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Vatican is mum on alleged plot VATlCAN CITY (CNS) - A Vatican spokesman refused to comment on a Soviet defector's allegation that the KGB made preparations in 1979 to assassinate Pope John Paul II. "I have no comment to make on the issue, and this has been the constant position of the Vatican from the beginning," said spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

The Soviet press agency Novosti, in a statement in Rome, said the allegations were part of a maneuver to damage Soviet-Vatican relations.

It said such accusations seem to· surface "whenever there is an improvement in relations between the Soviet Union and the Holy See." "Just a few days ago, the pope had new words of praise for 'perestroika,' noting the positive trend of the last several months," the Novosti statement noted.

The cable, Sheymov said, told agents to obtain information about how to get physically close to the pope. Sheymov said this was a euphemism for trying to kill the Polish-born pontiff.

The pope was shot and seriously wounded in 1981, and a Turk, Mehmet Ali Agca, was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment in Italy. Later Agca alleged that Bulgarian agents were involved in the planning and carrying out of the attack. After a lengthy investigation, several Bulgarians and Turks were tried but acquitted for lack of evidence.

The Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, and Vatican Radio did not report Sheymov's allegations. The Vatican has consistently avoided any public comment on the plot allegations'.

The pope said shortly after the shooting that he had forgiven his assailant; and he later went to visit Agca in his prison cell in Italy.

In private, however, several Vatican officials have let it be known that they believe there probably was a plot involving Soviet-bloc intelligence services.

Several Italian political figures reacted cautiously to Sheymov's allegations, but Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti dismissed the revelations as "highly imagina-

The Vatican and the Soviet Union were preparing in March to exchange diplomatic representatives for the first time.

In Washington March 2, Victor Sheymov, a self-described former KG B officer, told reporters that he was in Poland in 1979 when KGB agents discussed a cable from Yuri Andropov, then KGB chief. The KGB is the Soviet secret police g g y a_nd_inte_llie_nce_ae_nc_ ._ _t_ive._"

ONE OF 19 catechumens preparing for baptism through the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults inscribes his name in the Book of the Elect during ceremonies Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Also participating were 55 candidates for continuing conversion: validly baptized non-Catholics now seeking to become members of the Catholic Church or baptized Catholics who have not been fully initiated into the church through the sacraments of Confirmation and/ or Eucharist. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presided at the Rite of Election and Call For Continuing Conversion ceremonies, held each year on the first Sunday of Lent and marking the beginning of a more intense preparation for catechumens and candidates who will be fully initiated into the church at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday, April 14. (Gaudette photo)

----I.Covenant House -probe continues Tree honors donors

A wood-carved Tree of Love created by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, O.P., to acknowledge memorial gifts benefiting the Dominican Sisters ofSt. Catherine of Siena, is the latest attraction in the halls of Fall River's Dominican Academy.

The eight-foot by four-foot carving is of a tree whose leaves and surrounding stones may be reserved for inscription of a name by those

who wish to honor an individual, family or group.

The remembrance gifts will benefit the sisters' development office, providing funds for furthering the order's ministries and providing care for elderly or infirm members.

Dedicated on St. Valentine's Day, the tree represents "an outpouring of love" by the artist and Turn to Page Six

NEW YORK (CNS) - Franciscan Father Bruce Rit"ter resigned amid numerous but unproved charges of financial and sexual impropriety, but Covenant Housethe home for runaways he founded in 1968 - remained an object of investigations.

In a week of rapid developments: - Father Ritter turned in his resignation Feb. 27 to Covenant House's board of directors, ending 22 years as head of what has become the nation's largest public or private program for street childi"en. He said the controversy surrounding him for the past three months "has made it impossible for me to lead Covenant House

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SISTER GERTRUDE Gaudette, center, with Father Pierre E. Lachance and Sister Donna Brunell at the dedication of her Tree of Love. (Hickey photo)

- Frank J. Macchiarola, acting Covenant House president since Feb. 8, when Father Ritter was told by his religious order to take a leave of absence pending the order's investigation of alleged sexual activity by the priest, also resigned the same day. He afterward accused the board of refusing to accept his recommendat.ions to bring "more sunlight" into Covenant House operations.

- The board named James J. Harnett, chief executive of Covenant House under both Father Ritter and Macchiarola, as its new acting head.

- Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced Feb. 28 that his office was closing its investigation of Father Ritter without bringing charges He said Father Ritter engaged in some "questionable" financial transactions, but there was not enough evidence to prosecute. Some Covenant House officials may have violated the law in helping a troubled youth obtain false identity papers, he said, but after consulting with the family of the dead child whose identity was used he had decided not to prosecute.

were "baseless" and "totally without merit."

In an interview with Catholic News Service, Harnett said March I that contributions to Covenant House have leveled off since sexual allegations against Father Ritter first surfaced in December.

Plans" to expand operations into other cities have had to be put on hold, but contributors "haven't run for the hills" and the agency can continue to serve street kids in its existing programs, he said.

A spokesman for New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams said March 2 that Abrams - The same day Father Conall . had "stepped up" his office's invesMcH ugh, New Jersey-based super- tigation of alleged Covenant House ior of the Conventual Franciscan financial improprieties following province to which Father Ritter Morgenthau's decision to drop his belongs, said that the order's investigation. investigation of alleged sexual the state attorney general's office activity by Father Ritter "will conoversees laws governing charitable tinue its course." The order was organizations. It reportedly was looking into claims by Darryl J. focusing especially on allegations Bassile of Ithaca, N, Y" that he and that Father Ritter and other CovFather Ritter had a sexual relaenant House officials received pertionship when he was a teen-age sonalloans from Franciscan Charresident of Covenant House. itable Trust, a fund Father Ritter In separate statements shortly established in 1983 to help Covafter Morgenthau's announcement, enant -House residents or clients.

Harnett and Covenant House According to The New York board chairman Ralph A. Pfeiffer Times, the fund, worth nearly $1 Jr. described the district attorney's million, was used at various times decision as confirmation that the Turn to Page Six allegations against Father Ritter

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2 Friday, March 9, 1990 Lithuania poses Vatican dilemma VATICAN CITY (eNS) - The prospect of independence for predominantly Catholi(: Lithuania raises a delicate question for the Vatican: how openly can it support a "free Lithuania" while carving out new diplomatic channels to the Soviet Union?

Lithuania's pro-nationalist front won a mandate Feb. 24 in the first open elections since World War II, setting the stage for an expected secessionist move in the Baltic state.

Although Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were absorbed by the Soviet in 1940, the Vatican and most Western governments have never recognized the annexation.

Today, with the Soviet Union opening up on religious issues, the Vatican has a chance to press Moscow for concessions on behalf of Lithuania's approximately 2.7 million Catholics. The Holy See and Moscow are preparing to exchange diplomatic working grou ps, and both sides foresee an eventual trip by Pope John Paul II to the Soviet Union, including Lithuania, part of Poland for centuries and to which the pontiff once said "half my heart belongs."

But in taking these steps, the Vatican is being careful not to legitimize Soviet authority or undercut local church support for the swelling independence movement.

As the situation develops, the Vatican will have to weigh the impact ofthe Baltic political battle on church-state relations in general.

Sf. Anne's Hospital gratefully ac· knowledges contributions that we have received to the Remembrance Fund during February, 1990. Through the remembrance and honor ofthese fives, St. Anne's can continue its "Caring With Excellence."

Edmond J. Abdow Anibal Barboza Yvonne Bedard Angelo Bertoncini Henri Berube Ronald Brais Matilda Ciosek Luciiio Coutinho Leo Cusson Tillie Friedman Christina Gonsalves Janice M: ~urley Mrs. Rose Marzilli Mary G. McNally Lorraine Y. Messier Cecelia Nizalowski John Ostapow Raymond Parise Ida Pierce Manuel B. Rocha Raymond J. Thibault Mrs. Blanche Tremblay

LOS ANGELES (CNS) ---'Loyola-MarymoiJnt men's basketball star Hank Gathers collapsed and died March 4 during a West Coast Conference semifinal game against the University of Portland.

Gathers, 23, of Philadelphia, had suffered a similar collapsing spell during a game in December.

Doctors then had detected heart arrhythmia - an irregular heart~eat - and prescribed medication.

F ATHER DANIEL L. Freitas, diocesan director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, presents Dr. Robert J. Sullivan, a patient at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Fall River, with a Top Hat citation from the Diocesan Vincentian Council. The citation recognized Dr. Sullivan's 23 years as physician for St. Vincent's Camp, Westport. He was also physician at the Rose Hawthorne Home for 25 years before illness forced his. retirement. (Dowling photo)

-Ethiopians face starvation WASHINGTON(CNS)- More than 4 million Ethiopians face starvation unless warring factions there negotiate for peace and allow relief operations to resume, a Catholic Relief Services official told members of Congress Feb. 28.

"There are people committing suicide right .now because of the lack of food," David Holdridge, CRS senior director for the African region, told a joint hearing of the House Select Committee on Hunger and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa.

"We call for a long-term, peaceful solution to the war; on all fronts, but we cannot wait," he said. "To save millions of lives in the next four months~ we need free passage offood into affected areas." l::thiopia's Marxist government has waged a bloody civil war with two rebel factions - the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, in the Eritrea region, and the Tigre People's Liberation Front, in the Tigre region. Recent intensification of fighting follows a drought in some areas of the nation, located on the coast of northeast Africa.

Holdridge agreed with estimates that the critical period is the month of March, since only a 4-6 week supply of food is left. But getting the food to the hungry also is essential, he said.

"The current situation in Ethio~ pia is worse than any C.RS has encountered since' the famine of 1984-85," Holdridge told the House committees. Since 1984, constantly changing problems involving politics and drought "have forced us to adapt repeatedly to 'provide food to the needy," he said.

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Ethiopians at risk of starvation," he testified.

"People in eastern Tigre are starving now," Holdridge said, citing reports of "increasing incidences of starvation, malnutrition, suicide, movements of people in search of food, and other indications of famine-related stress."

In war zones such as those found now in Ethiopia, "it's generally not the drought that causes people to die, it is civil conflict," Holdridge added. "Only the conflict dooms the hungry."

He asked the U.S. government and other governments to press the warring factions for "immediate negotiations and agreement" to allow free passage of food; "guarantees that humanitarian relief organizations" can operate "without military interference;" and assurances by the government. and rebels "that they intend to return the food, trucks, or other equipment captured during the recent fighting in Eritrea."

In February, "a difficult situation deteriorated significantly," with heavy fighting and ii'irstrikesaround the port of Massawa, Holdridge said.

Operation Rescue fined $450,000 NEW YORK (CNS) - A federal judge has fined Operation Rescue and its founder, Randall Terry, along with its only Catholic officer, a priest and seven others a total of $450,000 for ignoring injunctions against blocking entrances to abortion clinics.

Terry and Operation Rescue together were fined $100,000.

Michael McMonagle of Philadelphia, the only Catholic among Operation Rescue's deputy directors, was fined $25,000, which he said he would refuse to pay.

Father Robert A. Pearson of West Long Branch, N.J., national director of Sons of Mary, an organization of pro-life bishops and priests. also was fined $25,000.

Both F~ther Pearson and McMonagle called the fines "arbitrary" and said they would be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gathers, the sixth leading scorer in NCAA Division I men's basketball this season, ha.d been given medical clearance to resume playing after the December episode.

Paul Westhead, Gathers' coach at the Jesuit-run school in Los Angeles, said in a March 4 statement, "W ords are hard right now.

This is the hardest thing I've experienced.

- "To be so close to a player and see him fall and for it to be over. I feel a deep hurt for his family," West head said.

"As for the team, we stayed at Gersten Pavilion," where the game was played, "until we got the word.

Then a number of the players came because they wanted to be as close to him as they could."

Gathers collapsed with 13:34 left in the first half. He rose to a sitting position after collapsing, but then fell back. He never regained consciousness. His

mother, Lucille, and an aunt were at the game and they rushed on to the court, wailing audibly.

Repeated attempts to revive Gathers at a hospital five minutes from the game site were unsuccessful.

Matt Marini, a sports information student assistant at LoyolaMarymount, told Catholic News Service March 5 that preliminary indications pointed to a "syncopal event" as the cause of Gathers' death. "He fainted," Marini said.

An autopsy was performed March 5. Results were not immediately released.

After Gathers' death, the West Coast Conference tournament was canceled and Loyola-Marymount was offered the conference's berth in the NCAA Division I men's ~asketball tournament. The Lions had won the regular season championship with a 13-1 record.

Loyola-Marymount was ranked 22nd in the nation with a 23-5 record. Gathers contributed greatly to the team's success with a 28.9 scoring aver!ige and an 11.2 rebounds per game, 17th best in the nation.

In the 1988-89 season, Gathers led the nation in both scoring and rebounding, only the second player in NCAA Division I history to do so.

"People are still kind of in shock" . on- campus, Marini said. "People are in disbelief."

Accepting common-law unions hurts family values; says pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) When a state recognizes commonlaw marriages as legitimate, it damages true family values and presents "disorder as a good and correct situation," said Pope John Paul II. H is recent remarks to a group of Italian legal experts immediately provoked controversy in Italy.

"It does not help personal or social well-being to devise laws that would pretend to recognize de facto marriages as legitimate, equalizing them with the natural

family founded on matrimony," the pope said.

He said cohabitation "does not involve any assumption of responsibility or guarantee of stability, which are essential elements in the union between man and woman as understood by God and confirmed

by Christ."

The family is the first and main ally in society's fight against such ills as unemployment, drugs and AIDS, and lawmakers have a specific duty to wqrk in its favor, he declared.

bituaries Sister Durand The Mass of Christian burial was offered last Satt.rday at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, for Sister Claire Cecile Durand, SUSC, 87, of Sacred Hear':s Convent, 47 Prospect Place, F~.l1 River, who died Feb. 27.

-Formerly Marie Delia Durand, she was .born in P :lenix, RI, the daughter of the lat,~ Georges and -the late Georgina (P:uent) Durand.

She wasa graduale of the former Holy Union Novitiale HighSchool, 'Fall River, and studied music and organ for five yean at Emmanuel College, Boston.

She entered the Holy Union Sisters in 1918 and toe k first vows in 1920 and perpetual vows in 1926.

She taught primary grades and music at schools ill North Attleboro and Chelsea and in New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Maryland.

In retirement she lived in Lewistown, Pa., Taunton, and at the Sacred Hearts Con·/ent. ,Her survivors include a sister, Sister Agnes Georgina of the Sis-

ters of Divine Providence, Melbourne, Ky., and two nieces, Claire' Montgrain and Isabel.Caffrey, both of Pawtucket, RI.

Ralph'Shea The Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. Brigid's Church, Lexington, for Ralph J. Shea, who died Feb. 25. He was the stepfather of Rev. George P. Winchester, SJ, rector and principal of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, and the husband of the late Lillian U. (Desmond) Shea.

Shea was a 1918 graduate of Boston College High School and a Golden Eagle graduate of Boston College in 1922. All' Army captain in World War II. he wasa member of the Disabled AmericanVeterans.

A retired postmaster, he was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption parish. Osterville..

Other survivors include a stepson, Charles Winchester of Lexington. and stepdaughters Ann C. Monaco of Weymouth and Paula Trask of Holliston.

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FATHER GAMACHE

Michael Guerra, executive director of secondary schools for the National Catholic Educational Association, said Catholic grade and high schools face financial obstacles such as affordable tuition, access and just salaries for teachers.

In spite of improvements, he said, "our Catholic school teachers earn about two-thirds the salary of their public school counterparts"

WASHINGTON .(CNS) - A nationwide response to Hurricane Hugo and the northern California earthq'uake provided a recordbreaking $1.9 million to the National Catholic Disaster Relief Committee, according to its director.

"This response has been magnificent,"said FatherThomasJ. Harvey, executive director of Catholic Charities USA, which staffs and directs the relief committee begun

by U.S. bishops in 1968 to coordinate Catholic efforts in times of domestic disasters.

In the past, the co'mmittee received most contributions from regions adjoining stricken areas.

But after the 1989 disasters, some 6,000 checks arrived from all around the country, an announcement said.

Out of the $1.9 million given by individuals, community groups and churches to help victims of the two disasters, the committee granted $500,000 in immediate support for the areas in need.

The remainder is being disbursed to local dioceses for long-term rehabilitation, it was announced.

When Hugo hit South Carolina Sept. 22 and blew its way into North Carolina before petering out over the Ohio valley, a broad range of residents suffered, particularly isolated rural families far removed from assistance centers.

Besides personal devastation, Puerto Ricans endured the ruin of their rain forest, which may need 30 years to revive.

In the meanwhile, the committee is supporting diocesan efforts to rebuild housing and to provide counseling where needed.

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Virginia Catholic schoolkids get unexpected ally ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) Virginia state Sen. Mark Earley recently received encouragement for his "share-the-ride" legislation from an unlikely source - Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Earley, of Chesapeake. Va., was the chief sponsor of a bill to permit non public schools to buy bus service from public schools at cost.

Mother Teresa, informed of Earley's efforts by the prindpal of a Catholic school in Virginia Beach, sent a letter of support to the Republican state senator at his office in Richmond by way of her Missionaries of Charity pro,vincial house in Washington. ' The founder of that order and, 1979 N bbel Peace Prize' winner wrote, "If this legislation helps these children, and if the local Catholic bishop supports this legislation, then please do all you can to help these poor chi!dren in Virginia.". . .

In her own hand, Mother Teresa wrote to Earley, "My gratitude to you is my ,prayer for you and your family and your people. God bless you." ,I Sister Miriam Cotton of the Serva'nts of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, principal of St. Gregory the Great School, had informed Mother Teresa "of the possibility

Catholic school woes listed MILWAUKEE (CNS) - Despite research showing Catholic schools to be more effective in educating than public and other private schools, they face a challenge for survival, a national conference on marketing techniques for schools was told.

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Rev. FlaviusGamache,S.~., , Presently ihe bursar at the r.(~t-~:, fort Missionaries' Residen~;_in: Litchfield; Ct.., celebrated hi~.J9t: ....Ir:~* anniversary.of ordination FCWp.. ~\.

A native of Fall River,' Faber'" Gamache is the son' of the late Henry and Olivina Gamache of Palmer Street and the brother of the late Rev. Lionel Gamache, S.M.M. Three Cousins, Rev. Msgr.

Alfred Gendreau, Rev. Daniel Gamache and Rev. Bertrand R. Chabot are Fall River diocesan priests.

Another cousin is Rev. Paul Carrier, S.J., of Fairfield, Ct., who formerly assisted at St: Dominic's parish, Swansea.

From 1971 to 1978, Father Gamache was pastor of St. Peter's Church, Dighton.

He was ordained in Ottawa, Canada, in 1940. He later studied at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and in Cheltenham, England.

Following ordination, he taught at Montfort Seminary, Bay Shore, N. Y. In 1943 he enlisted in the Armed Forces and served as an Army chaplain in World War 11 with the XV Corps Artillery which supported the Third Army ~n France and the Seventh Army In Germany. He was discharged with the rank of Captain and holds six major campaign stars.

In 1949 he founded the Montfort community's U.S. novitiate in Hartford City, Ind., and was its superior and novice master. From 1956 to 1962 he was rector of St. Louis de Montfort major seminary in Litchfield.

In subsequent years he served in various capacities throughout the country as a professor. superior, preacher and pastor. In 1982 he returned to Litchfield to take up his present duties.

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Guerra said the capacity of lay teachers to give .explicit witness to Catholic belief needs to be nurtured.

"Many come from secular colleges, and their good will and commitment needs to be strengthened not only with formal inservice programs but with friendship" of senior teachers, he said.

Guerra said the "remarkable story" of Catholic schools had to be told to a broader audience.

"For a church committed to sharing its faith and its future with succeeding generations, Catholic schools are a strong and perhaps indispensable source of continuity and renewal," he added.

of poor children, who attend Catholic schools, being allowed to use public school buses."

The principal said the campaign for the bill was seen "as an uphill struggle" and school officials "solicited prayers from a variety of sources." , Mother Teresa. she said, had always held "dear to her heart" a campaign for children. " ' . "We wanted to have her prayers in this effort," Sister Cotton told the Arlington Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Diocese of Arlington.

A vote on Earley's bill was postponed for a year to permit House and Senate members to study ramifications of the legislation. Earley said it would be introduced into the 1991 Virginia General Assembly.

Early, however, tried Feb. 27 to attach the bus measure as a rider to another piece of l'egislation, but his amendment failed, 44-14. The amendment would have permitted, rather than required, private schools to contract for school bus service.

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In t~ Vi'rgin-,i~lands of St. Croix an'd SCfhomas, the disaster committee is working with the U.S. Catholic Conference to aid recovery from the hurricane.

After the Oct. 17 earthquake.

Catholic Charities in the San Francisco archdiocese and the dioceses of Monterey, Oakland and San Jose aided in allocating relief funds.

Meanwhile, there were other natural disasters including an Alabama tornado, severe flooding in Oregon and Washington, and a frost in the deep South that cost the jobs of some 8,000 farmworkers.

While preparing for the future, noted Msgr. Francis M. Kumontis, committee chairman, it is importantto keep in mind the ongoing needs of victims of past disasters.

His committee, he said, hopes to help dioceses organize disaster response plans in advance of need.

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Unemployment is soaring, more and more factories are . closing and the total economy is shaky.

Wouldn't you think this might concern the AFL-CIO? However, it seems to have other matters on its mind.

In an age in which interest in unionism is at a low ebb, it. defies logic that the leadership of the AFL-CIO should abandon its proper sphere of action to take on an issue totally unrelated to its stated goals, namely that of abortion.

Led by its president, Lane Kirkland, the AFL-CIO executive council is seeking to promulgate an anti-life, pro-abortion resolution that would, if adopted, become an official union position. At its recent winter meeting, the council appointed a l4-member committee to determine what action should be taken on the volatile issue; and Kirkland declared that the union would not be intimidated by pro-life forces in coming to its decision.

Such a stance on the part of a person in Kirkland's position is tragic and is perhaps symptomatic of the mentality that, unfortunately, is destroying the union movement.

Let it be clearly stated that the AFL-ClO should not get involved in the abortion controversy. In no way whatsoever is abortion directly related to fundame.ntal labor issues. Union efforts should be expended in areas such as collective bargaining, minimum wages, workplace conditions and job security.

Since iis beginnings, the labor movement has concerned itself with economic justice and the protection of workers' rights. eNS/UPI-Reuten pholo If it now dissipates its energies by leaping into the abortion fray at a time when its members should be pulling together for A FRANCISCAN IS AMONG OVER 20,000 DEMONSTRATORS WHO JOINED HANDS AT RECENT "1990 TIME FOR PEACE" OUTSIDE JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY WALLS sheer survival, it is hard not to think that it will be driving another nail into its coffin. .

"Pray ye for the things that are for tl~e peace. of Jerusalem." Ps. 121:6 Unions need to stand as one on social issues related to their purpose. They cannot afford to fragment themselves over controversial matters. A pro-abortion stance on the part of the executive council could plunge the AFL-ClO into a battle that might end in their death knell.

If unions take an anti-Ilfe stance in the abortion issue, they tive remedies for the problems It would behoove the United

By Father Kevin J. Harrington will risk alienating a large segment of their membership. they create are not arrived at easily. States to start acting as a role It is amazing how world events Indeed, given the recent history of the AFL-CIO, they may The news media may foster faith model for them but unfortunately compete for our attention in the in short-term solu tions but this the world is only too well aware well face revolution in the ranks. news media. Network news shows For the past 20 years, the national unions have been a are just 30 minutes long, including hardly serves their stated noble that we have the highest rate of purpose of providing their readers returning incumbents to office and disgrace, with manipulation of funds, the Jimmy Hoffa years, commercials, and tend to focus on with the information they need to the lowest percentage of voters in the inertia of overpaid leaders and a host of other problems. , the sensational. act as responsible citizens of a any modern democracy.

For example, the media blitz They have lost both members and public confidence and the democracy...

Democracy is not, of course, a that followed the remarkable events In the days ahea,j, a free press panacea for all the world's probprime objective of. the AFL-CIO executive council should in the Soviet Union and Eastern will play a crucial role in the lems. True, ballots can expedicertainly be that of putting their own house in order..

Europe all but eclipsed other stodevelopingdemocrades. Hopefully tiously remove a Daniel Ortega, Restoring confidence, building membership and pulling ries. Newspapers did not grow fat- it will not imitate ou r vices and de- but the problems that face our together in a spirit of unity are but a few of the measures ter nor did television news stretch vote itself solely to the sensational. world also require people of wistoward which union leaders should be directing their energies to 45 minutes. Instead, our knowlBy June, the world's roll ofelig- dom, courage' and compassion to of events in other parts of the ible voters will have grown by come forward to serve their fellow in order to return the labor movement to the status it deserves. edge globe diminished. more than 140 million people in countrymen.

But these goals will never be attained if in-house issues are As in a presidential campaign, Too often the very process of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georignored or swept under the carpet for the sake of sensationalism. news events are orchestrated to fit gia, Moldavia, the Ukraine, East democracy weeds out our brightA pro-abortion position on the part of the AFL-CIO would the expected exposure. The rhe- Germany, Hungary, Romania, Bul- est and best. In our own country be nothing short of a disaster for labor at a time when unions toric surrounding the "war on garia and Czechosl-:>vakia. These cynicism prevails to the point where drugs" is a case in point. The war newly enfranchisc:d men and public servants are derisively are already on shaky ground. metaphor is common. We all have women will exercise real choice in referred to as public serpents.

May we urge all in the labor movement to keep their eyes on heard of the cold war, .the war on elections scheduled for this winter Indeed, politicians have too often its true goal: the securing of equality and justice for all poverty and the war on illiteracy; and spring. _ looked out for their own interest workers. This cries out for agreement on relevant issues and and who could forget the "moral with utter disregard for those they equivalent of war" in the days of neutrality in areas having to do with individual choice. claim to serve.

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President Jimmy Carter as we sought independence of foreign oil.

Lacking a real war, we choose to dramatize whatever the current crisis may be for the sake of its short-term impact. Certainly our drug policy must not be confused with a battle strategy that seeks clear winners and losers. The drug problem is a complex social situation that admits no easy solutions, just difficult choices.

Poverty, illiteracy, pollution._ fossil fuel shortages and drug abuse seem at times unconquerable; but with the help of an informed public they can at least be managed and hopefully reduced.

However, intelligent and crea-

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o God, you appointed your only-begotten Son to bethesariorofhumanUy and you commanded路 his name to be Jesus. Mercifully grant that we may enjoy . the vision of himdn heaven whose holy name we venerate on earth. Amen,

The day of a citizen legislature has given way to that of career politicians who specialize in public relations and spend most of their days c1osete~ with various lobbyists.

The end of the cold war will probably be the story of the nineties. The decade is young and promising and leadership is needed to seize the opportunities that will present themselves as a result of the reduced East-West tensions: _ With more freely elected leader~ there is surely fresh hope that men and women with new vision will set bold agendas that will provide creative and intelligent solutions to the problems of both this decade and the 21st century.

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The woman was angry. "I don't pies around, so biblical scholars see how there can be two creation . began studying the two creation stories," she said. "I'm 35 years stories (Gen. I: 1-2:4 and Gen. 2:4old. went to Catholic schools. and 5:32) and concluded from scrutinonly heard one. Now you're telling izing the writers' styles that the difme there are two and that maybe ferent stories probably' came from different cultures and traditions. they aren't even true."

She looked around her first Bible Realizing that these stories were group meeting for support. "Why passed along orally from generation by nomadic peoples for thousands did the Church teach us about Adam and Eve and the snake and of years before they were put into print, scholars point out the likelithe apple if it's just a story? I felt good about the Bible before I hood of different versions. came in here but now I'm conWords and meanings change in fused." family stories from generation to· She isn't alone in her initial generation. even within a generareaction to adult Bible study. She tion. Sometimes we marvel at how felt betrayed by her church and differently our siblings remember found her complacency and secur- a childhood event than we do. ity severely shaken. With knowl- Which of us is right, we wonder. edge comes growth and growth is The answer, of course, is that we usually painful. It means giving up both are. We simply experienced old ideas in light of new informa- the event at different ages and tion and giving up the old is like from different perspectives. giving up part of our.childhood. In Adding to the Scripture confua way. that was what she was sion is the fact of translation and doing.

But she missed the first point changes in meanings of certain words. When I worked with some taught; that the Bible cannot be Presbyterian pastors, they told me judged by scientific, legal, or even they were taught to emulate the rational standards. It was never biblical injunction, "Be ye perfect." meant to be.

But recent linguistic studies show Thousands of children have asked, "Where did Abel's wife come there was no word for perfect in from?" If God created only two early Greek. The new translation, they said, comes closer to, "Be ye people and they had two sons, compassionate."

A rather large scientific scrutiny finds the book wanting in its first 'passages. The difference. case against the Bible would be There are many inconsistencies thrown out of court at that point. in Scripture like the two creation Obviously there were other peo- stories. As children, we did hear

Valid marriages Q.ln one of your recent columns on dispensation from the form of marriage, you said that even into this century in large parts of the world any marriage that was valid in civil law was' valid also in the Catholic Church. .

In other words, even without a dispensation Catholics did not need to be married before a priest to be validly married.

I always thought from my days in the seminary that this church law went back to the Council of Trent, or at least was mandatory then in all cases.

You seem .to suggest this is not so. Personally, I have often thought as a pastor that the church better stay out of the legal "validity" aspect of a marriage. Maybe we should limit ourselves to preparing and supporting couples and families to live a married life that is a true sign of God's love. (California) A. The answer to your question becomes more technical than I usually prefer. Since others, including some priests, responded as you did, however, it may be worth reviewing.

Before answering directly, it is good to'recall that while rules for validity came much later, Christians very early realized that m'arriage was an especially sacred thing for them. Religious wedding ceremonies were frequently, if not commonly, held with or without an accompanying civil rite.

You are right in saying that the first legislation of the church requiring a form of marriage for validity was at the Council of Trent, in the decree "Tametsi," enacted at the 24th session in 1563.

(As usual in the church, this and other documents are named for the first word or words of the Latin text.)

There were major problems with. this decree, however. One involved a general principle of church legislation. Laws only take effect when they are promulgated, that is, when they are properly made public in a particular place.

For a variety of reasons, among them the split-up of much of the world at that time by colonial powers, "Tametsi" was never promulgated in some nations, including some which fuled colonies or possessio,ns in other parts of the world.

Among the places where it apparently was never promulgated were many sections of our own country. They included, for, example, what later became the Catholic provinces of Boston, New York, Chicago (except for some areas near St. Louis which had been under French influence), and others, including entire states in the western United States.

In 1741 Pope Benedict X IV changed one part of "Tametsi," which, however, did not affect its promulgation.

Thus, the first real legislation which was promulgated every.where, and thus affected the whole Latin church, came in 1908. In the decree "Ne Temere," the Sacred Congregation of the Council established requirements of the form for a valid marriage much the same as is in our current legislation.

As you know, of course, our present Code of Canon Law states, "Only those marriages are valid which are contracted in the presence of the local ordinary or the pastor, or" a priest or deacon delegated by either of them, who assist (at the ceremony), and in the presence of two witnessess" (No. 1108).

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these stories amalgamated into one.

We could see Adam, Eve, and the serpent. We never questioned the story because we were children and our reasoning was on a concrete level. We believed fables and fairy stories to be true.

Children's thinking is not developed enough to understand concepts. symbols and abstractions so if we are to teach them. we must use stories on their level. As their thinking develops, they come to grasp the ideas and morals behind the stories and give up the stories for the greater truths underlying them.

Creation stories from all cultures, including the Native Americans, are remarkably similar and are on a simple level because people were simpler in thinking then.

Their analytical skills were primitive and they were uneducated tribes who believed thunder and lightning to be the gods talking because they had no other explanation.

We do today and that's part of growing up in the Bible. We'll get back to our angry woman next week.

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN inter~sting background to the point you bring up in your question.

Q.ln the Apostles' Creed we say that Jesus descended into hell before he rose from the dead. What does this mean? Why would he have to go "into hell?" (California) A. The creed does not mean what we mean today by the word hell. It is a remnant of an old teutonic English word "hela," which translated the Latin word "inferos," and meant simply a hidden or secret place.

Actually, we don't know much about what Jesus did in whatever "time" .might have been involved between his death and resurrection. Interpretation of the relevant Gospel passages is not as easy as it may look.

Some forms of the Apostles' Creed, if fact, especially the earlier ones, do not have the word at all.

They say only that Jesus was cruci-' fied (under Pontius Pilate), was buried and rose on the third day.

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Parish administrators OK'd to witness weddings ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNS) - With Vatican permission, Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of Anchorage has delegated six parish adm!l)i,~~rators .to act all official witnesses at Catholic marriages when a priest or deacon is unavailable.

The whole body of U.S. bishops had to approve the idea last November before the archbishop could ask permission from Rome.

"There is no intention to take the priest or deacon from the scene," said Archbishop Hurley in announcement of the permission: "Rather," he said, "this per,mission will remove the uncertainty that at times hovers'over a planned wedding when fog, rain or snow hovers over the town and makes the arrival of the priest or deacon questionable." : A first in the country, the.permission stems from a case last summer when the archbishop himself was prevented by fog from officiating at a wedding in Valdez and suggested to the local parish administrator, a nun, that the couple might want to have a civil marriage with her officiating.

In that case he was able to do so without Vatican permission because it was a mixed marriage and could give the couple a dispensation from the Catholic form of marriage, an action allowing them to have a valid civil marriage.

The nun, Mercy Sister Carol Ann Aldrich, obtained a civil license and officiated at the wedding technically in a civil capacity.

That incident and a similar one three months earlier, in which fog prevented a deacon from flying until a few minutes before the scheduled wedding, prompted Archbishop Hurley to take the matter to the U.S. bishops last fall.

Archbishop Hurley said that when he sent in his request he got approval from the Vatican "almost by return mail," "Some might call it unaccustomed speed on the part of the

Holy -See," he said. "Rather, I think the rapidity with which the Holy See acted showed the obvious reasonableness of the request," While waiting for the Vatican reply, the archbishop arranged to have non-ordained parish administrators in the archdiocese commissioned by the state to perform marriages that could be recognized in Civil law.

Anchorage has five parishes administered by nuns and one administered by a laywoman.

With the new Vatican permission, however, weddings at which the administrators officiate will be official Catholic ceremonies.

In a c'olumn in his archdiocesan newspaper, Catholic Commentary, Archbishop Hurley wrote that church law "has a history of adjusting to extraordinary situations.

The archdiocese of Anchorage is now a part of that living history."

CHD not leftist WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic Church officials have disputed allegations by the Washington-based Capital Research Center that the church's domestic antipoverty program supports "radical left" political causes at odds with America's "historic political consensus." The program, the 20-yearold Campaign for Human Devel- .. opment, is funded through a nationwide collection and provides selfhelp grants and loans to low-income and disadvantaged people lacking economic and political clout.

"In recent years the campaign has come under attack from persons whose motivation is unclear to us," Galveston - Houston Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza said in a statment responding to the allegations.

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Covenant House probe Continued from Page One to make personal loans to Father Ritter, to his sister, Cassie Wallace of TrentQn, N.J., and to two Covenant House board members.

'The two board members, Jam~s " J. Maguire and Dr. James T. Kennedy, resigned in early March, Father Ritter started the fund witp stock he purchas~d ill 1982, which the Times said was worth 'abo'ut $250;000 when'the trust ,,;as . ' estal>lished ahd i's wohhmore than , $6QO;000 today." ,,' ,Father Ritter told the" Times tha,tin i 986 he ,red~ced', his CQ,venani House salary'from $98,600 a . year to $38,000, designating the remainder for the' trust fund. He said he did not inform his religious superiors about the fund because he did not want them to exercise : legal or moral control ,Qver it. ' In a brief statement March 6, Father McHugh said he and other : officers ofthe Franciscan province first learned of the fund's existence March 5.. " , ' He added, however, that he and his predecessors had 'given Father Ritter permission "to use any salary assigned to him in his role as president of Covenant House" as a donation from the Franciscan province to Co,venant House for the sole purposes of that institution."

Pfeiffer said Feb. 28 that Cove~ant House was initi~ting independent auditing and policy reviews "of all its programs, an independerit investigation of all allegations of financial or other improprieties, and an indepeqdent manageme,n~ analysis of the relationship between' Covenant House in New York and the branch operations established in recent years in other U.S. and foreign cities, , Harnett said salaries of top offi-

Shrine to sponsor career workshop "What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?" a career workshop for adults, will be offered 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.

Participants will explore.career choice options and discuss,development of self-confidence, Leading the workshop will be Margo Chevers, a former battered wife and welfare mother now president of Northeast Leadership En~ terprise, Plainville, a company specializing in perso.nal and professional development seminars.

Preregistration is requested; information: LaSalette Shrine, 2225410.

cials also will be reviewed, including his own and that of communications director John Kells. Both earn slightly more than $100,000 a year.

Among allegations to be investigated" Harnett said, were those , concerning Covenant House executives living with former residents.

He said the one case he knew of involved, so far as he knew, only pr6'per Christian service to a young man by an executive, but the young man haQ since moved out in order to avojd• ellen the appearance of .' ! ., (-'Ill,propnety. " • Co'iltroversy over Father Ritter began in D~cember when a y~~ng , BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin, center, honQr~ry,chair­ man, later identified as Kevin Lee man of the 49th annual Catholic Charities Appeal, discusses Kite, claimed he received money plans with Rev. Thomas L. Rita, right, Attleboro area direcand gifts from Father Ritter in , tor, and Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault;'left; Attleboro assistant. The return for sexual favors. In {he special gift phase ofthe appeal begins April 23 and ends May 5. course of the' investigation it was 'Iearrled Covenant House officials The parish phase, will begin between noon,~nd J p,.

M~y'6, had helped Kite obtain a false bapwith a house-ta-house solicitation of parishiom:rs. The phase tismalcertificate which he used to will close May 16. The an'nual CCA kick-off,meeting will beat obtain other false identity pape~s, 8 p.m. April 18 at Bishop Connolly,lHigh Schol)l, Fall River. using·the name' of a boy who had Bishop Cronin will be the keynote speaker. died in 1980. l'n j'a'~uary and'February, New Yo'rk newspapers reported allegations by three other former Covenant House 'residents that they had sexual liaisons with Father Ritter.

White the Francis~an order inSEATTLE (eNS) - The Canon , tor Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy vestigated the allegations by BasLaw Society of America approved was appoi'nted. The commission1s Continued from ,Page One sile, there was no criminal investia resolution see king revised norms , work was declared completed last gationconcerning any of the alleged contributors and for those it will and procedures for apostolic vis- April. sexual relations - either because In a keynote acidress, Dean'R. memorialize and help,sa'id Sister itations during its recent 51 st ,no crime was alleged ·or because annual convention in Seattle. , Hoge, a sociologist atThe Catholic Donna Brunell, O.P., director of the statute of limitations has run University of America in Washing- development for the Dominicans.

An apostolic visitation is a forout on prosecution.

Carved into the tree ,trunk is mal Vatican investigation into the ton, 'said there are a number 'of ,,F,ather Ritter h;iS cgns\stently Dominican patroness St:'Catheway a bishop is ministering to the 'foptions to deal with, the' priest 'denied all the allegations of-sexual rine, who "thought of her soul as a shortage. faithful and administering his miscond uct.

Three options :Hoge selected as tree living on love," said Sister diocese. ' ' He began' Covenant House in most hopeful wer,~ to recruit more Brunell.. " The resolution proposed that 1968 on a shoestring budget in a the National Conference of Cath- seminarians, to expand and develop The tree was blessed by Father Lower East Side Manhattan tenelay ministries, and to ordain-mar- Pierre E. Lachance, O.P., who olic Bishops request that the Vati, ment that he turned into a refuge ried as well as celibate men. can, in consultation with national asked that God's blessing "be upon for teen-age runaways trying to Hoge said a 19t:5 survey he con- this handcarved Tree of Love and bishops' conferences, revise and escape the street life of crime, publish norms for apostolic visita- ducted showed tbat 63 percent of on all who will be honored or drVgs and sellirig sex for survival.

U.S. Catholics over age 18, 6Jper- remembered on or oeneath its tions which, ,afford protections By 1989 Covenant House had cent of U.S. priests, and 51 percent branches." comparable t6 those in canonical grow\l into an ,$88.2 million pro- judicial processes, used most often .of student campus ministry leadgram helping ,thousands of street We praise God "for the work of ers, agreed that rna rried men should in marriage annulments. creation, manifest in the imagina,kids in New York and other major Such protections include knowl- ,be allowed to be ,)rdained. cities. Almost all its funding comes edge of the charges, the right toa .He sail! the thre e options he out- tion and skill of artists and craftsfrom private donations. defense, the right to be repres- lined were major transitions that , people who bring beauty and deFather Ritter's extraordinary ented, and the. right to appeal. _ could be accomp Iished gradually light, challenge and yision to our " ' impact ,on the nation's awareness through, he suggested, a period of lives," said Father Lachance.

"We are looking for fairness for of street kids wa~_demonstrated experimentation at the, diocesan : Sister Gertrude fashioned the the bishops and the visitor," Father last year when he hosted a vi~it by level with no pre! sure and the full piece from butternut, mahogany John Beal said during the meeting.

'President and Mrs. Bush in June and oak after months of planning support of the VHican. .'

He is cochair ofthe study commitand then a visit by former Presi.Dominican Sister Lucy Vazquez, and three weeks of intensive work tee that drafted the resolution. dent Reagan in November.

The resolution was a response director of the triounal in the Dio- last summer in her Creativity CenIn 19114 Reagan, in his nationally to scrutiny, given Seattle Archbi- cese of Orlando, Fla., spoke on the ter, where she teaches art classes televised State ,of the Union U.S. bishops' proposed pastoral for children and adults. shop Raymond G. Hunthausen address, had hailed Father Ritter letter on women'H concerns. following an apostolic visitation as one of the country's "unsung The committee: working on the begun in the Seattle Archdiocese , heroes." The following year Fapastoral has neaJ'iy completed its EDICTAL CITATION in November 1983. ther Ritter was named to the DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL After the two-year investigation, final draft for di!itribution to the Attorney General's Commission bishops in 1990. ' FALL RI~ER, MASSACHUSETTS by then-Archbishop James A. of Pornography. ' The document has been revised Hickey of Washington, Pope John considerably from an earlier draft, Since the actual place of residence of Paul II appointed Bishop Donald but Sister Vazquez said she felt the EMILE KHALAF is unknown, ,W. Wuerl as Seattle auxiliary draft still contained weaknesses, We cite EMILE KHALAF to appear person· bishop with authority over five ROME (CNS) - A feeling particularly in the sections on sin- ally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall key areas of Archbishop Huntgle women and Oli women's ordina- River on Monday, MARCH 19, 1990 at 10:30 among many Catholics that church hausen's ministry. a,m, at 887 Highland Avenue. Fall River. Mas· doctrine and dogma have no reletion.

The arrangement sparked pro"The pastoral settles little and sachusetts, to give testimony to establish: vancy in their lives is wrong and tests by Catholics in Seattle and dangerous, says Msgr. Edwin F. Whether the nullity of the marriage elsewhere once it was made public.' answers less," Sister Vazquez said. exists in the SANTOS·KHALAF case?

O'Brien, new rector of the North An apostolic commission - Car- "There are miles to go but the American College in Rome. The Ordinaries of the place or other pastors dinals Joseph L. Bernardin of Chic- journey will make a difference."

Sister Vazque:~ was elected the having the knowledge of the residence of the church's teaching gives "profoundly agoandJohnJ.O'ConnorofNew _ practical insights into human livYork, and San Francisco Archbi- canon law socie:ty's first female above person, EMILE KHALAF. must see to it president. Bishop John J. Fitzge- that he is properly advised in regard to this ing and dying and living again," shop John R. Quinn-wasappointrald of Brownsvi lie, Texas, called edictal citation, Msgr. O'Brien said at his recent ed by the Vatican in 1987 and her choice a real watershed installation ceremony. About 150 asked to "asse~ the situation."

Jay Maddock election."

U.S. seminarians from some 70 Judicial Vicar It recommended reassignment dioceses live at the North AmeriMisle:lding can College and another 80 priests of Bishop Wuerl, now bishop of Given at the Tribunal, "When we think we lead, we Fall River, Massachusetts, doing graduate studies live at the Pittsburgh, and appointment of a coadjutor. In May 1987, Coadju- most are led."-Lord Byron on this 6th day of March, 1990, related Casa Santa Maria.

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BOSTON (CNS) - Cardinal Bernard F. Law in his Ash Wedneday homily called the archdiocese of Boston "to action" by announcing formation of a group to respond "to the current violence in our midst.", Named'the Cardinat:s Committee for the City, he said, the task _ force would coordinate church re- 'sponse tO'the 'tcurrent.crisis" and "pursue the role of advocate before city, state and national govern: ment." Members' are: to' include representatives of.~principalaspects 'of the' church's: apostolate' in the ~'Boston area," Cardinal'Law said. , Without 'mentioning-specific . crimes <Ytviolent acts, he spoke of ,the family breakdbwn,! -random violence aild the existence'of gangs, racism and ptejudice'lls 'well as ,alcohof.and 'drug' abuse: ' , ,He said ways must be found "to "encourage cross-ethnic contacts within the'institutional life of the archdiocese."

He also noted domestic violence, child abuse and the "staggering slaughter of abortion"aild spoke of possible reforms in the justice .system, increasing job opportuni,ties for young people;news media response to city problems, and funding for necessary social and . educational pro~rams.

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Letters are welcomed but the editor reserves the right to condense or edit. if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and include a home or business addreSs. They do not necessarily express the editorial views of The Anchor.

A bortion's death toll Dear Editor: Last month we started'things off for Somerset's 200th birthday. During the week, I had the opportunity to pass through surrounding communities of Greater Fall River.

What was very interesting were the dates the various communities were incorporated, and it was very obvious every town grew. .

To grow you must have life.

Today life is unimportant, people just don't think. People get shot and killed, sometimes they are innocent or sometimes they are associated with drugs.

But there is even a greater killing going on and people don't want to think about it. This is the killing of the unborn, and I think it's time everyone does something about this killing.

Here are some facts on American war casualties: the Revolutionary War - 25,234; Civil War -498,332; World War I -116,708; World War II - 407,316; Korean War - 54,246; Vietnam War 58,655; War on unborn Ameri-,.. cans, since abortion was legalized in 1973,22,000,000.

People, this war is still raging today. Just think about it, 22 million Americans died without any chance to protect themselves.

Just think if everyone had the right to life and made it, perhaps we would have a great president, maybe a great doctor to rid the world of cancer and even AIDS, maybe another Martin Luther King. We are in this world for just a short time, we can leave this world as an unsung hero who saved unborn Americans from dying, or we can leave it as a supporter of the world's worst genocide.

For more information; please write to Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Greater Fall River Chapter, P.O. Box 243, Swansea, Massachusetts 02777.

Armand J. Courchaine Somerset

A chaotic time Dear Editor: About 2000 years ago, as the Roman Empire was falling into barbarism and the Dark Ages were about to begin, should a play require the murder of a character, a helpless slave was procured and at the proper moment he was stabbed to death, the arms industry not being sufficiently advanced to provide a six-shooter. Gunships and nuclear bombs had to await the technology of the 20th century.

Of course, without television, the Romans did not have the daily tutelage in murder, violence, and sexual aberrations provided on the tube to the great American people.

Even so, it is proper to note that the Roman Empire provided the longest period of peace known to man and created a great culture which with that of the Greeks informs the world to this very day.

Indeed, it was in this time that the Lord Jesus Christ came to earth.

One doubts that he would dare to come at this chaotic time.

As we note the collapse of our own civilization and hear the ribald laughter of our uncaring public officials, we might ponder these things. Popular plays in modern '. . America have not degenerated quiJe as low as those of the Romans. But we are on our way.

Bernard McCabe South Yarmouth

Not afavorite Dear Editor: The February 16 issue of The Anchor was not one of my favorites. Not only do you continue the hackneyed party-line of a oneissue Church in your editorial on Governor Mario Cuomo but you glorify a paratrooper chaplain for his courage in jumping into a "combat zone" called Panama with his Mass kit.

There are many who consider themselves Roman Catholic who will vote for a Mario Cuomo providing he meets the other philosophical requirements of the job anQ. continues to be personally opposed to abortion.

If the abortion issue was decided once and for all tomorrow, the world would still be faced with the problem of generating respect for ALL life. Beatifying Bishop Vaughan for his "jail cell" sermon is all well and good, but where do we read the same for the Bishop H unthausens and Daniel Berrigans who have been fighting for ALL life for decades?

Where is the Catholic Press' respect for ALL life when we wax heroic about a Catholic chaplain who parachutes into a "combat zone" as part of an aggrandizing force in a tiny (Roman Catholic) country in Central America?

The issue of the picture of St. ThomasM ore is a non-issue, a red herring which does not do justice to your membership in the Catholic press. When can we expect to read some stirring, thoughtprovoking editorials on the hard issues of being Christian and Roman Catholic? God bless the Operation Rescuers; but bless the American bishops too when their sermons on the seamless garment that is Christianity are not publicized equally.

Charles A. Phillips Brewster

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KRAKOW CARDINAL Franciszek Macharski turns the first spadeful of earth 'for the controversial 'interfaith' prayer center near Auschwitz. (CNS/ UPI-Reuters photo)

Auschwitz center still contro:versial OSWIECIM, Poland (CNS)unhappy about delays in moving the nuns.

A Polish government minister and "I think some' temporary locaa Catholic cardinal last month broke ground to start construction tion could be foune for the nuns of a long-awaited interfaith prayer until their new quarters are completed," he said. Cc'nstruction of center near the former Nazi death the interfaith center is expected to camp of Auschwitz.

The center will include a new take about 18 months.

Jews regard Aus,:hwitz as the convent for Carmelite nuns, whose '''present home beside the camp walls leading symbol of the Nazis' excaused a bitter dispute between termination campaign. Many view international Jewish organizations the convent's presen,;e just outside its walls as a Christian attempt to and the Catholic Church. . Cardinal Franciszek Macharski appropriate the Hol,)caust. of Krakow, the Polish archdiocese that ,includes Auschwitz, opened the ceremony with Jacek Ambroziak, head of the Council of Minis- . aJ~ree ters' office.

Ambroziak represented Prime MinisterTadeusz Mazowiecki, who WASHINGTON (CNS)-Jesus met in Warsaw with President Wojciech Jaruzelski and Edgar Christ is the "sole mediator" beBronfman, president of the New tween believers and God the Father, York-based World Jewish Con- said U.S. Lutheran and Roman gress. There were no Jewish repre- Catholic theologians after years of sentatives among the 20 people at dialogue on Mary a:ld the saints.

In a major agreed Sl:atement, the the groundbreaking ceremony. theologians urged their churches Bronfman called the ceremony important and said he did not to take "two further :iteps" toward know. exactly when the interfaith greater fellowship.

Lutherans, they said, should accenter would be completed. He knowledge "that the Catholic added that deadlines created "a teaching about the sai nts and Mary kind of emotionalism that I think as set forth in the cocuments of is not good, so I did not p.ress for Vatican II does not promote idolan absolute deadline." atrous belief or practice and is not The center will comprise a meetopposed by the Gospel." ing hall, a hostel and a new conCatholics, they :;aid, should vent. The site is one mile from the recognize "that in a dose but still present convent - a former theater incomplete fellowshi p, Lutherans, where the Nazis once stored the focusing on Christ the one mediagas used to kill up to 4 million tor, as set forth in Scripture, would people, m9st of them Jews, at the not be obliged to inv,)ke the saints camp. or affirm the two Ma rian dogmas" Shortly after the ground breakdefined in Catholic belief since the in~, however, Israeli Foreign MinReformation. ister Moshe Arens, ending an offi. cial visit to Poland, called for the Quickly, PII!8se immediate temporary relocation ,"One gives twice who gives quickof the Carmelite nuns.

He told reporters that Jews were ly."~Latin proverb

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BOSTON (CNS) - Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston, who visited Cuba Feb. 18-20, said the island nation south of Florida is not "going to be immune" from the "wave of reform" that changed the face of Eastern Europe last year.

"I hope this all points toward a peaceful revolution, a national evolution into a more peaceful society," Cardinal Law told Catholic News Service.

The cardinal met with Cuban President Fidel Castro, as he had on previous visits to Cu ba in 1985 and 1989. He also met with Cuba's eight bishops.

Castro met informally with the Cuban bishops during Cardinal Law's visit, a reported first. Castro had met the ,bishops formally in 1986, Cardinal Law said.

Castro and the bishops discussed plans for an expected 1991 papal visit to Cuba, according to Vatican Radio. Pope John Paul II has accepted an invitation to visit Cuba, but no date has been set yet.

Cardinal Law said there were "no substantive discussions" about the papal visit but that "plans are proceeding apace." He added that religious processions from parish to parish of a statue of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, Cuba's patroness, is "for Cuba, rather unusual to say the least."

Relations between the Cuban .government and religious leaders appear to 'be improving. Visits by senior representatives of a number of Christian faiths have increased in an effort to tone down the open hostility that flared after the 1959 revolution that put Castro in power.

Cardinal Law told CNS that Catholic prison and hospital ministry and government approval of religious coming into the country were evidence of better relations.

About 20 members of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, minister in Cuba.

H is meeting with Castro, Cardinal Law said, was a chance to "try to understand a little bit better what he had in mind" about announced reforms to "perfect" and "revitalize" the Communist Party Central Committee's organization.

Cardinal Law said Castro tolc him the Cuban economy "reflect what he perceives to be errors iJ some Eastern' European models.'

While he did not "pick up th kind of a sense from him [Castrc or from others" that Castro' government would fall in th manner of the communist goverr ments of Eastern Europe, "there a change in the air which is inevi able, given what's happening, over the world."

Gov.ernment statements sayiJ that Cuba will not undergo t changes seen in Eastern Euro': "simply underscore the concerm he said.

Of his meetings with Havar Archbishop Jaime Ortega y AI; mino and with all of Cuba bishops, Cardinal Law said h sought to "keep in dialogue as w, are, be supportive of the missior of the church in Cuba, to present as best we ca!1 to our own government the hopes and aspirations of the Cuban people."

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Religion bonds Alaskans, Soviets

By Catholic News Service A Juneau, Alaska, woman says her life was "touched in a very special way" by an encounter with Soviet Christians during a recent visit to Moscow.

Heidi-Kuhn, a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Juneau, made the trip in her capacity as president of the Juneau-based television network Alaska Newslink.

The news crew was invited to a small Moscow apartment to hear some Soviet musicians, Mrs. Kuhn told The Inside Passage, Juneau diocesan newspaper.

After a performance, Mrs. Kuhn went into the kitchen for a drink of water, "but there at the doorway I immediately froze ... as my eyes bore witness to a remarkable scene," she said.

A concert pianist, identified only as Marianna, "had one hand placed on her friend's head as the other was outstretched with her palm extending upward," Mrs. Kuhn said. "Her eyes were closed as she spoke softly in Russian."

When Mariannasaw'Mrs. Kuhn, she told her she was a "Christian charismatic" anq was praying for. her friend, who had a headache.

Mrs. Kuhn told the pianist that she was Catholic.

"Marianna burst into tears and exclaimed,"My sister! My sister in' heaven!'" Mrs. Kuhn said. "We both embraced as though we had known one another all our lives."

Marianna led Mrs. Kuhn into the room of musicians and "jubilantly announced" that their visitor was a Christian.

"This gift of faith cast a new l.ight on an already exhilarating evening, as they were all Soviet Christians," Mrs. Kuhn told The Lnside Passage.

"Their suppressed expressions of faith blossomed as we shared our views of our church in the United States and the importance of spiritual values in society," she added, noting that until recently, Catholics in the Soviet Union were forced to suppress their faith.

Soon the interpreter for the news crew asked for prayer so she, Marianna and Mrs. Kuhn joined hands.

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(CNS photos) . speaking in tongues - a gift ofthe Holy Spirit, a'ccording to the Bible," Mrs. Kuhn said.

Mrs. Kuhn described it as "an extremely emotional evening." She said that before she left, Marianna presented her with a RussianEnglish Bible, explaining that "the Soviets had to go underground to get it."

"I was touched beyond words," Mrs. Kuhn said.

"No other material gift in my lifetime would ever be more precious or carry more meaning," Mrs. Kuhn said. "Marianna's story and the gift of her only Bible will be a tale that will be shared in my family for generations to come as we reflect upon this decade of dramatic change."

Another Contact In another Alaskan-Soviet contact, Anchorage Archbishop Francis T. Hurley recently returned from a visit to the Magadan region of the Soviet Union where he continued exploration of the possibility he first suggested last July of setting up a Catholic center for the study of religion.

During his trip to Magadan, made last month, he reported by fax on his experiences to the Anchorage archdiocesan newspaper, Catholic Commentary.

"Non-stop meetings!" he wrote as he neared the conclusion of his visit. "Igor Pavlov and other officials are most positive on a center. ... Igor has put me in touch with everyone that might be involved ... the Orthodox priest, ministers fCir Pentecostal and Seventh-day Adventist churches, representatives from cultural and educational groups, chief operatives of government."

Pavlov is the delegate of the Soviet Union's Committee for ReHEIDI KUHN, left, and ligious Activities for the Magadan Region, which stretches from the her Russian hostess, Larisa Sea of Okhotsk north of Japan to Skuratovskaya. (CNS/ Gary , the Bering Strait, separating the Kuhn photo) Soviet Union and Alaska.

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He said Gov. Vyacheslav Kobets of the Magadan Region gave "his moral support" to the plan.

The archbishop, who does not speak Russian, said that during a Pentecostal service he attended Feb. II, "a Polish lady gave me a note saying she was Catholic and wanted to go to confession. The next day I heard her confession, in Russian of course. Alii am sure of is that she received absolution."

He said that afterward he celebrated "Mass for her and three others, which I will have to record as the first public Mass in Magadan."

He said he gave "one public lecture to about I00 public relations officers on church-state relations and had a 20~minute interview on local television to explain the center for culture and religion."

He spoke to both the Pentecostal and Seventh-day Adventist congregations at the invitation of their ministers, he said.

There were "many emotional highs on this trip in terms of the center and of faith," he wrote.

On Archbishop Hurley's first visit to Magadan he went technically as a sociologist, a field in which he holds a master's degree.

But he made no secret of his being a bishop, and he extended informal feelers about the possibility of a Catholic presence in Magadan, a city with a population of 160,000.

That initiative led to preliminary exchanges with Pavlov and then a signed agreement in January between the Anchorage archdiocese and :he Committee for Religious Activities to pursue the plan more formally.

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SISTERS MICHAEL, Gabriel and Raphad,at home in their Cincinnati convent. (CNS photo)

No rocking chairs for them CINCINNATI(CNS)- Witha total of 207 years of service in the Sisters of St. Ursula behind them, wouldn;t three women religious who are blood sisters think about , retiring?

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"I wouldn't want to be in a rocking ch'air," declared Sister Raphael, eldest of the three, all of whom are in their 80s. "I want to be where the action is going on."

Known as the three archangels', Sisters Raphael, Gabriel and Michael were born Rose, Ellen and Kate Grimes in Dublin, Ireland, and arrived at the convent where they live as teen-agers in'the 1920s.

They have spent 70, 70, and 67 years respectively in the order. But while their bodies may have aged, their minds remain young and they stay mode'rn.

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THE MADONNA MANOR Malt Shoppe was open for business during a recent special luncheon for residents of the North Attleboro nursing home. The activities staff, dressed in poodle skirts, served old fashioned chocolate malteds, cheeseburgers, fries and ice cream in the recreation room, temporarily transformed into a 1950s malt shoppe complete with jukebox, record albums, balloons and crepe paper.

Gabriel, on top of a. full day at Our Lady of Visitation, goes faithfully to her "Eldercise" class three times each week. And Sister Michael, an amateur electrician and plumber, shows youngsters at St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati how to work the 'microwa"e oven.

"We've always kept going," Sister Raphael told th,~ Catholic Telegraph, Cincinnati's archdiocesan newspaper. "We're always abreast of the times, getting right into anything new that's g,)ing on. We've taken advantage of all the opportunities we've been given." She is thinking about tal:ing a teaching' position in Mexicc.

"I enjoy teaching the word of God," said Siste' Gabriel, the middle sister. "Why would I stop doing what I enjoy?"

"I was always happy to be able to help children," said Sister Michael, the youngest. "1 would never think of retiring while there's something to be done. Leave the rocking chair for s,)meone else."

"If it came to it," Sister Raphael added; "I'd get a wheelchair and see what I could dc, around here."路 The sisters ha'ie seen three generations of chal,ge.

One aspect of chlmge is reflected in their clothing. ]II one wears the traditional full-length habit of their order. Sister Mic:hael wears a modified habit, Sister Gabriei a veil with a suit, and Sister Raphael a suit.

"Sisters are frel:r," said Sister Gabriel, recalling the days when a nun who needed a new bar of soap had to beg the appropriate authority for one. "You are responsible for your own acti )ns. What you spend - your po, erty - is your own judgement."

They also see the change in children, who they say are less polite but more generous, outspoken and better informed. In the sisters' early days, students were not allowed to see the nuns eat or take a drink of wal:er.

"N ow they have books on everything"even sex and drugs," Sister Gabriel said. "Children are being taught about thing!: instead of having them kept from them.

"We try to do our best to get them ready for the world and its

problems. Inthe confirmation program, they go to soup kitchens."

Our'Lady of Visitation principal Terry Chapman called Sisters Gabriel and Raphael "amazing," and has established an annual Christian service award in their names.

Some of the virtues students must possess to win the award are "characteristics for which Sisters Gabriel and Raphael are well known," the principal said, including "a deep faith in God, joyful dedication to any task undertaken proper respect for every human being and a spirit, of selfless sacrifice." ,

Cardinal Cushing papers found BOSTON (CNS) - More than 20 boxes of the late Boston Cardinal Richard Cushing's papers, long thought to be non-existent, have been acquired by the Boston archdiocesan archives.

Archive director Ronald D. Pat. kus said the archives had always , presumed that the cardinal's papers were destroyed at the time of his death.

Cardinal Cushing, who died in 1970, had the reputation of being indifferent to preserving materials from his 26-year tenure as archbishop of Boston.

The papers were discovered in early January after the death of Cardinal Cushing's secretary, Helen Laferty. She had often done work at home for the cardinal, and she continued to save the documents after his death. / "She must have thought they would have some significance," said Ksenya Kiebuzinski, assistant archivist for the archdiocese.

After the secretary died, Ms. Kiebuzinski said, a cousin recognized the papers and notified the archdiocese.

"Much of the material is completely disorganized or in terrible physical condition," Patkus said.

Most of the material, Patkus said, is incoming and outgoing correspondence dating from the 1950s and 1960s, plus booklets, speeches and photographs.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny sexual abuse. Unfortunately, your least tape record it on audio. This Dear Dr. Kenny: My 14-year- story is all too common. old daughter revealed to me that When a child is allegedly a vic- way, all others, including the her grandfather had been sexually tim of physical or sexual abuse, attorneys, can review the same abusing her. This was over ·two society needs' to help. The child, in material before attempting to years ago. telling about it, is trusting society interview the child further. If crim1 wentthrough proper channels, to make things better. Too often, inal charges are filed, conduct a the welfare and police departments. as you describ~d, the investigators videotaped deposition early with both atto.rneys present.

The social agency accepted -, the make it worse: case as valid, and we were abfe to One major problem is logistical.

Investigate all other sources. receive some helpful counseling as Too 'many" agencies are involved: Spare the child by 'findin'g out a result. ' welfaxe~poiice"prosecutor, defense 'e'verything possible from,others Our problem, however, has been ' attor'ney, 'psychologist, family ser- about the situation. DOt:s the aggravated'.by, the fact that the, vice, et ai, ,', alleged perpetrator have a, crimiinvestigation took forever.

'Each'onemay conduct its own nal history? What can other family First, the welfare department ' separate investigation. Instead, they members, friends,or neighbors tell? interviewed my"daughter. Then' a must It:i:un't,b work together. For Is there any additional pysical evipolice department ~'spedalis't" example, both the police and pro- dence, such as child pornography interviewed her. 'Next waS tile pro- secutor might train the welfare films?:' . secutor. In fact, he and his staff. 'W9rker t<;> conduct a initial inter4. Do itqilickly: There is a "time have been caIlingher in off and on" -view that would be' satisfactory to window" of approximately three over two years. Everything 'kept· all three. , months during which it may be , . Another problem is political. therapeutic for the child to talk getting postponed.

When we were referred to· the Prosecuting attorneys are usually about the incident(s). After that, it social agency for counseling, my elected officials. They are' aware probably begins to be harmful. daughter had to see a psycholohow strongly society feels' about 5. Don't depend on the child to gist, who went through theinci- child abuse. They don't want t~, make the case. The child '''blows dents all over again. We did find disappoint voters. As a result, they the counseling helpful, even 'though . may drag auta case even when itis . the whistle" and may give clues as it meant more rehashing of the clear that they have insufficient , to where and how corroborating incidents. evidence to file charges or go to evidence might be compiled. After that, it is up to the investigators to Now, after two years, the pro- trial., make the case. The younger the secutor tells me they have no case Above,al,J others; parents should child,.:the more critical it is to because there is no physical evi- 'be interested in resolving.the matdence and grandfather has denied tel' quickly and properly to protect prove the case elsewhere.

Thank you for writing about an the charges.; Couldn't they' have their child from the furtherab\lse told us this earlier? of a prolonged investigation.:Here unpleasant and hard issue. I wish The cOl1tinuing "investigation" are some guidelines, that parents you both peace, and hope you can now begin to put the incidents has just about !lestroyed our fam- and agencies might try 'to follow. i1y. My husband believes hi~ father.

I. Take a detailed statement behind you.

My daughter is confused. And I from the child as soon as possible, Reader questions on family livfeel lost. - Washington including a physical exam if. war- ing or child care to be answered in You have provided a vivid and ranted. The agencies who are likely print are invited by ,the Kennys; shocking picture of how not to to be involved ,should cooperate to Box 872; Sf. Joseph's College; conduct an investigation of. child avoid' duplication~ Rensselaer, Ind. 4,7978.

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By Antoinette Bosco For part ofthis vacation I visited learn to be kin'der, gentler people, my older sister. She is overweight, we couid become compassionate When George Bush became preshas a list of physical problems that enough to heed the words of our ident, a new phrase entered our would fill a medical book; a husLord. national vocabulary - "kinder, band, 75, who has had Parkinson's gentler." The presiden,t asked for a disease for the past 15 years and "kinder, gentler nati{)n," but I think that will be hard to achieve until , six grown children, several of whom chur~bmen we get more people who are kinder use her constantly as their babysitter.

She is depressed, and with and gentler. I propose we all try to' be such people, beginning with our good reason. ' WASHINGTON (CNS) - A Some of the younger members own families and our coworkers. priest and two seminarians from of the family saY'it is her fault, for What got me thinking about the diocese of Shanghai, China, not doing something to change her this was a recent comment of some, are in the United States for studies life. one close to me. I had just comafter arrangements were made beBut'she loves her husband, her pleted a four-week vacation, my tween' the U.S. Catholic China children help her with chores which first extended time off .in eight Bureau and the Chinese governshe· repays with babysitting and years. My work as a newspaper ment to Illlow them to travel due to her metabolism losing weight editor and writer is intense~ requirabroad. is very difficult. ing extreme care for accuracy and The study arrangement was The truth is my-sister is in a trap the discipline for meeting constant announced recently in Washing- call it her cross - and it is cruel deadlines. ' ton by members of the bureau's to criticize and blame her for not My colleague, in a sarcastic tone, board of directors, who include "escaping." How much better it implied that I must have had a Archbishops Theodore E. McCarwould be to look at her with lousy time being off, since I am rick of Newark, N.J., and Roger kinder, gentler eyes, to try to see such a "workaholic."

M. Mahony of Los Angeles. the complex situation she is in That expression upsets me. For Board members of the bureau decades now, some people have with compassion, not judgment.

It has always bothered me that said they hoped that the Chinese decided I am a workaholic. After permission for the 'study ab'road all, I had six children to raise and the people close to us, in family or will prove to be a step toward support. That required non-stop work relationships, are most often normalization of relations between the ones who think they are right work.

China and the Catholic Church. to judge us. Under the guise of The truth is that I like to vaca"helping," what they are really China imposed a ban in 1949 on tion at the beach, eat leisurely doing is setting you up so they can priests' ministry and practice of breakfasts, sit in front of a firethe faith by Catholics in union justify what they really want to do place, read the books of my choice with the pope.. walk away from your problems. and meditate. And when I have the Father Joseph Wang Zuo-hui All the blame is placed on your opportunity to briefly live this and seminarians Joseph Ni Guoshoulders. You get no credit for way, I never think of my job at all. playing with the hard hand you xiang and Joseph Liang Lie-hui Preferring to label me a workare currently studying English at were dealt. Somehow, in their aholic - a label referring to an judgement, you asked for what • the University of Illinois in Chiextreme, and thus a character flaw cago, and in May will begin two you got, simply because you did - was a way of being able to criticyears of theology studies at the not get out of what you got into. ize without having to feel guilty The line in the Bible that always University of Notre Dame. about harshly judging another. struck me as so important for the The U.S. China Catholic Bureau, Sadly, all too many people enjoy health of our souls is Jesus' adlocated at Seton Hall University in dumping on others. Kinder, gentler monition, "judge not that you South Orange, N.J., was founded does not appeal to them. may not be judged." If we could last year.

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• VATICAN CITY (CNS),- At: remains are downplayed during the II-year-Iong excavations were the center of the Catholic Church guided tours of the basilica's crypt completed in 1950. At that time, lies a partial skeleton; and with it a and are not mentioned in the Vati- Pope Pius XII had announced dislingering question: is it that of St. can's guidebook ,to the subterra- coverv of the tomb but said it was "not possible to prove" that any Peter, the first pope, who was mar- nean necropolis. remains found ne'.lr the site were tyred nearby on the Vatican'Hill?

'Miss Guarducci, who says she is The enigma has resurfaced nearly "persona non grata" .these days in those of St. Peter.

Intrigued by a 1952 drawing of half a century after archeologists the basilica's excavated underthe tomb a'rea by Father Ferrua. unearthed the bones, which today ground, has accused certain forces Miss Guarducci toured the archeoare kept in'l9 plexiglass containers in a'nd outside the Vatican of trylogical area beneath the basilica. beneath St. Peter's Basilica, ing to hide her discoveries.

She,was perplexed. she says. when Margherita Guarducci, the exShe has blamed hostile interests pert whose work first linked the, operating under..a ;'fals~ e~um.~n-, she failed to find a Greek inscription contained in the priest's sketch remains to the first-century apos- ism" for trying to "lJ1inimize ,and which appeared to read: "Petros tle, has written a: new book strongly cancel the tangible presence' of eni" ("Peter is here"), reasserting that they are. indeed. Peter in the church of Rome," She She says she learned that Father the "unique,relics of Peter.'~ even suspects that the announceFerrua had removed the fragment Oddly. she complains, the sup-, ment of her findings, reached in and was keepipg it in his room, posed relics are undervalued by 1964 during the Second Vatican Years afterward, the priest exCouncil, was delayed four years the Vatican. plained that thefragment was from , The elderly scholar recently told because "it would have botliered a later century and of little conseVatican Radio that she had used the Protestants," quence and that it was in his room "rigorously scientific methods" in Her remarks have prompted temporarily after its discovery near the 1950s and '60s when she '~track­ quiet exasperation among those the end of the dig. ed down and recognized with abso- who manage the basilica. .

But Miss Guarducci was suspilute certainty the bones of Peter," "We und,erstand that all people Whether the Vatican has offi- are proud oftheir discoveries," the cious and approached Pope Pius, cially endorsed her judgment is official said with resignation. "We who gave her permission to reopen research on the excavations. debatable. Pope Paul VI appeared don't want to enter into battles."

Aided by a basilica workman to subscribe to Miss Guarducci's Jesuit Father Antonio Ferrua, conclusions, saying in 1968 that the only living member of the orig- who had helped the original the "relics" of St. Peter had been inal 1939 excavation team, said archeology team, she spent months "identified in a way which we can M.iss Guarducci's book is "mali- going over the material unearthed in the 1940s, In one wooden box hold to be convincing," Years later, cious" and "full of errors," He said he repeated that her results "seem he plans to respond to it soon with she found several human bones. . According to the workman, the to b~ positive," his own article.

The story of the excavations. as remains had come from a cubicle At the basilica's administrative retold recently by Miss Guarducci in the tomb area. office, an official said the late pope Why hadn't the bones been regand Father Ferrua, is one of noble was referring to the tomb area', not intentions marred in part by pro- istered with the other information, the bones themselves, fessional jealousies and gaps of she wondered. And why did the "The whole complex i's a rehc, four archeologists - including information.. yes: It is certain that this is the Father Ferrua - deny having In her book. ~'The Tomb of St. tomb of St. Peter. But how can Peter: An Extraordinary Affair:' found any bones in that area of one say that these bones are those their dig?

Miss Guarducci explains that she of St. Peter?" the official said, The workman recalled that he became interested in the tomb after That attitude may explain why the

the world's bishops for consultation last November and December, but under a stamp of secrecy - a fact which contributed to signifi-. cant delay in public reaction, even by those who received it immediately. The consultation deadline is-May 31. ' Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal pronuncio to the United States, mentioned the catechism in a speech to'the catechetical publishers Feb. 20, and later told Catholic News Service the "secrecy" protocol was meant to avoid wide distribution of the draft, not to prevent bishops from consulting with theologians and catechetical advisers.

Nevertheless, the secrecy stamp, coupled with a lack of extra copies of the document - each bishop received just one - made a number of bishops reluctant to share it with others.

One of the first public critiques of the draft catechism came in late January, whe'n Jesuit Father Thomas J. Reese convened a panel of scholars at the Woodstock Theological Center in Washington to analyz,e it. Their conclusions, relayed at a press conference Jan. 28. were that it needs major revisions if it is to meet the challenges of teaching the faith into the 21 st century.

Several described it as virtually ignoring post-Vatican II theology in areas of morality and scripture scholarship. ' Father Reese, a sociologist and political scientist with the Woodstock center at Geergetown University in Washington, convoked a similar panel in 1988 when the Vatican sent out a draft document on the role of bishops' conferences. The scholars roundly rejected that document. Father Reese sent the conclusions to bishops' conferences around the world, and they were echoed by many conferences in negative responses sent to the Vatican.

In an article slated for publication in The Tablet, England's leading Catholic opinion magazine, Father. Reese described the draft as "fatally flawed," saying, "It cannot be saved by amendments that only tinker with the text," 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Papers by six Woodstock symand Msgr. LudwigKaas, 'the now- posium participants were brought deceased director of the e'xcava- together in a special March 3 issue tions, had emptied the cu'bicl~ after of America. a Jesuit national Cathregular work hours, without the olic magazine of opinion and comknowledge of the four experts, mentary. A seventh paper was to Msgr. Kaas:the workman explain-. be' published in today's issue of ed, ·was not on good terms with Commonweal, a leading lay Caththem. olic magazine.

Miss GUIHducci's version is met Father Reese said he planned to with skepticism by basilica offi- send the America, Commonweal cials, who say a discovery like that and Tablet articles to each U.S. would not have been overlooked. bishop and to the world's conferMoreover. Father Ferrua said he ences of bishops. was there when the cubicle was Archbishop Levada, in his talk first discovered and that it was to catechetical publishers, said a "practically empty." proper understanding of the cateMiss Guarducci spent several chism's purpose could forestall years overseeing research on the some ofthe criticisms of it. He said bones. Eventually, she says, she the document is not for general use was able to show that they came but is being written first for bishops from a robust man about 60-70 and through them for catechetical years old at the time of death - a publishers and directors, for use as description that seems to fit St. a standard "by which catechetical Peter. materials can be judged for soundOther scholars, while acknowl- ness and comprehensiveness," edging that Miss Guarducci is an able archeologist and epigraphist. question her interpretations and conclusions. , The final verdict on the bones may be that of Pope Paul VI in 1968. He predicted that Miss Guarducci's research would not put an end to discussions on the subject.

WASH INGTON (CNS) - The draft of the Vatican's proposed Catechism for the Universal Church has begun to move into public view and reviews are mixed.

Many consider the document if and when it reaches final form -possibly one of the most important for the future of Catholicism since the Second Vatican Council itself.

More than 400 pages in its English version, the draft catechism summarizes in depth and detail the truths of faith, worship and morality by which Catholics are supposed to live.

Severe criticisms have emerged over the catechism's focus on natural law in the section on morality, its use of Soripture, its length and its pervasive use of what critics are calling "sexist" language.

It has been praised for emphas-' izing social justice as a proper part of moral teaching and for its rich language in sections on liturgy and prayer.

Archbishop William J. Levada of Portland, Ore., the only U.S. representative on the catechism's writing committee, told a symposium of catechetical publishers in Washington Feb. 21 that if the catechism's final version "is well done:' it could "shape the mind of the church for decades, perhaps centuries, to come."

On Feb. 23 Bishop Raymond A. Lucker of New Ulm, Minn., who has also said the document will have "tremendous impact" on the' church. warned more than 2;000 religious educators not to let it dis-' tract them "from the central concerns of catechesis," .Even a "perfect summary of the truths of the faith" cannot replace the "process of conversion" and initiation into Christian life that is at the heart of C!uistian formation. he said.

In Italy, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the commission in charge of developing the catechism, told students at the University of Rome that the draft is a "marvelous wor·k:'although still "imperfect."

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C()nigllaro's -fajth praised' at flinetal REVERE, Mass. (CNS) - Tony Conigliaro, who died Feb. 24 at age 45, "gav,e us reason to have faith in him," said Father Dominic Menna at a Feb. 27 funeral Mass for the baseball star whose career and life were cut short by tragedy.

Family, friends and former Boston Red Sox teammates, including pitcher Luis Tiant and infielder Rico Petrocelli, were among those at the Mass at SI; Anthony Church in Revere. Also present were former Boston Celtics center Dave Cowens and former Massachusetts Gov: John Volpe.

Father Menna, pastor of St. Anthony's in Revere, Conigliaro's hometown, said Conigliaro taught his fans "that a runner who looks hack never wins the race and he looked ahead to a successful career and did all he could to make it a success."

Conigliaro died in a Salem hospital of kidney failure, a complication of pneumonia.

He broke in with the Red Sox at age 19 in 1964 and hit a home run his first time at bat. He hit 100 major league homers before he

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/ LINUS WORRIES when his friend Janice shows him how she has been bruising lately in "Why, Charlie Brown, Why?," a Peanuts special about how childhood cancer can be cured. It will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Friday, March 16, on CBS. (CNS/CBS photo)

Cancer survivors meet at St. Anne's The Hudner Oncology Center ofSt. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, is sponsoring"Survivors Celebrating Life," a nine-session educational series for cancer survivors.

At the' group's first meeting. diet, exercise and smoking were discussed. Remaining meetings. topics and lecturers follow. All are held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the hospital's Nannery Conference Room. Further information is available from St. Anne's,. telephone 674-574 I. -March 14, Rights and Issues of Insurance Coverage, Ed MacManus, financial advisor -March 11, Benefits and Barriers to Employment, Kathleen Arruda, St. Anne director of human resources -March 18,1 Facing Financial Facts, Robert Marchand, Esq.

-April 4, Journey to a More Relaxed Life, Dorothy J. Levesque, Grief Ministry director, diocese of Providence -April II" Life Appreciation: Preserving Relationships. Kathleen S. Gagliardi, St. Anne social worker -April 17, Long-Term Physical Effects of Cancer Treatment, Drs. Richard C. Hellwig, Mary Ann Rose, St. Anne staff physicians -May 1, The Next Generation, Kathryn Hewett, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School instructor and Dana Farber Institute staff psychologist -May 9, National Coalition of Cancer Survivors, Paula Harrison The series is facilitated by St. Anne oncology nurses Jacqueline Maltais, RN, and Lisa DeCoste, RN.

Pope to bless' Ivory Coast cathedral VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II plans to bless a huge $150 million cathedral built by the president 'of Ivory Coast when he travels to Africa next September, said press spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.'

The spokesman said that it was "almost certain" that the pope would conse~ate the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro on t return leg of his pla?ned visit 0 three East African natIOns. ' The Vati!1<ln has decided to accept the cQurch, built to resemble St. Peter'~ Basilica in Rome. as a personal gift of Ivory Coast President Felix! Houphouet-Boigny, other Vatic~n sources said.

The massive edifice has been featured in;a Time magazine story and also tJn the CBS television program '4(,0 Minutes." The CBS comment~tor noted "It dwarfs any house of worship in the world .... It is probably bigger, grander and more ambitious than any single enclosed-space ever built by man."

The cathedral was constructed

by 1,500 artisans over a several year period. It is 525 feet high and has 36 windows of hand blown French stained glass, each 90 feet high, and 272 columns, some 14 stories high. It is situated on a 7.4 acre esplanade of Italian marble designed to accommodate over 300,000 worshipers.

Among the cathedral's features is a three-manual organ of84 stops installed by the Allen Organ Co. of Macungie, Pa. The organ was chosen for reliability in a remote tropical area where maintenance is difficult to provide.

The test o(time was supplied by another Allen Organ installed nine years ago, also'in Yamoussoukro.

BRASILIA, Brazil (CNS) The president of the Brazilian bishops' conference, severely injured in an auto accident, was making progress after a second series of operations.

Archbishop Luciano Mendes de Almeida of Mariana, Brazil, conference president, underwent three operations in five hours Feb. 28 to correct leg fractures and jaw injuries. The day of the accident, Feb. 23, the archbishop underwent four operations in seven hours of surgery.

six accidents on that curve in the three days following the accident in which Archbishop Almeida was injured.

Archbishop Almeida, who was an auxiliary in the archdiocese of Sao Paulo, Brazil, before being named to head the Mariana archdiocese in 1988, is known for his work with the poor and oppressed.

Get-well messages came from the poor and unknown as well as from the rich and famous.

A telegram from the Vatican said Pope John Paul II learned "with profound pain" of the archbishop's acci.dent.

The prelate received telephone calls from around Brazil- including from President Jose Sarneyand get-well wishes from other countries. The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, the guerrilla movement fighting the Salvadoran government, sent a message speaking of the archbishop as a friend of the poor.

One man, Oswaldo de Souza of Sao Paulo, called the bishops' conference headquarters. He told Sister Zelita Antonello, a secretary, that he had no television and had heard Archbishop Almeida was in grave condition, so he had walked many miles with his wife and children to get more news.

"He is my father, my mother, my brother," the statement quoted Souza as saying. "God must give us back our dear bishop."

On Aug. 18, 1967, he was struck in the left eye by a pitched ball. His injuries sidelined him through the 1968 season. He hit a homer in his first at-bat upon his return in 1969, and won the "Comback Player of the Year" award that year.

Conigliaro totaled 36 home runs and 116 runs batted in 1970, but a salary dispute with the Red Sox in the off-season resulted in a trade to the California Angels. Blurred vision caused him to retire in 1971.

A brief 1975 comeback with the Red Sox proved less than successful.

In 1982, shortly after auditioning for a Boston Red Sox broadcasting job, Conigliaro suffe..red a massive heart attack and was without oxygen for six minutes. He remained comatose for four days and semi-conscious for seven weeks after the heart attack.

A collapsed lung from a bout with pneumonia later in 1982 dashed his hopes for a full recovery.

Conigliaro was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.

The archbishop had ruptured' his aorta and fractured his skull, jaw, left arm, femur and both legs in the accident, according to a 'statement from the Brazilian bishops' conference headquarters in Brasilia. It said there was no brain damage.

The archbishop's secretary, Italian Jesuit Father Angelo Mosena, 53, died in the crash,' which occurred when the car rolled over into the opposite lane of a highway outside Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and was hit by a tanker truck.

Dutch Father Jacques Zwaanenburg, 52, who was driving when the accident occurred, suffered a dislocated leg, fractured ribs and facial injuries.

According to a post-operation medical bulletin issued March I by Felicio Rocha Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Archbishop Almeida was "conscious" and "well-oriented." He was being fed intravTruth enously and was hooked up to a "One must become as humble as respirator. the dust before he can discover The bulletin said the archbishop's truth." - Mahatma Gandhi breathing was improving.

"He re'mains conscious and conAL\\AYS ~t07\EY A\i\IIABLE fident that he will recover," it said.

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I know you broke up with him And your heart's still on the shelf It's been over two years forme And I'm still not quite myself You can't be with someon!! new And you can't gO,back to him "ou're beginning to re,alize, .

That it's sink or ,swim . I see you around sometimes AneJ my heart just. melts You're 100king,Iike i( you had your wish You'd be somewhere e'lse And it jus~ breaks my hear,t To see you'here this way' Someday 111 get the nerve :Co walk up to you and say This is the last worthless evening That you'l have to spend just give me a chance' To show you how to love again This is the last worthless evening That you'l have to spend 'Cause 111 be there ' When your .broken heart is on the mend Every night it's the same old crowd In smoky rooms ' You catch a faint glimpse of love sometimes B'ut it never blooms .

I've been around this block a time or two And I've made some big mistakes But girl I promise you,. promise you People inside their houses with the shades pulled down.

God knows, we could use some romance In this sleepy bedroom town' I know you're still afraid ' to rush into anything But there are just so many summers And just so many springs Writt~n by Don Hen,ley, John Corey, Stan Lynch; sung by Don Henley '(c)I~89 by The David Geffen Company DON HENLEY is back on the charts with his second hit off the "End of the Innocence" album. "The Last Worthless Evening" sounds a lot like Eagle's tunesfrom 10 years ago,

which isn't surprising, given Henley's background with the' group.

The·song talks about recoveringfrom a brokeri 'relationship. The two people in the

song have been through painful experiences. Yet, one asks the other to "give me a chance to show you how to love again."

He pledges to "be there ,when your broken' heart is on the mend."

BreakingutfJ.l, 'relationship often leads t~,actime of grief.

Certainly it i's not wise to bury hurt feelings and rush into a new relationship. Emotional injury can require a longer recovery time than many physical hurts. The question is: How long?

One answer concerns forgiveness. Recovery takes as long as it requires to let go of the anger and resentment. Carrying such anger into a new relationship keeps seeds of mistrust alive.

One becomes vigilant for any signs that the other person doesn't love as he or she says.

There is 'also the danger of dumping the residual anger on the other person, using him or her as a scapegoat for past Qurts.

It also takes time to gather up what we have learned from the past relationship. Emotional hurt can be a powerful teacher.

We need time to look into what happened to us and answer these questions: What do we want to do differently in the next relationship? What in our oWn behavior contributed to the past hurt? Are there ways that our need for love encouraged us to overlook problems that could have been faced, and perhaps resolved?

R~covery 'takes time. But it is also important that we actively try'to learn from what we expe~ienced. ' The song reminds us that "there arejusi so many summers and just so many springs." At times life can hurt us, but greater than the. hurt is, God's gift of life. ," A,sk God to help you heal the hurts you have experienced. His care can help you rediscover the promise and rewards of,loving.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Mart.in,·R.R. 3, Box 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635~

Heroes are, close at hand.

Have you ever rea,lized -that heroes and heroines are close at hand? They can be found on videotapes, in the movies; in the pages of a book and even in your daily life. ,··c M y~1b-sestencol.m'ter with M'other Teresa of Calcutta, one of my heroines, was on a video'tape Of a PBS program that friend 'lent me.

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What struc!.< me in this review of her ,life was the difficult time she had when she first set out to help people who were d'ying on the streets of Calcutta.' , Success was not instantaneou's - instead she ran up against harsh obstacles and deep dis~ouragement. , But she did not turn back. Heroically she pursued her goal. When dark clouds shadow my life;· I think about her and am heartened by her courage.

In the early 1950s a black-andwhite movie ,made in France introduced me to the heroic "Monsieur Vincent," known more widely as St. Vincent de Paul.

The powerful and widely acclaimed movie showed me vividly what one man can do when he sets out

to help the poor. Though m'any years' have 'passed: that saindy hero still I.ingers in my' mi~'d, urg~ ing me'to do what I can to help the unfortunate people of today's world . . .. O,ne bftheSe'unfortunate'people is' 26-year-old J'eff, a 'quiet hei~ who 'a]50 speaks to, my Iieartof courage. Sexually abused as a child, Jeff became an alcoh'olic, a drug addict and was sexually 'promiscuous. " For over six years now he has struggled to put the pieces of his shattered personality back together; Some of his friends were afraid he would end up a suicide victim.

Instead, this young hero hangs in there and fights the good fight, unaware that someone who admires his gritty determination is writing of him as a hero.

My spirit also is nourished by a world-famous figure, a man who is manifestly happy with life and so strong in his Christian faith that he can strengthen his sisters and brothers all over the world - Pope John Paul II. Not world famous and really a very obscure figure was a widow

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Eacn morning right after breakshe would be on ,her knees. in the living room saying her morning prayers and seeking God's support. Often her eyes were shut as she prayed, and she prpb.ably had no idea she was being observed by her son as he got ready for school.

Many were ~he anxieties and sorrows of her life, and times were hard. Her son knew all this, and the silent sermon she heroically preached about faith in God and the need for daily conversation with him reached deeply into the boy's heart.

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Taunton, are planning a Holy Week He' has ,been at Coyle-Cassidy trip to the. village of Duran, ~ 'for 24 years and head football Ecuador. coach for 17.

Father Jim Ronan, a Society of * *'* * ' St. James missioner from the Bos-. ' Recei~irig highest 'honors for ton archdiocese, has arranged' for the second marking term at Coylethe group to live and work with Cassidy are senior Tonya Perry, people ofthe parish of Santa Marjunior Rachel Doherty and sophoianita in Duran. more Julie Poyant. 77 'students "We believe that this experience achieved ,honors and 123 received will be a concrete ,step toward honoral>le mention. creating more awareness 'among our school and local community * * * * of the tremendous needs of our This we~kel1d Cciyle-Cassidy will brothers and sisters in the Third host Warrier Power Meet VIII. WarId," said, Coyle-Cassidy headCOlJlpetition begins at 9 a.m. both master Michael Donly. " days and the public is invited. C-C The group seeks donations is ihe two~time ,defenliing chamtoward expenses; for information pion of the m~et. .. contact teachers ,Michael Cote or Anth9ny Nunes at the s!=hool. * * * * ,Coyle-Cassidy athletic director Steve Winslow was recently inThe Language Club of Bishop d ucted into the Somerset High Connolly High School, Fall River, School Hall of Fame. , , He was among eight inductees is observing Foreign Language selected from over 125 candidates Week. Club members have decorated the halls in the colors of nominated by the public. .

While at Somerset High School, France, Portugal and Spain, and he lett.ered and was a Bristol County the cafeteria is serving dishes from all-star in football, basketball and those countries as well as from baseball. He quaterbacked the 1958 Italy and the Orient. The club is also sponsoring poster and trivia contests.

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April 27 the club will visit the Metropolitan'Museum, United Nations headquarters and Greenwich Village; all in. New,York City.

Senior lraci Viveiros of Bishop Stang High School, North Dart~ mouth, was named Outstanding *, * * * Young Busine$s Woman at the Senior ~arn.ie Nilsen· and junRegion One Junior Achievem~nt Conference annual meeting in Mt. ior Eric Hatfield. have received Pocono, Pa. O~er 450 J A partici- blue ribbons in the 40th annual pants from across the Atlantic Boston Globe Scholastic Art seaboard attended the conferem;e. Awards pr,ogram. Their entries are Viveiros, a four-'year JA partic- among 207 from Massachusetts to iplmt, was selected for her knowl- advance to t,hl;! na~ional competiin New York. . edge of business, econo,mics, free tion . , * * * * eJ:1terprise, entreprene~rism and On March 16-18, the curtain current events..

Last May ~he was nained a local will rise on the Connolly Players' Outstanding Young Entrepreneur. production of M*A*S*H. Based This year she is president of Prom: on the original novel by Richard inence, a program· sponsored by Hooker, the play includes several characters familiar to fans of the JA and a local bank. television show. * * * * On the prl~cipal's, list ,for the Senior Patrick McGonigle porsecond rilarki~g period ar~ ~eniors trays Hawkeye, the surgeon whose Melanie Cardoza, Megha!lFoley, sense of humor makes life bearPaula Mathieu, and Thomas Pachable for the crew who must daily eco;juniors "Lynn Asato, Erin' 'cope with wartime' casualties.

Hayden, Nicole Houdelette; sophSenior Kevin Anthony plays Duke omores. Michelle Beaupre, Laura Forrest, Hawkeye's sidekick, and D,eagan: Karen' Ryan; and freshsenior Brian Michaud portrays men, Da'nielle . DaCosta, George , Trapper John. pos Santos: Alison ~Ieming~ Erica .Lopes and :Niccile Poisson. .

The cast also included Amy 48 'students achieved first honors Almeida as Major "Hot Lips" and 9,1· ac~ieved,second honors.

Houlihan and Eric Brenner as Col. , Henry Blake. A large supporting cast play the M* A*S*H staff and S~.

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;: Teacher Scott Carinon, also a inime, will perform "We Can" (or fifth through eighth' graders from St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, St. John Evangelist school"Attlewill conduct an open. house for boro, on March 16. .," ," Students in kindergarten through . parents and prospective students fourth grade will travel toe Boston in nursery through eighth grade for the live musical "Really Rosie" beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

For information contact Sister on April 12.

Muriel Lebeau, principal, 996-1983.

Taunton Catholic Middle School is planning an open house for par65 students were placed on the ents and prospective students in grades 5 through 8 beginning at 2 high honor roll for the second quarter at St. Anne School, Fall p.m. March 18. Further informaRiver. 39 students achieved honors tion is available from the school, 822-0491. and 34 honorable mention.

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By Mick Conway Joe had it all. His family enjoyed the comfort of being moderately affluent in their Midwestern community. He was cherished by his parents and their home rang with the joy of laughter and love, as well as with a fair amount of goodnatured rivalry. Joe was an excellent student, active in his church, an accomplished athlete and a popular figure among his peers.

There was only one flaw in this otherwise perfect scenario. Joe had a life-threatening disease. He was an alcoholic.

It started innocently enough.

When Joe entered his teen-age years he fell into a pattern which was well established among his friends. Drinking beer was the thing to do. Everyone did it. If you didn't drink, you were cast out of the circles of popularity. . Although few of Joe's friends were old enough to buy alcohol, getting beer was easily accomplished. Older kids were always happy to oblige, returning the favor that was done for them in earlier years.

Joe had no idea when he began drinking that his life would be irrevocably altered by this addiction called alcoholism. During high school Joe began turning to alcohol more and more. He hid alcohol in his room, in his school locker and in his car. He drank to get to sleep at night and to help him meet the beginning of each new day. He drank alone and with friends, always careful not to become conspicuously intoxicated.

But as time went by, Joe could no longer conceal either the amount he was drinking or the consequences of his alcoholic behavior. He had to drink more and more in order to feel the relief that alcohol gave him.

and sports. His parents were extremely worried about Joe's behavior but did not recognize or fully understand that alcohol was taking over his life.

In the spring of Joe's senior year in high school he disappeared for three days. His parents could not find him because Joe had wandered into an abandoned house in the country after having had too much to drink.

When Joe a wakened in the basement of that house, shock, fear and remorse overwhelmed him as the full realization of his situation became painfully clear. Crying aloud to God for help, Joe knew that his life was out of control.

Desperately ill, cold and wet he prayed as he had 'not prayed in a long time.

Joe's return home was met with great relief and emotion. He asked forgiveness of his parents for causing them such anxiety. Gladly given, Joe's parents now knew the course that must be followed.

Arrangements were made for Joe to enter an inpatient treatment program for chemical dependency.

In that setting, Joe was able to deal with his disease and learn how to live his life without the use of chemicals. During the course of his treatment, Joe discovered that serenity comes from living each day as it comes, accepting those things that cannot be changed as an inevitable part of life.

But the things that can be changed are the challenge that makes our time on this earth so interesting and rewarding. One of God's greatest gifts to us comes in the form ?f that discovery.

Failure "Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat: It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street." -'- William A. Ward

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parentalguidance 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 ottensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

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

NOTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local listings, which may differ from the New York network ~hed颅 ules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "The Hunt for Red October" (Paramount): Cold War thriller based on Tom Clancy's best-selling novel tracks the near clash of Soviet and U.S. submarines in the Atlantic when a maverick Soviet submarine captain (Sean Connery) plots to defect. Captivates viewers with a suspenseful story, fine ensemble cast and masterful production design and does not depend . on gratuitous violence for thrills and chills. Intense menace and some climactic violence. A2,PG "Mountains of the Moon" (TriStar): Epic docudrama accurately recalls the expeditions of 19thcentury British explorers Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Hanning Speke (lain Glen) to find the source of the Nile. Ably imparts the drama of the period, the obsession of the protagonists and the beauty and savagery of Africa during the 19th century. Its masterful mix of entertainment, education and biography is suitable fo'r older adolescents and adults, but includes intense scenes of graphic tortUre, defilement and violent death that -may unsettle some. Hetero~exual scene with nudity and implications of homosexuality. A3,R

"~ightbreed" (20th Century Fox): Young man (Craig Sheffer) and girlfriend (Anne Bobby) race to save a legendary city of dead souls froin invading human maniacs, including a psycho psychoanalys~ (David Cronenberg); a fascist cop (Charle~. Haid) and a spineless priest (Malcolm Smith).

Dire<;tor Clive Barker::adapts his best-selling horror novel to the screen in haphazard fashion as a cavalcade of gruesome freaks, nightmare imagery and make~up wizardry. Excessive images of grisly human slaughter: some profanity and 'nudity. O,R "Revenge" (Columbia): Newly retired Na vy pilot (Kevin Costner) . is implausibly lured路 into an affair with the young wife (Madeleine Stowe) of his best friend, a ruthless Mexican power broker (Anthony Quinn) who takes gruesome 'revenge for their betrayal. The'exotic Mexican locale takes precedence over character development in this HAVING A BALL: Msgr. Thomas Harrington, pastor of intriguing but ultimately muddled St. Joseph's parish, Taunton, demonstrates his mean dribble story of male friendship, betrayal and retribution. Some graphic to a pair of young parishioners during a February vacation rub-outs, beatings and slashings; a "open gym" for parish youngsters at Coyle-Cassidy High few scenes involving adultery and School. (Breen photo) rape; rough language. A3,R

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Cardinal: some rock music contributes to devil's work NEW YORK (CNS) - Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York said that some rock music was contributing to the work of the devil and that exorcisms were performed in his archdiocese within the past year.

Acknowledging a lack of extensive familiarity with rock, he declined to cite specific bands or performers except for one example, "Suicide Solution" by heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne.

There were subsequent news reports that Osbourne had sent the cardinal a message protesting the criticism and offering to meet with him to explain the music.

Cardinal O'Connor made his comments at St. Patrick's Cathedral March 4 in a homily on the Gospel lesson about Christ's temptation by the devil, and in talking with reporters afterward.

He began by recounting the experience ofSt. Jean Baptiste Marie Mianney, who lived from 1786 to 1859 and was known as the Cure D'Ars and who, the cardinal said, was often disturbed by activity of the devil.

As' evidence of a continuing problem of satanic assault, devil worship and demonic possession, Cardinal O'Connor cited a variety of cuH activities, particularly among young people, and said these sometimes led to suicide.

The modern prevalence of abortion, he said, is further evidence of activity by the devil.

Satanism as a modern cult phenomenon has become so serious, he said, that a gathering of sheriffs recently devoted a week to learning more about it.

Cardinal O'Connor also said there were occasional celebrations of the "black Mass," in which a nude woman lies on the altar, as well as cult activity in cemeteries, with sexual orgies and sometimes suicide. .

Cardinal O'Connor said demonic possession did not appear to be as common today as in some former times, and he believed that was because of the frequent celebration of the Eucharist: In the,New Testilllie'ni,he 'noted, demons fled from the presence of Christ.

Ho~ever, the cardinal warned parents to make sure their children were not getting i'1volved in satanic cults. .

Hesaid demonic possession did continue to occur, and he read an excerpt from "The. Exorcist;' by William Peter Blatty to indicate the. nat'ure of the phenomenon.

Demonic possession, he said, is a diagnosis accepted only after any psychiatric, medical or other explanation tias been ruled out, Cardinal' O'Connor said that there had been'a couple of cases that required exorcism within the New. York Archdiocese during the past year. He said his. vicar general, Msgr. Patrick Sheridan, who concelebrated the March 4 Mass with the cardinal, had authorized a priest to do the exorcisms.

Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the archdiocese, said later that the name of the' priest who performed the 'exorcisms would not be disclosed.

Cardinal O'Connor, pressed by reporters after the Ma'ss for further comment on the demonic dimension of rock music, referred them

to the book "Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society" by Tipper Gore, wife of Sen. Albert Gore, D-Tenn.

In 1985, she and Susan Baker, wife of U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, who was then treasury secretary, formed the Parents Music Resource Center, andjoined with the National Parent-Teacher Association to oppose lyrics they contended would harm children.

In 1987, Mrs. Gore published her book as a "call to arms" against "the shockingly explicit and brutally\violent media messages found in today's rock music, videos, movies and advertisements."

The Osbourne song to which the cardinal referred in his homily was the subject of a lawsuit in 1986 when the rocker was sued by the parents of a 19-year-old who committed ~icide while listening to the song. The suit was later dismissed. Osbourne had said the song told the story of a friend who died of drug and alcohol abuse.

A number of New York reporters routinely attend Cardinal O'Connor's Sunday Masses at SL Patrick's since he often makes comments of news interest in his homily or can be enticed to say something afterward that will make a story.

So without any advance billing of anything unusual coming up, the cardinal's sermon on satan ism became a major media event. All three of the New York tabloids Daily News, Newsday and Postmade it the following day's cover story.

The New York Times followed up March 6 with a report on the homily as a media phenomenon, with background about exorcism in the church. The Times quoted J. Gordon, Melton, head of the Institute for the study of American Religion, Santa BlI;rbara, Calif., as saying he had found no increase in satanic activity.

Television news programs also included reports on the cardinal's homily in their Monday programs.

Interest was so high that the archdioct:se designated a spokesman - Msgr~ William B. Smith of St. Joseph's archdiocesan seminary in Dunwoodie, N. Y. - to provide technical information on demonic possession and exorcism.

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'. Halfway mark WASHINGTON (CNS) Contributions for the observance of the 500th anniversary of Catholics arriving in the Americas have reached $150,000, about half the funds required for the fhree-year project of the National Conference of -Catholic Bishops, said observance coordinat'or' Maria Luisa Gaston. Besides marking (he anniversary in the United States, 'the project is coordinating NCCB participation in a 1992 convocation in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, observing' the bringing of Catholicism to America by Christopher Columbus in 1492..

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ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Vincentians meet 7:30 p.m. Monday, rectory. Adult confirmation classes are scheduled for 7 p.m.

March 17, April 1and April 22, religious education center. Holy hour and audio presentation on the passion of Christ 7:30 p.m. March 16.

ST. JAMES, NB Vincentians meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, parish center and will conduct a food drive March 17-18.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Parish women are invited to attend a Council of Catholic Women meeting 2 p. m. Sunday, parish center.

SS PETER AND PAUL, FR Parish council meets 12:30 p.m.

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Self-help organization providing support services to individuals suffering from serious sight loss is forming a Fall River area group to meet monthly. Information: Gayle Johnson, Vision Foundation, 1-800852-3029.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH, Meeting for first communion students' parents 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, church. Contemporary ensemble music group needs additional instrumentalists; information: Ada Simpson, 746-5440. Women's Guild meeting 7 p.m. ~ednesdaywit.h Mass foll<?w~d .by. slIde presentatIOn on ChrIStianIty m Japan by Dr. George Willenborg. JI.:10ther's Scripture study and fellowship, an 8-week study of ~cts as it applies to family Iife~ b~gms 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Babyslttmg available in Father Clinton Hall.

Informaton: Kathy Currier, 8884250' Mary Ann Dulmaine, 888-7171. , ST. PA.TRI<;K, SOM.ERSET. ConfirmatIOn can~ldates Will .be presented to the parISh communIty at 10:30 a. m: Mass Sunday. Rehearsal for candidates and s1?ons<?rs 6-8 p.m. Monday. Confirm~tlOn Will take pla~e March 16; candld~tes should arrive b~ 6:3~ p.m. EvenIng of Song and Praise with Father Andre Patena~de 7-8:3.0 p.m. Sunday. Women's GUild meetmg 7 p.~. Tuesday; ~ev.

Jay Maddock of DIOcesan Marriage Tribunal will speak on Annulments in the Church: What and Why. A business meeting will follow'. ' .

O.L. VICT~RY, CENTERVIL.LE Lent: A Time of Renewal, a Video discussion series, will follow coffee and donuts Friday mornings during Lent, R.E. Center. '

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Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. MonConfirmation and first commundays. Reorganized youth group meets ion candidates and their parents will 5:30 p.m. Sunday; new members ,attend the 6:30 p.m. Mass Sunday; a welcome~ meeting will follow. .

CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE & ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI NB ISLANDS ' Confirmation class meets p.m.

Meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday St. Sunday; rehearsal with sponsors in 'Anthony's Church hall, E. Falmouth, upper church at 7 p.m. ConfirmaPeg Zaffino will speak on forming a ' tion will be 7 p.m. Thursday. Girl prayer group. Carpooling: 771-1309, Scouts of Troop 79 will participate evenings. in the 10 a.m. Mass Sunday. All are invited for coffee and donuts in the parish hall following Mass; CATHEDRAL CAMP E. FREETOWN ' Corpus Christi Church, Sandwich, Confirmation day retreat 10 a.m.4:30 p.m. tomorrow. St. John Neumann E. Freetown parish renewal progr~mtoday and tomorrow. Merrimack College N. Andover retreat Saturday-Sund'ay. '

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ST. STANISLAUS, FR Father Robert S. Kaszynskl, pastor, will explaintlte Liturgy of the World during the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday; March 18 he will explain the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Parents who have children to be baptized during the Easter season are asked to contact Father Kaszynski or catechist Dora Sokoll to arrange for instructions; children's baptisms will take place April 22.

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AIDS WORKSHOP The Diocesan Office of Catholic Social Services will sponsor" AI DS: Strengthening Our Communities' Response," addressing educational, pastoral, social and personal aspects of the disease, 1-6 p.m. Sunday St. John the Evangelist School, 13 ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA JON POLCE, a ChrisHodges St., Attleboro. Information ' Parish council meeting 9 a.m. and registration: Catholic Social tomorrow, lower rectory. 'First tian music artist, will perServices: 674-4681. Upcoming work- communion parents' meeting 7:45 . f p.m. Monday, church. form during an evenmg 0 . ~~~CI 0 ~ 0 ~~4 om~nh~e~lshops March 25, St. John Neumann parish, E. Freetown; April 22, St. SECULAR FRANCISCANS prayer and song hosted by mg: p.m. arc ,pans ~.

Paper go~d reque.sted for ~ollowmg Joseph's Church, Taunton; April 29, St. Francis of the Cape Fraternity , New Bedford's Holy Familygame penod; Apnl22 fashion show Holy Name School 7 to 9 to be discussed.

Christ the King parish, Mashpee. meeting 2 p.m. Sund.ay, St. John EMMAUS/GALILEE Evangelist Church. Pocasset, with Galilee monthly reunion 7-10 p.m.

Mass followed by meeting and social. p. m. March 20 at St. LawCOUPLE TO COUPLE LEAGUE, Sunday, Neumann Hall, Cathedral All members and inquirers welcome. ,rence Church on County N. DARTMO~TH .

A fou~-meetmg .of se.nes of n.atuCamp. Theme: The Way of the Cross.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Street. ral family plannIng IDstructlOns Applications deadline for Emmaus Parish Lenten program: GorzkieZale HOLY NAME, FR A fulltime music minisoriginally scheduled to begin last (Lamentations in Polish) and BeneVincentians ~eet 7 p.m. Monda>" week and postponed due to snow 83, April 27-29, is April 13; informar~ctory. Fall River Clover Club will ter for 15 years, Polce has will begin at 7 p.m. March 13 at the tion: Robert Young, 674-1844. diction 7 p.m. Wednesday; Stations of the Cross noon Fridays in Polish. smg ~t 8 a.m. Mass ~unday; a com-cut many albums.

Family Life Center, 500 Slocum CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB mUnIon breakfast will follow at the Church groups and reliRd., North Dartmouth. Other sesMass for deceased members 7 7 p.m. in English. p.m. Wednesday, St. Lawrence ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO school. .' d .

I ,sions are set for the same time April ST. MARY, SEEKONK ,glOUS e ucatlon c asses are 3, May I and June 5. Information Church, NB, followed by meeting Confirmation candidates will be and entertainment at the Wamsutta presented to parish at 5:15 p.m.

Explorer Post I, youth group especially invited to the conand registration: Rita Quinn, Club. Donna Ford will present Mass tomorrow; potluck supper for membership meeting 7:30 p.m. ,cert, at which donations of 676-1440.

"Color Scope." candidates and families will follow.

Monday; adult and youth leaders canned goods for the needy SACRED HEART, LaSALETTE CENTER FOR Ancient Order of Hibernians will meeting 7:30 p.m. Tu~sday.

N. ATTLEBORO CHRISTIAN LIVING, attend 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday in SACRED HEART, FR will be accepted.

Youth group Mass 4 p.m. tomorATTLEBORO honor of St. Patrick; communion Women's Guild potluck supper row; meet for bowling 8:15 a.m.

Sunday. Liturgy committee meeting Wake-up Spirituality, an afternoon breakfast will follow. Guild meeting 6:30 p. m. Monday, parish hall. of reflection using a videotape by 7'p.m. Monday, Bishop Feehan conInformation: Claire Cantin, 678ST.'FRANCIS XAVIER, Tuesday. First penance II a.m.

Rev. Anthony de Mello, SJ, 2-7 p.m. vent chapel. Sister Ricarda Wobby, 0133.

HY ANNIS tomorrow. Foodfast hunger awareFamily Mass 10 a.m. Sunday. ness program 6-7 p.m. Wednesday.

March 25. Participants will have the RSM, will conduct a Lenten proST. JOHN EVANGELIST, Confirmation parents' makeup opportunity to reflect on their own gram; Debra Browne and Silvia prayer and spirituality and to expe- Eighmy are chairpersons.

POCASSET meeting 7 p.m. Monday. Day of ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Grade 4 penance service during rienceprayer stories offered by FaLittle Rock Bible Study series recollection for confirmation stuther de' Meno'; Sister' Patricia' ST. ANTHONY; MATTAPOISETT '.' ineetsafter 9 a.m.' 'Mass' Tuesdays dents I 'p.m. Sunday. Holy Name' regular class time Sunday.

Cocozza, S N D, will facilitate.

Parish Lenten retreat directed by and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, parish Society monthly meeting after 9 a.m. ST. JULIE BILLIART, Information: retre,at secretary, FatherThomas McElroy7 p.m. Mondaycenter. Information: Deacon Jim Mass Sunday for St. Patrick's,Day N. DARTMOUTH '222-8530 Thursday. ' Marzelli,759-7446. celebration; guest speaker: Father First penance service lOa. m.

James Fitzpatrick, chaplain at Cape tomorrow. Confirmation II Rite of Cod Hospital. Boy Scout Troop 63 Enrollment 9 a.m. Mass Sunday. first meeting 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Market Ministries needs women to volunteer from 4-6 p.m. on a weekchurch hall. day once a month; information: Mil~ ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Confirmation will take place 7 lie Cummings, 994-4496. p.m March 16. Rehearsals: 4-5:15 SPIRIT OF JESUS REGIONAL p,m. Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30- PRA YER GROUP Life in the Spirit Seminar begins 7 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Rehearsals for Holy Weeki Easter choir begin p.m, March 20. St. Francis Xavier 7:30 p.m. Monday, church; new Church hall, Hyannis. Information: members welcome. Information: 775-8808.

Deborah Osuch: 994-3405.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET ST. MARY, NB Parishioners are invited to Jom Youth group day of recollection noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Boy and Girl Father David Costa for taping of Scouts Mass 10 a.m. Sunday; Scouts television Mass II a.m. tomorrow, should meet at parish center by 9:45 St. Julie Billiart Church, Slocum Rd., N. Dartmouth. a.m.

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porate Responsibility, a New York agency that coordinates most church activity in this field, reported in its annual compilation, "Church Proxy Resolutions," that church groups filed a record 219 resolutions for action at the 1990 annual meetings of 157corporations. lni987, year of the previous high, 165 resolutions were filed with 122 companies. The number dropped to 155 resolutions with 125 companies in 1988, and last year it was 166 resolutions with 124 companies.