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USCC, K of C ask high court to rethink Roevs. Wade WASHINGTON(NC)- TheU.S. bishops and Knights of Columbus have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rethink its 1973 abortion ruling before it resolves a dispute over a Missouri ab~rtion cOAtrollaw.

The U.S. Catholic Conference, public action agency of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Knights commented in separate friend-of-the-court briefs submitted on the Missouri case, Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services, slated for court arguments later this year.

"Before addressing the merits of this [Missouri] case," the USCC wrote, "the courr should recon.sider its decision in Roe vs. Wade," the 1973 abortion ruling.

But the Knights suggested that "this case is an appropriate vehicle not only for 'reconsidering' Roe vs. Wade but for overruling it."

Both the USCC and Knights focused on· what they said were

inherent errors in Roe vs. Wade rather than on reasons for allowing a state to restrict abortions.

Missouri's law, largely negated by lower federal district and appeals courts, declared life begins at conception; banned abortions at public hospitals except where a woman's life was at stake; prohibited use of public funds for encouraging or counseling a woman to have an abortion not necessary to save her life; and required various viability tests on fetuses apparently of 20 weeks old or older before abortions.

In their brief, the USCC attorneys - General Counsel Mark E. Chopko, Phillip H. Harris, solicitor, and lawyer Helen M. Alvare - attacked the 1973 ruling's use of a right of privacy to justify abortion.

"The court's application of privacy principles to abortion in Roe vs. Wade was fundamentally flawed," the USCC attorneys wrote.

"There is no basis for Roe vs.

Wade's inclusion of abortion within the right of privacy," The USCC asked the high court to reverse the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision against the Missouri law "after this court has reconsidered its essential constitutional and jurisdictional holdings in the area of abortion."

"This court set us on our present path and this court can initiate a process to correct the errors of its jurisp~udence," the bishops' conference brief stated.

"The first step is to reconsider federal jurisdiction over abortion by reviewing the decision that first, brought abortion within the Constitution - Roe vs. Wade."

Far more than privacy is involved in an abortion, the USCC said.

"The decision ... can affect the sanctity of a marriage relationship, ends a life, and has other Turn to Page Six

Bishop hopes for record..setting CCA At a recent meeting of priest-directors of the 1989 Catholic Charities Appeal with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, the bishop noted his hope that this year's drive would surpass 1988 totals. The final tally of last year's gifts amounted to $1 ,974,486. It was the 13th year the appeal has surpassed the $1 million mark.

At the meeting the bishop reviewed last year's Appeal, noting that funds were allocated to a wide variety of diocesan apostolates. He said that costs for the programs will rise due to inflation and mounting prices and that a compensatory increase in giving will be needed for that reason and also to care for rising numbers of individuals and families in stressful situations.

Diocesan A-ppeal director Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes explained techniques to the directors and announced that the annual kickoff meeting will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Hundreds of religious, clergy and laity are expected to be present.

The Special Gift phase of the Appeal will take place from April24 to May6 and a !iouse-to·h9use campaign will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, MaY 7. At this time over 115,000 diocesan homes will be contacted by more than 20,000 volunteer collectors.

. THE MAIN MEN: Directing the 48th annu~.l diocesan Catholic Charities Appe~1 will be front, from left, Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan and Fall River area director; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, honorary chairman; Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault, Attleboro area assistant; rear, Rev. John J. Steakem, Taunton area assistant; Rev. Thomas L. Rita, Attleboro area; Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, Taunton area; Rev. John F. Andrews, Cape and Islands director. Rev. Richard L. Ch~etien, Ne\V Bedfor~ area, is not pictured.

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DAVID PROVENCAL with Michael, II weeks old at the time of the picture. (NC photo)

The gift of life for Michael SPRINGFIELD, Mass. '(NC) - Surgery for her cancer discovered during her pregnancy might have saved her from death, but Michelle Provencal of St. Patrick parish in Chicopee preferred to give the gift of life; even if it meant sacrificing her own.

Carrying her fifth child, Mrs. Provencal, 33, had a difficult pregnancy. An ultrasound test done in October revealed cysts on her ovaries. That same month, when the fetus was 28 weeks old, doctors removed both ovaries when they were found to be cancerous.

Further tests confirmed suspicions that the cancer had infected the colon, but family and physicians decided against more surgery at that time because the pr.ocedure probably would have jeopardized the child's life. Removing the ovaries had already induced premature labor, which the' doctors suppressed. .

On Dec. 8, during her 35th week of pregnancy, doctors induced labor and Mrs. Provencal delivered a healthy son, Michael.

Doctors had hoped she would improve after the stress of pregnancy ended with her delivery.

Instead, her condition worsened: The cancer had spread.

Two weeks later, on the 16th anniversary of the day she met her husband David on a blind date, Mrs. Provencal died.

"She gave what she had left to that baby," Provencal told 1he Catholic Observer, newspaper of the diocese of Springfield. His 'Wife's love and faithfulness, he

added, seem to have been rewarded

by God in blessing the family through the community.

"The outpouring was fairly overwhelming,". Provencal said of the assistance the family has received: more than $12,000 in donations from St. Patrick parish, Massachusetts Citizens for Life and private citizens.

Friends take care of Michael while Provencal is at work, make dinners, clean the family's house and help out with the other four children, ages 5 to 12.

"I think it's had a great effect on the community," said Marie Lussier, a member of Holy Cross parish' in Springfield, who belongs to a Marriage Encounter group of which the Provencals were members and who has helped the familya great deal. "Many people that she didn't know have been touched just hearing the story."

Provencal said his wife would not have been surprised by all of the kindness and charity.

"She understood about spiritual dependency," he said. "She believed that no matter what happened we would survive. We've been fed out of the coffers of God a number of times.

Friends and family described Mrs. Provencal as a very giving person.

Mrs. Lussier recalled a time when the pregnant Mrs. Provencal watched the Lussier children despite not feeling well.

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N CEA AIDS cu·rriculum snapped up by edu,cators

Democracy is • • main gain in Philippines MANILA, Philippines (NC)Church leaders see democracy as . the country's principal gain, offsetting setbacks since the government of President Corazon Aquino came to power in February 1986.

"The big gain is democracy or democratic space. Now we are free," said Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz of San Fernando, who is directing preparations for a 1991 plenary council of th.e Philippine church.

But he added that there is little concrete improvement in the lives . of ,ordinary people.

"Living is hard and life is cheap," he said.

Jesuit Father Antonio Lambino, a theologian, said most of the positive aspects of the last three years are summed up in Mrs. Aquino.

"She has become a symbol of hope and unity for people. She has removed or at least checked the growth of that sense of hopelessness and helplessness we knew in the past," said Father Lambino.

Mrs. Aquino, who is halfway through her six-year term of office, should have given stronger support to land reform and watched more carefully for corruption of government officials close to her, he said.

Other Catholics praised church support over the last three years for programs such as peace and land reform.

St. Anne's Hospital gratefully acknowledges contributions that we have received to the Remembrance Fund dur- . ing February, 1989. Through the remembrance and honor of ~hese lives, St. Anne's can continue its "Caring With Excellence. " Raymond Audet Edward Badchek, Sr. Dorothy Barboza Lillian Bousquet Arthur Chadinha Joseph R. Charest Alexandrind Couto Amedeo DeNardo Robert G. Ferreira Janice George Barbara Hardy Shaffick Hauoun Alfred krome Marcel J. Lauzier Luella Leduc Josephine Levesque Raymond Levesque Francis X. Martin Gertrude McDonald' John Medeiros A ntone Oliveira Roger G. Ouellette.

William S. Part,ngton Albert J. Roy Dr. Manuel LS. Soares Ronald P. Souza Alfred J. Sullivan Mary Vanaui Anthony Welch

Weare grateful to those who thoughtfully named St. Anne's Hospital's Remembrance Fund.

CANDIDA ROSA Echavarria holds her iwo-day-old daughter, a U.S. citizen, in a Red Cross spelter in Brownsville, Texas, as one of her three Nicaraguan-born children caresses the baby's head. (NC/ UPI photo)

Only the baby's a citizen WASHINGTON (NC) - A Ni- go for help because we don't have caraguan woman who had a baby much money." shortly after arriving in the United Although her husband, a trained States says her faith in God carried e I e c t ric i a it and w e'l d e r , her this far and it will carry her to served the mandatory two her dr,eam - to stay in the United years of military service in NicaraStates. . gua, the Nicaraguan government A pregnant Candida Rosa Echa- expects the men to serve longer. If varria, 29, her husband David, the family returned to Nicaragua, and their thr-ee Nicaraguan-born her husband would be imprisoned children traveled 15 days by bus because the Nicaraguan government would consider his fleeing and by foot from their homeland before the U.S. Border Patrol the country as an escape from stopped them at the Texas border future military obligation, she said.

"I could not return with the Jan. 4. Ever since, they have been wading through asylum proceed- children either because the whole ings and will not have an answer family takes a risk of the government making our lives difficult until March 24.

"We thought about coming for since he left the country," said our children ... so they would have Mrs. Echavarria, an attorney in opportunities," she said in a tele- Nicaragua.

Mrs. Echavarria said the family , phone interview from Brownsville. was robbed 0£$2,500, all the money "They have only seen war."

In the meantime, Mrs. Echavar- they had raised to come to the.u niria gave birth Feb. 25 to a baby girl ted States, once they started crossnamed Erica, who is a U.S. citizen ing Mexico but that with God's because she was born in the United help .they finished the journey.

States; thus cannot be deported. After such a difficult and long trip, The family has been staying at the " she said she didn't even want to Red Cross shelter in Brownsville, think about returning.

"I wasn't scared until our family trying to figure out 'what papers stopped by immigration," she was they need to present to the Iinmi, gration and Naturalization Service said.

Since the .INS plan went into so ,the:y may gain political asylum. effect to process refugees' political INS spokeswoman Virginia Kice asylum applications within 24 said that if the family is deported, hours, only seven of 329 asylum they c:an choose to leave Erica in applications received since Feb. 21 someone else's care in the United have been granted, Ms. Kice ofthe . States or they can take her back to INS said.

Nicaragua and when she turns 21 Mrs. Echavarria said the dismal she can ask the U.S. government statistics were frightening, but to allow her parents into the coun- added that she will do whatever it try with her. takes so her family can stay. ';The immigration laws are so "Our idea is to stay here," she confusing," Mrs. Echavarria said. said. "I haven't thought about leav"We're not .exactly. sure .where to ing." . .

WASHINGTON (NC) - A teaching curriculum titled" AI DS: A Catholic Educational Approach," released by the National Catholic Educational Association in January, has educators lining up to obtain it, said the NCEA president.

Sister Catherine T. McNamee said 5,000 copies of the curriculum she described as "very straightforward in terms of the church's positions and medical facts" had been sold to Catholic educators as of mid-February.

The curriculum is now in its second printing.

It contains separate chapters for use by teachers of students in kindergarten through high school, and aims to "make children: teen-agers and parents aware of medical. and scientific realities surrounding AIDS and the way it's transmitted," said Sister McNamee, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

She told National Catholic News Service that she hopes that providing information about acquired immune deficiency syndrome will help to allay the "fear in the classroom or workplace" that may exist when it is discovered a student or coworker has AIDS. .

On March 16 educators nationwide will view a videotaped discussion on the AIDS curriculum ,on the Catholic Telecommunica' tions Network of America.

The curriculum treats concepts including God's love for all' people, illness and safety in chapters for teachers of young children. In chapters for teachers of older children, it is more explicit about transmission of AIDS and str'esses themes of moral responsibility and peer pressure. Teachers are urged to "reveal honestly and openly authoritative church teaching."

The chapter of the curriculum to be used with eighth-graders says that some experts in health fields recommend condoms as a means of "giving some protection against AIDS." Sister McNamee said the curriculum refers to U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's recommendation of use of condoms to prevent AI DS, ':with the caveat that medically they are not the safeguard that ads suggest ... and their use is in no way approved by the Catholic Church."

She said the curriculum was developed by NCEA in consultation with educators, health care professionals, theologians, bishops and Catholic parents.

Suggested activities in the curriculum include: ~ For first-graders, discussion of trust: "You have a serious problem. It is making you sad and causing you to worry.... With whom can you share your problem? Whom will vou trust?"

- For fourth-graders, reflecting on personal relationships: "Ill his job, Mr: Sam travels from town to town. He now has three wives and families in three different towns. Is he loving responsibly?" .

- For sixth-graders, discussion of chastity and "in simple terms" the church position on sexual inter~ course and homosexuality. A "matching exercise" of terms and their definitions includes the terms: homosexual, sexual intercourse, , Catholic Church teaching and the names of human sex organs.

- For eighth-graders, opportunities to develop "healthy, well-

rounded relationships with peers of both sexes" are promoted and 'stud.ents are encouraged to "relate human sexuality and Christian living:" In one lesson, students are told there is no evidence Al DS is .spread by non-sexual physical contact such as hugging, but that toothbrushes, razors and intravenous needles are among objects that should not be shared because they could become contaminated with blood.

- For tenth-graders, a discus'sion of a letter to columnist Ann Landers from a teen-ager who, ,after a sexual encounter with a prostitute, finds out he may be infected with AI DS. Students are ,asked to advise his angry parents, i based on "the words of Christ, the actions of Christ" and "the teach,ing of the church."

Prelate's messages back on the air WASHINGTON (NC) - A Chicago radio station agreed to air Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin's paid Lenten messages after a comI peting station canceled the series, saying they violated its standards ,and practices.

WMAQ-AM, a Group W sta'tion, aired' the first one-minute message March 3 and planned to , broadcast others in the series on ,the remaining Fridays of Lent.

"The archdiocese has as much right to advertise as any other :advertiser," said Scott Herman, : WMAQ executive editor in a tele,phone interview March 3.

He described the ads as a mes•sage· about the season and said ! they did not have religious music! and did not invite people to church.

The messages had been canceled

by WBBM-AM, a CBS-owned station, after it aired the series' first , message on Ash Wednesday.

The station said the series was found "unacceptable" by CBS , Radio Standards and Practices in New York, said Joseph Loughlin, , Chicago archdiocesan director of , radio and television.

The first ad aired without being cleared for broadcast, said Loughlin. .

Except for the message for Good , Friday, not written at the time : WBBM canceled the series, the , messages accepted by WMAQ were those WBBM canceled.

WMAQ took them without any requests for changes in their content, said Mercy Sister J oy Clough, I spoke~woman for the archdiocese.

The station contacted the archdiocese about running the ads after it ~ learned they had been canceled by its competition, she said.

Loughlin said the ads ."simply , remind us that God loves us all; . and we can't truly respond to that without caring for one another."

Betty Hayter, a CBS Radio vice president, said Feb. 21 that CBS , canceled the messages because of its' policy against "proselytizing," , that is, trying to convert people to a certain faith.

She also said CBS guidelines , call for commercials to "avoid controversy" and said some aspects of Catholicism "are very contro: vcrsial," such as church positions on abortion, birth control and ordination of women. , I

Serenity "I am content with what I have, little be it, or much." - Bunyan

Acies Sunday at cathedral The 37th annual Acies ceremony of the Legion of Mary of the Fall River diocese will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at S1. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. The public is welcome.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will preside a{ the ceremony, where legionaries will renew their cQnsecration to the Blessed Mother and their commitment to spiritual undertakings. Father Louis Boivin, pastorofSt. Joseph parish, New Bedford, will offer the homily.

The Legion's diocesan moderator, Father Barry Wall, pastor of S1. Anthony parish, Mattapoisett, and Father Matthew Sullivan, SS.Ce., New Bedford Curia spiritual director, will also be present.

The Legion of Mary, an apostolic organization of Catholic laity, was founded in the 1920s by the late Frank Duff of Ireland. It was established in the United States in 1931.

Active members are dedicated to evangelization through individual contact with the sick, those needing religious instruction, prisoners and others.

There are eight groups, or praesidia, of legionaries in the Fall River diocese.

There are groups for adults and youngsters at S1. Joseph's parish, New Bedford. S1. Joseph's parish, Fall River, and S1. Joseph's and S1. Mary's churches, Fairhaven, have adult praesidia.

Spanish groups are at Regina Pacis Center,- New Bedford, and S1. Joseph Church, Attleboro. A Portuguese Praesidium is based at Our Lady of M1. Carmel· parish, New Bedford. .' .

I d"d I' t t d' b . n IVI ua s 10 eres e 10 eComing legionaries may contact Father Wall, Father Sullivan or any parish with a praesidium. Pastors interested in establishing a praesidium may obtain information from Father Wall.

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There's the rub VATICAN CITY (NC) - Recent international human rights agreements could usher in real progress on religious liberty, but only if individual countries live up to the specific points of the documents, says Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, Vatican secretary of state.

He said a te~t adopted during the January meeting of 35 European nations in Vienna, Austria, was the most recent example of a hopeful step toward guaranteeing religious freedoms.

OUR "BUSINESS" is BOBBIN LACE STUDENTS AT COYLE and Cassidy High School, Taunton, present,ed Bishop Daniel A. Cronin with a donation to the 1989 Catholic Charities Appeal and two personal gifts during his annual pastoral visit. With the bishop, center, and CC chaplain Father William L. Boffa,

right, are Student Council representatives, from left, Brian Melo, Kevin Rafferty, Lisa LaMothe, Melissa Demaral, Chad Larivee and Mark Cafferty.

, 'D of I projects are listed The Daughters of Isabella, a 100,000-member organization uniting Catholic women for spiritual benefits and promotion of high ideals in the society at birge, is active in the New Bedford, Somer- set, Attleboro, North Attleboro and Easton areas Of the Fall River diocese.

Hyacinth Circle meets in New .Bedford; 51. Patrick Circle in Somert Al b C' I . Attl b ' ~e; .~~z~.a. Irc e In e oro; Benedict Circle In North Attleboro' . a~d Easton :Circ'le in Easton: The 0 of I international board, meeting recently in New Haven, was told by International Regent Mrs. Mary G. Whitney that Boston Cardinal Bernard Law has agreed

Laity form Leadership Council BELLEVILLE, ILL. (NC) Representatives from a diverse group of U.S. Catholic lay organizations explored their common faith and common concerns during a meeting at which a Leadership Council of Catholic Lay Organizations was formed.

"One of the challenges today is to have the church sing not in unison, but in harmony," Belleville Bishop James P. Keleher told .representatives from more than 40 groups during the January meeting at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville.

Among the participating groups . were Pax Christi USA, Worldwide Marriage Encounter, Christian Family Movement, the Wanderer Forum, Catholics' United for the Faith, Serra International and the National Office for Black Catholics.

"We want this to include the whole spectrum of organizations, not just a group that represents people of like ideologies," said Fred e. Leone of Silver Spring, Md., a statistician and chairman of the conference organizing committee. .

"What we want to ask ourselves is, 'What can we do together as lay people in church and society?'"

Leone said. .

In an interview with the S1.

Louis Review, archdiocesan newspaper, Leone said the newcouncil would not be a lobbying organiza-

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tion, although "we will not walk away from the major issues facing the world" such as hunger and homeless ness.

The leadership council hopes to establish a formal relationship with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, probably through the bishops' Secretariat for Laity and Family Life.

Each participating organization will maintain its identity, said Donna Hanson of the Office of Social Ministries in the diocese of Spokane, Wash. Ms. Hanson spoke to Pope John Paul II on behalf of lay people during the 1987 papal visit to the United States.

"We're all Catholic and we're all struggling with the same issues" she said.

It's constitutional . WASHINGTON(NC)-Aban on graphically sexual "dial-a-porn" telephone services is constitutional and should be upheld by the Supreme Court, according to the U.S. Catholic Conference. The USCC commented in a friend-ofthe-court brief, filed in response to a legal challenge to the dial-a-porn ban.

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Updating board members on . current 0 of I projects, Mrs. Whitney said that a pledge of $1 million to establish an endowment fund' for a family-centered project at Catholic University of America is almost fulfilled.

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themoorin~ Here's Mud in Your Eye At this point, the "mud in your 'eye" toast is more than appropriate for the Senate of the United States. No 'matter how one feels about the fiasco of the Tower nomination, the路 loser is the elite club on Capitol Hill.

The Senate goes down on this one, not only for its complete and total hypocrisy but also for its dishonesty. The so-called sacred 100 have made fools of us all by their charlatan antics and pharisaical duplicity.

One would think that each senator was angelic in nature and spotless in his or her living. Well, the nation knows that this is far from 'the reality. Even the U.S. senators of this august commonwealth are not beyond reproach.

The present political battle has done little for anyone. It has insulted all voters who, however idealistically, believe that legislative responsibility is for the benefit of the nation, not a party. The White House, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the news media - all have foundered in the quicksand of blame and guilt. The president, Sam Nunn, John Warner and above all, John Tower, have fared terribly.

Somewhere along the line, a dual set of standards has been created, one demanding coverup, the other public exposure.

This indeed is the crux of the Tower case. the Senate espouses one set of standards for itself and another for cabinet positions. As a body, it has traded impartial judgment for political vindictiveness and personal revenge.

Neither the Democratic nor Republican Senate leadership seemed able to control the situation. Democrat George Mitchell of Maine was openly distressed by leaks to the press and the general lack of confidentiality, while the Republican Robert Dole of Kansas simply waded through the muck, stating that it was impossible to get at the truth in the case.

Meanwhile, soap operas became second-rate television fare , indeed. The media had a ball. What better television fodder than a real live case of sex and booze! Sc:ript writers were not needed for this show; the Senate wrote the lines daily and Sam Nunn directed. All the media had to do was to plug in the cameras. And this they did, regardless of the dismay of those who respect the constitutional process.

History's judgment on this issue has yet to be revealed, but Tower should at least rate a footnote in the textbooks. But without waiting for the future, it should be obvious that controls are needed, not only to safeguard candidates but also to ensure that those are elected or appointed are persons of integrity.

In an age when ideals, morals and ethics have a very low rating, we need men and women on all levels of public life who can transform the so-called game of politics and make it a profession of truth and substance. Our citizens, especially our youth, do not need the garbage slung about in the course of the Tower case. We do not need nor should we have a bunch of street angels and house devils running this country.

Of course, we elected these people, but: it is obvious that our judgment failed. It is, in short, about timl~ that we make virtue, morality and probity our standards for public servants and that we stop letting them get away with vice, excess and laxity.

However, we will have to rethink our own values if we hope to see changes on the city, state and national levels. Then we will have to insist that our personal standards be reflected in " public life.

Until we reform ourselves, the moral fiber of our nation will continue to e r o d e . ' 路 TheE. .

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"T,pday, if you shall hear His voice, harden' not your hearts." Ps. 94:8

Vatican issues fidelity oath VATICAN CITY (NC) - Newly their terms of office according to posed by the church whether by a appointed seminary rectors and canon law. solemnjudgment or by the ordinary professors, deacons and pastors These include pastors, seminary and universal magisterium as dimust take an oath of fidelity as rectors, professors of theology and vinely revealed," the first of the well as recite a revised profession philosophy in seminaries, deacons, aMitions says.. offaith, the Vatican Congregation rectors of ecclesiastical or Catholic Father Betti said an example of for the Doctrine of the Faith has universities, university teachers such a dogma would be papal announced. "who teach disciplines which deal infallibility or the Immaculate ConThe new oath in part promises with faith or morals" and superiors ception. "communion with the Catholic in religious institutes. tl also firmly embrace and retain Church" in words and deed and One taking the six-sentence oath all and everything which is dethe avoidance of "those teachings promises to undertake his or her finitively proposed in doctrine eithcontrary to the deposit of the office "with great diligence and er about faith or morals by the faith." fidelity," to "preserve the whole church," the second states.

Father Betti said it was his Along with the oath, the doc- deposit of the faith," to "pass it on trinal congregation published a and explain it faithfully," and to opinion that the encyclical "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), revised profession of faith, with avoid contrary teachings. three added sentences "to better The oath declares one's willing- which condemns artificial birth distinguish the type of truth and ness to "follow the discipline com- control and abortion, would fall the relative assent requested," ac- mon to the church" and to obey into this category.

"In addition I adhere by religious cording to an explanatory note. canon law. . assent of the will and intellect to It also commits the oath-taker The new oath and revised profession of faith, both published only to "follow with Christian obedience the teachings which either the Roin Latin, went into effect March I. those things" which the teachers Q1an pontiff or the college of biThe oath of fidelity "is a public and leaders of the church state and shops declare when they exercise commitment to exercise one's office to assist diocesan bishops so that the authentic magisterium, even if in the church with fidelity both to "all proceed in communion with they do not intend to proclaim them by a definitive act," the profesthe profession 'of faith and to the the church." sion concluQes. particular obligations inherent in A person takes the oath with his Father .etti did not give an one's office," Franciscan Father . or her hand on the Bible. example fQtthis category, saying Umberto Betti told Vatican Radio.

Until1967 all priests and church only that.i'~overed "doctrines in Father Betti, a consultor to the officials were required to take 8,0 movemeflt.,,', doctrinal congregation, said this oath against modernism, an early '''These aJlso merit not an assent public commitment explains why 20th-century Catholic intellectua-l offaith, notl. definitive assent, but the church takes certain actions, movement which examined church always a religious assent by which such as removing the teaching facul- doctrine through new methods of OI~e adheFes to that teaching," he ties of some theologians it decides historical criticism and evolution- sa,id. have strayed from their commit- ary philosophy. It was condemned The new additions replace the in 1907 by Pope Pius X. ment. ending of the 1967 profession of Removal of the faculties "is not The newly revised profession of faith, which was a declaration to an oppressive measure, but simply faith retains a recitation of the "embrace and retain each and every~ the verification that one has not Nicene Creed. In addition three thing which has been proposed by remained faithful to the commit- sentences have been added which the church regarding the teaching ment which one assumed to teach "make a triple distinction of doc- of faith and morals, whether dein the name of the church," he' trines proposed by the church,". fined by solemn judgment or assaid. said Father Betti. serted and declared by the ordinary "With a firm faith I also believe magisterium, especially those things Because bishops and cardinals already have oaths of fidelity, the all those things which are contained which concern the mystery of the neW oath directly affects those in the word of God, whether written holy church of Christ and its sacraofficials who must make a profes- or handed on, and those things ments and the primacy of the sion of faith when they first begin which are to be believed as pro- Roman pontiff."

John the Beloved It's fitting that this week of Lent we should meet John, the Beloved Disciple, on Jesus' final journey. Who was John

A true apostolate That question came up in a con-·. versation on communications in the 2 Ist century I had recently with Archbishop John Foley, head of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications.

On my return trip from Rome, where I spoke to the archbishop, that question swirled in my head, leading me to set down some of my thoughts on what makes an endeavor an apos.tolate.

The answer is found in Christ's relationship to his apostles and would-be followers. When a certain scribe said he would follow Jesus wherever he led, Jesus' reply was that the foxes had dens and the birds of the air had nests, but the Son of Man had nowhere to lay his head.

In other words, one requisite of an apostolate is detachment.

Another requirement is prayer.

An apostolate receives its strength from prayer that leads to action -theaetion ofbecominga ":lessenger.

Scripture tells us that Jesus appointed the Twelve. that they might be with him a'nd that he might send them forth to preach.

Engaging in an apostolate creates challenges beyond the ordinary ones th'at arise in people's wo.rk.

For instance, Jesus tells his disciples that he has not come to bring peace to the earth but a sword.

He tells the disciples, "Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. So be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves"(Mt. 10:16). ' The source of power in an apostolate comes from confidence in one's mission and in faith that seeks to do the will of God. No apostolate's road is always smooth. And the apostle may relapse. Peter's relapse into worldly thinking led Jesus to admonish him, saying, "Get behind me, Satan.

You are an obstacle to me. You are

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Beloved Disciple, it foreshadows his love and courage in staying with Jesus at the cross. There is no mention of any other disciple stickand why was he called the Beloved ing with Jesus to the end. by the gospel writers? .

In John 19:25-28, we read, "Near First, he is not the same John as in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. the cross of Jesus there stood his For some reason, he was a special mother, his mother's sister, Mary friend of Jesus. We know this by the wife of Cleophas, and Mary his placement at the Last Supper- Magdalene. Seeing his mother with or Passover meal, of which paint- the disciple whom he loved, Jesus ings show him with his head reclin- said to his mother, 'Woman, there is your son.' ing against Jesus' shoulder.

"In turn, he said to the disciple, There are other scriptural refer'There is your mother.' From that ences to John, sonie debatable,' but I want to dwell on two. Scrip- hour onward, the disciple took her ture scholars believe that the young into his care."

In giving us these two incidents, man who stayed with Jesus in the garden while the others slept was Scripture draws John as a model of constancy for us. We've all John.

In Mark 14:49-53, Jesus says to heard the phrase, "When the going his capturers, "'I was within your gets tough, the tough get going." reach daily, teaching in the temple But John stayed, in spite of great precincts, yet you never arrested danger to himself. me. But now, so that the ScripThe disciples were in great fear tures may be fulfilled .. .' at the time of the crucifixion of "With that, all deserted him and Jesus. They didn't know who else fled. There was a young man folwas fo follow Jesus in death: "All lowing him who was covered by deserted him and fled." But John nothing but a linen cloth. As they stayed around, fleeing only when seized him, he left the cloth behind. they attempted to grab him, too. and ran off naked."

Constancy is a virtue not highly

What makes the field of Catholic communications an apostolate for those engaged in it? '

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thinking not as God does, but as human beings do" (Mt. 16:23).

Viewing Catholic cominunications as a true apostolate raises

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touted in society today. "Cover yourself," is the phrase commonly repeated in·institutions and corporate America. Stay with the winner unless the winner looks as if he might start losing; then disassociate yourself, like Peter.

When we have faith doubts or anger with the institutional church or rage over earlier treatment by a church representative, we would do well to think of John. In spite of seeing Jesus, who promised a new kingdom, hanging on the cross as a result of mob action, John remained faithful.

Perhaps that is the reason he was called Beloved. Jesus knew he was constant and faithful. Perhaps, too, the reason he remained faithful was because he knew he was beloved. The two go together, faith and love, during the tough times in the garden and at the cross as well as the banquet times.

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another question. Can a person in , communications become soidentified with Christ and the mysteries of God that he or she can no longer be objective in reporting the news or producing a, TV program? Would a religiously oriented person be biased?

I think not. Once people embrace , their work as an apostolate, they see it as a mission, somewhat as did the prophets. The prophets had a burning desire to see justice accomplished. They cut through artificiality and spoke to the core of things.

In seeking justice, .they adhered to truth, which gave them a true balance in judging a situation.

Agreement rapped ROME(NC) - An international pro-life federation has strongly protested a draft U.N. ag~~ement on the rights of children because it does not extend the rights to the unborn. The International Right to Life Federation, representing pro-life groups from 26 countries, has charged that the draft Convention on the Rights of the Child will allow countries to deny the rights of children up until the moment of birth. The proposed convention has been worked on for 10 years and is to be voted on by the U.N. General Assembly in the fall. The final session of the working group drafting the convention in Geneva Feb. 20.

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Communications are a key factor in today's society; I believe that when Catholic communications are approached as an apostolate, their potential to make an impact on 'our culture' is great.

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Care for terminal

patients

Q.I need your help. What is the church's position on feeding and caring for people who are terminally iII.and close to death? What kind of medicine or treatment should we feel obliged to give?

I am responsible for a section of a nursing home and these questions come up for us, Would you please explain the things I should know?

(Maryland) A. Normal natural nutrition proced ures and allowing other essential natural functions to continue are always basic moral requirements.

When it comes to life-support systems and medical-surgical procedures beyond the ordinary, however, all kinds of factors begin to come into consideration. How about the sheer physical stress, for example; will the treatment be more painful for the patient than is humanly reasonable to bear?

Will the cost at least be sensible, or perhaps so astronomical as to financially destroy the patient and perhaps the family for life? When some surgical measures may cost hund'reds of thousands of dollars, this becomes a significant consideration.

Conside~ingthe money and pain, what is the degree of hope that the medical efforts will be' successful anyway?

What are the patient's life circum~ stances? A father with a wife and four growing children depending on him, for example, might feel obligated to undergo uncertain 'or stressful procedures which a 90year-old grandmother understandably might decline.

All these elements need to be weighed carefully and prayerfully by anyone confronting such a decision.

It needs to be added, however, that one with your professional position and responsibilities needs a far deeper knowledge of the technologies and legalities of acute care than I have given, or than could possibly be given in one column or article.

You need to look into sources on the subject through computer database libraries (such as Biosis or Bioethicsline) if they are available through your institution.

At the very 'least, make yourself familiar with relevant parts of some; good book qn rpedical ethics.

"Health Care Ethics" by Dominican Fathers Benedict Ashley and Kevin D. O'Rourke, published by the U.S. Catholic Health Associa-. tion(4455 WoodsonRd:, St. Louis, Mo. 63134) would be a good place to start: Ask for the latest edition.

I'm sure many patients and families will be grateful to you for being able to assist them knowledgeably through these painful decisions.

Q. Can you explain why the Sundays before Lent and after ttie Easter time are named "Ordinary Sundays?" I work with a liturgy team in our parish. We all agree this is a pretty dull way to identify the different Sundays in those times of the year.

Our feeling is that no Mass, and no Sunday, is "ordinary." Why

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DIETZEN should we call it that? (Missouri) A. Do you remember when you studied numbers in., grade school or later when you studied a foreign language, numbers were of two kinds: cardinal (one" two, three) and ordinal (first, second third)?

"Ordinary" time ("tempus ordinarium" in Latin) simply means Sundays or weeks that are numbered, or ordered, only in that second sense. They are not part of a major liturgical period such as Advent ,or the Easter time.

You are correct, of course. For us today the word connotes something routine, run-of-the-milL a far-from-appropriate designation for any Sunday eucharistic liturgy.

I haven't heard of a good substitute, however. Perhaps the best solution is to ignore the "ordinary" designation entirely, particularly in the introduction to our Sunday liturgies.

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Questions remain in wake of Curran decision WASHINGTON (NC) - Although the case of Father Charles E. Curran vs. The Catholic University of American has been decided, some issues raised in his losing lawsuit remain, said those involved.

District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Frederick H. Weisberg, who ruled in favor, of the ,university, said in his Feb. 28 d,ecision: "It is apparent that this dispute is merely a piece of a larger struggle that has been raging in Catholic higher education for many ye'ars. " The judge ruled that Catholic University acted within its rights , when it barred Father Curran, a moral theologian, from teaching theology. The action followed a Vatican decision that because of his dissent from certain church teachings, Father Curran was not eligible to teach Catholic theology.

Father Curran, who taught at Catholic University for more than 20 years, filed the civil suit against the university claiming that it violated his contractual guarantees of academic freedom when the board of trustees removed his canonical mission and refused him a position teaching Catholic theology.

Weisberg said that in a conflict between academic freedom and obedience to religious authority,"the university may choose for itself on which side of that conflict it wants to come down." .

Father Curran said that "I have fought for academic freedom at Catholic University formore than 20 years. I have lost. As far as 1 am concerned, this was the last battle."

However, Father Curran said he believes the tensions surrounding academic freedom and dissent will continue. "In the future we're going to have to learn to live with greater differences, and we have to do it with respect for one another."

Jesuit Father William J. Byron, president of Catholic University, insisted that academic freedom does exist at the university, but that "intrinsic to the discipline ofCatholic theology is respect for the teaching of the church."

He said the court ruling recognizes Catholic University's "uniqueness in its relationship to the Holy See and its self-chosen Catholic character."

Catholic University is the only pontifically chartered university in the United States. The theology department is accredited by the Vatican.

"The tension between personal freedom and the authority of the church is not resolved" by Weis-. berg's ruling, Father Byron said.

"That will always be withus."

The key points in Weisberg's decision included: - No matter whether Father Curran needed a canonical mission to teach on the university's theology faculty before 1981, he needed it after new university statutes,adopted in 1981, made ita requirement for all such faculty members. .--:. Given that requirement, Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington, university chancellor, acted properly when he suspended Father Curran from teaching in 1987 while procedures to withdraw his canonical mission were still in process.

The suspension was not a contract violation.

- The university also acted within its rights when the board of trustees withdrew Father Curran's canonical mission, and that decision properly barred Father Curran's canonical mission, and that decision properly barred Father Curran from teaching at all on the university's faculty.

- University rules did not require it to offer Father Curran a teaching post in another department.

-1 t would be "virtually unthinkable" for a court to require the university to allow Father Curran to teach Catholic theology there "in open defiance of the Holy See." Father Curran is currently a visiting proff:ssor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and has accepted a tentative offer to continue there for another year.

"The re:fusal of the court to enter into the substance of a dispute over issues of doctine and governance" can be seen as a reaffirmation of the separation of church and state, said a March 2 statement from the 1,300-member Catholic Theological Sqciety of America.

"But that refusal also puts upon the church itself full responsibility for preserving and nurturing that 'lawful frl~edom of inquiry' for scholars" recognized by the Second Vatican Council, said the statement by Father John P. Boyle, society president.

The COllrt ruling leaves "unanswered urgent questions about the authority of doctrinal statements by official teachers which are not definitive," said Father Boyle, chairman of the School of Religion at the University of Iowa.

DAVliQ and Cristelle~~th teacher Denise:: Gagqe.

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',Hard rock can~be deadly Christelle Dube, a seventh grader at Fall River's Holy Name School, just drove the first nail in,othe coffin of hard rock music.

For thesc~ool's science fairf?rseventh and eighth graders, Christelle st,:!~i~;d the effects of~i'~~'prayer,vocal encom-agement and classical and hard rock musiC(!ll marigold plantl!, Her project .. won a grand prize.

A control marigold got normal plant treatment. Christelle played classical music to a seeondplant and hard rock to a third and gave regular pep talks to a!~urth. The fifth received extra special treat~ent: "I silently prayed over the plant that it would

~Ot~~~;a~hr~tel~:~~~~n::~t . :;;!芦~ping .the mostl~av~s, she

eal encouraglassieal mUl!ie)llld control reported. Of plants camei . ~eond, third an .. ",th.

But the hardrock plant, thejulliorscientist said, curled up and died.

"I feel it committed suicide,"said .Chris~elle. .

55 student~parlicipated in 'Il~i~ecent Jair, an allnual event, under diree:t!~n of science teae~~fi~~nise Gagne.

19 weret Izedfor outs ..... .. .. '. t"~butio"'l!. t~grade, grandpri~ ...er was Da. !Wi~hhispr~j r~ndles$' Summer;/f, reeiJbouse Err .., .,

High court rethinking aske.d

Continued fro'm Page One impacts on family relations," the USCC said.

In fact, "in stretching the privacy doctrine until it was broad enough to cover abortion, the court introduced a flaw into itsjurisprudence that has become a threat to the very constitutional values and legitimate societal interests the doctrine was meant to protect," the brief said.

Furthermore, other problems, PUEBLO, Colo. (NC) - The chairman of the u.s. bishops', such as women's deaths, infant mortality, family difficulties, the Committee for the Campaign for presence of "unwanted children" Human Development has said the campaign offers the church an and psychological problems have not disappeared in society despite opportunity for translating a recent the availability of legal abortion, Vatican document opposing racism while abortion has had harmful "into action." . effects on adoption practices, the The chairman, Bishop Arthur USCC stated.

N. Tafoya of Pueblo, referred to Thus, "abortion has failed to the 42-page Vatican document solve the medical, familial and titled "The Church and Racism: Toward a More Fraternal Society," societal problems it was supposed to cure. To the contrary, it has released in February. inflicted its own evils upon women, He commented at a workshop the family, our communities and in Pueblo led by Father Alfred LoPinto, executive director of the nation," the brief added.

In its brief, the USCC also noted CHD, the U.S. bishops' national that Supreme Court action will anti-poverty program. not end abortion automatically.

Since CHD was established in Rather, the brief said, "even if 1970, approximately $115 million this court were to remove abortion has been given to more thari 2,500 from constitutional ,protection, it , projects aimed at fighting poverty. would not result in instantaneous "It is an abuse to which we illegality.

The only abortion policy bishops have spoken frequently and was a part of what motivated us to establish the Campaign for Reliance Human Development," he said.

"Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom." - Pitt I Am One

CHI) translates rac:ism paper into action

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, with God's help, I will do." - John Cardinal :~ewman.

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The Portuguese Community Health Care Committee at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, has announced availability of three $1000 scholarships for persons entering or already involved in studie~ for a nursing or other 'allied health care career at an accredited college or university.

This is the third year the committee has offered the scholarships.

Two of the awards are for hospital ~mployees or their family members. One community scholarship is available to a bilingualj biculturalPortuguese individual residing in Fall River, Swansea, Somerset, Westport, Dighton, Freetown, Rehoboth or Tiverton, R.I. , Applications and further details are available at high school guidance offices and from St. Anne's Community Affairs Coordinator, 674-5741, ext. 2020. Application deadline is 4 p.m. March 31.

Winners will be announced during National Hospital Week, May 8-12.

Pierce grant to St. Anne's Hospital St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, been awarded a $5,000 Pierce Foundation grant. . The foundation, named for donor' ,Albert G. Pierce, was established to advance medicine and be~efit Greater Fall River's medically underserved. Its primary focus has been on educating caregivers. flospital president Alan Knight said that St. Anne's will use the gift for scholarships for nursing and technical staff. Criteria for the aw~rds are being developed. ha~

dependent upon constitutional protection for its survival is abortionon-demand - something few states are likely to enact and this court insists it has not endorsed.

'Continued from Page One The Knights of Columbus brief, Mrs. Lussier said. "She never made filed by unidentified attorneys, aryou feel like she was doing you a gued that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution should be inter- big favor..' She always made you feel like she wanted to do it for preted as including the unborn.

Therefore, it said, Roe vs. Wade you."

Provencal said that although should be overturned because its his wife worked hard at keeping "justifications for' excluding the the house clean and doing laundry, unborn from the 14th Amendment het first priority was their childare unpersuasive." reI), with whom whe spent a great The 14th Amendment, ratified three years after the Civil War deal of time. He said he is thankful fot the support the community has ended, says citizens' privileges shall not be abridged, "nor shall any given in keeping the family strong.

"That's the whole idea behind state deprive any person life, libbeing a Christian, is not allowing erty or property, without due prowhat happens to you in this life cess or law; not deny to any person destroy you," he said. "Ihope this ... equal protection of the laws."

The Knights noted that even a experience has reaffirmed people's corporation is a "person" under faith that when you need help the the 14th Amendment and that "if ch~lfch is going to be there:" the word 'person' can be extended to embrace a corporation, it surely EDICTAL CITATION must include living human beings, DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL like the unborn."

FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETIS If a being is human, as an unborn Since the actual place of residence of child is, it is protected by the terms EDWARD JORGE is unknown. of the 14th Amendment," the We cite EDWARD JORGE to appear person路 Knights said. ally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall "Roe vs. Wade is both inher- River on Monday, MARCH 20, 1989 at 10:30 ently unworkable and inherently _a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mas路 wrong," the Knights' brief asserted. sachusetts, to give testimony to establish: "Roe's analytical framework is Whether the nullity of the marriage flawed beyond repair." exists in the lIZOTTE路JORGE case?

For all these reasons, the Knights Ordinaries of the place or other pastors concluded, the appeals court deci- having the knowledge of the residence of the sion dumping the Missouri abor- above person, EDWARD JORGE, must see to it tion restrictions "should be rev- that he is properly advised in regard to this ersed, and this court's decision in edictal citation, Roe vs. Wade should be overruled."

Henry T. Munroe The Supreme Court is scheduled Judicial Vicar to rule on its current cases by the Given at the Tribunal, end''Of its 1988-89 term in midsum- Fall River, Massachusetts, mer. on this 2nd day of March, 1989.

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usee offers to resettle refugees WASHINGTON (NC ) - The

u.s. Catholic Conference, in a

Catholic students and ROTC Dear Editor: While the presence of ROTC on V.S. Catholic campuses does not provoke the unrest it did in past years, the issue of military training at Catholic institutions of higher learning "is still alive," according to a study released by the Center on Conscience and War in Charlestown.

"ROTC and Catholic Higher Education: Report and Recommen-" dations" was based on responses to a questionnaire addressed to the 39 Catholic colleges and universities in the V nited States with Reserve Training Corps (ROTC) programs. Its purpose was to initiate a dialogue about military training at Catholic instituti'bns i'based on a dispassionate assessment of the facts as they exist."

Perhaps most surprising among study findings was the fact that only one school (V niversity of Notre Dame) which responded to the questionnaire requires that ROTC students be familiar with the 1983 pastoral letter dealing with nuclear deterrence and Catholic teachings on war and peace."

While ROTC supporters have traditionally stressed the advan-" tages of "a Catholic "setting and atmosphere" in efforts to produce morally sensitive military leaders, the study revealed that little moral guidance instruction is required of (or even offered to ) ROTC stu路 dents in the context of the programs to justify such a claim.

Also significant were findings pointing to departures from academic values and the objectives of Catholic ed ucation. As a "separate domain with the critical decisions on policy and practice left to the Department of Defense and its regulations," the report notes, ROTC would seem to undermine the "idea of the V niversity" as a

self-governing community of learned men and women dedicated to intellectual values and achievement.

The study raises the "question of how, given th"e ROTC program's lack of a full and systematic exposure to Catholic moral traditions regarding war and peace, it can be expected to produce the "true and peJfect Christian" called for in papal teaching.

I n the matter of students who seek to withdraw from ROTC for reasons of conscience - and are subject, at the discretion of the Department of Defense, to repay in full any scholarship funds already received - the report questions whether it is "proper or even permissible" for Catholic educational administrators to grant external military authority such discretion concerning their students'... moral and religious judgment. Such "crystallization of conscience" experienced in and possibly attributable to a Catholic setting sho'uld be supported, not penalized, say the authors of the report.

In spite of such finding&, the report does not call for the elimination of ROTC on Catholic campuses -" even though itfinds that the surprisingly low levels of enrollment indicate that it is "not essen-. tial to the financial well-being of the host institution, nor is it a pre;>gram for which there is; an overwh"elming student demand." Instead, the report offers a set of recommendations which, if accepted, could permit a "strictly limited moral acceptance" of ROTC pend~ ing further study and evaluation of the serious educational and spiritual issues it raises.

proposal to the U.S. Justice Department, has suggested the church resettle Central Am"erican asylum seekers taxing local social services in Miami and Harlingen County, Texas.

In 1988, more than 50,000 asylum claims were filed with the U.S. government, in contrast to 7,063 in 1985. Many seeking asylum are Central Americans who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into south Texas and then boarded buses headed for Miami.

The proposal, sent to Attorney General Richard"L. Thornburgh in early February with a letter from Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, N.J., would involve locating and then resettling Central American asylum seekers using diocesan resettlement programs that are part of the church's national network of social service agencies.

Archbishop McCarrick is chairman ofthe U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration.

The proposal by the USCC, public policy arm of the V.S. bishops, was designed to "take the burden off Miami and south Texas," said Jesuit Father Richard Ryscavage, deputy director of policy for the USCC's division of Migration and Refugee Services.

The Justice Department had not reacted to the USCC proposal as of March 6, Father Ryscavage said..

Called "Project Ha~en," the proposed program woula locate housing for participants and cover their

given authorization to work by the federal government.

A spokeswoman for Migration and Refugee Services said more than 20 diocese~ had "registered strong interest" in resettling the Central Americans. Project Haven, she said, would be based on a model used since 1985 to resettle Miami-based Cubans and Haitians."

When the Immigration and Naturalization Se'rvice imposed a travel ban on asylum applicants in December, an estimated 10,000 newly arrived Central Americans found themselves stranded in south Texas.

Then when the banwas temporarily lifted, thousands boarded buses bound for Miami, where city officials said they couldn't cope with another wave of newcomers.

DEMONSTRATING church suppor:t for refugees, George Wesolke, executive director ofthe Justice and J>eace Commission of the San Francisco archdiocese, signs a convenant to fast in support of Salvadorans displac"ed by the civil war in their country. (NC photo)

"This is where God wants me. "

Sister Marie Edward Age: 33 Native of: Pennsylvania is home, but raised in a military family and lived in a number of foreign countries and several states.

Education: B.A., Immaculata College, Pennsylvania; AD in Nursing, Cochran School of Nursing, New York Outside Interests: Reading, Art. "My interest in nursing developed concurrently with my desire to make a lifetime commitment to God. My vocation, a gift from God, is a means of growing closer to Christ. " ,

Gordon Zahn Center on Conscience and War Charlestown

Vatican paper comments on Rushdie mentality behind the death threat VATICAN CITY (NC) - Alagainst Rushdie is not representa-. though controversial British author tive of all Moslem thinking.

Salman Rushdie has offended MosThe L'Osservatore editorial was lem religious sensibilities, that does published three weeks after Iran not justify killing him, said a March publicly appealed to Pope John 5 front-page editorial in L'OsserPaul II to help stop publication of vatore Romano.

Alluding to violent protest dem- "The Satanic Verses" in Italy. onstrations in India and Pakistan, The pope, while not commentit criticized "unacceptable reacing publicly on the Rushdie affair, tions" to the book which caused - on March 2 asked for respect for the deaths of "innocent citizens." religious belie(s, which he said is a The newspaper did not mention necessary ingredient of world peace. the death threat against Rushdie issued by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini but criticized Rushdie's book, "The Satanic VerWASHINGTON(NC)-A Vases," as "blasphemous" and "offentican-arranged split of the archdisive for millions of believers."

"Their religious conscience and ocese of Sao Paulo, Brazil, could their offended sensitivities demand jeopa~dize existing pastoral proour respect. The very attachment grams in the country's"largest metropolitan area, said Brazilian Carto our faith requires us to deplore whatever is irreverent and blas- dinal Paulo Evaristo Arns in a recent interview in Washington. phemous in the content of the The Vatican has proposed carving book" it said.

The editorial noted that similar the cardinal's archdiocese of 9.6 million Catholics into five separpositions had been expressed by Cardinals John O'Connor of New ate dioceses: four suburban regions York and Albert Decourtray of and the city center. But some of the proposed areas are extremely Lyons, France. poor, said the cardinal, and the In a March 4 Vatican Radio resources of the rich are needed to interview. an expert in Islam, Fathhelp the poor. er Maurizio Borrmans, said the

housing costs for two months. It would give participants clothing and furniture and offer financial assistance for food and otller necessities for a period of two months.

In addition, it would provide employment referral and placement.

The USCC proposal, which would require federal funding, states that as a condition for church cooperation "either the participants be granted asylum, based on an approved asylurri application, or at a minimum" that they be given extended voluntary departure status. This status allows foreigners to remain in the United States legally until conditions improve in their homelands.

The USCC proposal also requires Central American participants be

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A letter to each of the nuns from Cardinal Jerome Hamer, head of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, was delivered to the infirmary March 3 by Bishop Frank J. Rodimer of Paterson,

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Eliminate Third World debt, begs Brazilian cardinal WASHINGTON (NC) - Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has asked U.S. Catholics to help eliminate the Third World's debt and preserve the world's rain forests.

Speaking to Catholic social action workers in Washington last month, Cardinal Arns said money now used by developin'g countries for armaments and interest on foreign debt could be used to fight deforestation, famine, housing and energy shortages, "and the world would not have the threat of violence in the whole future."

The change must be achieved in "solidarity," by nations working together, the cardinal said.

"We never were in·better conditions for real solidarity with worldwide dimensions as we are now," he said.

Cardinal Arns said that "simply for life and human dignity" people must work to erase foreign debts and establish a new global social and economic order. The debts are the source of "so many avoidable, unneeded" problems, he added.

Brazil's foreign debt is $115 bil. lion, the largest in the Third World.

This year's interest payments are expected to be about $12 billion.

Most of Brazil's debt was amassed by "military regimes for

military aims'~duririg 1964-85, without the knowledge of most Brazithe lians, the cardinal said. country were free of debt, he added, 12 million to 17 million Brazilian workers could be paid three times their current salaries.

Brazilians can contribute to inter.national justice by preserving the Amazon rain forests, which are important to the world's climate, the cardinal said.

U.S. and European conservation groups have been pressuring Brazil to stop building dams and roads through the forests, saying that clearing the forest is affecting Earth's protestive ozone layer and displacing indigenous people.

"Sovereignty and development can be guaranteed for the Brazilian people without destruction of the forest," the cardinal said.

He noted that projects to preserve the forests "must be Brazilian," but support is needed from ecologists, anthropologists and others worldwide.

"Everyone can do something to conserve, not only for our generation" .but for future generations, he said, noting that since World War II, humans had destroyed "more of all nature than all the generations before."

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Proselytizing. seen harming Hispanic culture VENICE, Fla. (NC) - Proselytism of Hispanic Catholics by fundamentalists is undermining Hispanic culture, says the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Hispanic Affairs Committee.

"The reality of the proselytism issue is that it is undermining the very culture of the Hispanic people because their faith is very much a part of their lives," said Bishop Raymond J. Pena of EI Paso, Texas, committee chairman.

He said the Hispanic who separates from the Catholic Church finds "herself or himself in a vacuum, unable to express his beliefs, his love for family and his love for the Blessed Virgin in the same way he has expressed it all his life."

The bishop commented in an interview with the Florida Catholic.

He was in Venice for a meeting of the bishops' Hispanic Affairs Committee.

Bishop Pena is also a member of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on the Pastoral Response to the Challenge of Proselytism, .

headed by Philadelphia Archbishop Anthony J. Bevilacqua.

In the interview, Bishop Pena said "we want to see why, how and then what steps we can -take to reinforce the faith of our people so they will not be misled by the strong proselytiiing of fundamentalists." , Noting the ties between the church and Hispanics, the prelate said U.S. Census Bureau officials wanted to meet with committee members to seek church assistance in taking the 1990 census because they feel "they will be able to reach many more Hispanics than they would be able to do otherwise."

Census Bureau figures are the basis for congressional and state legislative reapportionment and are utilized in formulas for distribution of billions of dollars in federal aid. In addition, the boundaries of water districts and school districts are drawn in accord with Census Bureau figures.

With it, he said, has come "a renewed commitment on the part of the bishops."

I Sisters Teresita Romano and Maria Ercalano, who have taken permanent vows, were ordered "to leave the monastery as soon as possible and to transfer to other separate monasteries willing to take . them," according to a statement from the Diocese of Paterson.

Lynn WiJliams and Nicole Pres-. cott, formerly Sisters Bernadette and John of The Cross, "were ordered to leave the monastery and return home since their temporary vows have expired and they no longer have any right to stay in the monastery," the state-ment said._ The diocese said that "in view of her advanced age," Mother PhilJmena of the Infant Jesus, a former prioress of the monastery, "may stay at the monastery if she promises obedience to the legitimate prioress," Mother Theresa of the Trinity ~ewitt, prioress of the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Morristbwn, said March 6 that the barricaded nuns have not responded to the letters., She told National Catholic News Service that she' and Bishop Rodimer are "allowing them time to think and to teread the messages" from Cardinal Hamer.

The dissident nuns locked themselves in the infirmary last October to protest changes in the life of their cloistered community, includi:ng purchase of a television set, 1;>righter lighting in the chapel and serving of sweets during the morning coffee break.

The changes were introduced by i'1other Hewitt, who became prioress in 1987. , A Feb. 22 cover letter to Bishop Rodimer from Cardinal Hamer said the Vatican congregation overseeing religious communities ha~'con­ (idence in the present governm~nt Of the monastery." .

I Bishop Rodimer did not release the full text of his letter nor the contents of Cardinal Hamer's letters to the four nuns.

Betty Sutton, a spokeswoman for the barricaded nuns, told reporters March 4 that the letters from Cardinal Hamer did not /lave ','the Vatican seal" and would not be obeyed. She also said the nuns' case is pending with the Apostolic Signature, a Vatican appeals court, and that they would not leave until it issued a ruling. ; Bishop Rodimer told The Beacon, Paterson's diocesan newspaper, that a March 6 phone call to Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic pronuncio to the United ~tates, revealed that the Apostolic Signature had no appeal pending bn the case.

"I am genuinely concerned that the sisters... are not getting good advice. Somebody is not giving , them good canonical or theologipal support or advice," Bishop Rodimer said.

"Small instrument" does mighty work

By Pat McGowan "The Madagascans are running the church-we're there to help them out."

That's how LaSalette Father Donald Pelletier, who has spent 30 of his 57 years in the island nation of Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa, sums up today's attitude of missioners towards the ch~urches they serve.

Over the years, Anchor readers have become familiar with his many undertakings on behalf of his flock.

T~ey have included building churches, schools, wells and brick homes.

His spiritual, social and educational efforts, recognized by a government award in the 1970s, have continued unabated through the years.

Through those years they have been supported partially through grants from various U.S. foundations but most consistently by a 28-year-old mission club now based in St. Louis but originally founded and coordinated by the missioner's aunt, Mrs. Frederick Poirier of St. Joseph parish, Attleboro.

Father Pelletier, a native of Blackstone who lived 'with his aunt and uncle in Attleboro from age 10, after the death of his mother, was recently in the Fall River diocese on a triennial home visit. Discussing his life's work, he noted that Third World countries such as Madagascar are already sending missioners to "Latin America and Europe and other mission territories." Only recently, he recalled, two young women he had helped prepare for first communion ,and confirmation, were commissioned as missioners to Cuba. ' In a population of over 11,000,000 people, said Father Pelletier, 1,200,000 are Catholic and there is an "explosion of vocations." The country has three archdioceses and 14 dioceses and a hierarchy of one cardinal, two archbishops and 17 bishops, of whom all but two bishops are native Madagascans.

"The native hierarchy can speak powerfully against injustice," observed the priest.

He said that of the nation's bishops, four are members of the LaSalette community and that LaSalette's Madagascan seminary has

eight novices, 50 minor seminarians and 25 major seminarians.

To the question as to whether some young men may see the priesthood as a road out ,of poverty, he responded that "poor people, are often more open to the Word" and that care is taken to discern the sincerity of a vocation.

"It's a long and hard training program," he added.

'Father Pelletier's current special project, in addition to serving as pastor of the large cathedral parish and school of Morondava, a city on the west coast of Madagascar, is supervision and development of a rehabilitation program for handicapped children.

The project began, he said, in , 1982, when he was visiting an outlying section of his parish and literally fell over Letiana, a 10year-old boy with paralyzed legs who crawled from one place to another on calloused knees.

"I got him a wheelchair so he could get himself to school," he said. Through Letiana, "I was innocently, unwillingly introduced~ to the new world of polio."

In a report Father Pelletier prepared for possible donors to the rehabilitation program sparked by the young polio victim, he describes what happened next.

"A bright chrome wheelchair crisscrossing the narrow, sandy, broken-up streets of Morondava could not help but create excitement. Soon others came asking if they could not obtain such a chair that would allow them mobility to attend school. .

"Coming from a country that had long ago conquered this dreaded, crippling virus, it was an awakening shock to see so many children crawling, hopping on one leg or folded over to support a dead leg. And so I soon found myself bringing Land Rover loads of children 500 miles to the national polio center in Antsirabe.

"Very few can realize what these trips involved on our bad roads with 10 or 12 crippled children.

The long, pain-filled, heartrending rehabilitation in Antsirabe was and , continues to be the most frustrating, painful experience in my life.

"I have spent days and weeks in this center and though it has been improved due to help from the World Health Organization and

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"Recently, for instance, a 10WASHINGTON (NC) - The year-old girl's foot had to be ampumeasure of social ministry is not tated because of postoperative newhat the bishops teach but how glect. Understaffed and underfundthe Catholic Church acts on that ed, the center cannot adequately , , teaching, Bishop James W. Malone handle the hundreds of children of Youngstown, Ohio, tolqa recent who come to it; yet despite lack of Washington meeting of social medicines and still very basic methministry workers. ods, miracles are performed be"Despite our remarkable procause children do learn to walk. gress, we are much stronger on "In six years with much sweat, national statements than effective IRISH MUSIC blood and tears and the help of our local action to help our people ALBUMS mission office, friends and foununderstand, discuss and act in their CASSETTES dations, we have rehabilitated over own way on that teaching," he COMPACT DISCS 40 children with varying degrees of said. success.

"I believe no area of the church's "In Morondava, we now have a life shows more vitality, energy VIDEOS neat, well-equipped cobbler shop and commitment than social minCOMPLETE to service shoes and braces for istry,: he told those at the meeting, SELECTION VHS these children. We have a second "but for too many of our priests room where we have a few very and ~ people, the church's social basic, primitive instruments and teaching remains an unknown re~ physical therapy aids. source, an abstract theory, or a "The program continues to e- fringe activity," said Bishop volve and has reached unforeseen Malone. proportions that exceed both my The bishop, a former president capacities and possibilities. I have of the National Conference of received much support and help Cath~lic Bishops, acknowledged on the local level and from various that the bishops' social concerns "IRELAND" SWEATERS ~ agencies in Europe and we now have been criticized for being divWATERFORD CRYSTAL have an organization for the Par- isive and diverting the church from BELLEEK PARIAN CHINA ents of Handicapped Children of the central concerns of the faith.

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ROYAL TARA CHINA However, he said, "the bishops "And last June a government of the United States are never CLADDAGH JEWELRY team sponsored by the ministries more united as a body with our CLADDAGH DOOR of health and social affairs came to Holy Father an_d the universal KNOCKERS Morondava for a study of handi- church than when we are sharing capped children in our area. We and applying the church's heritage accompanied them, since we were of social teaching. the only ones with experience with "We are discovering more and these children. In one week, we more clearly thar we cannot call MAIL ORDERS registered 114 new cases of polio, ourselves the church of Jesus Christ FILLED cerebral palsy and Down's syn- unless we defend human life and drome. I could not believe my human dignity and work for true eyes, there were so many heart- freedom and ~ ge~nuine peace,"he 108 South Main Street breaking cases. Thirty-two were said. ~Downtown, Fall River, MA admitted as patients in Antsirabe ~ 1-508·678·4096 last September.

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Telling a child to "wait till your Mother and father need to back father comes home" is not immeeach other up. Otherwise, the child diate. Forbidding,a movie on Sath~s a legitimate gripe: "I,t isn't fair.

Although there are other ways urday for a misbehavior on TuesMom let me do it." And the into discipline. punishment is some- day is not immediate. tended to discipline becomes an times necessary, When a parent If you must punish a misbehavargument game with lots of rewardpunishes a child, it is critical for ior, do it at once. Delaying the ing attention. the punishment to carry with it an punishment or prolonging it proGood punishment is "hands on." absolute minimum of attention. vides too much attention and may By that I don't mean spanking. I Otherwise, the punishment will have an effect opposite to what the mean non-verbal. contain some secondary gain for parents intended. the child. :Keep your mouth shut. Lectures Good punishment is effective. It The time the punishment takes take too long and are rewarding. works. Don't continue to shout Go get a child who won't come in. and the attention that accompan- louder if you are not getting what Separate' combatants by putting ies it may provide a secondary. you want. Stop what you are doing gain. Unfortunately, the punish- and try something else. them in different rooms. Grab the soccer player in the kitchen and ment may then become a perverted Continuing a punishment that hold onto him for a few moments. "reward," and we have the comhas no effect is providing increased Pick up your daughter at her mon situation where a child will time and atention to the very befriend's house after curfew. misbehave to get attention. havior you want to eliminate.

If you are to use punishment, be Getting a child to eat, forcing 'The important thing is to consure to divest it of any positive him to learn or requiring that he be centrate on compliance rather than' factors. Here are the qualities of asleep are under the child's conon your lecture or explanation. "good" punishment, qualities de- trol. Many eating, learning and Get it done. Be effective with as signed to guarantee a minimum of sleeping problems have their own little secondary gain as possible. reward or gain for the child. origin in misguided parental atReader questions on family livGood punishment is brief. Get it tempts to make an issue of the ing and child care are invited. over with. Long lectures are not matter. Punishment is rarely effecAddress the Kennys, Box 872, St. brief. Nagging is not brief. "Ground- tive with eating, learning and sleepJoseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. ing. ' ing" is not brief.

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I came home and began talking about wildlife preservation with my son, Peter, an avid conservationist. He pulled out issue after issue of National Geographic

We really don't know the ecological effects of losing a species.

But imagine a world without elephants: We have spent so much money and human effort exploring suhatomic parti'cles and outer space. But we still don't know all

It's been said that the way we treat animals tells a lot about the . kind of people we are.

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It has always saddened me to think of the white man's decimation of the American buffalo in the last century. I had hoped this kind of -history would not repeat itself.

Yet today the threat of extinction looms large for the African elephant. After centuries of being hunted for its ivory, the huge old bulls with their great tusks have almost vanished.

Far worse is the plight of the great rhinoc,eros, who gets less attention than the elephant but is in deeper trouble. Fewer than 20,000 African rhinos remain, with Asian rhinos much rarer.

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She probably will say, "So tell me what will make you so happy you will smile forever and never forget to brush your teeth - unless it's another puppy, a rifle. a large knife, a $500 pair of skis, or something besides, tuna casserole for dinner."

Good news. She's off the scent.

Say, "Oh no, mom, none of those things. Something better. I would use my own money. I'd learn about mechanics. I'd always keep it clean. Uncle Phil could help me tune it."

Slow down. Talking too fast.

Shouldn't have mentioned Uncle ?hil. He leaves beer cans in the garage, doesn't wipe his feet and tells dad jokes that make your mom turn red.

"Y ou know you are too young for a car," she will say.

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While she's blinking her eyes and gasping for air, keep going.

"Aaron has one. Benny Fitz says his dad says he can have one.

Jason might get one from his cousin."

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Peeling out on your father's lawn.

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"He also wanted a boa constrictor, an elephant and a date with Annette Funicello."

Use religion. "Father O'Kneel says motorcycles are safer than drugs."

Mother will shake her head. "I think you've reworked his meaning, Knievel."

Try bartering. "You'd never have toask me to clean my. room again.

I'd do the dishes for a year. I'd take out the garbage without having to be'told."

Think about offering to mow the lawn, not fight with your brothers, not complain 'about CCD. ' However, play it cool. See what she does with your first offer.

If she says, "Not even if you offer to stop fighting with your brothers, mow the lawn and not complain about CCD," try sympathy. ' Quiver your bottom lip and see if you can get your eyes to water up. Whimper, ''I'd only ride it in goo<;l weather. I'd wear a helmet, gloves, chest protector, elbow p~ds...." . ~'Not even if you use training wheels and a suit of armor."

Retreat. Say, ''I'll ask dad when he comes home."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 10, 1989

NEW YORK (NC) - Joan Ganz Cooney, creator ofthe PBS television program "Sesame Street" and founder of Children's Television Workshop, has won a special Christopher youth award for 1989.

Last year the award went to Franciscan Father Bruce Ritter, founder of Covenant House, a program for runaway youth. The first youth award went in 1987 to Trevor Farrell, a teenage benefactor of the homeless.

Also award recipients were producers, writers and directors of three films, seven TV specials and 17 books.

The honored films were "Babette's Feast," a story of a woman's friendship and hospitality; a dramatization of Charles Dickens'.

"Little Dorrit"; and "Stand and Deliver," the true story of Jaime Escalante, a Los Angeles teacher who challenged inner-city students to excel in calculus.

SECOND-GRADER Laura Narango shakes hands with Among TV winners were "The a puppet with cerebral palsy following a show at S1. Joseph Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank" (CBS); "Drugs: Why This Plague?" School, Fullerton, Md., The show was by "The Kids on the (ABC); "The Murder of Mary Pha- Block," a troupe of puppets with various handicaps who teach gan" (NBC), about anti-semitism children how to handle their own or other children's disabiliand bigotry; and "American Play- ties. (NC photo) house: The Revolt of Mother" (PBS), based on a story about a mother who forces her husband to reconsider his priorities.

LOMPOC, Calif. (NC) - When Avila, "one of my favorite mysWinning adult books included people look into his coffin, Father tics," he said, "not that I always "Murdered in Central America: Pascal Hardy believes they will say followed her."

The Stories of Eleven U.S. Mis- "There's Pascal the rascal, the old St. Theresa said that "what sionaries," by Donna Whitson Brett radical, the old devil and so f<;>rth." counts at the last stages of life is and Edward T. Brett; "Rachel and detachment, .you know, a nonFather Hardy, 56-year-old pas- possessive approach to things."

Her Children: Homeless Families in America," by Jonathan Kozol; tor of Queen of Angels Parish in "The Lora loves humility, and and "Parting the Waters: America Lompoc, is dying of cancer. you know, it's only at this stage of In 1980, Father Hardy was sent in the King Years 1954-63," by my life that I start to pray for that to' care for people at the· parish Taylor Branch. bordering Vandenberg Air Force foundational virtue. It's an awful Young people's books that were Base. Now they care for him. problem for a pastor," he said. cited included "The Goodbye It's ~een more than 18 months For some parishioners and comBook, "by Judith Viorst, a humor- munity members, Father Hardy since Father Hardy went to a docous book about a boy who tries to wasn't the ideal choice. Some even tor who said, "I don't like what I keep his parents from leaving him circulated a petition to have him see" and discovered the cancer. with a babysitter; "Family Farm," removed from the parish.

"I had the most acute Irish Celby Thomas Locker, about farm tic gloom I ever had in my life. I But now, parishioners drive Fath- didn't know whether I was going life; "Lies, Deception and Truth,"

by Ann E. Weiss, about truth and er Hardy to Santa Barbara, 50 to die that minute or the next. types of deception; and "Looking . miles away, on four consecutive Then I got mad as hell at my arm," the Tiger in the Eye: Confronting days each month for his chemo- where the cancer was first noticed. the Nuclear Threat," by Ronald J: therapy treatment. At night some- It's since spread to his glands, his Bee, a young adult book on nuclear one stays with him, "because I biood, his skin, his lung. could fall and break my neck." weaponry.

As he finished his walk, he wasn't Father Hardy believes the pari'even out of breath. "The energy shioners' concern is the result of comes back powerfully," he said. "the Spirit working among them."

"It's amazing, I mean for a frail He called it "agape, saacrificial 'body. But I do exercise. I say the love." rosary in church walking around In a community where the Air like a trooper. Then I do some BISMARK, N.D. (NC) - The Force is a major industry, "they yoga."

University of Mary in Bismarck know how I stand because I deBack in the rectory, he picks up won first place in the fourth annual nounced the MX missile to the a manual from the table. "It says Hungerthon Awards for a hunger newspapers and I picketed the you can make your own simple week that involved 20 percent of base in the past," Father Hardy coffin" from plywood, Father Harits 1,350 students in raising aware- told The Tidings, newspaper ofthe dy explained. He's not sure if he'll Archdiocese of Los Angeles. ness and funds for the hungry and build his own. "I'll cross that bridge homeless.

At a retreat where Father Hardy when I come to it."

The hungerthon, sponsored by was asked to imagine what people He reached for another book. It the National Student Campaign would say as they peered into his has a passage from St. John of the Against Hunger and the National coffin, he also learned yoga exerCross underlined: "Our greatest Association for Campus Activities, cises. "It's all for prayer to silence need is to be silent before this great honors the 10 most creative col- the body," he said.

God with the appetite and with the lege and university programs to As Father Hardy led a brisk . tongue, for the only language he combat hunger and homelessness. walk along an uphill road on the hears is the silent language of love."

At the Benedictine-run Univer- four-acre parish property, he shared sity of Mary, some students'spent reflections about his life, spirituala night on the streets to experience ity and preparations for death.

"We're a church of poor sinners homelessness and several others volunteered at an emergency meal struggling along, and I'm one of them," Father Hardy said. "ConVATICAN CITy'(NC) ~ Immiprogram. version is never fully complete, grant wo~kers should be protected and I would say I lack radical con- from economic exploitation and version myself. But it's a process." given the 'same benefits as other Benevolence Possessiveness, particularly re- employees, says Pope John Paul "While I can crawl upon this garding "his" parish, is another II. He told Italian officials that planet, I think myself obligated to concern. "You see, getting over- civil authorities have a duty to set do what good I can, in my narrow possessive of a parish, that's a up agencies to help immigrants domestic shperes, to my fellow deadly thing." settle, to promote their et,npl.oycreatures, and to wish them all the Some of his ideas about possesment and to help fight prejudices good I cannot do." - Chesterfield siveness come from St. Teresa of against them.

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Culture gap seen between young, old Vietnamese WASHINGTON (NC) - A cultural gap between young and old Vietnamese who have resettled in the West is growing, says Msgr..

Philippe Tran Van Hoai, head of the Rome-based Coordinating Office of the Apostolate for the Vietnamese in the Diaspora. , The priest said younger Vietnamese expatriates have adapted to their new homes more easily than their parents and grandparents. . .

He urged Vietnamese youth 10 the United States to study the Vietnamese language and civilization.

"I see adaptation as good ... with the condition that persons do not lose their roots, their origin.

There is an old Vietnamese saying: 'If you go into a river with a boat, you have to go with the current,''' said Msgr. Tran.

He made the comments in an interview Oct. 25 in Washington, where he met with U.S. Catholic Conference officials.

Msgr. Tran said that when Vietnam's communist government adopted a policy in 1986 of encouraging Vietnamese abroad to return to visit relatives, one of its aims was to "disturb" communities of Vietnamese abroad.

He cited the case of a Yietna~ese man who had resettled in Texas who visited Vietnam and upon returning to Texas found his home had been burned and his possessions taken. "People considered him an'agent of communism. This is how the government

divides the Vietnamese who are abroad," said Msgr. Tran.

While resettled Vietnamese have been "very clever" in adjusting to U.S. and European systems of education and business, family relationships have suffered, said the priest.

In the United States, he said, the young have adopted U.S. ways of dress, eating, music and dance.

They attend U.S. schools and make U.S. friends, he said, and sometimes family values disappear.

But many older Vietnamese find it difficult to make friends in the West, he said, and many feel as if their lives are over.

The situation has produced "conflict between two generations" and "division in the family," he said.

He said churches can help make resettled Vietnamese feel more at home, for instance with liturgies in Vietnamese.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Rivet:-Fri., Mar. 10, 1989

V'atican labor office questions remain I

Minireform VATICAN CITY (NC) - A minireform of the Roman Curia took effect March I, combining some administrative agencies and launching a new office to deal with labor issues.

The changes were announced lastJune in PopeJohn Paul II'sapostolic letter, "Pastor Bonus" ("The Good Shepherd").

The pope has said his aim is to make the Curia - the church's central administrative agencies a more pastorally responsive instrument of the whole church.

Under the reorganization, the former Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, which deals with foreign governments, became part of the Secretariat of State.

The secretariat now has sections for general affairs and for relations with states.

The reform also combined the two previously separate congregations for Sacram~nts and Divine Worship.

New deparfments are the Central Labor Office and the Pontifical Commission for Pr~serving the

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VATICAN CITY (N C) - Pope John Paul II has called on Mexican bishops to rely on 'lay Cathol~ ics for political and social activism.

The pope said his advice for Mexico applied to "every pluralistic society": a "larger and more decisive Catholic presence through. individuals and associations - in the various sectors of public life." â&#x20AC;˘ The lay Catholic; the pope said, should feel challenged by the contradiction between Catholic ideals and "'social, economic and political structures that manifest and generate injustices derived from sin. " He said clergy and religious should help form political consciences among lay Catholics, but should "resist the temptation to occupy the positions and customs of lay people at the cost of neglecting their specific ministerial functions." ,

Rotarians VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II recently told 5GOparticipants in a Rotary International congress meeting in Rome that efforts to guarantee fundamental human rights are "endangered" by continuing outbreaks of violence throughout the world. .

The pope said that easing of.

East- West tensions and recent changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe had given rise to the hope that fundamental human rights would be guaranteed by national legislation.

But "this hope remains endangered," th~ pope said, "by critical situations" and persistent violence.

Rotary International's "noble ideal of service" invites members tQ "commit themselves cO'ncretely to the promotion of the good of all," he said.

Patrimony of Art and History, responsible for archives and church artistic holdings throughout the world.

The reform also established as "pontifical councils" 12 existing agencies previously known as secretariats, commissions or councils.

The reform states that "all (curial) departments enjoy equal juridical status."

To complement the' reform, Vatican officials are preparing new bylaws for the Roman Curia in general" revised regulations for each curial office, personnel regulations, procedural codes forchurch lawyers at the Vatican and new internal statutes for the Institute for the Works of Religion, better known as the Vatican bank.

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VATICAN CITY (NC)- Pope John Paul II's creation of a Vatican labor office brings workers and management to a permanent bargaining table, but leaves open such basic questions as whether Vatican employees can strike and how labor office members will be chosen.

While employees welcome the pope's step, they realize that the labor office could diminish the role of the Vatican lay employee's association, which until now has been the main vehicle for negotiating workers' demands.

"Clearly, the pope is promoting dialogue, and we will respond in the same way. But the right to strike remains," said Mario Cerullo, president of Association of Vatican Lay Employees.

He noted that the pope's letter unveiling the labor office referred to section 68 of the Second Vatican Council document "Gaudium et Spes," which said strikes were a necessary although last-resort means of defending workers' rights.

But Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, a Vatican official and member of a special commission that has dealt with workers' issues, pointed out that the pope's letter also said it was "inconceivable" that any party use "forceful methods of demand" ,to resolve labor issues at the Vatican.

"There is a sense of collaborating with the pope in his mission, and if you want to do that, you can't carryon a conflict that could damage the pope's mission," he said.

That might seem a difficult positiort for the Vatican to maintain, - but even workers say they !iee an importantdifference between their jobs and those across the Vatican City border. ,"The Vatican is not a factory where goods are produced, but where services are produced, for the pope and for 800 million Catholics in the universal church," said Cerullo. .

"We've shown that we respect this difference," he added.

In 1988, for example, Vatican workers came up with a creative

'~lAi'THIS SPECTACULAR circular staircase at the Vatican museums is among the hundreds of Vatican City public areas cleaned and maintained by members of the papal work force. "moral strike" to protest a changeover to a delayed pay schedule: They kept working, but donated three hours of their salary to charity. AI;lOut $25,000 eventually was collected and sent to Sudan, Cerullo said.

Cerullo said he was pleased that the new labor office will have employee representation, but noted it raised questions about the future role of the existing lay workers' association.

Privately, some Vatican officials say the association is likely to lose more membership. It has already' dipped to about 1,200 members, several hundred fewer than 1985, when it led a successful battle for a new wage package. Vatican lay employees number about 1,800. ' Creation of the labor office

comes in a period of relative peace between workers and Vatican management, but Cerullo said a number 9f new issues are in th.e making: - Current cost of living raises at the Vatican do not cover the full amount of inflation.

- Employees are assigned to job categories, without the chance' to move to higher levels except by changing jobs. The workers have designed a proposal by which employees could be bumped up if they gain new education and experience.' : - Management and employees agree that the current pension system needs, a massive overhaul.

The labor office is expected to tackle these issues, once its own membership is settled.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Speaking to a recent plenary session of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications Pope J oho Paul II urged the mass media to "help people to form their consciences" and "moral attitudes."

The media can play a "constru~­ tive part in.fo.stering the value of permanent loving commitment in family life," the pope said.

"All too often, unfortunately, d ' .,' ..' , ' UNITED 'NATIONS (NC) jeopardize the development of the family is inadequately presN~tions that explore space have a man's future activities in space," ented in the media. Infidelity, duty to keep it free of debris, Vit- Canuto said. sexual experimentation outside torio Canuto, space expert of the He noted that in the last 20 marriage and the absence of a Holy See's observer delegation to years, space launches numbered moral and spiritual 'vision of the about 121 annually, but the number the United Nations, recently told marriage covenant are presented the U.N. Committeeforthe Peace- ,of Earth-orbiting satellites inuncritically," he said. creased by 600 percent. ful Uses of Outer Space.

The pope said it was imperative "The new phenomenon of space , "Today, 7,200 objects are tracked that ffiI~dia presentation of modpollution should not be viewed ,in space: Only 5 percent are operaern events be balanced. He noted apocalyptically, but if we continue tional satellites; the remaining are that many in the media work for fo disregard the problem, we may ~pace debris," he said. human rights but at the same time may ignore s'uch fundamentals as I.---------------------..;.------+------------~ "the right to life itself."

The church must encourage Catholics to avoid books and films "which can damage the" moral integVATICAN CITY (NC) - The the concept of "deterrerice" which universal disarmament" is "perhaps rity of the person," while profiting Vatican's top diplomatic official is used; sometimes without fountoo beautiful to be realized." from works which lead to a deeper called for a "complete and unre- dation to justify the existence of , On the plus side, he cited the appreciation of God and of human served" ban on chemical weapons, other weapons systems, he said. recent U.S.-Soviet agreement on dignity, he said. saying they represent a type of The cardinal's remarks came'six .,intermediate-range missiles as pure "cruelty" that cannot be legi- ~eeks after chemical warfare was ievidence of a "historic change in timized in the name of national condemned by representatives of ,international climate'! and a "new defense.

143 nations, including the United' 'approach" by both countries. Other Cardinal Casaroli spoke at a States artd the Soviet Union, the VATICAN CITY (NC) ~'Pope nations should be drawn into the John Paul II is planning a June February meeting of a, U.N. dis- two biggest producers of such process of doing away with such 1-10 Scandinavian trip that will armament conference in Geneva. weapons, he said. weapons. It, was hoped that the Cardinal Casaroli recalled that international declaration would make him the first pontiff to go He also warned of dangers imchemical' weapons have already give a boost to chemical arms inside the Arctic Circle. plicit in nuclear deterrence.

'Among 14 cities o~ tIle five- been responsible for "horrors" that negotiations in Geneva, which , There is always an uncertain nation tour is Tromso, Norway, are difficult to forget and that involvesorne 40 nations and which ,balance between deterrence and located! on a tiny fishing and .fur produce damaging effects decades had stalled on verification issues. :international mistrust, which can . trading island about 1,400 miles after their use.

Cardinal Casaroli also called . ;give rise to "moments of panic, "as With chemical weapons, he said, for nuclear disarmament, but said well as the danger that the sophisfrom the'North Pole.

Tromso, with a population of "no argument of security can rea- that "the dream of a complete and ,ticated electronic systems used to about 40,000, is the most impor- sonably be made against a prop'control such weapons might 'make osal of a complete and unreserved tant city in northern Norway and 'a mistake, he said. the site of a satellite relay center. It disarmament, even while recogniz"In any case, 'deterrence,' in is in the "Land of the Midnight ing the many technical and legal 'order to be credible, cannot exclude Sun," where in summer the sun is problems that make implemention the real use of the threatened retadifficult," he said. visible most of the day. liation" he said. Thus, the "frightThe Cardinal said that while all The other countries on the pope's ,ening potential" exists for destrucmodern weapons have an aspect of itinerary are Iceland, Finland, ,tion for the attacking nation and "cruelty" for civilian populations, Denmark and Sweden. , :self-destruction for the attacker, A mid-trip stop at Helsinki, Fin- "in chemical weapons this cruelty he said. land, will bring the pope to within factor is found in the pure form."

The growing disarmament moveChemical weapons do not pro60 miles of the Soviet Union, which ment was' born of reflection on he wishes to visit but to which he vide strictly military advantages, these facts, the cardinal pointed and as such do not qualify under has not been officially invited. out.

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NBC shows decried' WASHINGTON (NC) ~ PopularNBC-TV series"Miami Vice" and "L.A. Law" are harmful to society for their portrayals of violence, according to the National Coalition on Television Violence.

The group called on networks to police themselves and to broadcast daily public service announcements warning viewers about "the unconscious harmful effects of violence and degrading entertainment."

The coalition, which is headed

by Dr. Thomas Radecki, a psychiatrist, made its remarks in a statement from its Champaign, III., headquarters.

It criticized several programs but focused on "Miami Vice," which it said is the "most violent" program on prime-time television, and "L.A. Law," which it said featured a sadomasochistic "porn fantasy" in a recent episode.

Rosalyn Weinman, NBC's director of community affairs, said in a Feb. 15 telephone interview from New York that the network has had "very, very little negative response" to "Miami Vice."

She said she was unfamiliar with the "L.A. Law" epsiode but said that sometimes network detractors take things "out of context."

The TV coalition said that with "51 acts of violence per hour" in 1988, "Miami Vice" is the most violent prime-time series "for the third year in a row."

The coalition also criticized the television networks for what it said was their lowering of broadcasting standards.

"There appears to be somewhat more blood in current programs than in the past, more lurid crimes, and more themes of sexualized violence," it said.

Ms. Weinman responded that NBC's department of "standards and practices is alive and well" and that the network has the "same "broacast standards" it always had.

Broadcastingstandards seem "broader or more liberal" because they follow those of society, she said.

Radecki's thesis that watching violence is harmful is "extremely questionable" and not backed up by solid research, she said.

In a telephone interview Radecki said the violence on television is dangerous because it "desensitizes persons to violence," making them not see it to be as harmful as it is.

It also leads people to "develop a more violent system of ethics" so that they are "more likely to support violence in the home and in society," he said.

The harmful effects of TV violence were also highlighted by Dr. Paul J. Fink, president of the American Psychiatric Association.

Televised violence "affects the basic moral fiber of our country," Fink said in a telephone interview.

It makes youths see violence as. "attractive and acceptable," he said.

"Violence on TV is one of the major dangers to our civilization and that's no overstatement," said the psychiatrist, head of psychiatry at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia.

From his own medical practice, he said, he has seen people's views toward violence change significantly. Today people's views toward violence change significantly.

Today people act "blase" about matters they would have cared about 20 years ago, he said, citing as examples people's reactions to plane crashes and wartime violence.

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JUNE 29 - JULY 14 "The helicopter is a gift to the dollar of funds which could be (from/to East Coast. United Air) Los Angeles Archdiocese to be _used for support of the poor or used in pastoral work in spreading other evangelization efforts."

TOUR 3 Lawler said he felt there was no the word of God throughout its' The archbishop has more than CANADIAN ROCKIES: 1st CLASS HOTconflict of interest with being an 8,770-square-mile area," the arch- 100 flying hours in helicopters and ELS & MOST MEALS. Visit Seattle, editor and participating in Operabishop said at a recent news con- . holds a helicopter pilot's license, Kelowna, Banff, Jasper, Kamloops, tion Rescue. ference at Van Nuys Airport, where but does not plan to use the heli- Vancouver, Victoria, and exult in their the McDonnell Douglas Falcon copter until he has 250 hours of breath-taking beauty and charm.

Lawler said he thinks he will be 500 jet-powered helicopter is based. flight-time experience.

FOR ONLY supported in Operation Rescue "I have long felt frustrated about The 6-year-old rebuilt helicopter is efforts especially because Cardinal a gift from businessmen who are not being able to spend more time Bernard F. Law of Boston has working to raise $100 million for visiting our parishes and schools supported Operation Rescue's AUGUST 11-21 Catholic school scholarships in in Ventura and Santa Barbara efforts. (from/to home airport) the area and who have given gifts counties as well as out in the Cardinal Law, in a speech Jan. (Air fares subject to change) exceeding $1 million to the arch- Mojave Desert," Archbishop Ma22 before the Massachusetts AssemSPACE LIMITED - CAll NOW diocesan Catholic Charities Office, hony said. "But distances and heavy bly for Life, offered a prayer in traffic have severely limited my Archbishop Mahoney said.

REV. J. JOSEPH KIERCE support of the protest movement "I accepted this gift under a very own pastoral outreach."

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"Those who engage in prophetic action such as Operation Rescue need special discipline to ensure our message of love and life is in no way distorted," Cardinal Law ' said. "Ours is not a movement of violence, and it must never be that."

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Philip Lawler, 38, editor of the newspaper for about two years, was arrested along with about 240 other anti-abortion demonstrators for blocking entrances at three abortion clinics in Brookline.

The protesters were taken into custody until they paid a $15 clerk fee, which Lawler paid after five hours in detention.

"I got on the [abortion clinic) steps about 8: 15 a.m. and I was in the police station by 9 a.m.," Lawler said March 7 in a telephone interview. "It was an experience I am happy for. We spent the day in prayer. We were very united and dedicated and it was a wonierful day."

It was not Lawler's first Operation Rescue demonstration nor will it be his last, he said.

"I felt called to participate," he said. "I am sympathetic to Operation Rescue. I share their dedication. It was not a one-time deal."

Lawler said he decided to work with Operation Rescue in October after observing members in a protest in Providence, R.I. "I went as a skeptical observer," he said. "I was skeptical about their methods. I was impressed with these prayerful people and their prayerful actions."

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Little child, you must show the way Toa better day for all the young. " ,'Cause you' were born for the world to see That we aU ,can, live wit~ love and pea,ce.

No more'presidents, and al! the wars will end. , ,> One uriited'worl.d ~nder God. ,Recorded by White Lion. Written by Vito Bratta and Mike , " Tramp.(c) 1987 by Vavoom Muskln~•..

White Lion's"When·the Child" ,We do not need to listen very °.t~liCry" suggests that a new hard to· hear the cries of our \\iorl&will begirt wneQ the world's ' world's. children. In' Lebanon, children find true, lasting joy. children cry because their mother This wiU occur fof' our children oifather or both have been k!iIled ,only when "the fear yo~~ feel - in senseless bombings. The same inside" ha§ been removed. No is true in Northern Ireland.

I n many African couritries. more wiU there exist an "evil ,world where man is killing man "children ,cry because' they are 'and no one knows'just why." ,-,'hungry".In the United States, The song also says then "when there are children Who cry because , the.children .cry" we s!toul~ "let they are afraid of being·abused. them .know 'we trie,d," Yet t~e . Fortunately, many children question must be faced: Have we laugh and enjoy growing up. Yet, can we ,-honestly' say that we tried enOllgh?

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It is a question of priorities: Will we as a society give the lives of children our highest commitment?

Responding to su~h issues might seem beyond the reach of teenagers. Youth do not govern the world. Their decisions are not causing the pain in children's 'lives.

Teens do not possess the major responsibility for changing our worlo. However, they do have ~ome special opportunities to influence the future.

When hurt is encountered in anyone\ life, teens as well as any of us can ask why. Teens can question the beliefs and assumptions of a society that fosters and allows a child's emotional hurt.

Teens can also use their natural ideals to dream of a different world. As the life of Jesus clearly shows, we should not underestimate the power of a dream. , We will not be able to change our world until we can envision alternatives. Often, teens have this sense of vision. Speak out about the type of life you want in the future.

Finally, actions make a difference. Undoubtedly, there are hurt-, ing children right in your own' community.

Talk about this with a teacher at your school or an adult leader in your parish. Offer, your time, your talent and your energy to begin turning the dream into a reality. .

Your comments are always welcome. Address Charlie Martin, R.R. 3,Box 182, 'Rockport, IN 7635.

John the Evang~list School, Attleboro

Lawry 'Batchelder, Jennifer Marrah and Michael Powers, eighth graders at St. John the Evangelist School, Attleboro, merited high honors, for the second marking period of the 1988-89 academic year.

Holly Grochmal, Mark Damiano and Evan Ruzanski were seventh graders earning that standing, and six graders making the cut were Christine Gauthier, Kelly O'Brien, Jyoti Patil, Kerri Anne Perry, Mary Schwensfeir, Christopher Caruso, Brett Poirer and, Martin Wyspianski.

Fifth graders Kristin O'Keefe and Mark Brierley made the high honors list, as did Nathan Tortorella of grade four.

JONATHAN Funke,asenior at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, has be~n named a finalist in the National ,'" '" '" Merit Scholarship Program school's Future Planning Comand is being c'onsidered for The mittee is preparing script and art _ one of 1,800 National Merit work for a school logo, handbook Scholarships. Fewer than one- and brochure. half of one percent of Ameri- __ Its design was by Dave Erwin, ca's seniors have made it to the script by Bob Bamberg and ,photos py Jea'.l Barry, The school" :the finals: J onathan~ who notes that their contributions are ;~ attend Harvard University, especially appreciated since none "was also recently name4 a ,serves _on the committee or has, ' ,Century III Leadership Pro- children ,at the school '" '" III :gram state finalisi.. At ce, he Eighth grader Thomas Howell ~ is in the national and Latin is among recipients of Leadership ; honor societies, captains the Scholarships to Bishop Feehan, i Che~s, Team ~!19 i~ a" year- , High School, Attleboro, ", : book editorial staffer...

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Officers of a new Science Club" organized' by seve'nth and eighth' graders, are Brian Dunphy,president; Chris Langevin, vice-president; Mike:;, Kotch, secretary; and , Ryan Brodeur and Jason Kashtan, lab assistants. '

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The eighth grade boys' basketball team was undefeated in the Middle School League and the girls' team achieved a second-place league finish.

St. Jean Baptiste Over 50 projects covering topics from acid rain to zoology were exhibited at a recent science fair at S1. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River.

Seventhand eighth graders participated in the fair, directed by teacher Joyce Menard.

"The panel of judges had an especially difficult time this year in selecting the winners," said p"incipal John Brown.

Elizabeth Walsh took eighth grade first place, Julia Conforti and Brian Castonguay second and third places, and Paul Chippendale earned the Principals Award. Honorable mention went to Erica Chouinard, Melissa Janiak 'and Jennifer Pestana.

Scott Cunha, ,Lisa Mantell and Jason Heywood were first, second and third place winners in the seventh grade competition. Wesley Garell won the Principal's Award, and projects by Bruce Boissonneau, Tabitha Medeiros and Karen Vieira received, honorable mention.

The winners received certificates, ribbons and trophies. Some will represent the School at a Massachusetts Region III science Fair to be held this spring at Bristol Community College, Fall River.

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New Bedford school honors retiring ,pastor Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, recently paid tribute to Holy Name parish pastor Father John J. Murphy, who,will retire, in June, at a recent school glee club mini-concerti spaghetti supper attended by students, parents, parishioners and friends.

The recognition, a surprise for the priest, came in musical, form.

The 50-voice glee club" directed by volunteer Terry Furtado, a New Bedford public school system music' teacher, and accompanied by Kathy Goes, sang "Father Mur,phy" to .the tune of "McNamara's.Band."

The lyrics' make 'reft:~ence. to 'sc,hool princi'pal Sister Nathan Doherty, RS~; Holy Name associate pastor Father John J. Perry'; and Very Rev. John P. Driscoll and Father TtlOmas E. O'Dea, pastor ilOd associate at St.Lawrelice p.arish, New Bedford, which has strong ties to the school.

They follow: Oh, me name is Father 'Murphy , I'm the pastor of Holy Name : I've been the man in charge here ' "Ever since 1 came' I try my best to serve the ,J Lord :", In'everything I'do' I I'm dedicated tO'the Lord , An<!~ ~Iso serving you "John Driscoll's my fri~nd, Perry too, and good ole Tom .o'Dea, " Sister Nathan and the school kids, all together pray John Murphy I am, I'm proud to be a priest in this " land .Father Murphy, you:re a credit to God's earthly plan Oh, me riame is Father Murphy I've ,been a priest for 50 years I've helped all my parishioners' Through laughter and through tears I've taught the lads and lassies All about things that are good Service, love to others with peace and brotherhood.

St. Mary's School

Laurie Santos merited first place in grade 8 at a recent science fair for 6th and 8th grade students at St. Mary's School, New Bedford.

Her project dealt with illusions.

Kate Kuechler, With a chromatography project, and Melissa Mello, whose work was on therFather Murphy told The Anchor modynamics, tied for second in he was impressed by the perfor8th grade. mance and "surprised and pleased A project on lightning,by Erin that they had 'thought of me."

Petitjean placed third in' the competition, and honorable mention went to Kristie Borges, Jennifer Jasinski and Jason Ladino for projects on baromet~rs, allergies , Anne Tavares, daughter of Mr. and M'ts. Fred' Tavares of East and the "mystery of starring.'~, Brian Leclai.r, with a project on Freetown, has been named to the radio and t~levi!iion, and Amanda 1989 ~dition of Who's 'Who Among Thompson, whose. ,work was, Qn Students in American Universities ' earthquakes, tied for 6th grade , and 'Colleges. " She' is a' senior at :Emmanuel first place. Andrea Lamontagne and Grant.Menard, with, work on College, Boston, majoring'in stutornadQes and d,rugs,' tied, for di()" art with 'a concentration in second. , ,_ giaphic".design. . ' , 1 A member of the New Bedford "The Edge ofthe Sea:' by Nathan t1ebert took sixth grade third 'Arts Council since 1'187, she has honors. Honorable,mention went b~~nsecretary to Ertlmanuel's Key to Melissa ,Brown;soap and how it , Club and Art Association, was a works, J' oby Cabral; emission con- 'campus'Orientation 'Group leader tr,ol; Jeffrey Ladino, waterpurifi- 'C6r tw.oyears, linens art and layout cation" Nicholas Lussier, chemical eclltor' of Epilogue, the student yearbook. and physical changes.

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By Father Joe Felker On retreats or in discussion groups I have been asked by young people, "How do I get my parents to talk about faith?" That is a hard question. I find that adults and parents in general are uncomfortable talking about certain issues, including faith and values.

I suggest to these teens that they have to find ways of engaging-their parents and other adults in que.stions that help them communicate what they believe and value, such as: Why did they become Catholic or why do they stay Catholic?

What questions have they about God? Why do they go to church?

Has their faith an influence on their life at work?

As threatening as these questions might seem, they should be asked.

Parents might say, "Why are you asking me all these questions?" A teen's response might be, "I just want to know what you believe and why it is important."

Another way to encourage communication about faith might be to suggest a new format for meal prayers or Scripture readings for Lent or Easter at home. A parish youth minister might give ideas in this area. Such activities might help parents share the stories, prayers and religious traditions of the family.

Parish youth ministers can also give ideas to teens about how they might serve others. Directing teens, for instance, toward local mealsfor-the-hungry projects gives them a chance to experience faith in action.

Youth can also be encouraged to read their parish bulletins. When they see adult education events or other faith-sharing experiences, they can talk with their parents about attending these events. Parents too need to continue growing in their understanding of the faith!

It is difficult to share faith issues ·but good questions and good communication will help parents and youth gain insight into how faith develops.

Questions on everyday issuesTV programs, music, events at school and happenings in a friend's life - are ways to begin talking about faith issues. Questions or observations such as "I really don't understand why people had to die in that fire" might lead to discussion of suffering, pain or death.

Through such discussions, teens learn how their parents' faith deals with such issues.

Another way to open a faith discussion is to pull out that old photo album to look at pictures of baptism, first Eucharist, family gatherings and holiday celebrations. Talking over these events could lead to a discussion of the faith they involved.

If parents are involved iil parish service projects, the teen might ask to go with them. In short, youth should not be afraid to ask their parents or other adults why they believe and why they follow the way of Jesus Christ.

Father Felker is archdiocesan director of religious education for.

St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Bishop Connolly High School The Bishop Connolly High contest's Massachusetts Board memSchool, Fall River, Law Team had bers. Helena Pacheco, Glen Chreits first day in court March '1 in the tien al)d Meredith Abbate represopening round of the 1989 Massa- e.nted the Jesuit school at the event. chusettes Mock Trial Competition.

The Connolly barristers, all seniors, 10 Connolly students have been took on Bourne; High' School at 'named SEMC winter season allthe Wareham District Court in a case invoiving a school's right to stars. They are Kara O'Connell search a student's locker for drugs. .and Keri Hanley, girls' basketball; Jason, .Brum, assisted by Beth Jason Ryan and Robert Kennedy, Morrissette and Diane Rego, led boys' basketball;' Alen Langton, the prosecution. Prosecution wit- hockey; Mike O'Neil, Brian Ramos nesses were. Cory Boyd, Peter Ray- Muffy Merrick, Sharon Hand and mond and Paula DeSousa. Presid~ Jeanne McLaughlin, indoor track.

Craig Aumann and Eric StubingJ~dge Barron H. Martin awarded the victory t~ Connolly's bert have been selected for the opponent, but commentl<d that New Bedford Standard Times allthe c~se was "basically unwinna- star' hockey team. . Senior Becky Manning posted a ble" for the pro.secutiol). The team, under the guiaance o( fa~ultymem- time of 6.9·seconds in the 50-yard ber T~d f~ttine, also argued a case dash at the recent State Class Meet before Judge Milton Silva at Fall at Harvard.. She is the captain of River District Court on Wednes- the 1988-89 girls' indoor track team and the 1989 girls' outdoor track day. team.

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Tuesday, March 21, 9-11 p.m.

EST (CBS) - "Purple Hearts" (1984) - Mediocre Vietnam War soap opera about the efforts of a Navy doctor(Ken Wahl} and nurse (Cheryl Ladd) to resolve all the obstacles that stand in the way of the inevitable clinch. Premarital sex figures in the theme, and there is one restrained bedroom scene in addition 'to some very rough Ian.: guage. A3, R Religous Radio Sunday, March 12 (NBC) "Guideline" - Jonathan Spense, professor of history at Yale University and author of"The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci," discusses ~he historical roots of Christianity m contemporary China.

Former rocker, surfer finds new radicalism ARLINGTON, Va. (NC)-Former rocker and surfer Paul Lauer once did what many teens dream of doing - living the fast life but now as creator of a Catholic youth magazine, he tells youths to be radical by being anti~drugs and pro-church.

"I decided that I've got to let parents know that their kids are not all messed up, and I also have to let the kids know that they are not all messed lip .. actually, just misguided," Lauer recently told a crowd at a teen rally at an Arlington Catholic high school. ~'Y ou dOI)'t raise kids on a diet 'of sex and. violerice and expect them to be saints."

Lauer said he left the Catholic Church at age II, experimented with various religions,. partied in Hollywood and fulfilled his dreams as a rock guitarist.

Today, the 26-year-old founder and editor of the Los Angelesbased national Catholic youth magazine, Veritas, is taking a different route.

"Now to be radical is to be antidrugs, to be chaste. to stand for God and his church," Lauer said.

"We can capitalize on that because kids want to be radical." ,Lauer.. whose publication' has been called one of the fastestgrowing teen magazines in the· nation, said he did not feel fulfilled by the lifestyle he led when he was young and that his ·new lifestyle

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"He [God] sees that you have certain abilities, really talents, that he has given you, and you can either use them for your glory or you can use them for his glory," Lauer said..

Several youngsters heard his message.

"If you sat down and listened to what he was saying, it really made sense," said Marcy Klinikowski of St. William of York Parish, Stafford, Va. .

"It's interesting how he converted from rock singer to writing a Christian magazine," said Ryan Bishop of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Triangle, Va. "I think it took a lot to do it." .

It did take a lot, Lauer said.

Every' time he went to a rock rehearsal, he said, he felt he got further away from God. When,he decided to change his lifestyle, Lauer said he decided to live in the desert for two' years because "basically, I wanted to be a saint,and saints live in deserts."

The foriner rocker who once idolized movie and rock stars now claims his role models to be "Jesus, Our Lady, the saints and the living saints; such as Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, and the people .who clean theaters, or someone who offers their work to God. You . can be a saint wherever you are."

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"Slaves of New York"(Tri-Star) - Adapted by Tama Janowitz from her short stories, this is an unsuccessful attempt to satirize the contemporary downtown Manhattan art scene. Bernadette Peters offers a notable performance as an insecure hat designer locked in an abusive relationship with a successful artist. Some profanity, drug use and an every-man-for-himself lifestyle. 0, R Films on TV Sunday, March 19, 8-10 p.m.

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ST. ANNE, FR Girl Scout Mass 10 a.m. Sunday, upper church.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Lenten mission with Father Stan Kolasa, SS.CC., Monday th~h Thursday; reconciliation service 7 p.m. Wednesday.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Cub Scouts' Pinewood Qerby 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, church hall. The PUBI,ICITY CHAIRMEN DCCW BOARD MEETING parish school Sing-Out Club will are asked to submit news items for this Diocesan Council of Catnolic SEPARATED AND DIVORCED, present "Godspell"7 p.m. March 21, column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall Women board dinner meeting 6:30 ATTLEBORO River, 02722. Name of City or town should school auditorium; free admissionl p.m. Monday, Hawthorne Country be Included, as well as fUll dates of all activMeeting 7 p.m. Sunday, St. Mary's free will offering.

Club, N. Dartmouth. ities. Please send news of future rather parish center, N. Attleboro.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER than past events. Note: We do not normally ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR carry news of fundralslng acllvilies. We are Ladies' Guild board meeting 9:30 ' ATTLEBORO happy to carry notices of spiritual pro"Walk Your Weight Down" a.m. Monday, rectory; regular meetEaster egg hunt for parish child- guided-walking program begins grams, club meetings, youth projects and ing II a.m. same day begins with similar nonprofit acllvities. Fundralslng ren grade one and younger after 8:45 March 28; information: 674-5741, Mass. projects may be advertised at our regular a.m. Mass Easter Sunday. ext. 2635.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO rates, obtainable from The Anchor busiBIRTHRIGHT, GREATER FR ness office, telephone 675-7151.

Portuguese charismatic prayer ST. MARY, SEEKONK On Steering Points Items FR Indicates 15th anniversary celebration April group meets 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

Fall River, NB indicates New Bedford.

7; Mass of Gratitude 6:30 p.m., St. parish center; information: Edwarda March 20, parish center. Vincentian Dominic's Church, Swansea, followCarreiro, 226-0785. meeting after 10 a.m. Mass Sunday.

DCCW, TAUNTON/ ATTLEBORO ed by dinner, St. Dominic's Hall.

Adventure youth group Canadian O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Diocesan Council of Catholic W0ski trip this weekend: Youth and Vincentian meeting 7:30 p.m.

WIDOWED SUPPORT, NB , men Taunton! Attleboro district-sponadult leaders' meeting 7:30 p.m. 'Monday. Guild meeting noon MonNew Bedford Widowed Support sored "Leadership and Communicaday, parish center. Parish Lenten Grol,lp meeting 7:30 p.m. March 13, Tuesday, parish center. tion Workshop" 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Day of Recollection I to 7 p.m.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK April8, St. Mary's Church tea garden ,St. Kilian's rectory basement, New Bedford; widowed of all faiths welPassion play tryouts II :30 a.m. Sunday, parish center. center, Mansfield; includes luncheon; come: meeting theme: "An Evening tomorrow, center; rehearsal I:30 p.m. ULTREYA, LOWER CAPE information: district presidents. of Caring and Sharing"; informaMarch 18, church. Girl Scout SunMeeting 8 p.m. Friday, lower DCCW, NB , tion: 998-3269. day Mass II a.m. March 12. Habitat church: all Cursillistas welcome.

Diocesan Council of Catholic· for Humanity (ecumenical housing O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER VINCENTIANS, FR Women New Bedford district counministry) work group leaves parish 8 Meeting begins with Mass 7 p.m.

Ladies' Guild board meeting 9:30 cil presidents' meeting April 4, St. a.m. March 25, returns 4:30 p.m.; Monday, rectory; regular meeting SS. Peter and Paul' Wednesday.

James 'Church, New Bedford. information: Sam Barchi, 336-4745.

Church, Fall River.

II a.m. same day begins with Mass.

'Dofl SACRED HEART, HEALING SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Daughters of Isabella annual state N. ATTLEBORO Healing service 2 p.m. Sunday, St. Teen activity group Waterville meeting April 28 to 30. Sheraton at Presentation on the sacrament of. Valley ski trip tomorrow. VincenGeorge Church, Westport; includes Monarch Mall, Springfield. penance after 7 p.m. Mass Tuesday, tian meeting 7 p.m. March 20, Benediction; doors open I p.m.; DCCW, FR chapel. wheelchair accessible; all welcome. rectory.

Diocesan Council of Catholic ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Women Fall River district council DlVORO:D AND SEPARATED, ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO Lenten penance service 7 p.m.

Healing service with parochial Mass/installation of officers 7:30 NB 20.

Alcoholics Anonymous 7 March New Bedford area separated and vicar Father William T. Babbitt 2 p.m. April 20, Sacred Heart Church, divorced Catholics meeting 7 to 9 p.m. Sundays, church hall; AI-Anon p.m. SundaY"church. Ancient Order Fall River; open meeting follows.

10 a.m. Wednesdays, church hall. p.m. second Wednesdays and fourth of Hibernians will attend 8:30 a.m.

Mondays, Family Life Center, N. ST.ANTHONY,MATTAPOISETT Mass Sunday in honor ofSt. Patrick; Dartmouth; March 27: Dorothy ~ 234 Second Street Prayer and sacred music service communion breakfast follows, parLevesque. director of the Providence centering around the Way of the ~ Fall River. MA 02721 ish center. Cub Scout's Pinewood Derby diocese's separated and divorced .

Cross 7:30 p.m. March 19. . I to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, parish ~WebO"set office, will speak on human sexualcenter. ~ Newspapers ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT ity. April 12: Louis Robillard and ~ Printing & Mailing Advisory meeting 7 p.m. March LaSALETTE CENTER FOR Rudy Caruso will speak on insu- . ~ (508) 679-5262 30, parish center hall. Teen club 7 CHRISTIAN LIVING, rance; April 24: Clayton Barbeau p.m. Sunday, hall. Youth advisory ATTLEBORO video, "Surviving Broken RelationNow! "Awakening Call' lecture, an introcouncil meeting 8 p.m. Sunday. Girl ships;" plamning board meeting 7 New Computerized Mailing Scouts' Mass 5 p.m. tomorrow. "Heal- duction to meditation and contemp.m. March 14, St. Joseph's rectory, plation, with'emphasis on the actual ing relationships" Lenten teaching Fairhaven.

First Class Second Class practice of these forms of prayer, 7:30 tonight.

Camer Route Coding D of I, NB with Merton confrere and scholar 'First Class Presort MARY, NB ST. Daughters of Isabella Hyacinth James Finley, 7 p.m. April9, Bishop Third Class Bulk Rate Zip Code Sorting Altar boys' meeting 10:30 a.m.

Circle meeting March 21, St. Mary's Feehan High School, Attleboro. "InThird Class Non Profit List Maintenance March 18, church.

Church, N,~w Bedford, begins with 7 timacy with God" silent meditation p.m. Mass; parochail vicar Father ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB ALL TO USPS SPECIFICATIONS retreat April 7 to 9 led by Finley to Mark Hession will speak on "Christ's Parish Girl Scout Troop 79 will include in-depth, informal reflection Cheshire labeling on, Kirk·Rudy 4-up Last Seven Words on the Cross." attend Mass 10 a.m. Sunday as part into Merton's spirituality; informalabeler. And Pressure Sensitive labeling of their observance of Girl Scout tion: 222-8530.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Week: they will serve free coffee and Inserting, collating, folding, Survey meeting 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Sunday. hall. St. Patrick's Day cele- doughnuts to Mass attendees after- IMMACULATE CON CEPTlON, metering, sealing, sorting, addressing, TAUNTON wards in the church hall. bration 7 to 8: 15 p.m. Tuesday, hall. sacking, completing USPS-forms.

Volunteers needed to work on direct delivery to Post Office ST. THOMAS MORE, CATHEDRAL CAMP, parish float for city's 350th anniver, . , Printing, . , We Do It All! SOMERSET E. FREETOWN sary celebration parade June 4; inforParish anointing of the sick 10 Cardinal Spellman High School, Call for Details (508) 679-5262 mation: rectory, 824-8794. a.m.

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Brockton, retreat March 16 and ·17.

HOLY NAME, FR Vincentian meeting 7 p.m. Monday, rectory. Children's family Mass 10 a.m. Sunday.

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SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET St. Francis of the Cape fraternity meeting 2 p.m. March 19, St. John the Evangelist parish center, Pocasset; includes Mass with Father Jude Smith, OFM, who will begin a series of talks on "The Secular Francuscan Rule;" information: Ernest Foley, 540-5392, Upper Cape; Doro- . thy Williams, 394-4094, Middle and Lower C!ipe.

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At the II a.m. Mass Sunday, GIrl Sco'uts Jennifer Lussier, Kathryn Mc~aughey, Michelle Roy, Jenna Trenholm, Erin Hackett, Bethany S'trojny and Jillian Collard will re~ei~e Scouting religious awards. Retire~s Club luncheon 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, Father Coady . Center. ,, ST, ANNE'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSIN,G ALrMNAE ASSOCIATION A-ssociation-sponsored "Letting Go!"[of anger, fear and guilt] workshop March 29, White's of Westport; presenter: Loretta LaRoche, director of Well ness Associates; buffet available; contact and credit hour~ available; preregistration requited by March 20; information carb of the association: P.O. Box 805' Fall River, 02722.

SEPARATED AND DIVORCED, FRi Meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, Our Lady of Fatima Church hall, Swansea.

Meeting same time and place March 22. i ST.!PATRICK, SOMERSET Frellowship meeting 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday, parish center; all welcome.

Th~ parish welcomes new altar boys Kevin Faria, Bryan Franco, Christopher Laporte, Brad Mayer, John Macek, Barry Pallas, Patrick Morgan', David Simbro and Stephen Tobia. Serran Lenten holy hour 7 to 8 p.!m. Monday.

DIVORCED AND SEPARATED, TAiUNTON Meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, Immaculat~ Conception Church hall, Taunton, includes Father John Powell video. .

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Anita Maciejowski will teach about pisanki, the tradition of Polish Easter egg coloring, 6:30 p.m. Monday, pa~ish center; all welcome.

DOMINICAN ACADEMY, FR Grades seven and eight attending Zei'terion Theatre presentation of "Freedom Crossing" 12:30 p.m.

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SIt LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Ladies of St. Anne Sodality meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, parish hall; commentary and slide presentation by Claudette Armstrong; refreshments.

STl DOMINIC, SW ANSEA Parish council meeting II a.m. torhorrow, lower'rectory. Youth ministty information night 8 p.m. April 10,: lower rectory.

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Meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, Our Lady of :Fatima Church hall, Swansea.Meeting same time and place March 22.: .

CATHEDRAL, FR third scrutiny for catechumens at 11:030 a.m. Mass Sunday. Mass and Iri~h music concert 12:05 p.m. March l7;[harpist: Sherylynn Colwell; tenor: Brad Logan.

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Irish strife i'seen as ecumenical ~hallenge !

,The Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick -of New Bedford Invite you to celebrate their Annual St. Patrick's Day M4~morial Mass For Deceased Members Saturday, l\1[arch 11, at 9:00 A.M. at Saint Mary's Church Tarkiln HilfRoad • New Bedford Traditional Irish Music Including: Choir, Bagpipe and Harp Music Begins at 8:15 A.M.

DUBLIN, Ireland (NC) - Christians in other countries might see the strife in Northern Ireland as a religious war, said Cardinal Tomas o Fiaich, but leaders of the main churches in the British territory see it as an ecumenical challenge.

Cardinal 0 Fiaich, primate of Ireland, recently said in Dublin, that he and Archbishop Robin Eames of the Church of Ireland, (Anglican), Moderator Godfrey Brown of the Presbyterian Church, and the Rev: Stanley Whittington, president of the Methodist Church meet in each other's houses to explore means to achieve peace. '''We pray together, read the Scriptures together and discuss

current affairs whenever there is a po'ssibility that a joint statement orJoint action may be called for," said the cardinal, who lives in I A~magh, Northern Ireland. , Cardinal 0 Fiaich said "the c1ergyl of the main Christian churches in : Northern Ireland are; in my view, more closely acquainted with each other's beliefs and practices, mbre friendly toward each other and more often seen in each other's company nowadays than at any time since the Reformation."

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