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St. Jean pioneers Quest program Kathlee'n Barboza, principal of S1. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River, spoke to Boston area educators yesterday at a Cambridge conference on the Lions Clubs International Quest program for substance abuse prevention and youth development.

Iemented the Mrs. Barboza ' Imp Lions-Quest Skills fo,r Adolescence (grades 6-8) and Skills for Growing (grades K-5) programs at St. Jean's when she became principal in 1990. The school is the first, public or private, in the area of the Fall River diocese to become certified in Quest.

Mrs. Barboza calls Quest "the most dynamic program of its kind.

It·s a real feather in our cap to be considered a model school."

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Uproot hidden sins this Lent, says homilist

It's Invite-a-Friend Month in Fall River Catholic, Protestant and Jewish congregations in the Greater Fall River area have joined forces with a national media campaign to invite new members to join them for worship. Named the Invite-AFriend program, the project was developed by Religion in American Life, a nonprofit, interfaith research and public information organization.

Catholic parishes sending pastors, parochial vicars or other representatives to a recent organizational meeting at Holy Name School, Fall River, were St. John of God and St. Thomas More in Somerset and Holy Name, St. Anthony of Padua. Our Lady of Angels and SS, Peter and Paul in Fall River.

Those parishes and participating Protestant and Jewish congregations are encouraging members to invite unaffiliated friends, neighbors and family members to attend religious services at any time during March.

For Catholics the program is especially meaningful during this year, the quincentennial anniversary of the bringing of Christianity to the Americas and the occasion for bishops' conferences in all countries in the continents of North and South America to call for evangelization and renewal efforts, Turn to Page Nine

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ALREADY MAKING PLANS for the 1992 Catholil: Charities Appeal are, seated from left, Rev. Maurice O. Gauvin, Immaculate Conception parish, New Bedford; assistant area director; Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, Holy Trinity, We!:t Harwich, and Rev. Stephen A. Fernandes, Christ the King, Mashpee, Cape and Islands area director and assistant; and Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, St. John of God, Somerset, Fall River area and diocesan Appeal director.

Standing, from left, Rev. William L. Boffa, Mt. Carmel, Seekonk, and Rev. Paul A. Caron, Immaculate Conception, North Easton, Taunton area din:ctor and assistant; Rev. Richard L. Chretien, Our Lady of Grace, Westport, New Bedford area director; Rev. John F. Andrews, St. Bernard, Assonet, Fall River area assistant; Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault, St. Mary, North Attleboro, Attleboro area assistant; Rev. John P. Cronin, St. Joseph, North Dighton, Taunton area assistant. Not pictured is Rev. John J. Steakem, Attleboro area director.

Generosity is 1992 Appeal theme With the theme "Be as Generous as God Has Been to You." priest directors of the diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal met recently to plan the 1992 drive, Rev, Daniel L. Freitas, Appeal director. said all were optimistic that it will be possible to surpass the 1991 Appeal total of $2,291,186,30, an increase of $73,042.46 over the 1990 final figure.

The Appeal will be the 51 st such fundraising drive mounted in the diocese and it is hoped that "with

the cooperation of priests. parishioners and thousands of friends in Southeastern Massachusetts." it will meet wit h a genenus response in order that the greater community needs occasioned by the present economic climate may be served.

The Appeal's traditional kic:wff meeting will take place April 22 at

"Many may think 'we do a pretty good job in our lives - we don't go around helping loan companies to fail or murdering people,' but we all have certain weaknesses that may not be visible to others, such as jealousy or racism, and this season of Lent offers the opporhlnity of reconciliation to all of us." . That was the Ash Wednesday message of diocesan administrator Msgr. Henry T. Munroe. It was delivered at a crowded St. Mary's Cathedral where the congregation included many members of other parishes who were sacrificing their lunch hours to begin the season of Lent by attending Mass and receiving the traditional ashes, administered by priests or permanent deacons with the equally traditional admonition: "Turn away from sin and return to the Gospel" or ·"Remember, you are dust, and unto dust you will return."

"Lent is a holy season for all who respond to the call of the church for reconciliation," said Msgr. Munroe.

"This call is important to those with great sin in their lives, to those who need to reconcile with friends, families or neighbors. All such problems can be resolved with God's help and our own will-

Bishop Connolly High School auditorium in Fall River. Preceded by a 7 p. m. reception, it will begin at 8 p. m. Over 500 clergy. religious and laity are expected to hear a presentat ion on the Appeal by Msgr.

HenryT. Munroe, diocesan administrator.

The special gift phase of the Appeal will continue from April 20 to May 2 and the annual noon to 3 p.m. visitation of homes within the III diocesan parishes is scheduled for Sunday, May 3.

ingness," he said, adding that "this Lent can be grace-filled and a new beginning for each of us."

Returning to the theme of hidden sins, Msgr. Munroe quoted the words of the prophet Joel: "Rend your hearts and not your garments," advising that the spirit of Lent should go beyond an "external facade" and prompt real interior change. ~ Even though its goal is "celebraCATHOLIC CHARITIES . In . teays h d fE aster, " Lent is tiOn 0 a serious time, stressed the admin1.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.I~t~to~andashes are a symbol of belief and of willingness to respond to God's call for change. . : : r . In that spirit, the ash-marked congregation scattered to begin Story and photos by Marcie Hickey four to be held annually in differ- no restrictions, the law of the land' the 40-day task of living Lent.

"I was going to be a millionaire ent areas of the state. if Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme in 1984," Carol Everett asserted at About 200 MCFL members fl om Court decision legalizing abortion, Massachusetts Citizens for Life's southeastern Massachusetts chap- is overturned. first Life Education Conference ters and other interested persons Ms. Everett, who has authored held Feb. 29 in Westport. were in attendance, including "The Scarlet Lady: Confessions of She was going to make the Father Stephen Fernandes and rep- a Successful Abortionist" and promoney, she said, by "surrounding resentatives of the Diocesan Fro- duced a pro-life video, "The Light of Life," called abortion "Satan's Dallas, Texas, with abortion c1in- Life Apostolate, which he dire,:ts. ics."

James Sullivan, executive direc- lie to destroy God's institution of tor of MCFL, coordinated the the family."

At the time she operated two clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth event, which was introduced by The abortion industry, she said, MCFL president Theresa Hanley. "is the largest unregulated indus. th e coun t ry nex t t 0 I'IIega I area which were responsible for Pro-II'fe educatl'on I'S essentl'al, t ry In about 40,000 abortions a year. she said, to counter seducl ive drugs."

"I was paid on straight commis- "anti-life rhetoric."

In Texas, "veterinary clinics are "We have to be vigilant, we have regularly inspected by the health sion when I opened my own c1inics," she said, "but that wasn't to be aggressive," she said, refer- department; abortion clinics are enough. I wanted to be a millionring to Governor Weld's cunent not. I cringe when we break whales aire." abortion package - "a disa iter out of the ice and continue to kill Ms. Everett, WtlO has since be- for any baby in its mother's wor:lb" babies." come a Christian and a pro-life . - and the Freedom of Choice <\ct The speaker noted that "Today speaker and activist, was the key- 'being pushed on the nationallc:vel [Saturday) is the day the most noter at the conference. the first of to make abortion on demand, v'ith Turn to Page II MSGR. MUNROE

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U.S. collection seeks to aid Church in Eastern Europe

Fri., Mar. 6, 1992

Racism, church and you to be Stonehill topic The bishops' pastoral on racism has been called "the best-kept secret in the u.s. church" by the bishops' Committee on Black Catholics.

The Fall River diocese and Stonehill College, North Easton, are doing something about this. At a workshop to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at the college's Martin Institute, participants will consider methods of encouraging evaluation of the effects of racism on the church and the community; heightening awareness of the sinfulness and dehumanizing aspects of racism; and encouraging dialogue on the topic, especially among the young.

All are welcome at the program, especially priests, catechists, teachers, persons involved in social justice programs and members of the college community.

Among materials to .be made available to those in attendance is an outline and study guide of three relevant documents. Prepared by Rev. Robert A. Oliveira, diocesan director of Continuing Formation of Clergy and Laity programs, it covers "The Church and Racism," issued in 1988 by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; "Brothers and Sisters to Us." a pastoral letter issued in 1979 by

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the U.S. bishops; and "For the Love of One Another," a 1989 follow-up to "Brothers and Sisters," also issued by the bishops.

The program will open with an invocation by Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, diocesan administrator, and will continue with a panel discussion, during which New York Auxiliary Bishop Emerson J. Moore will speak on The Church and Racism and Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M D, of the Harvard School of Public Health will address Effects of Racism on the Community. The session will be moderated by Rev. Robert J. Kruse, CSC, Stonehill executive vice-president.

Small group meetings will follow: John Ahearn, associate director of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, will speak' on Employment, Racism and Affirmative Action; David Mulligan, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health, will discuss Health Care and Racism.

Racial Diversity in Southeastern Massachusetts will be the topic of Arthur Lomba, chairman of the foriegn language department of Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy; and Sister Patricia Keaveney, SN, with students from Cathedral High School, Boston, will discuss Education and Racism.

The program will conclude with a 12: 15 p.m. awards luncheon at which Rev. Bartley MacPhaidin.

CSC, Stonehill president. will speak.

Further information on registration for the program, for which there is a $10 fee, is available from Father Oliveira at the Diocesan Department of Education, telephone 678-2828; or from Professor James Kenneally at the Martin Institute of Stonehill College, telephone 238-1081.

REV. BARRY R.L. Connerton, pastor of St. Augustine's Church, the largest parish in the Providence diocese, will conduct an old-fashioned parish mission March 9 through 12 at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, beginning with 7 p.m. Mass and concluding at 8 p.m.

Monday through Wednesday, priests will be available for confessions after the mission. On Tuesday, the concluding night, there will be a remembrance ceremony honoring all who have been buried from Sacred Heart Church since its last mission took place in 1990. During Mass, as names of the deceased are read, family members will light memorial candles.

Father Connerton, a preacher who has been.compared to the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, is a native of Newport.

His father, Leo Connerton, was a noted basketball player, a brother, Leo Jr., is a popular pianist and a sister, Kathy Molloy, a champion tennis player and runner, now resides in Somerset.

All are welcome to attend the mission.

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the way of Catholic literature, he's probably going to do it." The priest has since received a more powerful and sophisticated copying machine.

Other aid to Eastern European nations funded in whole or in part by the U.S. bishops' office includes rebuilding a cathedral in Shkoder, Albania; providing scholarships for Bulgarian seminarians; funding purchase of a home for pregnant women and supporting abortion alternative counseling centers in Czechoslovakia; assisting communications programs in Hungary, Kazakhstan. Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, among other nations; providing copiers in virtually every nation; rebuilding a church in Ukraine; and funding catechetical instruction for displaced children in Yugoslavia.

Food Aid Too Also aiding Eastern Europe is Catholic Relief Services which this month is beginning a $41 million emergency food relief program for 500.000 people in the Russian Far East under a contract with the U.S. government.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which signed the si((-month contract with CRS, estimates .the value of food aid at $29 million.

The rest of the money will go for shipping, storing and distributing the food.

CRS spokeswoman Jennifer Habte said CRS expects to stay in the Russian Far East for more than the six months under the USDA pact and would seek aid from other U.S. government agencies to stay through the.winter of.

19.94. " .. , ." , '.; .; ;.;.'; ". .;"', "There's nothing going in to take the place of the government distribution network" in the Russian Far East in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. Ms. Habte told Catholic News Service.

"They're just too far from the center."

The aid is necessary due to persistent food shortages in the region.

A CRS team in the Russian Far East in January found reduced supplies of milk. intermittent deliveries of bread. limited meat and no vegetables or fruit.

Ms. Habte said the program will be about half the size of CRS' Ethiopian food aid program. also U.S. government funded. which reaches I million people each month.

Healing sought for ancient rift

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - In November 1990, when the U.S. bishops approved a collection for the peoples of nations emerging from behind the Iron Curtain, some of those people~ were still stepping timidly.

But in less than two years' time, the Baltic states won their freedom, the Soviet Union dissolved, Yugoslavia split into three countries. and other nationalist splits are being discussed.

Such is the picture facing the U.S. bishops' Office to Aid the Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe as it mounts its second annual collection. The Fall River diocese took up the collection at Ash Wednesday Masses.

"I just don't know what you can predict two years from now," said Father R. George Sarauskas, director of the office.

The bishops have approved a three-year collection, with the possibility of extending it for two more years after a review. The 1991 total, with some dioceses yet to be heard from. is expected to reach $6.5 million.

Last November. the bishops approved grants totaling $6.8 million for numerous church-sponsored projects in East European nations; and when 1992 proceeds are totaled. the bishops may be contacted for approval before next November's general meeting.

"It's very important to get money into those countries [now] because the dollar is at a very favorable exchange rate." he said.

Up to now. Father Sarauskas said. aid has been requested in three areas: training and forma-. tion for priests and religious. catechetial materials and more radio than television projects.

Collaboration with key groups has made dollars stretch further. the priest said. It is also hoped to recruit Catholic professionals to give services to East European peoples.

The ingenuity of the East European church to make do with little has been remarkable. Father Sarauskas said. For example. a priest in Tallinn. Estonia. had been assembling upwards of 400 copies of a weekly parish bulletin of 12-14 pages. including excerpts of Second Vatican Council documents. with a tiny office copying machine.

"There are only two priests in Estonia," Father Sarauskas said.

"So whatever is going to happen in

DR. TOM Groome of the Boston College department of theology will speak at 7:30 p.m. March 23 at Holy Cross Church, South Easton on "The Meaning of the Parish Today."

Dr. Groome, known internationally as a teacher and writer, is the author of Christian Religious Education and primary author of Coming to Faith, a catechetical series.

His presentation is free and all are welcome.

SCRANTON. Pa.(CNS)- Top U.S. Roman Catholic and Polish National Catholic representatives apologized to one another for nearIya century of hurt and bitterness at a recent Service of Healing in Scranton. The Vatican's chief ecumenist. Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy. attended the service. and Polish-born Pope John Paul II. who has taken a personal interest in healing the U.S. schism. sent a message.

The Polish National Catholic Church broke with Rome in the 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I111111I11111111 THE ANCHOR (lJSPS-545-020). Sccond Class Postagc Paid at Fall Ri'-cr. Mass.

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late 19th and early 20th centuries after a series of Polish Catholic immigrant communities. angered bv Irish and German priests and bishops who seemed insensitive to their needs and concerns. formed their own parishes. national structure and hierarchy.

Truly radical WASHINGTON (CNS) Time. talent and money are all important to good stewardship. savs the first draft of the U.S. bi~hops' pastoral letter on the subject. "But to be a disciple and a 'good stcward involves something ;nore. something truly radical: committing onc's very self to thc Lord Jesus!" according to the draft.

The final draft of thc pastoraL "Stewardship: A Disciple's Responsc." is expected to be submittcd for approval at November's general mcetingofthc U.S. bishops.

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Church, society lack good authority WASHINGTON(CNS)-"Healthy authority" is lacking in the church and society and Catholic educators need to rediscover it, says psychologist Eugene Kennedy.

Kennedy. a professor at Loyola University of Chicago, was a keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.

Distinguishing authority from authoritarianism. Kennedy said authority is rooted in a relationship where Qne person speaks to what matters in another.

People listened to Jesus "because he spoke to their inner beings. to their deepest human experience," Kennedy said.

Healthy authority "speaks to the imagination." said Kennedy, who cited MotherTeresaand Pope John XXIII as examples of people with worldwide spiritual authority.

On the other hard, those who try to "command our wills" are not invested with spiritual authority, he said. "That is why so many Americans have become disenfranchised from the institutional aspects of their faith.

"Too often their bishops, although capable of it, do not speak to their people's experience of life but, instead, address them abstractly from a bureaucratic vastness," Kennedy added. "Catholics do not dislike their bishops, nor are they out to overturn the structures of faith. But when the bishops do not say anything spiritually relevant, their people ... cannot and do not listen to them."

He predicted that "one day historians will observe ruefully and perhaps incredulously how American bishops disowned their pastoral authority and judgment in cases of priests involved in pedophilia and handed it over to lawyers and insurance representatives."

Kennedy also called on the educators to examine the "drift away from Catholic tradition." He said many priests and religious have moved away from what they perceive as a "dried-up oasis of Catholic tradition."

In its place, he said, they"invest popular psychology, for example, with an authority that it hardly merits and cannot sustain. They turn to intensive journal workshops, or the enneagram, or what might be a superficial grasp of Joseph Campbell, or varied political causes, as their spiritual authorities.

"While there may be little harm in any of these, there may be insufficient nourishment as well," he said. "These are certainly examples of the diffusion and blurring of spiritual authority within Catholicism."

praye~BOX .Prayer for Selection ofaBishop Lord God, you are our eternal shepherd and guide.

In your mercy grant your Church in the diocese of Fall River a shepherd who will walk in your ways and whose watchful care will bring us your blessing.

Amen.

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THE MEN'S CLUB at Holy Redeemer parish, Chatham, celebrated February, Catholic Press Month, with an exhibit of some 125 publications, including the Anchor, coordinated by Richard C. Spitzer. Following a week's display at Holy Redeemer, the exhibit moved to Our Lady of the Cape pari:;h, Brewster. (Brugger photo)

Gorby says pope major force in communism's fall TURIN. Italy (CNS) - Pope John Paul II played a·major political role in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, says Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union.

Gorbachev predicted that the pope will continue to play "a great political role" in the current "very delicate transition" taking place in Europe.

The ex-leader of world communism praised the pope in a copyright article published March 3 in numerous newspapers around the world.

The events in Eastern Europe "might not have been possible without the presence of this pope, without the great role - including political - which he knew how to play on the world scene," said Gorbachev.

"I remain tonvinced of the importance of the actions of Pope John Paul 1\ in these years," he added.

Gorbachev said that his meetings with the pope helped him understand "the role of the pope in the creation of that which later would be called the new political thought."

Personal contact with the pope leaves a "special impression, as if this man exudes an energy allowing one to experience a profound sense of confidence regarding him," Gorbachev said.

"In these types of relationships there is an instinctive, perhaps intuitive dimension, and certainly a personal one," he added.

There is a "spiritual understanding that exists between us" aided by the fact that both are Slavs, said Gorbachev.

The Catholic Church also benefited from this relationship: Soviet religious restrictions were relaxed, he said.

In Dece\llber 1989, Gorbachev became the first strong man of the Soviet Union to meet a pope. At that mee~ing the pope blessed Gorbachev's domestic reform programs, and Gorbachev pledged to respect religious freedom.

The two men met again at the

Vatican a year later when Gorbachev's power was in decline, threatened on one side by people wanting faster economic and political reform and on the other by communist and military leaders wanting a return to authoritarian rtIle.

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NY cardinal sparks Lebanese unity drive

ment ban on travel to Lebanon by U.S. citizens and restoring U.S. consular services in Lebanon.

NEW YORK (CNS) - An initiative to unite Lebanese-Americans of all religious communities in a campaign to aid Lebanon has been launched by New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor.

Some 40 lay and clerical leaders came from across the country to meet at his residence.

They included members of the Druze and Muslim communities, as well as the various Christian bodies represented in Lebanon.

Maronite Archbishop Francis M. Zayek and Sunni and Shiite imams were among participating clergy.

Cardinal O'Connor, president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, pledged his and the agency's support for efforts to obtain more U.S. assistance for Lebanon as well as such specific goals as ending thc U.S. govcrn-

One option under consideration, he said, is getting Lebanese-Americans from all over the country to petition the government for permission to make a pilgrimage to Lebanon. He said he was willing accompany them, and offered the services of Catholic Near East in making arrangements.

LCWR names SILVER SPRING, Md. (CNS) - Presentation Sister Margaret Cafferty has been named new executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, effective Sept. I. She has been LCWR associate director for ministry since October 1990, and was for nine years president of her San Francisco-based order.

Sister Cafferty also chairs the National Coalition on Catholic Health Care Ministry and is a member of the U.S. Catholic Conference Campaign for Human Development Committee.

"Most of all, we are going to call on our government to demonstrate on behalf of Lebanon the kind of leadership the United States is now able to exert in the Middle East," Cardinal O'Connor said.

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themoorin~ A Right Mind-Set The recent Japanese criticism of United States workers and working habits has an aura of belligerency. In fact; there can be little doubt that the two countries are engaged in economic warfare, especially in the area of auto manufacturing. 'However, with U.S. plant closings at a record level, it should be obvious that something is awry.

The real matter at issue is not the criticism of our work ethos by a foreign government but the abandonment of American workers by their own leaders, be they in the area of politics, management or unionism. If the Japanese have aroused our ire on the issue of our working habits, it may redound to our benefit if it occasions an honest and intelligent analysis of their criticism.

What does escape the Japanese vision is the role of the individual in the workplace. Our critics seemingly cannot grasp the rights and responsibilities of the Amedcan worker in our social order. In a country where individualism is submerged, it is hard to grasp the contributions that individuality and originality make to' the general welfare here. Because of this, the Japanese view of democracy is far removed from its reality.

In debunking American work habits, the Japanese overlooked international studies showing U.S. workers to be the most productive in the world. Comparison, odious as it may be, of U.S. and Japanese figures shows that in 1990 the average U.S. worker was 28 percent more productive than his/ her Japanese counterpart, based on gross domestic product per employed person; and that the United States was far more productive in areas such as services, agriculture and distribution of goods. .

Few, of course, deny that our auto industry lags behind that of the Japanese; and much of this is our own fault. Management out to make excessive profits simply has not updated plants or encouraged new technologies. Poor management and excessive unionism, not lazy wo,tkers, are the real problems of the auto industry. Too many workers have been stymied by both. When capitalism runs amuck and unionism is self-serving, the worker in the middle is the one who suffers.

Everyone agrees that we are in a drastically changing world market. The collapse of the Soviet Union, the emergence of Southeast Asia, the hopelessness of the former Eastern Bloc and the power of the Common Market have certainly had an enormous effect on the American workplace. Rapid and constant change is the hallmark of the day. Those who have remained mired in their own comfort zones or who lack the ability to adapt to altered conditions will be the losers. Those who view change as a given in life will rise to meet the new challenges.

It would be unrealistic to think that we will return to the so-called good old days. That is a regressive vision. Working Americans, no matter what their employment, should not merely roll with the punches in today's economy but try to adapt to the realities at hand, be willing to plough new fields and retain confidence that this nation can continue to direct its own destiny.

We cannot keep crying wolf or feeling like second-rate citizens of the world. We must adopt a mind-set that resolutely turns to the work at hand.

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U.8. needs sense of perspective: WASHINGTON (CNS) - U.S. national product figures." he said.

Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen A nation's needs are a third knows what it means to go for the determinant of power, said Father gold and come up short.

Hehir. "There's a power that states But the 26-year-old Catholic have because their needs are so from West AlIis, Wis., while clearly enormous. They have a moral disappointed he didn't skate better power claim not because they can at the Winter Olympics in Albert- threaten you militarily but because ville, France, appeared to take it . they're part of the same commuall in stride. nity as the other world powers."

"I've worked hard. I've had a lot Nations with this kind of strength of fun .... I didn't come home with "include three quarters of the a medal. But I came here saying a . human race," he noted, "and if medal was not my main goal. I their needs go unattended [it will] came here to do the best that I create a world that is a very could, and I did," Jansen told unpleasant place to live, not just reporters after his events this year. for them but for everybody."

His sense of perspective may be Dirk Verheyen, assistant pro~ instructive for the nation as it fessor of political science at Loyenters an unfamiliar age in which ola Marymount University in Los it finds itself less certain of its sta- Angeles, believes the "new world tus in an increasingly interdepend- disorder" requires the United States ent world. to replace its "very strong unilatWith the end ofthe Cold War, a eralist itch" with a multilateral nation's power is no longer deter- approach to solving problems. mined solely in terms of its milThere exist major problems in itary strength - a ranking method the world today that cannot be which worked in the past to give solved by the United States' alone, the United States almost unques- said Verheyen, among them nuclear tioned superpower status, Father proliferation, environmental degJ. Bryan Hehir, U.S. bishops' radation, combating Al DS and counselor for social policy, recently terrorism. told Catholic News Service.

"Take the Middle East peace Looking at military strength, he process. If it becomes a U.S. show, said, the United States, the Soviet it won't work," he said.

In terms of"managing the interrepublics and China are on the top of the heap - "but that would be a national financial situation, there distorted picture with no room for are no longer just dollars, but yen Japan, the European Community and marks as well," he noted.

Verheyen said the Vietnam War or OPEC," the Organization of and the U.S. inability to free its Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Rankings based on economic citizens taken hostage put the strength put these three entities on nation's morale at an all-time low.

When U.S. domination is "shown the list of the powerful, he said.

But today rankings cannot be to be a fallacy or undermined," determined by only looking at Verheyen said, conspiracy theor"missiles and bombers and gross ies develop - "there must be com-

munists in the State Department if we're losing China, or right now, the Japan bashing" springing forth as the U:S. economy takes a dive.

Nationalism is not uncommon the world over, but the United States tends to "play our foreign policy more on the scoreboard than do other nations," believes Gordon Zahn, former director of the Center on Conscience and War in Boston. The constant yearning to "be No. I" is pari ofthi: "national psychology" and the "American mystique," he said Feb. 20.

In Zahn's view, U.S. children are trained to excel as individuals rather than to contribute as team players.

"Not taking guff from anyone," he said, is learned on school playgrounds and is not an inborn response.

But the nation must learn teamwork, said Father Hehir.

It is time for the United Nations - in years past prevented from taking a global leadership position

by Cold War rivalries - to take on "a whole new role," he said.

But "the role cannot be the United Nations makes decisions and the United States is sheriff," he said. "We need to go beyond the Gulf War model," said Father Hehir.

In the world community as at the Olympic games, "for a long time there's been much too emphasis on the No. I thing and the national arrogance that goes along with it," commented Zahn.

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Notby law but by faith Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13 In his first book of parables, "Twelve and One-Half Keys," Father Ed Hays presents the story of a foot-massaging banjo man whose weird ministry only makes sense after the parable's hero hears the words of Romans 10: 15, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news!"

Unless we read more scripture than the excerpts used in our liturgies, we probably are not familiar with Romans 10: 15. The only Romans 10 verses proclaimed in the Eucharist are the six in today's second reading! Considering how important this chapter is for Paul's theology, we should be ashamed of our ignorance.

Just before the passage, Paul explains tiow Christianity differs from Judaism. "Why," he asks, "did Israel, who pursued the law of righteousness, not attain righteousness?" His answer has tormented Christians through the centuries.

"Because they did it not by faith," he declares, "but as if it could be done by works."

Many Israelites had fallen into the trap of believing the Mosaic Law saved them. Forgetting about Yahweh and his love - the basis for all Jewish regulations - they concentrated on the law, becoming experfs. on statutes and' rules~ binding and loosing, guilt and innocence.

The author of Deuteronomy tried to overcome this error by inserting Yahweh's past saving actions into his community's present experience. He spoke first of those who took part in the Exodus in the third person: " ... There he became a nation great, strong and numerous." But then he quickly shifted to the first person: "When the Egyptians maltreated and oppressed us, imposing hard labor upon us, we cried to the Lord .....

Our ancestors were not alone in experiencing the Exodus. We who believe in Yahweh are joined to him by more than just laws and regulations. He alsoIeads us on a daily trek through.the wilderness.

Yet Christians do more than just become part of past actions.

Jesus not only calls his people back to the basics of faith, he is the

DAilY READINGS March 9: Lv 19:1-2,11-18; Ps 19:8-10,15; Mt 25:31-46 March 10: Is 55:10-11; Ps 51:3-4,12-13,18-19; Lk 11: 29-32 March 11: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51: 3-4,12-13,18-19; Lk 11:29-32 March 12: Est C:12,1416,23-25; Ps 138; Mt 7:7-12 March 13: Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26 March 14: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2,4-5,7-8; Mt 5:43-48 March 15:Gn 15:5-12,1718; Ps 27:1,7-9,13-14; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28-36

.By FATHER ROGER KARBAN model for all who reach out to God in faith. "For Christ is the end of the law for the justification of everyone who has faith," Paul proclaims.

Then, after contrasting la wand faith, the Apostle begins today's periscope. "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart," he states. " ... for. if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead. you will be saved."

If the law brings salvation. then only the Jews who follow the law can be saved. But if faith in Jesus' resurrection brings salvation. then aiL whether "Jew or Greek." can be saved ... as long as they believe in his rising. This good news makes the feet of its bearers very beautiful.

Yet such good news only becomes part of our lives if we can see the risen Jesus present in those lives.

No longer just someone from the past. he must be more alive for us now than when he walked the Galilean countryside two millennia ago. Because we believe in Jesus' resurrection. we not only return to his past actions. we also experience him in whatever happens to us in the present. Today's gospel temptation narrative is a classic example of this process.

Luke is not concerned with the temptations the historical Jesus faced. He is interested in the temptations the risen Jesus faces in his church.

We can easily sympathize with the evangelist's community in its dealing with these problems. We too are tempted to care only for people's physical needs (stone turned to bread). We long to achieve power over others (prostrate yourself before me... ) And often we spend too much time trying to accomplish the spectacular (jumping from the temple's parapet).

Would we be bringing "good news" if we attained all three of the' above?

The message "Jesus lives!" is best proclaimed by our way of living. Our refusal to care only for the physical, lord it over others or attract media attention should be the clearest sign that Jesus lives among us... and continues to massage feet.

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Option for poor MEXICOCITY(CNS)-Growing numbers of Latin Americans are impoverished and bishops in the region plan to reaffirm their option for the poor at their fourth . general assembly, to be held in the Dominican Republic in October and to be addressed by Pope John Paul II.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife. Rosalynn, will recdve the first interfaith Notre Dame Award for international humanitarian service March 23 at the University of N otr~ Dame, wbere Carter will deliver a lecture.

Since his reelection defeat in 1980, Carter has continued to address world issues as a professor at Emory University in Atlanta and through numerous progra ms coordinated by the Carter Cen :er.

He monitored elections in Panama in 1989, calling them a fraud, and in Nicaragua in 1990, calling them generally free and fair. He has also worked to cool tension; in Ethiopia and Haiti. Time magazine has called him "our best ,:xpresident."

Mrs. Carter works closely ",ith the Mental Illness Foundati,)n, the International Commission on Peace and Food, and her own Institute for Human Developme n1.

The Carters often work side by side in helping build homes 'or Habitat for Humanity, of wh ch Carter is a director.

Both Carters have received honorary degrees from N01.re Dame.

Cardinal praises U.8. ecumenislrl COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNS) After two days in Columbus al a national consultation on loc al . ecumenism, the Vatican's top ecumenist said he was amazed at the extent of such activity in t'le United States. "I would never ha ve believed when I came yesterday that so much was happening in e'cumenism on the local level in t:le United States. It is so much encouragement for all of us," Care inal Edward I. Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for PrJmoting Christian Unity, said Feb. 22. He also had advice for Catholic parishes: Lay people should exercise more leadership in 10ell eculT)enism.

It's Catholic-bashing NEW YORK (CNS) A book alleging that delays in publicaticn of the Dead Sea Scrolls have bee n due to Vatican pressure is the latest form of "Catholic-bashing," according to a Catholic scholar who has been involved in study of the scrolls.

Writing in the Jesuit weekiy America. Jesuit Father Joseph fl.

Fitzmyer. professor emeritus of biblical studies at the Cat hoi c University of America. said tl:e book "The Dead Sea Scrol s Deception" by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh insinuated th" t church authorities instigated dela~ s to block challenges to traditiom:l views of Christian origins. .

"If there is a 'deception' cornected with the Dead Sea Scroll~,. this book is it." wrote Father Fitzmyer.

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Korean missioners head to Kenya' SEOUL, South Korea (CNS)Korea's Catholic Church will soon send its first two missionaries from the Seoul Archdiocese to the Diocese of Mackakos in Kenya. The archdiocese's action is reportedly in response to a request from the Diocese of Machakos. In preparation for the missionary dispatch,

Auxiliary Bishop Peter U-I1 Kang of Seoul visited Kenya recently.

Bishop Kang told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Hong Kong, that the archdiocese's decision to send missionaries to Africa is a sign of its active participation in the church's original mission of preaching God's word.

Continue protection, says bishop LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony says he will urge President Bush and other U.S. officials to back an extension of temporary protected status for Salvadorans beyond a June 30,1992, deadline.

He said forcing Salvadorans back to EI Salvador would be "crimi-

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MARY KENNY Dear Mary: How do you say no to your adult children without offending them? I babysit my two grandchildren, ages 5 and 3, frequently, and I enjoy doing it,

How grandparents can place limits on babysitting Lately, however, it seems to be taken for granted that we'll babysit every Friday night. Also the parents are talking. about taking an extended vacation in the summer, and they clearly expect us to keep the children. I love my children and my grandchildren, and I don't want to alienate them, but I think this is asking too much. - Pennsylvania Consider your adult children as your dear friends. How would you handle a situation in which dear friends imposed upon you?

Honest, direct personal messages are the quickest way to clear the

air and avoid misunderstanding.

Direct messages need not be confrontational. Simply state your feelings and position.

"This babysitting is just too much for me," is a direct message. "I love to do things with the children, but I can't babysit while you go on vacation." Such statements convey your point clearly.

Do not invent excuses to avoid being direct. "I'm busy," might prompt the parents to ask what you are doing or to suggest they can work around your other plans.

You are focused into lies and half-

truths, and the real issue never receives attention.

To show that you really do want to spend time with your grandchildren, propose alternatives which you would enjoy. Perhaps you could take the 5-year-old to a movie matinee and out to eat. Or you might suggest a short summer trip with the 5-year-old to a lake, a state park or a city with zoos and a children's museum.

You might invite the 3-year-old for a trip to a park followed by lunch and a nap at your house. .

If both parents work, getting children to and from sitters, schools

and appointments can be a real problem for the parents. Perhaps you can offer to assist them with these chores.

Tell your adult children when their demands are more than you care to handle. Then suggest alternatives which both you and the children would enjoy.

You can be helpful to your adult children while maintaining your own chosen level of involvement.

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Understanding the sacrament of penance today By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN

Q. I have always been a Catholic.

With 12 years of Catholic education behind me, I feel extremely peculiar to need more information on the new form for the sacrament of penance.

I still use the same prayers and old-style confessionals as in the past, but it makes me feel extremely

dense not to know the proper form today. Can you help? (Illinois) A. Don't ever be ashamed to ask questions.

I long ago learned the truth of a remark made by one of our seminary professors: "The more you know, the more you know you don't know; that goes for everything, but most of all fpr things relating to life, God and our faith."

If you take your religion seriously, your lengthy Catholic school background may be part of the "problem."

Don't worry that much about the format for confession or the words you should use. They flow

easily even if you're not that familiar with the new rite.

Parts of the ritual, such 'as a reading from Scripture, prayer together with the priest and so on can be accomplished perhaps more comfortably when the priest and penitent are sitting together, but that is not essential.

As I have explained at length several times in this column, if there is a change in this sacrament, it is more in how we approach it than what we do during the rite.

Repentance for sin and a firm purpose of amendment are necessary of course. We cannot lose sight ofthe fact, however, that our

sins (or our good actions for that matter) are past; they are a part of history, they cannot be changed.

They can only be placed into the forgiving and healing hands of God, and in the hands of those we have injured by our sinfulness.

The graces of this sacrament are therefore oriented more to those movements and inclinations in our hearts (we used to call them capital sins) which give rise to the sinful acts and omissions, and how we can deal positively with those movements in a healthier and holier way.

I realize this is terribly brief.

There are many good things to read, however, starting with the

Introduction to the church's Rite of Penance, which you can borrow from your parish priest or purchase through a Catholic bookstore.

It would be hard to find a more succinct and direct expression of how the church views this sacrament, what we should bring to it and what we should expect to get out of it today.

A free brochure on confession is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to him at the same address.

A legacy of, wisdom from Sister Anna Ther,esa By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

This week I found a little notebook given to me Jan. 8, 1948, by the dearest nun I ever knew, Sister Anna Theresa.

A Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet, she was librarian at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the parochial school I attended in my home city of Albany, N.Y. Since for me libraries are a magnet, I was there every day and we became close friends.

Sister Anna Theresa had a tre-

By DOLORES CURRAN

"For everything there is a season ... a time for searching and a time for building" (Eccl. 3). Lent gives us an opportunity to do some searching and building in our spirituallives.

Rather than searching out new prayer forms and books to read, let's reach from something simple this season: let's search for signs of God within ourselves and others and build on those.

We are taught that we are sacrament to one another but sometimes that's pretty hard to believe.

If, as we were taught, sacrament is a sign of God's love, then people

mendous sense of humor, was marve10uslywell read and loved to pass on her attachment to books and information to the kids in school.

I didn't realize how hard and long this truly spiritual person had struggled to follow in the path of Jesus until she gave me her little book about two years before she died.

It came with a note telling me she "cherished" what she had written in it even though it was so little.

"It is years since I started this book, but just see how slow was my procedure. Surely you will secure more beautiful thoughts than I ever secured. You work on it. darling." she added.

"Darling" was her favorite name for all of us.

I probably hadn't looked at this

book in nearly 40 years. It simply got lost in a box somewhere. But now I started to read what Sister Anna Theresa has put down as her discoveries about life. Let me share ,a few of these: "It takes no talent to be great.

The willingness to work and serve is the key to greatness."

"A hot head seems so much m9re pardonable than a cold heart. " "Our vows are three nails that bind us to the cross. They cause us pain until our last breath."

"N 0 relationship is possible either between individuals or between nations without unconditional justice."

"Many will tell you how to do what they cannot do themselves."

"The brainless criticize."

"Some people are too inactive to commit great sin."

"The deepest wounds bleed inwardly."

"Be careful never to change a good resolution when downhearted."

At the end of Sister Anna Theresa's thoughts, I wrote a good number of entries, as she had requested - quotes I loved, from St. Augustine to Shakespeare. I guess I was too young then to have the wisdom required for original observations.

There was another thought from Sister Anna Theresa that I would like to pass on for its wisdom and insight. She titled it "Separation."

"The secret of all our sorrows is separation. I cannot say loss, because we never lose anything that is good. We are separated from it only for a while, then God gives it back to us. sometimes in

this life, sometimes only in heaven.

So it is separation which is our deepest pain. Our whole life here on earth is a series of withdrawals and they seem cruel to us at times.

We forget that we are being fashioned for heaven ....

"Think of the tremendous training required for this. Everything on which we lean and in which we find delight is apt to make us less energetic unless it be our one great support - God. "So our blessed Lord removes it for just a little space and then gives it all back to us in eternity where there is no fear of marring our beauty.... where our friendships of earth will be intensified. Let us be patient and trust our loving Father."

Thank you, Sister Anna Theresa, for the gift of your book, truly a legacy of wisdom.

Lent II: A time for searching and building who profess to belong to the people of God should behave differently from those who don't. We should recognize a Christian instantly by his or her actions, words, and attitUdes.

More, we should recognize these signs within ourselves and proclaim silently, "I am sacrament to her," when we withhold a caustic remark or gesture a stranger into our line of traffic during rush hour. Our behavior says loudly, "There is goodness here and that goodness springs from God who is the font of all goodness."

We become sacraments to one another in dozens of different ways daily. When we patiently spoon ejected baby food back into the baby's mouth, we are sacrament to him. Like God, we are saying, "You don't know you need this but I do and I love you so I am going to try again and again."

In our fast track lives, we often forget to search for signs of sacra-

ment in others. I wrote once about a woman who looked out her window on a snowy morning and saw a neighbor cleaning their walks.

She felt a surge of love for him but her husband looked out and said, "H mph. Wonder what he wants of US."

Knocking down is easier than building. We knock our parents for what they did wrong. We knock those who give hours of community service because we disagree with one or two of their decisions.

We knock the church, the pastors, and fellow parishioners because our spiritual lives aren't rich and meaningful.

This week, I suggest we begin a habit of looking for signs of sacrament in others. At first, this may be difficult for those of us who have gotten into the habit of knocking others.

But we have to search for goodness before we can build on it.

Perhaps we will find sacrament in

the school bus driver who scolds our child for being late. She's teaching him responsibility for other children who are shivering at the next stop. Perhaps we'll be sacrament to the nuisance phone solicitor who hears a polite no from us rather than a nasty rejoinder.

Perhaps we'll listen to that same tired story from a co-worker with empathy instead of impatience, knowing that he needs an ear more

than advice. Perhaps we'll tell a teenager we're sorry we cut her down and that we really love her a lot. We become a sign of God's presence working in our lives to her.

Once we train ourselves to become aware of the goodness in others, we begin to believe that others are good and that's a valuable first step in becoming sacrament to others.

Chinese Catholics faring worse MILAN, Italy (CNS) - The difficulties facing Catholics in China worsened after Pope John PatillI named the Vatican-recognized bishop of Shanghai to the College of Cardinals, said Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, also of Shanghai, a Jesuit elected by the pro-government Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

Bishop Jin said relations between the government and Catholics and between China and the Vatican were better two years ago. "But the pope greatly honored the Chinese church by elevating Ignatius Kung Pin- Mei, the first Chinese to become a cardinal," Bishop Jin said, adding that sometimes "from a great good can be born a small bad."

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

Msgr. John J. Oliveira. diocesan director of the Society for the P.ropagation.ofthe Faith; said in a ':Ietterto'inembers'ofthe Fall River diocese: "During this year of 1992. we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel in the Americas. As we reflect on this significant anniversary of the evangelization of our own continent. we are truly reminded how important it is to give of ourselves for the mission of the Church.

"The history of our land is filled with the stories of the first missionaries among the native peoples of this continent. The story has not always been a happy one. but in difficult situations the missionaries tried to raise the cross of Christ as a symbol for all to follow.

"Today you and I are called to continue the evangelizing mission of the Church. Not all of us are able to work among Black and Native Americans. personally wit. nessing to the Gospel. but you can join me in prayerful support of their efforts.

"In addition to your prayers. I urge you to be generous in sharing your financial blessings with tho~e in need. 1n these times of economIc difficulty. the needs of the poor are

greater than ever. Please share out of your abundance with those who have 1J0thing. One of the signs of the presence of God on earth is that the;: 'poor have the good news proclaimed to them.' Won't you help us to fulfill the Lord's mission to all his Church'?"

Msgr. Oliveira asked that contributors use the Home Missions envelope provided in weekly budget

Holy holiday upheld HONOLULU (CNS) - Good Friday may legitimately be given as a' holiday to state employees without jeopardizing the constitutional separation of church and state, a federal appeals court ruled recently.

In a 2-1 vote, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the right of states to declare Good Friday an official holiday, saying giving employees the day off did not constitute an endorsement of religious activity. The original suit, filed in 1986 by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of five people, including a teacher at a Catholic high school, argued that taxpayers

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Your attention-getting stories may be humorous and joke-filled without belittling the Church and its dwindling clergy and religious - a majority of whom would not appreciate the "honey" you served up in your article.

I do not recommend "beating them over the head with anger," and because my name happens to be Clancy, I do not recommend "lowering the boom" on all I meet (sarcastic, too? ha, ha, humorous!), but I respect and love the Church and do not want to see it "harmed from within," without calling to task those who consciously or unconsciously tend to do so.

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A bout M edjugorje Dear Editor: Even though Medjugorje is a remote village in Yugoslavia, it has created worldwide attention; over 18 million pilgrims from all over the world have visited there.

Our Blessed Mother has been appearing there to six seers for over 10 years which is an unprecedented event in Church history. There have been over 300 medical cures listed in the files at the parish house, which probably is a small dent in the total healings and this does not include all of the spiritual conversions - completely changing lives.

Bishop Paul Hnilica, S.J., an auxiliary bishop of Rome and close confidant of the Holy Father, has visited Medjugorje many times.

He said that he knew for aJact that he [the pope) looks very favorably upon Medjugorje. On August I, 1989, the Holy Father said something very significant to a group of medical experts from an organization that is carrying out scientific studies on the Medjugorje phenomenon. His words were "The world is losing its sense of the supernatural. But people are going to Medjugorje in search of it and they find it there through prayer, penance and fasting. Yes, people are finding God in Medjugorje."

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Feminist polemics Dear Editor: The February 21 issue of The Anchor contains a number of provocative columns worthy of a critical if unpopular response. For the second time in three weeks Dolores Curran has reached into her magician's hat offeminist polemics and pulled out a rabbit bearing the carrot and stick of a radical epistemology wherein appeals to gender consciousness and education can alter the essence - both philosophical and metaphysical- of masculine identity.

Whether Ms. Curran is addressing the matter of the "smutty male repartee" she and her fellow sistersin-arms so readily characterize as sexual harassment, or the male propensity for telling "sexist" jokes. with women as the objects of humiliation, the Hegelian dialectical materialism is set adrift in a Marxian ocean with a distinctively gender feminist current. Marx and Engels are prominent in the assignation of the bourgeoisie oppressors (men) and the proletariat oppressed (women). Presumably, the epicene revelation born from 'the fruits of feminist labor will secure the "withering away" of patriarchy within the triumph ofthe dictatorship of the proletariat.

In addition to sexual differenti... ation as class struggle motif, Ms. Curran's emphasis on the female's preference for self-deprecating humor over the typical male's aver-

sion to pointing barbs at his own person in favor of targeting some perpetually vulnerable member of the "fair sex" - has she any recollection of Jack Benny or Fred Allen? - skates the familiar freestyle performance of the woman as innately good and the man as basically evil.

The inanities Ms. Curran and company find so seductive in the collegiality of all women fused by the bond of unanimous victimization .at the hands of millions of Mephistophelian incarnates known as men are the same delusions that the invidious idealists of every era prattle.

More than anything else, Ms. Curran's twin pieces confirm what H. L. Mencken said in Minority Report: "It is not materialism that is the chief curse ofthe world ... but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously."

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Readers thanked Dear Editor, Readers and Dr. McGowan: The Dec. 13, 1991 issue of the Anchor was given to me by a priest whom Dr. Owen McGowan met when he came to India.

Thanks for all the books you so generously donated for our Minor Seminary (cf.P.I3). I may share some of them with our Diocesan Sisters of "Our Lady of Graces."

They have 19 aspirants this year, besides Postulants and Novices under formation. They need good books too.

I assure you of my prayers for all of you. May Jesus bless the Anchor for all the good it is doing.

I read the whole issue and enjoyed it.

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May Mary obtain many blessings from her Divine Son for all of you. +Bishop Patrick Nair Meerut, Uttar Pradesh India Ow~n

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On the theme, "The Call to Holiness and M issioh," the retreats will be held May 11-15 at Marymount University, Arlington, Va., and June 1-5 at· St. Louis University, St.. Louis.'" .' CH*ector.,will be Redemptoris~ .F.tiers Tofu Forrest, interna,,' . tiobraJ'¢xec~. director of Evan~~ geli~fi2000~~~ndJimMcManus of ~on. Among speakers will pe,~A~inJ#iiArchbishop Daniel' ..

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Continued from Page One Lions-Quest programs were developed jointly by Quest International of Granville, Ohio, and Lions Clubs International, the . world's largest service organization. The programs reinforce traditional civic values of honesty, selfdiscipline, responsibility and respect and teach young people such life skills as service to others, making and keeping commitments and saying no to alcohol and other drugs.

While other substance abuse programs may focus on the facts about drugs and their effects, Quest uses such information as part of a program that "deals with the whole child," said Mrs. Barboza. "The program gives you everything you need to make kids feel good about themselves."

At St. Jean's, Quest has been integrated into the school's health program, with instruction sessions about 15 minutes each day for kindergarteners and about 45 minutes a week for students in upper grades.

However, said Mrs. Barboza, Quest concepts affect school life beyond the formal instructional sessions. "It's a curriculum for caring," she said. The things students learn "become part of their lifestyle."

SS. Peter and Paul and St. Anne's schools in Fall River have also adopted Quest programs. Begun in 1975, they are now used in more than 26,000 schools in 27 countries.

Invite-A-Friend Continued from Page One It is also meaningful because the period from 1990 to 2000 has been declared a decade of ·evangelization by Pope John Paul II, with many activities planned by Evangelization 2000. a worldwide umbrella organization which has as its international executive director Redemptorist Father Tom Forrest.

Reports from communities already taking part in Invite-AFriend indicate significant increases in attendance at worship services; and Gallup polls show that those who attend religious services weekly or nearly every week contribute over four times as much to charitable causes and volunteer for community service over twice as much as do nonchurchgoers.

At present, three out of five Americans claim membership in a religious congregation 'and two out of five attend services weekly. The 10-year goal of Invite-a-Friend is to have American church membership reach 200 million or four out of five Americans by the year 2000.

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Get fire wise When I started out as a cub reporter on a big daily paper in the years after World War II, my "beat" was coverage of the suburbs and education. When there were major catastrophes, however, every reporter was pressed into service.

Hardest to take were the horrible fires in the old apartment hotels that ringed the city's center.

Cold, windy nights caused stoves, furnaces and floor heaters to get out of control, and water froze as fireman (no women then) tried to control the blaze.

Most casualties seemed to be people who lived alone-especially' the elderly.

Did you know that people 65 and over are three times more likely to die from fires than those under 65? Or that 75 percent of older Americans who die in fires don't having working smoke detectors? Or that of all deaths resulting from clothing fires, two-thirds happen to people 65 and over?

These scary figures come from a unique program designed to address these problems-Project Fire Wise. Launched one year ago, it is the joint effort of two St. Paul, MN agencies: the fire department and the Red Cross.

Project Fire Wise has developed a speakers' bureau of volunteers

who appear at senior citizen clubs, highrises and gatherings to inform older Americans what they can do to improve their chances of survival.

The presentation includes some 30 slides, a commentary, and the . distribution of brochures, some in Spanish. They come from the American Red Cross, the Insurance Information Institute, the National Fire Protection Association, the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents and the St. Paul Fire Department.

The fire prevention techniques are helpful for all ages, but some a.re critical for seniors, invalids and those who live alone. Several folders focus on smoke detectors.

Have you checked their batteries lately?

"Take Five for Apartment Safety" is a popular brochure prepared by the St. Paul Fire Department.

In five minutes, the fire fighters say, you can check all the major fire threats to your apartment.

"Do you keep your fire escape route clear - free from flower pots, stored bicycles, deck chairs?" is one test. Here's another: "Are irons or similar appliances unplugged when not in use?"

"Senior Citizen's Fire Safety Tips" summarizes many of the key suggesti(;ms in the other folders.

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Kids invite "keen-agers" to senior prom

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Here are a few that might be worth posting in your living quarters: BE KITCHEN WISE. Wear tight-fitted sleeves while you cook.

Set a time so you don't forget to turn off the burners or the oven.

GIVE SPACE HEATERS SPACE - at least three feet away from everything, including you.

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Make sure you can unlock all doors and open all windows in a house. If you have difficulty with stairs, you may be better off sleeping in a first floor bedroom.

FIRST AID FOR BURNS: Cool water helps stop more skin damage. Salve or butter only traps the heat inside. See your doctor if any burns char the skin, blister, look white or become infected.

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Several of the young boys bought corsages for their dates and many of the young girls also received flowers from the seniors they invited.

First-grader Lucas McZeal Jr., age 6, and his 66-year-old grandmother Pearl Etienne, were driven' to the prom in the back seat of the family car while Lucas' father played chauffeur.

Music ranged from 1970s pop to today's rap, giving the dancers an opportunity to exchange styles and techniques.

Holy Family Sister Victoria Vavasseur, 70, school librarian, taught her date, sixth-grader Rickey Sassu, the two-step, softly coaching him as they danced.

School development director Ida Nezey said the experience helped Rickey "see Sister Victoria in a new light, not just as a teacher or authority figure, but as a friend."

The prom proved to be such a hit with students and their dates that plans are already under way for a spring hop.

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The prom was part of Catholic Schools Week activities for the students, who range in age from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

"Our main objective was to bring the students and the old people together in a social setting, hopefully establishing a common ground for fostering relationships between the two groups," said Mary Frances Ozene, who helped plan the prom.

Each student invited an older person of the opposite sex to be his or her date for the evening. Some of the students chose their grandparents, while others found their escorts among aunts, uncles and neighbors.

Three of the boys escorted the school's "foster grandparents," seniors who regularly volunteer their services to the school.

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Abortion Continued from Page One babies die" in abortion clinics.

"4,400 babies will be killed; 4,400 women will have lives ripped out of them; 4,400 men are being deprived of their children."

According to Ms. Everett's statistics, one percent of women receiving abortions will be maimed or killed.

"We'd been maiming or killing one woman a month," said the former abortion provider, ..... but we always got her out of there before she died so we could say we'd never had a death [at clinics)."

She said 25 percent of women having abortions will be rendered sterile, but there is a 43 percent repeat rate for abortions.

The average woman seeking an abortion, said Ms. Everett, "is 24 years old, has completed two years of college, had her first abortion as a teen and continues to use it as a method of birth control."

Clinic operators "know well that 93 percent of abortions are for birth control," she said.

The former insider characterized the abortion industry as manipulative of women and more concerned with financial gain than the well-being of its clients.

Abortion advocates call themselves "pro-choice," she said, but "have you ever heard a pro-choice person talk about anything but abortion? They have only one product and they sell it skillfully abortion, abortion, abortion!"

Women are maneuvered into having abortions, she said, from the moment they pick up a telephone seeking help from a crisis pregnancy "counselor."

The counselors - called that because "yo.u can't call them what they really are - telemarketers" - are trained to sell abortions by playing on the caller's "worst fears," Ms. Everett described.

A counselor will "confirm" the pregnancy over the phone and follow that up with the question "Is this good news?"

"Of course it isn't good news or she wouldn't be calling!" said Ms. Everett.

The counselor then pushes the abortion decision by telling the distressed caller that "no one has to know" - not even the father.

This encourages the woman "to take all [her) guilt and anger and blame him. This is why 90 percent of these relationships break up within 90 days of an abortion," Ms. Everett continued.

Once the woman comes to theclinic and is shown her positive pregnancy test, she is pressured to "do it now!" to separate her from any support system of family or friends that might change her mind - because the clinic doesn't want to lose her money, Ms. Everett reported.

"In the [pre-abortion] counseling room," .she continued, "the young woman is told it's not a baby," while in the next room doctors are "checking for arms, legs and body parts of 'products of conception' [from already completed abortions]."

In the midst of all this "we had trained people to reach over gently, pat her on the arm and say, 'Do you have your money, honey?'"

Ms. Everett said the fee for a first trimester abortion in her clinics was $75. The abortionist "can do 10 to 12 ofthose an hour." On a busy day, the clinic would perform 50 to 75 of the so-called "procedures."

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER CAROL EVERETT parttime job, said Ms. Everett, discussing one practitioner who worked 18 hours a week.

Doing 10 abortions an hour at $75 each, that's a weekly income of $13,500.

"Of course they report all this to the IRS," Ms. Everett said sarcastically, adding that "people who do abortions are not doctors, they're abortionists. Most do not have admitting privileges to hospitals and don't belong to a medical society."

"The patient has heard that abortion is a decision between her and her doctor," Ms. Everett continued. "But he must depersonalize her if he's going to do I0 to 12 of these an hour." The abortionist says very little to the woman before, during or after the abortion, and "if she has an extra $100 she can be put to sleep."

Even worse, Ms. Everett revealed, her clinics would do "abortions" on non-pregnant women.

If a pregnancy test came out negative, "we had a different sales pitch," said Ms. Everett. The woman would be told the test was not sensitive enough to detect early pregnancy and would then receive a sonagram. Presuming the woman would not know how to interpret sonagram, she would be told she needed an abortion.

"How do you do an abortion on a woman who's not pregnant?" asked Ms. Everett. "You scrape out some of the uterine lining."

The Safe Sex Sell After an abortion, women would leave the clinic "afraid to have sex ever again," said Ms. Everett. "So we had to resell the idea of abortion."

They did so by handing out birth control items to give the women a false sense of security, knowing full well that no contraceptive method is foolproof and that many women would likely be back.

"You sell abortion by talking about safe sex," said Ms. Everett, charging that Planned Parenthood has been known to give teens birth control items that have a high failure rate.

"Their goal is to see three to five abortions between the ages of 13 and 18," she said. "The most I ever saw was [a woman who had) nine abortions."

As many as 91 percent of aborted women suffer some form of postabortion trauma, such as eating disorders, promiscuity, alcohol or drug abuse, or child abuse, said Ms. Everett. "But all finally come to the conclusion that 'I've killed my baby,''' She speaks from experience, saying that her involvement in the abortion industry came as a result of her attempt to justify her own abortion 19 years ago.

She had become pregnant at 16, married, and already had two children when the Roe v. Wade

ruling came in 1973. Her husband told her he would divorce her if she had another child.

"I had to make the decision my husband or this child,". she said. "Unfortunately, I chose my husband."

"They told me it was a glob of tissue," she said of the unborn child. "But the moment it was over I knew I'd killed my baby." .

She felt she had nowhere to turn. "There's no one you can call to say 'I've just killed my baby' -not even your husband."

Marital problems ensued because "I wanted him to hurt as I was hurt. .. .1 had an affair...abused my daughter...divorced my husband," she said. "I stopped wearing dresses.

I couldn't do anything that was feminine or reminded me of motherhood," And she became a supporter of abortion, trying to justify the need for it each time she counseled a woman to destroy her unborn child.

Her turning point came when a clinic doctor quit the practice and tried to convince Ms. Everett that abortion was wrong.

Before leaving he asked her to pray with him for forgiveness.

The event nagged her conscience, until one day she fell to her knees and "from the floor of that abortion clinic I prayed, 'Lord, if you don't want me here, hit me with a two-by-four!'"

Within days, a local TV station did an expose on clinics doing abortions on non-pregnant women.

The scandal forced Ms. Everett out of the business.

Over the next year, she said, the former clinic doctor aided in her conversIOn to Christian principles and the pro-life movement.

"I knew then that I'd been involved in the murder of thousands of babies ...and I started repenting one by one. I'm an eightand-a-half-year-old Christian and it's good to finally be on the right side," she said.

The reconciliation process has taken place within her own family as well.

She and her former husband met "on the 16th anniversary of the death of our daughter [by abortion) and we cried together for the first time. Eight months later he apologized to me and I could finally forgive him," . :'You see," she continued, "for every woman [who gets an abortion] there is a man and sometimes siblings affected. My children, ages 29 and 27, are just coming to terms with my abortion" and its effects.

"My daughter is receiving counseling," Ms. Everett concluded that "abortion is not the problem" but a symptom of the problem widespread sexual activity outside marriage that causes not only unwanted' pregnancy but sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. "Kids just want to be loved," she

said, and are confusing love and sex.

"Sexual activity outside marriage has got to stop," said Ms. Everett. "We have to return to God's plan for sex," She hopes to continue her prolife speaking engagements, which have thus far taken her throughout the United States and to Canada and Australia.

Workshops Ms. Everett's address capped a day of pro-life workshops, including "Foundations of Human Development," presented by Linda Thayer, MCFL education direc.tor, who declared that Educators "are not naive. They know kids are having sex," she said. "But if the girl becomes pregnant everyone acts surprised. Well, they shouldn't be."

She continued, "The real reason there are so many abortions is because we've all forgotten who invented sex. God is the one who designed human sexuality. That makes God the expert - not Dr. Ruth, not Phil Donahue, not Geraldo."

A workshop titled "Who's There After the Choice Has Been MadeY' was jointly present~d by Debbie Sortikys, state chapter 'president of Women Exploited by Abortion (WEBA), and Patricia Staebler, director of Attleboro Catholic Social Services, which offers pregnancy counseling and the Hidden Mourning program for women suffering post-abortion trauma.

Like Ms. Everett, Mrs. Sortikys has found that her life and those of her husband and children have been adversely affected by her two abortions, the first at age 18.

As an abused and troubled teenager, "I didn't understand abortion, I didn't know I was killing my unborn child....supposed health professionals who didn't care about this abused teenager said to have the abortion [as if it would solve all problems]," Afterward, "I was overwhelmed with hate, rage, anger, bitterness. I couldn't stand to look at babies. ...I got involved with drugs and alcohol. I couldn't deal with what I'd done. I became very prochoice."

Nine months later she was pregnant again.

"I literally bounced into that clinic. I didn't care at all about me, so why would I路 care about a baby?"

For 18 years Mrs. Sortikys has been married to the fatlier of the two children she aborted, but at first, :'Iife was pretty bad. I didn't want children because I was afraid [to face what I'd done]."

When she became pregnant again, "I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'd killed my other two babies," For years she had not told anyone about her pain but finally went to her minister's wife, who told her to forget about the abortion, saying that "it was in the past."

"She'd given me no help,. no hope.. .1 wanted God to punish me," said Mrs. Sortikys. At seven months pregnant, "I prayed that this baby would die," But her son, now 13, did not die.

And her life began to change when she met a Catholic charismatic who "told me about Jesus and salvation and forgiveness," She began to realize that "Jesus forgave at the cross but the one thing I couldn't do was accept that forgiveness,"

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The Sortikys now have two sons and a daughter, who is almost five.

Because their mother feels it is important for them to understand that abortion exploits women, she has told her sons of her own experience and will in time tell her daughter.

"But I'll never forget those two children" lost through abortion she said. That is why she became involved with WEBA. "A lot of women ju'st want to open up and share the hell they've been living with," she said. "They need compassion," Similar views prompted Mrs. Staebler to found the Hidden Mourning program at Catholic Social Services.

Having lost a child to cystic fibrosis, Mrs. Staebler said, "I know the grief process of losing a child. But for these women there's no physical, tangible evidence of the child they've lost. It's griefthat gets stuck."

Women who seek help after abortions are looking to be relieved of guilt and to experience forgiveness - from God, themselves, the church, or whatever source they need it from, said Mrs. Staebler.

"The experience is very difficult to talk about. Some women in the group [had previously] told no one. They went through it alone, totally unsupported," afraid to seek help for fear their name would be revealed. .

Now that the confidential support group has been formed, "we know what a valuable service it is offering. Some women have been suffering for 20 years and never felt anyone would reach out to them."

Mrs. Staebler hopes the program will eventually be available at all diocesan Catholic Social Services offices.

Mrs. Staebler also described Catholic Social Services' pregnancy services, including medical care, living arrangements, counseling for boyfriends and parents as well as mothers-to-be, adoption services or foster care of newborns.

"We are proof that there are alternatives to abortion," said Mrs. Staebler.

Other Workshops A workshop on The Legal History of Abortion was presented by Philip Moran, MCFL founding member and past president and current delegate to the National Right to Life Committee. Arlene Champoux, MCFL legislative director, spoke on From Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill: State and Federal Legislation and From Idea to Enforcement: How a Bill Becomes a Law. James Sullivan presented Know Your Rights! The Patient SelfProtection Document.

A workshop on Political Chiillenges of 1992 was presented by Madeline McComish, director of MCFL LifePAC, which operates independently of MCFL to support pro-life candidates.

Nine members of Massachusetts Teens for Life offered a program they present to youth groups in schools and churches, covering fetal development, methods of abortion, post-abortion syndrome, arguments against and alternatives to abortion.

Leading the group was Tricia Keefe, vice president of the twoyear-old organization. She said the group started out small but has grown to a membership of 114 in four groups in the state.

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Wilson says US gains from Vatican ties WASHINGTON (CNS) - The United States probably benefits more than does the Vatican from

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in providing information about Third World nations, Wilson said in a recent telephone interview from Los Angeles.

Vatican gains from the diplomatic arrangement include "recognition of its status as a sovereign state" and having "a direct line of communication for exchange of information, thoughts, ideas" with the United States, he said.

Wilson was at the Vatican from 1981 to 1986, first as Reagan's personal representative to Pope John Paul II, then as ambassador.

Vatican data was especially vital for understanding and aiding African nations, he said.

The United States was "very , concerned about the problems of starvation, offamine," he said and international development efforts "were made more effective, more efficient by understanding the problems from a moral, religious perspective."

Wilson met "at least once a month" with Pope John Paul II, he said.

Concern for Poland, which at the time was under Soviet domination, was uppermost "because of , the potential for Soviet invasion, which worried the Holy Father a great deal," Wilson said. Economic sanctions against Poland also were "a cause of some concern," especially when they began to affect citizens to the point of hardship.

Wilson said he discussed a "very broad range路' of subjects with the pope and other church officials, including "the Central American issue, which involved Nicaragua most of the time I was over there."

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The issue of "liberation theology," he said, spilled over beyond Nicaragua into other South American countries. Liberation theology, he added, was more of a political than a religious problem.

Talking about liberation theology was "an opportunity for the Vatican to explain to uswhat they were trying to do to offset that problem," Wilson said. Ultimately, the Vatican "quieted the priests down who were talking about that," he said.

Wilson, who recently was featured in a Time magazine article that state'd the U.S. government agreed to alter its foreign aid program to comply with church teachings on birth control and abortion, said the birth-control piece was "fairly accurate:' He said the United States acquiesced to the Vatican because the United States was concerned for Third World countries and "one way to be effective in those countries was by working in collaboration with the church."

"I don't think it [the decision) raised hackles" in the United States, said Wilson, "All I know was there were a couple programs the Vatican didn't really agree with and ultimately those were dropped by the State Department."

The U.S. position, announced at the 1984 World Conference on Population in Mexico City, resulted in the United States withdrawing funds from the international Planned Parenthood Federation and the U. N. Fund for Population Activities.

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During his March I Angelus prayer at the Vatican. the pope continued his "spiritual pilgrimage" to important places of worship in the Americas as part of his commemoration of the SOOth anniversary of the evangelization of the New World.

Speaking of the United States. the pope said, "love for the 'M other of God is an outstanding component of the spiritual heritage transmitted to that noble and immense country by evangelizers and. by Catholic emigrants who arrived there from various parts of the world." . 'PopeJ ohn Paul told visitors in St. Peter's Square that pilgrims from the United States and all North America travel to "the feet of the Immaculate Virgin in the splendid shrine of majestic architectural lines. opened to worship in 1926."

The pope gave special mention to Hispanic faithful who visit the shrine's Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Catholics with a Latin American heritage are "very numerous'in the United States and constitute an object of special attention on the part of the church." he said.

Quoting a 1979 talk he gave at the shrine. the pope said "this shrine speaks to us with the voice of all America, with the voice of all the sons and daughters of America" who came from different parts of the Old World. but "gather together around the heart of their common mother."

The pope noted that in their 1990 pastoral letter, "Heritage and Hope." U.S. bishops joined the bishops of Latin America in asking Christians to make 1992 a time of "a new commitment to living and sharing, in private and public life, the 90spel of Jesus Christ."

The U.S. bishops. he said. "affirm that it is very important to bear in mind 'the crucial role that evangelization has played in forming the present civilization of our continent' in a way that. reflecting on the past," the challenges of the future can be faced with a renewed conscience.

Nuns, we need you VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Vietnam's communist authorities have asked some church-run schools to reopen to help face a continuing education crisis, Vatican Radio has reported. The government made the request of nuns in the southern part of the country, said the radio station. Vietnam nationalized Catholic schools after the communist takeover in 1975.

Teachers, most of them nuns, were forced to resign their positions. In' many areas of the south, however, parents have continued to pay the nuns to instruct their children in unofficial schools. The government knew of the clandestine education network but has generally tolerated it.

Mexico-U.S. link seen in GM closings WASHINGTON (CNS)-Benedictine Sister Susan Mika sees a "direct correlation" between General Motors Corporation's Feb. 24 announcement of 12 U.S. and Canadian auto plant shutdowns and its disclosure a month earlier of plans to open two new plants in Reynosa, Mexico.

Sister Mika, president of the board of directors of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, told Catholic News Service that G M is their largest "maquiladora" employer in Mexico.

Maquiladoras are assembly plants, many owned by U.S. corporations, operating in Mexico.

U.S. companies manuf",cture components and ship them to Mexico, where they are assembled by workers paid less than U.S. workers would receive.

U.S. tariff code allows companies to pay a low duty for shipping assembled products back to the United States for final packaging and distributing.

G M of Mexico employs some 14,000 Mexican workers, according to a coalition spokeswoman.

In addition, G M subsidiaries operate 37 maquiladora plants in Mexico that employ more than 42,000 people, she said.

G M reported Feb. 24 that it had lost a record $4.5 billion in 1991, and it identified 120fthe21 U.S. and Canadian plants it plans to close in the next few years.

The closings and others to come by the end of the year, together with shrinking of G M's administrative groups, will eliminate 74,000 U.S. jobs by 1995.

Sister Mika said that in the Reynosa area, where G M is opening two new Delco assembly plants, maquiladora workers average $4$10 a day in wages, as opposed to $16.40 an hour made in the U.S. by many United Auto Workers members.

While U.S. maquiladoras provide much needed jobs in Mexico, "any discussion of[their contribution to Mexico] ought to include their effects on the environment, wages and benefits, and the infrastructure where workers live," she said.

Many U.S. maquiladoras are in Mexican border towns, Sister Mika noted. "The workers live in 'colonias' [neighborhoods] where the standard of living is poor. Many don't have electricity, running water or sewage drainage," she said.

Recalling that automotive pioneer Henry Ford made a conscious decision to pay his workers well enough so that they would be able to buy the cars their company produced, she said that Mexican wages will not permit workers to be consumers of the products they are making.

Rick Nix, director of the Office for Black Catholics in the Diocese of Saginaw, Mich .. and a former

Area Religious Broadcasting The following television and radio programs originate in the diocesan viewing and listening area. Their listings normally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented in the Anchor periodically and will reflect any changes that may be made. Please clip and retain for reference.

On Radio On TV Each Sunday, 8:00a.m WLNE, "Be Not Afraid," IS minutes of Channel 6. Diocesan Television music and Gospel meSsage coorMass. Those in the Greater New dinatedby Father Craig A. PreBedford area who do not have gana, parochial vicar at St. John cable TV see a rebroadcast orthe the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, Mass at II a.m. on UHF Channel is heard at 8 a.m. Sundays on 20 station WARA, 1320AM. TheCathPortuguese Masses from Our olic clergy of the Attleboro area Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, sponsor the program.

New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each "The Beat," Christian rock Sunday on radio station WJFD- music and information produced .FM, 7 p.m. each Sunday on tele- by Building Block Ministries of vision Channel 20.

Taunton, is broadcast at 6:00 "Confluence," I 0:30 a.m. each a.m. Sundays on station WVBF Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel Boston, 105.7 FM, and may be program moderated by Truman heard in the Attleboro; Fall River, Taylor and having as permanent New Bedford and Taunton deanparticipants Father Peter N. Gra- eries. ziano, diocesan director of social . Charismatic programs with services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Father John Randall are aired Episcopal Bishop ofRhode Island, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday and Rabbi Baruch Korff. through Friday on station WRIB, "The Beat," produced by Build- 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at I ing Block Ministries of Taunton p.m. each Sunday. and aired on many cable systems "Topic Religion," presented by in the Fall River diocese features two priests, a rabbi and a Protvideos from and information on estant minister, is broadcast at contemporary Christian rock art- 6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m. each ists. Check local listings for times Sunday on station WEEI Bosand dates. ton, 590 AM. Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to Programs of Catholic interest Friday, WFXT, Channel 25. are broadcast at the following "Breakthrough" 6:30 a.m. each times on station WROL Boston, Sunday, Channel 10, a program 950 AM: Monday through Frion the power of God to touch day 9, 9:15, 11:45 a.m.; 12:15, lives, produced by the Pastoral 12:30, I p.m.

Theological Institute of Hamden, A Polish-language Mass is Conn. heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

"Maryson," a family puppet every Sunday on station WICE, show with moral and spiritual 550 AM. perspective 6 p.m. each ThursThe rosary is broadcast at 5:45 day, Fall River and New Bedford a.m. Monday through Saturday Cable Channel 13. and the St. Jude novena at 9: 15 "Spirit and the Bride," a talk p.m. each Thursday on WPLM show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. Plymouth, 1390 AM, 99.1 FM. Both programs are simulcast.

Monday, cable channel 35.

GM employee, isamong Michigan residents that feel G M. has failed to live up to its responsibilities to its workers.

He said that associated with plant closings are "substance abuse, spouse abuse, child abuse, high anxiety and people committing suicide. What is the corporation's responsibility for dealing with these issues?"

In announcing the plant shutdowns, Robert C. Stempel, G M chairman, said that "in 1991, the North American automotive industry sustained losses unparalleled in its history.

"General Motors is taking aggressive action to reverse this trend and improve our prospects for future profitability," said Stempel.

G M officials said the company is trimming pension benefits for top executives by $14 million a year.

U.S. executives have come under fire recently for their high salaries.

Japanese chief executives make about one-sixth of what U.S. top executives earn each year. G M's Stempel received $2.18 million in direct and deferred compensation in 1990.

Marriage Encounter national team named ST. COLUMBANS, Neb. (CNS) - Bill and Mary Anne Boylan of Wallingsford, Pa., and Columban Father Charlie Coulter are the new U.S. national executive team for Worldwide Marriage Encounter. The Boylans edit Matrimony, a quarterly magazine produced by Marriage Encounter.

Father Coulter directs audiovisual and mission development departments at the Columban Fathers' headquarters in St. Columbans.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter offers couples a weekend experience where they look at their relationship to each other, to God and to the church. It is estimated that more than I million couples in 60 countries have made a Marriage Encounter. Though primarily designed for Catholics, the weekends welcome couples of other faiths.

CFM meeting set for July 16-19 The Christian Family Movement (CFM) will hold its 1992 Eastern Regional Conference July 16 to 19 at Mt. St. Mary College, Emmitsburg, MD. The conference theme "To Life," will focus'on various life issues in relationship to Christian families and will feature speakers, workshops and family activities.

CFM is an organization of families, clergy and religious who promote a Christian lifestyle by observing, jUdging and acting on issues according to Christian principles.

Conference information is available from Peter and Jane Buchbauer, 1625 Van Couver Street, Winchester, VA 22601, telephone 703-662-7828.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 6, 1992

Iteering pOintl ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Jr. CVO meeting 7 to 8:15 p.m.

March 12, rm. I. First communicants enrollment ceremony 10: 15 to II: 15 a.m. tomorrow, church; renewal of baptismal promises 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Lenten retreat 9 to II a.m. Tuesdays March 10 to April 14; sessions include prayer, video "Spirituality for Today's Woma·n," and faith sharing.

LENTEN PRAYER CONCERT Christian music artist Jon Polce will present a Lenten prayer concert 7 to 8 p. m. March 12. St. Francis of Assisi Church, N B. Those attending are asked to donate a canned good for the needy.

Students in the following NB programs are asked to be in attendance: grades 6-9 of St. Francis religious ~ducation; grades 6-8 of Holy FamIly-Holy Name School; confirmation 1-3 of St. Lawrence religious education; grades 8 and 9 of Holy Name religious education.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Children's liturgy 10: 15 a.m. Sunday, parish center. Lenten communal reconciliation service 7 p.m.

March 9; grade 2 will receive first penance.

ST. PATRICK, FR Grade 2 first penance 10 a.m.

March 7. A 30-minute presentation will follow 7 p.m. Masses Wednesdays in Lent; presenters are: Rev. KevinJ. Harrington, March II; Rev. Richard W. Beaulieu, March 18; Kathleen Barboza, March 25; Rev. Robert Oliveira, April I; Sister Eugenia Brady, SJC, April 8.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR School students' Way of the Cross II :30 a.m. Wednesdays during Lent; all welcome. Vincentians meet 7 p.m.

March II. VINCENTIANS, FR FR District Council meeting March 10, 'Our Lady of Angels Church, FR. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Confirmation I students and sponsors Mass 5 p.m. Sunday followed by meeting.

Ladies of St. Anne Sodality meeting March 18, parish hall. Program: "Uniquely Corrie's" by Corrie Goldsmith, a certified art and home economics teacher for grades 5-12, who will present fashion show of handdecorated women's, teens and·children's sportswear.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH First Eucharist students will receive first penance 10 a.m. tomorrow. College scholarship applications available at back of church; application deadline April I; information: Deanna Vargo, 996-4127.

Stations of the Cross 6:30 p.m. Fridays; prayer meetings 7:30 p.m.

Mondays, hall; rosary 8:40 a.m. weekdays.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Lenten reflection programs 7:30 to 9 p.m. March 11,25 and April 8.

Stations of the Cross prayer concert 7:30 p.m. March 13.

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Bible study 7 p.m. Sundays, center.

Quincentenary Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. March 13.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Men's Club meeting March 12.

Lenten Bible class 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Sundays beginning March 8. Lenten Sunday evening prayer 5:45 p.m.

Chanting of Polish meditations on the Passion 8:40 a.m. Sundays in Lent.

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By Charlie Martin

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By Tom Lennon My friend Rick teaches English composition to freshmen at a community college in the city where I live. Sometimes when we work out at a local health club, he tells me about his adventures in class.

When he meets a new class for the first time, he assigns a special topic to the students for the first essay. They have to write 300 words or more beginning with the words "My biggest mistake so far was .....

I chuckled and said, "Man, I'll bet those essays make interesting reading. You ought to publish them in a book so we can all learn from their mistakes."

He laughed lightly. "They are interesting," he said, ,"and what really intrigues me is the mistake that so many of the older students regret very much." He was referring to those who have been out of high school for some years before deciding to continue their education.

I said nothing for a moment as I tried to guess what the Big Mistake might be. Then I asked Rick, "What is it they regret so much?"

"Well," he said, "typically a student will write something like this: "Right after high school I got a job that paid $8 an hour. That was a real big deal for me. Making that much money, I decided not to go to college. '''Instead, I got a car and moved into a small apartment .and had lots of good times. It seemed like a wonderful way to live. "'But after a while, $8 an hour didn't seem like as much as at first.

I knew I needed more money,

especially if I was ever going to get married. "'So I went job hunting. I quickly found out that I needed lots more education. '''So here I am now, five years after high school, working during the day and going to college at night, and bustin' my tail off around the clock. '''It's nard, really hard. Easily the biggest mistake I've made so far was not going to college right after high scho~l.'"

Rick had some comments about this mistake. "There are some young people who need to take a year off to travel after graduating from high school, or maybe to find out more about what they should study in college. I can understand that.

"But the students who immediately go after the money, the car, the apartment and the parties, they are the ones who learn to regret that money is likely to be harder to come by without some higher education."

You might want to keep Rick's point in mind if you are still in high school.

And you might have some fun, as I did, thinking about "My biggest mistake so far was .....

If you tliink an account of your biggest mistake might help other young people, write it down and send it in. Then I'll write a column summing up our readers' biggest mistakes. We would never, of course, publish your name. You don't even need to sign your name.

Simply mail it to Tom Lennon, Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 200171100.

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"This is you! Is this ever you!"

"They say that if you are truly My wife rattled the morning paper' addicted to caffeine, you might at me last week. "This doctor deshave a bit of a headache the first cribes caffeine addiction - and day or two," spouse smiled the you are a mainliner, honey." morning of Day I as she poured a The woman won't quit. She has cup of decaf. been after me to cut back on my "Addicted, hah!" I told her, th~n coffee drinking for years. I keep added, "Bleck! Spatuey!" telling her it's my ethnic right as a About midmorning a bulldozer Norwegian. somehow made it into my head' She keeps rattling articles at me and ,was doing its best to push my or taping them to the coffee bean eyeballs out onto my cheeks. grinder. I then remind her of the I sneaked out of the office. At TV commercials with famous quarLarry's Corner Coffee stand I terbacks sipping a cup of joe' to ordered a double espresso. I held it help them' maintain relaxed c'onclose. The aroma was fabulous. It centratio~,on game films .. was ·darn near a religious expeHowever, as a favor to her and rience. I chugged it down. The as a way to discourage her from bulldozer quit. tightening the dishtowel around I felt guilty. I made the mistake my neck any further, I agreed to at of confessing to my wife. "Y ou see, least try decaf for a few days. you see?" she lectured. "You can Now, you true coffee drinkers hardly go three hours without a know what a step this is. I can see caffeine fix. Addict. Caffeine junyou wincing and saying things like kie. Slave of Juan Valdez!"

"But what if Joe Montana or "Black!" and "Spatuey!" But I

Wise men said just walk this way To the dawn of the light The winter wind blows into your face As the years pass you by Hear the voice from deep inside It's the goal of your heart Close your eyes and you will find There is a doubt of the dark Here I am Will you send me an angel?

Here I am In the land of the morning star Wise men said just find your place In the eye of the storm Seek the roses along the way Just beware of the thorns Wise men said just raise your hand And reach out for the spell Find the door to the promised land Just beneath, in yourself Hear his voice from deep inside.

It's the goal of your heart Close your eyes and you will find There we are, out of the dark Written by R. Schenker and K. M,~ine. Sung by Scorpions (c) 1990, PolGram Rl~cords Inc. HOW CAN YOU find wisdom and guidance when you need it? The Scorpions' "Send Me an Angel" claims that all of us have a "wise man" (or wise woman) within ourselves.

I liked this release the first time I heard it. The Scorpions now have posted back-to-back chart hits, this recording following up last year's "Wind of Change."

The song relates what the "wise man" has to say about life. However, we are not told how to tap into this inner wis-

St. Mary-Sacred Heart School Sixth, seventh and eighth graders at St. Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro, recently displayed exhibits at the school's third annual science fair.

All participants received ribbons denoting first, second and third place, or honorable mention.

Among the ribbons awarded were: Grade 8: Jarrod Gingras, first place, "Probability: A Computerized View." Second places to lindsay Charlebois, Danielle Corriveau and Matt Ryan.

dorn. We are told that we can "fir,d the door to the promised land just beneath, in yourself."

That is where each of us can "hear his voice from deep· inside." Yet, will we be able to find this voice when we are confused and feeling overwhelmed by :ife's problems?

Like most things worthwhile in I:fe, attaining one's own wisdom and guidance takes practice. The first step is the most important. We must believe and trw,t in ourselves.

Some individuals struggle to Glade 7: First places to both· Tim Conrad, "The Effect of Antibioti~s on Plants," and John McBrine:, "Wood - Hard and Soft."

Second places to Brigid Dooley, Carla Fazio and Gary Wright.

Grade 6: Peggy Taylor, first place, "Yeast: Why Does Bread Rise~'" Second places to Kristin David, Kerry Kennedy and Jeff LaRoque.

The staff of judges was comprised of SMSH parents and faculty, North Attleboro High

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do this. They believe life always turns out to be bad or tha·t they are destined to fail.

Actually, the opposite is true.

God made us in such a way that we keep learning throughout life. New opportunities await those who refuse to give up on themselves.

After choosing to believe and trust in yourself, consider these suggestions for discovering wisdom and guidance: I. Go to a quiet place where you can think and pray. Ask God to help you see the next step to improving the situation, even iffollowing this step won't completely solve the problem.

2. Be attentive to your thoughts about the situation.

Often the best approaches to a problem seem to drift in from nowhere, sometimes even when we are focused on an unrelated . activity.

3. Check out your feelings before acting on a new insight.

Real wisdom leaves us at peace, less fearful and more hopeful.

However, do not look for perfect certainty. Doubts might remain but also there will be a new enthusiasm for doing something that could lessen the confusion.

4. Share your new ideas with someone you trust. This person should be someone who can hear what you are saying without judging you or others involved in the problem. Consider this person's feedback.

5. Finally, if those steps check out positively, act. "'isdom, to be useful, needs to be acted upon. In the face of any remaining fear, trust God and yourself.

Every person, no matter what his or her age, has a built-in connection to the wisdom of God. Find that "angel" within, and soon, "there we are, out of the dark."

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, R.R. 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.

School students and faculty, and Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, faculty.

Eighth grade teacher Barbara Connors coordinated the event.

Some seventh and eighth grade students will enter their exhibits in a regional competition to be held in April at Bristol Community College.

Some sixth graders have been invited to a regional science fair for grades 4 to 6 at Bishop Feehan in May.

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someone had wanted me to go over game films with him?" I pleaded.

Day 2: "You'll be glad· you did this," Ms. Masochist smiled as she poured me a cup of tea. No kidding. Coffee lovers, you have every right to shed teats.

I· tried to avoid breathing as I . took a sip of the wimpy liquid.

"Mmmmm," I said. "Not bad.

Same flavor as having your face rubbed in the grass."

I wish I could tell you that I slowly weaned myself off coffee, but that would not be true. Besides, it would be admitting to a physical dependency on caffeine. And, as ERIN O'CONNELL, a sixth grader at St. Mary-Sacred my friend Lawrence at the espresso Heart School, North Attleboro, displays her project at the bar will tell you, relaxed concentration has its merits. school's recent science fair.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 6,1992

in our schools

sored a Valentine contest, with prizes awarded in such categories as best illustrated story, best original cartoon, loveliest, most poetic and best computer valentine.

All students competed in recent spelling, religion, math, social studies and sports bees, moderated by Mrs. Brenda Cannon.

PrincipaLKathleen Simpson will present an overview of the school at an open house 2 p.m. March 15.

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MSGR. ROBERT STANTON accepts a Coyle-Cassidy letterman's jacket from student body president Neil Morrison, headmaster Michael J. Donly and student council member Crystal Pierce; freshman Laurel Goj displays her science fair-winning project.

Coyle-Cassidy Taunton Coyle and Cassidy High School recently held its annual science fair.

Overall winner was freshman Laurel Goj, for her project. "Is There Any Correlation Between Tactile and Visual Discrimination and Memorization Skills?"

Her project also won first prize in the freshman division. Second freshman division place went to Peter Fletcher and Jessica Munyon was third.

In the open division, sophomore Laurie Poyant earned the blue ribbon with research on "What is tlJe Ef(ec.t .Qf.Diffe.renC.0ils .in.the Saponification Process?" Sophomore Maureen Gately took sec{)nd prize and Ben Mackiewicz earned third.

Honorable mentions went to freshmen Kate Tenney, Mary Catherine Savard, Alexa .~onnell and David Chace; and sophomores Sharon Austin and Christopher Pacitto.

The 38 judges were area doctors and dentists, and teachers from area colleges and high, middle and elementary schools.

Coordinating the event was the Coyle-Cassidy science department, chaired by James L. Rusconi.

The James Lamb Memorial Scholarship Road Race will be held on March 22. A two-mile fun run will begin at 9 a.m., followed by the five-mile race at lOa. m.

Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are welcome.

Participants and spectators are asked to bring donations of canned goods to the school on the day of the race. .

Applications are available at the government and yearbook staff. school, the Taunton Gazette, and She is also a participant in soccer, local Y MC As and sporting good tennis and the ski club and a stores. For information call volunteer at the Rose Hawthorne 823-6164.

Lathrop Home.

More than 20 alumni priests Garand, son of Mr. and Mrs. and friends of the school returned Frank Garand of Swansea, is senior to Coyle-Cassidy February 27 to class treasurer and a member of celebrate Mass with the school the National Honor Society, choir, community.

Drug and Alcohol Awareness Coyle-Cassidy chaplain Father Team, and foreign language club.

William L. .Boffa was the main He participates in cross-country celebrant. and the focus of the and winter and spring track and is Mass was Christian vocations in a volunteer at Charlton Memorial and outside of religious life.

Hospital.

Results of the four diocesan In addition to the many priests The Bishop Connolly National CYO basketball all-star tournaon the altar was recent C-C grad Honor Society will hold its annual ments, played Feb. 26 (girls) and John Murray who is in his second blood drive 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

March I (boys) are as follows. year at St. John's Seminary in March 9 in the resource center Junior Girls Brighton. adjacent to the cafeteria. Persons Game I: Fall River 3 I; AttleThe highlight of the Mass was interested in donating may contact boro 29. Highest scorer: Andrea when C-C Headmaster Michael J. or stop by the school.

Heywood, Attleboro, 12 points.

Donly honored Msgr. Robert StanGame 2 (championship): New ton, the recently retired pastor of Holy Family-Holy Name Bedford 38, Fall River 34. Highest St. Paul's Parish in Taunton. scorer: Jane Collins, Fall River, 14 .

New Bedford Donly. on behalf of the students, points. presented Msgr. Stanton a CoyleMarch students of the month at All tournament team: Janelle Cassidy letterman's jacket for his Holy Family-Holy Name School, Ferguson (most valuable player) many years of support to the school.

New Bedford, are: Erin Sullivan, and Katie Engle (New Bedford); Senior Neil Dube has been preschool; Heather Matson, kinJane Collins, Michelle Desrosiers named a finalist in the National dergarten; and, for grades I through (Fall River); Michelle Lamarre, Merit Scholarship Program. . 3, Cesar Tiago, Jennifer Goulard, Andrea Heywood (Attleboro).

Dube; the son of Mrs. Emma- Jennifer Pimental.

Senior Boys line Dube of Wareham, represents For grades 4 through 8: David Championship game: Fall River about half of the top one percent Hayes, 'Jauna Souza, Lindsey 67, New Bedford 58. Highest of American high school seniors.'

Gautreau, Tara Gonzalez, Katie scorer: Derek Farias, Fall River, This is the second 'consecutive Lynch.

15 points. year that Coyle-Cassidy has had a The Parent and Friend Steering National Merit Finalist. Patrick All tournament team: Derek Group will meet at 7 p.m. March 9 Sweeney, now a freshman at Cor- for a hands-on computer workFarias (MVP), Kevin Cabral and nell University, earned that dis- shop with Father Dan LaCroix.

Corey Phillips (Fall River); tinction in 1991.

Charles DePina, Bill Houtman and Grades 3 through 8 will receive Dube is now eligible for one of the sacrament of reconciliation Gene Mendes (New Bedford).

2,000 National Merit $2,000 schoMarch 9. Grade 2 will have a class Prep Boys larships. Other awards may come Mass at St. Lawrence Church, Championship game: Taunton from corporate sponsors or colNew Bedford, at 10 a.m. March 78, Fall River 74. Highest scorer: leges and universities. ..

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Ray Arakelow, Fall River, 17 He is a member of the National points.

Honor Society, chess team. French All tournament team: Chris Honor Society, and the school and Cunningham (MVP), Jon Tracey jazz bands. Outside of school, he is and Matt Pimental (Taunton); Joe a participant ofthe Civil Air Patrol Martinho, Ray Arakelow, Manny More than 70 students exhibited program.

Souza (Fall River). projects in the school's recent He has been accepted at NorthJunior Boys eastern University and Embry- science fair. Sixth-grader Ian Crowley earned the Principal's Game I: Fall River 60, AttleRiddle College in Florida.

Award for superior use of scien- boro 52. Highest scorer: Adam tific method with his project "The Roy, Fall River, 15 points.

Effects of Liquids on Tooth DeGame 2: New Bedford 46, Tauncay." ton 33. Highest scorer: Shaun Additional awards went to 13 Areias, New Bedford, 16 points. students for outstanding achieveGame 3 (championship): Fall Sarah Rodgers and Frank A. ment and to 12 students for excel- River 55, New Bedford 54. HighGarand were named February lence. Four students earned honor- . est scorer: James Fairhurst, Fall Teenagers of the Month at Bishop able mention.

River, I3 points.

Connolly High School. .

Grades 7 and 8 winners will disAll tournament team: James play their projects in the Rensse- Fairhurst (MVP), Adam Roy, Eric Miss Rodgers, daughter of Mr. laer/ BCC Regional Science Fair Couto (Fall River); Matt Carrier, and Mrs. Thomas Rodgers of in April.

Tiverton, RI, is a member of the Shaun Areias (New Bedford); National Honor Society, student Art teacher Valerie Russell spon- Kevin Myles (Attleboro).

CYO basketball tourneys complete

Taunton Catholic Middle School

Bishop Connolly Fall River

COYLE-CASSIDY National Merit Scholarship finalist Neil Dube;

Math students in grades three through eight at St. Mary's School, New Bedford, are joining thousands of children nationwide in an annual math-a-thon to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee. Participants complete examples in books containing appropriate grade level work in calculations, puzzles, graphing and riddles.

Eighth-grader Tricia Breton, who has a dream of being a doctor at St. Judes' said, "It's a good chance to help kids who are ill and need expensive medicine."

Fifth-grader Kim Bills knows "what it's like to go to the hospital a lot and see a lot of children there who need a lot of help. So I joined the math-a-thon to help them."

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Wayne's World, A·1I1 (PG·13)

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Final Analysis. A·III (R) The Adventures of the Great

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Mouse Detective, A-I (G) 7.

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Recent top rentals 1. Point Break, 0 (R)

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3. Hot Shotsl, A-III (PG-13) 4. The Rocketeer. A·II(PG) 5. Thelma and Louise, 0 (R)

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Double Impact. 0 (R) Jungle Fever, A-IV (R) Dying Young. A-III (R) Pure Luck. A-II (PG)

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

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

TV said to devalue WASHINGTON (CNS) - Commercial television "devalues and stereotypes" children, the elderly, ethnic minorities and women, the American Psychological Association said in a February report. By excluding them from programs or presenting negative images when they are portrayed, TV creates or maintains prejudice and racism and has a negative effect on selfesteem, the report said. It was prepared by nine psychologists who conducted a five-year review of existing research on TV's effects on vulnerable groups in society.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 6,1992

,teering pOint, Continued from Page 13 ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH 7th and 8th grade students will participate in II: 15 a.m. family Mass Sunday; refreshments will follow.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Youth Ministry planning team meeting 7:30 p.m. March 10. Grade 9 confirmation retreats: girls, March 6-7, boys, March 7-8. Lenten luncheons noon Wednesdays beginning March 11, parish center. Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. Fridays.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Presentation of confirmation candidates to parish 5;15 p.m. Mass tomorrow, followed by potluck supper. Contain"ers at rear of church for donations to D. of I. pro-life committee collection of items for needy mothers and newborns.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Vincentians are collecting children's winter clothing; donations may be left on side porch of rectory.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Holy Rosary Sodality meeting 7:30 p.m. March 10. rectory meeting room; corporate communion for deceased members at 9:45 a.m. Mass March 15 followed by breakfast for members and spouses in parish center; recitation of rosary will precede Mass at 9:30 a.m. Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. March II. parish center. following 7 p. m. Mass for intention of appointment oCa new bishop. Program is the annual moderator's night. Plans will be made for March 18 fashion show and March 29 joint communion breakfast with Holy Name Guild.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS Attleboro area support group meeting 7:30 to 9 p. m. March 10.51.

Mary's rectory. North Attleboro; information: 695-6161. NB area meeting 7 to 9 p.m. March II. Family Life Center. N. Dartmouth; program: open discussion. Information: Louise Reinsch. 991-4019.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Stations of the Cross followed by confessions 7 p.m. Fridays during Le!11. Catechists meeting 7:30 p. m.

March II. parish center. Centering prayer group meeting 7:45 p. m. Mondays. parish center room 8; information: Ed Larkin, 428-4895.

ST. MARY, MANSFIELD Plans for the May annual banquet will be finalized and a program on color analysis of makeup. clothes and accessories will be p'resented by Cathy St. Martin and Donna Tucker at a Catholic Woman's Club meet.ing at 7:30 p.m. March 12 in the parish center. Women from Mansfield Congregational Church will be guests.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Service for Church Women United World Day of Prayer I p. m. today. Loaves and Fishes will begin serving lunches at new Salvation Army headquarters (corner of North and Stevens 51.) tomorrow. Bible study will begin March 16; information: 385-6751 after 6 p.m. Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. Fridays during Lent. "Good Tidings" will resume publication soon; items or suggestions may be submitted to Doris Franzago.896-7125.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Stations of the Cross 7:30 p.m.

Fridays during Lent; sacrament of reconciliation will be available following tonight's service. Vincentians will accept canned good contributions this weekend; baskets in main lobby of church.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO "The Six Priests of Ireland" S1.

Patrick's Day show 7 p.m. March 17. Shrine cafeteria. Dinner followed by all-priest show featuring music. step-dancing. storytelling and humor.

Information: 222-5410 SACRED HEART, FR First Friday Club Mass 6 tonight followed by dinner.

D. of I. St. Patrick's Circle, Somerset, meeting 7 p.m. March II, Old Town Hall. Lenten program will be presented by chaplain Father Stephen Salvador. Members asked to bring donations for soup kitchen.

Adult classes set at Coyle-Cassidy Coyle-Cassidy High School.

Taunton. will offer several sixweek courses for adults at its Learning Center beginning the week of March 16. Classes will meet on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

Offerings will be a foreign language sampler including the Spanish. French and Portuguese cultures; information on anabolic steroids and human growth hormones; Election '92 topics; first aid and adult CPR training leading to Red Cross certification; women's health issues; fitness and well ness training; adventuring into retirement; enjoying poetry: encountering Christ: and Lenten renewal.

For information contact the school at 823-6164.

DROP YOUR GIFT IN THE BASKET

DCCW Diocesan Council of Catholic Women annual retreat today through Sunday, Family Life Center, N. Da rtmouth; theme: prayer. Attleboro District evening of recollection, "Behold the Wood of the Cross," 7 p.m.

March 10. S1. Mark's Church, Attleboro Falls. Fall River District open meeting 7:30 p.m. March 12, Our Lady of Fatima Church, Swansea; Ci:1dy Campbell will speak on recO:1ciliation. All welcome. Business meeting will follow. Taunton Distrit:t will host Dorothy Levesque. family life minister from the Providence diocese. to speak on family life 7:30 p.m. March 19, S1. Mary's Sc 1001, Taunton.

SACRED HEART, NB '_enten Renewal Week with Fath('r Al DagnolL ss.cc., is themed "I arr the Way, the Truth and the Life."

Se 'vices: 4 p.m. Mass tomorrow, Sunday Masses,and 7 p.m. Monday thlOugh Thursday.

ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLE CCD teachers' meeting following 10 l.m. Mass Sunday. Signup sheets at :>ack of church for those wishing to attend or host in their homes pn:sentations of Jean Vanier Lenten film series.

O.L. ASSllMPTION, NB Lenten program: 7 p.m. Mass W,:dnesdays followed by talk by Sister Patricia McCarthy. CND. Topics: March II. Jesus and the Beatitudes; March 18. People of Peace; M nch 25. Mary. Woman of Peace; April I. Peace within the Family; April 8. Forgiveness. the Source of Peace.

S1', MARY, SEEKONK Vincentians meet following 10 a.m.

M ass Sunday. Stations of Cross will be led by different grade levels 7 p. m. ea:h Friday. Guild meeting 7:30 p.:n. March 16: international dessert night and entertainment. Six-week program for Cub Scouts and Webe10:. to earn Parvuli Dei award begins March 12; information: Father Bill B~,ker.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA First penance workshop 9:30 to II :30 a.m. tomorrow. Youth council meeting 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow, lower rectory. Scripture from Scratch Bible study video/discussion program 8 to 9: 15 p.m. Mondays or9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Saturdays March 9 to April 27; information: CCD office.

SACRED HEART, N. ATTLEBORO St. Mary-Sacred Heart School students will lead Stations of the Cross noon Fridays in Lent. Youth group will attend video presentation on "Persons, Places and Practices in the Catholic Church" 7:30 p.m.

March 9, followed by tour of church.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE New altar boys' instruction 10 a.m. tomorrow, church. Women's Club meeting 7:30 p.m. March II with tea time lecture and demonstration by William Congalton. Confirmation students will be presented to parish at 10 a.m. Mass Sunday.

RCIA rite of sending 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Lenten adult education course, "Getting to Know the Historical Jesus" 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays March II to April 8, religious education center; instructor: Mary Condon.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, FR FR Catholic Woman's club meeting 7:30 p.m. March 10, Holy Name School hall. Entertainment by Maureen Haley's Irish Step Dancers.

Eleanor Shea is coffee hour chairman and Grace Flanagan is hospitality committee chairman. Plans will be discussed for communion breakfast to be held April 5following 8:30 a.m. Mass for deceased members at Holy Rosary Church, FR. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB Mass for. deceased members 7 p.m. March II. S1. Lawrence Church.

Meeting will follow at Wamsutta Club with guest speaker Father Robert S. Kaszynski of S1. Stanislaus parish. FR.

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