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Hyde scores passivity on fighti~g abortion NEW YORK (CNS) - Catholic bishops must make greater use of their teaching authority in support of the right to life, say:; Rep. Henry J. Hyde, R-III., a Catholic who is a leading congressional opponent of abortion.

In a New York address, he deplored what he called passivity on the part of many church leaders in the face of Catholic politicians who support legal abortion, and said the bishops should make clear that defense of the right to life is not optional for Catholics.

They should also make clear, Hyde said, that opposition to abortion is not a se'ctarian position, but a matter of following natural law and upholding civil rights.

"These things have not 'been made sufficiently clear," he said.

He was the main speaker at a Feb. .24 dinner where the newly-formed Catholic Campaign for America gave him the Catholic American of the Year Award.

He praised New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor, ecclesiastical adviser to the campaign, who was seated on the dais, for reminding 1984 Democratic vice: presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro of the Catholic position on abortion.

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"There is a great latent hunger for leadership in American Catholicism," Hyd~ declared. His award was presented by Richard V. Allen, national security director under President Reagan and a director ofthe'Catholic Campaign for America.

A lifetime Achievement Award went to J. Peter Grace, chairman of the W. R. Grace Com pany and American head of the Knights of Malta. It was presented by former New York Gov. Hugh L. Carey, a Grace Company vice president and a campaign board member.

Another speaker, Mary Ellen Bork, a former nun who is married to Judge Robert Bork, described John Iddon photo the campa'ign's goal as providing a NOT YET convinced a wonderful experience awaits them, teens from St. Joseph's parish, "strong but not striqent" voice of the laity to defend fundamental Fairhaven, carry materials into Cathedral Camp Retreat Center, East Freetown, in preparation Catholic values "ir the public for a confirmation retreat. From left, Joshua Hartzell, Mrs. Maureen Olden (at rear), Jay square."

Bernardo, Matthew Benjamin, Ronald Milosek, Mrs. Judy Kaeterle (back to camera). For Thomas V. WykesJr., campaign more pictures, story, see page 8. executive director, urged dinner guesutoturnawayfromthe"apo- I.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ calyptic despair" of Catholics upset by problems in the church and in American society. 'iThe Catholic moment has arrived," he said, noting that the Campaign was a source of lay Catholic commentary for the media and is working for a Cook, who has AIDS, had filed CHICAGO (CNS) - "Truth Catholic Bishops, hailed the carTurn to Page 13 a $10 million lawsuit last November has prevailed," said Cardinal dinal's "complete vindication."

But Archbishop Keeler called accusing the cardinal of having Joseph'L. Bernardin of Chicago after a federal court in Cincinnati for lawyers, journalists and psy- sexually abused him once in the mid-1970s, when he was in high dismissed all sexual abuse claims chiatrists to review their role "in bringing reckless charges against school and Cardinal Bernardin was against him Feb. 28.

He called it a "travesty," how- innocent people." Those profes- archbishop of Cincinnati.

At a press conference in Cincinever, that some had judged him sions need to "police themselves," nati Feb. 28 Cook said, "If I knew right away without waiting for the he said.

U.S. District Judge S: Arthur at the time I filed the lawsuit what legal system to work.

In a statement released in Spiegal in Cincinnati dismissed all I know today, I never would have Washington, Archbishop William claims against Cardinal Bernardin included Cardinal Bernardin in H. Keeler of Baltimore, president at the request of Steven J. Cook,· it." In court papers and in his Turn to Page 13 of the National Conference of 34, of Philadelphia.

Cardinal completely vindicated of sex abuse charge

Saint Anne's Hospital 1993 report cites surplus, technological gains

DA VID HENDERSON h~s a young w.itness as he signs the Book of Election at the recent Rite of Election for catechumens at S1. Mary's Cathedral. Supervising is Father JonPaul Gallant, chairman of the diocesan Div,ine Worship Commission. Catechumens will be baptized at ceremonies in the context of th,e Easter Vigil. (Studio D photo)

At its annual meeting, held Feb. 24, the directors of Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, characterized 1993 as a year filled with exciting changes and heightened technological improvements. As a result, the hospital has been able to expand its communit.y benefit services while maintaining the quality of its existing programs.

"Perhaps the best news is that we were able to reach out to so many more people, through so many more programs while still posting an operating surplus for the second consecutive year," said James Dawson, president.

"These days, health care reform is a hotly debated topic. While it is still uncertain exactly how these reforms will play out, we feel strongly that Saint Anne's is well-

positioned to meet the health care challenges of the next decade and beyond."

According to Thomas F. Klessens, Saint Anne's vice president of finance, the surplus 0£$613,819 for the past fiscal year is more than twice as much as the prior year and is very encouraging as the hospital continues to chart a steady course for future growth.

Klessens attributes the strong financial performance to several factors, including increased inpatient and outpatient volume. "At a time when the industry is seeing general downward trends in inpatient volume, we believe the increase at Saint Anne's is evidence of our growth in this community," he said.

Saint Anne's 1993 positive ac-

complishments were reported from all areas of the hospital. They include a 3-year reaccreditation and a $50,000 donation from the Friends of Saint Anne's, the Hospitai's volunteer organization.

Total giving to Saint Anne's endowment funds topped $374,000.

The acquisition of new laparascopic equipment, an M R I and cardiac diagnostic imaging tools have strengthened the facility's technological services. In addition, plans call for another linear accelerator, used in the treatment of cancer patients. to be installed later this year.

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Stonehill College The following are among events planned this month at the North Easton'campus: • The quintet" ATouch of Brass", will perform a classical music concert 8 p.m. March 15, Martin.

Institute auditorium. For further information call 230-1120.

J. Anthony Lukas, Pulitzer Prize-winni'ng former New York Times correspondent and author of Common Ground, an account of the Bos'ton busing struggle, will join som~ of the figures in hi~ ?oo~ in a "Common Ground RevIsIted panel discussion 7 p~m. March 16, Martin Institute auditorium. For information call 230-1056.

The TheaterworkS'Co.mpany of Boston will perform a dramatic reading,on the.ancient Greek poetess Sappho, titled "The (In) Com-

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March 16, Alumni Hall. For information call 230-1243.

Ma'ry Boys, professor of religious studies at Boston College; will moderate a panel discussion of anti-Catholicism 4 p.m. March 20 Martin Institute auditorium.

Pa'rt of the six-part series "Changes, Challenges and Choices: Prejudice on Trial," the program will examine the 'topic using excerpts from popular films. For information call 230-1120.

All events are free, open to the public and accessible to persons with disabilities. .

Fr. StuhImueller, biblical scholar

The annual Acies ceremony of the diocesan Legion of Mary will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at St. Mary's Cathedral. Father Barry W. Wall, diocesan director of the Legion, has announced that Bishop ~,ean O'Malley will officiate at the service, during which active and auxiliary Legionaries will renew their consecration to Mary.

Legion activity for active members includes visiting homes of new parishioners and of auxiliary members. They also encourage families to enthrone the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the home. , At present the diocesan Legion has eight praesidia or groups for adults and one junior prae:sidium, the latter at St. Joseph parish, New Bedford. There are ~,ome 50 active Legionaries and oVI~r 2,500 auxiliaries or praying members in the diocese.

Further information on membership is available from Father Wall at tel. 758-3719 or Father Matthew Sullivan, SS.Ce., director of the New Bedford unit, 'at tel.

999-0400.

Non-members are welcome to attend the Acies ceremony, which will be followed by refreshments.

Bus service will be ayailable from New Bedford; for information call 995-2354.

CHICAGO (CNS) - Passion-. ist Father Carroll Stuhlmueller, . 70, an Old Testament professor at THE LEPROSY RAVAGED face of Father Damien is Ca'tholic Theological Union in depicted in this bronze sculpture in the Han of Columns. in Chicago and an internationally Rev. J. Joseph Kierce Washington, DC. He was chosen as one of two outstandmg known biblical scholar, died Feb. Author and Producer of citizens of Hawaii in a conectio~ of statues honoring two 21 after suffering a massive stroke.

The New England Passion Play He was 70. persons from each of the United States. A Sacred Hearts /\ leading figure in a variety of Father he is scheduled to be beatified when Pope John Paul II "THE CHRISTUS" Catholic movements, Father Stuhlvisits his native Belgium in May. (CNS photo) mueller was a past president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. ' He was the author of 23 books' and numerous articles on biblical topics, editor of "Old Testament Message," a 23-volume international commentary,series on the Bible, WASHINGTON (CNS) - The extensive 1985 report on clergy and art associate editor of '''The U.S. Catholic bishops' Ad Hoc sexual abuse of minors and how The 'diocesan Office of AI DS Catholic Study Bible."

Committee on Sexual Abuse has the church should handle it, which Father Stuhlmueller was the only Ministry is sponsoring a day of named a Canadian expert as pro- was written by a priest-psychiatrist, male member on the steering reflection for those who care for TOUR 1 ,ject coordinator and issued a 42- a priest-canonist and'a Louisiana committee of the first Women's persons with AIDS. To b(: facilipage report on what the bishops attorney.

ATLANTIC CANADA 1994 - Scenic Maine & Ordination Conference and a curtated by Rev. Joseph Costa, direchave said ·and done on the issue so New Brunswick, charmifjg Prince Edward Often referred to ,as the Perent member of the Roman Cathotor of St. Vincent's Home, Fall Island, picturesque Nova Scotia and Cape far. terson-Doyle- Mouton report after lic-Southern Baptist Scholars River, and Krysten Winter-Green, Breton, Cabot Trail, Peggy's Cove & Halifax, The report. released in Wash- its authors, the report was given to Dialogul;. director of the Office of A IDS • Bay of Fundy! ington Feb. 24, includes'texts of a small group of bishops a~ their He was a consultant to the Faith Ministry, it will be held from 9:30 previous statements by,the National June 1985 meeting. At that mee!and Order Commission of the a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, Conference,of Catholic Bishops or ing the bishops also heard and dis- at Cathedral Camp Retrea,t CenNational Council of Churches., the its officials on' child sexual abuse cussed presentations on Sexual Lectionary Committee ofthe Interter; East Freetown, and will be (from/to BOSTON) and a history ofNCCB discussions abuse by several other experts. national Commission on English open to caregivers providing either and decisions on the issue.

"With limited exceptions, the, direct or indirect services to AI DS in the Liturgy, and 'the Pontifical Named as commit.tee project (Peterson-Doyle- Mouton) re'port TOUR 2 Commission on Religious Life in patients. coordinator was Father Everett identified the same issues that had ENGLAND, HOLLAND: GERMANY, SWITZER· the United States.

The day will be free of (:harge, of the diocese of AntiMacNeill LAND, LIECHTENSTEIN, AUSTRIA, ITALY, been analyzed by the bishops," the although donations will be ac, A charter member of the CathoMONACO, FRANCE - Visit London, Amster· gonish, Nova Scotia, who was gen- overview says. lic Theological 'Union faculty, cepted. Registration closes April5 dam, Utrecht, Cologne, Rhine' Cruise to Heieral secretary of the Canadian Con"Subsequent press characterizaFather Stuhlmueller founded the, and further information is availadelberg, Lucerne, Innsbruck, Venice, Rome, ference of Catholic Bishops from tions of the report as a proposal to schoors Israel study program, ble by calling 674-5600, ext. 2295.

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Father MacNeill will assist the issue have frequently cited the Bookstore It says that since 1991 the U.S. committee uf)til September alleged rejection or dismissal of bishops' conference has been, 'TOUR 3 Serving all Denominations in the development of its objecthe 1985 report as a key instance of , among other things, discussing SCOTLAND, IRELAND, ENGLAND: WALES & We're more than just booksl tives, which the committee plans NORTHERN IRELAND - Visit Glasgow, Dum· their alleged failure to d~al with changes in canon law to dea.l with Bibles' Gifts· Videos' Music to report to the body of bishops in barton, Loch Lomond &Loch Ness, St. Andrew, the issue with 'sufficient seriousness. priests involved in sexual abuse.

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Limerick, Killarney, Tralee, Ennis, Cliffs of mittee discussed during a recent 1985 report and the policy adopted :: Browsers Welc~me. recelTt meeting included Dr. Fred -Moher, Galway, Knock, Donegal, the awemeeting: by the NCCB was that the report inspiring Giant's Causeway & scenic wonders Berlin, director of a sexua.l disOpen Mon.-Sat. 9:30 to 5 - A survey of current diocesan recommended that the NCCij reof No, Ireland!, orders clinic at Johns Hopkins sexual abuse polici.es to form the tain a national intervention team Hospital in Baltimore; Jesuit basis for constructing model pol- -namely the report's authors or a Father James Gill of the Im:titute tctes. similar group - to help individual of Living, Hartford, Conn.; Father - The 'feasibility of research on ; diQceses respond to' complaints.

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The Fall River Catholic Woman's Club will meet 7:30 p.m. March I 8 at Holy Name School, Fall River, with entertainment by Al Crest, , who will present a ··Stroll Down I Memory Lane" musi.;:al program including Irish songs.

I Mary D. Rodrigues and Celia I H. Corcoran chair the hospitality i committee.

I A cabaret and family entertainer , from Boston, Crest has worked for ,the past 12 summers a.t the Century Irish Pub in Falmouth and , for 18 winters at Kelly's Deja Vu in : Boston.

Reservations will be taken at the meeting for an April 10 communI ion brunch to follow a 10:30 a.m. : Mass for deceased members at Holy Rosary Church, Fall River.

Grace Dunn and Evelyn Almeida are chairmen. .

Catholic Woman's Club scholarship applications have been forwarded to local high' schools. , Applicants must be high school seniors who are sons or daughters of Catholic Woman's Club members of at least three YI~ars.

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Agency head seeks higher ~RS profile BALTI MORE (CNS) - There are no typical days in Ken Hackett's job as director of Catholic Relief Services.

"Every day since I're been here there has been some cataclysmic event,'~ said Hackett, 47, after some six months on the job at the U.S. bishops' Baltimore-based overseas relief and development agency.

Having spent much of his adult life in Africa directing assistance and development programs, Hac-

kett is adjusting to suburban living.

His U.S. routine includes carpooling to work, and keeping a heat pump working through one of Maryland's coldest winters. But once at work, a world full of needs and problems lands on his desk.

"People are pulling my string all day long," he told The Catholic Review, newspaper of the Balti-' more archdiocese. "When I was out in the field, events dictated my day. Here I'm feeding into other people's agendas." He has an agenda of his own to promote: improving awareness about CRS within the Catholic Church.

Founded in 1943 by the U.S. bishops to help World War IIrefugees in Eastern Europe, CRS has grown into one of the largest international relief and development agencies in the world. It has an annual operating budget of around $300 million and 1,850 employees in 80 countries, yet it's still relatively unknown.

"CRS has to fit into the broader church agenda and we have not done that yet," Hackett said.

"People still ask why give to CRS when there are needs in California? I'd like [us] to be the agency of choice for all U.S. Catholics when it comes to foreign assistance. We just haven't adequately presented . our case to the U.S. churchgoing public."

CRS television ads are airing in some parts of the country and Hackett plans to visit various dioceses to talk about his agency.

THE ANCHOR -- Diocese of Fall River . "We see development as a higher form of charity," he said. "In any country that we can we will help empower people. But if people are hit by famine or war or become displaced or refugees, then CRS is ready to respond."

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annual collection to be taken up the March 13 weekend in the Fall River diocese - Hackett has been promoting its "We Will Not Turn Our Backs" theme.

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Controlling the Machines First it was the Pony Express, then came the telegraph.

Distances were destroyed as messages were sent coast to coast.

Then Ma Bell's telephone entered the scene and privacy' was destroyed. Everything was done by phone, from a simple visit· to crank calls. The private line and unlisted number were the ways to go if you wanted to safeguard your privacy.

Now we face the marriage oftnedia. Computer, cable, satellite and microwave transmission techniques will further shrink our world. The digital revolution, the electronic highway and the surge of media merges are upon us. Like so many of our technologies, they have the potential for both good and evil.

On the positive side, we will have at our command not merely 20 or 30 but some 500 TV channels. The advantages are many. Within the next 10 years, we will have access to an unbelievable menu of options through what is termed interactive television. What this means is that television, telephone and computer services will be interlinked. The merger of technology and fantasy is at: hand! . To date, however, we are being poorly served by die violence, sex and general turmoil now served up by far too many television; radio shows and print publications, to the point that it is more and more difficult to find worthwhile programming or reading matter.

It is important to realize that choosing from a varied selection of predetermined television or radio programs is not true freedom. Those who control the media all !oo often control people, a situation facilitated when the right to privacy is lost.

We must remember that tailor-made programming, such as the proliferation of TV channels, will facilitate narrowcasting of material to specific audiences. The flip side of this is that those who control such programming will have to know a great deal about families and individuals. Computers may even record private conversations as well as many other facts about people and information thus gleaned will undoubtedly be for · sale to the;: highest bidder, as much such material already is.

All this does npt mean that scientific advancements should be discouraged. But what is surfacing is the need f~r 'built-i~ technologies that will guarantee privacy. Those with few ethicalor moral scruples will" oppose such safeguards and can be expected to mouth platitudes about freedom of choice to support their position. .

In many ways, however, it must be admitted that the new electronic wizardry is largely out of the hands of the public. It is being imposed on us and will probably be passively accepted.

This poses the real danger that we may eventually become the mere slaves of the computer and its programs.

Sad to say, the vast majority of Americans have already in effect given up their privacy and their personal right:; in the · name of scientific advancement. But it is essential that we have voices that. will cry out for individual rights. It is true that · travel on the electronic frontier will have certain. risks: We should not dodge these difficulties. It will be impossible to ignore the coming tehnological changes; but it should be possible to use them rightly.

Few of us can imagine what is to come as we enter the new age of communication wizardry. But let us make no mistakeif we do not control our lives, they will be taken over by machines and we wiil be at risk of losing not o"nly our privacy but our very selves. .

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"The afflicted and 'the needy seek water in vain; their tongue~are parch~.d with ·thirst.: I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will' not . forsake them. I will open up rivers on the bare heights and fountains in the broad valleys." Is. 41:17-18

---------------------------Why the church reaches o~t to criminals The following editorial appeared in the Catholic Times, newspaper of the diocese of Springfield, III. Why does it seem that the Catholic Church is always on the side of the criminal and not the victim?

'That question sums up an attitude we've been hearing. lately.

People are referring to the u.s. bishops' stance against the death penalty and to priests· and sisters caring for death row inmates. \t's a nationwide issue in the .Catholic Church. Kansas is the latest front. Two bills introduced into the Kansas Legislature would resurrect that state's death penalty for the first time since 1972. The six bishops of the Kansas Catholic Conference have strongly opposed them.

"We believe firm·ly." their statement says "that the death penalty takes us down the wrong road of life. It fuels vengeance. diverts from forgiveness and greatly diminishes respect for all human life."

As evidenced by President Clinton's recent State of the Union address, and from indications of public polls, there is a new momentum in the country to get tough on crime and criminals. We. too, believe that those who have committed crimes - violent crimes and white-collar crimes alike should be severely punished. It's the government's responsibility to crack,. down on crime. But the

church has a responsibility for justice - social justice.

This paper has editorialized in the past against the death penalty: We believe it must be examined, not as a separate issue. but within the framework of the church's entire social justice program. I n that context. the bishops' opposition makes perfect sense.

We have to start, as the bishops do. with the premise that we are all God's children. That doesn't mean only those of us who obey the law.

That doesn't mean only those of us who don't commit murder.

It is sometimes hard to understand why the church seems to reach out most to those most shunned by society - murderers, rapists, people who have committed the most heinous crimes imaginable. It should be hard to understand because it is not a human con·cept. It is divine. .

Jesus was criticized. for befriending the unclean, the prostitutes and the tax collectors. But he seemed to seek them out. The church must follow his example.

When the Catholic Church reaches out in compassion to the poor. .to those with family problems, to drug abusers or to our troubled young people, we Catholics feel good about what the church is doing. But let the church ask for justice for someone who has killed and it's a different story.

Yes, you say, but those other people are victims. A murderer

has chosen to commit a grave sin and should. in turn, be killed. The church is just being used. Rdigion is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

To which we say, even a murderer has an eternal sop I and it's God who will decide his or her fate. Until that day •. the (:hurch says such individuals are still our brothers and sisters and we: must care for them as Jesus commanded us. We must not just tolerat': them or lock them up and"forget about them: We must love them while they're in prison, as much as we love'our own family. Who a.mong us can meet that challenge:' Very few. But those who can shouldn't be vilified for it.

The Catholic Church must not have compassion for, some:. and not for all. It has a long and proud record of accomplishments in the area of social justice. It also takes the side of the downtrodden. the sinners and the victims of cl"imes. though that doesn't generate the publicity it gets when it speaks for the criminal.

Thank God that none among us is so far gone that he or she ca.n't be saved.

The church. whether it's reaching out to victims of natural disaster, victims of crime or its perpetrators, is setting an example. As hard as it may be to understand, the church must be there for the. murderer, the thief and the prost i~ute. They are the ones who need it the most.

Jesus comes first, then all others

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Exodus 20:I-J7 I Cor. J :22-25 John 2:13·25 One of the biggest obstacles faced by the historica.l Jesus was , dealing with people who thought they could achieve salvation by following laws instead of by deepening relationships. Even today, some who claim to be his followers still think the Lord's main goal was to replace an old set of moral regulations with a new set.

Nothing could be further from reality.

As a reformer, Jesus constantly returned to the beginnings of J udaism, showing that many of the ways in which faith was expressed in his day and age were quite different from how Yahweh and the first Israelites had originally intended it to be expressed. This is especially true when it comes to understanding the Ten' Commandments.

I know of a church in which the Ten Commandments are majestically inscribed on two marble tablets just inside th(: main door.

They're there by themselves, hanging on the wall. Though we should never complain about being reminded of our religious obligations, we do not properly understand the Commandments if we think of them "hanging" by themsel~es. We only appreciate their meaning when we place them against the background of Yahweh's historical relationship with the Chosen People.

Finding the Ten Commandments isn't just a matter of turning pages till we reach chapter 20 of Exodus, reading them off, and congratulating ourselves on our success. These regulations aren't just 15 verses of Scripture. They're part of a living relationship between God and a particular group of people. And we can only truly find them by first discovering that relationship.

The Sacred Author doesn't begin enumerating the Commandments without reminding the Israelites of their ties to the Lord: "I, Yahweh, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery."

Scholars refer to this brief statement as the "historic;al prologue."

Ancient covenants always have one. Those who put such documents together knew that relation-

Daily Readings Mar. 7: 2 Kgs 5:1-15; Ps 42:2-3;43:3-4; U; 4:24-30 Mar. 8: On 3:25,34-43; Ps 25:4-9; Mt 18:21-35 Mar.· 9: Ot 4:1,5-9; Ps 147:12-13,15-16,19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Mar. 10: Jar 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2,6-9; lk H:14-23 Mar. 11: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6-11,14,17; Mk 12:28-34 Mar. 12: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-2,18:21; Lk 18:9-14 Mar. 13: 2 Chr 36:14-17, 19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:410; Jn 3:14-21 or 1 Sm 16:1,6-7,10-13; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; In 9:1-41 or 9: 1,6-9,13-17 ,3i~-38

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN ships dqn't begin with laws. In this case, the writer presupposes that this part of Exodus, only makes sense after we've read the 19 chapters which precede it. Yahweh had formed the Israelites, rescued them from annihilation, and now was caring for them on their 40-year trek through the wilderness. We would logically expect such an ongoing relationship to eventually give rise to "mutual <>bligations."

When we read the Gospels carefully, we see that Jesus constantly zeroed in on that overlOoked relationship. Even today's passage about the cleansing of the temple seems to revolve around this concept. The temple isn't just a place in which "religious business" is conducted. Before anything else, it's the "Father's house." If we forget what God is, for and with us, we'll also forget what religion should be. Jesus' cleansing of the temple was a sign of his constant attempts to cleanse <;lUI' minds.

The interesting thing is that those who first followed Jesus not only began to look at their relationship with God differently, they eventually began to understand their relationship with Jesus from a different perspective. In the case of John's gospel, Jesus actually becomes the temple-the special presence of God-who will come back to life even after he's destroyed.

Writing almost 40 years before John, Paul also sees how important it is to have a relationship with Jesus. But it must be a proper relationship. The Corinthian church has split itself into factions because it only relates to a small part of the Lord. The community enjoys the "signs" and "wisdom," but ignores "Christcrucified."

The Apostle knows that we can't be one until we die to the things which keep us apart. No rules or regulations can ever force people to unite. (The former Yugoslavia is a disastrous example of the failureof such reasoning.) Only by first forming a deep, lasting relationship with Jesus, who died and came back to' life, 'will we Christians ever be able to form a deep, lasting, living relationship with others.

praye~BOX In Time Of Suffering Until my healing comes, Lord, give me Your grace so that I may accept my suffering. Give me Your strength so that I will not despair.

Give me Your love so that my suffering may bring me closer to You, the origin and source of all love. Amen.

John Paul II condemned the "savage massacre" of Muslim worshipers in the West Bank town of Hebron and the bombing of a Catholic Church in Lebanon.

"In this dark scenario of violence. one hears the 'voice of God, who says: 'Peace to those far and ncar.' For this peace, today more than ever, we must pray." the pope said last Sunday during his midday Angelus address. .

Latin-rite Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem called the attack a "crime against humanity" and called on Israel to disarm Jewish settlers in· the occupied territories.

Israeli officials put the death toll from the Feb. 25 shooting of worshipers in the Hebron mosque at 39. A U.S.-born Jewish settler. Dr. Baruch Goldstein, opened fire with an automatic rifle in the mosque . crowded with worshipers for special Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramadan.

"The savage massacre Friday in the Hebron mosque deeply troubled all believers," the pope said. "The crime was made even more serious by the fact that those struck down . were men in prayer."

The mosque is located at the biblical Cave of the Patriarchs. which tradition says is the burial place of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob.

It is a site holy to Jews. Christians and Muslims.

Two days after the Hebron attack, a mortar bomb exploded in a Maronite Catholic Church in Lebanon as people were lining up to receive communion. It was not immediately known who was responsible for planting the bomb.

Catholic reaction to the Hebron massacre focused not only on concern for the victims and outrage that it happened in a place of prayer, but also on its threat to the Middle East peace process.

"Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization need to reach a concrete agreement on the autonomy of the Gaza Strip and Jericho to show their respective intolerant fringes that only dialogue will bring peace," the Vatican newspaper said Feb. 27.

"This was an act of gratuitous violence aggravated by the fact that it happened in a holy place against people who were praying and at a very important and delicate time in the search for justice and peace," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Vallo said.

Israel reacted to the mosque massacre by declaring a crackdown on Jewish extremists. It authorized the use of ad ministrative detention to hold leaders of the Kach movement without trial or charges.

Goldstein. who died inside the mosque. was a member of the Kach movement, founded by the late American rabbi Meir Kahane.

Members of the movement, like other militant Jewish settlers, want to claim all of the territory 90rresponding to the ancient land of Israel.

Patriarch Sabbah told Catholic News Service that he believes the Israeli government recognizes that the settlers are a true obstacle to peace and that it is trying to deal .with 'the problem. But the mosque attack calls for stronger measures.

"I think they must take real and serious steps toward disarming" settlers who have a "dogmatic mentality which is incompatible with any peace." the patriarch said.

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We need to find all the Oskar Schindlers of the world and to tell their stories.

Steven Spielberg's movie "Schindler's List" is one of the' most remarkable filins ever made because it shows us the transformation of a soul.

By now I would guess that most everybody knows the .story: Schin-

dler .was a Nazi, a Catholic, an unsuccessful German entrepreneur who went to Poland as an opportunist, sure that he could make some easy money because of the war. He had an impressive appearance, was confident, pleasure-loving, a ladies' man and didn't apear to have much of a conscience.

His plan. was. to exploit the Jews, using them as forced labor in a kitchen factory he set up,also by exploitation, getting money for his~ enterprise from the restricted Jews.

But then Schindler observed the . chaos, the "cleaning out" of the Jewish ghetto in Krakow, the herding of people into camps, the everescalating murders. He was affect~·

ed. He was changed. He responded with courage - and cunning. His motivation was compassion and respect for the Jews he came to see as his people. .

The power of the movie hits you when .Schindler realizes that the treasurehealwayssought-money - was in his hands. But this was not a treasure in itself. He turned it into a treasure by using it to buy the freedom of Jews who were facingannihilation. . In the end, this man single. handedly saved 1,000 Jews from death. Those still living and their descendants now number more than 6,000.

The most memorable line comes at the film's end, when the war is over and Schindler's Jewish busi-

ness manager says, in a tribute to the man who had saved them, "If a man sa'ves one person, he saves the whole world."

How? Because so long as one good person still lives, that person becomes the sign of hope that goodness can overcome evil.

You can't help wondering as you leave this movie what makes the difference between a Schindler and an Amon Goeth, the sadistic SS officer who carried out the purge of the Polish Jews.

I could come up with only one answer: grace, that invitation to each of us' to connect with God. Now it is coming to light that there were other Schindlers, specifically in Denmark, Holland and Italy.

Most of us know that Cardinal Angelo Roncalli - who was to become the beloved Pope John XXIII- saved thousanQ! of Jews by churning out baptismal certificates for them.

Recently a small but vocal group has been saying that the Hl)locaust never happened. This film should show them up for their dishonesty.

Denial of the Nazi evil is not new. It went on even as thl: atrocities were happening.

But let's be aware that God's grace' exists in abundance, and because some respond to it with a resounding yes even in the most trying times of violence, hope overcomes despair.

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idyllic then was probably not that great. This thought boosted me until I found myself mentally reviewing current "indicators" of the church's health.

The number of seminarians continues to drop little by little: HEMRICK Forty percent of U.S. dioceses now have one or more parishes I brooded a little when I heard administered by someone other "the Chicago archdiocese is con-. than a priest.

Court cases against priests considering putting laypeople in cha·rge of some parishes because of a tinue to grow in number.

Dioceses that once enjoyed outpriest shortage." But my mood changed as I thought about, it standing financial support are now studying ways to avoid bankruptcy. more.

Many financially troubled dioceses First, however, I remembered serving Mass at Resurrection par- are cutting programs, which in ish in Chicago, which had 10 turn is lowering 'morale among priests. Masses overflowed, devo- church ministers and others. tions abounded and there was a A fairly good number of sisters , wonderful sense of pariSh unity. and priests no longer work together I tried to sooth my nostalgia by . ·.as well'as they once did. Fighting telling myself that wh~t s<:emed between liberals and conservatives

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sometimes becomescounterproductive. . Numerous Catholic universities are upset about the possibility that requiring theology professors to have a manda~e from the bishop to teach will violate academic freedom.

Anyone who really cares about the church must be saddened by the decline of priestly and religious vocations, the disunity and the fi nancial pressures.

But take a second look at how many people really do care about the church'S mission and the forms of service this is taking. . . Studies of parishes are revealing that parish life noi only goes on despite the current difficulties, in many ways it is thriving.

Forexample, some parishes have built homes fo~ the,aged o.r. have created. inn,ov~t.ive. laY-:,lT)inis,try •

programs that serve the sick, the divorced, separated, singles and those who have left the church.

Numerous Catholic schools are models of how to educate youth who might otherwise end up in gangs or on drugs.

Parishes are designing programs to better welcome and serve. the div'erse cultural groups whose presence in society is expanding.

A nd dull liturgical celebrations . that once reflected only one culture are now coming to life as communities adapt and adjust to the needs of multiculturalism.

Parishes are much more efficient from a financial point of view thanks to growing lay participation.

Priests are devising new ways to give 'each other support in their new roles, and they're helping each other cope with and.res.pond to the changing ,.priesthood. statistics.

More priests are advancing their education.

The church has restructured its screening procedures to better ensure the suitability of those who serve it as' ministers.

A closer look into church life reveals that we're in an age of unique innovation, responding to current needs with services that once did not exist.

When we step back and study this we also see that society ,:\t large is undergoing great changes. In many ways the church,like ~;ociety, is being shaken up. ,But by no means has the church been reduced-to self-pity and defeat.

Rather, the pressures it experiences are serving as a catalyst for the church, moving communities to disco.ver h.~W to meet. the ne~~s .of our tImes.

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Preparing for an interfaithlJlarriage FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN . Q. Our son is planning to marry a Lutheran girl next fall. They hope to have the ceremony fin her church where her father is a prominent member. Would they need to taik to a priest beforehand? Should they talk with someone in her church? (California) A. Normally, by Catholic Church law, a Catholic must be married in the presence of a bishop, priest or

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Although the teens do meet regularly and use a text, he is more interested in their relationships with each other. What do you think?

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deacon for that marriage to be groom and at the invitatio"n of the valid in the Catholic Church. pastor of that congregation: For serious reasons (the one you The Catholic Church is, of mention is not uncommon), the course, as concerned about the bishop ~as aU~hority to dispense lo~gte~m. health a.nd stability of from thIS reqUlrem~nt ~o th~t. the thIS kllld of marrIage as of any co~~le may be marrIed III a CIVIl or other. relIgIOUS ce.r~m·ony performed by Therefore, whatever progr~ms, anot~e~ offICIal. . ~ngaged. Encounters, p~emai'nage . ThIS IS referred to asa dls.pensa- IIIvent~nes or pre~marnageclasses tlon from the form of marrIage. A otherWIse are reqUIred before Cathmarriage performed in a Protest- olic marriages must normally be ant.church,.ror~xampl~,with such complete? befor~ a bishop will a dIspensatIOn IS as valId a Catho- grant a dIspensatIOn for marriage lic marriage as one performed in the church of another denominbefore a priest in a Catholic . ation. , ~hurch.

For advice and help in fulfilling It is not necessary for a priest to these requirements,'the couple will be' present at such a wedding, need to talk with a priest in the though he may attend and partici- Catholic's parish. pate at the request of the bride and Pursuing these programs usu-

ally takes at least a few months, so religious heritage they shar~, parit is vital for the couple to. discuss ticularly if both are Christi~:ns. their plans with the priest before a So be sure they take two actions weddin'g date is set. as quickly as possible. Talk to the You ask whether the couple Catholic's parish priest to begin should talk with someone in her the needed preparatory·programs. church. Yes they should. And not And talk with the pastor or minonly about tfte details of the. wed- ister of both parties to understand ding ceremony. better what each is committed to A"f . . ._ in his or her denomination and in . dl fere~ce of relIgIOUS t~adl personal religious faith. tlOns: espeCIally when that dlfferA free brochure outlining; maren~e IS deeply roo.ted, needs to ~~ riage regulations in the Catholic un erstood, reflected on and ?IS Church an~ explaining the Inom~u;sed as t~oroughly as pOSSIble ises in an interfaith marriuge is e ore marrIage. available by sending a stamped Discussion with the appropriate 'self-addressed envelope to Father pastor or minister is clearly help- John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Ctlurch, ful.

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Community is good religion topic for teens' Relationships, group formation and just plain getting along with one another are major personality-shaping tasks of the teen years.

High school friends are forever.

As teens break away from their family.of origin, they bond strongly to one another. Many friendships formed in high school will last a lifetime. .

These friendships are more pressing in a teen's mind than relationships with family' or school.

Peers are their most important interest.

Teen virtues are most readily observed in their interactions with one another. They may forget a family birthday and spend a great deal of money on a friend. They may scream when a' brother or sis-

ter wants to. borrow a personal item'and then loan it to a classmate.

Teens are very loyal to one another. They will not tattle or "narc" on a friend. They stand up for each other, providing that the· "other" is in their group. This natural loyalty is something that the youth leader can compliment and build on.'.

The dark side of loyalty to an "in" group is h~stility to the "outs."

Teens are good at grouping and can' be very cruel to outsiders.

They may make fun of the kids in special eQucation, nonathletes, obese kids, non-whites or anyone who is not like them. They spread lies without a second thought (or even truth, which can hurt worse).

Backbiting and .gossip are a common failing.

Generosity is another outstanding teen virtue. Teens loan treasured jewelry, favorite personal items, their car, almost anything.

Their generosity and willingness' to share what they have puts most adults to shame.

Tne negative or dark side of their generosity is the teens' general carelessness about things, losing personal items, not' keeping them in good repair. Also, teens are prone to borrow things and not return them or even to live by "mooching" off one another~ Teens can be bullies, using their strength or other talents to lord it over someone with less ability.

Dominance is a 'problem through-

out life. "Is it fair to pick on someone less able than yourself!" is a good moral question to raise with some teens.

Opposite-sex friendships a.re not always sexualized. A young man will distinguish between a girl who is a friend and a girlfriend.

Psychologist Erik Erikso fl tells us that the primary task of the teen years isto establish an identity, to learn and kno~ who and what you are, an identity that is independent of family. . Teens learn most about ':hemselves in interacting with their age mates, it] working out their peer relationships and friend ships.

Your youth leader is wise to focus on community. formation.

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A bout billboards Dear Editor: You might think that if the Blessed Virgin Mary were to appear anywhere, it would be in Rhode Island.

Mary seems to appear in humble, small out-of-the··way places.

(If the entire population of Rhode Island billocated to Phoenix, Arizona, they wouldn't equal the number of souls there).

And she always preaches conversion, and we could stand to spread a little around here. The last two Supreme Court Chief Justices have gone down in unethical flames; one by impeachment and the second by resignation. Banking scandals, extortion by a city mayor (a Catholic), and govern-. ment insider deals have been our daily fare.

The entire congressional delegation is pro-abortion -- ardently so. The former director of Planned Parenthood in the state has a popular talk-radio show.

This is in a state where an astoundin~ 64.3 percent of the population claim some affiliation with the Catholic Church. So it came as not a surprise, but a shock, when Mary did appear.

It was absolutely stunning to come around the last corner of the freeway entering the capital city, and see the Blessed Mother spread against the sky ona billboard. The representation had been placed there by the state Right to Life organization, accompanied by the message that we as a people had some 29 million abortions to account for.

But the days fly by as quickly as the lane-changers in their brandnew cars, and soon that billboard was replaced by another.

In place of the woman of many names was now an insect that is the mascot of a local rock radio station. There he was in all his glory: sunglasses, high-top sneakers, the suggestion of a leather jacket-leaning with a leer against the call letters of the station.

The station features "killer oldies." The irony is unintentional, I'm sure. But how apt--when one recalls the number of stars and fans who have gone down in death from an overdose of the drugseven of the life-styles.--which were so popularized by rock music.

That sign was in turn replaced by the insignia of a national franchise, with this message: "When was your last time? Do it now." I'll be dipped in oil and feathered if that oily question didn't remind me of 'the exact working of the

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braggadocio of young males discovering the sexual revol ution, and if that imperative isn't simply a recognizable take on the morality of the times.

It was yet another example of how our commercial hucksters have managed to contaminate sexual relations by using sex·to sell anything from cereal to cigarettes, and everything 'in between.

And so the billboards flipped by as if they were frames in time-lapse photography. The progression went eNS photo from (a reminder of) a society in MARGARET STEINFELS which the values associated with religion held sway; through the shattering of the social order by cultural changes; to the present state of the exaltation of vulgarity and the devaluing of, and attack upon, religion itself.

It may be only an accident of MIAMI (CNS)· "This counhistory that such tastelessness has try needs a religious revival. Maybe to accompany our prevailing neo- Catholics should help start it," paganism and hedonism.

Catholic editor and writer MarGregory M. Butler . garet O'Brien Steinfels told a Warwick, RI gathering of 250 Catholic campus ministers in Miami.

"We are in a moral mess," she said in a keynote address at the recent Eastern Conference of the Catholrc Campus Ministry AssociaDear Editor: tion.

The Diocesan Office of Youth America's passion of personal Ministry does a terrific job and I choi~e and individual rights is want to make this known. Chris Tanguay is a very gifted young eroding society. said Mrs. Steinfels. editor since 1987 of Comman and he knows how to speak to monweal. a leading lay Catholic youth. I'm so appreciative that magazine. these retreats are available for our youth.

Mrs. Steinfels argued that the Sister Dolores Pavao, ss.cc.

American Christian tradition has St. Joseph parish be'en largely shaped by an underFairhaven . standing of conscience as a matter Sister Pavao made arrangements hetween the individual and God. for a recent retreat at Cathedral When coupled with a celebraCamp Retreat Center, East Free- tion of free choice and autonomy, town, conducted i)y Chris Tan- she said. that has contributed to a guay. Story and ph;tures on page culture in which "we 00 longer 8. Editor assume shared values, shared beliefs. even a shared etiquette; our deepest beliefs. so-called. are said to be personal and private matters."

She contrasted that perspective with the C'atholic emphasis on Dear Editor: persons as both individuals and I have two reasons for writing social beings: shaped by the comthis letter. First, I want to community in which they grow up and pliment you on the good work you live. and responsible for shaping are doing with the Anchor, I've that communit~, by their own been spending a lot of time lately actions and attitudes. reading it. I'm not sure if it's because I've changed or because "We know." she said. "that the Anchor has changed. In either individuals are shaped b~' neighcase, I find the articles interesting borhoods and schools. b~' friends and challenging. . and teachers. by the man or woman I find a call to action in many of one, marries .... We also know that the articles. And I've answered social conditions arc created by that call. I'm spending more than the personal undl';rstanding and just a few minutes writing letters in choices of individuals. that some support of my Catholic values. neighborhoods arc a good place to This new-found energy brings live. to rai~e·kids. hecause individme to my second point. Manyartiuals. famil·les and neighbors choose cles calling for support from the to' live in a way that creates stabilcommunity seem to be missing the ity and safety and that fosters a all-important address. For examspirit of friendship and helpfulple, the reprint of the article on ness."

February 4th, requesting we write She called for a Catholic agenda . to three major advertisers protestof social change and renewed pering their support of violence on sonal responsibility. including a TV, did not includ.e the addresses reshaping of political and public of the three advertisers. I had to go policy alliances and "some honest to the university library to get tal'k about sex" and the need to them. I don't have a problem with restore strong family and home that; however, many readers life. wouldn't know where to begin.

Because Catholics '~are followThey become discouraged before ers of .Jesus." with a tradition that they even start. finds the underpinnings of social Many of us are just starting to action in faith and worship. she take action. We need all the help said. the~' should recognii'e the we can get. need for a "religious revival" in the David L. plson United States and get it started.

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By Sister Dolores Pavao On a cold brisk February Saturday, 44 high school sophomores and juniors from St. Joseph's parish, Fairhaven, bundled up and reluctantly boarded a school bus . . Facial expressions clearly betrayed some anxiety and skep~icism.

"What are we going to do all day?" "This is going to be so boring!" "What's a retreat?"

This self-proclaimed "adventuresome" group was' distinctly unenthusiastic on this day of its confirmation retreat. The teens had visions of spending the day in the shadowed basement of some distant grey brick church. on a macadamized plot.

But as we approached our destination, heads turned, eyes widened to behold the serene beauty and frozen lake waters of Cathedral Camp in East Freetown. Even in winter the spacious grounds spoke magic and charm.

The retreat program, directed by associate director of Catholic Youth Ministry Chris Tanguay, unfolded with a host of surprises which soon won over the onceskeptics. Among the day's topics were: "Where Do You Stand" (values); Spirit Walk (a meditation); "Bu'm Up" (reconciliation); and "Rain Drops" (group dramatization). Also included were lunch, . a "Fun Break" for games and socializing, Refreshment Break (appetites were enormous) and a youth liturgy and send-off to complete the day.

Gathering in Christ's name on this day became an unforgettable experience for the youth of getting in touch with God, self and others.

The confirmation retreat voiced affirmation, encouragement and support, demonstrating to the youth that they are an important part of their parish, the diocese and the universal church.

As the weeks go by, students continue to share thoughts and memories of the retreat. "I liked it." "We should'have a retreat like this every month." "I'm glad I went." "Will Chris Tanguay come to our confirmation?"

Some parents have expressed gratitude for what the retreat has done for their teenager; "He really liked it." "The retreat provided her a wonderful opportunity to get in touch with her feelings and somehow make some sense of them."

"She acquired some self-esteem which at this time in her life she needed badly." "He surprised me . when he expressed the wish that I had been there." "The feelings of peace and relaxation she experienced were so rewarding."

Truly, this retreat, day was a "God Moment!" .

A CONFIRMAnON RETREAT day for youths of St. Joseph's parish, Fairhaven, begins (top left) with arrival at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, where the confirmation candidates and adult leaders hear presentations by associate director of diocesan youth services Chris Tanguay (top right) and enjoy laugli~er and' recreation time (second row) as 'well as reflective moments (third row). At bottom right, the retreat closes with Mass' celeprated by St. Joseph's parochial vicar Father Brian Marggraf, sS.cc. (left) and pastor Father'Patrick Killilea, sS.cc.

Youth in second row photo!! are, at left, Jessica Aguiar, and playing basketball, from left, Daniel Osuch, Matthew Ferreira, Daniel Cabral, Lisa Coelho, Jillian Cunha, David Tadeu and Charles Schestak. in third row, Chris Tanguay Sister Dolores Pavao, ss.cc., is jestingly weighs down ,Jillian Suprenant with prayer an'd sacri- coordinator ofreligious education fice as Joye Skellinger listens. (lddon photos) at St. Joseph's.

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Teach,er certification bill no threat to church schools, home-based programs WASHINGTON (CNS) - Teacher certification language that . home-school advocates considered i intrusive was struck from an education bill by the House of Representatives.

The 424-1 vote Feb. 24 came on I the heels of a massive: telephone campaign backed by the homeschoolers that swamped Congress.

Some Catholic school teachers had also expressed concern over the I language.

New language in an amendment offered by Rep. William Ford, DI Mich., says that nothilllg in the education bill would affect home I schooling.

The bill itself is known as H. R.6, which includes the reauthorization I of the Elementary andl Secondary I Education Act of 1965. That act provides federal funds for various educational needs of students.

In an interview Ma,rch I about the new wording, Mercy Sister Lourdes Sheehan, education secretary for the U,S. bishops, said, "Was it necessary? Probably not.

Did it do' any harm? No. It may protect us in the future."

requirements would pertain only to public schools.

The U.S. Education Department, using the latest figures available, estimates that 248,500 to 353,500 children were educated at home during the 1990-91 school year, up from an estimated 60,000-125,000 in 1983-84.

Mike Farris, pr'esident of the Home School Legal Defense Association, has pegged the number of home-schooled children at 600,000 to I million.

Another amendment to H.R.6 that passed 374-53 says "nothing in this act shall be construed to permit, allow, encourage, or authorize any federal control over any aspect of any private, religious or home school."

The bill's language, it added, "shall not be construed to bar private, religious or home schools from participation in programs or services under this act." The amendment was offered by Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas.

Robert Kealey, executive director for the department of elementary schools with the National The original amendment, offered Catholic Educational Association,

by U.S. Rep. George Miller, D- said many Catholic sC;hool teachers Calif., would have required that across the country have the same local school districts prove by July credentials as public school teachers I, 1998, that fulltimc: teachers in. because it is required by many schools under their jurisdiction diocesan schools.

"But it would be a constituare certified to teach the subjects tional concern if this were to be they are assigned.

Despite Miller's assertions to required by Congress, because it is the contrary, home-schooling ad- outside of their jurisdiction," he vocates saw the am(:ndment as a told CNS. threat to impose government conMary Kay Clark, ~he director of trol over home schools.

Seton Home Study School, the Before the vote on new language, country's largest network for Catholic home schoolers, based in Front Sister Sheehan told Catholic News Royal, Va., told CNS that the Service that she had assured numwording of Miller's amendment erous callers to her office that was "pretty scary."

Catholic schools would not be affected by Miller's proposal "Regardless of his intent (for because "that was not its intention." only public schools), it could be Miller was the only lawmakerto' interpreted'in the future to include private, religious and home vote against the amendment. An aide said he would have accepted' schools," she said.

In the aftermath of the homelanguage saying th(: certification

Two CYO basketball tourneys complete .Attleboro won the junior boys' division and Fall River won the prep boys' division in CVO basketball all star tournament games Feb. 27.

In the junior boys' tournament, held at the Fall Riv(:r CVO, Taunton defeated Fall River 56~54 in game I. Leading scorers were Taunton's Tim Pauli ne (17 points) and Jason Krawcyk (13) and Fall River's Jameson Guimond (16).

Attleboro took the title in game 2, defeating Taunton 68-29. Leading scorers were Attleboro's Andy Sherman (18) and Leland Anderson (17) and Taunton's Josh Dupras (9).

Anderson was named the tournament most valuable player, and named to the all tournament team were Sherman, Krawcyk, Pauline, Guimond and FaJI River's Len Sousa.

Fall River defeated Taunton 7453 in the prep boys' game at the Taunton evo. Leading scorers were.Taunton's Joey Lumbar (13) and from Fall River Jay Chabot (21), Dave Caban (10) and Mike Perreira (10). Perreira was MVP and named to the all tournament team were Chabot, Lumbar, Jeremy Jackson of Taunton and Nelson Caetano of Fall River.

Pax Christi sets nonviolence talk Pax Christi of Southeastern Massachusetts will sponsor the presentation "The Spirituality of Peace" by Sister Patricia McCarthy, CND, 6:30 p.m. March 13, St. Vincent's Home cafeteria, 2425 Highland Ave., FR. .

A specialist in the theology of Christian nonviolence, Sister McCarthy has written articles and given courses and lectures in the topic to students, adult education groups, parish organizations and religious communities in Canada,

Ireland and Japan as well as the United States.

All are welcome to attend.

Precious Time "Let me use the precious gift of time to learn and live and love mO,re.. Help me look for something beautiful and special in each day... Let me live life to the fullest and be wise enough to treasure every blessing, every gift of happiness that comes my way..."-B.J. Hoff

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schooling tussle, Sister Sheehan said, "I don't have any concerns about the House bill as it is currently written."

She added her concerns are with the Senate version of the bill, because it lacks stronger provisions allowing the U.S. secretary of education to bypass local and state governments to contract for third-party delivery of federal services for eligible students attending nonpublic schools.

Sister Sheehan said that Missouri and Virginia in particular engage nonpublic schools in a lengthy process to get some federal Title I services delivered to their students.

In any event, the federal services must still be delivered off of Catholic school grounds, she added.

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THIS SMALL wooden chapel is part of a pastoral center under construction in Novosibirsk, Russia. Some of the building funds came from U.S. Catholics' contributions to the Ash Wednesday collection in aid of the Church in Eastern Europe.

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Teaching your kids to stay drug - and Seat Belt Safety & Child Restraints alcohol-free is one of the best things you can March 9,7:00 p.m., Nannery Conference Room, Clemence Hall. Presented by do for them. We'll tal\s. about how you can l\'lassachusetts State do it at "Keeping our Trooper Daniel N. Pina, Kids OKl," the second of two presentations ' vIlUIUU ~.

• and sponsored by the we're ofTe,;ng this S A I N TAN N E S H 0 S PIT A L Friend's of Saint Anne's month in our Pediatric Rehabilitation ' Hospital. Free and open to the public.

Lecture Series. If this program or any of Contact the Education Dept. at 674-5600, the others listed below interests you, sign up. ext, 2480.

Because the best way to stay healthy is to "Insight" - A GZI/eer Support Cmup stay informed.

March 9 & 23, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Rm. 128, Clemence Hall. "j,Z.'~qDt': is a support group Pediall"ll' Rehaf,illiatlllll Lecture Serle,' lor people diagnosed with cancer. Free and "Special E.ducation Advocacy: Conflkt open to the public. Contact Brenda Sussman, Resolution & Communication Strategies" R.N. at 674-5600, ext. 2334.

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"Reflections: Women for Women" - A Brell.,t GlIleer Support Croup March 1 & 15,4:30 - 6:00 p.m., Rm. 128, Clemence HalL Open to anyone diagnosed with breast cancer," Reflections" offers the opportunity to share feelings and deal with the ongoing process of healing. Contact 674-5600, ext. 2270.

Prostate Support Group March 7, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Nannel}' Conference Room, Clemence HalL This forum. provides education and peer support for men with prostate cancer. Free and open to the public. Contact Paul Taraborelli, M.S.W. at 674-5600, ext. 2270, or Rosemarie Baylies at 675-5688.

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Sunday Seniors Luncheon March 13, noon, Education Classroom. BufFet lunch to be followed by a presentation entitled "C'old wtatDer ElIlergelleieJ' given

by Emergency Dept. Nurse Manager Barbara Lewis, R.N., C.E.N., M.Ed. There is a $4 .. charge for this program which includes lunch and the presentation. Pre-registration is required.

Contact the Food & Nutrition Dept. at 674-5600, ext. 2635.

Community CPR March 23, 4:00-10:00 p.m. An American Heart Associationapproved course in CPR. Class size is limited to 20 participants.

Contact the Education Dept. at 674-5600. ext. 2480.

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The first day of spring is just that because we are all leading betaround the corner, but we are ter lives? I hope so, but I am not CASSERLY struck in the middle of Lent. We, , willing to bet on it. I believe there old-timers don't suffer the way we is less awareness of sin, and that' blood of Jesus Christ. Do you still used to during pentitential seasons has led to dusty confessionals. say them? long ago, but we still can't wait for Whatever happened to the many Easter. ' There are several occasions durpious practices that were commoning Mass for offering thanks for Maybe it's just habit, but I think place in' the first half of the the many gifts we have received, to rather 'it's because we remember century-and probably long before petition God for our deepest needs the small acts of self-denial that that? and to pray for the faithful deused to mark our L'enten obserRemember these? Tipping your parted. It's that last practice that vance and the joy the arrival of hat or bowing your head when has me worried.

Easter brought. Some of us can pas~ing a church.. "Making a visit."

As I come closer to the end of even recall when Lent ended at Genuflecting. Making the sign of my days, I discover an increasing noon on Holy Saturday. Chewing the cross before,and after prayer"s. number of old friends getting their that first stick of gum in 40 days Bowing your head and beating names in the papers - on the , called for a ritual pause in a base- your chest during the elevation at obituary page. I swiftly add their ball game ,to mark the occasion.

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The Church will survive the loss names to the growing roster" of the Most of us older Catholics have of these practices, which after all, faithful departed for whom I pray learned to roll with the pu.nches are not,essential to its nature or its silently at the appropriate time in that came with the liturgical public liturgies. Indeed, other Mass. changes of Vatican II. Though we practices are taking their place, . As the list grows, I wonder if don't like it, we have accepted with resignation the disappearance of like holding hands during the , this pious practice will continue Lord's Prayer and the kiss of peace after we are gone. Most of us need many of our favorite rites, prayers and practices. all the help we can muster to move after communion.

Though I mourn the loss of out of purgatory into heaven.

Many of us, and I am one, ask these outer signs of inner piety, I Unfortunately, we cannot help ourwhat has taken their place. When ever I complain that the rosary is have a graver concern. What is selves then, and we must dep~nd being neglected I hear from people happening to the many inner on the prayers of others. prayers, petitions and ejaculations who declare it is alive and well in And so I ask, I pray, that these that we older Catholics grew up pious practices will continue long their families, their parishes and their neighborhoods. So perhaps I with and r:nade an integral part of after I have gone. Some prayers, can only say with certainty that its our personal celebration of the petitions and ejaculations are more public use has declined.

Eucharist?"My Lord and my God" important than others, of course.

Few will disagree with the state- and "They body and Thy blood" Surely, prayers for the faithful ment that the sacrament of penance have always been part of my pray- departed must rank at the top of has become a sometime thing. Is ers at the elevation of the body and the list. Don't you agree?'

Facing fear.s about breast cancer Your husband, your children, your parents and in-laws... chances are you've spent a good part of your life taking care of them. To continue to be therefor them. and for yourself, you need to take care of yourself.

One ofthe most important ways of looking after yourself is rna king sure that, ify6u have breast cancer, it is detected early. More than 182,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the U.S. In Massachusetts, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women. However, 90 percent of breast cancer can be treated successfully if,it is detected early. ' Risk Factors Though all women an~ at risk for breast cancer, some factors increase your risk: .•: Age. According to the National Cancer Institute, two-thirds of cases occur in women over 50, and women 65 and older are six times as likely as those under 65 to have breast cancer. .

• Having had breast cancer before • Breast cancer in mother, sister, maternal grandmother or aunt ~ Late age at menopause • Menstruating before age 12 • Older than 30 at first birtli • Never having given birth • Being more than 40 percent above ideal weight for you However, 70 percent or more cases of breast cancer in women who have few or none of these risk factors. Other factors, including exposure' to pesticides, may also increase risk. ' Detect Breast Cancer Early Your best steps to ensure early detection of breast cancer are: • Have a mamm'ogram once a year for life.

• Do Breast Self-Examination (BSE) once a month.

Most women are at least partially • Have your doc'tor examine your breasts once a year. ' covered through health insurance You should examine your breasts for mammograms: Medicare: Medicare, Part B will so you know what feels normal for you; many women have lumps or pay $46 towards a' mammogram other characteristics that are not (80% of the approved rate of$58.29) cancer. That way, when you do every two years, or more often for feel a new lump you will know you women with symptoms or a family history of breast .cancer. need to see a doctor immediately.

Remember, however that·changes Medicaid: In Massachusetts, do not ,mean you have breast can- Medicaid will pay 100 percent of cer. the cost of a mammogram every Mammograms' year.

Mammograms can detect cancers Private Insurance: Insurance. up to two years before you or your companies must now include screendoctor can feel them. A mammo- ing mammograms in their policies gram is a simple test, taking about' for Massachusetts residents.

15 minutes, that can show lumps If you do not have insurance or or other ',abnormalities in ypur are underinsured: Through.a new breasts. Unfortunately, many women do not get mammograms every Breast Cancer Initiative adminisyear .because of myths and fears tered by the·Massachusetts Departabout mammograms. Some of the ment of Public Health, low-income uninsured women in Massachumyths are: setts can receive free mammograms • Mammograms' are painful. and physical exams. The AmeriYour breast must be flattened for can Cancer Society also funds about 30 seconds to get a proper. mammograms for uninsured and image. This may be uncomfortaunderinsured women as do some -ble, but is rarely painful. local boards of health.

• I don't want to have an x-ray For free copies of the brochure unless its absolutely necessary. "Chances Are... You Need a MamMammograms are essential. Mam- mogram: A Guide for Midlife and mograms use a very low dose of. Older Women" write to AARP at radiation, about 40 times less than 116 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 20 years ago.

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• Mammograms are embarrassThe Massachusetts Breast Caning. To have the test, you wear a cer Initiative of the Massachusetts hospital gown that opens in front.

Department of Public Health offers A tech.nologist, usually a woman, '. education about breast cancer and will put each breast, one at a time, , mammograms through the Mason a table-like surface, flatten it sachusetts Association of Older with a device called a paddle, and Americans (617-426-0804). take an x-ray. Women who feel You may also call the American 'uncomfortable should remember Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 that most technologists are sensi- and the National Cancer Informative to your feelings. tion Service (1-800-4-CANCER) How To Get a Mamm"ogram To get a mammogram, if your doctor does not refer you for one, ask him 'or her to do so or call your local hospital or health center.

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Betty learned to cook by watching A BRIGHT cheerful kitchen, ladies in colorful aprons making her mother and feels that reading d.inner: nothing unusual...except cookbooks is a good way t,) learn ' that the kitchen is at the Catholic cooking.

Annette Van, 88,joined the club Memorial Home, Fall River, and the cooks are members of the Din- because she likes "to bake and ers' and Sweet Tooth Clubs, a cook anything." She remf:mbers helping her mother cook when she group of residents who meet twice was a young girl. Annette says the a month to cook and socialize.

Each month a different member easiest way to teach cooking is go is encouraged to provide a recipe "into the kitchen and show you."

The Sweet Tooth Club bakes and a list of ingredients. The ladies pastries that are enjoyed by all resthen prepare the meal.

Eva Toolin, 80, always loved to 'idents at socials, or sold at the cook and enjoys the Diners: Club. home's bake sales and ba,zaars.

"Eva is right at home in the kit- Other members of the club are Edna Pierce, 85, Alice Lyn.:h, 92, chen," says Jody-Lee Souza, who and Mary Perry, 92. coordinates the group.

From Why We Do Wholt We Another resident, Betty Ramos, Do. a 1993 publication of Dioce79, participates in the club because she "used to cook all the time." san Health Facilities.

The transition to

By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: My husband has been retired about six months. It is not as pleasant as we anticipated.

He seems irritable, edgy, bored.

Is this likely to be temporary?

Will it go away by itself? Can we do anything to improve things?

- Massachusetts Change is the most difficult situation in life. Even good changes are stressful, which may come as it· surprise.

Conventional thinking urges us to look forward to retirement as a time free from schedules, work, worry. We are supposed to be able to do anything and everything we want.

No notice is taken of the things that are lost in retirement. We lose a sense of purpose and meaning, a chance to use our time prod uctively.

We lose friends, the self-esteem and status that went with our position and, since there is no other work in sight, we lose hope.

If work has been unpleasant drudgery from morning to night, workers are relieved by retirement.

How~ver, if ,with all its problems work has been a source of satisfaction, then retirement constitutes a loss.

When we lose something of value, we grieve. After the first few weeks of rest and idleness, your retired spouse might well have begun to grieve for all he has lost. And this grief process is all the more difficult because it is not supposed to happen. He is supposed to be happy to be idle.

You are right to think that time should improve your situation somewhat. Be gentle, patient,

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understanding. If your spo~se is grieving, he is not ready for a full schedule of leisure activities: Physical activity almost always 'helps 'in coping with emotional lows. Try to get him to join you in a daily vigorous walk. Sinc:e the importance of regular exerc:ise is well known, he might agree.

The stereotype of older pel'sons, often meaning any age beyond 60, is that of physical and mental deterioration. According to the stereotype not only do the elderly have nothing to contribute, but they require constant care from younger providers.

In fact, most healthy 60s do not decline physically or mentally until well into their 80s. There i, life after retirement - satisfying, interesting, rewarding life.

If your spouse is distressed over retirement, he might need more than golf or bridge to becoml: satisfied. Discard that stereotype of the elderly. You and your spouse, alone'or together, might start an entire new career, but on your own terms and within your own time frame. The idea of meaningful activity is just beginning to gain accel?tance.

As his interest increases, you and your husband together might plan your retirement. Commt::n'ity organizations often offer classes or workshops in retirement planning, Books and magazi nes abou\,!d.

Once'You recognize that you do not retire "from" work but "toward" a new 'choice activity, ,You' can look for goals and tasks which you do, not because you must but because you love them.

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VATI CAN CITY (eNS) - Catholics don't give fasting enough VATICAK CITY (CNS) attention or practice, Pope John Women who purposefully stop a Paul II said. pregnancy by using a "morning"Especially those of us who are after pill" i·ncur automatic exolder, who are over 60, know that communication. said a Feb. 23 this issue ·once was much more article in the Vatican newspaper. regulated by the church with very Like abortion, pills that prevent detailed rules," the pope said dura fertilized egg from attaching to ing a Lenten meeting with the the uterine wall "destroy a human clergy of Rome. being already called into existence "Today, fasting as a requirement even if it was not wanted and was has been reduced to two days a conceived in a casual encounter," year [Ash Wednesday and Good said Franciscan Father Gino ConFriday); the rest is left to personal cetti. a moral theologian who writes initiative, as something more prifor L'Osservatore Romano. vate for each Christian to decide," According to canon law. "a perhe said. eNS photo son who procures a completed Pastorally and theologically that FATHER CLEMENTS 3;bortion incurs an automatic exapproach has solid support, he communication." said, "but I fear that the climate of In the article. Father Concetti the age in which we live is contrary wrote that the Vatican office that to fasting." interprets canon law explained in Fasting is a powerful tool in 1988 that abortion includes "not Catholic tradition, the pope said. only the expulsion of the immaJesus told his disciples that there ture fetus," but "also killing the are some types of evil which only WASHINGTON (CNS) - Fafetus in any way and at any time prayer and fasting can overcome. ther George Clements says he knew after the moment of conception."

People are still willing to fast, he the drug problem Was bad, but he The difference between a connoted, saying that many people never knew how bad until he got a traceptive pill that prevents fertilianswered his call to fast on Jan. 21 request from parishioners. zation and a pill that prevents a for peace in the Balkans.

In introducing a program called fertilized egg from attaching to the "So maybe the answer isn't "One Church, One Addict" at a uterine wall and maturing must be mechanical rules, but well-argued recent Washington press briefing, made clear to potential users, he counsel: we will fast for this aim, he related how members of Holy said. for this purpose," he said. "Maybe Angels parish, Chicago, where he While the Catholic Church sees in this way we can revive the was formerly pastor, asked for the use of contraceptives as "equally church practice of a Lenten fast." prayers for loved ones struggling illicit." the abortive effects of the The Orthodox and other Eastwith drug addiction. morning-aftt:r pill' and the conseern churches - "not to mention During the Mass; he mentioned of its use under canon law quences the Muslims who have Ramadan," the request. "Anybody here with cannot be ignored. he said. a month of fasting from dawn to To distribute morning-after pills dusk - and observant Jews have someone close to them who is undergoing drug addiction and as contraceptives hides the truth maintained a stronger tradition of wants to pray for them," he said, and deceives those who use the fasting, the pope said. "please stand up." pills. Father Concetti said.

"So, sometimes I think we are a "There were roug~ly 500 in the Those who do,not know the diflittle behind the others. It's not a church," Father Clements said. ference commit a moral wrong by question of Catholic ambition,'but "AIISOO stood up. And if we were taking the morning-after pill. but only a problem of fidelity to the to be honest, all of the people in they do not face automatic excomLord and, above all, of the effec. this Old Executive Office Building munication because <::hristian mortiveness of our efforts," he said. would stand up [too) ," he added, al teaching takes into consideraA lack of fasting doesn't mean referring to the site of his press tion individual intentions when Catholics have lost the meaning of briefing. judging concrete acts. he said.

Lent, he said.

Father Clements, who was the To be excommunicated for aborBut they seem "more ready to first U.S. Catholic priest taadopt tion requires deliberate action on give things to others than to accept a child, said "One Church, One the part of the individual to end a lack of things fOlr themselves," Addict" is modeh~d after his 10- the life of the fet'us and knowledge the pope said. year-old "One Church, One Child" afterwards that death has occurred, "To fast means to be able to program, which has resulted in the Franciscan said. leave material things behind, to 40,000 adoptions in 39 states.

Father Concetti's article was a abandon them for a superior moUnder the new program, teams reaction against suggestions made tive, to live more according to the of five to seven people from a in England that contraceptive and spirit than according to the flesh," church would be trained in drug morning-after pills could be made he said. rehabilitation and would then help more widely available and at lower an addict along the road to re- cost. covery. ' The proposal. aimed at stemThree lIIinois churches and one ming the number of teen-age pregin Maryland will bein a pilot pronancies, would allow sale of the GREENVILLE, Pa. (CNS) pills to girls under 16 without parSt. Michael School was unplugged ject, he said, before the program goes nationwide. ental consent and without a presthis week-from television, that is.

U.S. drug control policy direc- cription.

Teachers and students at the tor Lee Brown introduced Father In addition to being morally school pledged to turn off their Clements and lauded his efforts. wrong. the proposal is medically sets for a week in Lent and tune in The program is operating on a unsafe. Father Concetti said. to other activities. Parents were 1994 budget of $3S0,000, raised The British government has not urged to join their children in the through donations covering staf- acted to implement the suggestion. seven-day fast from the tube. fing at its WashiQgton headquar- ' Both pills require a prescription, "We don't like the values you see on television," said Mary Rei- tel's and training costs for church but parental notification is left to members. the discretion of the young womnold, chair of the religion commitFather Clements, who will be on an's physician. tee of the school's Parent-Teacher the Washington staff, said he would Organization, which sponsored the 111111111111111111111I1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 TV turn-off Feb. 2S-March 4. "Tel- welcome federal money to help his there are ISO million churchgoers, program along. One person at the evision calls us to listen to it, not to and another 340,000 who attend press briefing pledged $S,OOO on synagogues. each other." the spot.

The organization collected Added Father Clements, "There pledge cards from participants at Addicts .have "taxed our enerare more of us than there are of the 32S-student school in the dio- gies, torn up our homes, loaded up them." But he acknowledged "it cese of Erie. The elective project our jails, stretched our resources takes a long time to become an began with a kick-off breakfast at to the breaking point. They are addict and it's going to take a long the school, and the main course hated," he said. "So I thought, . time for recovery." was the pulling of the plug on the 'Why not love them? Why not love Noting t hat he adopted his son school's big-screen television. the addict, and hate the addiction?'''

Joey after finding none of his pariStudents were asked to keep Brown noted that there. are an shioners willing to adopt a child. journals to record their percep- estimated 2.7 million "hard core" Father Clements said "You can't tions about going "cold turkey" drug addicts in the United States. just talk the talk. You've got to from television.

In contrast, though, he added, walk the walk."

Famed priest wants to help drug addicts

"Fasting" from TV

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Miami ,office aids L.A. Catholic Charities ~ When the Los Angeles in January. the shattered buildings, homelessness, hunger and fear it left behind were all too familiar to Msgr. Bryan Walsh, director of Catholic Community Services of Miami.

From his own experience with Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Msgr.

Walsh knew that the disaster would be followed by confusion as government and private agencies tried to deal' with human needs amid the, devastation.

"You can't really prepare for a disaster," he told The, Florida Catholic, Miami's archdiocesan paper. So he immediately called Catholic Charities in Los Angeles , to offer assistance.

There, personnel asked for help with long-term planning and recovery, including how to handle large amounts of contributions, grant processing and accessing gove'rnment funding. To assist them, Msgr. Walsh sent some employees to California.

The basic issue, they found, was development of long-term recovery programs so Catholic Charities would neither duplicate other agencies nor commit too much money on a short-term basis.

Peter' Coats, special assistant to Msgr. Walsh, who recently returned from California, said that Miami's Catholic Community Services decided following Hurricane Andrew to make long-range plans. In fact, ,the office is still using part of the aid it received to meet continuing needs 18 months after the storm. .

As an example, he said that 10,000 people in South Florida who are still living in emerg(:ncy trailer parks are suffering from

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increased levels of stress and family violence. To assist them the agency has established an area office for family and stress counselors.

The California earthquake and the Florida hurricane have similarities and differences, Coats said.

For instance, after a' quake the . extent of damage is often not immediately visible. A building may I.ook all night, but its foundation has shifted and the structure must be torn down.

Los Angeles Catholic Charities has received about $620,000 in contributions, compared to the $2.5 million Miami's Catholic Community Services received in, the same time period. The total eventually reached $5.7 milli~h.

"They were astounded [in Los Angeles) at how long we had to continue the immediate emergency phase, food and water distribution," said Coats. "We didn't have electricity for months in parts of South Dade County; they had power and water back in two days."

Coats said another way Catholic Community Services was able to lend a hand to Los Angeles was by sending them coloring boo.ks sim. ilar to ones they gave children in Florida to help them cope with disaster.

Realizing the children in Los Angeles would suffer similar traumas and nightmares, they contacted the same Disney artist who designed coloring books about tent city life in Florida to do one about the earthquake.

"We sent 1,000 c'opies to the Catholic day care centers' in Los Angeles and they were thrilled when they heard more books were on the next plane out," said Coats.

Contributions of black Catholics 'date to church's earliest days

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (CNS) the Byzantme emperor Anasta~lus renowned counselor and adviser The nearly 2 million black Catho- I, spelling out the pontiffs right to to both laity and clergy.

When he died in 1589, his repulics in the United States can trace exercise jurisdiction in all parts of their ancestors' contributions to the church. He said the pope should tation was well-established, and even before his canonization, lie the church back to the earliest cen J be judged by no one, including the was chosen as the patron of Palturies of Christendom. emperor.

GeIasius also contributed to the ermo. He was revered not only in Several black religious I.eaders Italy and Spain but in the' New Roman liturgy, and one of the have been canonized, and three oldest collections of prayers and World, where he became the patron early popes were believed to have texts for Mass is named after him. of the black population, most of been black.

In Barcelona and Valencia in whom were slaves.

In more recent history, many the 15th century, there was a union, black slaves were baptized Catholic Other prominent black Cathoof lay men and women, both freed when they came to the New World lics include: and slave. From it, one of the most in the 16th century.

- St. Peter Claver, a Jesuit During the Civil War, the-civil famous black saints arose - St. priest boni about 1580 in the'Cata'rights movement and other signifBenedict the Moor. lanspeaking section of northeast Born near Messina in Sicily in icant historical events, AfricanSpain. He was ordained a pdest in 1526, he lived through the ReforAmericans have stood up for their the Spanish colony of New Granmation and the first part of the ada in South America, and there religious rights and forme!! organCounter-Reformation. Both his izations solely for the advancebegan his life's work of ministry to parents were slaves, and as a youth slaves as they arrived from Africa. ment of African-American Cathohe was known for his piety; As an licism.

He died in 1654 and Pope: Leo But when looking at the past, adult, he joined the Order of Friars XIII canonized him in 1888" prosays Benedictine Father Cyprian Minor. Although he was never claiming him the patron of misordained a priest, he was a Davis, "All black history begins in sions to blacks.

Africa."

- St. Martin de Porres, born in "In one way or another, Africa Lima in 1579, the illegitimate son Bishop bats .1.000, gets of a Spanish became part of the self-undernobleman and a freed standing of American blacks papal signature on ball black woman originally from PanINDIALANTIC, Fla. (CNS)- visited Bosnia, distributing rosary throughout the 19th century," ama.ln 1603 he'took the vows ofa beads, clothing and candy to After years of dealing with the botLAKELAND, Fla. (CNS) ~ Father Davis writes in his book, Dominican lay brother, and soon children as part of a clown ministom line' in the business world, Detroit Tigers manager Sparky "The History of Black Catholics in became a one-man charity organitry to lift their spirits.

Don Turek finds himself on the Anderson once met Pope John the United States." zation in Lima. Utilizing both his Three of the Turek children have front lines, distributing food, cloPaul II when the pontiff visited the "The black Catholic community medical skills and his Chris~ian thing and medical supplies to diabetes and have to take insulin in America is no exception," he Midwest, but it was in Florida that .spirituality, he ministered to the strangers in a foreign land. shots while moving through the adds. "It sought its roots in the he obtained a baseball autographed needy, who knew him as the Father battle zones; but Turek said the religious experience of Africa and Turek, who owns a business and by the pope. of the Poor. mission is worth such inconven- its self-definition in the African was senior vice president of a ForOrlando Bishop Norbert M. Although preparations for his ience. tune 500 company, went first to Dorsey. presented the genuine saints of the early church." canonization took place 20 years "There is a great deal of humanBosnia-Herzegovina in November American League baseball to American blacks can trace their itarian aid that goes through 1992 with the Pilgrims of Peace Anderson at a dinner benefiting after his death in 1639, he wa" not back to,the black Africans history government channels, but does not organization, and has returned the St. Joseph School Foundation declared blessed until 1837 by Pope reach the people," he said. '~We who appeared in bpth the Old and many times. in Lakeland and also Anderson's Gregory, who two years later would NewTestaments - particularly in condemn the slave trade. And it "To date, we've provided more 'hand them the food and clothing 60th birthday. personally in the little villages and the references to Ethiopia in Psalms than $20 million worth of medical Father John P. Caulfield, pas- wasn't until 1962 that Pope .fohn and the books of the prophets, supplies, all donated through Cal ho- in the refugee camps. When you tor.of St. Joseph Church in Lake- XXIII'canonized Martinde Porres, see the appreciation on the faces of Father Davis said. lic Charities of New York," said land, which Anderson attends dur- during the beginning of the U.S. Three early popes may have Turek. "Four fully-equipped ambu- the people there, it really gives you ing Tigers' spring training in civil rights movement and the rr.~ove颅 been black Africans, according to ment for independence from colonlances were obtained by a Penn- a fresh perspective."

Lakeland, said Anderson has served ial domination in Africa.

News 'reports of atrocities in the Father Davis. They'.were St Vicsylvania doctor. and delivered with patron of the annual St: Joseph' as region are enough to discourage tor I (189-199), St. Miltiades (311- , Foundation gold tournament and dialysis units to Ljubiski and - Pierre Toussaint was born a Mostar; . . travel, but Turek remains un- 314) and St. Gelasius(49?-496). has been gracious about auto- slave in 1766 on the west coaiit of Victor I was pope during the . , Turek and his wife, Kate have daunted. graphing baseballs or having them the French colony of Santo Dom"I think I am more scared of quarrel over Easter. While those in six children. Matt, the oldest, is signed by players for St. Joseph's ingo. But his owner, Jean Berard, the only family member not to driving over those mountain roads Asia Minor said it should be celemoved to New York City and parishioners. than I am of hostile action," he brated on the day of the first full have traveled to Bosnia.

The baseball that was to be allowed Pierre to apprentice as a , "When I first mentioned that I ' said. "When I am in Medjugorje moon of the vernal equinox, which presented to Anderson had made hairdresser. His job enabled him myself, I feel very much at ,peace, could be any day of the week, the would like to go to Bosnia. Matt two trips to Rome, he said. It was to provide for himself and to give thought I was certifiable," he said. despite the sounds and flashes of rest of the church contended that returned from the Vatican unsigned money to orphanages, schools and '''Why would anyone willingly walk , gunfire in the distance, I'm doing Easter should be the first Sunday the first .time, so Bishop Dorsey penniless priests. He nursed the after the equinox. into the middle of a warT he won- God's work. so I'm not afraid." was asked to try again on his "ad sick and took in homeless black dered: I just knew he hadn't yet Miltiades was pope during the limina" visit to the Vatican in youths, giving them lodging and reign of Constantine the Great, experienced the call of Christ to do sending them to school. After his June. The bishop was successful. this work. but I hope he will." whose greatest accomplishment was The Latin inscription reads, "To owner's death, he supported his The Tureks' daughter, Beth, making Christianity becoming the Sparky A, cum benedictione, Joan- widow until her own de2~th. religion of the Roman Empire. recently returned from a trip there, nes Paulus II, 26.6.93." "Cum Thereafter he was legally free. he said. "She is a photojournalist, Gelasius was probably the most benedictione" means "with my Toussaint's beatification ca.use significant of the three African and has a keen eye, for detail," blessing," and the European-style has been introduced in Rome, and popes, Father Davis said, because Turek said. Sons John, "James, date means the ball was signed if he is canonized, he will proba.bly Tom and Andrew Turek also have ',.' ,he made a strong declar,ation to June 26,1993. 路be the first American ,black saint.

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Asked by a reporter to elaborate, he said, "The travesty was that I, a man of 65 years, who has been a priest for 42 years and a bishop for 28 years, was publicly humiliated before the world. An innocent man. That's a travesty."

As a result of his experience, he said, "I have a much greater understanding of what a person goes, through when there is a false accusation."

But at the same time, he said, "this experience has also strengthened my resolve to reach out to victims of sexual abuse and to do all in my power to eradicate the causes of abuse wherever it occurs.... If there is an accusation of sexual abuse against anyone, it has to be taken seriously."

"This has been a profoundly spiritual"experience for me," he said. "I feel that I have grown spiritually. I feel that I have entered into an intimacy with the Lord that I nevc;r had before."

He told reporters that just before the press conference he had spent _ half an hour in prayer "thanking God for bringing this case to such a successful conclusion."

Both Cardinal Bernardin and

Cook emphasized that Cook withdrew his claims against the 'cardinal voluntarily and with no out-ofcourt compromise or settlement.

"I am voluntarily dismissing these claims of my own free will and with no pressure or threats from anyone," Cook said. "I am doing this becau.se it's the right thing to do. I have not asked for nor have I been offered anything in.exchange for what I am doing."

Both Cook and the cardinal also stressed a shared hope that the developments in the Bernardin case would not deter victims from coming forward.

"I have gone out of my way from the very beginning to say that I wanted my case handled in such a way that it would not deter the victims of abuse from coming forward, and I do think that this case has been handled in this way," the cardinal said.

Archbishop Keeler said that for those who knew Cardinal Bernardin "there was never any question of his innocence." . ~ In his criticism of the handling of such allegations by the media he singled out Cable News Network, the all-news cable channel, which featured a lengthy sympathetic interview with Cook when it broke the story of the lawsuit Nov. 12.

Saint Anne's Hospital 1993 'report Continued from Page One Bedford to open The Oncology Center in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The Center. slated to open in September, will offer expert radiation therapy and medical oncology services, in a setting convenent to patients in greater New Bedford.

A "fast-track" C(:l1ter, initiated last summer in the hospital's emergency department, provides express medical treatment for minor injuries effectively and efficiently.

Market research conducted last Fall concluded that an image campaign launched in early 1993 has reintroduced Saint Anne's to the community and familiarized people with the excellent care it offers.

An extension of this campaign has been the implementation of monthly outreach programs promoting a wide array of services ranging from smoking cessation clinics to a special lecture series addressing the unique health concerns of Fall River's multicultural communities.

But perhaps the most timely hospital achieveml:nt has been the establishment of If-Iope House, a residence facility that will be home for up to 10 people with AIDS who have no place to live.

Working together with Hospice Outreach of Fall River, last September .the hospital received an annual grant of up to $200,000 per year for five years from the Mas-

sachusetts Department of Public Health to help fund the project. In December, Hope House was awarded a·$389,000 fedenil grant for rental assistance.

Toby Shea, R.N., Hope House director, said the goal of the facility is to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological needs of its residents in a caring and loving setting. "In September of 1994, we will open not only our doors, but also our hearts, so that people with AIDS can live o,yith dignity and compassion," she said.

Saint Anne's has also benefited from its affiliation with Caritas Christi, a Catholic health care system that provides the hospital with price advantages in contracts with certain vendors.

Sister Joanna Fernandes, O.P., chairman of Saint Anne's board of directors and provincial of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation who have operated the hospital since. 1906, said the mission of Caritas Christi is twofold: to coordinate the Catholic health care system by promoting and enhancing the endeavors of its members in their individual missions; and to provide representation in the public forum 'by supporting and advocating the goals of Catholic health care.

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Cardinal completely vindicated Continued from IPage One statement to journalists, he said he realizes now that his memories of abuse by the cardinal '''which arose during and after hypnosis are unreliable."

Cook did not drop his claims against Father Ellis Harsham, a Cincinnati archdiocesan priest who he says abused him repeatedly during the mid-1970s.

At a press conference in Chicago, Cardinal Bernardin said he was never worried that he would not be vindicated. "I was so convinced of my innocence. I had confidence in the legal system."

"I must emphasize that it was the plaintiff who asked for the dismissal of the charges," he said.

"We did not ask for that."

Asked if he intendl~d to take any .action against Cook, he said: "I certainly have no plan, no intention to file a countersuit. This particular chapter is l~nded. What Steven Cook himself said is enough for me."

Cardinal Bernardin reiterated his 'Offer to meet with Cook and pray with him, an offer he orignally made in a letter to him.

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THE ANCHOR-Dioces.e of Fall River-Fri .. Mar. 4.1994

Kids' post office a first class op.eratioll

By Marcie Hickey day, impressive for a school with ers will hang up their hats for the last time.

Neither reading, nor writing, 217 students. nor 'rithmetic, nor early mornings, "Every month they chang,~jobs," Vicky Pacheco, the facer, is the stay these couriers from the swift first to handle the day's mail. She says postmaster Krystal. "Tomorcompletion of their appointed carries a bin to the mailbox in the row I'll have new people, so I'll hallway outside the principal's have to train them." rounds.

Krystal and her predecess.)r J onSnow days and vacation are office-on the corner of "St. another matter, but on school days Catherine's Court"-and collects athan gained the tpp position by -the SS. Peter and Paul Wee Deliver· the letters. Returning to the post earning the highest scores on an staff can be found. on duty bright office in the corridor, she cancels exam provided in the Wee Deliver and early in their kid-scale post the envelopes with a rubber stamp man.uill. The book guides schools . , office. -· and hands them to sorters Erin in organizing an in-housl: post We"e Deliver, a school project Ferreira and Ashley Gaspar. Their office and contains everything from offered nationally by the U:S. Pos: task is to separate letters accord- job 'descriptions and applications tal Service, was introduced at the ing to street designation. Each to a recipe 'for stamp glue.

Three Fall River posta.l emFall River elementary school at classroom has its own street· the beginning ofthe school year by name-St. Anne Avenue, St. Paul ployees, Ms. Eagan, Doug M:.chaud principal Kathleen Burt and pos- Drive, St. Francis Way, for ex- and Bill Araujo, explaim,d the tal worker Pat Eagan. The school ample-and students' and teachers' program at a student asse:mbly, operation was inaugurated in Oc- desks are marked' with name and conducted job interviews with tober, stamp collecting month. In number. Pastor Father Stephen fourth- and fifth-graders, and accord with the classics theme on Fernandes has a school mailbox, graded their exams. The students real stamps, eighth-grader John too. Mail sent from outside the also filled out applications for the pias designed SS. Peter and Paul's · school-via the other post officeposition of their choice, listing as first issue stamp, an illustration of is directed to its school. recipient "previous experience" the ba,bysitRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. ting and lawn-cutting jobs dc:monusing a master list of student and Fourth- and fifth-graders oper- faculty "addresses." strating their responsibility and ate the post office, with a different endurance, and other important crew working each month. The skills, like making out mom's postmaster is the exception, servgrocery list. All students voted on ingfor the whole semester. Fifthstamp designs submitted by sixthgrader Jonathan Wood was the through eighth-graders. Eighth~ first to fill the role, succeeded in grader Decio Pacheco's cardinal February by classmate Krystal will be the second issue stamp. .

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With the rotating schedule, all "I have to make sure everythil1g's fourth- and fifth-graders will evengoing right, and if someone's absent tually be postal workers, sci they do their job," Krystal explained. were .sworn in together by Fall "The first day I was all confused, River 'postmaster Richard Shee.but I've got the hang of it now." han at a school assembly. The Fall Under her experienced eye, two River post office donated ,hirts, window clerks assist customers; a and caps, and John Arruda of the fater, two sorters and two letter maintenance department concarriers process man like clockstructed the school's mailbox repwork; and a nixie clerk checks lica. envelopes for mistakes and routes The initiative has generated much indecipherable and' undeliverable enthusiasm at the post office, Ms. mail back to the sender.

Eagan said, since SS. Pete)' and Paul is the first school to request it On a typical day, window clerks School stamp designs by in Fall River. The project is a big Corylyn Soares and Scott Oliveira commitment for schools, she said, open up shop at 8:30 a.m., offering John Dias andDecio Pacheco. but "we've had so much cooperaschool stamps for a penny. On this Nixie clerk Carol Souza scans tion from the teachers and the: parlast day of February there is only one purchaser. He hands over some the' envelopes and comes up with ents are willing to be involved...and coins and Corylyn recordsthe trans- three to be returned to sender. we like it because it's fun for us action in a notebook. Things are "This one doesn't have the whole too!

The Wee Deliver manual lists slow today, but "one day we sold address,so we don't know how to deliver it," she says expertly. such objectives for the program as.

270 stamps," she reports.

The majority of envelopes pass improving language arts skill:;, in"And people kept coming," adds irispecti9n 'and are passed on to structing students in job applicaScott. carriers Melissa Canonizado and tion and responsibility, and form.' Would that have been sometime Steve Reney, who sort them into ing relationships between schools around Valentine's' Day? "A cou~ carrier route I; the left side of. the and the community. Miss Burt pie of days before," the window hall, and route 2, the right side. sees those objectives 'becorning clerks recall.

They pile the now-organized letter reality at SS. Peter and Paul, with With the increase in volume at · parcels 'into '!Wee Deliver" mail- students forming pen pal relaiionChristmas and· mid-February, 'bags a.ndhead for the classrooms, ships with alumni and nursing "They've come to understand the where their schoolmates are'eager home residents, and in-house cormeaning of 'holiday rush,''' said' to see who will get mail today: " respondence always popular. : Miss Burt. '.

It's 9 a.m., and· Corylyn and Some letters are written as part Normally' the post' office prC!- Scott pack away the stamps and of a school assignment; but many . T~rn'to Page IS, . cesses. . about. . . 165 pieces of mail a .peimie~. This month's postaJ'work"j'

'~ APPOINTED ROUNDS: SS. Peter and Paul School postal worker Vicky Pacheco empties letters from mailbox, then cancels the stamps next to window clerk Scott Oliveira while Meli~isa Canonizado, Krystal Mateus a.nd Carol Souza (from left) wait; Ashley Gaspar sorts the mail; carrier Steve'Reney organizes mail for his route, then delivers it to classrooms; postmaster Krystal Mateus. (Hickey photos)

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Continued from Page 14 lackadaisical in her replies, writing are written by students during free . simply "St. Catherine's Court" as time, she said. Miss Burt sends her return address, she received a students birthday cards, and gets . stern reminde:r from the postmasplenty of correspondl~nce herself ter that she must alsQ include city with requests for a response. and zip code, but they would "let it And her postal workers are very go this time because it's you." exact, she noted: when she became Indeed, the SS. Peter and Paul

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School post office is true-to-life, down to the letter, except for one thing.

At SS. Peter and Paul, there is no junk mail.

Below is some of the correspondence which has found its way t!?rough the school post office.

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Dear Beth: When / was in Grade Two, my classroom was downstairs where the church is now. My classroom was Room 2, and all the teachers were Sisters of Mercy. My teacher was Sister Mary Baptista in both first and second grades. That was over sixty years ago, but / can still remember what Sister Mary Baptista looked like. There are some things that you neverforget, and your school teachers are among those things.

There are a lot of other things which you shouldn't forget, either, things which you learn as you go through the grades in school. Some are very interesting and some seem very dull, but they really are not dull. Just as black and white pictures are not as bright as color pictures, butjust as important, the things you learn can be plain or fancy. Later on, the plain things will still be with you and you will have put aside many oft/tefancy things which seem so i~lteresting now. What you learn at Saint Pete's will help you through your whole life.

When / was in Grade Two, either we didn't have many special programs such as the one you mentioned, or it was so long ago that [have forgotten' what they were. / only remember learning to read, write and count, and in Saint Pete s we learned those-things very well. [ hope you listen very carefully to your teachers and learn as well as / did. . / am writing this on my computer, something wl1ich wasn't even thought of when / was your age.

Actually, many of the things [learned at Saint Petes, [use.every day on my computer. These are the plain black and white things which never change. / was in Gracie Two from September 1932 until June /933, over sixty years ago. No, Miss Burt was not in my class. She was a couple ofyears younger. My. class picture is the Class of1939 and / am on the left end of the front row as youface the picture. / hope that some day you can write to a student in Grade Two and say some ofthe things which you would like to pass along after many years of school and work.

Very truly yours, William E. Tansey

Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from St. Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro competed in the school's annual science fair recent lv, with the following results: . .

First place: (Grade 8) Margaret Taylor, Marc Corriveau, Jason O'Connell; (Grade 7) Lyndsey Aubin, Brendan Poirier, Justin Duquette, Emily l~ingras; (Grade

6) Megan Rothemich, Alison Lane, Katie McBrine.

Second place: (Grade ~) Kerry Kennedy, Erin O'Connell, Chris Tosti, Mark Vandette; (Grade 7) Danielle Petrone; Bill Smith, Merrilee Fazio, ~.J. Carter, Tracia nne Parker, Melissa Wright, Andrea Gualtieri; (Grade 6) Erica Santos, Kathleen Crounse, Kate Connors.

Eight of the top scoring students in grades 7 and 8 will compete in the Rensselaer Region III Science

Fair on Bristol Community College on March 26. Eighth grade teacher Barbara Connors coordinated the science fair.

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LaSALETTE CENTER, ATTLEBORO Lenten retreat March II to 13.

Holy Week retreat begins 2 p.m.

Holy Thursday, March 31, and continues through breakfast Easter Sunday morning, April 3. Information: 222-8530.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Kolbe Guild men's retreat 6 to 9 p.m. March 10 with Father Germain Kopaczyniski. Gorzkie Zale with Benediction 7 p.m. Wednesdays; stations of the cross Fridays at noon in Polish and 7 p. m. in English.

CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION OF FORESTERS Our Lady of Fatima Court annual St. Patrick's Day Revue 7:30 p.m.

March 9, Holy Name School, FR. Public may also attend dress rehearsal2 p.m. March 6 at the school.

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LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO , Fat'her Fernand Cassista, MS, willlead stations of the cross 7: 15 tonight, Shrine Theater, featuring visuals, contemporary texts, liturgical songs and congregational participation.

Lenten mission, "Renewing Our Discipleship," will be held at all Masses in Shrine chapel March 6 through 9 with speaker Marilyn BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR Gustin, author and retreat leader.

Six Irish priests will present a var-. Topic will be Jesus' talks in the Go'siety show including step dancing, pel of John. Communal penance singing and patter following 5:30 service 7:30 p.m.. MarciL 7, with p.m. Mass and a 6:30 p.m. dinner opportunity for individual confesMarch 19. Information: Eddy Brault, sions following. tel. 673-5062.

Ms. Gustin will conduct informal discussion sessions, "Let's Talk," 2 SECULAR FRANCISCANS p.m. March 7 through 9 in the St. Francis of Peace Fraternity Shrine Theater. While at LaSalette, will meet 2 ·p.m. March 13, Holy she will also offer individual spiritTrinity Church, West Harwich. Fathual direction by appointment. er Cornelius Kelly, OFM, will celeS1. Patrick's Day celebration, brate Mass and speak on "That "Dodie Frost and Company," featFra'nciscan is You!" Business meeturing the title vocalist, entertainer ing and refreshments follow. Rosary and recording artist begins with' 7 recited I :30 p.m. for end to abortion.

Information: Dorothy Williams, ·p.m. dinner March 17.

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ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO HOLY NAME, NB Healing service and Sunday Mass Lenten series discussing encyclical with Father William T. Babbitt 2:30 Veritatis Splendor 7 p.m. Fridays p.m. March 6. followed by stations of the cross.

K. of C./D. of I. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Knights of Columbus Bishop Pro-life Mass 7 p.m. March 10 Cassidy Council and Daughters of followed by presentation by Marian Isabella St. Patrick's Circle joint Desrosiers, assistant to the director family communion 9 a.m. Mass of the Diocesan Pro-Life ApostoMarch 13, St. Dominic's Church, late.

'Swansea. Breakfast will follow at K. CATHEDRAL CAMP, of C. home, 132 Old Warren Rd., E. FREETOWN Swansea.

Immaculat~ Conception, NB, reST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, treat March 4-6. Sacred Heart, WESTPORT Taunton, confirm3;tion retreat March Kathryn E. Wrobel, a Catholic 5. educator with experience in spirituHOSPICE OF COMMUNITY ality, religious education ~nd retreat NURSE ASSOC., F AIRHA VEN direction, will present a Lenten adult The association invites participa- . education series on three consecution in a live via satellite interactive tive Tuesday evenings. Topics and national bereavement teleconference, times are: ','Personality Types" 7 to 9 '''Living With Grief, Personally and' p.m. March 8; "Images of God" 7:30 Professionally," to be broadcast I to to 9 p.m. March 15; "Intimacy" 7:30 4 p.m. March 31 in the U Massto 9 p.m. March 22. Inf~rmation: Dartmouth library. ABC News cor636-2251 or 636-5506. respondent Cokie Roberts will modST. THOMAS MORE, erate the program,,featuring a panel of bereavement educators. Informa-· SOMERSET "J ourney to Easter-A Lenten tion: Hospice of Community Nurse Program for the Family" video is Association, 40 Centre' St., Fairshown following 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. haven. tel. 999-3400.

Masses Wednesdays. Stations of the CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, cross after 9 a.m. Mass and 7 p.m.

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A diocesan Office of AIDS MinisVINCENTIANS, TAUNTON , try representative will be at the CSS Monthly Mass 7:30 p.m. March 7, office, 261 South St., March II. Immaculate Conception Church, N. Referrals for pastoral counseling, Easton. Meeting will follow in pareducational presentations or consulish center. Nominations for district' tation may be scheduled by calling council president will be taken.

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St. Anthony's School S1. Anthony's School, New Bedford, was in high spirits as students and faculty celebrated Catholic Sch,ools Week last month. The week opened ~ith a Mass celebrated by Father Edmund Levesque, followed by a pep rally for the' boys' basketball team, the Cougars.

Other events included Career Day and International Day. For the former, students dressed in the attire of their aspired future professions, from stand-up comedian to president of the United States. Guest speakers visited each class to discuss' their careers. Firstgraders were particularly impressed by a firefighter in full uniform who talked about fire prevention and safety in addition to his role in the community.

I nternational Day was declared by principal Elizabeth Lavigne in accordance with the school theme "We Are All God's Children."

Each class researched a different country ,and then shared their findings during a school open house. . The first grade was transformed into.France for a day. In the center of the classroom was a six-foottall replica .of the Eiffel Tower surroun~ed by an artists' corner, a French kitchen and a sidewalk cafe which featured a boutique displaying items from France. Stud.ents in berets miwned each display, while others performed pantomime.

Duri,ng a morni.ng assembly, ki'nd.ergarteners dressed multiculturally while· preschoolers stole the show with a Mexican hat dance.

First-graders sang songs in french, foll.owed by a second grade pr~s­ entation on Greec!; which included seeking a lucky coin hidden in cake. rhird~graders went Hawaiian, performing a.hula and mimicking surfing.

Grade 4,'which st""died Canada, sang the song "St. Jean Baptiste" in French. Next, in rolled a huge cardboard replica of the Sphinx

made by the fifth-graders, who performed an Egyptian dance to the tune "Walk Like an Egyptian."

In green garb, sixth-graders performed an Irish jig.

Voted the. best performaiJce in the program was the seventhgraders' rendition of"That's Amore!"

As they sang the lines "when the moon hits your.eye like a big pizza pie," the class "presented" teacher Patrick Wilkinson with a big eream pie-right in the face! The auditorium roared with laughter, but Wilkinson, a veteran of such a.ntics, didn't flinch.

The eighth grade closed the program with an Old World Portuguese Folk Dance, after which tours of the school were offered and students in costume sl~rved ethnic foods.

Catholic Schools Week ended with "Tropical Day," during which students tried to forget their winter blues by wearing their "';001est" summer colors.

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