Marctl6. The parish thanks Mr. and Mrs. Jim Haskins for volunteering as chaperons for the youth group ski trip. Youth group meelS 8 p.m, Wednesdays. parish center; new members welcome.

SACRED HEART, FR 1987 Lenten Masses: 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weeKdllYs. "How 10 Read the Bible" session~ 7 to 8 p.m. Lenten Mondays beginning March 9. Stations of the Cross and Latin Benediction 7 p.m. Tuesdays beginning March 10. Inquiry night for nonCatholics and non-eonfirmed adult Catholics March 18. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE. SWANSEA Parishioners have received plastic cards explaining the sacrament of reconciliation, so Ihat "no one should find il hard to go to confession.~ Diocesan vocation flyers on the priesthood are available al the churCh doors. CATHEDRAL, FR Women's Guild meeting7:30 p.m. March 3, school hall; MIS. Sue Bradon of 1'auriton will demonstrate candymaking.

ST. STANISLAUS, fK Parishioners John and Doris Minlor are ..debeating their 25th wed~ ding anniversary. Parish organist Miss Vlderie Polka has been cbosen Outstanding Employee of Rhode Island Hospital. Parishioner Lois Walkdcp has beep recognized all' an Outstandina Teacher by the Fall River public school system, Christian Living classes 4 to 5:15 p.m. Mondays. school. Holy Rosary Sodality meeting 1:30 p.m. March I, school. The parish thanks an anonymous friend for a $40 love offering to help a. parish school student' with book fees. Father Robert S. l{a&Zynski, pastor, will meet with pa~nts of elementary public and private school students 6:3<) to 8 p,m. Marchi, school hall; leen! adolescent problems and AIDS will be discussed. Nonparishionen; welcome.

ST. JOSEPH, F AIRHA VEN Coffee and doughnuts will be 'served afler the 8 and 9:30 s.m, Masses Sunday; all welcome. ST. MARY, NO, ATTLEBORO Healing service and Sunday Mass wilh Father WilliamT. Babbitt, parochial vicar, 2 p.m. March8, church, CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Family Commission meet5 7:30 p.m. fint and third Thursdays, religious education center. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Men of the Sacred Heart seek new members 10 promote enthronenlent of ttie Sl.cred Heart of Jesus; information: Fred Nunes:999-4847. Family Mass 9:30 a.m. Sunday; coffee and doughnuts fallow, church hall.

LEGION OF MARY. NB New Bedford curia ,meets 6:30 p.m, Sunday. St. Mary Church rec_ tory, Fairhaven. O.L. ANGELS, FR Parish council meeting 7 p.m. March 2. parish hall. Holy Name Society Mau and meeling S a.m. March I. Holy Rosary Sodality meeting begins with 8 a.m: Mass March 8. 1987 Domingas for the Espirito Santo feast arc Jose Cabral, Roger MedeirOli, K.erri Lynn Machodo, Marcelino Mello, Jose Rocha, Olive Cabral and Dennis Medeiros. Lenten Masses 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays. EngliSh-language family mission March 9 to 1:\. conducted by Father R.obert A. Oliveira, SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET St. Francis ofthe Cape Fraternity meeting 2 p.m. March I, SI. Jobn the Evangelist Church parish center, Pocasset; Father Edwin Dirig, OFM, will celebrate Mass and speak on the sin of envy; an welcome; information and transportation; Roben Collyer(Upper Cape), 563-2654; Dorothy Williams (Middle and Lower Cape), 394-4094. Turn to Page: 15

55. PETER 011: PAUL, FR A portable confessional has been donated in memory of Dema~ Perry; a donation towards purchase of a second confessional has been made in memory of Alben F, Doucette. Vincentian meeting 7 p.m. March 5, rectory.

ST. JULIE BILUAKT, NO. DARTMOUTH Prayer meeting 7:30 p,m. Mondays, church hall. Lenten serie~ (" A Journey with PaUl,") Tuesdays after 7 p.m. Mass.. O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Old palms may be brought to the church this weekend; they will be burned for use on Ash Wednesday. Choir rehearses 7:30 p.m. TueJdays. church; new members welcome.

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Dotl,N. Hyacinth Circle day of recollection March 8 begins at 2 p.m., ends with 5p.m. Mass, Holy Name Church parish haU, New Bedford; Fathers John J. Perry end Stephen B, Salvador will conduct the day; all wel~ome.

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Helping teens handle divorce. Dear Mary: Six months ago I was divorced after my husband walked out. I am now the single parent of two teenagers. I also began working. Yesterday Ileatned that while I was at work my daughter tried to get someone to buy liquor for her. She is 14. My ex-husband still lives in town, but he is no help. When I try to discipline the children, he tells them what a mean person" am. How can I raise her when I must work and cannot supervise her? (Pennsylvania) Teens face tremendous peer pressure. While popular concern in recen"t years has focused on drug abuse, the most popular drug for teens in many communities is alcohol. Even young teens try to experiment with alcohol to be one of the crowd. Do not blame all your problems on the fact that you are a single working parent. Teens have leisure time, money and access to cars. With such resources teens sometimes avoid the supervision' of even the most vigilant parents. You need to define in your own . mind what you want to accomplish. Beware of mixing anger toward your ex-husband with concern for your daughter. Do, you want to use

him as a resource, or do you often, parents of teens keep all merely want to prove what a bad their concerns hushed up when other parents almost certainly are and inadequate person he is? If your concern is for your daugh- facing the same problems. Break ter, try to focus on the problem at through this wall of silence. You hand, namely, to find ways to pre- can keep each other informed about vent her from drinking. If you do the comings and goings of your not think your ex-husband will children. And you can help each other with practical problems ofparenthelp, do not get him involved. Here are some suggestions. Some ing. Perhaps another mother of a are more drastic than others. Select the ones that might help you. teen would supervise your daughI. Can you get a job with the ter while you work. Your daughter school system? Schools hire many . might like to spend her time in the people other than teachers. The home of one of her friends. If you great advantage for a single parent feel that paying a friend for such a is that when your children are off service is inappropriate, find other you are too. You avoid the prob- ways you can return the favor. lem of how to supervise your child Many of us find it difficult to during vacations and holidays. In ask for help. If you feel this way, addition, you might become better ask yourself, Would I help her if acquainted with your children's the situation were reversed? If you friends. Such advantages might answer yes, realize that your friend justify taking a reduction in salary probably feels the same way. to work where you can better Ask for help. Your daughter supervise your children. will benefit. Your friendship with 2. Hire a "supervisor" for your another family will benefit. And children for days when they are off you may contribute to breaking school and you must work. A down the barriers that keep us and responsible college student or a our problems isolated from one ' teacher might check on your daugh- another. ter. Pay them as you would a baby Reader questions on family liv.sitter for a younger child. Obviously ing and child care to be answered you need to select a college student in print are invited. Address The Kennys; Box 872, St. Joseph's with care. 3. Confide in other parents.Too College; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

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usually has to go along with at least some of society's aggressive values. It is virtually impossible to f~nction actively in our culture if you're as gentle and sweet as a lamb. There's not much anyone person can do to change that reality. But a.s the priest suggested, we'll never change the world, but we keep trying. Each of us can be a little more humble and vulnerable than we are now, striving to be more compassionate and gentle in everyday life. As Christians, we have a responsibility to work toward the fulfillment of Jesus' teachings, even if they are hard to achieve. Who knows? Perhaps one day the lions will lie down with the lambs, and peace on earth will become the '.lew reality.

Aisle hugger's a strain human roadblock? What's kind about a bony knee in the thigh? He held his arms out to the sides and tiptoed on the parking-space line to make his point. I noticed the woman in the car next to us lock her door. "Y ou've got to put yourself in the other person's shoes," I told him. "I almost did," he claimed. About that time, the woman who had sat next to us came out of church aided by the pastor and a hand walker. My husband looked at me, "OK, next time I'll hug her."

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Soon we'll know what the serpent handed Eve VATICAN CITY (NC) - The serpent winds around the tree four times before its body turns into that of a womanwith outstretched hand giving some darkened substance to a naked Eve as Adam stands beside her. "We won't know what it [the substance] is until after the cleaning," laughs Walter Persegati, secretary of the Vatican Museums. Persegati was commenting on Michelangelo's painting ofthe temptation in the Garden of Eden. The painting, on the curved ceiling ofthe Vatican's Sistine Chapel, is part of the epic biblical frescoes of the 16th-century Renaissance artist, which attract millions of visitors a year to the Vatican Museums. Since 1980 they have also attracted controversy. That is when the Vatican began the delicate task of trying to clean the frescoes without damaging them.

"Retouching involved was practically nil. In cases where it was required, the retouching was done in watercolor," he says ofthe works already restored. Vatican restorers say they too were surprised at the vivid colors. "It took six months to convince ourselves that what we found really was Michelangelo," Colalucci says. The project has produced comThe six-month period was filled plaints that the cleaning process with scientific study of the artist's itself may endanger the long-term paints and techniques as compared life of the frescoes. It has also pro- to those of restorers decades and duced some suprises. centuries later. The bright reds, yellows and In frescoes, water-based paint is greens buried under the dirt give a applied to wet plaster. As the plasnew image of Michelangelo as a ter dries, the paint becomes fixed user of brilliant, vibrant colors. into the wall or ceiling. But this discovery has not been Restorers found that Michelaneasily accepted by some art scho- gelo painted so vividly that he did A DETAIL of the "Delphi Sibylle" by Michelangelo lars who worry that the restorers not use a varnish over the frescoes . might be adding too much paint to add luster. Varnishes were used shows the Sistine Chapel fresco before and after cleaning. over the original colors. ,by later restorers trying to recap- (NCj KNA photo) . Not so, says Gianluigi Colalucci, ture the original brilliance because These include: scholars have expressed satisfacrestoration project head. their cleaning techniques could not - Installing a dust-absorbing tion. Scholars have been allowed remove the bulk of th~ dirt. carpet. to examine the restoration work Restorers speculate that Miche- Climate control to keep the and earlier this month journalists langelo made his colors so bright top of the chapel cooler than the were permitted atop the scaffoldbecause they had to be seen through bottom so as to avoid upward ing where Garde'n of Eden scenes the dim candle and torch lights of movement of dust-bearing air. are being cleaned. his day. - Putting a weatherproof, temRestoration shows the pinkish Michigan donors located by the Another criticism ofthe restora- perature-controlled outside cover flesh tones on Adam and Eve and Detroit archbishop. tion is that it might damage the over the chapel dome to prevent fine detail such as the red-robed "Rome is perhaps taking a clue frescoes because of the cleaning rain seepage and to help control angel's sword almost touching from us in using modern technol- solvent used and because the clean- the temperature at ceiling level. .~ wisps of Adam's sandy blond hair ogy," Archbishop Szoka said in an ing is exposing the fresco surfaces "It will be like an electric blanas the angel chases the couple from interview following inauguration to modern pollution. Paradise. ket," says Persegati. of the system. He said the idea for But Persageti says the cleaning Unless the cleaning is done now, Restoration of the entire 10,345 what is to date the largest compu- solvent used is a 20-year-old, much- in a few centuries all the frescoes square feet of wall and ceiling frester hookup at the Vatican came used formula. If it were harmful to will be blackened beyond recogni- coes is scheduled for completion in during a visit by a Rota official to paintings, it would have showed tion, say Vatican officials. 1992; but within a few months visDetroit. up during that time. ' They add that criticisms come itors will know what the serpent "Look, that fresco was cleaned from a minority, 'while most art gave Eve. "He saw our system and said, 'I six years ago. Has it faded?" asks wish we could have that at the, Persegati, pointing to MichelangeRota,' " Archbishop Szoka said. lo's fresh-looking depiction of the Because of the Vatican's current prophet Zechariah, dressed, in a OVINDOLI, ltaly(NC} - Pope walk through the mountains, stopfinancial problems, there was no bright yellowish-orange robe. John Paul II made a recent trip to ping to pray the breviary. chance to have such an expendiThe project also includes longthe central Italian mo'untains, where An enthusiastic skier and hiker ture approved. term plans to protect the frescoes he hiked, prayed and skied for sev- , since youth, the pope has slipped "I told him I'd help get the from future damage. out of the Vatican at~least twice eral hours. money," Archbishop Szoka said. At Ovindoli, a winter resort before for short mountain holidays. about an hour east of Rome, the In 1984, he skied for several Computer terminals - 19 in all pope made three or four runs hours in northern Italy before lunch- now sit atop Rota desks in down a medium-difficult ski track. ing with then-President AlessanRome's 15th-eentury Chancery PalSeveral aides and security men dro Pertini. Last year, an Italian ace. They are connected to data skied alongside the pontiff, who magazine published 1985 photobanks overseen by a "systems manslalomed slowly down the slopes. graphs of the pope hiking through ager," a Rpta priest trained by the Italian sources said that during mountains east of Rome. Digital Computer Co. the visit the pope also took a long The aim is to remove nearly 500 years of soot, dust, candle smoke, grease and salt deposits from rain seepage that have darkened the paintings, forming a dullish gray "skin" hiding Michelangelo's detailing and coloring. The task also involves removing retouchings and varnishes of previous restorers.

Archbishop Szoka arranges for Roman Rota computers ROME (NC) - In a move expected to speed up Vatican handling of marriage cases, the Roman Rota has been fully computerized as a result of a gift arranged by Detroit 'Archbishop Edmund Szoka. The new system includes the sixcentury-old archives of the Rota, the church's highest appeals court. Also in the system are' precedentsetting decisions from this century, enablingjudges and researchers to call up cases for reference. In addition, it provides the working file for all pending cases, eventually printing out judgments or letters to be sent to diocesan authorities. The system was inspired by Detroit's success with computers in reducing a five-year backlog of archdiocesan marriage cases. Msgr. Ernesto Fiore, Rota dean, said the computer should help the tribunal work more rapidly. In the past, some Rota decisions have taken years. The computer system, which cost about $200,000, was paid for by

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Archbishop Laghi said the Vatican directive to remove Father Charles Curran from his theology teaching position at the Catholic University of America was "fair."

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The archbishop noted that Catholic University is a pontifical university and its faculty is charged with presenting the "authentic Catholic magisterium," the church's official teachings. Father Curran "is not free to teach in the name of the magisterium if his teaching is not that of the magisterium," the archbishop said. ' "He can searc'h, res'earch and teach the doctrine of Curran....That is not the doctrine ofthe church." The archbishop emphasi~ed that the reason for inSisting Qn teaching official doctrine at a pontifical university "is not to kill the truth. It is, rather, to be clear." In his speech the archbishop' said that dedication to universal truth, respect 'for freedom, and a vibrant, conscious faith are the hallmarks of a truly Catholic university. Authenticity is reflected in the

Catholic university's ,service to the church, and the university helps transform "inherited faith" into "a conscious faith matured and intellectually formed through study, prayer and personal choice," the archbishop said. "Modern society and modern culture place great emphasis on freedom, but not infrequently it is a freedom that is linked to a pluralism of attitudes, of behaviors, of ideologies. And that pluralism ... can lead to a sort of neutrality of' mind in which all opinions would have the same value and in which ideas would become confused in an atmosphere of in'difference," he said.. , It is "precisely the role of the Catholic university" to overcome such pluralism and ind.iffererice and "to point out the absolute values that are the essense and the honor of the human mind created in the image of God," Archbishop Laghi said.

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Nun shares experie-nce' of surrendering life ,

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (NC) - Lett"Handing over, letting go, sur-, ing go, "surrendering little by,litrendering little by little has been at tie," has become the story of Sister the heart of the past months." Suzanne Schrautemyer's life, an Death "should be gentle, like experience she is sharing with both prayerful solitude - should reverence life by a quiet, reflective sumfriends and strangers. After two years of cancer Sister mons," she believes. "I was aware Schrautemyer, a 39-year-old mem- of death and life occuping the aweber of the Ursuline order, decided some, sacred space." last September to end chemotherAlthough she had to quit workapy because she believed no form ing fulltime, Sister Schrautemyer of therapy would make a difference. has continued to work parttime as When The Messenger, the Bel- ' associate director of religious eduleville diocesan newspaper, ran a cation for the Belleville diocese. story last December about Sister She has gone through hospitalizaSchrautemyer's decision and NC tions, then a few weeks of apparNews distributed the story world- ent good health dashed by the wide (it appeared in The Anchor news that the cancer had been traJan. 9), an outpouring of-calls and veling in the fast lane. letters was received from people Several weeks of "feeling pretty expressing concern and gratitude good," of beginning to wonder , for the nun's openness. ' whether the cancer had "taken a In a followup interview in the break, or was in remission" were Feb.6 Messenger, Sister Schraute- jolted one night by severe pain, myer said she made a New Year's trouble breathing and respiratory resolution" to relax and to slide failure. "I was panicky. I think I into the mystery of living and experienced how I am going to dying. die," she said. "The way I live out that resoluDuring her illness Sister Schrautetion is to live each moment by tunmyer has been responding to the ing in as completely as I can to the reactions of friends and to letters person and events who are part of from strangers who read her story. that moment - and not to worry Some people seem to want to about what's going to happen deny that she is dying, she said, later this year," she said. and some letters suggest implausi.ble diets,vitamins and healings. But others, she declared, "heard young as 10, although apparently an echo of 'their own experiences none that young has faced the penalty. , of disease, death, letting go. "Many of them, before they Miss Cooper was 15 when she read the article, felt alone in their and three youthful accomplices experiences - their own disease, broke into the victim's house on an their pwn dying or in their own apparent murder-and-robbery, spree. Miss Cooper later pleaded , experiences, and that is what they are grateful about. Some of them guilty to stabbing Mrs. Pelke. are saying: 'I haven't been able to The Vatican,at several internatalk to anyone who, understands tional meetings, has opposed the what I'm experiencing.' Some of 'death penalty. In 1983 the pope the letters express gratitude for asked governments to grant clereleasing or breaking a silence in mency for inmates sentenced to their lives," she said. ' death. ',

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U .8. teen" on"d'eath row seeks papal help ment ruling that the sentencing By NC News Service The tJ .S. Catholic Conference commission, created in 1984 to in mid-February pleaded against establish guidelines for the federal use ofthe death penalty, while a teen- judicial system, has authority to ager on death row in Indiana asked reinstate capital punishment for certain (ederal crimes, including Pope John Paul II to help her. The U.S. Supreme Court, mean- treason, espionage and assassinawhile, agreed to determine if death tion of a president. The commission is to present its sentences for crimes committed by final report to Congress by April minors are unconstitutional. In another development, Amnes- 13. It will become binding unless ty International began a new cam- Congress amends or rejects it within paign to abolish capital punish- six months. In Indiana, meanwhile, a 17ment in the United States. The Supreme, Court Feb. 23 year-old prisoner said she hopes said it would hear the case of Wil- Pope John Paul will help her get liam Wayne Thompson, an Okla- her death sentence commuted. Paula Cooper made the request homa convict sentenced to death for a murder committed in 1983 in a letter sent to the pope by her lawyer. Miss Cooper was quoted when he was 15. The high court will hear argu- in an interview in the Rome daily, ments on whether sentencing II Messaggero. "I.hope that he will want to help Thompson to death for a crime committed when he was so young me," she said of the pope. Miss Cooper, who is not Cathorepresents "cruel and unusual punishment" forbidden by the Constitu- , lie, said she has a photograph of the pope hanging in her prison tion. â&#x20AC;˘ Addressing another death penal- cell. "I don't dare imagine him in ty issue, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph ,flesh and blood, but I hope just the Sullivan of Brooklyn, N. Y., chair- same that he takes an interest in ' man of the USCC Committee on me," she said. She was sentenced to death for Social Development and World Peace, wrote Feb. 13 to the chair~ the 1985 stabbing death of her 78man of the U.S. Sentencing Com- year-old Bible teacher,.Ruth Pelke, mission, Judge William Wilkins in Gary, Ind. The interview coincided with Jr., a federal appeals court judge. the start of a worldwide campaign The Brooklyn prelate said the by Amn~sty International 'to get Catholic bishops' opposition to the death penalty abolished in the capital punishment flows from "an United States. ethic founded on the sacredness of In Chicago an Amnesty Interthe human person." national Midwest region official, In addition, he cited his particu- Doris Streeter,said Indiana allows larconcernsaboutaJustice Depart- the death sentence for children as

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Feehan welcomes student from Canary Isl~nds Raquel Medina Bettencourt, a native of Spain's Canary Islands, is studying at Attleboro's Bishop Feehan High School this year. According to Feehan brass, she a hands-on challenge to Spanish III honor students. .The 16-year-old lives with the Terrence L. Silvernail family of St'. Mary's parish, North' Attleboro. She commutes to Feehan with Julie and Janet Silvernail, members of Feehan's junior and freshman classes respectively. Raquel spent last summer with the Silvernails and the family will accompany her back to her hometown of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria later this - year. The traveler comes to the Attleboros' from all-girl S1. Teresa's School in Las Palmas. Her Feehan courses, all taught in English, are . in the school's honors section and she has maintained above-90 averages in every subject. Raquel's Spanish teacher, Joan Drobnis, describes her as very bright, cooperative and eager to learn. Both Raquel and Mrs. Drobnis speak Spanish with the same Southern Spain dialect. Last fall, Raquel ran cross-country track, but says that "now it's too cold." Having lived on a tropical island, she finds the New England winter one of her greatest challenges. She describes snow as "pretty on a card," but nevertheless was fascinated by the real thing. Although she misses S1. Teresa's, Raquel noted that shes come to love Feehan. She was used to wearing a uniform, she said, but "Feehan's uniform is easier." She observed that Feehan classes are

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RAQUEL M. BETTENCOURT smaller than she was used to and offer more opportunity for student participation. At S1. Teresa's, the program is more structured with little chance for electives; there are no free periods and about four hours of homework are assigned each day. She enjoys the opportunities for some selection of classes and for participation in extracuricular activities. She spends about, two hours each day on homework now, she added. Raquel enjoys playing the piano, swimming, aerobics, horseback riding and American television. She is right at home in the Attleboros and feels that experiencing a different culture has given her a new perspective on and a greater appreciation ofher Spanish background. She hopes to return to the United' States frequently.

ter .of the voice of God." He was remindi~g u~ that God in.in the daily, pedestrian calls of conscience and of duty no .less than in the mighty voice with which'he called Paul.~nd t\~gustine. . ' Weoffen need the voice 'Of direc' .., . tion. So~etimes we are ~Id im'lj1e, diately wh~re to go and.w~~t.to .. do: somet'imes there is an Inferme- . , . :' diate step, f!.S, w~en God to.!d St., Pi!. u~, "Arise' and ~'t> into the city, . ; and It sh~ll.b.~ totd thee ,,:hat thou, _,7"" .• '.r •. ,.. • ..•. ~_". ~'''6 0.' m~st d o . , . ..B!ltl\S~.:paqlJ\Dd ~t".~ ugQs,t~ne ~ <> 'one"" ~h~ )ra i~ ef~ectifa~I.Y traced their con1fersIOn to a com-, detlIes that "in prayer, as we walt· rtiand from o~;~i~ Sometimes' for God to take the major acrion ~ Ood sRe.t\c1.les~ draJ!l~,tjcaIly: and to say the important word,: t"o~gp ~O;le8~ aut)tentically;: • something ~appeq~, some,~ing is, - : For instance, we often' need a' given to iIs.which·we·did n'ot'have' word of~nco~ra~m~nt:frqm God:' w~en we ~nelt~do~n! .' '. .: "Be of g,ood.~heer·~Jear nqt" - , How do-we'know'if it is' God's ': now often have thosefamiliar New voice,that.speaks?, We are sure that· Test~ment.,words ~come to our' no voice, from dod will guide ,us' minds during times of stress.' into a <,:o\Irse that .coptradicts ,. And ~e 'pften rieel:t Go'd·:to urge Christ's'teacI1fngs. We will not be· on a'flasging'conscience. Words- ' led to anything wrong, selfish, worth biilleCl duty ~he "stern daugh- .' ' impure or dishonest.. . By Cecilia Belanger "How can I tell if and when God is coinmu'nicating with nie?'~ asks a reader.' , . . . God' has' 'only .our" facuhies . thrQugh which .to delJ.l~ith 118. T.hat' is why we must have' qu'iet momen.ts., to pause !rnd r~st from . life'S llemlU)ding pa~tl., We .capnQt aIway.s.exist. in ,l!o.' cha~,tic ~rowd and expect to Ileal" Goa's voice. : Find a peaceful'place, think, r~ad, pray. <.'

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Come on baby dry younyes Wipe your tears . Never like to see you ery Won't you please forgive me I wouldn't ever try to hurt you I just needed someone to hold me .To fill the void wldl~ you were gone to fiU this space of emptiness ('m only human ., otfleSh and blood I'm made Human " Born to make mistakes' So many nights I.lo~ged to hOld you So many times I 109ked and saw Your face Nothing could change the, way I feel No one else could ever take your place I am just a man Please forgive me , The tears I cry areD't tears of pain' TheY're only to hide.ttlY guilt and shame I forgive you now I ask the same of you , While We were Apart I was buman to~ •. ,.......,.... by The Human League, Written.bY J. Harris Ill, T. Lewis, (c) 1986, Flyte Tyme Tunes, Inc. (A5CAP). From the album "Crash," Virgin Records Ltd., . Distributed by A and M' Records Inc. . ALL OF US occasionally hurt those we love. As The Human , League sings, we're "born to make mistakes." Consequently, best".', love relationship is """""<:'::/}:~~}){:):\' .'">.",,,:', '.,'

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Before leaving home, it is important to have a good measure of independence and control of your life.

Ponder these questions: A. I can only give a partial answer to your: question since I am Are. you independent in regard not familiar with the laws of ~very to peer pressure or do you cave in state. Nor do I know the regula- easily when someone pushes a beer tions that various banks, apart- at you or, urges 'you to indulge in ments, rooming houses and·depart- out-of-bounds sexual activity? ment:stores.have ,r~gardingpeople Are you ~nd~peitdent enough to in their teens.,,"· say 'il have lo'stud'y tonight" when When you have some free hour:s friends wan'i you·to··go·to the skatyou might find;.it worthw.hile to. ing rink? make a fe.w pho!)e calls in search of. answer:s,to questions such as these: How old 40 I have to be t.o open. a charge account? , . . :: ,How old do lhave to be·to rent an apartment (check your news'. '" , . I~.' ~ . ~l, ...•. • ~~. paper's. clllssifie(j ~ection' for the :~ phone m,n.nb-erof s~me ap~rtment ~ SS,Peter and Paul School, Fall cqmplex Jliat is seeking tenapts)? Riv.er, recently published its third ' :It would be well als'o to· 'stroll ": annual alumni newsletter, "Homc-. ~ through a supermarket, liefore go- : work.'; Over 1800 graduates of the . iqg, make a Jist Of everything you ~l parish' 'School I'eceived copies, of wlll ne'ed 'to buy' 'when y'ou are 'the bulletin" during ...Catholic' away from home. Then, on yo~r Schools Week. . The 1987 Homework includes a' . stroll, jot down all the p,rices of w)1at you need and total them up . requ.e·st fo;, graduates to write in at the end; 'This will keep you. in ' about fond memories· of their elementaryschool days,·a letter from' touch with reality.

How well can, you control yourself? Are you a compulsive spender, unable to stick to a budget? Are you heavily overweight because of inability to control your appetite? Do you fulfill your obligation to attend Mass every Sunday, or do you goof off when you are tired or want to do something else? Are. there any other serious obligations you are neglecting? Not a few teenagers, eager to be independent and take control of their lives, contradict their wishes by being slaves to their selfishness. They can't say "no" to drugs or booze or sex and their spending habits leave them perpetually low on money. Their lack of ~oughness and of true i~depen~encegets them int'o trouble and sometimes'tragedy. Such people should stay at home, close to their parents, until they prove'themselves truly independent,. in control and somewhat grownup. Address questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 'Mass Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. ZOOOS.'

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Iteerlng p(]:intJ tv, movie news Continued from Page 10 VINCENTIANS, TAeNTON St. Jacques' conference will host a Taunton district council meeting 8: 15 p.m. March 2; a Mass at St. Jacques' Church forthe intention of the canonization of Frederic Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will precede the meeting. ' WIDOWED SUPPORT WEEKEND Diocesan-sponsored Joy of Living Widowed weekend April 24 to 26, Family Life Center, No. Dartmouth; for widowed men and women of all ages, the retreat will be conducted by a team of widowed persons and a spiritual director. Information and registration: Imelda Vezina, 998-3269. ' ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Public, no-eharge meetings on cancer; 6 p.m. March 5, Room 108, Clemence Hall, Forest Street; topic: Pastoral Care in a Hospital Setting; presenter: Father Neil Decker, SJ, of the hospital's Pastoral Care department; information; 674-5741, ext. 2270. ST, GEORGE, WESTPORT Healing service March I begins with 2 p.m. Mass; doors open at 12:30 p.m.; wheelchair accessible; all welcome. HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR Hospice Outreach, Inc. seven-week training course for new volunteers beginning April9; classes 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; volunteers will spend several hours weekly with terminally ill cancer patients, providing emotional support, respite care and bereavement support; infore mation: 673-1589. WIDOWED SUPPORT, ATTLEBORO Attleboro area widowed support group Mass 7 p.m. March 6, St. Theresa's Church, So. Attleboro' meeting follows. Meeting and Mas~ same time and place April 3, with guest speaker Paul Tucker discussing trusts and IRAs. Line dancing follows pot luck supper 6:30 p.m. May I, St. Theresa's Church hall. ORDER OF THE ALHAMBRA Region One Council of Caravans meeting 8 p.m. March 6, Loyola Hall, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester; members of Fall River's Leon Caravan will participate. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Women's Guild members are requested to bring an unwrapped baby gift for Birthright to the March 9 meeting. SACRED HEART, FR , ' Women's Guild Mass for the intentions of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin 7 p.~. March 2; meeting anderitertamment follow; parish hall; cochairmen: Yvette DUfault, Stella Pavao, Pauline O'Neil and Margaret O'Hearn. ST. JAMES, NB' ,, Ladies' Guild memorial. Mass 6 p.m. March 18, church. . . ,,' '~ L.SALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO A reflection,.- "The 'God Who Laughs," wili 'be offered a12 p.m. March I; led by Father Edward Brown, MS: aU'·welcome."': :' ~ Lenten mission, "Come and See," at 12:10 and 7:30 p.m. ~asses March 2 to March 6,Peoplc's ~hapCI, conducted by Father Richard Delisle, MS., ' ,; ST. JOSEPH, NB Lentc;n program focusing on the' Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke Lenten Wednesdays beginning March II; in-depth look at official Church teaching on the Gospels and their narratives of the death and resurrection ofJesus; instructor: Father Marc H. Bergeron, parochial vicar.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Intercessory prayer after 9 a.m. MasS Wednesdays; intentions may be left in prayer basket at Blessed Sacrament altar. Confirmation II class-sponsored Senior Citizen Day March 8 features a 12:30 p.m. dinner. Six-week Lenten series for adults (two-sessions) begins 9:45 a.m. March 10 and 7:05 p.m. March II. ST. ANNE, FR School science fair public viewing 6:30 to 7:30 tonight; awards ceremony 7:45 p.m.; all welcome. Scout Committlllt meeting 6: 15 p.m. Sunday, school. Welcome home Mass for adult retreatants 6:30 p.m. Sunday, upper church. School Ash Wednesday liturgy I p.m. Wednesday, church. BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR Youth ministry group formation 'meeting 6 p.m. March 8, Church hall; all students grades seven to 12 welcome.

Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not alw~ys coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PC-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: AI-approved, for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

NOTE 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.

. February 29 1980, Rev. Msgr. James J. Dolan, Pastor Emeritus, St. Mary, Taunton March 1 1906, Rev. James F. Masterson, Founder, St. Patrick, Somerset . 1948, Rt. Rev. Peter L. D. Robert, P.R., Pastor, Notre Dame, Fall River March 2 1941, Rev. James J. Brady, Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford 1936, Rev. Antonio Berube, Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro 1952, Rev. Tarcisius Dreesen, SS.Cc., Monastery Sacred Heart, Fairhaven 1962, Rev. Alphonse Gauthier, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford 1970, Rev. J. Orner Lussier, Pastor, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro .

"Over the Top" (Warners) - A truck driver (Sylvester Stallone) tries to win back the,son he abandoned by showing off his physical prowess. Limp, unconvincing drama says little about the nature of father-son relationships and opts instead for goofy contortions of an ' arm-wrestling championship. Some mildly vulgar language and momentary violence are evident. A2, PG

Religious TV Sunday, March 1 (CBS) - "For Our Times" - CBS visits a watershed exhibition of Mayan art at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, concentrating on the importance of human sacrifice in Mayan religious rituals, a prac- ' tice discovered only a few years ago by breakthroughs in the translation of Mayan inscriptions. Sunday, March 1 (NBC) "Guideline" - Dr. Arnold Washton, noted substance-abuse therapist, returns for a secortd interview in a discussion centering on the special problems of treating today's chemical and drug addicts.

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Films on TV Sunday, March 8, 9-11:30 p.m. EST (ABC) - "Moonraker"(1979) - James Bond (Roger M,oore) saves the world from a deadly shower of radiation from outer space. The usual stylized sex and violence. A3, PG Monday, March 9, 8·11 p.m. EST (ABC) - "Star Trek" (1979) - The first screen version of the television series of a decade ago has the Enterprise setting out to intercept a 'vast cloud of destruc-

Hispanic TV series examining pastoral

WASHINGTON (NC) - A Spanish-language television series on the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter . on the economy ~irected at ,Hispanic audiences has begun on the Spanish International Network. Produced by the Hispanic TeleMa,rch 3 communications Network in San 1960, Rt. Rev. Timothy P. Antonio, Texas, the series is coSweeney ; LL.D., Pastor, Holy sponsored by the Campaign for Name, New Bedford Human Development, the U.S .. 1932, Rev. John W. Quirk, bishops' antipoverty program. Founder, St. Joseph, Taunton Hispanics are "among those most affected by the issues dealt with in ' March 6 , the [bishops') ietter,!' said, CHD ' 1932, Rev. Be'rnard P.Connoliy, , director Father Alfred LoPinto: ' S.S., St. Charle,s College, Mary- , Topics of the television series land were to include: participation and community education, Feb. 28; , ,NCDVD head· named transforming,the social 'ord'er, ,. . . ; March 7; and option fol' the poor, CHICAGO(NC) - Father Don March 14. ' G., Brinkman of St. Louis has been appointed executive director of the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors. A former vocation dir.ector for the St. Louis ' archdiocese, he was treasurer of the national conference in 1975~ Gh"e A Gift :. 77, president' in 1979-81, and a, Certificate For A' board member in 1981-83. "'eekeiui Away The NCDVD, based in Chicago, has 350 members. It promotes For Info Contact vocations to the diocesan priestDAN & TERRY hood and religious life, and coorALEXANDER dinates the work of diocesan TEL. 636-2494 vocations offices nationwide. ~.

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Most often she has cared for newborns, with one staying as long as five months. A few times she has cared for four babies at once. "It's easy to get attached to them," Sister McDonald said, "so I consciously try not to form any specific habits with them, such as getting them ftsed to a specific toy, a security blanket.

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"That is best left up to the new parents, or to the mother in cases where the baby is returning to her. That way they don't have to make too many adjustments to their new situation when they leave here." Her sensitivity to the parents who will eventually adopt the children is apparent. "I give the babies undivided attention, but I don't hold them all the time, because a mother couldn't do that. "They are loved and cared for, but not spoiled," she said. The nun keeps a book of photo~ graphs of each baby, with a new picture taken each week. The books are presented to adoptive parents as a keepsake of each infant's growth and development. She cares for her charges in an apartment that includes a complete nursery. Another nun from her congregation shares the living quarters and fills in on overnight duty when needed.

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ERIE, Pa. (NC) - Rising for 2 a.m. feedings, changing diapers and searching for lost pacifiers unlikely chores for a nun - are daily activities for one in Erie who doubles as a foster parent. Caring for her 60th foster baby, Sister Joseph John McDonald began her unusual ministry in 1975 when the Erie branch of Catholic Social Services advertised for foster parents to care for children

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who came to the United States on the Vietnam airlift. The Sister of St. Joseph took care of three babies over a span of several months, but soon the demand disappeared and she retired, she said. Four years later, Sister McDonald saw a television report about the need for foster parents and decided to offer her assistance again. "The first baby was a little girl. When I first got her I cried all day at the thought that this baby had' no one," she said. "I wanted to let her know that she was loved anq secure, until such time as a new family was . found for her. That's what babies really need - attention and love at that formative stage."

"Most of the time I manage very well, but when I have three at one time, it can get a little hectic." Coping with arthritis limits her mobil. ity, she added. Sister McDonald meets the same requirements as other foster parents. Her residence is state inspected and she is certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. ' Interested in caring for children even before she entered the convent in 1954, Sister McDonald had hoped to be assigned to work at a Catholic nursery, but due to ·her musical talents and education, her order instead placed her as a teacher at its motherhouse in Erie.

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