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Be "apostles of Lent," urges bishop Issuing his traditional call to Ash Wednesday worshipers at St. Mary's Cathedral, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin urged parents, grandparents and all others having contact with youth to become "apostles of Lent."

"Give good example to young people," he said, "Explain Lent to them."

At the beginning of the rite of blessing and distribution of ashes, the bishop invited the congregation to "pray for the grace to keep Lent faithfully."

He described the season as a "wonderful opportunity to take stock of ourselves in relation to what is expected of us by Almighty God. "We are all sinners," he said, "and in Lent we can look on our lack of cooperation with the grace of God and try to reverse the process."

Bishop Cronin especially stressed the importance of seeking forgiveness and reconciliation where there may have been difficulties in family, neighborhood or business relationships.

"We should make use of the sacrament of reconciliation," he added, "and we should meditate on the mystery of the cross during Lent."

The bishop described the traditional Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving as means of behaving "counterculturally, of showing that we're not adversely affected by the consumer society in which we live."

He reminded his hearers of their goal, saying that all should strive to live so that at the end oflife they will hear the Lord saying, "Come, good and faithful servant and receive the reward prepared for you."

Offerings aid home missions The annual Home Missions collection, also known as the Black and Indian Mission Collection, will be taken up this weekend at parishes of the Fall River diocese.

Msgr. John J. Oliveira, YE, diocesan chancellor and diocesan director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, will celebrate the diocesan television Mass, to be broadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday on WLNE Channel6, and will call attention to the collection.

He asks that parishioners either use the Home Missions envelope provided for them in weekly budget services or the envelope sent by separate mail to many in the diocese. Alternately, contributions may be sent to the Propagation of the Faith office at PO Box 2577, Fall River 02722.

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Catechists, diocesan heads, publishers meet in D.C. WASHINGTON (CNS) - The main focus of catechetics should be adults, Bishop Raymond A. Lucker of New Ulm, Minn., told more than 2,000 religious educators gathered last week in Washington for the 18th annual East Coast Conference for Religious Education.

Among them were religious education coordinators from three diocesan parishes: Mrs. Elizabeth McCullough, Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster; Ms. Marie Mann, Holy Trinity, West Harwich; and Sister Gisele Menos, SJC, St. Michael, Swansea.

Speaking Feb. 23 on "Catechesis for Christian Initiation" - the keynote speech for the three-day conference' Bishop Lucker stressed that initiation in the faith is not a onetime thing but a "lifelong process" of developing and nurturinga relationship with God. "The chief form of catechesis is catechesis of adults," he said. "No one graduates from catechesis."

He also spoke about the proposed new Catechism for the Universal Church, a draft of which the Vatican sent out to the world's bishops late last year for consultation and revision.

He praised some aspects of the draft and criticized others but said that those who think "our problems will be solved". by a book have missed the centrality of conversion in catechetics.

Bishop Lucker emphasized he was not trying to downplay efforts at religious education of young people - "we need more, not less" - but that adult education was needed to make youth education more effective.

"How is a child able to say at some point, 'Jesus I love you'?" he asked. "How is a child able to come to the Eucharist and say 'I want some'?"

"That comes through witness," especially of parents but also of other adults in the community, he said.

Archbishop Laghi Preceding the religious educators' conference, representatives of .18 leading U.S. catechetical publishers and national and diocesan officials involved in catechetical ,policy issues held a three-day sym.posium on current issues in catechetics.

Representing the Fall River diocese at the meeting was Father Richard W. Beaulieu, director of (the Diocesan Department of Education. He characterized sessions as open and valuable in terms of concerns shared by both the publishers and the catechetical officials.

Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal pronunc.io to the United States, was the symposium's opening speaker. He was followed by New Orleans Archbishop Francis B. Schulte, chairman ofthe U.S. bishops' education committee.

Elinor R. Ford, president and publisher of Sadlier, one of the largest U.S. religious education publishers, asked for more church support when catechetical publicaitons are attacked. She was one of three panelists assigned to respond to the talks by Archbishop Laghi and Archbishop Schulte.

She said catechetical publishers "try to be faithful" to everything the church asks them to do.

She said they carefully follow Vatican, national, and diocesan guidelines for catechetics, hire theological consultants, and "read every church document ... pay attention to every church event" to incorporate nuances of church teaching into their publications.

In their efforts, she said, "we do not spend just hundreds of thousands of dollars ---: we spend millions."

But groups that long for the preconciliar catechisms "claim we are unfaithful," she said, especially when publishers follow church mandates to incorporate the church "peace and justice" teachings into their texts.

"When they call us unfaithful, we need your support," she said.

She also asked the archbishop if there was a way for catechetical publishers to see the draft version of the proposed Catechism for the Universal Church in order to lend their expertise to helping improve the document.

Archbishop Laghi told Catholic News Service afterward that "I will talk to the bishops' conference about this. It is in their hands."

He told CNS he personally thought consultation with a small group of religious publishers could be "very valuable." The secrecy stamp was not meant to prevent the bishops from consulting with others on the document, he said, but to avoid having the draft widely distributed.

When a draft document gets widely distributed, he said, it tends to get treated by some as official, not just a draft.

Both archbishops expressed support and encouragement for publishers of catechetical materials and the nation's catechists.

Archbishop Laghi also highlighted three "special challenges" which he said publishers and catechists face as teachers of the faith in the "very pluralistic and secular culture" of the United States: "recovery of the contemplative dimension of our message;" commitment toteaching and witness on human rights; and "clarity and unity in our teaching."

On the other hand, hesaid, "we must avoid the tendency noted in some materials to present, as it were, two moral opti'ons" -offi- . cial church teaching'and the opinioJ.1s of theologians or psychologi!ris.

Archbishop Schulte praised cate" chetical achievements especially in the fields of restoration of the catechumenate, emphasis on evangelization, growth of catechesis for adults and shared responsibility among parish leaders.

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WITH BISHOP Daniel A. Cronin is Father Richard L. Chretien, New Bedford area director of CCA activities.

Deaneries ready for CCA Priest directors of the five deaneries of the Fall River diocese are preparing for the 49th annual Catholic Charities Appeal. Procedures were discussed by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, CCA' director, at a recent met::ting with area directors and assistants.

They are Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, Taunton area director, aided by Rev. John J. Steakem; Rev. Richard L. Chretien, New Bedford area director; Rev. John F. Andrews, Cape and Islands director; Rev. Thomas L. Rita, Attleboro area director, aided by Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault. Msgr.

Gomes is Fall River area director aided by Rev. Daniel L. Freitas.

The Special Gifts phase of the appeal begins April 23 and continues through May 5. The houseto-house parish phase begins from noon to 3 p.m. May 6 and continues through May 16.

The CCA funds programs of health, care for children and the elderly, youth activities, social services, education, pastoral out-

reach and development of religious personnel.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be keynote speaker at the annual CCA kickoff meeting, to be held at 8 p.m. April 18 at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

The 1989 appeal surpassed for the first time the $2 million mark with a final total of $2,072,848.33.

Organizers hope that the 1990 appeal will exceed this record.

The increased needs of the thousands of people who receive help from the appeal will generate increased enthusiasm, support and generosity on the part of the thousands' who contribute, Msgr.

Gomes said.

"This year's theme is 'We are to called serve by giving,''' he added.

"Our Appeal is people helping people and we need one another.

There is someone who needs you.

Won't you help him or her through the Catholic Charities Appeal?"

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Ex-President Duarte dies of cancer WASHINGTON (CNS) Former Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte. who had struggled to end the civil war that continues in his country, lost his struggle with stomach and liver cancer Feb. '23, dying at his San Salvador home at age 64.

Duarte. a 1948 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, was president of EI Salvador from 1984 until 1988.

His presidency was a balancing act of trying to quell the leftist insurgency and right-wing ~eath squad activity that left more than 70,000 dead in the decadelong war.

He is survived by his wife, Ines .

Duran de Duarte, six children and several grandchildren.

A daughter, Maria Elena, said her father's illness had deepened his religious faith.

In 1985, the church mediated the release of another daughter, Ines Guadalupe Duarte Duran, who was held by rebel forces for44 days.

In October 1987" Duarte met with Pope John Paul II to discuss steps being taken to bring peace to his country.

Throughout his presidency, the church played a vital role in peace efforts, frequently being the go-

The Diocesan Department of Education will sponsor an enrichment workshop for catechists on all aspects of les<"'n planning at four locations in Lie diocese.

Each ~;;~Slon will take place from 7 to 9 p.m., beginning on Monday at St. Elizabeth's parish, Fall River.

Other sessions will be presented March 12, at St. Mary's, Seekonk; March 19 at St. Joseph's, Fair- . haven; and March 26 at St. John the Evangelist, Pocasset.

The program will include lesson planning and presentation; creative activities; classroom management; self and student evaluation; and use of audiovisual and other resources.

The principal speaker at each workshop will be Michaela Burke, . a publisher's consultant-who has nine years of teaching experience in Catholic schools and who is well known among New England catechists.

Information on registration may be obtained from the Catholic Education Office, 678-2828.

between in negotiations for temporary cease-fires.

Duarte, the son of a tailor and a housekeeper, began his political career'in 1960 when he became first general secretary of the Christian Democratic Party ofEI Salvador.

In 1964, he ran for mayor of San 'Salvador. After serving three terms as mayor, he ran for president in 1972 and seemed to have won; but when it became clear that the army was padding the vote for' its candidate, protests began in San Salvador. Duarte was taken into custody, tortured and sentenced to death. .

HolyCross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, then Notre Dame's president and a longtime friend, interceded on his behalf, gathering support from P.ope Pauf'Vl a.nd then-U .S. President Richard M. Nixon.

Instead of death, Duarte was exiled, spending nearly eight years in Venezuela, then returning to EI Salvador after a 1979 mjlitary coup led by younger officers. He was appointed to the army-led ruling junta and eventually was named junta president.

Duarte won democratic elections. in 1984 with 54 percent of the vote.

HONG KONG (CNS) - China has targeted underground Catholics in a series of arrests netting more than 30 clergy and lay leaders in recent months. High-ranking Vatican officials, who requested anonymity, told UCA News, a Hong Kong-based Asian church news agency, that "we are deeply concerned" about the arrests and "we pray for" the detainees. However, the Holy See is holding back on public statements to avoid the risk of prompting deeper divisions within the Catholic Church in China, said UCA News. The church is split into an underground organization loyal to the Vatican and an organization recognized by the Chinese government which officially spurns ties to the papacy.

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"He was a good man ... a great Christian" who believed that only "total forgiveness" by both sides in the civil war w'ould finally save his country, Father Hesburgh told Catholic News Service.

The Salvadoran was able to attend Notre Dame only "because his father won a lottery," Father Hesburgh said. He added that he and others are establishing a Duarte scholarship at Notre Dame for poor Salvadoran students.

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Pope urges defense of life

NICOLE BERTRAND and Tony Lavado, students at the Kennedy-Donovan School, New Bedford, look on as Grand Knight Thomas Affonce of Bishop Stang Council 4532 of the Knights of Columbus, second from right, presents a Valentine's Day gift of $62,500 to school executive director Paul Hudson. The donation will provide the new Kennedy-Donovan Center now being constructed in New Bedford with handicapped accessible equipment and vocational training materials. The center provides year-round special education, therapy and support for multiply handicapped and behaviorally disordered children ages 3 through 22. Its new vocational component will be known as the Knights of Columbus Vocational Center. (Rosa photo)

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) 'pressuring to eliminate conscienMedical personnel should defend tious objection, saying that the life "from the mome~t ofconcep- high number of registrants means tion until its natural end," said that many women are denied a Pope John Paul II to 2,000 people legal right. taking part in a church-sponsored The pope spoke duringan Angelpro-life rally. us talk from his balcony window Today, life is "trivialized and to participants in a pro-life march undervalued," the pope said, as through Rome sponsored by the the "consequence of a hedonistic Italian bishops to mark Italy's mentality" which ignores the dig- 12th Pro-Life Day. nity and inalienable rights of human beings.

What's Due In Italy, doctors and medical "You are not making a gift of personnel can register as conscientious objectors to the nation's your possessions to the poor. You abortion law, which allows abor- are handing over to them what is tion virtually on demand during theirs...The world is given to all, the first three months of pregnancy. and not only to the rich."-St. Pro-abortion forces have been Ambrose

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Church reacts to Chamorro victory MANAGUA, Nicaragua(CNS) - Opposition leader Violeta Chamorro's upset victory in Nicaragua's presidential election Feb. 25 raised Nicaraguan exile hopes and opened questions about the future of three priests who defied church orders to serve the Sandinista government.

President Daniel Ortega has promised to respect Mrs. Chamorro's win.

The wealthy publisher of the daily newspaper La Prensa, whose husband was assassinated in 1978, heads the National Opposition Union, a coalition of 14 groups that range across the ideological spectrum and were united primarily by their dislike of the Sandinistas.

Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo of Managua said the main tasks of Mrs. Chamorro are to foster national reconciliation and improve the country's international relations.

The cardinal invited,Pope John Paul II to pay a second visit to Nicaragua "because now we can give him the welcome he merits."

During the pope's 1983 visit to Nicaragua, he got into a shouting match with Sandinista supporters during an outdoor Mass in Managua.

Exiled Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega, head of Nicaragua's J uigalpa Prelature, said the election provided a "new opportunity" for "equal rights and equal opportunities" for his countrymen.

In a telephone interview Feb. 26 from Miami, Bishop Vega said the church's role will be to help build the new society and "correct" the "extreme attitudes" of right and I.eft that have developed under Sandinista rule.

"I am in ... position to go [back] the day the new government takes office," he told Catholic News Service. "I am still the bishop of this prelature."

Bishop Vega had sharp words for three fellow clergymen suspended from their ministry for serving i'n high Sandinista government offices despite Vatican orders to step down. They are Foreign Minister Father Miguel D'Escoto, a member of the Maryknoll order; Father Fernando Cardenal, education minister and a Jesuit expelled from his orderin 1985; and his

brother, Father Ernesto Cardenal. culture minister.

"For a long time, they haven't

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themoorin~ A Refreshing Breeze Ever 路enter a room full of stale cigar smoke, rush to open a window and then enjoy a breath offresh air? What a difference a refreshing breeze can make! ' Such a breeze was the recent address of new Czech President Vaclav Havel to the Congress of the United States. Although faced with the task of restoring and uniting a country long enslaved by a government devoid of spirit and vitality, the new president came to Capitol Hill not to beg and borrow but to inspire and renew. In the process he gave our Congress and nation a vital lesson in the right governing of people. For much too long, shallow crassness seems to have been the governing principle of manipulation and maneuvering on the part of Congress.

Indeed, our politicians have for the most part bartered idealism for profit and power. One need only look at the Congressional Record where their activities are reported in black and white.

The seeming inability of our elected senators and representatives to assume the responsibility that is theirs by mandate is a sad commentary on them and on us.

In short, our floundering Congress seems unable to be accountable to the people. Is not this what the Polish, German, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Czechoslovakian experience was all about?

In hiS words to Congress, Havel, the prisoner now president, set forth his reason for assuming the leadership of a fragile democracy. He did not speak of personal grief or political vengeance. Rather, he gave the Congress living witness to the ideals of a free man seeking to bring true meaning to the democratic process.

He did not harangue his audience. There was no bombast.

Rather, he unfolded an ideal and dared to be moral.

In a chamber much given to duplicity, he urged truth; to people softened by greed, he offered responsibility; on elected officials, he urged conscience.

Havel taught us a very important lesson. His words might have been shaped by a poet but they spoke of a democracy forged in the fire of freedom.

'He was not self-righteous. He simply offered the hopeimplicit in the right governance of nations.

Havel might not make it in a social order oriented towards capital and gain. But he will shine brightly in a world willing to seek the challenge of the ideal.

As history accelerates at a dazzling pace, no government can function on the level of "business as usual." That sort of inertia has reduced our Congress to a level of mediocrity equivalent to that of a second-rate poolroom.

But President Havel's visit to our shores is for all who truly cherish democracy a sign of hope in a country that is losing faith. His words to us should be viewed as the first sign of spring after a long, dark winter.

It would be well for each of us to recommit ourselves to the ideal so persuasively enunciated by our visitor: that of public servants who strive towards the vision ,of true democracy.

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"Give us this day our daily bread." Luke 11:3.

Christian Brothers nix junk bonds NEW YORK (CNS) - The president of Christian Brothers Investment Services said Feb. 19 that uncertainties brought by the failure of Drexel Burnham Lambert posed no risk for any group served by his agency.

On Feb. 13 the junk bond firm filed for Chapter II bankruptcy protection. the largest filing in Wall Street history.

"No ,Portfolio we advise on has junk bonds," said Brother Michael W. O'Hern, who came to the investment agency in 1988 with an master's in business administration from the University of Chicago and became chief executive officer last year.

"We' made that decision on the basis of the nature of the funds we manage," he said in an interview.

"We emphasize that we are stewards of those funds, and using them in trust for the church. We considered junk bonds an undue risk that we would not take with church funds."

Junk bonds are so called because they have lower ratings, and can be sold only by offering an abovemarket rate of interest. Michael R. Milken, who was indicted on criminal racketeering charges last year, headed Drexel'sjunk bond department and pioneered use of this method of borrowing billions for the 1980s wave of corporate takeovers.

Some analysts say these takeovers benefited stockholders, who often got considerably more than the corporation's stock had been selling for, and forced executives everywhere to operate more efficiently to forestall a takeover.

But they left corporations, such as the now bankrupt Campeau of Toronto, carrying huge debts and vulnerable to short-term business fluctuations. Drexel itself had bought many junk bonds with

borrowed money, and when the But he noted that corporate market fell was unable to get new executives are pressed to extract the maximum profit each quarter loans for repayment of the old. rather than plow earnings back In a matter of days, the junk bond operation brought down a into research and general upgradfirm that goes back to an enter- ing to strengthen a company; "We try to counter this," he prise begun in 1838 by Philadelphia banker Francis M. Drexel, said. "We encourage people to whose grandaughter, Mother Kath- , take a long view of their funds."

But he said some religious orders arine Drexel, founded the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and struggling to care for retired Colored People and used her members and some dioceses feel inheritance to finance their work. compelled to maximize immediate Brother O'Hern said his agency, return. established in 198", has helped . In some cases, he said, they are manage more than 800 accounts even spending capital, and he prefor Catholic institutions, religious dicted that some Catholic bodies orders and dioceses with combined would use up their investment funds by the end of the 1990s. portfolios worth $575 million.

Brother O'Hern noted that many "We didn't do any business with innocent people can be hurt when Drexel," he said. .

Brother O'Hern said he did not financiers take undue risks and find the "greed is good" philo- bankruptcy occurs.

The very term "junk bond" sugsophy associated with Ivan F. Boesky, leading Drexel client who gests an erosion of sound values in pleaded guilty to fraud in 1987, the business community, he said.

"No one with merchandise to any more pervasive in the financial community than in American soci- sell would approach you and say, this is junk, you should buy it," he ety as a whole. said. "But they will with bonds."

Brother O'Hern also expressed an ethical concern about those in the financial community who make extraordinary sums of money with, out engaging in the standard economic activity of building an enterprise and producing goods.

Dear Jesus, help me to College graduates, he noted, somespread your fragrance everystart out drawing $300,000 a times where I go. Flood my soul year from activity making little if with your spirit and life. any contribution to the country's Penet~ate and possess my economic development.

In the past, he said, the U.S. whole being so utterly that financial world was controlled by all my life may only be a a smaller circle of people with simradiance of yours. Shine ilar backgrounds and some unspokthrough me and be so in me en "understandings" ,or "club that every soul I come in values."

The opening up to more diverse contact with may feel your types of people ,was desirable. he presence in my soul. Amen. said, but also provided access for - Prayer of Mother Teresa people without clear values.

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Bible: a love letter By DOLORES CURRAN

As Catholics-corne-lately on the scene of biblical study and appreciation, we tend to be timid and confused in approaching the Bible, even a little apprehensive. Maybe it's a residue of an old conditioning that says, "I really shouldn't be doing this. I learned the catechism and listen to the homilies and that's good enough for me. My faith might be disturbed if I read something that conflicts with Church teaching."

Part of this apprehension stems from well-publicized controversies in other denominations over what a particular passage implies. When we see solid Bible-centered churches like the Baptists riven by the division between literalists and nonliteralists, we feel grateful for the security of the Church's teaching a uth 9rity.

A second reason we hesitate in studying the bible is that many of us have tried to read the Bible like a novel, beginning on page one and quitting in despair a hundred pages later, mistakenly believing that the Bible was written in chronological order. It wasn't. It's more like a collection of short stories arranged in historical order.

A final reason I suggest for our apprehension is that we are a scienceoriented people, looking for a scientific basis or explanation in everything we're taught. When we read about the parting of seas, ladders to heaven and such, we become skeptical about the whole Bible. For the record, the Bible doesn't stand up to scientific scrutiny. It would never be accepted as a dissertion.

Those who get comfort and nour-

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ishment from reading scripture don't spend a lot of time on these worries. They read the Bible without trying to dissect history, reconcile miracles or search for critical reasons not to belie've. They read it to become closer to God, to get solace from His promises, and to know they aren't the first in a history of people struggling to be one with God. Often they pick a passage, at random or choose a favorite book, psalm or passage to re-read because it speaks to them. Indeed, many veteran Bible readers have never read the entire Bible.

My friend and widely-respected biblical scholar, Sister Sandra Schneiders of the Jesuit School of Theol-ogy, Berkeley, likens reading scripture to reading a love letter.

The more the writer of the letter is loved, the more the letter is cherished by the reader.

Scripture, she says, is a love letter from God. As our love of God deepens, so will our appreciation and understanding of His word.

Thus, prayer and Scripture are inseparable. We don't read scripture as much as pray it. It's a little .' like our other prayer forms meditation, spiritual reading, rosary. We aren't just meditating, reading and saying the Hail Mary; we're communing with God in a very personal way. That's why reading the Bible is unlike reading any other book.

Some people have developed a deep love of Scripture without the help of a Bible study course. They are content with simply reading it and letting God's grace work. Some subscribe to one of tne available Bible study guides which I will mention in a later column and develop their understanding on .their own.

Others join an ongoing Bible group for support and sharing. • Some of these meet for years and members become a small faith community. Still others seek out a Bible course or biblical school to give them more understanding of the history, writers, and cultures of specific books of the Bible.

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My non-Catholic friends ask me that often, and I have no answer.

Can you help? (Indiana), A. As I explained not long ago in another context, the practice of calling all priests "father" is relatively recent.

For the English-speaking church it began in the middle of the last century in England. It still is not a common form of address for parish priests in most other countries.

The practice is not new, however. It goes back to earliest Christian times. The title traditionally applies more to monks or members of other religious communities than diocesan priests.

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Understood literally, the verse from Matthew to which you refer (Matt. 23:9) would forbid us to call our natural fathers by that name or to call our instructors teachers.

Jesus was not hung up on the word father or teacher. He was condemning some leaders who heap titles on themselves out of pride and self-importance.

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pastor to take time DA YTON, Ohio (CNS) - Appointing a permanent replacement for the pastor of a downtown Dayton parish ousted Jan. 3 because of his enforcement o(a dress code at Masses wiII take time, according to officials of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

But Sacred Heart Church will be kept open, they said, despite worries of some parishioners about the parish's future now that Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk has removed Father Roger E. Griese, 73, for refusing communion to persons he believed were dressed immodestly.

In the meantime, Father Griese is appealing his case to the Vatican.

He was being aided in appealing his dismissal by Chuck Wilson of San Antonio, director of St. Joseph's Foundation, an association of traditionalist Catholics.

Archbishop Pilarczyk had ordered Father Griese to vacate the Sacred Heart rectory by noon Jan. 6. The archbishop said Father Griese would remain a priest in good standing and would receive standard retirement benefits.

'The flap arose last August over the dress code the priest enforced, under which shorts, miniskirts, halters, tank tops and other clothing items Father Griese considered immodest were banned.

Correction A report in last week's Anchor on the silver jubilee celebration of Father Thomas C. Lopes, pastor of Holy Ghost parish, Attleboro, confused his diocesan assignments with those of another priest.

Father Lopes, foIlowing ordination Feb. 13, 1965, served as parochial vicar at St. Elizabeth parish, Fall River; St. Anthony, East Falmouth; and St. John the Baptist, New Bedford.

In 1978, Father Lopes was named chaplain at Morton Hospital and Marian Manor, both in Taunton, while being in residence at St. Mary's parish, Taunton.

In 1981, he became chaplain at Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, and was in residence at St. Francis Xavier parish, also in Hyannis.

In 1985, Father Lopes was appointed to his present pastorate.

Other diocesan activities have included service as CCD codirector for the Cape Cod area;treasurer of the Priests' Senate, now known as the diocesan Presbyteral Council; and New Bedford juvenile court chaplain.

The Anchor regrets last week's error.

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MAKING PLANS for the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women's annual Lenten retreat are, from left, Theresa Lewis, DCCW recording secretary; Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, moderator; Alice Loew, church communities commission chairman; Madeline Wojcik, president; and Mary Galvin, retreat chairman. The retreat, themed Love One Another As God Loves Us, will be directed by Father Bruce Cwiekowski. Scheduled for March 30-Aprill at Our Lady of Good Counsel retreat house, Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, it is open to all women of the diocese. For information contact Mary Galvin, 993-6956, or Alice Loew, 222-1353.

Morality in 'business is discussed CHICAGO (CNS) - In contemporary business, "it has grown more difficult to know how to . achieve the good and avoid the evil," a top executive for Honeywell Inc. told an invitation-only conference in Chicago for Catholic business leaders.

"Today there is less agreement on the 'good' and 'evil' of business decisions than there was when I entered business life," said J.J. Reiner, Honeywell's chairman and chief executive officer at "The Business Vocation Conference."

About 40 business executives . attended the conference, sponsored

by FAD! CA, an acronym for Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, a Washington-based organization.

Conference speakers weighed the seemingly conflicting positions of being a moral Christian and a profit-making business leader.

They need not be contradictory, said Emilie Dietrich Griffin, creative director of a New Orleans advertising and marketing firm.

Drawing on the recent introduction of a new breakfast cereal, Kellogg's S. W. Graham, she said the product is not "just a box of shregded biscuits" but "is a gift that somebody gave to God out of the best resourcefulness, and imagination, and creativity, and hard numbers, and understanding of the marketplace that they could summon."

She said the cereal box showing a freckle-faced boy illustrates "the American dream."

S. W. Graham was "a fiery Yankee preacher and nutritionist of the early 1800s who led the movement expounding the promise that a simple grain-based diet was important for the well-being of both body and spirit," Ms. Griffin said. So by naming a prod uct after Graham "you are reaching not only for a profit but for a dream."

The "dream and the profit, and the humanity and the love of God and the love of your fellow woman and man are part and parcel of the same thing. Fidelity to a call ... to do the best .. , with the talents God gave you," she added.

Ms. Griffin acknowledged business executives' shortcomings. "We

do not do everything we dream 0[," she said. "We do not save every soul; we do not take every destitute person under our wing.

And in many ways we come to know how powerless we are.

"But the dream of goodness drives us. Because we are God's people we are made for perfection and we move toward it as best we know how."

Ms. Griffin disputed the notion

EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FAll RIVER·, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of JOHN B. ANTOSCA is unknown.

We cite JOHN B. ANTOSCA to appear per· sonally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, MARCH 12, 1990 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage 'exists in the HAVEY·ANTOSCA case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person. JOHN B. ANTOSCA, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation.

Jay Maddock Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 26th day of February, 1990.

EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FAll RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of MEl· ODY ANN BARBOZA is unknown.

We cite MElODY ANN BARBOZA to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, MARCH 12, 1990 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage .exists in the WALKER-BARBOZA ~ase?

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

Jay Maddock Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 26th day of February, 1990.

that money is equated with greed.

"For most of us, money is rarely an end in itself," she said, "but instead a symbol of the validity of our proposals, of the viability of our creations, of our ability to communicate and to persuade."

Renier cautioned, "An ethic of avarice is attractive to some, but it bears the seeds of its own destruction. " Noting that 98 percent of a business school's curriculum defines and defends the rights of stockholders, while2 percent is devoted to the rights of employees., customers, suppliers and the community, he said that "two percent is not enough guidance for the manager who has to reconcile business needs with moral demands."

Jesuit Father John Langan,a professor at Georgetown U niversity's Kennedy Institute of Ethics, said such "morally significant failures" as the savings and loan crisis 'and insider trading "should not be dismissed as the work of a few 'bad apples' iri an otherwise flawless shipment of executives and brokers." .

He urged "moral leadership" among business executives, saying such leadership "is shown fundamentally within the activities of the corporation itself."

Thomas Johnson, president of Chemical Banking Corp. in New York, said "one has to ... question whether the [economic] system. is as morally good as it can be" if it "cannot somehow elevate the most deprived."

Johnson said stewardship "should be defined in ways to include the preservation of our planet, the advocacy of conditions that will make life more bearable for less fortunate people, and setting the right kind of example in the way we do business."

To head Marquette MILWAUKEE(CNS)-Jesuit Father Albert J. DiUlio has been named the 21 st president of 109year-old Marquette University.

President of Xavier University in Cincinnati since 1986, he succeeds Jesuit Father John P. Raynor, who is retiring.

The Diocesan Office of Family Ministry is offering two spring weekends for the widowed, both at the Family Life Center in North Dartmouth.

March 9 to II Dorothy Levesque, director of separated, divorced and widowed ministries in the Providence diocese, will offer "Journey to Oz" for those widowed six years or more.

She describes the well-known book, "The Wizard of Oz," as a tale which describes a search for wholeness. Dorothy longed for home, the Scarecrow wanted a brain, the Tin M an a heart and the Cowardly Lion courage.

"Each of us," she added, "is, in a sense, also looking for the Wizard of Oz." Aided by Helen McCarthy, also active in Rhode Island widowed ministry, Ms. Levesque will use the video of the Oz film as a resource in sessions which will also include prayer, a presentation and small-group sharing.

The second widowed weekend, "The Joy of Living," will be presented April27 to 29 by George and Imelda Vezina of New Bedford. It is open to all but is intended especiaIly for the newly widowed and those who have not previously experienced a program for widows and widowers.

The Vezinas describe the weekend as "a chance to let it all hang out, the opportunity to laugh, to cry and ·to form new friendships."

It will provide time to relax, pray and socialize; and topics discussed will include self-knowledge, acceptance, developing a positive sel(-image and moving toward new beginnings. . Both retreats will include celebration ofMass and the opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation.

Further information is available from the Family Life Center, tel.

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Home missions Continued from Page One The collection, the oldest national Catholic coIlection in the United States, raised $6.25 million in 1989, Msgr. Paul A. Lenz, its executive director, has announced.

Established in 1885 and officiaIly approved by the Vatican, the collection supports U.S. missions and schools for Native Americans and blacks. It is always held the first Sunday of Lent.

The 1989 collection' raised $300,000 more than in 1988, Msgr.

Lenz said. He said the money was distributed proportionately among 132 archdioceses and dioceses, whose requests for funds had tQtaled more than $16 million.

An official audit, Msgr. Lenz said, showed that for each $1 received in 1989, $1.03 was sent to the missions because of investment income.

Service "The immediate service of all human beings becomes a necessary 'part of the endeavor simply because the only way to find God is to see God in God's creation and be one with it. This can only be done by service to all."-Gandhi

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The speaker, a young man who has tested positive for H IV, the AIDS virus, was suprisingly UP7 beat. His positive atitude, he said, is due largely to relief - that his past of drinking and drug use is-behind him and that, despite the positive test results, the disease has progressed no further.

Bob, (this and other names of AIDS patients in this article are fictitious), was one of four speakers at a workshop: "AI DS: Strengthening Our Communities' Response," sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Catholic Social Services, Initially held at SS, Peter and Paul Church, Fall River, the workshop will be repeated at several sites in the diocese in coming months. It is open to anyone interested in learning more about AIDS. The pro- . gram incorporates educational, social, pastoral and' personal aspects of the disease. , Christine Connolly, a health care educator from Project CARE, a New Bedford AI DS advocacy center, opened the session with AIDS Update, a discu" ion of the modes by which HIV, I ,man immunodeficiency virus, is transmitted to blood cells.

In a slide presentation, she likened the epidemic to a pyramid, with HIV infec'on at the bottom, representing atout 68 percent of all A I DS cases, now estimated to number between a million and a milIion-and-a-half in the United States. About 32,000 ofthose cases are in Massachusetts.

People who test positive for HIV "can infe,;t others, but are healthy," she explained. "90 per, cent of them don't even know they're infected," Next in the pyramid is ARC, AIDS-related complex, the stage at which the immune system is compromised and the infected individual displays unmistakable symptoms.

Finally, at the tip ofthe pyramid are the approximately 30 percent of cases which develop into full-blown AIDS, leaving the patient vulnerable to diseases people with healthy immune systems would not contract.

Researchers have not studied HIV infection longenough to know whether HIV and ARC invariably lead to full-blown AIDS, but it is known that the time frame from infection to onset of disease can be a decade or longer.

Ms. Connolly encouraged workshop participants to communicate the facts about AIDS. "There are two epidemics," she said, "AIDS and Afraids. Afraids

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Christine Connolly makes a point. is what causes people to be afraid to work or go to school with AI DS victims, afraid ·to help them, and afraid to find out more information."

Liz DiCarlo, a New Bedford public health care nurse, spoke on the sociological impact of AIDS. "Even though we may not personally be infected, we need to think about how we can build community responses to those who are," she said.

It is projected that by the year 2000 half of the nation's hospital beds will be occupied by AIDS patients, she said. "Who's going to pay for the health care?"

Mrs, DiCarlo stressed the need to educate students at all levels about the disease, citing that adolescents who drop out of school are 10 times more likely to engage in risky behavior than those who remain.

Parents and educators must "create an environment of openness to talk about these issues in the home and in the school," she said. "You must talk to children imparting your values and morals and teach them to make choices based on those values."

"We must raise our consciousness to what is happening in society, to see a fuller picture," added Father Bruce Cwiekowski, director of the Diocesan Office of AIDS Ministry, based at Catholic Social Services.

Catholic educators stress abstinence from drugs and sex outside marriage as the best way to prevent AIDS with the knowledge that not everyone will heed the advice, he said. "We're not there to judge certain situations when we don't agree with the choices people have made. We must stilI be there with compassion and mercy and the love of God." Speaking on pastoral aspects of AIDS, Father Cwiekowski shared stories of some of the individuals who have affected him as a pastoral minister, emphasizing the need to avoid condemning AIDS patients.

"Nowhere in Scripture does Jesus judge anyone or condemn anyone.

No matter who we're dealing with, he or she deserves dignity an~ compassion," he said.

He described Kevin, who had endured constant beatings from his father as a child and as an adolescent roamed the streets drinking and using drugs. He had many sexual partners and was often involved in violence and fights.

"His death meant an end to a truly tragic figure who never had a chance at life," said Father Cwiekowski.

John, a middle-aged husband from a loving family, underwent heart surgery in 1981. In 1987 he learned he had AIDS, the result of contaminated blood used during the operation.

"As John lay dying, his body was broken by AIDS and his heart was broken because he had passed on the virus to his wife," Father Cwiekowski recalled.

He concluded with the story of a young man he called Chris, who had grown up in fear of an alcoholic and abusive father. As a teenager he turned to drugs, sharing needles with other users. But after three years he cleaned up his act, found ajob and got engaged, The future looked promising - until he found out he had AIDS. "When I first saw this scruffylooking individual, I was convinced he was the last person who would want to see a priest," said Father Cwiekowski.

But Chris asked the priest to pray with him, and "always insisted on praying with me whenever I visited," said Father Cwiekowski.

During the last two weeks of his life, Chris was too weak to get out of bed. But when his girlfriend found him dead one afternoon, he was on his knees in a praying position.

Noone knows how Chris managed to get out of the bed, but "I kn'ow God was present at the very moment," said Father Cwiekowski.

"No one has affected me as much as Chris'did."

Bob told his story in the workshop's final presentation.

He contracted AIDS through drug use, which he began in high school as recreation. "I didn't start to become an addict. I did it socially," he said, "I swore I'd never stick a needle in my arm, but that's what it came to."

He went through three different treatment programs, but none of them scared him enough to make him quit permanently, he said.

Even having a roommate who had tested HIV positive "didn't hit close enough to home."

After the third program he stayed clean for almost a year, but "I was just waiting for an excuse to go back to drugs and alcohol," he said.

The loss of his father provided that excuse.

"I didn't want to feel the grief,"

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said Bob. "I forgot about morals, ity, especially among medical proforgot I had a family, forgot about fessionals. One doctor refused him everything. Drugs were more im- the minor surgery that would have portant." prevented the bone deterioration Finally, he said, "I just woke up and arthritis he now suffers. one morning and felt that if I· "It's good to see workshops like didn't do something today, I was this because it's the key to changgoing to die." ing these situations and stopping He went back into treatment discrimination," he said. . and then learned he was H IV Added FatherCwiekowski, "Mapositive. ny of you have probably asked "I had been asking God to give yourselves 'What can I do to help?' me something to help me stay By your presence here you've alreaaway from the drinking and drugs, dy begun to do something about and I thought, 'This is what you the AIDS epidemic by knowing give me?' I knew nothing about the the facts, by educating yourself, by disease and thought I was going to raising your sensitivity. Informadie," tion and education are the only Today, he said, he wants to live. weapons against AIDS." Instead of finding friends among "Your willingness to learn about drug abusers, he.now counsels felthis helps me," said Bob. "When I low AIDS patients in support was doing drugs, people warned groups. They need the support, he me about AIDS, but I didn't listen. said, because so many are abanI just didn't want to hear it. All I doned by their families, thought of when I thought of Bob feels fortunate that his own A I DS was that it killed people. family has had a more accepting But now I know you don't have to attitude, but he has feltdiscrimi- die with AIDS; you can live with nation from the outside commun- it. "

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By Catholic News Service -During a recent trip to the United States, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke at St. Charles 80rremeo Seminary in Philadelphia on "The Catholic Priest as Moral Teacher and Guide" and at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D. c., on AIDS as a symbol of contemporary spiritual illness.

In Philadelphia the cardinal told bishops, priests and seminarians that for the sake of the church's future, seminarians must immerse 'themselves in the Eucharist, Scripture and a community life built on truth.

"All the great crises in the church were essentially connected with a decline in the clergy," he said.

Speaking of the seminary as a place of priestly formation, he said that a priest "has to lead people to reconciliation" and "must be ready before all else to stand by people in their tribulations.

"The task of the seminary is to be a place for meeting Jesus Christ, an encounter which so unites men with him that they can become his voice," he decl~red, He stressed commitment to truth, scriptural formation and eucharistic spirituality as central elements of priestly formation.

In the academic field, he called Scripture "the foundation for training for the priesthood." He urged "comprehensive" theological education so tha.t future priests have "a vision of the whole."

"The daily Eucharist has to be the heart of any formation for priesthood," he said. "The chapel must constitute the center of the seminary, and staying close to the Eucharist has to be continued and

deepened by personal prayer in the presence of the Lord."

He said that celibacy "stands in starkest contradiction to the normal fulfillment of life. When a man accepts it interiorly, he cannot look upon the priesthood as one professional attainment among others. Instead he must somehow assent to the renunciation of his own life's aspirations."

In Washington, Cardinal Ratzinger described AIDS as "a portrait of the interior sickness" of today's "anti-culture of death."

"The unshackling of sexual desire, drugs and the sale of armaments have formed an unholy trio whose lethal net stretches ever more oppressively over the world's peoples," he said.

He said this "syndicate of death" shows itself concretely in "abortion, suicide and power blocs."

Using the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus, which breaks down the body's immune system, as a symbol of spiritual illness today, Cardinal Ratzinger said: "Positivist thinking offers the spiritual organism no ethical resources for maintaining immunity; it is rather the ruination of the spiritual defense system, leading to an impotent surrender to death's deceptive promises." , He said medical researchers are rightfully seeking a vaccine for AIDS, but if they succeed "it will only shift the field of devastation' somewhere else."

"It' will not put a stop to the successful campaign of death's anti-culture if there is not at the same time recognition of the fact that an immune deficiency in the body is an outcry from the abused being of man, an image in which the real sickness is projected," he said.

. He described that "real sickness" as "the defenselessness of souls in a spiritual state where the true worth of human existence, of God and of the soul itself is held td be vain."

He said the fundamental reason people "escape into drugs" is that, to them, life "is too stale, inadequate and empty."

The "true key for unlocking the answer to our deepest needs," he said, is once again recognizing God "as the foundation point upon which our whole life is built." .

Cardinal Ratzinger said the longing for freedom in every .person is "the voice of God's image in us," and true freedom cannot be found until it is "found in the following of Jesus," which requires conversion and acceptance of the "divine paradox, namely that the truth of the triune God, supreme in splendor, appears in the utter poverty of the Crucified."

He called Christ's passion and death an "exodus" or a "passage" to new life which tells the world the real meaning of life and of freedom.

"Paradoxically, the call for liberations, for a new exodus into a land of real freedom, is raised with particular intensity among those who have possessions and freedom far over and above what people could heretofore have imagined," he said.

That desire for liberation, he said, shows that "we are not at the place where we ought to be and we are not living in the way we would like to live."

He said the self-denial required to answer Christ's call and take up his cross is not "a kind of masochism" but is a following of Christ "through the veil" to the new life and freedqm found in "communiOfi with God."

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tal glass star from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an ecumenical organization that promotes religious freedom around the world.

Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, said in his statement for the award presentation that his The'private meeting occurred at organization began working in the cardinal's residence following. Czechoslovakia in 1966, a year presentation of the 1990 Appeal of after the group was founded.

Conscience Award to Havel, accordDuring that period, "we pressed ing to Joseph Zwilling, spokesman our case for the right of religious for the New York archdiocese. education, the appointment of priests and other religious officials," Havel, who earlier during a U.S. Rabbi Schneier said. "We were visit had addressed the U.S. Conhanded crumbs instead - a few gress and met with PEt<.sident Bush, concessions llere and there. But we was honored with a Steuben cr s-

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"It was less than a year ago, Cardinal O'Connor, that we sat here together agonizing how we could help to strengthen religious freedom 'in Czechoslovakia," the rabbi said in the statement. "Now a miracle has taken place '" the tyrants have been ousted and the people of Czechoslovakia know a new birth of freedom."

Havel, a playwright and former imprisoned dissident, was chosen as president of Czechoslovakia as a part of that nation's move toward democracy, following the overthrow of its communist regime. _

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Dollhousemakes yo'u want to move in

By Pat McGowan When you see the dollhouse that belongs to Janice Bonner of Holy Name parish, Fall River, you'd like to move right in. In fact, few real houses can boast the loving craftsmanship it displays.

Its 3000 shingles were individually sanded, its fieldstone foundation is constructed of beach pebbles, a real oil painting of a ship hangs over its fireplace, a miniature desk is complete with a quill pen, it has 9-over-9 windows and sliding doors and the bathroom includes a pull-chain toilet.

The dollhouse project began in 1979, said Mrs. Bonner, when her son, remembering that she often spoke of how much she had loved her childhood dollhouse. sent her a basic backless house, designed for ease of arranging dolls and furniture.

But Mrs. Bonner wanted more.

For some seven years she worked on the house, attaching shingles to the exterior walls, collecting miniature furniture, perfecting interior details. But things weren't quite the way she thought they should be.

Then she joined an arts and crafts class conducted by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, at Dominican Academy, Fall River. She confided her frUStrations with the house to her instructor. "My shingles look like buckteeth," was her primary lament.

Sister Gertrude took a look at the house and she too fell in love with it. It became Mrs. Bonner's class project, a way of acquiring expertise in many crafts.

First on the agenda were those machine-made shingles. Off they carne, replaced by the hand-finished ones on the house today. Then it became obvious that real homes have back walls and that this treasured house shouldn~t lag behind.

Together, Sister Gertrude and Mrs. Bonner crafted a removable back wall, complete with a porch, windows and a second-story balcony.

"You almost feel like a peeping Tom when you look in the windows," commented an awed visitor.

The peeping is facilitated by a complete electrical system, neatly concealed in a dormer. Grooves in the house walls accommodate wiring for miniature chandeliers, a Tiffany lamp, a Yuletide Christmas tree and the doorbell.

The wiring comes up to what might be called the dollhouse code.

"As we added electric fixtures, we kept checking to be sure the wiring was safe," said Sister Gertrude. In addition to the living room Christmas tree and an Advent wreath with infinitesimal candles, the· house's holiday display included an outdoor crib fashioned of driftwood and appropriately illuminated.

For Easter, a rose arbor will be added to an existing gazebo topped with a weather vane.

It cannot be overlooked that this is a Catholic dollhouse. Each bed has a crucifix on the wall' behind it, there's a framed photograph of a statue of Our Lady which turns out to be of the grotto formerly on the grounds of Dominican Academy, and there's an attractive silver plaque which is actually a tiny religious medal.

It's also a musical house. There's a grand piano and an exquisite harp, the latter handcarved by Sister Gertrude.

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Dear Mary: I have been relaI would greatly appreciate any tively happily married for over suggestions you have. _ Ohio three years. My husband is basi.. . cally a good man, and we getalong Co.nsldenng the. behaVior ~ou well a majority of ttI e time. d~scnbe, your rea~tlOn seems mild.

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What is his health history? When Several times he has promised me he would control his t~~per did this violent behavior start? . better, but he has had limited Have they seen his sudden outsuccess. bursts?

My anxiety and resentment over Make a I'1st 0 f a II me d'Ica t'Ions h b d h b go'ng his tantrums adversely affects t h e . t I your us an as een on I k I H he ever closeness, affection and respec . I '111 h' btl bac severa years. as feel for him. stl ove 1m, u k ' t' drugs? How . .

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The child custody tragedy

By Antoinette Bosco A recent lead story in a Boulder, Colo., newspaper had the compelling headline "Child Custody: Rage in the Courtroom."

It was an impressive reporting job, doing what journalism should do: expose serious issues that affect people and society.

Child custody has become a major issue in the past dozen years or so, mainly because ideas about fathers have changed. Fathers today have taken. on a. ~aretake~, nurturing role m ralSlng their children. They no longer are somewhat removed or indifferent breadwinners.

Many fathers want to be intimately involved with raisin.g their children. In the event of a divorce, they don't want to lose them or become alienated from them.

However, this can lead to an impasse, with both pare?ts petitioning the court to appomt t~em "primary caretaker" of their children. The noncustodial parent then becomes the "visiting" parent.

Then the trouble can begin. From that point on, the conflict can escalate as one or both parents turn to the courts to solve the problem of child custody, support and visitation.

This has led to terribly destructiv.e, emotionally wrenching situations which have hurt thousands of people, especially the broken families.

How has such a situation com.e to pass?

As a journalist and a former Human Rights Commissioner in New York state, I have spent much time on the issue of divorce and child custody. I have seen how children's rights are eroded once a custody battle becomes a "case" to. be decided by lawyers, psychologists and the courts.

As the Boulder paper pointed "Rage in the courtroom" is unout, one problem is that child cusnecessary and cries out for change. tody battles too often become a As 1 see it from talking to profeslucrative industry for certain lawsionals, two approaches could make yers and psychologists. Often the the difference: results are tragic for the parents - Lawyer involvement in divand children" involved. orce and custody cases should be I've interviewed many divorced reduced drastically. Custody evaparents around the United States luation should be eliminated. Both and heard the same story of how a . parents. should be forced t? put battle between a mother and father their weapons down and begm the escalated into a war waged by healing process necessary for their lawyers. children's healthy growth through If the lawyers involved are mot- extended mediation. ivated mainly by money, they might -Judges should meet with both bypass mediation, even in states parents during the time of mediawhere mediation is mandated. Of- tion and get to see them as people, ten the lawyer simply has to say not "cases." This could help judges that mediation "won't work" with make a better determnation on the couple. who is the most qualified parent.

It is up to society to determine if The case then can drag on, someit has had enough of the very proftimes for years. Frequently a cusitable "child custody industry." tody evaluator is brought in to give an expert opinion on who The Boulder newspaper, to its creshould be awarded custody. Often dit, has put this crucial issue under a stronger light. a large fee is involved.

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By Hilda Young Newton's Axiom: Any lid dropped will land gooey-side down 88 percent of the time.

Hilda's Extension: of the 12 percent of the time the lid. lands clean side down, someone Will step on it two out of three times.

Bread Loaf Law: Despite the fact loaves of bread appear to have only two heels, heels make up 60 percent of all toast and 75 percent of all sandwiches.

Electrolytic Exchange: At any given time, silverware and kitchen utensils will be found in the garage or toolbox in proportion to nails, boots, vise grips and screwdrivers in the silverware drawer.

Rule of Salt: The likelihood of asking the question: "Did I add

salt yet or didn't I?" approaches 100 percent in recipes that require salt, 65 percent in recipl:s that do not.

Ice Cube Principle I: Chances of removing ice cubes from the refrigerator freezer and crac.king them into a container without at least one hitting the floor or skimming along the counter and jetting behind the stove are nearly zero for 90 percent of the population.

Ice Cube Principle II: Of the 10 percent of the population .tm~f­ fected by Principle I, the maJonty never let the ice become frozen totally and dribble ice water down themselves.

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On Steering Points Items FR indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

O.L. ANGELS, FR Mission in Portuguese with Rev. Joseph M. Costa ofSt. John of God parish, Somerset 7 p.m. SundayThursday.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Healing service and Sunday Mass with Father William T. Babbitt, parochial vicar, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH Confirmation I teachers' meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, religious education office. Confirmation I instructional session 7 p.m. Wednesday. Rite of Sending for parish catechumens 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Applications for Ladies' Guild college scholarships available at church. Application deadline April '1. Study of Acts of the Apostles 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays during Lent.

TAUNTON DCCW The District Council of Catholic Women will hold an open meeting and panel discussion at 7 p.m. March 7 (snow date March 15) at Immaculate Conception Church, Taunton.

Panelist Judge Ronald Harper will speak on drugs and alcohol; Kay Poirier of Birthright on teen pregnancy; Rev. Bruce Cwiekowski on AIDS; and Deacon and Mrs. John Schondek on the family. Rev. Paul Connolly will moderate.

F ALL RIVER DCCW The District Council will hold an ooen meeting at 7:30 O.m. March 8 at Santo Christo Church, Fall River.

Atty. John E. Saulino will discuss wills.

HOLY NAME, NB Women's Guild first meeting of the year 7:30 p.m. March 12. Louise Freeman will present Focus on Facts.

New members welcome.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Lenten vesper service 3 p.m. Sunday. Guild potluck supper 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, church hall; the CoyleCassidy Glee Club will perform.

ST. PATRICK, FR Lenten series begins Wednesday with sessions at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Parents of first communion students will meet with coordinators Cheryl Ann Feeney, Elaine Skibinski and Father Robert Kaszynski following the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, upper church. Science fair exhibits at the parish school will be open to the public after Masses Sunday.

SACRED HEART, NB Boy Scouts meet 7 tonight.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Confirmation retreat 2-5 p.m.

Sunday, church hall. Lenten retreat 7 p.m. Monday-Friday. Theme: Conversion. Rev. Thomas McElroy, ss.cc., will present nightly homilies..

Thursday's session will be a reconciliation service. There will be no evening CCD classes on Monday due to the mission.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Stations of the Cross 7:30 p·.m.

Fridays; communal celebrations of sacrament of reconciliation 7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays during Lent.

CATHEDRAL, FR The Women's Guild will sponsor a family communion breakfast following 10 a.m. Mass March II.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Lenten prayer service Come to the .Cross 7 tonight. There will be a homily for children, followed by pinning of "crosses for life" on a purple shroud. Stations of the Cross for children will follow the service. First penance workshop 9:30 a.m. tomorrow; first penance ceremony 2 p.m.

Sunday. Education board meeting 9 a.m. tomorrow.

VINCENTIANS Taunton District Council meeting following 7:30 p.m. Mass Monday, St. Jacques parish, Taunton. FR District Council meeting 7 p.m.

Tuesday, St. Mary's Cathedral.

HOL Y GHOST, ATTLEBORO Youth group meeting 7-9 p.m.

Sunday. RCIA Inquiry I p.m.

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MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Upcoming weekend March 30April I; information: Dan and Terri Cesarz, 336-8398.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Confirmations 7 p.m. Tuesday; rehearsal for candidates and sponsors 7 p.m. Monday. Catholic Women's Club meeting 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, parish hall. Sheriff DeMello will speak on a youth ranch.

All parish women invited; rides: Lecky Tolchinsky, 428-1290. Religious education for children ages 4-6 during 10a.m. Mass Sundays during Lent; register at the church.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N. FALMOUTH Lenten penance' service 7 p.m.

Sunday; individual confession will be available. First Saturday rosary will follow 9 a.m. Mass.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Grade 2 parents' meeting for first communion planning 7 p.m. Sunday. Grade I children's Mass 10a.m.

Sunday. Confirmation class Mass 5 p.m. Sunday. Confirmation students will facilitate Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. March 9.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Vincentians meet after 10:30 a.m.

Mass Sunday. First penance Monday.

'·SECULAR FRANCISCANS·.":-' West Harwich prefraternity meeting 2 p.m. March II, Holy Trinity Church, W. Harwich. Father Edward Healey will celebrate Mass and speak on "Assisi: the Vestibule of Heaven."

Inquirers welcome. Information: Dorothy Williams, 394-4094.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Rite of election for confirmation students lOa.m. Mass Sunday. Volunteers interested in literacy tutor training may contact Brewster Ladies' Library, 896-3913.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET First Saturday Mass 8 a.m. followed by rosary.. Daily Mass has returned to the main church.

ST. KILIAN, NB Healing service 3 p.m. Sunday at the church, 306 Ashley Blvd.

Reflections on the New Covenant Father Ray Bourque, OMI, of "The Truth will Set You Free" TV and radio ministry will give a presentation on .the New Covenant at 7 p.m. March 12 at St. Ann's Church, Raynham. The program will begin with a Mass.

Father Bourque is a wellknown speaker whose ministry includes pilgrimages, conferences, retreats and teaching.

He can be heard on area radio and is also seen on Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television Network. His focus is on God's unconditional love for each individual.

ST. STEPHEN ATTLEBORO Adult Lenten program Mondays 9:30 a.m., church hall, or 7:30 p.m., rectory basement meeting room.

Women's Club luncheon meeting 12:30 p. m. March 12, church hall. A cancer pad workshop will follow.

RSVP by March 10,761-5220,7618361. Adult discussion series 7-9 tonight on the topic "Life Is Shaped

by Those Who Love Us." SS PETER AND PAUL, FR Vincentians meet 7 p.m. Thursday.

SACRED HEART, FR Old-fashioned parish mission with Msgr. Salvatore Matano, 7-8 p.m.

Monday-Thursday.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, HYANNIS First communion parents' meeting 7 p.m. Monday. First communion students meeting with Sister Anita Marie9:30-ll a.m. tomorrow, parish center.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Lectors, Eucharistic ministers and music ministers will host an afternoon of sharing and fellowship 2-4 p.m. Sunday. Lenten series for adults 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays, parish center; Father David Costa and Carol Sypko will present the Gospel narratives of the .passion.

ST. JOSEPH, NB Lenten mission with Father Al Dagnoli, ss.cc., II a.m. and 7 p.m.

Monday-Thursday. Services will include Mass and confessions; confessions will also be heard 2-3 p.m.

Theme: "I Am the Way, the Truth and the Light." The program will be introduced during Masses this weekend. Holy hour beginning with 5 p.m. Mass today.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Espirito Santo Church, FR, youth retreat 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Pastoral care education program 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Parish council meeting II a.m.

Sunday, church hall.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Ultreya 7 tonight, R.E. Center.

First Saturday rosary and Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary 8:40 a.m. tomorrow.

Class on the Catholic faith, led by Father John A. Perry, will be held at 4 p.m. Sundays beginning March 4; open to new, old or prospective Catholics wishing to learn more about the faith. Lenten luncheon program begins at noon Wednesday; Sister Kathy Short will speak on Preparing to Receive the New Life of Easter.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Family Mass 9:30 a.m. Sunday; coffee and donuts will be served after Mass. First Friday Mass, 7 tonight; Sacred Hearts Association will meet following the Mass.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Singers and dancers for parish celebration practice March 4 and II. 7th grade Mass 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

Lenten retreat with videotapes by Father Anthony De Mello on topics such as peace,joy, and silence begins this week: sessions 9-11 a.m. Tuesdays; 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

DCCW,FR The Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold its annual dinner meeting 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Benjamin's Restaurant, Taunton.

NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, FR The Women's Guild will meet March 26.

LaSALETTE CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING, ATTLEBORO Inner healing retreat March 9-11.

Brother Sebastian, CFX, nationally known psychologist and director of Emmaus inner healing services at St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers. will direct. Information: retreat secretary, 222-8530.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FR Women's Guild monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday. Claudette Armstrong will discuss Medjugorje.

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The Anchor Friday, March 2, 1990

Debt relief must address human, social issues v ATICAN CITY (CNS) Easing foreign debt requires international assistance that not only addresses the economic problems of a country, but also "the human and social cost" of living under . such a debt, said Pope John Paul II last week in a welcoming address to Dr. Daniel Cabezas Gomez, Bolivia's new ambassador to the Vatican.

"The problem of the external debt represents a worrying challenge for the economy and the standard of living for a broad cross-section of the country's population," the pope said.

In addition, he said, "the human and social cost indebtedness brings means that the situation cannot be put in exclusively financial or monetary terms."

"New forms of international solidarity" are needed to help debtor nations find ways to deal with the debt, which frustrates "the legitimate aspirations of 'so many Bolivians." .

"It cannot be forgotten that many of the socio-economic and political problems of the people have' their roots, and great repercussions,. in the moral order," the pope said.

"In this field the church, faithful .' to the mandate received from its divine founder, deals with the temporai realities in the light of the Gospel, always motivated by its labor in the service of the common good and the great causes of the human," he said. .The pope 'urged Bolivians to work together "to build a more j ~s~ and partici patory social order." . C~t>eia!i.; a pfiysician'and rnerp~ ber of the Bolivian Senate; thanked ' the pope for his repeated pleas for "a more just settlement in. the payment of external debt."

He also praised the pope for reminding "the world community. of the transcendental values of life."

Cabezas' said that· in Bolivia's situation those values are especiaIly important in fighting "the problem of drugs and drug traffick-. in.g." .

Globally, numbers of priests, rise" v ATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican says the number of priests ordained worldwide in 1988 jumped by about 10 percent, the biggest increase in at least two decades.

There were 7,998 ordinations in 1988, 747 more than the previous year, the Vatican said in releasing' its 1990 yearbook.

The figure included 5,750 new diocesan priests and 2,248 new religious priests, representing, proportionaIly, nearly equal gains in both categories.

At the same time, the Vatican said the number of the church's seminarians increased nearly 2 percent in 1988 to about 92,000.

There was also an increase of about 7 percent in the number of permanent deacons, which totaled 15,686. .

Numbers of priestly ordinations have increased steadily during the 1980s after decreasing during the 1960s and '70s. According to published statistics, the largest pre-

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TONY MELENDEZ playing guitar for the pope in September, 1987, arid'afterwards being embraced by the pontiff.' (eNS photos)

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At the end of the weekly general audience, at which Melendez, who plays the guitar with his feet, took ·turns with a Norwegian boys' choir singing for the crowd, the pope hugged him and kis,sed hIm on the cheek.

"He is my friend. I remember 'him from Los Angeles," the pope told onlookers. .

Melendez, 28, turned and introduced his mother, Sara Melendez.

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vious yearly increase during that period was in 1985, when ordinations rose about 7 p·ercent.

Despite the rise in vocations, the total number of priests worldwide has continued to decline because of deaths and departures from the priesthood.

The Vatican said 7,562 priests had died in 1988. It did not give the number of departures, but in recent years they have numbered close to 1,000 annuaIly.

The first time her son played for the pope, she watched on televi~ sion and cried, Mrs. Melendez said. This time she stood behind her son. again with tears in her eyes.

Before the audience, Melendez borrowed a pen and wrote a pagelong note to the pope in his autobiography, "AGift of Hope." pub~ lished last ALJgust by Harper & Row. His brother handed the book to the pope, 'whil~ Melendez curled his toes around 'a cassette to the pope and told him the second song was dedicated to him. The album's title song was the one Melendez performed for the pope at the 1987 'Los Angeles youth raIly "that changed my life forever," he said ..

Melendez, who was born in Nicaragua, also has completed a Spanish-language album, "EI Muro Se Callo" ("The Wall Tumbled Down"), scheduled for release in early March.

Melendez was born without arms after his mother was prescribed the drug Jhalidomide during her pregnancy. He was in Rome for an appearance on an Italian television show.

VATI CAN CITY - Pope John Paul II has told Brazilian bishops to oppose "superficial Christianity" in which the general church community would replace the bishops' authority with its own; and has also warned them against letting the church become a strictly political organization.

The "people of God is not the holder of the authority inherent iri apostolic succession, as if the episcopal ministry constitutes some form of popular delegation or is tied to this people in terms of duration or ways of acting," he said.

"In this case, we would have an inversion of terms and values: instead of the people of God, the God of people," the pope said.

The ministry exercised by bishops "is of divine origin," he added.

"It does not need, therefore, to be ratified by anyone."

The inversion of this authority "runs the risk of subordinating, in a certain sense, the episcopal ministry, the faith and Christian life into options made to the measure of humans," he said.

The pope spoke to bishops from Brazil's southern state of Parana, at the Vatican for visits required every five years to report on the status of their dioceses.

The pope said ordination "implies an authentic diversity within the people of God" with bishops having the "ministry to sanctify, to teach and to govern the very people of God." .

The rest of the people .of God have "the right to be able to listen, through their pastors, to Christ himself," the pope said.

But this distinction "is not to say that the bishops should convert their' sacram<,;ntal uniquenes~ in pastoral isolation," he added.' .. , ThIS would reduce the people of God to onJ'y the laity rather thail the entire church, he. said.

The pope also praised the Brazilian church's critical attitude toward society, but asked that It be kept within "just limits." .

AvQid "the critical spirit: when it is not expressed in an attitude of

service" and when its aim is "to orient others to 'our opinion, sometimes expressed in a very imprudent manner," he added.

In commenting on erroneous concepts of the people of God, the pope did not mention controversial Franciscan Father Leonardo Boff, a popular Brazilian theologian whose views on hiera~ical authority were criticized as'''dangerous" by the Vatican in 1985.

In a book,. "Church: Charism and Powc:r," Father Boff said the church's current hierarchical structure was not that intended by Christ and that authority can spring from the community of the faithful.

The pope encouraged the bishop~ to influence social and political issues, but warned them against letting the church become a strictly political organization.

It is necessary "to make a clear distinction between the action that the faithful do, individuaIly or in groups, guided by their Christian conscience, and the actions they undertake in communion with their pastors, in the name of the church," the pope said.

"In no way is the church to be confused with a political community, nor is it tied to any political system," the pope said.

The "best contribution" the church can make to society is to give people a Christian formation and lifestyle, "with a special focus on social ethics." he added.

"In circumstances of extreme necessity" the church has tried "to resolve civic problems'" but this has been "an absolutely exceptional and transitory" circumstance, the pope said.

At· the same time, the pope praised t!Ie social ac~ion, dimension of Brazilian pastoral programs and noted ,that in the country with the world's largest Catholic population there is "discrimin~tion and undisputed injustice." . "It is generaIly recognized how much humanity owes the church, in the field of human r.ights and progess." the pope said.

Fres~?es s·ym.po~ium announced VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The final phase of the restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel wiIl be preceded by a six-day symposium of 54 art historians. conservators and scientists.

The ex'perts have been'invited to the Vatican March 26-31 to receive the official report of the Vatican Museums' completed work on the chapel ceiling and to discuss restoration of "The Last Judgment."

Restoration of the 10,345 square feet of Sistine Chapel waIl and ceiling frescoes began in 1980. Work on the ceiling itself :- which includes frescoes of the creation, Adam and Eve's banishment from the garden and the f1ood- began in 1984.

Several art experts have expressed concern about the methods used in restoration of the 16thcentury frescoes, mainly aimed at removing 500 years' accumulation of soot, dust, candle smoke and salt deposits caused by rain seepage.

The symposium is being sponsored in part by Japan's Nippon Television Network Corporation, which is financing the restoration.

Nippon gave the Vatican $3 million for the job inreturn for exclusive reproduction rights to the frescoes.

Restoration of the 60-foot-tall "Last Judgment" will begin after "comprehensive technical studies,"

the statement said. Completion of the ,work is expected in 1993.

In conjunction with the symposium. the Vatican. Museums and Vatican Library are sponsoring an exhibit titled "Michelangelo and the Sistine: Chapel: Technique, Conservation and Myth." The exhibit' wiIl be open March 25July 10 at the Bracciodi Carlo Magno gallery in St. Peter's Square.

The announcement also said the museums and Nippon Television are publishing a limited-edition book. "New Light on Michelangelo in the Sistine ChapeL" which contains the first photographs of the restored ceiling.

Three years ago, a group of American artists urged the Vatican to and check the frescoes for possible damage from the work. but project director Fabrizio MancineIli said that the frescoes are in good shape and that there was no reason for a pause.

The Failure "I think that we fail not so much in the great commitment of love, but rather in the daily work ofIove which is communication....The honest and open sharing of all feelings has to result in personal closeness and intimacy."-John Powell. S.J .

Try a dose' of solitude

By Father Eugene Hemrick Catholic News Service

This year I was pleasantly surprised to find just the inspiration I needed for Lent.

I found it, of all places, in an article in the January edition of Runners World by George Sheehan. M.D .. a devoted runner.

Sheehan. writing in a philosophical vein. says he is a loner who enjoys the solitary state that running affords him.

Like all people who use their minds a lot in their work. "I have to be alone to fish for ideas in my stream of consciousness," he says.

"New thought does not come from logic a!1d reason. It comes from inspiration. " For Sheehan. inspiration comes from being alone and letting his thoughts flow freely.

He quotes Macneile Dixon. a professor of English at the University of Glasgow. Scotland, who encourages people to serve themselves as philosophers. Dixon says that philosophers and others like them cannot calculate the value of our existence. our joys or our sorrows for us. This is a task we must take up on our own.

Funds to promote sexual abstinence WASHINGTON (CNS) - Four Catholic-affiliated organizations that promote sexual abstinence among teens have shared in $1.6 million in federal grants under the Adolescent Family Life program.

Secretary Louis W. Sullivan of Health and Human Services said that the supported projects "are designed to address the u'oderlying problems that lead adolescents into early sexual activity and out-ofwedlock pregnancy."

Among those awarded grants were the Arts of Living Institute, a department of Catholic Charities of Chicago, $152,933; Covenant House of New Orleans, $145,700; Rosalie Manor of Milwaukee, $128,645; and Northwest Natural Family Planning Services of Portland, Ore., $116,068.

Rose Fuller, director of Northwest Natural Family Pl,anning Services, told Catholic News Service that her operation was a nonprofit organization at Portland's Providence Medical Center.

She said she had "to be careful" in discussing her agency because of the "ACLU," adding that "we cannot teach religion" under the grant but "we can teach the values."

She was referring to the American Civil Liberties Union, which had challenged the 1981 Adolescent Family Life Act.lnJune 1988 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the role of religious organizations in the federal program to fight teen-age sexual activity.

The majority held in the 5-4 decision that the so-called chastity law "has a valid secular purpose, does not have the primary effect of advancing religion, and does not create an excessive entanglement of church and state."

Mrs. Fuller said her service conducts parent-teen classes to help teen-agers with sexual abstinence.

Under t.he grant, good for $116,068 for each of the next three years, Mrs. Fuller said, about a third would help support the program and the rest would be used for research on its effects.

Rosalie Manor is sponsored by the Misericordia Sisters.

"Aristotle. Spinoza and the rest, let them for the moment keep their distance," says Dixon. We can "make our own estimates" when it comes to identifying the values that are ours.

As Sheehan sees it. solitude and the free-flowing ideas it releases' enhance our thinking. thus helping to form us into people who know what their values are.

I believe that those ideas provide some leads for us on how to approach Lent.

Spiritual writers repeatedly encourage us to set time aside. especially during Lent. to be alone in order to reflect more deeply upon ourselves and to examine our lives and our relationship with Goq. We are, called in Lent to turn away from negative influences that are degrading in terms of our deeper values - certain TV programs. for instance. that tend to diminish us.

Conversely. Lent encourages us to sort out our value system. It encourages us to find or create the solitude in which we can do this.

Lent is a tlme for coming to terms with our values. an occasion to reflect on them and to be inspired by them. This is the time to practice the virtues that enrich us and enable us to touch others with our very best.

How many people today are locked into a sort of heresy of perpetual motion, believing that the senses must be stimulated every minute of the day by distractions of every kind? The belief that perpetual motion is absolutely necessary makes Lent and the solitude it . calls for unappetizing.

Noted psychOlogist Eric Fromm once said that if the human race were ever deprived for 24 hours of the stimulus that the electronic age generates. many people would lose their sanity.

Are we afraid of solitude and any type of sense deprivation?

It may be, however, that solitude has not been explained properly as a means to inspiration and as a good atmosphere for reflection and development of a wholeness that draws us closer to God. Lent may be just the time to find out how worthwhile a little solitude can be.

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Lithuanian elections please churchmen WASHINGTON (CNS) - lithuanian church leaders in the United States expressed their happiness that Lithuania's pro-independence movement, Sajudis, won the majority of seats in parliamentary elections.

"We are very pleased that Sajudis won overwhelmingly," said Bishop Paul A. Baltakis, spiritual head of Lithuanians outside Lithuania.

He said the results were a "very good indication that changes will take place."

"I'm gratified by the results," said Father Casimir Pugevicius, executive director of Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid, adding that "we haven't gotten to heaven yet."

Both'men spoke in telephone interviews from Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 26, two days after Lithuanian parliamentary elections, the first multiparty elections in niore than 70 years.

About 80 percent of Lithuania's 3.3 million population is Catholic.

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By Charlie Martin

I GO TO EXTREMES Call me a joker, call me a fool Right at this moment I'm totally cool Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife I feel like I'm in the prime of my life Sometimes it feels like I'm going too fast I don't know how long this feeling will last Maybe it is only tonight Darling, I don't know why I go to extremes Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens And if I stand or I fall It's all or nothing at all Darling, I don't know why I go to extremes Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens And if I stand or I fall It's ali or nothing at all Darling, I don't know why I go to extremes Sometimes I'm tired, sometimes I'm shot Sometimes I don't know how much more I've got Maybe I've set myself up for the kill Tell me how much do you think you can take Until the heart in me is starting to break Sometimes it feels like it will ' Out of the darkness into the light Leaving the scene of the crime Either I'm wrong or I'm perfectly right every time Sometimes I lie awake, night after night Coming apart at the seams Eager to please, ready to fight Why do I go to extremes?

Recorded and written by Billy Joel (c) 1989, CBS Records, Inc. BILLY JOEL's "We Didn't all the space allotted to this Sta~t the Fire" was his view of column. However, his second the last 40. years of history and hit off the album also is climbhis first hit off his new album, ing the charts.

"Storm Front."

"I Go to Extremes" questions While I would have enjoyed the style of life described in the writing about that song, the lyrsong's title. For the singer, life ics alone would have consumed is "all or nothing at all," either

What's on your mind?

Q. What's the best way to get over a person whom you've really cared about - and who has left?

(Nevada) A. It would be so handy, and would simplify life a great deal, if at certain times we could reach into our heads and remove certain memories. But that's not the way life is.

For better or for worse, our memories remain forever a part of our personality.

So this person w~om you've really cared about will be a more or less vivid presence in' your life . for some time to come. And the pain of that .person's departure likely will diminish only gradually.

There are some ways, however, for yoil to make this"process not . quite so painful and maybe not quite so long.

Find'a friend you can confide'in and from time to time talk with him or her about how you are feeling inregard to the breakup of this friendship.

You may want to recall with this

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friend some of the good times you had with your former friend. And if the pain becomes too bad, you' may want to have what actor Alec Guiness calls "a little weep." Maybe even a big weep.

But don't spend too much time living in the past. The present is where it's at.

Keep busy. Embark on a new hobby, a new sport or a new activity - or all three.

Give yourself some treats, whether it's a movie or a shopping' spree or a hot fudge sundae with nuts on it and mountains of whipped cream.

Don't overdo the eating, however; we kilow what that can lead to.

Look for ways to nurture the friendships you are enjoying at the p'resent time. Also survey the scene for possible new friends you might want to cultivate.

The more you can keep busy in a postitive and enjoyable way, the more you are likely to diminish the force of the memories and the strength of the pain that are likely

"too high or too low," with "no in-betweens. " Society presents plenty of examples of such a lifestyle. However, does leading one's life in such a way bring lasting happiness?

Obviously the person in the song does not think so. He gives, the impression of wanting to make a change, for his "extremes" are burying his future.

Most people need a certain amount of zest and challenge.

They want to explore the possibilities in their lives. They desire to discover more of their potential and to push back the boundaries of past limitations.

For example, in, school you might pursue a progressively more difficult science curriculum out of a passion to understand how the physical world works: This requires more and more time to study, thus limiting how free you are to do other things.

But, while pursuing interests and goals is important, so is balance. Emotional. intensity gives us increased energy, but few enduring satisfactions are gained quickly. Sustainihg drive over time helps us to achieve what we seek. ' Consequently, it is important to take breaks from exerted effort on occasion. In fact, such times away not only renew energy they also often lead to , moments of insight and creativity. Just think of those times when the solution to a problem occurred while you were doing something else. _ Most likely, everyon~ goes to extremes once in a while. When you do, learn from the experience and resolve to use a more balanced plan in working toward your next goal.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, R.R. 3, Box 182, ,Rockport, Ind. 47635. to be somewhat a part of your life in the near future.

Keep always in mind that there is life after death, even the death of the dearest friendship.

And reflect on some of these questions: What have you learned from this friendship? What did you do right? What did you do wrong? What did you learn from this person? And how might you take what you have learned into the next serious friendship that comes your way?

Scholarships to be awarded by Guard Colonel David W. Gavigan, cochairman of the scholarship committee of the National Guard Association of Massachusetts. has announced that 12 $1 ,000 scholarships will be awarded to members or to children of members of the Massachusetts National Guard. , George Blaisdell, superintendent of schools in North Andover and the commandant of the Massachusetts National Guards' Military Academy, will head a committee of'educators from across the state which will select the winning applicants.

Applications are available in high school guidance offices, state colleges, and local Army and Air National Guard facilities. For information call the National Guard Education Office, 1-800362-4452.

in our schools Bishop Stang The boys' winter track team of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth,. placed third among II teams in the annual S M C league conference meet.

Achieving second place finishes were John Ford in the high hurdless and high jump, Adam Braillard in the mile, and Dan Geagan in the 600. Kevin Dakin finished third in the shotput and Matt Sullivan came in fourth in the 1,000.

The team of Chris Brady, Peter Clark, Braillard and Geagan cap'tured second place in the mile relay.

In addition to the above individuals, 13 students qualified for the state class D championships.

Also, JOhn Ford, with a high jump of ,6'6", ql,lalified for the Eastern States Championships, held on Monday in Princeton, N.J., and the National Scholastic , Indoor Championships, schedl,lled for March II in Syracuse, N.Y.

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Junior Kim Sutcliffe will represent the United States at a Science Olympics program in the Soviet Union July 17-August 14.

She is one of IOU ,S. students chosen to participate in this youth exchange with Russia.

She has completed extensive interviews and placement applications through Harvard University's Project ST AR, a pilot program developing a new science and math curriculum, and with NASA's Tranquility Base Space Academy training for would-be astronauts. As a youth ambassador, she will be competing in an Academic Olympics contest and debates between teams of American and counterpart Soviet students in Moscow.

The event will be televised live throughout the USSR. The- primary foc~s of the program ,is "hands on" science and personal contact which achieves knowledge acquisition, understanding, and appreciation of another culture.

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Senior Melissa Garde attended a recent Young Leaders Conference in Washington sponsored by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council.

The conference was attended by some 400 high school juniors and seniors selected on the basis of , academic achievement, leadership and citizenship.

With the theme The Leaders of Tomorrow Meeting the Leaders of Today, program highlights included a panel discussion led by prominent journalists at the National Press Club, visits to the House of ,Representatives, a government relations forum and a diplomatic embassy and a State Department briefing.

Culminating the conference was a mock Congress on National Service at which st'udents assumed the roles of U.S. Representatives, debating, lobbying and voting on proposed volunteer service legislation. .

The Congressional Youth Leadership Coundl, founded in 1985, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization providing youth with hands-on civics learning experiences in the nation's capital. It is associated with an honorary congressional board of advisors. comprised of over 300 members of Congress.

STEVEN GOODREAU

Bishop Feehan Senior Steven Goodreau of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, is a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program, a distinction placing him among less than half of one percent of American high school seniors.

Goodreau is also one of 1,500 semifinalists in a Presidential Scholars program. SemiJinalists were chosen from 11,000 candidates' on the basis of grade point average, conttibutions to school and community, essays, self-assessments, recommendations, transcripts and SAT or ACT scores.

Final selection of 141 Presidential Scholars by a White'House commission will be made in May. Those chosen will go to Washington in June to rec'eive medallions at a White House ceremony and participate in activities with educators and public officials.

Last summer Goodreau participatd in a science and mathematics program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and was a silver medalist in mathematics in an academic decathalon. He ranked ninth in the state in a 1989 mathematics olympiad and will compete in finals this month. He obtained a perfect score of 800 on the mathematics portion of the SAT exam..

He is National Honor Society president at Feehan and math team captain. He plays trumpet in the school band and has been nominated as school r~presentative to an all-stare band. He is also active in the Feehan Theatre Company.

Goodreau has been accepted to Harvard University, where he plans to major in biology with a concentration in genetics.

St. Mary's School Grades 6 and 8 at St. Mary's School, New Bedford, conducted their annual science fair on Feb. 14. First-place winners were Meghan Doherty, grade 6, who studied tropisms, and Kim Shenk, grade 8, who did a project on crystals.

Other winners were Karen Azar, grade 6, light and, p~isms; James Sanguinetti grade 6, space shuttle; :Laurie Poyant, grade 8, grafting; and Nicole Camire, grade 8, geoth,ermal and solar energy.

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By Linda Rome Not all teachers are created equal.

Some have years of experience, some are new to the job; some are easygoing and flexible, others are strict and demanding.

Not all students are created equal either. Every student has strengths and weaknesses. Some need to know precisely what is expected, others want a general outline and the freedom to run with their own ideas.

Sometimes a student's natural style of learning clashes with a teacher's natural style of teaching.

What do you do then?

Recognizing your differences can be a first step to coping with them.

Answer the following questions, first in the way you would tend to choose first. Then look at the responses again to see if another effective way you could respond is mentioned - or come up with an original response of your own.

I. Your English teacher is a stickler for detail and has decided that for every typographical error in a major report your grade will be lowered one letter grade. Your latest paper was a "c" because of two typos. You resolve to: a. Proofread your papers until your eyes ache and pray you don't miss any mistakes. b. Trade papers with at least two friends and proof each other's papers for error. c.

Have a professional typist prepare your paper. d. Circulate a petition among the students and get their support. Then approach the teacher and ask that the policy be changed because it doesn't reflect on your mastery of the subject.

2. Your U.S. government teacher wants everyone to learn to use the computer, so he required students to write their class reports on the computer and turn in the computer disk. Someone erased .your disk by mistake and your teacher simply said, "Too bad. It's still due tomorrow." Would,you: a. Work like a maniac to re-write the report, staying after school as late as possible to finish. b. Give up and take your "F." After all, there's no way you can ,replace it in time. c. Suggest that you give an oral report on cassette. d. Replace as much as possible and resolve to keep a backup disk at home next time.

3. Your Spanish teacher never writes assignments on the board and only mentions them quickly in passing - in Spanish no less! Do you: a. Compare notes with friends to make sure you've figured out the correct assignment. b. Stop in after class to verify the assignment with the teacher. c. Suggest that the teacher pass out weekly assignment sheets.

4. Your social studies teacher seems to like to argue. He often plays devil's advocate without telling the class. When he calls on you you: a. Freeze and blush, even though you have a carefully thought-out position. b. Try' to outwit him by being well-prepared on both sides ofthe issue. c. Try to draw other students into the discussion so that it's not you alone against the teacher. d. Don't take it personally. This is just his way of making the material interesting.

Bishop Connolly Senior Bethaney' Hall recently received a plaque and $500 as school, district and zone winner,in the Fall River, Evening, Lioness Club's youth speech 'competition, * * * * Marc Turcotte and Maria Mutty have been named January Teenagers of the M ont'h by the F,all 'River Elks Lodge..

Turcotte has been involved in track, Junior Actiiev~rrient, CYO basketball and baseball, Boy Scouts, and activities atN otre Dame parish, Fall River.

Mutty is a !l1ember of the H,onor Society, yearbook staff, peer ministry and the F,oreign L,anguage Club and an offic,er in the'Connolly chapter of Amnesty,lnterI'1tional.

* * * * fhe season-finale"cpntest be-' t\ en the"Connolly and Durfee ho key teams offically 'ended ina sCOl eless tie, but 'with the Fall River Challenge Cup at stake, play continued be'yond regulation into two shoot-out periods with Connolly ultimately emerging as the 3-2 winner. Over 1,200 fans attended the Feb. 17 game, one of the attractions of Fall River's Hot Chocolate Follies Winter Festival.

Connolly goalie Eric Stubbert stopped 27 shots to receive Connolly MVP honors. The Cougar scOrers were Kyle Costa, Jayme Carvalho and' 'Brian Camara. , *:* * '* Senior Keri Hanley and junior ,Eric Lafrance are January Athletes of the' Month., Hanley has been a mainstay of Cou'gar girls' athletics.' She has received SMC All-Star honors in volleyball. This year she bec;ame the first Connolly basketball player to break the '1000 point mark in scoring. . , Lafrance is assistant captain of the Connolly Alpine Ski team. , Athlete 'of the Month awards are made on the basis of nominations by the coaching staff and review by the athletic director and scho'ol ad ministrati'on'.

Correction Dr: Donna Boyle, principal of Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, was incorrectly identified as a sister in last week's Anchor.

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

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

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

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

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"Madhouse" (Orion Pictures): Humorless comedy about houseguests from hell (actually New Jersey) who descend upon a Los Angeles couple (J ohn Larroquette, Kirstie Alley) who've recently nested in their first real home. No crass stone is left unturned as the houseguests systematically turn their hosts into raving maniacs.

Some suggestive sexual situations, vulgar jokes and cat abuse. A3, PG 13 ' "Rosalie Goes Shopping" (Four Seasons): The loving Bavarian wife (Marianne Saegebrecht) of an Arkansas crop duster (Brad Davis) is a compulsive shopper who sinks deep, er and deeper into debt in spite of her talent for forgery and credit juggling. This whimsical comedy about U.S. consumerism uses its likable heroine to satirize materialism and its ties to economic disaster. A suggestive sexual situation and a theme satririzing the joys of greed and successful petty theft. A3, PG

New Films TV programs "Cinema Paradiso" (Miramax): Sunday, March II, 8-9 p.m.

Italian film about a director EST (PBS) "The Emerald Isle."

(Jacques Perrin) who returns for the funeral of his hometown's for- Spread throughout the Irish mer projectionist (Philippe Noiret) countryside are the ruins of dwellings and holy places, many of and recalls his movie-struck childwhich have become home to the hood and adolescence as it evolved area's wildlife. This "Nature" proin the local movie house, a social gram relates the human and natumecca where patrons caroused and ral history of these deserted places their local priest censored every using documentary footage and celluloid kiss and embrace. Shows music by the Chieftains. in comic, nostalgic flashbacks how Friday, March 16, 8-8:30 p.m. the movies have enriched our everyday lives. English subtitles. Some EST (CBS)"Why, Charlie Brown, fleeting sexually suggestive scenes Why?" The lives of the Peanuts kids are thrown into turmoil when and vulgar antics. A3 "Courage Mountain"(Triumph): oile of their classmates is diagUninspired but wholesome story nosed with leukemia. An enterof 14-year-old Heidi (Juliette Cat- taining and educational program on), who is forced from an Italian that will especially benefit young boarding school into a rat-infested viewers. orphanage during World War I. Saturday, March 17,8-9:30 p.m.

Strains credibility with some pretty EST (PBS)"Danny the Champion far-fetched action as Heidi and her of the World." Jeremy Irons and friends escape from the orphanage his real-life son Samuel play a across the Alps to Switzerland in father and son whose lifestyle in the dead of winter. Children will 1955 rural England is upset by a enjoy hissing at the despicable city land speculator who is buying orphanage owners, and young adolup properties to create a grand escents will be charmed by the estate. How Danny outwits the hints of a blossoming romance bullying specula~or and ove~comes between Heidi and her dashing ',the village school's despotic teacher soldier friend (Charlie Sheen). make an interesting story, but the Some comic-book menace and min- . heart of the piece' is the parentimal battlefield carnage. A I, PG child relationship; :

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"'Bridgewater Catholic Center:', . offers, J~an 'of Arc program ,

Peri Aston, a British, actress, will present "Joan of Arc: Dance of a Woman Warrior" at 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 8, at the Catholic Center adjacent to the campus.of Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater.

"Joan of Arc" is one offour onewoman shows which Ms., Aston has developed and with which,she has toured in the United States and Britain. It depicts the 15thcentury heroine who led the French army against the English, then was . found guilty of heresy and burned at the stake in 1431, only to be declared innocent 25 years later and canonized in 1920.

Ms. Asti interprets Joan as "the woman warrior who enables a move towards peace." She uses the elements of earth, air, water and fire to symbolize the teenager's life

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'Ms. Aston notes that 'most of the words in the program are Joan's own, taken either, from her own defense at her trial or from statements by others after her death,

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ERIE, Pa. (CNS) - Pax Christi officials report some 75 parishes nationwide taking part in a Living Stones program to help existing organizations promote concern for justice and peace issues.

Jo Clarke, development director of the Erie-based Pax Christi USA, said "we see Living Stones as a means of infusing concern for peace andjustice issues into parish life," as called for by "The Challenge of Peace," the U.S. bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on world peace and arms control.

Membership in Pax Christi, an international organization begun in France with the end of World War II in 1945, goes with participation in tne Living Stones program, Ms. Clarke said.

Parishes are sent copies of Pax Christi's quarterly magazine, bulletin inserts and other materials in order to stay abreast of such issues as homelessness, the arms race, Central America, Africa and the sanctity of life, she said.

Passion play slated for St. Mark's The American Catholic Theater will present "INRI," an original passion play, at St. Mark's Church, Attleboro Falls, on April I. INRI is a theatrical celebration of the passion of Jesus Christ which follows the tradition of medieval liturgical drama in its use of Scripture, music and theatrical effects.

The play is directed by Father Peter John Cameron, OP, founder of ACT, a small nonprofit touring company ',ased in Providence and devoted to production of evangelical, edifying, educational and entertaining theater.

Further information on INRI performances can be obtained from the American Catholic Theater, (401) 865-2295.

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Bishop Daily, pressed by reporNew York Times local news column ters about his view of Cuomo's

by Sam Roberts. abortion stand, said, "I'm not about Cuomo spokesman Darren Dopp to stand here and criticize Mario told Catholic News Service that he Cuomo because I am not on top of had no indication what Roberts that situation. But I will be. reported "was wrong, but nothing "Let me just say this, though that it was right, either." that if anyone supports either The governor had no "firsthand directly or indirectly the promoknowledge of any problem or distion of killing babies in the womb, agreement with the new bishop," that is terrible."

Dopp said, adding that "the bishop Cuomo has said he is personally hadn't said this to the governor," opposed to abortion, but that a referring to a ban on Cuomo speakpregnant woman should have a ing in Brooklyn parishes. right to an abortion.

Dopp said Cuomo congratulated During debate over a 1986 polBishop Daily on his appointment and looked forward to working icy in the neighboring New York with him.

Arc.hdiocese forbidding those who Bishop Daily, the founding bish"deviated from church teaching" from speaking in archdiocesan par- op of Palm Beach, Fla., was named ishes - with Cuomo mentioned Feb. 20 as the sixth bishop of specificaily by the New York vicar Brooklyn, succeeding Bishop Frangeneral - Cuomo spoke at St. cis J. Mugavero, who reached the James Cathedral in Brooklyn. mandatory retirement age. of 75 "As a Catholic, he [Cuomo] has last June.

BISHOP Thomas V. Daily talks to reporters. (eNS got a problem," Bishop Daily said.

'Bishop Daily described himselt photo) "He's got' to be consistent. I think at the press conference as "more of anybody in politics has got to a conservative than a liberal ... but, Bishop Daily suggested that middle class and the rising number bring some consistency to moral I hate tags. I want to be a Catholic." Courage, an organization of homo- of poor .people in Brooklyn and truth in the laws of the nation.

Bishop Daily also scored Dig- sexuals who support Catholic teach- Queens, the two New York City Thilt'S only a natural and a good nity, an organization of homosex- ing on homosexuality, is a better 'boroughs ·that make up the diothing to do." ual Catholics that has called for a alternative to Dignity because it . cese, Bishop Daily said it was the change in church teaching on homo- promotes chastity.

He added, "I find it to be a conpoor and the minorities offormer sexuality. tradiction to have a private view "Chaste! That's a word we have generations who built the church.

Dignity, he said, "purports to be to bring back into our vocabulary on one thing and to have a contraHe introduced himself by saying Catholic and) make this judgment again," Bishop Daily said. dictoryview in public. I don't buy ") love being a priest and) love that. I think that politicians have that it is a group which is just a He faulted government for its being a bishop." to be consistent, especially on the . caucus that has an objective to see lessened role in social programs.

He added that he likes to think homosexuality in the same vein "The church cannot make up doing of himself as "a pastoral person. ) life issue."

In a reaction to Bishop Daily's and in the ,same nature as hetero- for the poor what the government don't come with tremendous academic credentials." .could and should do," he said. remarks about him, Cuomo was sexuality. That's not so."

In 1987, Bishop Mugavero Bishop Daily.said he summed quoted as saying, "We have a pol"To say that we can make up for itical difference. The difference be- banned official support for Dig- the different ways in which the up his own ministry with the prayer tween me and the bishop is a polit- nity and forbade use of Catholic state and federal governments of St. Francis of Assisi, which beical one, not a theological one." . facilities for Dignity religious ser- should be doing, that's ridiculous." gins, "Lord, make me an instruHis remarks appeared in a Feb. 22 vices.

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