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I .arise today Through a mighty strength, Through my invocation of the Trinity, Through my belief in its threeness, Through my avowal of its oneness To the only Creator.

I arise today,' The strength of the Seven Heavens with me, The radiance of the sun with me, The brightness of the moon with me,

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The splendor of fire with . me, The might of the light* ning with me, The swiftness of the wind with me, The depth of the sea with me, The fixity of the earth with me, The firmness of the rock with me.

I arise today, God's strength guiding me, God's might sustainine me,

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God's wisdom directing me, God's eye looking before me, God's ear listening to me, God's word speaking for me, God's hand protecting me: The way of God stretching out before me, The shield of God as my shelter, Th~ hosts of God guarding me against the snares of the demons; Turn to Page Two

CCA chairman is Gerardi

Abortion and 路the law

WASHINGTON (NC) - Cath- Caron, general counsel for the potential problem of dealing ROME (NC) - The death pEm- olic dioceses, schools, hospitals National Conference of Catholic with these guidelines," said CaV. Vincent Gerardi, a member alty is unjust and unacceptable and orphanages'may find them- Bishops, said the abortion pro- ron. of St. John the Baptist parish, in today's world and "ought to selves in "an act of civil disobe- visions of the 1978 Pregnancy "We would regret a. federal New Bedford, and a retired high be abolished," said the influen- dience" unless a federal law re- Discrimination Act should be policy which would force the school department chairman, is tial Jesuit review, Civilta Cat- quiring many of them to pro- ruled unconstitutional because church fnto what is inevitably 1981 diocesan lay chairman for tolica, in an editorial in its vide health coverage for abor- of their infringement on freedom 路an act of civil disobedience," he the 'Catholic Charities Appeal. . added.

March 7 issue, analyzed three tion is overturned, the U.S. bis- of religion.

His appointment was announc"There are literally thousands The Pregnancy Discrimination ed today by Bishop Daniel A. major traditional arguments in hops' chief attorney argued last of Catholic organizations - di- Act, signed into law by President Cronin, who will be honorary favor of capital punishment and week.

Appearing in a federal appeals oceses, orphanages and schools Carter in 1978, makes it unlaw- Appeal chairman for the 11th rejected them one by one.

Turn to Page Two The bottom line, it said, is court in Washington, Wilfred R. - every one of which has the year. that a person's "inalienable Gerardi, a graduate of New right to life" cannot be taken Bedford public schools, holds a away, even jf he committed a bachelor of science degree in serious crime. The unusua:tly education from Fitchburg State long, 12-page editorial was viewCollege and a master's degree . ed by some Vatican observers as from Bridgewater State College. a major signal of a gradually After teaching five years in New changing church stance. Sup-' Bedford schools, he served for porting that view was the fflct 21 years as industrial arts dethat Vatican Radio gave C(lnpartment chairman in the Franksiderable space to the editorial lin school system. in its news broadcasts.

The lay chairman served for The 132-year-old n1agazine is five years in the National not an official publication of Guard before serving from 1940 the Holy See, but is considered to 1946 in the U.S. Artillery to reflect Vatican views in its Corps. major editorials.

Gerardi has been active in the From the social and ci'vil St. Vincent de Paul Society for standpoint the arguments to 35 years, serving the entire time justify the death penalty, Civil.ta as secretary and for 10 years as said, "qre essentially three; the treasurer of h,is parish conferprotection of society, dissunsence. ion an~ the expiation-compe,nHe has also served as secre路 sation Qf the evil done." tary and president of the New A PROUD DAY: Bishop Daniel A. Cronin dedicates the new religious education and . Bedford district Vin~entian conRegafding the protection of society, it said: "Let us empha- parish center of St. Thomas More Church, Somerset; left, Msgr. John J. Regan, V.E., pas- ference and was for six years Turn to Page Seven tor; right, Rev. Howard A. Waldron, pastor emeritus. (Torchia Photo) Turn to Page Three

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Irish resent Thatcher visit

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Continued from page one ful for many employers providing medical insurance to discriminate against pregnancy by not providing medical benefits for childbirth, pre-and post-natal care and related procedures for pregnant women.

Included in procedures which must be covered are abortions in cases where the life of the mother is endangered. The act also reqUires that employers who provide paid sick leave give similar paid time off for employees who obtain an abortion.

The U.S. bishops filed suit in federal court in Washington against the abortion provisions of the act in June 1979, but the suit was dismissed in January 1980 by a federal judge who ruled that there was no proof that employers actually had been forced to pay for abortions, against their religious consci-

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The case was appealed by the bishops to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia two months later.

In his arguments before the three-judge federal panel, Caron said that the mere possibility that the act may be enforced against an employer who refuses to provide abortion coverage is an infringement of the right to freedom of religion granted un· der the First Amendment.

Caron said many Catholic agencies risk violation of the law because they have refused to follow the suggestions of their insurance companies that they provide abortion coverage as part of their health benefits plans. The U.S. bishops, he added, risk the loss of federal contracts for the resettlement of refugees for not complying with the act.

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But a government attorney defending the law called the bishops' arguments "a tempest in a teapot" because there is no proof that the bishops or other Catholic agencies will be requ~d to pay for employees' abortions.

The case is believed to be the first time the bishops have brought suit against the federal government. '

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Against the temptings of my evil desires; . Ag(.linst the evil inclination of my will; Against everyone who plots against me, Near or afar, alone or in a multitude.

Christ before me, Christ behind, Christ alone my heart to bind; Christ beneath me, Christ above, Christ around with arms of love; Christ on all who look at me, CIt~ist on every face 'I see; Christ on all who on me think, Christ their food and Christ their drink; Christ on all whom my thoughts seek, Christ the lowly, Christ the meek; Christ in chariot, fort and ship, Christ to hold when anchors slip; Christ on all who list to me; May their ears hear naught but Thee.

WASHINGTON (NC) -The visit of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to President Ronald Reagan and the conferring of an honorary degree on Mrs. Thatcher by Georgetown University revived debate in the capital on the issue of Northern Ireland.

And when Jesuit-run Georgetown University conferred an honorary doctor of laws degree on Mrs.' Thatcher, about 150 members of Irish-American groups gathered at the main entrance of the university carrying signs reading "Why Reward British Oppression" and "Maggie, When You Honor Law, We Will Honor You With a Degree."

In granting. the ,degree, Georgetown cited Mrs. Thatcher for her efforts to combat inflation and unemployment in Great Britain and for her government's successful conclusion of the struggle for self-government in Zimbabwe. "In the turmoil and anguish of Northern Ireland," the citation said also, "her administration quietly works to achieve a solution of shared responsibility."

Prior to granting the degree Redemptorist Father Sean McManus, national director of the Washington-based Irish National Caucus, had called on Georgetown to rescind the award. Tbe native of Northern Ireland accused Jesuit Father Timothy S. Healy, Georgetown's president, of condoning British policy by honoring Mrs. Thatcher.

Replying to Father McManus, Father Healy said awarding of the honorary degree to Mrs. Thatcher "doesn't mean that we are canonizing her or agree with all the policies of her governmento"

Celtic mlllsic at cathedral A St. Patrick's Day program of Celtic music will be offered at 3 p.m. Saturday at-' St.. Mary's Cathedral. . » Geraldine 'Boles~' harpsichordist, Cynthia Gordon, harpist and Grace O'Connor, soprano, will offer traditional selections from the works of O'Carolan~ a blind Irish harpist, and popular favorites such as "The· Minstrel Boy" "In the Days of the Kerry Dancers" and "Danny Boy." The program will be open to the public at no charge. The musicians will also' be heard at the 4 p.m. Saturday Mass.

All are from the Hyannis-Osterville area of the diocese. Ms. Boles is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the New England Conservatory. She is director of music for St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis.

Ms. Gordon teaches Irish, troubadour and pedal harp at the Cape Cod Conservatory. Ms. O"Connor, also on tne Cape Cod Conservatory faculty, teaches in the Barnstable school system.

She holds degrees in music from Adelphi and Queens colleges and has been heard in concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

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l'hree to mark jubilees He was associate pastor at The feast of St. Patrick has special meaning for Fnthers Immaculate Conception parish, Paul G. Connolly, Bent,:> R Fall River; St. Francis Xavier, Fraga and Paul F. McCa.rrick. Hyannis; . and St. Mary, New All were ordained on that date Bedford, before being named adin 1956 by retired Bishop .lames ministrator of St. Elizabeth's, L. Connolly and will celE!brate Edgartown and ~hen to his prestheir silver jubilee on TUE!sday. ent post.

He has served as director of Father CoJmoUy . the diocesan priests' choir and Father Connolly, since 1976 a member of the Diocesan Mupastor of St. Mary's parish, sic Commission as well as 路modTaunton, will mark his jubilee erator and spiritual director of Sunday, May 17, when a Mass the Taunton District Council of of thanksgiving will be follow- Catholic Women. ed by a dinner planned in his Father Fraga honor by. parishioners.

Father Fraga, pastor of Holy Born in No~ood, the s:>n of Irene (Goetz) and the late Mi- Ghost parish, Attleboro, and chael J. Connolly, the jubilarian director of Taunton- area cemegraduated from Walpole. High teries and St. John's parish cemeSchool, then studied at l\1:ary- tery, Attleboro, is a Taunton . knoll Seminary for four years native, the son of the late Anbefore enteri~g St. Mary's Sem- tonio and Etelvina (Bertao) Fraga. inary, Baltimore.

After graduation from the former Coyle High School, Taunton, he attended Stonehill College for two years before enterContinued from Page One ing St. Mary's Seminary, Baltipresident of the diocesan cEmtral more.

He served as associate pastor council of the organization.

He has worked in the Cath- of St. John of God parish, Somolic Charities Appeal sinc:e its erset, from his ordination until beginning in 1942 and as 8. Vin- 1969,- then was at St. Joseph, centian is a member of the Bish- Taunton, until his appointment to Holy Ghost, first as associate op's Charity Ball Committee~ Mrs. Gerardi, the f<lrmer and then as pastor.

Additionally, Father Fraga has Olivia Espinola, is also a graduate of the New Bedford school been a member of the Ecumenisystem. She is active in St: cal Commission and tbe Priests' John's parish and is a f(lrmer Senate. He was area CYO director for Somerset and Swansea, Brownie Scout leader.

Gerardi will speak at thl!! an- assistant personnel director for nual CCA kickoff meeting; to be the diocese, director of the held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April Taunton area Catholic Charities 22 at Bishop Connolly High Appeal and of the area Spanish School, Fall River.

Apostolate. He is a director of the Massachusetts Cemetery Association.

Father McCarrick Father McCarrick, who has been pastor of St. Joseph's parish, Fall River, since 1974, is a native of Revere and the son of Patrick and Mary (Kilroy) McCarrick.

He graduated from Boston College High School and Boston College, then entering St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. With the exception of a brief period at St. William's Church, Fall River, he was associate pastor 路at St. Mary's Cathedral from the time of his ordination until 1971, when he was assigned to Sacred Heart, Taunton: In 1972 he went to St. Patrick's, Fall River, where he remained until he was V. VINCENT GERARDI named to his present position.

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Best known as "Father Mac," director of the diocesan CYO, Father McCarrick aided in founding St. Anne's Hospital drug clinic, served on the Attorney General's Task Force on Drugs and is active in Fall River youth recreation. His civic involvement was recognized in 1972 by the city's Chamber of Commerce. At a recognition dinner his citation read: "He has demonstrated an unusually high regard for the area's youth. He has sought and gained their confidence and wholehearted support."

Other activities of the jubilarian have included chaplaincy of the Fall River police department and work in the pre-e~na program of the Taunton area.

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We often forget the enormity of the abortion issue and t, \ the involvement in it of so many satellite organizations ! I actively supporting the demand to terminate pregnancies. ' The shocking reality that one out of three pregnancies in this the United States. ends in abortion amounts to a national disaster for a country that dares to carry on its currency the motto "In God We Trust."

Perhaps this trust is the only hope that we as a people have in this particular matter. It would be well if those who oppose abortion began to realize what they are up against and the extent of the assistance that pro-abortion forces receive from organizations commonly considered respectable.

Chief among such organizations disguising themselves under the mantle of civic concern and community involvement is Planned Parenthood.

Pro-life organizations should make it their business to show Planned Parenthood for what it truly is, not for what it pretends to be. A fact sheet included in a recent mailing from the Human Life Center of St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., pointed out the way in which Planned Parenthood is involved in both pro-abortion and antiCatholic campaigns.

Fact: In 1975 abo~t 35,000 abortions were performed at Planned Parenthood abortoriums. The number of referrals made by officials to other abortion clinics is not known.

One can imagine the activity that will take place in 1981.

Fact: Planned Parenthood promotes pro-abortion "comics" geared for teenagers as 'well as teen-age dramatic groups that perform in schools encouraging Planned Parenthood aims and goals. . . Fact: In some areas Planned Parenthood is funded by THE GREEK ISLAND OF PATMOS WHERE ST. JOHN THE DIVINE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE the United Way and similar groups.

WRITTEN THE APOCALYPSE Fact: The American taxpayer funds more than 40 per cent of tbe Planr~e4 Parenthood budget.

'A city ,seated on a mountain cannot be, hid.' Matt. 5:14 ":, , : Aga.i.n; iri.1978 Planned Parenthood circulated a "bigot pac}{" of' ailti~Catholic cartoons. One, showing a Catholic bishop holding a can of gasoline and a book of matches, was captioned, "We're losing the flock on the subject of abortion, but we're not worried - we've got the faithful out burning down the clinics." can't even suffer normal no select applause, lakeside

By Father Kevin J. Harrington And a Planned Parenthood comic book portrayed on the exercise. cabin, Some things are best left unback cover a caricature of a pregnant Mary with the face Things perform more agreeno lingering in the longedsaid.

Others are best said in of Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. It was captioned ably, for bed, poetry. A priest-poet friend of no gourmandising, are more inclined to be "What, me worry?" mine has mastered that skilled generous no sight of your name in Such debased attacks on the church and on those craft. when not required to be boldface, 'esteemed by Catholics indicate to what extent Planned Father Joseph Gallagher filleverything. no view beyond the danger Parenthood will go in fostering the cause of abortion. ed my seminary days, with a When something is enough of needing change, Catholics must be constantly aware of this and should sense of hope through his joyful no effort absolving from the a lot then depends on not sharing of poetry. He taught me act accordingly. call for further strain. demanding too much, • Some' people take this disFirst and foremost, all who believe in the sanctity of that words worth saying are not even of poems, pondering and that poetry covery bitterly. human life should do everything possible to offer positive worth not even of these, demands of its reader or listener Once so dogged in their alternatives to Planned Parenthood's anti-life, anti-family analysis that goes beyond 'the not even you of these, quest and anti-religious thrust. obvious. We are attracted to to domesticate here the Abnot even I of even you.

Catholics should demand an accounting of public poetry for the same reason that solute, they let the memory funding if there is the least idea that Planned Parenthood lovers are attracted to candlelight dining. of that mistaken hope is the recipient of tax dollars.

Take for example the dictiondog them now, make them" In the matter of civic charities, one should ma~e sure ary definition of cynic and snarl, that one is not inadvertently supporting Planned Parent- Father Gallagher's poem entitled, tum currish, curse.

March 16 hood. ' "Against Cynicism."

In their rage of revelation Rev. Francis J. Maloney, that nothing is everything A word of a4vice. Be on the watch always; today the "Cynic: from the Greek kuni 1957, Pastor, St. Mary, S.T.L., they take the antithetiCal kos, "doglike, currish" - perwolf is clothed in wolf's' clothing.

North Attleboro view haps mistaken by the Greeks Planned Parenthood is no sheep; it leads lambs to from that nothing is anything. the first part of kunosarge, March 19 the slaughter.

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thenes, the founder of the Cynic school of philosophy, taught."

From this definition, Father Gallagher created this poem worth pondering.

Nothing is everything,nothing here for sure.

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shadows they can't forgive the light or those who find the partial gift enough for now.

And so excess begets excess.

Creatures thus ill-used are sure to disillusion.

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Family acc·eptance A few years ago, Editor Don Zirkel' of the Brooklyn Tablet sent me a story about some parents who divorced their daughter. Alongside the article, Don penned "I?I" He didn't need to write mOl1e. The idea of parents doing such a thing is foreign to our very nature. Yet in the interium, I have heaM of several such cases across the country.

Children also divorce their parents by moving out or rLlnning away and literally never returning except for strained obligatory visits or funerals. Adult children sometimes divorce their (elderly parents when they interfere or become troublesome. And we all divorce people whose colors, accents, and beliefs are not ncceptable to us.

The first of the gospel values I want to discuss as one extremely relevant to family life is acceptance. It is one of the values most dramatically taught and modelled by Jesus during his life with us. He ate with sinners, made friends with taxpayers, and consorted with prostitutes.

He put up with rivalry, arguments and peevishness ;among his disciples without taking them off His boaM of directors. He accepted children who pestE:red, a mother who prodded and!l Father who forsook him.

Yet, look at us who profess to follow His way. As a people he gathered unto himself, let's ask ourselves these questions: Are there some in our family who are more acceptable than (Ithers?

Why? Are there some in our parish family we accept and others we do not? Our national family?

Our world family?

Acceptance is fundamental to the family. Each of us needs to be assured and reassured that our family is a place where we are accepted for what we are, not what we do, what we look like, or what, we have. It's the place where we belong, where we don't have to pretend, where we can be ourselves.

Yet, this isn't true in all families. Some families object to God's design and spend their time trying to change individuals. I'm not talking about changing behaviors but changing people to make them "more like me" and therefore, more acceptable. Jesus chided the apostles' behavior occasionally but he never implied, "or else you leave," even to Judas. He loved people into goodness. Love, the most basic gospel value, begins with acceptance.

If we accept each other at home, we will be able to accept each other in our larger world families. Racism, ageism, sexism, and religious discrimination are all antithetical to Christ's style of acceptance. That's why so many Christians were appalled last summer when Baptist leader Bailey Smith proclaimed that God does not hear the prayers of the Jew. Jesus listened to everyone.

Yet, we're seeing an alarming rebirth of groups like the Ku Klux Klan and a rise in antisemitism in this country, one

no~els The incredible flow of distinguished Catholic novels continues. Within the last 12 months we have seen Second Coming by Walker Percy, Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates, and now The Company of Women by Mary GoMon. I lack the skill to pick the best from these three, but surely Ms:. Gordon's work is the most beautiful. ''The Company of Wom.en" is a gracious, poignant, lovely story; both bitter and sweet without being bittersweet; comic without being made snidl!; grotesque in some of its characterizations, yet graceful (in the literal sense of that WOM) in its story.

Among the many good things that might be said about the book, four seem particulaI'1y important: 1) Ms. GOMon is a comic writer of extraordinary nbility.

From the pun in the title to the poignant incongruity of a rigid, reactionary old priest pra)ing at Mass each morning (in Latin) for the ordination of WODlen at the end, Ms. GOMon makes you laugh, though so subtle is her humor that you feel you iumost missed 'it. The fun she pokes at harsh right-wing Catholicism (in which she was apparently raised) is relatively gentle.

Her satire of late 1960s acad-

emic radicals is devastating. One sentence tells it all, the impaling handsome phony professor of political science: "There is, no such thing as objectivity,' he warned his students, who, being poorer, copied down each WOM he said."

2) Mary Gordon is the first Catholic writer in the East Coast literary environment who is neither defensive nor ashamed, neither angry at nor contempuous of her Catholic heritage.

3) Ms. GOMon is a feminist, though a very gentle one, if we are to judge from her occasional interviews. In The Company of Women she, is kinder to men (save perhaps the radical professor) than any feminist author currently writing; kinder perhaps than men deserve. Her men may often be little boys but on occasion they are admirable little boys.

4) Most important, Mary Gordon is writing about goodness.

Felicitas, her heroine is named after the woman martyr and has been programmed by a bizarre priest and a strange collection of women around him to be a saint, a "light to the nations."

The project IWparently fails when Felicitas becomes pregnant while at Columbia University and later marries an upstate hardware merehant. Yet, as the book ends, she is, if not yet a saint, at least a radiant cent~r

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that our Christian families must resist, not by politely ignoring but by exposing openly and encouraging each other to resist J)ublicly.

Accel»tance often requires courage. Look at the flak Jesus got just for eating with sinners.

The question this week, then, is how courageous is our family?

Together, answer these questions:

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1. What gospel values re-

quired courage of Jesus?

2. What was the most courageous thing our family did last year?

3. Did it live out a gospel value?

4. What groups of people don't we like?

5. Why? 6. Why did God make them?

7. Why did He make us?

8. Which of us was His mistake?

9. Mention one way we don't accept each other in this family.

10. What's a common family putdown?

11. What are we proudest of in each family member?

12. Can we get into the habit of using a "putup" for every "putdown?"

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of loving goodness for all around her.

Not since Chantal in Georges Bernanos' Joy has holiness been so deftly handled; and the goodness of Felicitas is so skillfully portrayed - mixed with human weakness - that she is even more credible than Chantal. (FeIicitas says of herself in one of Ms. Gordon's nicest lines, "I do more good than harm.")

I'm not sure why there is this sudden burst of Catholic literary creativity. Nelson Demille's Cathedral is in the wings. Eugene Kennedy's Father's Day has just appeared. There is no sign the flow will stop. Perhaps the Irish - in Ms. Gordon's case, part Irish - are now sufficiently socially secure in America to feel that storytelling is' once again a respectable occupation.

As one who proposes to contribute a wave to the tide, I am depressed by the work of Mary Gordon. -She has set a standard of excellence to which most of the rest of us cannot hope to rise.

Time for ro'mance Until the current occupant began strolling in at the civilized hour of 9 a.m., we were fairly drowning in warnings

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tells her of a day on which he was plainly killing time. On August' 3, 1915, he writes, "I managed to eke out work enough to last till I." He knows that his devoted aides, Tumulty and House, are clucking and fussing over the way he is running ,the country with his left hand, stewing about the propriety of the widower's pursuit of love in mourning.

about the unbearable responsibilities of the presidency. It is beyond the reach and endurance of one man.

Now comes a delightful book about Woodrow Wilson to dent the dire theories. While he was presiding over the tense period just before our entry into World War I, he was wooing, with all Wilson had an uncluttered the intensity of a considerable mind, with perspective on his intellect and a passionate nature, office, and on himself. He is a a charming, buxom widow patriot. In one passage, he tells named Edith Galt. Their letters Edith he is writing to her while have been edited by Edwin Trib- the band plays The Star-Spangble, who provides the context of led Banner outside his window. events that make the contents "I stood up all alone here by even more remarkable - and ironic. Wilson all but destroys my table at attention and had the"splendid misery" school of unutterable thoughts about my custody of the traditions and the presidential thought. present honor of that banner. I In time, of course, the presi- could hardly hold the tearS back. dency broke his heart and short- And, then, the loneliness." ened his life. But during the Wilson, of course, knew of the period of "A President in Love," the 58-year-old Wilson was as clucking in Washington and the given to vapors and transports disapproval of his aides. But he did not regaM his pursuit of love as a high-school sophomore. as a distraction.

The Germans were blowing up "Our happiness is not an orallied ships, William. J~nnings Bryan, his secretary ofstate, re- : dinary matter of young· ·loyers, signed to protest Wilson's pro- it is, for me, a matter of effiCially stance. But Woodrow Wil- ency. son was at his desk, pouring his "I am absolutely dependent on heart out in raptures of love. intimate love for the right and His first wife had been dead free and most effective use of only eight months when Wilson my powers . . . " first clapped his eyes on the 43Wilson genuinely believed that year-old Mrs. Galt. what was good for him was From that day forward, he good for the country. He was wrote her every day, sometimes basically secure, which we have two or three times. He mentions, learned the hard way in the last but only incidentally, the enor- 15 years is the best thing a presimous events which intruded on dent can be. Wilson thought the his thoughts of her. And he sent country would understand if it his "chum" state papers occas- divined a madly beating heart ionally. But his subject is love under his chilly Presbyterian ex- stated in relentlessly high- terior. The problem of "image" flown prose about knights and never crossed his mind. ladies and castles and sieges. It Those who lust for the inside is touching, but it gets a bit view of great affairs may be thick. irritated by the gush. And it is Mrs. Galt is obviously taken a relief to find an exchange beaback by the amorous onslaught tween him and his love about from the Oval Office. Her early other human beings. She regards letters are somewhat reserved. his aides as inadequate, a comIn time, she grows warmer. She mon complaint from women is ever the Southern lady, couch- close to power. Joseph Tumulty, ing her suggestion for the con- his secretary, she thinks - and duct of his office in a gentle and with good reason, he tells her diffident manner. is not a gentleman.

No hint of the tigress-to-rome, "An administration - an ofthe woman who with Colonel fice - manned exclusively by House took over the presidency 'gentlemen' could not make the during Wilson's tragic illness, thing go for a 12-month," he comes through her graceful lines told her, in a rare lapse into the . to "My precious sweetheart." everyday.

As a matter of fact, her letters We would like more of this. are often more readable, since But these letters were not writshe is less cloud-bound than he. ten to us, they were written to "You have not stopped think- "Noble, incomparable Edith." ing of me as a public man!" he See John Donne about Woodreproaches her within a month row Wilson. "Filled with thy of their first meeting. love, would I rather be known Later in the year, without the As mad with much heart than slightest self-consciousness, he idiot with none."

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\Often occupied by movement Among other things, he credmembers. its it for the harmony that char''Three-fourths of the first acterizes his marriage.

Marriage Encounter couples ''You know what we had at came from the Cursillo," claims our wedding?" he inquires with Father Marcel Salinas, head of obvious enthusiasm.

"Five the Mount Claret Cursillo Cen- priests on the altar --=.and trumter- in Phoenix, Ariz., "and so pets!" , did a high percentage of the Lovell senses a thread runearly charismatics." ning through the Cursillo, MarObviously, many cursillistas riage Encounter, and the Charhave moved on to other religious .ismatic Movement.

"They are all positive experiendeavors. A few, of course, are no longer Catholic, finding more ences - a Christ or God experifulijllment in the evangelical ence. And we desperately need sects. These were people who positive experiences in our often fought with their pastors church."

Salinas sees· the same sort of and bishops until they wearied of their failure io make converts. link and, at his Mount Claret Then there are those who are Cursillo Center, he has instituas active as ever, often combin- ted weekend workshops where ing the. movement with other members of the three movements Christian pursuits. Dennis Lov- may share their own spirit of ell, a salesman for a large na- renewal.

"God is interested in raising tional corporation is heavily into the charismatic experience up his people," Lovell says, "but now, but still finds time to serve you have to work at it. It's not as rector of aCursillo in Des too difficult to be evangelized once; what's tough is sustaining Moines, Iowa.

He is also a lector, fonner this commitment."

As the Cursillo continues, it is usher, and an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. He lives experiencing some alterations. his faith intently and completely. In a few fanning communities, For example, before each sales for example, the entire course call he makes, he prays, not for has been condensed to two days, since fanners were unable to success, but for the client.

"I stalled for three years be- get away longer. And, in these fore making my Cursillo," he areas, social action has some· remembers, "and I finally did it times been replaced with inonly to get this priest off my volvement in groups like the National Fanners' Organization. back."

Father Peter Dunne, in charge His prayer life had been active before that and he made' of the Cursillo in the Omaha an annual weekend retreat. On Archdiocese, observes the Curthe final day of his Cursillo, sillo "going like wildfire" in the .however, he experienced the bap- northeastern part of his state. tism of the Holy Spirit, his char- Six or eight a year are held in ismatic initiation. That was in a three or four county area.

1968.

"The turbulence in the cities "The Cursillo is not a move- , in the '60s may have both helpment," he declares. "It's a' way ed and hurt the Cursillo," he of life. It may not· last in its feels. "The idea of community present fonn, but it's done a may have been more fragmented in the cities. In rural areas the terrific job." \

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (NC) - The national Cursillo Movement has begun a pilot program of evangelization of I:on- Catholics, called Arise.

The program, which takes its name from the Scripture-based song, "Arise, Come to Your God," is directed at the' unchurched and .at members of other churches who want to learn about Catholicism, said Gerald P. Hughes, national Cursillo coordinator.

The first three-day Arise weekend, for men, drew 20 participants to the St. Petersburg diocesan Cursillo Center. A second, for women, is planned for the near future.

Like the Cursillo, the Arise program uses a three-day weekend of prayer, community experience and presentations ,by a team of two priests and 14 laymen to examine the Catholic Church's history and doctrine.

The weekend, Hughes said, ends with a question, "Where do . we go from here?" and a suggestion. "You make amove."

For some participants, .he said, the "move may be bae,k"to a different religious tradition to'"which they once belonged; fot others, the move may be' into the Catholic Church.

Hughes said the experimental Arise program might be ready for national promotion within two years.

sense of community is natural.

The Cursillo begins with this, adds a feeling of security, and brings the people to nile."

Dunne thinks the salesmanship has softened and that there is a 'greater pwareness of the dangers of the Cursillo and more respect for the needs of the individual. .

"When the Cursillo came on the scene," he adds" "it was like instant coffee. People wanted it right now. Today we real· ize things D!ight taste better if they perk a while."

The impact of the Cursillo Movement has been considera~le and its influence will be around for many years. As the Leader's Manual states in explaining the derivation of the word ultreya, which medieval pilgrims shouted to each other to buttress the detennination of fellow wayfarers: U1treya is a cry of courage, of aspiration, of perseverance, of the will to continue to the very end. It is the watchword of optimism, trust in the Grace of the Lord, for those who do not want to fail in their 'pilgrimage through Christ toward the Father, with the help of Mary and all the Saints, taking all their brothers along with them.' U1treya is the word which has come to eptitomize the finn resolve to make the Cursillo in Christianity everlasting, embracing all that the Cursillo Reunion for Perseverance was intended to be and continues to be.

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I would 'like to reinind Father G.-eeii!y 'and .any readers 'who ...wOuld accept his; ap~ of charismatics that Jesuit was the · first.to Speak of the charisms as told· in the Gospel of Mari:, _ Chapter ~6. He and our:B~ · Mother w.ere model chariSlD8:ti~.

St. ~er,. o~ f~ pope. the saints and martyrs, ~ by .S1. P~~. ""ere.all chari$rJlatic.

Tbe~ 'is so mut;b that our ~ writers cOuld tell the thirSting and hungering Christians. Instead, they-seem to want to hide the Truth 01' laugh and make mockery' of '1t: " Stanley'\~ahon

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It is mlougb to make. the prisons more secure (which does not mean' more cruel).

It ad~· that the state can protec:t· the Uves of its citizens ;only by jqst means • • • Now, the death penalty - preseinding from its! effectiveness' - ,i$ not _a just fDe~ both because- it violates; the right that every man, ~ -the criminal, bas to ':life, ~ above all beCallSe with , ~dea~ penalty the state goes . :JJeYoDd its own right."

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Catholic Charities, the National Council of Churches, the Salvation Army and the Council' of 'Jewish Federations signed the agreement with the Department of Energy Feb. 27. A press conference was held March 2 to aftnounce the decision.

Paql Bloom, former special coUnsel for compliance of the Department of Energy, gave $4 million, part of a $280 million oil company overcharge settlement, to the agencies to distribute just before he left the department in January. · Msgr, Lawrence J. Corcoran. executive director of Catholic Charities, said that the agencies believed continuing the fight with the Energy Department would be counterproductive.

"We fi~an extended dispute-would prevent us from distnouting the money in a timely fashion. We want to move on," Magr. Corcoran said. rEric J. Fygl, acting' general ,counsel of the Department of Energy, said the $1 million will be merged with the remaming $71 million in oil company over-

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Citing "peculiar legal and practical .problems:' Fygi saiCl the department did not want-to press for the return of the money from the individual' poor people who received it and lte noted that the four agencies had acted iri good faith ,when they agreed to channel the money.

However, he said SecretarY of Energy Ja,mes R, Edwards felt the principle of correct and responsible handling of government money Dfust be upheld.

Fygi said steps had been taken to prevent a repetition of the sit\lation, but Msgr. Corcoran said, the question is "how to get this to happen again."

He' urged the Energy Department and Congress, when they consider distributing the remaining' funds from the ,oil companies, to remember the action of the charities.

'If there is "a need to get something done, that is good and helpful - we stand ready to do that," he said.

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'To·remember Hiroshima is to commit oneseH to peace'

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"War is d~ath."

"To rememl>er Hiroshima is to abhor nuclear war.' To remember Hiroshima is to commit oneself to peace," With these words at the Hiroshima Peace 'Memorial in Japan Feb. 25 Pope John', Paul II dra.matically summarized the Catholic Position on' 'War and peace; and particularly on the horrors of nuclear war. . , They echoed Pope Paul VI's plea at the 'l1iifted '~ation~ in New York on Oct. 4, 1965: "No more war! War nevei' again! ...

If you wish to be brothers, let the ,arms fall' from your .hands.

One cannot love while holding offensive arms," Behind those papal pleas lies 'a development in recent years of Catholic thinking on the need for a stable world p'eace.

The key to the development lies prec~ely in the Pandora's erican war technology at Hiroerican war technology at. Hirishima and Nagasaki 36 years ago.

"In the past it was possible to destroy a village, a town, a region, even a country. Now, it is the whole planet that has come under threat," Pope John Paul told scientists and cultural leaders in Hiroshlma.

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policy that humanity can survive . . . Our future 'on this plan~t, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends upon one single factor: Humanity· must make a moral about-face," he added.

Traditional Catholic teaching on war has always considered it an evil, but has largely focused on the conditions under which it could be considered an acceptable- evil: a position sUrnnlarlzed in the "just war theory" of the fourth-fifth-century theolo.gian, St. Augustine.

A-new thrust -and different emphasis in Catholic thinking was signalled in 1963 when Pope John XXIII issued his encyclical, "Pacem in Terris" (peace on Earth).

"-It is hardly possible to imagine that In the atomic era war could be used as an instrument of justice," said the encyclica~.

Two years later the SeCond Vatican Council declare~ in its "Constitution on the Church in the Modem World," that the technological developments of nuclear warfare "compel us to undertake an evaluation of war with an entirely new attitude," The contiliar and Johannine statements were foreshadowed' in 1944 by Pope Pius ~II when, vieWing the massive destruction of World War n, he said war was "out of date" as "8 means of settling disputes.

He suggested. eight months before the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that the enormouS violence of' modern warfare means that it can no longer be considered a reasonable and proportionate me,thod of resolving conflicts. .

THE POPE prays at memIt took nearly two decades before those ideas began to be deo.rial .to aton:uc ~omb vic- 'veloped and expanded upon sig. tlms In' the Hiroshuna Peace nificantly in papal and other

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Vatican II called any act, of indiscriminate destruction aimed at cities or pop~lations "a crime against God and man himselr' that "merits, .w;tequiv:ocal and unhesitating coJl?emnation."

It also challenged the ,arms race, saying that whatever the arguments were about ~ts deterrent value, it "is not a safe way to preserve a steady peace," "The' arms race is an utterly , treacherous trap for humanity, and one which injures the poor

to an intolerable degree," said Vatican II. Reflecting the new international situation created by 20thcentury communications and transportation 'technology and the growing interdependence of all nations in the world community, Vatican II pleaded with men to "work for the time when all war can be completely outlawed by' international consent.

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When Sadako Sasaki was two the Enola Gay flew over Hiroshima. In sixth grade she lay in a hospital folding pQper cranes, for if you fold a thousand, they will protect • you from illness. In October 1959 she reached 964 and died. Her dassmates began a 'campaign for her memorial.

At the base of the monument in Peace Park are the words: . ".This is our cry, this is our prctyer: peace in the world./I See Sadako.

'Oval granite pedested, tl.ut fabled mountain of p'tlradise, Horai.

Sut'h a powerful memorial for such a tiny girl.

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Left foot forward as though she might step oH and fly beneath , the golden crane sbeholds aloft.

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public authority acknowledged by all and endowed with effective power to safeguard, on the behalf of all, security, regard for . justice, and respect for rights."

In the meantime it said that "the highest existing international centers must devote the~­ selves vigorously to the pursuit of better means for obtaining common security, and all nations must work for effective multilateral disarmament.

Pope Paul' VI added to these themes in his 1967 encyclical, "Populorum Progressio" (I'he Progress/ of Peoples), when he said that "development is the new name for peace," Peace is not "a mere absence of war," he --said; but is to be found in the struggle to end misery and injustice and estabIlsh a just world order.

In his message to the ,U.N. Generat Assembly's special. session on disarmament in 1978 _Pope Paul argued that effective peace depends on trust rather than mutual fear of arms, and that this presupposes effective international struct~s that can objecively .guarantee security and the rights of all parties.

"Disarmament, a new world order, and development are three obligationli that are inseparably bound together," he declared. , Pope John Paul has continued this .development, giving more enthusiastic· support than previous popes, to the role of international organizations. In less than three years as pope he has made personal. visits to United Natiol'ls operations in New York, Paris, Rome and Hiroshima.

His solution for peace~ essentially' the same as Pope Paul's, but stated in bhmter ~Jiguage.

"It would take only 200 of the 50,000 nuclear bombs already estimated to exist to destroy the major part of the largest cities of the world," he said itl a .homily on Jan. I, 1980.

"The .continual preparations for war demonstrated by the production of eyer more numerous, powerful and sophisticated weapons in various countries show 'that "there is a desire to be ready-for war, and being ready means being able to start. it," he 'told the United Nations during his visit to its New York headquarters in 1979.

"The moment is approaching when priorities will have to be redefined," he said in Hiroshima.

"It has been estimated that about half of the world's research-workers are at present employed for military purposes.

Can the human family morally go on much longer in this direction?" he added.

"Can we remain passive when we are told that humanity spends immensely more money on arms than on development, and when we learn that one soldier's equipmeat costs many tiines more than a child's education?" Pope John Paul said.

Against the backdrop of Hiroshima, the pontiff said that "peace or the survival ()f t~e human race is henceforth linked indissolubly with progress, development and dignitY for all people" rather than to the ",balance of terror" of th8l'arms race.

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Finally, if and when your Has been away from home be- daughter goes to Europe, be sure fore? How did she handle 9Ver- to write her at least once a nights at a friend's house, or week. Do this whether she resummer camp? If she' has not plies or not, especially in the. had any of these experiences, first months. provide some opportunity for One wise couple gave us ,adher to spend a week or so away vice on how not to cause. home- _ from home. . sickness. Write aboUt family Third, maturity. Generally, events that t;lave already hapmaturity 'is 4efined "as the ability pened, but not about things. to to delay gratification. It is a ~Ome. They found their daughpart of growing up. There are ter did not miss things that 'Wt!re many ways to demonstrate ma- in the past, but got upset anticiturity. pating events to come which she One obvious sign of maturity 'would miss. in our culture is the ability to Review the four indicators of manage money. Can she save "away-hom-home readiness." If money .for a desired but expen. you decide your daughter is sive purchase? Does she earn re,dy for' a' year in Europe, suppart of her money?

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Lefever's nomination 'opposed by churches' WASHINGTON (NC) - Jesuit Father Simon Smith, executive secretary of Jesuit Missions, has opposed nomination of Ernest Lefever as assistant s~tary of state for human lights, citing Le· fever's support for using missionaries as spies.

Father Smith spoke at a press conference called by 60 human rights and church groups opposing the Lefever nomination.

The priest quoted from state.:. ments by the Conference of Major Superiors of Men and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and by' ,an ecumenical group to show that most Catholic and Protestant. leaders "repudiate U.S. government involvement with overseas missionaries for intelligence purposes, be that involvement overt Or cavert." "

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But Lefever, former director of the Ethics and Public Policy <tenter in W ashington~ believes - that it is morally justifiable to use missionaries for' intelligence gathering, Father Smith said. He cited testimony by Lefever who said at congressional hearings: "If access to highly secret, sensitive and dangerous activities on the part an adversaI'Y" is needed, it may be justifiable for a CIA operative to pose as a joumali~, geologist, or eveR a medical missionary. The ultimate moral mea~ ofeny such deception should be ' th~'eonse­ quences of the act. Information / so gained may save the lives of hundreds of .persons . . . In pur·

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suing _J~i ends-, no intelligence agency should be arbitrarily denied the use of any particular group or profession as' cover (for the' CIA)."

Father Smith said suCh affect the church's commitment to the rights of the poor. as in El S~- , vador. "If we are perceived. rightly or wrongly,as agents of our government, especially of its dreaded CIA, then our mission as church personnel to thepeopIes we aim to serve -is render· -ed void, or at least gravely suspect." ' There are .some 6,400 U.S. , Catholic missionaries abroad. vice, Lefever said he had no comment.

A' joint statement' issued in Washington last week by the 60 groups represented at the press. conference 'listed the responsibilities of an assistant secretary of state for human rights, and ' reviewed the record of the nomInee.

The statement said that Le~­ fever's Ethics and Public Pollcy Center was given $25,000 by the Nestle COi-poration ill 1980 when the center published a "study highly favorable to Nestle's position on the infant fonnula controversy" regarding infant feeding in the Third World. It alsO questioned Lefever',r "fervent opposition to the U.~. policy in Zimbabwe and South Africa'~ for tile advancement of blacks' rIghts, and his su~rt of authoritarian governments such as Chile's military junta.

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ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Parishioners are needed at 10:30 this morning to assist Country Gardens Nursing Home patients in attending MaHs. The nursing home is also looking for Portuguese-speaking \101unteers willing to assist Portugullse patients on a once-monthly basis.

The folk group is in r.~eed of a string or electric bass player.

Volunteers may contact the rectory..

Father Robert Kaszynski will speak at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lenten discussion series.

Speakers on suJlsequent Tuesdays will be Father Thomas Shea, Sister. Barbara Riley, RSM and Rev. Dorothy Austin. A parish mission at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday o:r Holy Week will be conducted by Father William G. Campbell and Father piniI Carrier, SJ.

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By Father John Dietzen Q. I always thought that when we have to decide what is right and wrong, we are supposed to follow our conscience. However, I mentioned this in a group recently and a priest saId it is not true. We are obliged, he told us, to follow the teaching of those in authority. Who is right?

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ST. THERESA, NEW BEDFORD Father Thomas M. Landry, associate pastor, will prl~ach a French-language retreat on the theme of the Prodigal Son at 2:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. The services will include a communal penance celebration and communal reception of the Sacrament of the Sick.

REGIONAL ULTREYA, NEW BEDFORD ,Members hold a holy hour at 9 p.m. the Friday of each Cursillo weekend at Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford.

A palanca party will be held at 8 p.m. Monday at tlul home of Henry and Dolores Rodriques, 128 Jarry St, New Bedf,)rd.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Parish prayer group members will attend Mass and a meeting at 7 tonight.

Father Daniel L. FreitEls, pastor, will speak on the sacraments for five Fridays, beginning tomorrow, following 7 p.m.· Mass.

Sessions will be held in the ceo center.

All parishioners are welcome. to an open meeting of the Wo~ men's Guild Wednesday evening. Paul Horowitz will speak on the history of the MailTanos, Christianized Jews or M,)ors of medieval Spain and Portugal.

Father Robert Kaszymiki will speak following 7 p.m. Mass Thursday, March 19, at II meeting for those who havl:! completed the Life in the Spirit seminar. Guests are welc:ome.

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Mass Monday. It will continue for the two following Mondays.

A Lenten vine is on display in the church and families a.re asked to contribute green paper leaves symbolic of the Lenten gospels.

ST. M~Y, ATILEBORO FALLS Jame, Taylor will offE:r a: St. Patrick's Day program at the Women's Guild meeting set tor 8 p.m. Monday. All are invited.

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FRIENDS OF ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL survey the construction that will be benefited by their forthcoming spring dance, to be held Friday, March 27, and for which tickets are available at the hospital gift shop. From left, Mrs. Raymond Barrette, Sister Thomas More, O.P., Mrs. Roger Naggiar, Miss Cynthia Arruda, Mrs. Elie Tawa. (Torchia Photo)

Bridgemakers, rare coins WASHINGTON (NC) - Using the images of bridgemakers and rare coins, East Coast Religious Education Conference speakers encouraged ministers to listen again and again to a call they described as sometimes difficult and lonely.

About 1,500 religious educators, including Sister Frances Sidebottom, SSJ, assistant director of religious education for the Fall River diocese, attended the meeting. Its theme was "The Call to Ministry."

Referring to the "Peanuts" comic strip, the keynote speaker, Father Regis Duffy, quoted Snoopy .hanging between two ledges: "When you're a bridge yoiJ get lonely at night."

He told conference .participants that as ministers they are bridgemakers and Snoopy's line could apply to them.

The person called to ministry is called not once, but many

Thou shalt not FRANKFORT, Ky. (NC) - It is unconstitutional for the 10 Commandments to be posted in public school classrooms, even if the copies are financed by voluntary contributions, according to Kentucky A1torney General Steven L. Beshear.

Local school boards which permit copies of the Commandments to remain in classrooms not only violate the U.S. Constitution but also "run the risk" of "being sued by individuals possibly J:equested compensatory and future damages, Beshear said.

times, according to Father Duffy, an associate professor at the Washington Theological Seminary.

Ministry is a process of resisting, listening, then accepting the call again and again, he said.

St. Paul was a better minister at age 50 than at 25 or 30, Father Duffy added, also using Pope John XXIIl and activist Dorothy Day as proof that "fine wine grows better with age."

Doris Donnelly compared ministries to authentic, counterfeit and rare coins. Those with real coins will say "master, we will follow you." and those with slugs will be too busy acting as if everything depends on them, she said. . And the rare coins will say, 'Abba, Father, receive me. I'm coming home,' " Those rare coins have the marks of the life of Christ etched in them, Ms. Donnelly said, the marks of suffering.

Ms. Donnelly, a liaison for Catholic students at Princeton Theological Seminary, said "the person sees more in human life than the rest of us," She cited the four American women murdered in EI Salvador last De· cember as "rare coins totally identified with Christ."

Father Thomas Ivory, Newark, N.J., archdiocesan religious education director, in addition to specific ministries, called for "a network of prayer support for the spiritual renewal of the parish - everybody can pray.

"There is a place for everyone," in ministry, he added, "not the least of which is prayer,"

A. 'Possibly much of your confusion arises from the fact that the word "conscience" can mean many different things.

Certainly you are correct in believing that our personal moral decisions must be made on the basis of what we ourselves honestly believe is right. Whatever another may say or do, God holds us responsible for our moral actions, and that responsibility cannot be shifted to someone else. We must reach our decision, and then be able to stand trustingly before God and say, "I may be wrong, but to the best of my ability, I sin· cerely believe this is what I should do," What the pl'iest possibly was trying to tell you was that an honest conscience is not, as certain people appear to believe, a kind of blind instinct or spontaneous feeling, that could come more from selfishness or cowardice than from any good' motives.

A genuine Christian conscience is the products of persevering effort in charity,. faith, maturity, reflection on thllll,Gospels and on the guidance given by the church, and prudence an(I prayer. This is the kind of conscience .. we have the obligation and right to form and follow.

Q. At Christmas time, a priest speaking on television said may· be there were no Magi who came to the crib of Christ. This story is in the Gospel. What does the church say about our belief in the Three Kings? Is it possible that story did not really happen?

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A. You've certainly asked a mouthful in a few words.

First, we're not speaking here about anything which is part of our required belief as Catholics or Christians. Particularly does it not ·involve any belief in 'three kings," The Gospel of Matthew, the only one that tells this story, does not call them kings, nor does it say how many there were.

Eastern Catholics, for example, traditionally speak of 12 kings, not three.

The answer to your question involves many technicalities of biblical interpretation referring to the literary form, or style of writing, used in this Gospel. We are fairly certain, from careful study of the Gospel and other documents written about the same time, that Matthew contains several examples of what is called "maggadic midrash" that is, stones that are used to

spin out and clarify the meaning of a particular event or teaching.

Such stories were intended to convey as clearly as possible the truth of the mystery being con· sidered. They were not meant to be taken literally (in our sense of that word) and were quite common among Jews as effective teaching tools.

One may believe that, 1) the story of the Magi happened ex· actly as it is described in the Gospel; 2) it is partly made up but based on some actual journey of Magi to Jerusalem about the time of the birth of Jesus; 3) the story is legendary and intended to call attention to the fulfillment of the prophecies reo ferred to by Matthew.

Any of these understanding~ is compatible with Catholic understanding of the meaning and divine inspiration of the Bible.

Pope to celebrate Mass for disabled WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope John Paul II has agreed to celebrate a Mass with and for handicapped persons on June 21, the feast of Corpus Christi, said Fr. John Aurelio, a member of • group in Buffalo, N.Y., diocese which asked the pope to celeQrate the Mass.

The request was made in connecti~n with the 1981 United Nations' International Year for Disabled Persons.

Bishop Thomas C. Kelly," general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference, has asked U.S. bishops to coordinate Masses for .the handicapped with the Rome celebration.

The Buffalo group will take 150 persons, about one-third of whom are handicapped, to Rome by chartered plane. Many of the handicapped have been sponsored by local organizations who will pay the $1,300 per person cost for air travel and accommodations and incidental expenses in Rome.

The usee advisory committee on ministry to the handicapped has urged other dioceses to follow the lead of Buffalo in sending groups to Rome, said Father Aurelio. .

Good job W J\SHINGTON (NC) - Public Relations News, a professional newsletter, has cited the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the U.S. Catholic Conference for the handling of media relations during the 1979 papal visit.

The national media relations program for Pope John 'Paul U's visit was cited as 0lle of the 10 best public relations case studies which the newsletter examined last year.

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All seemed well along the Chistians at Antioch. So Paul, Barnabas and John Mark moved on.

They sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, a region which is now Turkey. At Perga John Mark suddenly decided to return to Jeslisalem.

Paul was very upset over this but he and Barnabas continued on their mission, going to the important Roman colony called Pisidian Antioch. Its ruins can still be seen near the Turkish village of Yalvaz.

There were many Jews living in 'Pisidian Antioch. Paul and Barnabas wanted to tell them about Jesus. So on the Sabbath they went to the local synagogue and sat down with the rest of the congregation.

After the readings from the Bible, the synagogue leaders motioned to Paul and Barnabas.

"Brothers," they said, ."if you bave a message for our people, please speak \lit," It was the custom to invite learned visitors to comment on the Bible readings.

Paul stood up and began to speak.

"Fellow Israelites, listen carefully to what I say. The God of our people chose our fathers, Abraham. Isaac and Jacob. In Egypt God made our people great through Joseph. Then under the leadership of Moses God freed our people from Pharoah's slave camps. For 40 years God cared for them in the desert," The people listened intently.

They loved what Paul was telling them. He was recalling the great history of their people. He was one of them. And he spoke very well.

Paul went on. "God gave our fathers the land of Canaan as their own land. He set up' judges like Samson to rule them until the prophet Samuel's time. Then God gave them Saul. of the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king: After Saul. God raised up David as king."

The congregation in the synagogue was delighted. They were especially proud of David, their greatest Jting. Paul paused a moment and then went on. His words came as a surprise to his listeners.

"Just as God promised our fathers. he raised up a savior for Israel from David's descendants. That savior is Jesus. John the Ba~tist prepared the way for Jesus. My brothers. children of the family of Abraham, it was to us that this message of salvation was sent," Turn to page thirteen

In my work with the U.S. bishops' Parish Project. I see many ways parishes try to carry out Christ's mission.

Again and again I see how they try to respond to the needs of the people of their own area.

It is interesting that no two parishes seem to serve people in exactly the same way.

Some stress hospitality, others are highly organized and have many activities, are exceptionally skilled at reaching beyond their own borders into their neighborhoods and towns.

What appears to be true, however, is that in their efforts to respond to needs, parishes share certain characteristics. The'1'arish Project had an opportunity to look at some of these in a study of more than 200 U.S. parishes.

Those studied were mostly recommended by diocesan-appointed contact 'persons working with the Parish Project who selected parishes judged effective at carrying out thE!' mission of Christ.

These parishes tended to foster participation and collaboration. Often they had parish councils. Those on the parish staffs tended to work closely together, having staff meetings at least every two to three weeks in 80 percent of the cases.

About six of every 10 parishes have gone through some kind of

planning process and four of every 10 have brought in an outside consultant.

Characteristic is the use of many people in the work of the parish. On the average, the parishes have two full-time priests.

But often they also have sisters, lay people and either permanent deacons or transitional deacons.

Liturgy planning, adult religious education, prayer groups, youth ministry and ministry to the elderly are the most prevalent parish activities. Liturgy planning, for example, takes place in 93 percent.

The parishes have an average of 9-10 organized activities in addition to the parochial schools

found in slightly more than half the cases.

Most of these parishes report very little drop in Mass attendance, as opposed to what's more, only 6 percent of the parishes receive any subsidy. We have found that parishes, even in poor areas, often become selfsupporting as they become more vital communities for all the people.

The size of the parish does not appear decisive in its ability to serve people. Only half the parishes .we studied had more than 3,000 Chtholics. We studied parishes with as few as 500.

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Seeing needs

By Lenore Kelly

At St. Thomas of Canterbury Parish on the Chicago lakefront. "people see a need, things kind of happen, and those things with merit survive," says pastor Father Michael Rochford.

A case in point is the People's Music School, founded by Rita Simo, allied with the parish bilt independently funded and operated. Ms. Simo says that when she got to St. Thomas of Canterbury, everybody said hello and she felt the parish "was the place for me."

The parish is located in up-

town Chicago, near a Catholic Worker house and the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

Parish volunteers often come from the two centers, ready to serve the needy of the area. In addition, 38 religious sisters are volunteers, many helping elderly shut~ins. .

Three sisters teach at the Prologue Alternative High School for neighborhood students who have dropped out of' public schools. Started through parishioner initiative, the high school is now a separate institution Tum to Page Thirteen

ATrENTION TO liturgy is an almost universal feature of parishes trying to carry out Christ's mission. (NC Photo)

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By Father John J. Castelot How should parishioners regard their pastors? Inevitably this depends on their views of ministry.

In First Corinthians chapter 3, St. Paul explained his understanding of those he describes as sowers and tenders of the seed.

Chapter 4, then, follows logically and the Corinthians should regard Paul and Apollos and all the rest "as servants of Christ and administrators of the mysteries of God," (1 Cor. 4:1) Paul's choice of words cleverly expresses both his subordinate position and his responsible authority. The word "servants" was used to describe the rowers on the lowest bank of oars in the old galley ships - about as subordinate as one could get.

At the same time, 1this word had acquired another meaning in the political area: official witness. Paul thus communicates two important ideas with this one word. He is not "his own man," acting and preaching on his own initiative and authority; he is utterly dependent on Christ and his Father.

On the other hand, Paul is not a doormat. Because of his dependence he enjoys a special relationship with Jesus and his Father - that of an officially commissioned witness, invested with authority far surpassing any he could claim for himself.

As an administrator for God. Paul .is, more specifically. a "steward," who holds li position of high honor and responsibility in the society of the day. . Royal stewards were second only to the king himself. That is why "the first requirement of an administrator is that he prove trustworthy," (1 Cor. 4:2) He is directly answerable to the Lord of the estate - and to him alone.

This leads Paul to his immediate point. It makes little difference to him what judgE!ment any merely human agency may pass on him. There is only one competent to judge him - the Lord himself.

Therefore. the Corinthians are wrong in setting themselves up as judges of the respective merits of their ministers and in splintering the parish community on the ·basis of personal evaluations.

The day appointed for judgment is the day of the Lord's return. which Paul and his contemporaries looked for in the not too distant future. Any judgment anticipating that is, by its very nature, bound to be immature. quite literally prejudicial.

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A Verdclde E A Vida Dirigida pelc» Rev. Edmond Rego

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Quando os disclpulos pediram a Je~ sus que lhes ensinasse a rezar, Ele ensinou-Ihes 0 Pai-Nosso. Cristo, 0 Homem-Deus foi 0 primeiro a pronunciar a rezar esta p:r:ece. Milhoes de homens . ao longo dos siculos a rezaram e a re~ ram. Cada urn' die nos a reci ta cada dia ; talvez varias ·lTezes. Mas nao basta pro nunciar as pal.avras. ! preciso compreender-Ihes 0 conteGdo para depois, as fazer vida no nosso agir quotidiano. ! necesstrio meditar, saborear por den tro, cada urn dos incisos, desta bells'" sima ora9ao, percebe!-lhe 0 sentido, i penetrar as implica90es que levam a ~ compromisso de vida.

I Nos somos filhos de Deus. ! urna realidade.· E Deus nao e nada menos do que nosso Pai... ' ! impressionante cairmos na conta (e isto ja pode ser materia de reflexao e de ora9ao) que Jesus sempre que reza dirige-se ao Pai. A sua pessoa e filial, e a sua ora9ao tambem.

Toda a sua vida foi urn olhar atento e amoroso para 0 Pai e sempre que ora, expressa-se dum modo filial: Pai, Pai II Justo, Pai San.to. Nos momentos alegreSl exclama: "Eu t.e bendigo, 0 pai"; nas horas diflceis do horto, repete durante tres hor&B~ "Pai, a tua vontade e nao a minha". ! ao Pai que Jesus se dirige no alto da Cruz a pedir perdao·. pelos que 0 estao a matar; e ao Pai que Ele em derradeira prece se entreg~ "Pai, nas tuas: maos entrego meu espir' to" • o cristaG-,;.· a semelhan~a do Senhor I Jesus, deve p)::ocurar tambem ter urna i ora9ao filial, 0 olhar dirigido para o Pai, 0 coras:ao posta n' Ele. " A boca: fala da abundclncia do cora9ao". Eo ..J cora9~0 do cristao, a seme!han9a do . =ora9ao.de Cristo, e atraves d'Ele ... quej e 0 Cam1nho, deve tender para 0 dialo~ go com 0 Pai. Mesmo quando peca, quan~ do fraqueja e se afasta, devee semelhan9a do prodi90': afirmar: "Sim, levantar-me-ei e irei ter com 0 meu Pai".

Jesus ao ~:msinar-nos a rezar, ensina-nos a di:~er Pai. Quando eu rezo e Cristo que reza em mime E 0 Espiritc EJue nos habita, clama em nos: "Abba, Pai". ! 0 ens:lnamento de S. Paulo: templos do espirito Santo, habitados por Ele, consa-grados por Ele, somos levados a clamar "Paizinho" (Abba e o diminuitivo da palavra Pai, palavra que a crianfa:s usavam para se dirigir a seu Pai. Pajpa, diriglamos nos.·hoje).

Nao e so porqueJesus rezou ao Pai enos ensinou a chamar a Deus por esse nome, que nos devemos rezar assim. ! que, de verdatde, somos filhos seus.

Nao sao simples palavras, nao e mero habito ou copia de urn exemplo. Nao se trata do que sucede por vezes na familia quando ouvimos as crian9as da nossa idade, chamar avo a urna pessoa, chamamos tambem, ou quando os amigos tratam urn senhora por tia, tratamo-Ia nos tambem.~ Aqui a realidade e outra e impoes-se por direito proprio.

"Vede com que amor nos amou 0 Pai, ao querer que fossemos chamados filhoe de Deus. E de facto, somo-Io.

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Originally not involved in parish service activities, Ms. Simo began as organist for two Sunday liturgies.

Now, on a typical Sunday, she may stay after the 10 o'clock Mass with 30 to 40 other Spanish-speaking parishioners. Over coffee, they plan activities for the Spanish community.

St. Thomas parishioners are a study in contrasts. They include professionals, shopping bag ladies, American Indians, former mental patients, about 2,500 recently arrived Vietnamese Catholics and many Laotians. Each Sunday a Vietnamese Mass is celebrated.

Ms. Simo says 17 languages are spoken in the l60-student parish school and about 56 nations are represented in the transitional neighborhood where high-rise, high-rent buildings and condominiums elbow dilapidated older housing.

Recently, some families were threatened with displacement by real-estate interests.

Parishioners from St. Thomas took up their cause.

Ms. Simo believes that by helping those in need, the

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Seeing needs church 'makes a powerful statement to non-Catholics.

She is impressed because "when there is a conflict, the parish takes the side of the poor." The parish in tum attracts individuals concerned with such issues, she adds.

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Continued from page twelve have a program of evangelization to bring the Gospel to people not participating in the church. Leadership training is also offered in half of them.

Parish ministry is hard work.

It takes endless hours on the part of parishes and their people, combining vision, care for the individual, deep faith and careful organization.

Qualities of faith are hard to measure. A highly organiZ/ad parish can still be hit with great conflict, or it may be found lacking in warmth and community.

Nothing. can substitute for the evidence of faith and love, yet what for me may be an ideal, for you may be maddening.

There are however some almost universal features of parishes trying to carry out Christ's mission: attention to liturgy and preaching, care for individuals, a sense of community, support for the elderly and family life and guidance for youth.

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Airplane American Pop Angi Vera The Awakening Being There The Big Red One Blues Brothers Bronco Billy Brubaker Caddie Charlie Chan & Curse of Dragon Queen Coast to Coast The Dogs of War The Elephant Man Eyewitness Falling in Love Again First Deadly Sin

Flash Gordon The Formula Galaxina Gloria Honeysuckle Rose Hopscotch The Human Factor The Idolmaker The Incredible Shrinking Woman Inside Moves It's My Turn The Jazz Singer The Kidnapping of the President The Last Metro Melvin & Howard Middle Age Crazy

My Body Guard Nine to Five Oh, Heavenly Dog Ordinary People Raging Bull Resurrection Rough Cut Seems like Old Times Smokey and the Bandit II The Sphinx Stardust Memories Tell Me A Riddle Tribute Voices Where the Buffalo. Roam Wholly Moses Wise Blood

B .. Obiectionable in Part for Everyone Altered States Any Which Way You Can Blood Beach .

The Blue Lagoon The Competition Fade to Black Fame

Scanners" Sitting Ducks Stir Crazy The Stunt Man Urban Cowboy Why Would I lie?

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By Cecilla Belanger

God is where loneliness is.

I like to believe that this is true. Otherwise the many lonely people couldn't make it.

And lately there has been the cry of loneliness from so many: a student, a young mother, an elderly lady and someone pre_paring to move across the world from his home.

I turned on the radio for a talk program and the host was saying, "I get lonely and depressed too. We all do."

I think of the haunting Advent hymn, "0 come, 0 come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here." . The thread of loneliness, that even our Lord endured.

Again on radio, two' sets of parents talking about the unexpected suicides of their bright, studious sons.

In the words of the father: "I felt he could handle anything. I didn't realize how alone he felt.

If I had it to do over, I'd do more hugging and stroking. I'd show more love."

Both sets of parents seemed to feel that their sons' aboveaverage intelligence had alienated them from contemporaries and even family members. It demonstrates that young people may seem world-beaters scholastically, but often they are emotionally and socially immature.

Like the exiled people in the Advent hymn, youth and adults find this a very sltrange world.

They "sit by the willows and weep" as if their real homeland were somewhere else.

"Why doesn't God intervene in suicides?" is what I hear over

and over. Why don't WE intervene?Many parents of suicide victims said that they were too busy to see what was happening.

Perhaps such parents should rearrange their priorities, spend less time with organizations and meetings and take a good look at their children.

When youngsters are silent and remote, something is usually wrong. One little girl, through tears, said to me, "They always say 'It isn't important,' so' then I feel I'm. not important." ,Most great writers have tried to express human 10neUness.

Thomas Wolfe asks: Which of us has known his brother?

Which of us has looked into his father's heart?

Which-of us has not remained forever prison-pent?

Which of us is not a stranger and alone; So God's' children sit down and weep by the waters of Babylon.

Yet we must take responsibility for ourselves and have the cou.rage to be free. When we ac. cept this, we may move out of "lonely exile" into a world of reality.

CoyIe-Cassidy Parents are invited to participate in a Lenten program, "Prayer in the 80s," to be offered at 7:30 p.m. March 18 and 25 and April 1 in the Coyle-Cassidy auditorium, i~ cooperation with Taunton area parishes. Father Richard Bucci of the Providence diocese will conduct the series.

Congratulations are in order for students Donna Brezinski,

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Loneliness.

Matt Masterson and Chris Fraga, Math Olympiad winners, and Gary Buckner, winner of the Vince Lombardi Block of Granite 路football award.

100 percent for .hungry SPRINGF~W (NC) Bishop Joseph H. MeNicholas of Springfield has announced establishment of Hunger, Inc. to help alleviate hunger in his diocese.

"The diocese pledges $100,000 to Hunger, Inc.," with $50,000 being made immediately available and representing the sole assets of this new coporation," Bishop McNicholas said.

"There are absolutely no re~trictions as regards race, color or creed," he noted. "All administrative costs will be absorbed by the Catholic parishes and organizations such as the St. Vincent de Paul Society, which will serve as the dispensing agencies, thus 100 cents of every dollar will reach the hungry.

The bishop said the $50,000 initially given to Hunger was from Rice Bowl funds earmarked for alleviation of domestic hunger. The remaining $50,000 will be raised through this year's Rice Bowl and public contributions.

Hellish Vice "There is no vice or sin that gives us in this life such a foretaste of hell as anger and impatience." - - St. Catherine of Siena

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portswQtch Cheerleadiin3 Competition Sunday Twenty-one squads have en· entered the Diocesan CYO Cheerleading Competitio:rt to begin at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Kennedy Center, New Bedford. ,,~

St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet, last year's champion, will compete against 14 other squads in the gramman school division.

New Bedford leads in entries with five, including St. Anthony and St. Joseph, which finished second and third respectively last year. The other entries are St. Lawrence, St. Mary find Holy Name.

St. Jacques, Taunton Catholic Middle, Cohannet and Mulcahy will represent Taunton. Morton Middle is the lone entry from Fall River as is St. John from Attleboro and St. Joseph from Fairhaven. Other entrants are Austin Middle of Lakeville and North Attleboro.

St. Anne and Bishop Connolly, both of Fall River, and Bishop Feehan, Attleboro, are in the parish and high school jayvee division.

Michael McNally is contest chairman for the Fall River CYO, competition sponsor.

Attlel:aoro ReJains Crown Sparked by Joe Cataldo of Attleboro High School, who scored 26 points, defending champion Attleboro defeated Fall River, 72-62, in the championship final of the second annual CYO round robin basketball tournament.

In preliminary rounds Attleboro defeated Taunton 54-53 and New Bedford 67-6 and lost to Fall River, 59-75. Fall River had also defeated New Bedford, 89-64,

Taunton, 73-63, to enter the title final with a 3-0 record. Connolly's Brian Shea scored 15 points for 'Fall River in the final.

Taunton topped New Bedford, 87-66 in the consolation final.

Taunton posted an 84-74 win over New Bedford but lost to.

Fall River and Attleboro while New Bedford was defeated in the three preliminary games.

Chouinar'd New Cougar Mentor Don Chouinard, who has been junior varsity baseball coach at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, for the past seven years, has been named :!lead diamond coach for the Cougars. He succeeds Marc Letendre who will be head coach of baseball at New Bedford High School.

Chouinard has broad experi. ence as a player and coach. In addition to a successfu:I stint as jayvee coach he implemented the freshmen program at Connolly five years ago.

For the past seven summers he has been a coach-couJrtselor at Ted Williams Camp, Lakeville, and he has also served as an instructor at several Little League clinics in Swansea. Mrs. Michelle Letendre, athletic director at Connolly, also annour.lced that Bill (Shifty) Shea will c:oach the jayvee and freshman tl~ams and that Rev. Arthur Pan~, former

Priest returns REGGIO EMILIA, Italy (NC) An Italian priest who dramatically left the active ministry in 1952 and joined the Communist Party, has celebrated his first public Mass in nearly 29 years.

Mter leaving the active ministry, Father Aligltiero Tondi civilly married Carmc!n Zanti.

She later became a Communist Party Imember of the Italian Senate.

Widowed in 1979, thl~ 72-yearold priest said he asked papal permission to return tlo the active ministry and was granted it late last year.

soccer coach, will be assistant freshman coach.

Durfee High School hockey will have a new coach next season as Bob Richard, Hilltop mentor for the past eight years, has resigned. Richard, who introduced hockey to Durfee, said that the time necessary to coach a varsity team combined with his full-time teaching position had become too much to handle.

the series, which began in 1971 with, "The First ChurchiIls" and since then has dramatized classic works by Dickens, Hardy, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Henry James, James Fenimore Cooper and on and on.

Using a number of excerpts from past shows, Cooke provides a relaxed overview of the entire series.

Monday, March 16, 8-9 p.m.

(NBC) "Donahue and Kids," Phil Donahue talks with youngsters wh9se experience with lifethreatening illness has helped New Film them develop an extraordinary "Eyewitness," (Fox): A young and positive outlook on life. janitor falls in love with a teleWednesday, March 18, 4:30vision reporter whom he has 5:30 p.m. (NBC) '~My Mother Was never met, and when she inves- Never a Kid." A bump on' the tigates a murder committed in head sends a rebellious 13-yearhis building, he pretends to know old reeling back through time more about the crime than he to the 1940s where she makes a actually does. This romantic rowdy new friend, the girl who mystery succeeds better in char- grew up to be her super-perfect acterization than suspense. Be- mother. cause of a bedroom scene and Films on TV its implications it is classified Sunday, March IS, 8 p.m.

A3, R. (ABC) - "Dr. Zhivago" (1965) "Funhouse" (Universal:): Four ..;., Boris Pasternak's novel has young people are stalked by a been turned into a romantic epic monster in a carnival funhouse of the Russian Revolution and in this perfectly loathsome little its effect upon the individual movie more likely to nauseate A2. than frighten viewers. Because Tuesday, March 17, 9 p.rn. of its gross exploitation of sex (CBS) - "Voices" (1979) - A and violence, it has been classisinger and a deaf girl fall in fied C, R. love. Michael Ontkean and Amy "GaIaxina" (Crown 1Dtema- Irving are good but the story is tional): This cheaply made, sop· slight and the dialogue often luhomoric spoof of science fiction dicrous. An ambiguous view of films is classified A3, R because premarital sex and a dance seof vulgar and profane language.' quence make this adult enterOn Television taiI;lment. A3, PG. Thursday, March 19, 9 p.m.

"Uniquely Masterpieee," PBS, March _ IS, 16-11 p.m.: Public (NBC) -- "Which Way is Up?" television recalls one of its most (1977) - Richard Pryor is a consistently popular series, California farm worker plunged "Masterpiece Theater." Subtitled into a series of misadventures in "A Personal Retrospective," the this badly flawed comedy which viewpoint is that of Alistair is sometimes offensive in its reCooke, who has been host liance upon foul language and throughout the 10-year run of sex to get laughs. R

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-parental guidance suggestedj R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: Al-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescentsj A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyonej A4--separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation!: C-condemned.

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Religious Broadcasting Sunday, March IS, WLNE, Channel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass celebrated by Father Willlam Campbell whose homily topic win be ''Fasting and abstinence."

Sunday, March IS, (ABC) "Directions." Christianity" in the Soviet Union is the topic. Check local listings for time.

Sunday, March 15 (CBS) "For Our Times" - Religion behind the Iron Curtain is explored with West German Lutheran bishops meeting in the United States.

Check local listings for time.

Sunday, March IS, (NBC) "Guideline" (Radio): Al-anon and the American family is the topic of this program on alcoholism and the American family. Check local listings for time.

Monday, Man:h 16, Channel 27, 5-5:30 p.m., second of a sixpart Lenten series on the Apos-" tIes' Creed given by Father Benedict J. Groeschel, OFM Cap.

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ST. RrI'!\, ST. pros X, rected Love. of Our Lady preceding the week. A parish hall "meJl1ory lane" MARION SOUTH Y.u,MOUTH Demonstrations of Oriental day 7 a.m. Mass. will display pictures and posters A ,parish Renewal progra~ As of J\pril, all parish famiWomen's 'Guild, members will of incidents in parish history cookery and the preparation of emphasizing, the sacraments, meet at i· p.m•. Tuesday, March and honor scrolls will be pre- hors d'oeuvres will highlight the lies will be on the budget mailScripture ana prayer will be of17, at ·the parish hall. Refresh- sented to members of 19 families Wednesday meeting of the Lad- ing list. fered parishioners the weekends ments and a business session which have resided in the par- ies of Ste. Anne, to be held at 8 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, of March and the first weeke'ld will be followed 'by a presenta- ish since its founding. A parish p.m. in the parish hall. Present- FALL RIVER of April' in the rectory/center. tion by Caroline West on the history has been prepared by ing the program' will be .David The books of Genesis and ExThose interested may contact the Viveiros, .culinary arts teacher at culture of ancient Ireland.

Ms. ~atricia Coyle and Ms~ Mary Diman Vocational High School. odus will be studied at meetings rectory. ' Titus. and a parish cookbook by Mary Zimbro and Lil Menard from 10 to 11 a.m. and 7:30 to ST. JOSEPH, ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, Ms. Claire Cinq-Mars.

8:30 p.m. on the Tuesdays of will be chairpersons.

FAIRHAVEN FALL RIVER A special Prayer of the FaithLent.

The seven sacraments are beCouples Club members will at- ful prepared by Mrs. Rose Mc- DOMINICAN _LAITY, ing studied in a series to be held tend a Mass for deceased memOUR LADY OF GRACE, Hale will be used at the anniver- FALL RIVER from 3 to 4 p.m. each Wednes- bers at noon Sunday. Dinner will 'Members will attend Mass at WESTPORT sary Mass. day of Lent. follow at Thad's restaurant with Fathers Ronald Tosti; Edward The next planning committee 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, in Assistant District Attorney meeting will be at 2 p.m. Sun- the priests' chapel of St.. Anne's Correira, John Oliveira, Francis CATHEDRAL MUSIC, Lance J. Garth as speaker. day, March 22, at the parish rectory. A meeting will follow: Mahoney and George Harrison FALL RIVER will discuss the sacraments at in the rectory assembly room.

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The musical program for Sun- SEPARATED & DIVORCED, meetings set for 7 to 8:30 p.m. day's 10 a.m. Mass will include NEW BEDFORD AREA HOLY NAME, PEACE CORPS, each Sunday of Lent. Refreshthe Kyrie from Mass XVI, WoolNEW BEDFORD James Casey, probate court NEW ENGLAND ments will follow the sessions. en, the Hymn of St. Patrick and J\ Mass of deceased members Former' Peace Corps volunprobation officer, will give the the Hassler Agnus Dei. first of a two-part series on teers are urged to contact Ac- and families of the Friendly Sons OUR LADY OF ANGELS, The Family' and Divdrce at a tion, the federal agency for vol- of St. Patrick will be offered at FALL RIVER BLESSED SACRAMENT, The Pl!lrish cQuncil will meet meeting of the Support Group unteer services, for information 8 a.m. Saturday. All are welFALL RIVER at 7 p.m. Monday at the parish A series' of discussions on the for Separated and Divorced about 20th anniversary Peace come. hall.

Book of Revelations is being Catholics at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Corps celebrations to be held ST. JULIE BILLIART, this spring.

The agency may be held from 7 to' 8:30 p.m. each Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant Lenten Masses are offered at NORTH DARTMOUTH Tuesday of March.

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7 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily, with Father John Monsour, OFM, Stations of the Cross at 3:45 of Our Lady's Chapel, New Bed- p.m. each Friday. Cor..fessions ford, wili be the second speaker are heard at 6:30 a.m., from 3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAMP FIRE 1910-1981 in a Lenten series. He will be to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. heard at 7:30 p.m. TQesday on each Saturday. the topic "Family Spirituality: Holy Name Society members Three Loads of Wash, Two Big will attend 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, Macs, One Chipped Tooth and a April 5. A breakfast meeting will God of Love." A native of lin- follow. '. ' coln, R.I., Father Monsour is a graduate of Providence College ST. ANNE, and the Washington Theological FALL RIVER Union. He holds a doctor of . Second graders will receive ministry degree ftom Andover first penance on Sunday. Also on Newton School of Theology.

Sunday, a Marriage Eencounter in.formation night, open to all SCIENCE FAIR, t' couples, will be held at 7:30 REGION m p.m. in the lower church.

The Massachusetts Region III J\ course in cardiopulmonary Science Fair committee anresuscitation will be offered at nounces an awards banquet in 7 p.m. tonight, March 19 and honor of the annual event's 20th March 26 in the school cafeteria. anniversary. To be held at 6 Those 13 years of age and above p.m. Sunday, March 29, at lin- are welcome and may contact coln Park Ballroom, North Dart- Father John' R. FoIster for -'informouth, it will be open to all mation. . former science fait exhibitors, First place winners in the rejudges and committee members cent school science fair are Sharas well as to this year's participants. Information is available on Kolb, grade 8; Elizabeth Lecour, grade 7; and Susan Kolb at 823-8412. and Debra Chouinard, grade 6.

Th~ 1981 science fair will take St. Anne's ultreya· members place Saturday, March 28, from 6 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, March will attend a palanca l\iass at If you're an enthusiastic adult willing to share what you kno'vY, give us a 29, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Durfee 7:30 p.rn. Wednesday. call. There's a place for you as a club leader, a board member or a project High School, Fall River.

SSe PETER & PAUL, t FALL RIVER °Srganizer-aeaPlace F?let YOUth'WOkw and, I~rn ~ndth~eel Y°rludng'k l~ ST. STANISLAUS, Vincentians will meet at 7 ecause at mp Ire we In groWin up In IS wo ta es FALL RIVER a lifetime. So come on and have a little fun growing with us, The Confraternity of Our Lady tonight.

Second graders will receive of Czestochowa will meet Wedfirst penance at 2 p.m. Sunday. nesday.

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL Parents are asked to accomLenten Bible study sessions pany their children.

FAll RIVER 674-2157 CAPE COD 775-3176 directed by Father Robert KasA Bible study session on the zynski are held at 6:30 p.m. each Pauline Epistles will follow 7 Sunday of Lent in the lower p.m.

Mass each Wednesday of chapel.

Lent.

Youth Ministry members will meet at 7:45 p.m. Monday for a SECULAR FRANCISCANS, "listening session."

NEW BEDFORD This Message Sponsored by the Following Business Concerns Our Lady Queen of Angels ST. JOSEPH, Fraternity will meet at 10 a.m.

NEW BEDFORD In the Diocese· of Fall River Sunday at Our Lady's Chapel, Healing Masses will be offer- New Bedford. Mass will follow GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO. GEORGE O'HARA CHEVROLETPAU~ 8. CLEARY & CO., INC-. ed at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March formation and businElss sessions.

EDGAR'S FALL RIVER INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS CADILLAC 18 and March 25, followed by a Prospective members are welUNION fElTtLBERG INSURANCE ACENey rectory prayer meeting. come.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Mar. 12,1981

LA SALETTE SHRINE, AITLEBORO

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