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Lt. Col. Fox captured in Gulf First man from diocese

By Pat McGowan At their weekly prayer meeting, members of St. Dominic parish, Swansea, habitually intercede for relatives and friends serving in the Persian Gulf. On Feb. 20 their prayers took on new urgency.

That morning parishioners J oseph and Theresa Fox were notified that the single-seat, A-IO low-level fighter-bomber piloted by their son, Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffrey D. Fox, had been shot down Feb. 19 and that the younger Fox had been taken captive by Iraqi ground forces.

The Pentagon released no other details on the incident and as of Feb. 26, the Swansea couple had no further information on the whereabouts of their son.

"We just have to sit and wait," said, Joseph Fox. ''I'm satisfied I have all the information they [the Pentagon) can give me."

Jeffrey Fox, whose father is a retired Army lieutenant colonel, is a regular Air Force officer with 18. years experience. He is the first armed forces member from the

Fall River diocese to be listed as killed, captured or'missing in action in the Gulf war.

Bishop's Statement I was distressed to learn that the family of Lt. Colonel Jeffrey D. Fox has been notified that he has been shot down and captured in the conflict in the Gulf.

Each day I remember in prayer the young men and women in our country's armed forces.

When, however, a tragedy such as this occurs, it brings the horrors ofthis conflict nearer home.

He is a graduate of Holy Name School in Fall River and Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth.

I will continue to pray for him and his safe return as well as for his family who are members ofSt. Dominic parish, Swansea.

May God grant us soon the peace for which we all yearn.

Fall River Bishop Daniel A. Cronin said in a statement: "Each day I remember in prayer the young men and women in our country's armed forces. When, however, a tragedy such as this occurs, it brings the horrors of this conflict nearer home.

"I will continue to pray for him and his safe return as well as for his family.

"May Ood grant us soon the peace for which we all yearn."

Father William G. Campbell, pastor of St. Dominic, told the Anchor that the downed pilot's mother had been a daily communicant and was active in the parish women's guild until suffering a stroke some years ago.

Jeffrey Fox graduated from Holy Name School, Fall River, Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, Mass., and Widener University, Chester, Pa. Atty. Wilfred C. Driscoll Jr. of Fall River, a close friend of Fox who attended grammar and high Turn to Page 10

Archbishop Roach: TWO-MONTH¡OLD twins Jonathan (left) and Adela Alexander with a picture of their mother, Marine Lance Cpl. Laura Alexander, who was sent to Saudi Arabia in December.

The babies' father, also in the Persian Gulf, is in the same unit as their mother. Meanwhile the twins are cared for by their grandmother, Mary Villareal, of Pasadena, Tex. (CNS/ UPI photo)

Bishops join plea for Persian Gulf"orphans" WASHINGTON(CNS)- Two U.S. bishops have joined nearly 100 religious, medical and children's organizations seeking a policy revision so that Persian Gulf "orphans," children of single parents or couples who are both in the armed forces need not "sacrifice their children in order to serve in the military."

Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis and Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown.

Ohio, were among signers of a letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Richard B. Cheney seeking the change.

The letter, initiated by the Children's Defense Fund and Child Welfare League of America, addressed growing concern that current U.S. policy does not exempt single parents or one of two military parents from deployment in a war zone.

"The unique circumstances present during wartime place the children of such military personnel at risk ofextreme psychological damage," the letter said.

It said the lengthy separation of children from an only parent or frOm both parents at once, "coupled with children's fears that their parents may not return, can have both short-term and long-term debilitating effects."

Archbishop Roach chairs the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee and Bishop Malone chairs the Domestic Policy Committee. The two committees oversee the U.S. Catholic Conference Department of Social Development and World Peace.

The letter said the Pentagon would be protecting a "strong national interest by taking steps to assure "the well-being of these American children."

It did not immediately endorse any of the specific bills introduced in Congress to change the current policy. But USCC official Sharon Daly said the bishops' conference was studying the various legislative proposals with an eye toward Turn to Page 10

Noway should U .8. use chemical, biological, nuclear weapons WASHINGTON (CNS) Whatever atrocities Iraq commits in the Persian Gulf War, the allied forces cannot "fight evil with evil means," Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis said Feb. 25. .

"I do not envision any circumstances that would justify the use of chemical, biological or nuclear

weapons against Iraq, even in reprisal," he said.

Speaking as chairman of the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee at a national meeting of Catholic social action leaders in Washington, Archbishop Roach spelled out the policy stance of the U.S. bishops toward the Gulf war and the pursuit of a just peace that must follow.

The Feb. 24-27 meeting, titled "A Century of Social Teaching," marked the 100th anniversary of the first social encyclical, Pope Leo XIll's "Rerum Novarum," on work and workers' rights.

Although the archbishop's talk specifically condemned Scud attacks directed at civilians by Iraqi Turn to Page 10

MADONNA MANOR, North Attleboro, continued its 25thanniversary observance with residents, staff and friends gathering Sunday for ajubilee Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. More photos on page 10. (Hickey photo)

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Sister Mary Rose installed as Covenant House 'head

NEW YORK (CNS) - Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Rose McGeady, president of Covenant House international ministry for runaway and homeless youngsters, called for leaders of church and state to commit themselves to improved services for children.

"We are losing a generation of our kids who feel hopeless, confused, worthless and often uncared for, without clear values and without confidence in themselves, in the future or in those around them," she warned at the formal installation Feb. 21.

Sister McGeady, who succeeded Covenant House founder-president Franciscan Father Bruce Ritter, last September, spoke at the agency's Manhattan headquarters.

New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor, who spoke following her address, reiterated the appeal for a shift of resources from war to social needs and lamented "some inherent evil in our hearts" that led the world to find hundreds of billions of dollars to kill when it could not find money to feed the hungry, house the homeless or improve the conditions of life for children.

Sister McGeady made no reference to her predecessor, who resigned Feb. 27, 1990, following allegations of sexual misconduct . and financial improprieties.

But a statement by board chairman L. Edward Shaw Jr. that Covenant House remained como' mitted to the vision of Father Ritter brought a round of applause.

Cardinal O'Connor asked the audience to give thanks that Father Ritter "had the vision to make Covenant House possible," and to pray that one day he will "find peace."

The cardinal said that many people had been hurt - those who accused Father Ritter of abusing them, Father Ritter himself, the priest's order and former financial supporters who feel so wounded they now will not contribute to any church-sponsored charity. "We must pray for everyone who has been hurt," he said.

Covenant House has reported a decline in contributions, and Sis-

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- "I see today as rebirth, as renaissance," she said. "The outpouring of encouragement and support that I have received proves to me that there are thousands of people who recognize and support the importance of this work and how essential it is that Covenant House continue."

Franciscan Father Conall McHugh, Father Ritter's superior and a Covenant House board member, said in an interview after the installation that Father Ritter was still living alonenearly II months after being directed to return to community life.

Father McHugh said he remained in regular telephone contact with Father Ritter, but did not know how he was occupying his time or how he was supporting himself. The order pays for his insurance but does not give him a stipend, the superior said.

He said F'ather Ritter was originally given only a limited time to comply with the directive on returning to community life, but "we've been stretching it."

The provincial indicated he was inclined as a matter of charity to continue deferring any canonical actions against Father Ritter as long as the absence of outside pressures permitted. "He's gone through an awful lot," he said.

Father McHugh said he had no planned assignment for Father Ritter but that future work would l'fot have to be in his province. Other provinces, he said, have invited Father Ritter to work for them, provided he agreed to certain conditions that were not being made public.

Office of Religious sets programs The Diocesan Office for Religious will sponsor a meeting for religious sisters and brothers at I p.m. tomorrow at 406 Madison St., Fall River, adjacent to Sacred HeartsConventat491 Hood Street.

A followup to a workshop on codependency held last fall, the meeting will make plans for a codependency su pport grou p.

Also planned by the office, in cooperation with the Office for Religious of the Providence 'diocese, is a three-hour workshop on wholistic spirituality, to be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 13 at Our Lady of Fatima High School on Rte. .136, Warren, RI. Sister ofSt. Anne Rose Clarisse will present wholistic spirituality .as a process of formation permitting, vowed religious to preserve integrity and· freedom in an apostolic community setting. She is a teacher, lecturer and retreat director and is involved in her congregation's formation program.

Further information on either event available from Sister Mary Noel Blute, Episcopal Representative for Religious. at telephone 998-9921.

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DISCUSSING arrangements for annual Diocesan Council of Catholic Women retreat, to be held March 8 to to at the Diocesan Family Life Center in North Dartmouth, are from left Alice Loew, Church Communities Commission chairman; Madeline Wojcik, council president; Mary Galvin, retreat chairman. Information on the program, to be presented by Father Mark Hession on the theme "The Women around Jesus," is available from Ms, Galvin at telephone 993-6956.

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DCCW leaders'hip program is open to all "Anyone who influences others is a leader," say officials of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in announcing their sponsorship of" Discovering Our Gifts," a leadership and personal enrichment program intended for anyone interested in skills applicable to home, church, community and workplace .

The skills gained, said Madeleine Lavoie, DCCW Organization Services chairman and one of those arranging the April program, ~'can be helpful to both professional and volunteer women and men in every kind of ministry within the church." She said the' 9-session event would be especially useful to those working in diocesan offices.

Open to all women and men in the diocese, n Discovering Our Gifts" offers "prayer ways for busy people," methods of communicating effectively, organizing and time management skills, techniques of goal setting, and training in assertiveness, handling stress, decision making and discernment.

It will be presented by professional leadership trainers Pat Treadway and Kate Boucher and

by Mary Ann Kramer, a past president of the National Council of Catholic Women.

To be held from April 5 t07 at LaSalette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro, the program focuses on spirituality as the core essential of Christian leadership and on healthy thinking, self-esteem self-empowerment.

Registration for the program is made through the National Council, said Mrs. Lavoie, who noted to obtain a reduced rate for the weekend, it is necessary that registrations be postmarked no later than March 5. Full information on program fees and sche'dule is available from her at telephone 673-8474 or 672-6900.

Equal Access Act guidelines published WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. Catholic Conference's Department of Education hasjoined some 20 national educational and religious groups in releasing guidelines to help public schools abide by the Equal Access Act. which allows high school religion clubs.

The guidelines, released in early February, were developed after the Supreme Court said last summer that students have the right to form religious clubs if any kind of extracurricular clubs are allowed in their school. Congress in 1984 called for such equal access but many schools circumvented it.

"A significant number of Cath~ olics attend public schools and if they w;wt religious clubs, they should be allowed to," said Father William Davis, the U.S. bishops' representative for Catholic schools and federal assistance. "The students and the school should understand the law."

Charles Haynes, president of the National Council on Religion and Public Education, said the law provides for equal, not preferential, treatment for religious speech. protects only student-initiated religious groups and does not limit the authority of the school to maintain order and discipline.

Using a question-and-answer format, the 16-page booklet discusses events that led to the creation of the act and answers such questions as when student groups can meet, whether teachers may be present during the meetings' and whether outsiders can attend.

Teachers and outsiders may be present a't the meetings, but they can not initiate or lead the meeting.

Father Davis, a member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, said the act is not intended to be used as a proselytizing tool of different religious groups, but rather as a way to help students strengthen their faith.

Some critics of the act said it infringed on the separation of church and state and that it brought schools one step closer to allowing prayers in schools.

Sister Catherine McNamee, president of the National Catholic Educational Association, said the act was a step forward for education because it allows students who want to learn more about religion to do so.

A copy of the guidelines can be obtained from Americans United Research Foundation, 900 Silver Spring Ave., Silver Spring, Md. 20901-4781.

LIMA, Peru (CNS) - Peruvians were said to be shocked by recent arrests and raids showing the violent rebel movement Sendero Luminoso with apparent links to Peruvian intellectual, upperc;:lass and religious society.

One of the captured rebels was an ex-nun, Nelly Evans de Alvarez Calderon, a member of Lima's upper classes and a graduate ofthe country's most exclusive girls' school. Police say they believe Ms. Evans is the movement's treasurer.

Also arrested was ex-sister Ana Maria Orihuela. Another ex-nun, Rosalia Tami Puell, remained at large.

Church sources said the three were close associates in the 1960s of Father Gustavo Gutierrez, widely regarded as the founder of liberation theology, when he was forming his ideas.

Bishop Ricardo Durand Flores of Callao, former president of the Peruvian bishops's conference, expressed dismay at the connection of the ex-religious to the rebels.

"How can a per~on who opted for the religious life to defend life end up opting for death?" he said.

The upper class connection of Sendero Luminoso (S hining Path) ~ long seen by most Peruvians as a movement of the poor classes -jolted the country.

"How do a sociologist, a lawyer and an ex-nun come to consider it as valid to kill in order to put into practice certain ideas, and how do they think worthy of their friendship and symp.athy the one who prepares and orders the execution of those death plans?" wrote prominent Peruvian columnist Manuel D'Ornellas. . -.

In a sweep. the special 'police unit, Directorate Against Terrorism, found tapes of Sendero Luminoso officials, along with rebel documents, in a house in Lima's upper-class Montericco district.

Part of one video, broadcast on Peruvian television, shows welldressed Peruvians linked to Lima's intellectual, social and professional elite with Sendero's leader Abimael Guzman Reynoso.

The bearded rebel.chief is said to be shown attempting the dance Anthony Quinn made famous in the movie "Zorba the Greek."

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interested respondents, Sister Teasdale explained.

"I write to all of these people and send them information on our community," she said. "Over the years there have been many with whom I've been in contact. Most of the women who request information are in their 30s and 40s."

She c:ontinued, "Things have been slow for about a year and a halL" In Brighton the community had, atone point, a novice and three postulants, "But some left.

You have to listen to the Lord not everyone is called."

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St. Joan of Arc sisters' U.S. novitiate finds Fall River home By

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She calls it "the novitiate on wheels."

Mistress of novices Sister Rita Teasdale, SJA, has become used to moving, but little did she know thfLt the latest relocation of the oftmoved St. Joan of Arc Sisters' U.:s. novitiate would inspire in her a sense of deja vu: the new novitiate house is at her home parish of Notre Dame de Lourdes in Fall River.

Sister Teasdale has supervised St. Joan of Arc novices since the U.S. novitiate was established in 1968 at St. Anselm's College, Manchester, NH. Since then, it has moved six times, including once while Sister Teasdale had left the novitiate position for assignmel)t to St. Mary's Cath'edral, Fall River.

The move to Notre Dame parish from the Boston archdiocese took place in January after it became imlPractical for two sisters to occupy the large chancery convent in Brighton. l~ike many religious communitiel', the Sisters of St. Joan of Arc have experienced a decline In vocations as older sisters are retiring from active ministry. At present the community has just one novice, and she and Sister Teasdale had be(:n the sole o<:cupants of the Brighton novitiate house for the past two-and-a-half years.

Notre Dame parish was chosen as the relocation site because it already had a community of St. J Qan of Arc sisters living there and be<:ause there was adequate space for the novitiate.

That and the fact that it is a Franco-American parish made it the ideal locale, said Sister Teasdale, explaining that the U.S. sister:~ keep close ties with the congregation's motherhouse in Sillery, Quebec, where the community's first novitiate was opened in 1920.

The'congregation was founded , on Christmas Day, 19l4,atAssumption College in Wor.cester by French Assumptionist priest Father Marie C1f:ment Staub. On that day sc;:ven young women dedicated themselves to "prayer, work and sacriffce in' the service of Christ, the Church and the priesthood," says a biography of Father Staub by Claire Quintal. ' The sisters work in bishops' houses, rectories, priests' retirement homes, houses of studies and other houses of religious order priests.

Thl~y may also work as parish secretaries or sacristans.

Each day of the week their work

is offered for a specific group of parish, said SisterTeasdale, remarkclergy: the pope; cardinals, archbi- ing that at at that time, "you didn't shops and bishops; missionary see the sisters much; they were priests; deceased priests; diocesan very cloistered." priests; and permanent deacons As a young woman, she consiand future priests. . dered religious life, she said, "but I "Our father founder intended didn't want to be a teacher." She that we do whatever work would set the idea aside until she was 22, . be helpful to priests," said Sister then decided to enter the communTeasdale. That may include not ity of the sisters she had known in only domestic work but pastoral her parish.

She entered the: Sisters of St. ministry such as visiting the sick and elderly, serving as a eucharis- Joan of Arc in 1952, going to Quebec for formation since there tic minister or teaching CCD. In the Fall River diocese, the St. was not yet aU .S. nbvitiate house.

Joan of Arc sisters have served at After three years in Canada, she Notre Dame since 1939 and at the was assigned to Cardinal Cush~ bishop's residence since 1945. They ing's residence in Boston, where also served at the cathedral from she stayed until she was asked to 1939 until last October, when sev- take charge of a group of postueral sisters were recalled to the lants at St. Anselm's in 1966 and to, motherhouse because of the voca- supervise the opening of the novitions shortage. : tiate in 1968: Despite the inconveniencies of In the 12 years that followed, packing up and relocating, Sister the novitiate was moved from St. Teasdale has taken the novitiate's Anselm's to Greenville, NH, then moves in stride. to Assumption College. After an"The Lord maps it out- he has other move within Worcester, Sishis reasons," she said. ter Teasdale left the mistress of While the novitiate is not consi- novices position and returned to dered part of Notre Dame parish, Fall River for six years of service it will occupy the convent in the at the cathedral. rectory building where the sisters It was the first time she had set serving the parish also live. foot in her native C!ty since enter"It is a real transformation to ing religious life, and she "wel~ have us come here," said Sister comed that as a special blessing Teasdale. "The pastor [Father Ern- from the Lord," especially since it est E. Blais] has been so generous allowed her to be near her elderly and kindhearted and willing to do mother and "spend time with her anything to help us out - as the at the end of her life." , bishop has."

While Sister Teasdale was in At Notre Dame; Sister Teasdale Fall River, the novitiate was relojoins sisters Antoinette Lord and cated to the motherhoiJse. Then in Patricia Marcoux. In conjunction 1984 she was asked to return to with the novitiate's move, Sister formation work and the U.S. noviHortense Bouchard, who for 13 tiate ~as reopened, this time in . years was superior of the parish Brighton. sisters, transferred to the Cardi, A second return: to Fall River nal's house in Brighton. Sister Lord was more than she hoped for, said is now superior at Notre Dame. a delighted Sister T'easdale.

The community's novice will "When I first came back to Fall come in the spring from studies at River in 1978, it seemed so strange the motherhouse in Quebec to stay to be able to walk down Main at the novitiate until she professes Street. It was such la good feeling final vows. to be backjnrn:y home town!" . One advantage of the novitiate's She added, "I never thought I'd, move, said Sister Teasdale, is that be back here again. Of course, a lot she and any future novices will has changed in the~e 38 years ~ benefit from greater contact with especially after the fire" which desthe general public now that they're troyed the original Notre Dame in a parish setting.

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Sister Teasdale is looking forBoston was "too big" to form cO'rnmunity ties and weekends at ward to spending time with her the chancery convent were "very family, including two sisters still quiet," she said, while "life in a living in Notre Dame parish and 'parish is very different - more' another sister in St. William's parlively. We'll have better opportun- ish, also in Fall River.

Her task now is to 'contact potenities to get involved with parish tial novices. The community is feaactivities and meet people."

Times have changed since she tured in a guide of rdigious miniswas growing up in Notre Dame ,tries which sends ,her a list of I

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up: "You have to take into account the different ages of, the sisters.

The needs of priests differ from area. to area and parish to parish.

The younger sisters are more energetic and can become involved in more activities."

She concluded, "We are hoping with this move that if our com, munity is to survive, the Lord will send us vocations."

Information on the lifestyle and ministry of the Sisters of St. Joan of Arc may be obtained from the novitiate at 679-1991.

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SISTERS OF S1. Joan of Are, from left, Antoinette Lord, Rita Teasdale and Patricia Marcoux. (Hickey photo)

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themoorin~ Liberty for All As we continue our involvement in .the Middle East and concentrate upon bringing the Persian Gulf war to whatever its conclusion may be, would it be wrong to say once again that our intent could be questioned?

We continue to pour technological resources and personnel into the so-called deliverance of Kuwait, yet we seemingly have 'ignored Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. People want to free a r:ather debauched Kuwaiti regime but fail to support gutsy Lithuania's push for liberty.

Our official policy is to curtail the activities of a Hussein, at the same time ignoring Russia's sway over the Baltics. As the exiled rulers of Kuwait continue to enjoy their questionable oil profits, the freedo'm-Ioving peoples under Russian domination receive little encouragement. Somehow it seems that a land that grows cabbages is not in the same league as one that produces oil.

This may seem a rather crass reflection. However, it's not too far removed from reality. Our interest in the Middle East is basically capitalistic: In a nutshell, we want to stabilize the area so that the First W orId can continue its materialistic advance and pursuit of the so-called good life.

The nations that have this as their ideal have admittedly achieved incredible levels of comfort and soft living. But in the process much has been lost.

Care for the struggling and suffering have little place in a land wh9se goal is material success. The present lack of concern for the occupied nations of the communist bloc is a clear indication of our true values. .

As a nation, we have committed half a million Americans plus staggering amounts of state-of-the-art weaponry to the restoration of a medieval fiefdom which has as its chief purpose the fattening of its bank accounts.

The Kuwaiti royal family wallows in luxurious exile with the assurance of our government that it will be restored to its former even more sybaritic life of unrestrained profligacy.

Meanwhile we refuse aid to the suffering Baltics in th~ir struggle for liberty, not only because we are not interested in cabbages but also because we do not want to upset our fragile alliance with Russia.

It all leads to the question of American priorities. First and foremost, can this nation continue as the world's policeman?

Are we overcommitted and overextended? Is it right to prop up other nations while our own cities burn and fall into rubble?

There are Americans who have neither homes nor hope; there are Americans who have neither job.s nor health care; there are people wandering across the face of America because their own government has treated them as outcasts and lepers.

We live in urban slums, we work in Victorian mills, we barely educate our .people. Our own national crisis c.ries to us, had we ears to hear, that much that is being used to defend foreign states couldrepair and rebuild America. Our country is hurting, with no cure or healing in sight. War and recession have become a two-edged sword inflicting wounds of division and segregation here at home. . As our Pledge of Allegiance continues to promise liberty and justice路for all and as, .de~pite our failures and setbacks, thousands from other lands continue to come to our shores, let us rededicate ourselves to that pledge and truly show not only ~uwait but suffering peoples everywhere that we are in truth ~nenation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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A LITTLE PALESTINIAN GIRL WALKS BETWEEN ARMED ISRAELI POLICEMEN TO PRA YERS AT AL-AQSA MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM

"I have walked in my innocence and 1 have put my trust in the Lord." Ps. 25:1

The mysterious Book of Jonah

By Father Kevin J. Harrington The Lenten season highlights the rich heritage of our Old Testament prophets, one of the least understood of whom is Jonah.

Most of us remember him as having been swallowed by a whale Of as a character who brings bad luck wherever he goes.

The Book of Jonah is one of the briefest in the Bible, consisting of less than 1300 words in English . translation.

It is best understood as a drama that unfolds in three acts. First act: the Lord orders Jonah to go to Nineveh to pr'each repentance.

While the biblical story of Jonah is fiction, the city of Nineveh is real.

Indeed, during the early stages of the air campaign against Iraq, the destructlon of the historic church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Nineveh was reported by CNN correspondent Peter Arnett.

In Jonah's time, Nineveh was a large city and the capital of the ancient empire of Assyria. The last thing Jonah, a pious Jew, wanted to do was to preach penance to pagans and announce salvation to gentiles. So he fled as far as he could from doing the Lord's bidding and bought a ticket on a freighter headed for Spain.

When tile Lord sent a storm the ,pagan sailors drew lots to determine who on the ship was the source of bad luck and Jonah generously offered himself to be tossed into the sea. The storm subsided, the pagan sailors converted to Israel's God and the Lord sent a . whale to swallow Jonah whole and unharmed.

Second act: Jonah, the reluctant prophet, is spewed from the whale's belly. Figuring that there is no

arguing with God, he runs through the city with his call to repentance accompanied by the warning that in 40 days Nineveh will be destroyed. .

The people respond magnificently. Each Ninevite, from king to pauper, dons sackcloth and ashes, fasts and turns from misdeeds done and intended. Moved by such displays, the Lord relents and the people are spared the very fate that Jonah wants to see them suffer.

Third act: Jonah settles outside this damned, detested town. Seemingly he has it JrIade as he takes a ringside seat on a nearby hill to observe the kill. He erupts with anger when the Lord conveys to him his altered plans and lets God know how infuriated he is that these people whom he despises

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should be spared and that he himself should be made to seem such a fool.

Our ever-tactful Lord does not remind Jonah that the mercy that 'spared the Ninevites is the same mercy that saved him from the perils of the sea.

Instead, the Lord sends a castoroil plant to be' sUlk.ing Jonah's sunscreen; but just as Jonah begins to take a liking to this plant and to think he has it made in the shade, the Lord sends a worm to consume the plant.

When Jonah protests that he is angry enough to die the Lord lets him have it with both barrels: "You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night, and 'perished in a night. And youresent ~y pitying 120,000 men and women who do not know their right hand from their left, and cattle without number."

The focus of the Bookof Jonah, is, of course, God, n'ot Jonah. The prophet's 'narroW vision of God as imprisoned in one country, one temple and one ark, of the covenant needed refashioning.

The Book of Jonah, though fictitious, reveals more about God's nature than one would realize from a cursory reading.

Our God's loving mercy awaits all who repent, whoever they are, wherever they live, whatever they may have done. God's all-embracing love reaches beyond our'fondest imaginings. Not surprisingly, when this God sent his only Son Jesus into this world there were plenty of people like Jonah who were scandalized by the scope and power of his mercy and compassion. Meditation on all this is truly a fitting Lenten exercise.

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"Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of divine grace." - St. Benedict

MSGR. DANIEL F. Hoye, pastor of St. John Evangelist Church, Attleboro, episcopal vicar of the Attleboro-Taunton area of the diocese and chairDear Dr. Kenny: I am 28 and man of the Diocesan Presbyvery unhappy. I have been married n years with two children. We teral Council, will speak at had one child stillborn. My husthe annual communion brunch

By Dr. JAMES & band puts me down constantly. ,MARY KENNY ofthe Fall River Clover Club.

He won't let me get ajob, won't The event will follow II :30 ever help me around the house, never compliments me, yet is always are some possibilities for change 'a.m. Mass March 10 at St. ready to point out where I made a within marriage.

From what you say, I believe Thomas More Church, Somermistake. set. To be held in the parish If I dare to disagree with him, he your husband will not make any effort to change unless pressure is center, it will be open to relawill yell at me: "You don't know brought to bear.

Your own pertives and friends of Clover nothin' so shut up!" I've tried to get him to go to counseling 'but he suasions are not likely to be Club members, sufficient. refuses. I've had it. I want out.

The Clover Club choir will Would the threat of a temporIs it so wrong to want some sing at the Mass and bagpiper amount of peace and happiness ary separation wake him up? Is there anyone to whom he would Robert Peck of North Attlefor myself? (Louisiana) listen?

His parents?

Your parents? boro will play in the church Of course not. We all want to be Your priest?

A friend? foyer prior to the liturgy. He happy. No one likes to be put Know what you want him to do down. We all want to be respected. play"Amazing Grace" will also I can't tell you what to do. You ahead of time. Don't put pressure as the communion meditation may need to separate and divorce. on and then offer some vague Here, however, are some things to remonstrance that he needs to be hymn.

Following the Mass, Peck think about before you make a mcer.

If you want him in marriage will lead partcipants to the move.

I saw a bumper sticker the other counseling, let that be your objec- brunch and will also play day that read, "If you think mar- tive. If you want him to help you before the meal. He plays both riage is difficult, try divorce." How around the house and/ or stop the putdowns, then make that clear classical and "small music," true! Divorce must not be perthe latter including jigs, ceived only as an escape from an and specific.

Another option you have within intolerable situation, but also a marches and reels, and is offidaily life of its own. Talk to your the marriage is to put some dis- cial piper for the annual comdivorced friends about their tance between you and your husband. Find things you like to do. If mencement exercises of Brown thoughts and feelings. you want ajob,look for one. If he University.

As a Catholic, you have accepted won't go to counseling, go yourself.

Msgr. Hoye, former general the beliefthat marriage is permanent. Hence, forming a new rela- Finally, pray that both you and secretary of the National tionship would cause conflict with your husband can find the spirit of Conference of Catholic Bishcooperation and peace that God this bi.mef. - ' , ops, is a Taunton native. He wishes for us all.

Even if it were easy to fashion was ordained in 1972 and was new relationships, to remarry withparochial vicar at St. John out any hassle, you have no gua- A~chbishop Evangelist parish, where he is rantee that your second will be any better than your first. now pastor, and at St. Mary's Love at the start is not a guaranparish, N orton, before undertee,. I suspect that you loved your taking graduate studies at husband when you and he were Catholic University of AmerLOS ANGELES (CNS) - Archfirst married. ica leading to a licentiate in bishop Roger Mahony of Los Finally, consider your children.

Almost one-third of my work as a Angeles has urged the United canon law. He was vice officipsychologist is with children of Nations to "identify and impose alis of the Fall River diocesan divorce. All of them suffer from . sanctions" on countries which marriage tribunal before being divorce. Almost all of them tell me traffic illegally in pornography. appointed to serve the NCCB that they want their parents to "Pornography is no more acceptand U.S. Catholic Conference remain together. able in the new world order than I realize from your letter that are slavery, apartheid, cocaine in 1977. your present situation is almost smuggling or germ warfare," he Also upcoming for the unbearable. It needs changing. Here said.

Clover Club is its annual He spoke at a recent forum on banq uet, set for 7 p. m. March pornography in Los Angeles, co16 at Somerset Lodge and to sponsored by the archdiocese and be preceded by social hour.

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He said "the Weimar Republic, Dinner music will be by David Mar. 2 that led to directly to German Nadien and there will be 1936, Rev. Antonio Berube, Nazism, and Lenin's UOS.S. R., and entertainment

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By DOLORES CURRAN

Being perfect is exhausting. Take it from a recovered perfectionist.

There was a time when my home was perfect, my mail was answered before the postman left our block, and my friends said, "I don't know how you do it all!"

The truth is, I didn't. Like most

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

Some people think that if we could keep reports of a shrinking and aging priesthood out of the newspapers, we might get more vocations.

No doubt those who feel that way want the church's image to be positive, and they suffer when they hear of anything that might tarnish that image. But there is another side of the question.

By FATHER JOHN J.

DIETZEN

Q. My husband and I were married almost three years ago. On the outside, we looked like the happiest couple while we were dating.

What no one knew was that he was verbally and mentally abusive to. me the two and one-half years we dated.

Why I put up with it, I still don't know, other than that I loved him

Spirituality for the recovering perfectionistperfectionists, I focused on what I didn't do. I wrote a fantasy list of tasks every morning and when I fell into bed at night, I felt like a failure if they weren't all done.

All that has changed. Aging helps. If friends drop in and the house is cluttered, I don't apologize. If 1want to take a walk or visit a friend, I do, even if I don't make a writing deadline.

Common feelings associated with perfectionism include: "I am indispensable; "If I err, I'm a failure;" "I must always be busy;" "I fear not being liked or loved;" and "I can't say no."

How does all this get in the way of spirituality? In his book, So I'm Not Perfect: A Psychology of Humility, Dr.Robert J. Furey ref-

ers to perfectionism as a sin of pride. Excessive self-reliance leads us to believe we can be perfect when only God is perfect.

listen to me. Waste a little time with me and those you love. What does it profit you to accomplish everything and lose me?"

Real humility comes from accepting our humanness so we can ~e open to God's gifts and love. Chronic perfectionists find it difficult to accept limitations either of themselves or others. When they encounter limitations, they feel guilty.

Society fosters this guilt with its ring-around-the-collar, be-all-youcan-be messages which keep us in perpetual frenzy. When we're striving to meet all these expectations, most of them self-imposed, we aren't hearing the quiet voice of God telling us, "Slow down and

Another recovered perfectionist told me she used to be angry with God for allowing her to awaken at 3 A.M. and experience fear and despair. "Then I realized it was the only time God could get my attention," she said. "Now I take time to meditate and pray in the middle of the day and I sleep through the night."

What a gift it is to be able to put God on our list of things to accomplish.

So how do we overcome perfectionism? We embrace our humanity and humility, letting go and let-

ting God take control. We learn to live with others' disapproval.

We accept the body, talents, brains and personality that God gave us and stop trying to improve upon the basic design that makes us unique: We learn to ask for support, dole out responsibilities and accept imperfectionism in the help we get.

We develop the courage to be vulnerable and we learn to see the absurdity, in our struggle to be perfect.

I've found that people prefer the imperfect me to the perfect me of yore. They are uncomfortable being around folks trying to be divine.

They like me better, I like me better, and I think God likes me' better, too.

Vocations and the bad-news, good-news equation A researcher's credibility rests on how truthful he or she is.

tials and highlighting oniy the most shocking findings.

The quality of the questions asked in surveys and polls is a basic concern. Do the questions asked get at exactly what is intended? If so, the information a study yields is valid.

Also painful to researchers, however, are the efforts of some who insist that everything should sound positive. Reports that are overpositive suggest that people need not concern themselves further with the matter at hand.

Whether or not the information is as positive or negative as some would like it to be, a researcher in conscience must report what has been found. For researchers to overstress either the positive or the negative is dishonest.

Without a doubt, it is distressing for researchers to complete a study and then see report after report oil it skipping over essen~

But the need for more priests and younger priests in' the United States is a real cause for concern.

The priesth.ood is getting older.

For researchers studying the priesthood, this raises a question.

Is the priesthood unable to recruit younger people because of problems particular to it? Or does this phenomenon reflect a larger pic-

ture in which other social institutions also are becoming more dependent on older persons?

Such questions need to be asked, but they never will be if people are willing to hear only the "positive."

The suggestion sometimes seems to be that bad news about the priesthood reflects only on priests and bishops. But if we aren't replacing the priests we lost with younger priests, is it really a reflection on priests or bishops? Or does it reflect on family life and society in general?

something about the shape of the church to come in the 21 st century?

Questions like this never will be seriously asked if people are only interested in hearing what is positive..

What is most painful to researchers is the occasional suggestion that they are malicious or, at best, insensitive to the church's needs.

Actually, any reputable researcher in the church is always working for its betterment and in accord with it.

The statistics researchers proHave values changed so much duce are not always happy news. that young men are路not able to see But then, unhappy news is a chalthe place of the priesthoood in lenge to make things better - a their life'? Or could it be that the . reminder that we can always imHoly Spirit is trying to tell us prove.

Marriage not meant to be me~ns of reform, therapyso much and the good times outwe!ghed the bad.

Though the abuse lessened quite a bit when we were married, I have been on high blood pressure medication and tranquilizers ever since.

I'm only 32 years old.

He is' still short-tempered, not understanding and makes me nervous.

I have had every test imaginable; there is nothing physically wrong with me. I have seen several counselors for the past two years and they encourage me to leave him.

At first I said it was out of the question because I truly believed that if persons get divorced they will go to hell.

However, now when I look at

this more objectively, I do believe I have grounds for separating from him; possibly grounds for an annulment. My husband and I have seen counselors together but they have not helped.

I'm a nervous wreck and am not at all the person I used to be. Do you have any advice? (Wisconsin) A. I hesitated to print this letter.

But I know there are thousands of people who will read or hear about this column who urgently need to hear what you say.

The community life of marriage can be a source of enormous joy and spiritual growth when the two people sincerely love and respect one another, and treat each other with care.

But marriage is not a reform school or an institution for psychological therapy. Men and women who marry with the intention of changing radical personality deficiencies in their spouse, who hope "things will get better when we're married," are always tragically disappointed.

I hope engaged couples who find themselves in situations similar to yours will read your letter thoughtfully. .

The only advice I can give you is to continue the course you are on, and talk to a priest soon about your own spiritual response to this relationship and the options open to you as a Catholic. Good Luck.

Q. A friend of mine recently

returned from Texas where she attended a wedding between two Catholics.

The ceremony was performed by a deacon. I did not know a deacon could do this. Are there some dioceses that allow this? (Indiana) To officiate at marriages IS one of the liturgical functions assigned to deacons by the church. To actually perform such a ceremony, however, the deacon must be explicitly granted the' faculty to officiate at marriages by the bishop of a diocese. Incidentally, the same is true for priests.

Questions for this column may be sent to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

Just a coincidence, or a surprise from God? By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

My daughter Mary and I were recently involved in a strange coincidence.

Mary lives in New York City and went to a bookstore there to buy a present for my son Peter. As she reached the counter, she noticed that the woman in front of her was holding a clipping of a review of the book "Be Friends of God, Spiritual Reading From Gregory the Great." She had not been able

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to locate the book, but the clerk was unable to help.

Mary glanced at the clip and, to her surprise, realized the book review was one I had written. She greeted the woman' and told her that, .though it might seem an impossible coincidence,the author of the book review was her mother.

She gave the woman my phone number so she could call for help in locating the book.

She did, a few days later. She told me she wanted to get the book asa present for the priest who had married her and her husband in a church named for, you guessed it, St. Gregory the Great.

Maryand I then wondered: Was thisjust a coincidence or was there another force at work? There are some 8 million people in New

York City. Was it meant to be that in more than 25 years. Betty, a this woman and my daughter would convert, and I had been friends in 1949 when both of us were pregbe in the same place at the same time on the same day? And if so, nant with our first babies. Over the who makes these strange arran- years we had lost track of each other. gements we call "coincidence"?

Her letter told me that she had Shortly after this, I got a call from a woman in Houston, Texas, seen one of my columns in a representing a group for divorced, Catholic newspaper in Texas and separated and widowed people she was taking a chance on writing under the auspices of the Diocese to me via the paper. When I looked of Galveston-Houston. She asked at her return address, it was, guess if I would be a speaker for their what, Houston!

Perhaps it was only a coinciupcoming 10th anniversary prodence that in two days' time I gram.

For a long time I had not been should get to separate communiaccepting speaking engagements, cations from Houston. But I saw but I hesitated on this call, and I Betty's letter as a sign and I accepted do not know why. I told her I . the invitation to speak jn Houston in March and, of course, I shall see would let her know in two weeks.

A day or two later I got a letter her, too.

There may be nothing at all to from a friend I had not heard from

this business of unexpected things happening. But I rather believe that the Creator has a great sense of compassion and humor, and sometimes, like a loving parent, expresses this by whispering, "Surprise!"

Women listed ST. LOUIS (CNS) - Women for Faith & Famify has sent individual Catholic bishops throughout the country a list of women in each diocese who support church teachings on women's issues. Previously, the organization had sent lists of signers of its "affirmation for Catholic women" to the Vatican and to the U.S. bishops' committee writing a pastoral letter on women's concerns.

end Masses. This subject has long been ignored.

The lack of respect shown to the Lord by their indifference is appalJjng. How 1 dread the upcoming summer months!

Marie E. Duffy South Yarmouth

Perseverance Dear Editor: As a grammar school student I was given an assignment to write an essay about perseverance. Being a mere beginner in this game of life, • chose numerous examples from history to demonstrate perseverance. Now older and much wiser,' find there are many more ways to identify perseverance. . • see it in the family providers who rise early, travel long hours .and work at very difficult tasks day after day to assure necessities for those they love.

Il seems that each of us who sets an alarm, rises to its sound and gC?Cs about hiS or her duties IS perseverant. Such perseverance does not have to shake the world QID is part of Christ's invitation to take up one's cross daily and follow Him. During this Lenten season His cross and sufferings ,are always before us, reminding us of His love. Our perseverance in carrying our own crosses is surely a fitting love offering to Him. Jean Quigley Rehoboth

Response to responses Dear Editor: The response to my letter (Anchor, Feb. I) in which I criticized the Pax Christi prayer was, to say the least, misdirected. Nowhere

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My criticism of the Pax Christi prayer was that it equated Saddam Hussein and George Bush. During the cold war there were some Catholics who posited two equally evil forces in the world: Le., the USA and the USSR. Now, our country is not without its sins and certainly it is our duty to strive to correct the injustices of our government. To. have claimed, however, that the evils perpetrated by the USA and the USSR were of a commensurate nature was patently false and was recognized as such by any objective observer.

Yet, such blatant anti-Americanism appears anew in the presentcrisis. Some members of our Church have the audacity to suggest that Suddam Hussein and George Bush are two equally evil men who have caused the bloodshed of this war. One may criticize George Bush's policies and decisions but to even suggest, as the Pax Christi prayer did, that he isa moral equal to Saddam Hussein is, I repeat, outrageous.

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As with all aspects of our faith, these traditions are expected to be initiated and nourished in the home amid the Christian family environment. How can we expect our children to respect life, law and the Lord, when parents don't encourage a serious 'and respectful faith reflected not only in worship but also in good works and attention paid to one's appearance.

More thanks . Dear Editor: Many thanks for the CNS feature article "Dress up for Mass, urges priest." Father James Telhorst expressed some fine points to support his opinion but I felt that he left out one very important reason for at least attempting to look one's best when at Mass.

The whole issue can be easily summarized and expressed in a single word: respect. Respect for God, respect for the Eucharist, respect for the assembly, respect for where you are, what you are doing and whom you are worshiping.

TClsaSao reITectlOnorour society in general when a great many parishioners will primp themselves for dances, parties and any civic or secular event with no objection, but consider it an invasion of their privacy to look their best when assembling to meet with the King of the Universe!

We should all remember that our Sunday Mass is meant to be a precursor to the eternal banquet in heaven. May we all be found at our best, spiritually as well as externally, when our Lord returns

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Bishop lauds fr:ontier epic WASHINGTQN (CNS) - The movie "Dances with Wolves" is a "blessing" to American Indians and conveys that "the Indian culture has a message for the world," said Bishop Charles J. Chaput of Rapid City, S.D., a diocese where 40 percent of the Catholics are Native Americans.

"I think it's the only movie to portray Indian people as human beings with deep relationships and deep feelings" instead of as savages, said Bishop Chaput, a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe.

The frontier epic, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, is set in the Dakota territories during the_CiYi.l-~ centers on a Union sdldier, played by Costner, at a deserted frontier fort who embarks on a voyage of self-discovery when befriended by a Sioux tribe. He falls in love with a white woman, played by Mary McDonnell, who had been adopted by the tribe.

It shows that Native Americans have "many gifts for the world," said Bishop Chaput in a telephone interview. Among them, he said, are "a sense of the harmony and oneness in the world that God has given us and the importance of knowing our place in it."

The Orion Pictures movie also shows the American Indian emphasis on "the importance of commitment to family, not just the immediate family but the larger families we find ourselves in, and a commitment to community," said the bishop.

In illustrating "tribal relationships," he said, "Dances With Wolves" showed the Indians had "support for one another and protected one another."Bishop Chaput, a member of the Capuchin order, is one of two Native American U.S. bishops.

The other is IJishop Donald E. Pelotte of Gallup, N.M. Bishop Chaput said he has seen the movie - filmed in his diocese - three times. He said he knew many of the extras in the cast as well as people who provided technical expertise, for example, in a scene where buffalo were hunted, he said.

"I was thrilled to see the beauty of South Dakota on the wide screen," Bishop Chaput added. "It showed how incredibly beautiful our state is."

The bishop, a self-described "cheerleader" for South Dakota, urged everyone to see the movie.

He can't wait until it's out on video so he can have' his own copy.

"I'm not part of Kevin Costner's PR team," he laughed. "But I am part ofthe PR team for the Lakota people," as the Sioux Indians call themselves, "and our state, and I'm proud of both."

A caveat on the film, however, was entered by Ben Black Bear Jr., director of the Office of Native Concerns in Bishop Chaput's diocese.

"Dances with Wolves," he said, leaves a false impression that the Indian culture died out with the buffalo.

Its conclusion, that he said implies that Native American culture is extinct, is wrongly "ominous," he added. . Black Bear comm e n tedon-1he. movie in a telephone interview after it received 12 Oscar nominations. He emphasized that Native American culture is not extinct but "going through a transition."

"In adjusting to a new way of life," Native Americans are turning back to their culture, he said.

One example is the renewed interest in Indian customs, such as the annual sun dance, a fourday, midsummer celebration of the sun as "the major manifestation of the Great Mystery," he said.

The dance is "a religious cet'emony" compatible with Christianity since the concept of the Great Mystery can easily be applied to God, he said.

"It's basically a prayer," Black Bear said, adding that there has been "a revival of the dance as a form of prayer and meditation."

Despile his objection to its ending, Black Bear had overall praise for "Dancing with Wolves."

In showing Indians as human beings in their own culture and using the Lakota and Pawnee dialects, he said, Hollywood "made it as authentic as possible."

In the past, Indians have been only "portrayed as the enemy," he said.

Henry Herx and Gerri Pare, film reviewers for the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting, said Kevin Costner, director of"Dances with Wolves," deserves the Oscar for best director. They also said they expected the motion picture to be named best film.

In a review, Ms. Pare praised its "sensitive treatment of Native Americans, exceptional cinematography and fine portrayals," which, she said, compensate for its excessive length.

The USCC, citing "gory battlefield violence, minimal, restrained lovemaking and a flash of rear nudity,'~classified it A-I 11- adults..

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ACTOR KEVIN Costner, second from left, and Sioux tribesmen scout a herd of buffalo in a scene from "Dances with Wolves." (CNS photo)

ACTRESSES ALVALETA Guess (left) and Nancy E. Carroll sing during a scene from "Nunsense." (CNS photo)

"Nunsense" 3rd longest off-Broadway hit WASH INGTON (CNS) - With more than 2,100 performances under its wimple, "Nunsense" has passed "Godspell" to become the third-longest-running off-Broadway musical in history.

"Everyone on earth is fascinated by the look of the traditional nun," said writer/director Dan Goggin.

That's one reason, he said, that "Nunsense" is third behind "The Fantasticks," which isin its fourth decade and still playing, and "Threepenny Opera," which ran from 1955 to 1961.

"Godspell" ran off-Broadway from May 17, 1971, to June 13.

1976, for about 2,100 performances. "Nunsense" opened Dec. 12.

1985, and had its 2,128th offBroadway performance Feb. 3.

Thousands of people have seen the madcap musical about Goggin's Little Sisters of Hoboken.

The nuns, also -known as "The Hobos," are performing in a revue to raise the money to bury the last four of 52 fatally poisoned members. They died of botulism after eating vichyssoise served by Sister Julia, Child of God. Since its debut, "Nunsense" has packed the house with eight performances weekly and been translated into 10 languages. At present it is being performed by theater companies nationwide.

Goggin is also in the preproduction stage of "Nunsense," the movie.

The comedy's characters are rooted in'Dominican Sisters whom Goggin knew as a student at St. Mary's School in Alma, Mich., he said in a telephone interview from New York.

"I had the most wonderful nuns in school," said -Goggin. His show presents nuns as happy and dedicated, but not without strong personalities There's Mother Mary Regina, the regal superior, and Sister Mary Amnesia, the one with a vacant stare. There's Sister Mary Leo, as in "leotard." She dances.

Portraying the nuns as individuals, some of whom compete with one another, is why the show leaves people laughing, Goggin said.

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legitimately makes everybody laugh and have a good time," he said.

"Nunsense" earned Goggin Critics Outer Circle awards in 1986 - for best musical, best book and best music. It put the then-struggling writer in the position where now he can pay his rent "for the rest of my life," he said.

A fourth Outer Circle award went to cast member Semina De Laurentis for her performance as Sister Amnesia, a would-be country singer.

Even "plainclothes" nuns like "Nunsense," said Goggin, whose cast boasts it can spot nuns in mufti in the audience.

Back in Michigan, his prototype for the lead, Dominican Sister Vincent de Paul, has become a self-described "celebrity" around her motherhouse in Grand Rapids, where she's retired, he said.

Her stock soared after she appeared publicly with the cast when the troupe went to Grand Rapids on tour.

Goggin has tried to benefit nuns for all they've benefited him, he said. One publicity" effort, Which helps both show and nuns, involves using real nuns for bit parts. When the show goes to a new city, it conducts a search for talent among real nuns.

Four winners are selected and each performs for a week, earning $1 for every seat plus whatever she gets for her favorite charity through a collection from theatergoers.

"Some have made a couple thousand dollars," said Goggin.

The company also has done benefit performances for groups such as Support Our Aging Religious, a fund for retired nuns.

Goggin once wanted to become a priest and attended Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, for a short while as a high school student. When he left the seminary he intended to return but became involved in theater instead, he said.

He's still helping people, however, he said. He recalled Sister Vincent de Paul's words to him:.

"Danny, I think the Lord wanted you to reach everybody this way because you'vj: touched more lives than you ever could have as a priest or brother."

WASHINGTON (CNS) '''Awakenings,'' a movie about coma-like patients brought back to meaningful life, if only for a while, deserves the Oscar for best picture of 1990, according to film reviewers for the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. The film was the recipient of a 1991 Christopher Award Feb. 28.

The Christopher awards honor producers, directors, writers and illustrators whose work exemplifies "the. highest values of the human spirit," said Fathe.r John Catoir, director of The Christophers, whose motto is "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." --------"Awakenings" drew Oscar nominations in the best picture and best actor categories. The Oscars are to be presented March 25 in Los Angeles.

Preparing for his role in the film, actor Robin Williams, who portrays a neurologist, visited Queen of Peace Residence, a Little Sisters of the Poor nursing home in Queens, N.Y., to study for his role.

There he saw a woman emerge from a trancelike state to sing with the home's superior, Mother Genevieve Regina. It was the kind of"awakening" the movie portrays.

Williams was accompanied by Dr. Oliver Sacks, on whom is based Williams' character, Dr. Malcom Sayer, in the Columbia Pictures release.

The movie is based on Sacks' 1973 medical classic, "Awakenings," which documents his 1969 experiment with the drug L-Dopa which brought patients who had survived encephalitis out of decades-long, trancelike states.

Sacks, a professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, is a consultant to the Little Sisters of the Poor nursing homes in New York.

In a telephone interview, Sacks said he took Williams and the film's director, Penny Marshall, to the home to visit two patients.

"Sister Genevieve started singing with one of the patients and suddenly the patient started singing with her. Robin and Penny were delighted at seeing this," he said.

Sacks, born in London in 1933 to an Orthodox Jewish family, said he is "not particularly religious" himself, but has worked with the Little Sisters since 1971.

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___~~~~~~.r-----lw~e-a-apollS---颅 Continued from Page One leader Saddam Hussein, it was delivered before news reached the United States of the Feb. 25 Scud attack on a building that housed U.S. military officers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At least 28 soldiers were killed and another 100 wounded in the attack.

Archbishop Roach, whose address on moral questions in a time of war. was a late addition to the meeting agenda, said most of the nation's bishops "have withheld a definiti~ejudgment" on the morality of the war because of the "specific judgments required and the limited information available" to make such alllOral determination.

"Ther~will be those who will be disappointed by this reality," he said.

Some want the ~ishops to "c1ear~ ly condemn this war as unjust" while others want them to "embrace it ... [as] a clear example ofthe use of American military power to resist evil," he said.

He said the bishops' role is to "share our moral judgments and raise serious questions with both conviction and modesty" without giving "absolute" answers when that is not possible.

"Each of us will have to search our own conscience .,. on the moral dimensions of this war," he said.

"We [bishops] offer not easy answers, but hard questions; not certainty, but substantial doubts," he said.

In his lengthy address, the first major policy statement from the bishops' conference since Jan. 17 when the war broke out, Archbishop Roach discussed: - Moral issues raised by the bishops about whether the war was begun as a "last resort."

Moral concerns they con-

tinue to have concerning the prin- government was lying about its ciples of noncombatant immunity, policies and actions before or durproportionality and right intention ing the war. in the ongoing conduct ofthe war.

In looking at the conduct of the - Pastoral concerns about those war, which two days earlier had affected by the war, especil!.lIy U.S. entered the stage of full ground military personnel and their fami- combat in Kuwait and Iraq, Archlies and the people of Iraq and bishop Roach warned particularly Kuwait. about: - Civility and mutual respect in - Maintaining the right intenthe national debate about the war. tion. "Allied objectives in this war - Concern about U.S. military should remain focused on the libepolicy that does not permit exemp-路 raton of Kuwait and we should tion from combat for single par- ~vo~d multiplying or escalating obents or for one of two parents Jectlves. that are not compatible with bringing about genuine peace when both serve in the military.

- The requirements of building a just peace in the Middle East once the war is over.

In response to questions after Continued from Page One his talk, Archbishop Roach said, determining which approach it conthat before the war he and other siders best. leaders of the bishops' conference On Feb. 20 the Senate voted had intervened strongly in urging "every possible avenue short of down a proposal by Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., to exempt single war." parents or couples with children He said he thought the bishops had helped to bring the moral from serving in combat zones.

The next day Rep. Toby Roth, questions into the policy debate R.Wis., introduced a. bilI in the about the war and had influenced the government's decisions. He house that would allow single parcited the frequent allusions by Pres- ents with sole custody of children ident Bush and military leaders to or two or more members of the moral principles behind their deci- same family to request transfer out of a combat zone. It would require sions.

"You may quarrel with the judge- the Defense Department to honor ment [the government reached]. the request of at least one such family member. but I think we exercised an influCurrent Pentagon rules permit ence," he said.. all but one family member in the To another questioner who argued that the government's use of same unit or on the same .ship to request transfer to another unit or moral terms to justify the war was ship, but not out of combat. an exercise in "lies and deception," Archbishop Roach said, "That's a harsher judgment than I'm prepared to make."

He said one of the points of his talk was the need for mutual respect in debating the war, and he did not have evidence to conclude that the

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-- - - ----- -- -- dinanty cautious whenever clvillan - Avoiding hatred. "All of us, life is at risk" and must carry out friend or foe, are brothers and sis- the war "in ways that seek to avoid ters made in the image and like- disproportionate harm to Iraq's ness of God; American or Iraqi, social, cultural and economic life." we s~are a basic human dignity," "There is no glory in killing he said. other human beings, even to estab--: Avoiding civilian casualties. lish moral principles," he said.

Amid reports "that Iraq is attempt- "The moral imperative remains to ing to mingle military installations seek a swift, stable and just peace in civilian populations," he said, as soon as possible."

Canon Law Society rejects resolution on wed priests CLEVELAND (CNS) - The Canon Law Society of America has rejected a resolution calling for ordination of married men, reversing a process begun by the society two years ago.

The vote came during the society's recent annual meeting, attended by about 400 church lawyers.

Meeting participants took issue not with the resolution's call for expansion of the "current permission to ordain qualified married men to the presbyterate," but with the statement of reasons and precedents which accompanied ,the request.

"The defeat of the resolution had nothing to do with the disposition of the group toward married priests," Father Gary Gresko, a canon lawyer on the Cleveland diocesan newspaper. "The reason it was not affirmed was because the group did not feel the rationale given was of sufficient academic substance."

Lt. Col. Fox captured Continued from Page One school with him, said he was voted the funniest person in his senior class. He recalled that Jeffrey and a brother Robert, now a medical student and a lieutenant in the Army Reserve, had been altar boys at Holy Name parish and that Jeffrey was catcher for the parochial school baseball team. In high school, said Driscoll, Jeffrey was a cross-country runner and a football halfback.

Driscoll also recalled visits to Jeffrey's home, where the senior Fox "ran inspection and the house was always immaculate."

As well as Jeffrey and Robert, two other sons have followed their father into the armed forces. Air

Force Capt. Terrance Fox, an F16 pilot, is stationed in Arizona . and Army Lt. Col. Timothy Fox i~ stationed in Korea. Both are graduates of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

Two sisters, Patricia Borden of Seekonk, Mass., and Nancy Gunderson of Portland, Ore., are nurses. They graduated from the former Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River.

Mrs. Borden's husband, Lt. Col. Stephen Borden, a member of the Army Reserve, is also in Saudi Arabia, serving at an Army combat support hospital, on leave from his civilian position as head nurse of the surgical intensive care unit at Providence VA Hospital.

. WITH BISHOP Daniel A. Cronin at a recent planning sessIOn for the 50th annual Catholic Charities Appeal are, from le.!t, Rev. Maurice O. Gauvin. assistant director for the New Bedford area; Rev. John F. Andrews, Cape area director; Rev. John J. Steakem, Attleboro area director; and Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan director of the Appeal.

Also, Rev, Gerald T. Shovelton, Taunton area director; Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault, Attleboro assistant director; Rev. Richard L. Chretien, New Bedford area director; and Rev. William L. Boffa, Taunton assistant director. (Hickey photo)

Two years ago, the canon law society voted to establish a commission to prepare a petition favoring the ordination of married men to the priesthood. If approved, the petition would have been sent to the National Conference for Catholic B i s h o p s . r _ Among those supporting the petition in debate were Msgr. Frederick McManus, a professor of canon law at The Catholic University of America, and Peter Shannon, a former president of the society released from the priesthood in 1969 and now married.

But others arguedthat the petition would constitute inappropriate political pressure on the bishops and that background material had not been adequately prepared.

Father Ralph Wiatrowski, chancellor of the diocese of Cleveland, told the Universe Bulletin after the meeting, "The resolution was not a well-prepared one. There were questions which needed to be asked, for example, the whole question of Eastern rites in this country."

I n Eastern-rite Catholic churches, .a married man can be ordained to the diocesan priesthood, but a priest cannot marry after ordination. In the United States, Eastern-rite priests cannot marry.

Another resolution called for a study of the participation of the laity if! the three offices of the church: sanctifying, teaching and governing.

The measure was related to the inability of canon lawyers who are lay people and women religious to act independently as tri bunal judges. Under present canon law, such judges must act in concert with a priest.

The resolution was criticized as a91biguous and otherwise unsatisfactory and was killed in the society's women's caucus. The group did decide to attach a request to broaden the power of laity and nuns who work on tribunals to an upcoming canon law society report on women in the church.

Cardinal gloomy on Philippines' future

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. I, 1991

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) - Five years after "people power" swept aside a dictator, the Philippines has lost its way and yesterday's heroes have become today's villains for many Filipinos, says Cardinal Jaime Sin. Cardinal Sin, the archl?ishop of Manila who played a major role in encouraging the revolt that brought President Corazon Aquino to power and ousted Ferdinand Marcos, said in a statement marking the fifth aniversary of the 1986 uprising that the country had failed to follow through on its triumph.

He said the uprising had impressed the world, united the predominantly Catholic country and ended 20 years of Marcos' author. itarian rule.

More than I million people crowded on to the streets of Manila to confront tanks with prayers and flowers ina mark of popular outrage against Marcos and alleged COVER ofa recent issue of Medjugorje Magazine. poll rigging.

But the cardinal said that since then the Philippines had fallen back "into a chaotic juxtaposition of opposed forces. [We have] entrapped ourselves anew in the compulsive drive for money, power CHICAGO(CNS)~TwoCathand a copying machin'e in the mid-' and selfish interests, backslid in oJic couples from the ChicagQ sub- die of a living room. ! politics to the tricks and trappings . urbs have joined forces to produce "We say we don't know what the of traditional politicians [and] Medjugorje ~agazine, a quarterly kitchen table looks like anymore," maligned our political servants with publication believed the only U.S. said Mrs. Eck. , all manner of lies." magazine on the reported appariA staff of 15 volunteers helps For many Filipinos "yesterday's tions in a small Yugoslavian village. produce the magazine. Another heroes have turned into today's The nonprofit magazine, less 150 or so volunteers· pass out subvillains, yesterday's enthusiasts . than a year old, is the brainchild of scription fliers. have turned into today's cynics, Larry and Mary Sue Eck of DownThe magazine is up to about yesterday's dreams have turned ers Grove, Ill., and Michael and 210,000 subscribers f~om all parts into today's nightmares."

Ann Hatt of Bloomingdale. Ill., of the world, including~outh AmerCardinal Sin did not name the both of the diocese of Joliet. The ica and the Caribbean. Another wayward heroes, but former couples first met 10 years ago at a 10,000-15,000 issues a~e distributed defense minister Juan Ponce Emile, Marriage Encounter. at Medjugorje conferences and elsewho helped launch the 1986 revolt, The Ecks and Hatts produce the where. ' is now under indictment for his magazine in their spare time in The magazine has featured an alleged role in a 1989 coup attempt their paper-cluttered homes. It is interview with actor Martin Sheen, against Mrs. Aquino. printed at low cost by a Florida a Medjugorje believe~, and stories Mrs. Aquino has survived six publisher who is also a devotee of on a miracle cure a,ttributed to coup attempts' in the past five Medjugorje.

Medjugorje, the visit pf the Notre years but critics say she has failed Before the magazine was conDame basketball teamto the Yugoto provide strong leadership. ceived, the two couples had proslavian village, and! Medjugorje Cardinal Sin told Reuters, the duced Matrimony ·magazine for centers around the country.

British news agency, in a January Worldwide Marriage Encounter The church has noi yet made a interview that Mrs. Aquino should' as unpaid volunteers. .definitive judgment of the authennot run for a second term but "The last thing we wanted, frankticity of the apparitiohs at Medjushould hand power over to a. ly, was to do another magazine," gorje, where Mary reportedly has younger person, someone with the said Mrs. Eck. been appearing to si~ young peovision to steer the country of 60 Hatt said there are 90 U.S. newsple daily since 1981. ' million people toward economic letters on Medjugorje, filled with If the church concludes Medjuprogress. information on prayer groups and gorje is not authenti¢, Eck said, .

About 83 percent of Filipinos conferences, but no magazines with "we'll never print another magaare .Catholic and a plenary meet- in-depth features. zine.

I ing . of the church in February The homes of the Ecks and mapped out a more activist role Hatts are virtually magazine offifor the clergy. . ces, complete with half-done pages

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Islam misunderstood ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CNS) Stereotypes that Islam is a fanatical rCligion or that Christians cannot practice their faith in Islamic countries are damaging and unfortunate, says Father Gerard Sloyan, an expert on' Ch'ristian-Muslim dialogue. The Western world has minimized tfie importance of the Islamic faith even though it is the

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He warned that the nation and tbe church "are going to pay some day for such a deliberate and calculating ignorance of the Muslim culture and faith."

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War bodes ill for Christian-Muslim ties, says u.s. Jesuit at Vatican ROME (CNS) - Iraqi Presi- , of Kuwait by the Iraqis," he said.

A division has developed between dent Saddam Hussein lost most the leaders of Arab states: who Muslim sympathy when he invaded supported the Saudi-Western milKuwait, but won much of it back itary alliance, and the local popuwhen non-Muslim armies were lations, who are inclined toward invited to Gulf region, says a VatiIraq, he said. can official. ' Many Muslims still view the V.S. Jesuit Father Thomas Israeli occupation of Palestine as Michel, in charge of relations with Muslims at the Council for Inter- "the most sharply felt injustice and oppression" in the region, he said. religious Dialogue, said the failure V nfortunately, the priest added, to resolve other injustices in the Middle East also aggravated the these developments bode ill for the future of Christian-Muslim relWestern position in the Muslim world. ations.

"There is a frequently expressed :'The Americans' refusal to discuss the situation of Palestine sensation that 'The West wants to together with that of Kuwait destroy Islam.' V nfortunately, this resentment can easily be direct~d reconfirmed in many Muslims the conviction that the Americans were against the Christians who live in ' the real aggressors," Father Michel those regions." he said. said in a talk in Rome Feb. 15.

Many Arabs feel that their faith, their culture and their native tradiThe priest said that "at the beginning of the invasion of tions are held in contempt by Western peoples, he s,aid.

Kuwait, the majority of Muslims Father Michel said that damage were strongly opposed to the Iraqi to Christian-M uslim relations action. A Muslim country should could be limited if Western Chrisnot attack another Muslim countians could convince their governtry. But with the Saudi Arabian ments to propose an immediate invitation to Western armies, this cease-fire to the conflict, followed attitude changed.. by fair negotiations and humanit"Many Muslims showed more arian aid. . concern over the presence of nonFather Michel added that, in his Muslims in the holiest Islamic territories than over the occupation ,experience, support for Iraq ex-

tends to Christians in the Third World.

"In fact, I have repeatedly discovered a surprising and deeply felt sympathy for the Iraqis and their president among the clergy and religious of Africa, Asia and Latin America in our colleges and religious houses in Rome," he said.

They know well that Saddam Hussein is no saint but "they can identify with a population that is implacably bombarded by a war machine that is incommensurately stronger," he said.

He said many Muslims and others in the Third World think the war is an example of Western arrogance.

Father Michel said he thought the religious factor in the Gulfwar had been exaggerated by Western media, especially in a misunderstanding of the terms "Islamic fundamentalist" and "Holy War." He noted that many of the war's Arab protagonists -, including Saddam Hussein - were secular leaders and not exponents of Islamic fundamentalism.

The term "jihad," frequently translated as "holy war" in the West, has a much more generalized meaning as a social and spiritual struggle among Muslims, he said.

Peace weakened by Christian splits, pope tells. Wor.ld Council of Churches VATICAN CITY (CNS) Denominational division has weakened Christianity's ability to help prevent tragedies like the Persian Gulf War, Pope John Paul II told the World Council of Churches at their Feb. 7-20 general assembly meeting in Canberra, Australia.

The war is evidence of the world's need for reconciliation and the Gospel message of peace aQd justice, his messa~e said.

But Christianity's ability to bring those values to the world is weakened by its internal divisions, the pope told the ecumenical body.

The same day in a meeting with priests from the diocese of Rome, the pope said the war threatens to increase the social, economic, political and religious differences among the world's people.

"We cannot view this war with only political criteria, although the principles of international justice are certainly Df great impor-

tance and must be followed" the pope told the priests.

The church also looks at the war with the criteria suggested by the Second Vatican Council's teaching that "all humanity. has the same creator and therefore the same redeemer," he said.

The pope told the priests that the council's teaching obliges the church to work for understanding between people and between religions, especially the monotheistic traditions of Christianity, Juda.ism and Islam. . Political and economic factors also create divisions to the point where people speak of a First, .Second, Third and even Fourth World, he said.

"Our concern is that this war can create even deeper splits between these worlds." the pope said.

"We are concerned about the continuation of our conciliar vision of the world because the church

must see itself in the world and seethe world t'hrough its mission."

"Our main worry for the future is that people, as a consequence of this war. can become still more opposed and still more hostile instead of moving toward an agreement and a possibly universal solidarity."

"All the interventions of the church and of myself, my ministry in this matter, arise from this prin- ' cipal concern," he said.

In his message to the World Council of Churches, an organization of Anglican.. Protestant and Orthodox churches, the pope prayed that "the Holy Spirit will guide our common efforts toward unity of faith."

"The present tragic situation of our troubled world confirms once again humanity's need for reconcilliation, its need for an ever more authentic witness to the Biblical message of peace, justice and the integrity of creation," he said.

Pope asks prayers for war's end VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II pledged solidarity with families having members fighting in the Persian Gulf War and asked Catholics to make lent a 'time of inte'nsified prayers "to put an end to the massacre of human lives."

"I wish to express my most sincere solidarity with all the families involved 'in various ways in this' very worrying contlict," the pope told 60 mothers of Italians fighting , in the Gulf.

The mothers were at a papal general audience.

The pope offered "a special welcome to mothers of soldiers currently committed to the war in the Gulf' and asked "unceasing prayers that God spare all humanity new suffering and further spilling of blood."

In his main general audience talk, the pope asked Catholics to make Lent "a time of special spiritual commmitment" because of the "dramatic situations" of the war.

"Peace awaits out personal contribution made through prayer and penance," he said.

This should be "a contribution expressed through concrete reconciliation and through a search for

the methods which are still possible to put an end to the massacre of human lives, which is being perpetrated in the war," he added.

"Thus, every Lenten act becomes a humble, pressing, sorrowful invocation to peace," he said.

Italy is part of the V .S.-Ied coalition against Iraq and has committed naval and air forces to the war.

A week earlier, the pope asked Iraq to provide information about two Italian airmen shot down over Iraq: Maj. Gian Marco Bellini and Capt. Maurizio Cocciolone.

Forgiveness "A Christian will find it is easier to pardon than resent. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits." - Hannah More

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CAPU CHIN FATHER Luis Coscia, left, outgoing president of the Confederation of Latin' American Religious, speaks to reporters at the organization's February assembly as Vatican-appointed monitor Colombian Bishop Hector Lopez Hurtado looks on. (CNS photo)

Latin American religious say poor come first CUAUTITLAN, Mexico(CNS) - Representatives of Latin America's religious say they want to move beyond tensions with the Vatican to mapping out strategies for helping the region's poor.

During a major meeting in Cuautitlan, delegates of the Confederation of Latin American Religious said they want to work out a "new evangelization" which stresses the Latin American church's option for the poor.

The 75 delegates of religious orders from 25 Latin American and Caribbean nations at the Feb. 19-28 conference were developing a draft document on the issue, which the Vatican has warned mus't follow Pope John Paul II's pronouncements.

The document, entitled "Current Tendencies in Latin American Religious Life," called on the' region's religious to support the, poor. It said that Latin American religious agree that a "greater conversion toward the world of the poor" is needed, including working the spiritual values of poverty into religious life.

The religious were meeting in the context of a decision by Pope John Paul to have the Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of, Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life bypass the confederation's normal electoral procedure and directly choose members of an executive board that will guide the organization for the next three years. ,The decision follows a controversy over the content of the confederation's pastoral planning.

One confederation spokesman, Argentinian LaSalette Father Telmo Mairone, said that although there was resentment among the delegates over the papal decision, . there was also "a consensus that to lose ourselves in a dispute over control at the hierarchical level would be a 'sin' when there is so much work to be done."

That feeling was spelled out by the confederation's outgoing president, Argentinian Capuchin Father Luis Coscia, who told delegates on the assembly's opening day to avoid "fear or disproportionate concern over preserv, ing our own image."

Father Coscia said chief among the issues facing religious is "how to announce the Good News of salvation at this moment in the history of Latin America, which

has nearly reached the limits of impoverishment and dependence" on the industrialized economies.

Jesuit Father Jose Morales Orozco, president of the Mexican Confederation of, Religious Institutes, said tensions between religious orders and the hierarchy should be a secondary issue.

The working documeritfur the assembly, a synthesis of reports from the 25 national conferences of religious in Latin America pre- ' pared by a team of confederation theologians, stressed the need for involvement of religious '.in support of the poor. The goal, it said, is for the poor to "become ac(ors in their own liberation" from unjust' "social, political and economic mechanisms" which often consti,tute "instruments of oppression."

The document also admitted that designing strategies for a religious life which expresses an option for the poor has stirred many "questions" and "misunderstandings."

Such was the case with the organization's controversial, fiveyear "Word-Life" pastoral program. The program was suspended in 1989 by the Vatican congregation on religious life after some Latin American bishops charged that it contained an "ideologized ,and reductive reading" of the Scriptures.

Similarly, last year the pope sharply criticized unnamed pastoral programs of the Latin American religious, warning against a Marxist interpretation of the church's preferential option for the poor.

According to Bishop Francisco Javier Errazuriz, secretary of the religious life congregation and its delegate to the assembly, the Vatican's problem with the now-defunct pastoral plan was not with its emphasis on an 'option for the poor.

Bishop Errazuriz said the "Word-Life" program did not leave enough room for the "plurality" of . ways - from teaching, to parish work and direct social action. , The working draft of the document for the assembly seemed to avoid some of the controversial language of the "Word-Life" program; but did not shun the use of terms such as "liberation," and "struggle for justice."It reflected a commitment on the confederation's part to continue pressing the church as a whole to carry its expressed option for the poor into new areas of pastoral action.

Catholic collegians to discuss AIDS, rising tuition costs WASHINGTON (CNS) - The lack of AIDS education and the cultural diversity on many Catholic college campuses are topics the National Association of Students at Catholic Colleges and Universities will focus on in the coming year.

While other national student organizations may be studying the same topics, Catholic schools have a different approach because of church teachings, said Kristi Kerscher, organization president and a senior at the Marianist-run University of Dayton.

For instance, she said, although Catholic colleges want to protect people against AI DS, condom vending machines, common at state universities, cannot be condoned on Catholic campuses.

NASCC, organized in 1989, tries to bring students from the nation's 225 Catholic colleges together to discuss these and many other issues with a Catholic focus.

Statistics on how many students at Catholic colleges have AIDS are unavailable, but Ms. Kerscher said she is concerned because some Catholic colleges are not providing AIDS education to students.

Many Catholic colleges lack cultural diversity, said Ms. Kerscher, and NASCC is concerned that rising costs are excluding many Catholics.

The group held a ~ational meeting in February at the University of Dayton. Among topics addressed, iri addition to AIDS and tuition costs were recognition of Catholic student groups that oppose some church teachings and requiring Catholic college students to volunteer time for worthwhile projects, ,Ms. Kerscher said.

FATHER David Knight" will will conduct the retreat "Lay Spirituality: Allow the Gospels to Come Alive" March 8 through 10 at LaSalette Center f~r Chris-' tian Living, Attleboro.

Author of the books Cloud by Day. Fire by Night. on religious vows, and His Way. about spiritual growth for the laity, he. is an internationally recognized authority on religious life and on spirituality of the laity. .

Currently he is pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Memphis, Tenn., and spiritual director of the Cursillo movement in the Memphis dioces~. Information: 222-8530.

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Students' world widened via ham radio GREENVILLE, N.C. (CNS)Franciscan Brother Simon Jaworski's students have heard the "wooshing sound" of the planet Jupiter's radio signal, talked to kids in Russia abou~ the price of gas in Kiev and can identify Soviet islands in the Arctic Circle.

Not bad for seventh- and eighthgraders at Sf. Peter's School in Greenville, where Brother Jaworski began teaching science three years ago.

"I could have put all this radio equipment in my room in the friary," said Brother Jaworski, a lifelong ham radio operator. "But I put it here in the lab, and it began to spark and generate the kids' interest."

In the mornings Brother Jaworski said he'''would putthe news on from Austria around 8 a.m.

Then at 8:30 a.m. I'd switch and they'd listen to Belgium.... We'd also listen to the space shuttle communications; the kids liked that. They kept telling me to 'be quiet because they wanted to listen.

Usually it's the other way around."

A group of students were interested enough to start a radio club at the school, and a few students began studying for their novice ham radio licenses from the Federal Communicatioljs Commission.

"To ·get a license we have to learn stuff like radio theory and be able to do (M orse) code at five words per minute," said eighthgrader and novice licensee Robert Shaw.

Fellow eighth-grader John Shuping, who also has his novice license, said, "My most interesting QSO (ham jargon for a contact) was a guy named Gary who worked for the U.S. Embassy in Oman. He sent me a picture of two camels. I also talked to a guy from Togo in Afric'a;he sent me stamps 'from' there-and from Senegal."

Brother Jaworski, who counts King Hussein of Jordan and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gregarin among his most memorable QSOs as a youngster, said 'these· experiences "let the kids know that the world is bigger than their perception of it, and that's nice.....

"How many kids know where Guernsey Island is?" he added ..

"These kids know because theY've spoken to it."

Brother' Jaworski said his students have carried' on conversations with students in Northern Ireland and, recently, with a man in Estonia. They have also prepared a peace message from St. Peter's School which will be broadcast worldwide over a

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The students seem to be learning something about geopolitics as well.

"I talked to a Lithuanian guy for a long time a couple of weeks ago," said Robert. "We talked about how he got his license and about what kind of radio equipment we both have.... But he was kind of hesitant to talk about the political things that are going on over there."

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Sung by Poison. Written by B. Dell, C.c. Deville, B. Michaels,R. Rockett (c) 1990 by Enigma/ Capitol Records.

By Charlie Martin

SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN Weill see him on the TV Preaching about the promised lands He tells me to believe in Jesus Steal the money from my hands Some say he was a good man Lord, 1 think he sinned Twenty-two years Qf mental tears Cries of suicidal Vietnam days He fought a losing war on a four-inch shore To find his country didn't want him back Booze took his best friends in Saigon I know it took his wife, his kids, no regrets In a time 1 don't remember And a war he can't forget He cried, "Forgive me for what I've done there 'Cause 1 never meant the things 1 did" And give me something to believe in If there's a Lord above Give me something to believe in o Lord almighty My best friend died a lonely man.

In some Palm Springs hotel room Got the call last Christmas Eve And they told me the news I tried all night not to break down and cry As the tears rolled down my face I felt so cold and empty Like a lost soul out of place And will the mirror, mirror on the wall See my smiling face again Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now The things 1 didn't know then Lord, I gotta tell you I drive by the homeless Sleeping on a cold, dark street Like bodies in an old bone grave Underneath the old broken neon sign That used to read "Jesus Saves" A mile away live the rich folk And I see how they're Iivin' it up While the poor they eat from hand to mouth The rich are drinkin' from the golden cup And it makes me wonder Why so many lose and so few win

WHAT DO YOU believe in?

When life is difficult and you hardly feel like going on, what pulls you through?

How we answer these questions makes a significant difference in our lives.

For the individual in Poison's "Something to Believe In," these questions lead only to a haunting emptiness. The song describes some of the pain he has seen: the terror of war in Vietnam, the death of a close friend plus the tragic lives of the homeless.

He wonders why those who have so much seem to care so little. He wonders if God will hear his desperate plea for "something to believe in." .- encourage ~~~h' of us to examine how we think about ourselves. Do you show faith in your ability to learn more about your innate interests and talents?

Do you refuse to put yourself down when you make mistakes, showing faith in how you can grow from the experiences? Do you practice healthy self-esteem by appreciating the many things you do well?

I tOink our lJod would respond to the person in the song with this encouragement: "My son, you are made from the forever goodness of myself. I understand why you hurt and 'how your world hurts. Yet, when I called you into life, I gave you everything that you need in order to discover joy and purpose. I stand with you as a source of strength and healing.

Rise above despair and go forth to believe in yourself. Wherever you go bring light, bring love."

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By Tom Lennon Last fall a group of old men gathered one weekend at a motei in a Midwestern city. They came to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their graduation from an allboys' high school.

Old friendships were renewed, and they rem~mbere~ what it was like to be a teenager on the eve of World War II. They talked of how the world had changed' and of what their lives had been like. And occasionally they revealed some surprising aspects of their lives as teenagers, aspects that might intrigue you.

Jerry found himself alone at one point with two of his former classmates. He told them, "You know I very nearly didn't come. You see, I never really felt that I belonged at our high school. I was poor then and came from a poor section of town. In all those four years' I, never felt at home with you guys.

Not once."

Pete couldn't believe these words.

"Jerry," he said, "1 always envied you. I always thought you were so in control, and you played basketball so well and - I can hardly believe this."

By theen(fOi the reunion early Sunday afternoon, Jerry felt very glad that he had come - and that at last he belonged to'his class.

Paul got a big surprise on Sat~ urday. He had lunch with Bill, and as ,they sipped coffee Bill said, "You know, I always felt so threatened by you."

Paul gasped. "Mer Bill, you had the girl I wanted. You were the ,editor of the school paper. You got the good grades. You were everything I wanted to be!" Both men laughed heartily'.

Then Nickjoined them, another surprise. He had been very overweight in high school; the butt of many jokes. Later the Army had shaped him up and he had remained slim and trim, though many of his classmates hadn't.

Later Harry, the chairman of the reunion, told a classmate, "There were 54 guys in our class.

Four committed suicide."

One of these was Tom, who was rejected by the Army for reasons of health. He wanted so badly to go off to war with his high school buddies, but could not. He brooded over this and began drinking. The drinking led to jail several times.

Finally he killed himself.

At a banquet Saturday eveni'li one old man, in a very private conversation, confessed to another, "This may be heresy, but I don't think our high school was very good scholastically."

The other man said, "Perhaps.

But it gave me a strong sense of responsibility to our community. I think the priests had a very deep influence for good on my life."

One of the former students gloomily refused to come. He told the chairman bluntly, 'Tmjust not interested in anything about the school or anything you guys do.

Include me out." Noone knew' why he felt that way.

But on a much more cheerful note, another man commented at dinner, "Life has never seemed so interesting and exciting to me as it does now. The world is changing so fast and there are so many wonderful developments in our country and our church. I just think it's a great time to be alive," He had, you might say, maintained a very youthful spirit.

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By Hilda Young My husband a'rrived a little later than usual last evening, I suspected something immediately. The sheep-, ish look: The way he avoided eye contact. The way he hung u'p his coat and quickly started for the bedroom'to change from his' work clothes. ' "H ow: 'bout a kiss hello?" I coaxed without smiling.

He knew I wanted to make an odor check. He rolled his eyes.

"OK, OK,!' he 'shrugged, "So I stopped by Kelly's, but it was just for a minute."

The slightly pungent aroma confirmed it: It' had 'been'Kelly's Garden Sh'op arid Nursery, all right. Fragranc'e o(Faraway Farm.

Essence of Sh~ej> Dip; '''Not Kel~ ly's;"1 grimaced. "That place is the worst."

"Yeah, it is a little seeqy," he grinned, Even the nian~spuns路ate pungent.

Kelly's owner, Bogmire Kelly, has no conscience. To prey on dirt freaks like my' husband, he purchased a bright yellow reader'board that calls' out daily "happy hour" speciais to passing motorists.

"What was it today?" I asked, hors d'oeuvres and twofor-one onion sets?"

To make it worse, Bogmire humors and flatters his patrons. He listens to their gardening stories -and even displays their produce.

If you can believe this, Boginire has this 40-foot pumpkin vine draped across tile el}tire ~eiling of his plant (o,od sec~ion '7grown by, guess who. " ' "I can't believe you guys let that old, nitrate pirate pllll the wool over your eyes, making you think you ,are al) r,egular.. Olympic free style farmers or somethi~g:' I said. , "You are,still jealous ,of Andy, aren't you," spouse smirked.

"Andy?" '''Yeah; you know, Andy Devine.

Get it? Andy, the vine," J:1e crackled.

No' one should' enjoy their own jokt:s so much, But it was understandable. The man' had Clearly been bellied up to the bug spray display again, ', ~'radish

Love Remains "If I cannot work or rise from my chair or my bed, love remains to me; I can pray."-Father Congreve

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New facilities for Stonehill College Stonehill College plans construction of two new facilities on its North Easton campus.

A new dining hall and student activities centerwill be constructed on the east side of the campus where most student residences are located. The building will serve approximately 1,600 resident students and offer dining and social opportunities for commuter students.

The facility will house aJounge, student government offices, meeting rooms, a game room and study areas.

Also planned is a new residence hall to be located south of the new dining hall. It will accommodate 128 students in 64 double rooms as well as a staff member living in a one-bedroom apartment.

:Bishop Stang , Students Against Drunk Driving and .the Governor's Alliance Against Drugs program at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, will sponsor an in-school Adolescent Awareness day exploring issues of importance to young people on March 5, The program will begin with an address by Bristol County District Attorney Paul Walsh, after which students will attend three 30-minute presentations of their choice on topics including depression, AI DS, grief, date rape, eating disorders, sexuality, the law and the high school' student, and addictive disorders,

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Seniors Lynn Asato, Erin Hayden', Nicole Houdelette, Vince Jornales and Greg Vrona have been nominated to attend the Massachusetts Advanced Studies Program, six-week summer session to be held at Milton Academy.

Ap'plicants must select one concentration course and one writing course from science, math and humanities offerings.

Seniors Erin Hoye arid Allison Connell represented Stang at the State House in Boston as part of the Celebration of Girls & Women in Sports Day, Feb. I. -. Miss Hoye, who ranks in the top 10 of the senior class, is a participant in field' hockey, basketball and tennis.. Miss Connell is an allstate field hockey player.

Both receiVed certificates in recognition of 'their accomplishments.

After having to cancel December trips due to lack of snow,'the Ski Club made its first trip of the sea~ son in January to' Mt. S'now. In February they trekked to Canada's Mt. Orford. Also planned are' a first-ever freshman ski weekend to Smuggler's Notch anda March outing to North Conway. "

Bishop Connolly The Bishop Connolly student government has successfully launched a paper recycling effort at the Fall River school.

Senior class officers Jodie' Medeiros, Eric Stubbert and Chris Condon suggested the idea several months ago, then found a company that would accept the paper.

Stubbert and Medeiros explained, "We have been saving soda

cans in the cafeteria, and we saw all the paper used around here as another large amount of waste that could'be eliminated or at least reduced."

The students said they receive a small amount of money for the paper, "but the real point to the project is to make everybody more aware of the environment and to make our own contribution to solving the problem."

Collection boxes have been placed in classrooms and offices, and in the two months since the project began, "we've had three pick-ups totalling over 600 gallons of paper waste," said the students.

**** Parents of Connolly juniors and seniors are invited to attend one of two conferences on the college application process to be given at 7:30 p.m. March 4 and 6 at the school.

**** Connolly art director Charles Dwyer will present an exhibit of his works March 8 through 20 in the school's main office foyer. ' The exhibit will open with a reception for the Connolly community and the public at 3 p.m.

March 8 and will be open during school hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays) thereafter.

**** Its defeat of Durfee 8-3 on Feb. 16 earned the C9nnolly hockey team the Fall River city championship, allowing the Cougars to retain possession of Fall River Challenge Cup. The victory also earned Connolly a to,urney berth, with play beginning Feb. 26 at the Bourne Rink against Abington High School.

Bishop Feehan On the second quarter honor roll for Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, are freshmen receiving highest honors Vanessa Cesarz, Amy Dwyer, Holly Grochmal, Michael Larocque and Leigh O'Mara. 29 freshmen achieved high honors and 15 achieved honors.

Highest honors went'to sophomores Dana Alexander, Timothy 'Famulare, Erinn Hoagg and Nita, Patel. 19 sophomores received high honors and 14 achieved honors.

JunIors receiving highest honors were Ami Dubois, Elaine Dwyer, Lisa Rowe and Michelle Yurof. 29 juniors merited high honors ,and 17 achieved honors. , Seniors ~chieving,highest honors were Keith Collins, Glen Gaebe, Eric Hopkins and Col,leen Keough; also Tara Klemanchuck, Rita Long, Michele Peluso and Kimberly Sorel.

The high .tlOnor roll included 34 seniors anq the honor roll 22 seniors. ' Members o( the Bishop Feehan community will sponsor Feehan's 6th an~,ual First Night with a,vare iety, of entertainment offerings 5:30 p.m. to midnight March 9 in the school's ,auditorium! cafeteria building. '

St. Mary's School This year students in grades 2, 4' and 6 at St. Mary's School, New Bedford, participated for the first time in a nationwide Invent America creative thinking program.

Students' inventions ranged from emergency air bags for buses to a

mini-massager for the ,overstressed.

Mrs. Jeanne Menqes, the middle school science teacher who organized the event, commented, "As we prepare to meet the challenges of our complex world, these bright and creative ideas are our future and will be a precious resource in years to come."

Winners, listed in order of-first to third place, are: Grade 6, Jessica Decicco, "Braille Some Clothes"; Aaron McNamee" "Handicap Helper"; and (tie) Timothy Frates, "Helping Hand" and Jessica Desrosiers, "Mail Carrier."

Grade 4: Steven Azar, "Emergency Air Bags"; (tie) Kristen Bergeron "Seatbelt for Dogs" and Jimmy Fereira, "Two-sided Toothpaste Tube"; and David Stevens, "M ustard and Ketchup Dispenser."

Grade 2: Christine Jasinski, "Musical Pillow"; K'imberly Lauzon, "Mini-Massager"; Curtis Gelinas, "Super Grabber."

Winners in an eighth grade science fair held Feb. 14 are Grant Menard, "Herbs - Uses and Purposes"; (tie) Allison Eaton, "How Noise Affects Your Ears',' and Amanda Thompson,' "UFOs and the Search for the Extra-Terrestrial"; (tie) Brian Leclair, "Layers ofthe Earth"; and Tracet Petitjean, "Your Memory."

Holy Name School Holy Name School, Fall River, recently held a science fair for grades 7 and 8 under direction of teacher Denise D. Gagne, Teachers and volunteer profes'sionals were judges. , Fair projects topics included density, agronomy,路 electricity, waves and momentUlp. Grand prize winner~ were eighth grader Kristen Librera for a project on conductors and seventh grader Jason Andrade for a project on insulation. ' First place winners were Erin Smith, grade 7; Patricia Rego, 8; and Jessica DUnllld,? , Second place: Martha Morin, Kristen -Lenaghan, Sam Jonsson; Eric Levesque and Carley Amigone, 8; Jennifer Marques, 7. ,'Third place: Keelin Stanton, Erica Sousa, Jonathan Charest, 7; Ryan Kitchen, 8.

Grand, first and second prize winners will represent the school at a RegionaL III science fair at Bristol Community College March 8 ,through 10. '.

NOTRE DAME SCHOOL first-place science fair winners are, seated, from left, Jeremy Corriveau, Patrick O'Gara, Matthew Valero, and standing, from left, Alison Hubert, Beth Canuel, Janet Dion and Jessica Romeo.

Notre Dame School 195 students 'in kindergarten through grade 8 at Notre Dame School, Fall River, displayed projects for the school's recent science fair. Trophies went to first place winners in grades 6 through 8, and runners-up received ribbons. The five top winners in grades 7 anq 8 are eligible for a March 8 through' 10 regional science fair at Bristol Community College.

Awards for kindergarten through grade 5 were gold medals for first place, silver medals for second, bronze medals for third and a ribbon for fourth, Winners, listed in order of fiist through fourth place: Grade,8: Janet Dion, Melissa

Dubreuil, Kevin Comeau, Mark Nogueira.

Grade 7: Jeremy Corriveau, Danielle Desrosiers, Tanya Duc~ los, Darryl Diosomito.

Grade 6: Jessica Romeo, Amanda O'Gara, Erin Flynn, Iris' Furtado.

Grade'5: Matthew Valero, Gary, Ouellette, Albert DUbreil, Christopher Boutin. ~ Grade4: Alison Hubert, George Botelho; Daniel Diosomito, Kyle Neto.

Grade 3: Beth Canuel, Jessica, Nadeau, Justin Masse, J illian Mailloux.

Kindergarten through grade 2: Patrick O'Gara, Matthew Renaud, Amy Boucher, Amy Canuel.

T()urney results posted for CY0 basketball

and and Bill O'Brien had 21 and 22 On,Feb. 24 the Diocesan Junior points respectively.

Boys' CYO All-Star tournament . S'elected'for the All-Tournament was held at the Fall R,iver CYO. team were Willis, Goodine, BachNew ,Bedford emerg~d 'as' ,the and,' O'Brien, and Fall, River's champion of tile three-game tourna, Levtault and Richie Ewens'. .. 'ment.,' , '; In game f"Taunto'i1 vs: 'Attle'~ ,' .. O~fe.~. 25"the F.allRiver Prep All-Star team took on their Taunboro, Taunton rallied after a halfton counterparts at Taunton Cathotime defl<;it 'o[JO pO,ints towirin ,':' COLLEGEVILLE;;M:irin.{CNS) overtime, :67-51:., Jonn:T.r,acy>of lic Middle School. Taunton took :- Benedictine Brother Dietrich Taunton scored 21 points and team7 'an'earl)'lead, b:ut by h'alf"time Fall Reinhart, 41; de'~ii: of the' College River led 39-37: In the second half, mate J.oe BacJ:tand contJ.ibutedI5~ of Arts a'nd Scie'rices at St. John's Taunton again went"out in front, Mike' Amaral led the Attleboro University in Collegeville, has been ' team withP P9ints. but Fall River rallied to pr~vail ', na,med the II tt(pres:ident of the with a 'final score of 75-68: Mike : I'n game FflWR'iver vs. New university. He holds master's and Cioe of Fall River le'd all scorers Bedford, New .Bedford took an doctoral degrees in路; 6istory from with 31 'points, while Taunton's early 20 point lead .. but Fall Rive'r Brown University. ' , Dave Duarte scored 21.' rallied to make the halHime score Chosen fanhe AIl-Tournament 35-34 in their favor. A 64~64 tie 'at , team were Fall River's Cioe, Ray OpenG()(i'~ Ear game's end forc~d overti~epiayin Arakelow, and Scott Medeiros and which New Bedford prevailed 73, "If you pray,: fast; if you fast, Taunton's Duarte, A.J. Viera and ,show mercy; if you Wlj.nt your,peti- 71. .]0' Jo Goodine and Marcus Matt Hammond.

Willis led the'New Bedford squad tion to be heard, hear the petitions In'another tourname~t game, of others. If you do not close your with 26 and 24 points respectively, the New Bedford Se'niors defeated ears to others, you open God's ear while Allen Levrault led the Fall the Fall River squad Feb. 24.

River players with 31 points. . to yourself." - St. Peter Chrysologus Taunton and New Bedford squarBeauty ed off in the championship game, "The best and most beautiful in which New Bedford prevailed things in the world cannot be seen 70-64 with Goodine and Willis or even touched; they must be felt again top scorers with 29 and 26 points respectively. Taunton's Bach- with the heart."--Helen Keller

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"SACRED'HEART,' r· , '.'O.L. FATIMA, SWANSE~ N.ATTLEBORO Altar boys' outing to PC basketWomen's Guild food pantry ball game leaving church 7 p.m.

Grades 2 'through 5 penance Sermonthly collection this weekend; vice 10 a.m. tomorrow. Parish Boy tomorrow. Lenten schedule: daily items may be left at Church St. Scouts will conduct a can and bottle Mass 8 a.m. (9 a.m. Sat.) preceded entrance. Cpu pies of all ages are drive 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. March 10, by rosary and stations of cross. invited to attend "Managing Mqdparish center. World Day of Prayer Respect Life hour of prayer 12:30 to ern Marriage" 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., I:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Church open observance 7 tonight, Salvation March 18, church hall. Information: Army, North St. for prayer 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. TuesMary Ellen Smith, 695-6066: Liturgy days and Thursdays. Penance 4:30 ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM ' committee meeting 7:30 p.m. Tues- p.m. Saturdays.

PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN Youth Choir practice 4 to 5:30 ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET day, meeting room.

VINCENTIANS are ••ked to .ubmlt new. Item. for thl. p.m. Sunday, conference room; CCD students will initiate Food column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, F.II Attleboro District meeting 7 p.m. adults needed to assist.

Basket Sunday program on March ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN River, 02722. Name of city or town .hould Monday, St. Mary's parish, Mans3.

The program will continue on Collection of nonperishable food HOLY NAME, NB belnclud.d, a. well •• full d.te. of.1I activltIe.. PI.... ..nd new. 01 luture rather each first Sunday with collection of items for NB Market Ministries con- field. Taunton District Council Women's Guild meeting 7 p.m. th.n pa.t evant•. Note: We do not normally food and paper items to be distribtinues. Clothing is no longer monthly Mass and meeting 7 p.m.

March II, parish center; theme: "Irish carry neWi ollundral.lng actlvltle•• W••re Monday, St. Peter's Church, CCD youth and Vincenuted by accepted.

Magic, Irish Music." h.ppy to carry notice. 01 .plrltual proDighton. FR District Mass and I tians.

Guidelines: nonperishable, gram., club meeting., youth proJ.ct••nd SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday, St., • Imllar nonprofit .ctlvltle•. Fundral.lng completely sealed, nonexpired items. ST. ANTHONY, proJect. m.y b. advertilld .t our regular CYO Lent,en Mass6 p.m. March6 MATTAPOISETT Patrick's parish, FR. Parishioners aware of persons in rate., obtaln.ble Irom The Anchor bu.lfollowed by business meeting; all Parish Lenten retreat directed by need may contact Father Brian Harne.. office, t.lephone 875-7151. parishioners invited to 7 p.m. pro- ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Father Bob Charlton, SS.Ce., March On Ste.rlng Point. It.m. FR Indlc.te. rington or Vincentian Frank DonWomen's Guild and Holy Name gram at which speaker will discuss F.II River, NB Indicate. New Bedford. through 7; sessions at 7 p.m. with 4 ahue, 674-7589. Inquires confidenSociety joint communion breakfast War II experiences in her World penance service Thursday including n. of I. tial. Scripture study of First and armed forces. Vincentians meet 7 following 9:45 a.m. Mass, parish opportunity for individual confesAlcazaba Circle 65, Attleboro, Second Corinthians and Epistle to center. Speaker will be Mary-Lou p.m. March 7, rectory.

"Poor Man's Supper" followsion. monthly meeting March 7, K. of e.

Philippians 7 to 9 p.m. March 5; led Mancini. Holy Rosary Sodality ing 4:30 p.m.

Mass tomorrow; meal Hall, Hodges St. A social will follow

by Sister Dorothy Schwarz, SSD. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, meeting 7:30 p.m. March 12, rectory will consist of soup, bread and apples with St. Patrick theme.

SWANSEA meeting room. W omen's Guild ST.STEPHEN,~TTLEBORO provided by each family attending.

Parish mission with Father Bob monthly; meeting following 7 p.m.

Lenten reflection program 7 p.m.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Nonperishable items will be accepted Morin, OM I, March 9 through 14.

Mass March 13; program: "ModeraMar. 4, II, 18; theme: Holy Week. for Vincentian food pantry.

Altar boy ski trip meeting 9 a.m.

Conferences at weekend Masses and tor's Night."

Recipes for youth group may be left tomorrow; trip is planned for March at 9 a. m. and 7 p. m. remaining days. ' NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, in box at rear of church by Sunday. , 8 to 10. Information: 252-9478. First MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Youth group meeting 7 p.m. Sun- FR penance 2 p.m. Sunday; workshop ST. LUKE HOSPITAL, NB ' SOCIETY Evening of recollection with readday, rectory hall.

9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Father Robert Hospice training program for perMass. Chapter of National Mulings, music and quiet reflection time Oliveira will present "Thorns and sons wishing to assist terminally ill tiple Sclerosis Society Family DisST. THERESA,S. ATTLEBORO beginning with 7 p.m.

Mass March Roses: Reflections and Prayer on patients and their families will begin covery Weekend for families affected Parish retreat with Rev. Bernard II. Coffee. powdered tea and fruit the Stations of the Cross" 7:30 to in mid-March. Information: Edie by MS April 26 to 28. Registration Dupont, OP, March 10 through G. drink mixes are being collected for 8:30 tonight. Youth ministry food Vaughan, Hospice Volunteer direc- deadline March 15. Information: 14; conferences 7 p. m. each evening; soup kitchen. bag Sunday March 10. Teen/parent tor, 997-1515, ext. 2737 (617) 890-4990.

Mass and conferences 9 a.m. Monnight 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. March 5 for YES RETREAT Sr., MARY, N, ATTLEBORO day through Thursday.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE grade 7 and March 6 for grade 8.

The Diocesan Office for Catholic Mass and healing service 2:30 p. m.

Youth ministry ski trip meeting ST, STANISLAUS, FR Youth Ministry will sponsor a retreat Sunday. "Quiet Day" at Grace Epis7:30 p.m. Tuesday, R.E. center.

Holy Rosary Sodality meeting I: 15 juniors, experience for high school copal Church 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

234 Second Street p.m. Sunday, school. and seniors March 22 to 24, CathedO.L. CAPE, BREWSTER March 16; Sister Catherine Louise • • Fall River, MA 027.21 ral Camp, E. Freetown. InformaStations of cross prepared by reliof the Society of St. Margaret will SECULAR FRANCISCANS •• •Web Offset tion: 763-3137. gious education teachers 7 tonight. speak on prayer, listening and keepSt. Francis of Peace pr.efraternity Newspapers Food pantry Harvest Sunday March ing a holy Lent. Child care provided. of West Harwich will meet 2 p.m.

Printing & Mailing ST. MARY, SEEKONK 3.

Parish mission March II to 13 March 10, Holy Trinity Church, W. • (508) 679-5262 • .

Names of parishioners, relatives CATHEDRAL CAM'P, with Father Normand Theroux, MS. Harwich. Pastor Father Gabriel or neighbors serving in Persian Gulf E. FREETOWN Conferences at II a.m. and special 7 Healy, SS.Ce., will celebrate Mass St. Thomas More, Somerset, 10th requested for list to be placed at p.m. Masses to focus on reconciliaand speak on "Gospel to Life." grade retreat 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. tomoraltar. Grade 4 class Mass 10 a.m. tion and peace.

Information: Dorothy Williams, row.

Diocesan priests' Lenten day of Sunday. Beta training session for ST. ELIZABETH SETON, 394-4094.

First Class Second Class reflection March 5. Espirito Santo, assisting mentally retarded adults FALMOUTH FR, youth retreat 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

CATHEDRAL, FR Carrier Route Coding First Class Presort four hours a month begins March 6; First Saturday rosary 9 a.m. Youth Father Richard Pitre, SJ, will Sunday. information: Mary Handanyan or group meeting 5 p.m. Sunday; stuThird Class Bulk Rate Zip Code Sorting ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT speak on Lenten practices and cusPam Bliss, 222-70 II. dents will collect items for Father Third Clilss Non Profit list Maintenance· The Union Saint Jean Baptiste toms following'6 p.m. Lenten meal WIDOWED SUPPORT Emil Cook's orphanage in HonduFamily Chorale will present the Seven March 8. Stations of the cross and ALL TO USPS SPECIFICATIONS Attleboro area widowed support ras (Anchor, mail packet Feb. 8).

Last Words of Christ 7:30 p.m.

Benediction 3 p.m. Fridays during group will meet 7 tonight, St. Mary's Lenten programs: parish mission, Cheshire labeling on Kirk·Rudy 4·up March 12, church: The presentation, Lent. Confessions 3:15 p.m. Saturparish center, N. Attleboro. Mass week of Mar. 10; Father Robert Olilabeler. And Pressure Sensitive labeling led by Helen-Anne Priske, will be day or by appointment. will be offered by Father William veira will conduct daily sessions at 9 accompanied by a homily by Father Babbitt.

BREAD OF LIFE PRAYER Inserting, collating, folding, a.m.; repeated to 7 p.m. Stations of Roger D. LeDuc. Lenten Holy hour COMMUNITY, FR metering, sealing, sorting, addressing, the cross 3:30 p.m. Fridays, followed HOLY ROSARY, FR 7 tonight. Youth Mass 9:30 a.m.

Charismatic prayer meeting 7:30 by confession. Church open for ,sacking, completing USPS forms, Women's Guild monthly meeting Sunday. Youth ministry board p.m. Fridays, Blessed Sacrament prayer 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

7:30 p.m. March 4, church hall. foldirect delivery to Post Office meeting 7 p.m.

Sunday, center.

Bible Church, FR. Meeting concludes with Group discussion of Gospel of Matlowed 'by a Chinese auction chaired ... Printing . . , We Do it All! Study 7 p.m. Sunday, center.

Mass. Inclement weather cancella, thew9:30a.m. Wednesdays; repeated

by Josephine Houghton and KatCall for Details (508)679-5262 tions announced on local radio sta7 p.m. Sundays.

WLNEEMERGENCYFOOD hleen Campeau. Recitation of rosary tions between 5 and 6 p.m. Fridays.

6:40 a.m. before weekday Masses.

DRIVE O.L. CHAPEL, NB WLNE 6 is holding an emergency Sisters' day ~f recollection with food drive throughout March to Father Hilary Scott, OFM, Mar. 9; replenish Southeastern New England conferences at 10:.30 a.m. and 2 p.m. food banks. Items may be left at stafollowed by confession. Topic: Lent. tion, 430 County St., NB ST,JOSEPH, TAUNTON K of C, RAYNHAM Lenten vespers 3 p.m. Sunday St. Ann's Church, Raynham, with reflection by Sister Beth MahKnights of Columbus will sponsor a oney on parish Lenten theme "To five-mile road race to benefit aparact justly...to love tenderly...and to ish scholarship fund beginning at I walk humbly with our God." The Fall River Diocesan Directory and Buyers' Guide contains complete diocesan information p.m. March 10 at the church on Rt. LaSALETTE SHRINE, 104. North Main St. Awards will be and a telephone directory of priests. directors of diocesan institutions, parish religious education ATTLEBORO given to first male and female finCommunal celebration of reconcoordinators and permanent deacons. ishers, top three runners in each of ciliation 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays durAlso included are addresses of retired clergy and those serving outside the diocese, as well as a six age groups, and oldest and ing Lent, People's Chapel. OpporyouJ:lgest finishers. Open to all listing of priests by years of ordination and a table of movable feasts through the year 2002. tunity for individual reconciliation runners, joggers and walkers. provided. Lenten Mission: "A PilIt may be ordered by telephone at 675·7151 or by mail, using the coupon below.

Information: Kevin Ellis, 823~6354. grim's Road to'Reconciliation" with THE DIRECTORY IS $5.00 (plus $2.00 postage and handling per copy).

GULF WAR FAMILY Rev. Roger Chauvette, MS. March SUPPORT GROUP 2 through 6 with Masses 6:30 p.m.

First meeting of support group for tomorrow, 12:10 p'.m. Sunday, and ANCHOR Publishing Co. families of persons serving in Opera- at btth times on remaining days.

P.O. Box 7; Fall'River, MA 02722 tion Desert Storm 7· to 8:30 p.m.

Healing service with Rev'. Andre 'March 15, Family,Center for CounPatenaude 2 p.t,TI. Sunday, People's Please send me copy (ies) of the 1991 DIOCESAN DIRECTORY AND BUYERS' GUIDE seling and' Education, 93 Washing- Chapel. Information: 222-5410. ton St. (across from Morton' Hospi_ _ Payment enclosed ($5.00 per copy plus $2 postage and handling per copy) CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE tal), Taunton.

-Altar boy training session 7:30 HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON p.m. Tuesday;,parents should attend. ,NAME: Kolbe 'Men's Guild afternoon of 'Preschool classes during 10 a.m. recollection for all parish men with 'Mass.Sundays March 3 through 24.

Father James Edward McCurry, ADDR ESS: ------r;STtr~ee-;-tl7i'ip"'OnB;-:--ox-:--Eucharistic adoration 9 a.m. today , City Zip 'OFM'Conv., I I:30a.m. t04:30 p.m. through 8 a.m. tomorrow. ,March 10. Theme: Compassion.

RESPITE PROGRAM, MASHPEE EMMAUS/GALILEE Volunteers will be trained to stay 'This-Message Sponsored by the Following Business Concerns in the Diocese of Fall River Galilee monthly reunion 7 to 10 with an elderly person for short GLOBE MFG. CO. GEORGE O'HARA CHEVROLET-CADILLAC , p.m. March 10, CathedraJ'Camp, E. periods of time. Training begins 10 ,GILBERT C. OLIVEIRA INS.,AGY. FALL RIVER TRAVEL BUREAU Freetown. Theme: Jesus and the a.m. to I p.m.' March 23, Mashpee Cross. Emmaus 88 April 19'to 21; senior center; information: Lynne 'DURO FINISHING CORPORATION, application deadline ApriI:5. , Waterman, 477-2773.

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