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Permanent deacon to head Appeal Permanent Deacon Claude LeBlanc of St. Mary's parish, New Bedford, has been selected diocesan chairman of the 1991 Catholic Charities Appeal. The appointment of Deacon LeBlanc was announced today by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, honorary chairman of the Appeal. Deacon LeBlanc is a native of St. Anthony's parish, New Bedford, and attended the parish's elementary school and former high school. He graduated from the New Bedford Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in marketing. He has been employed for 20 years by the Commonwealth Gas Company as a commercial-industrial sales representative. He was ordained a permanent ~eacon by Bishop Cronin on June

20, 1987, after four years of preparation. His ministry at St. Mary's parish includes preparation of children for baptism, reconciliation and Holy Eucharist and baptismal catechesis of parents for their children's entrance into the Catholic faith. He is past president ofSt. Mary's School board and was chairman ofthe parish building fund. He has also been Catholic Charities chairman for the parish and for the building fund committee of St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford; an advisor for Junior Achievement; and spiritual advisor to the Vincentians of St. Mary's parish. He and his wife, Therese, are the parents of three children, Diane, Julie and Margaret. This year's Catholic Charities Appeal marks 50 years of service to the communities of Southeast-

ern Massachusetts in the fields of social services and education. Bishop Cronin has been honorary Appeal chairman for,21 years. The special gifts phase of the Appeal will continue from April 22 to May 4. This phase solicits support of professional, fraternal, business and industrial organizations. The parish Appeal phase will begin May 5, when. over 20,500 parish volunteers will visit families of the III parishes of the diocese, soliciting contributions from over 350,000 Catholics for the works of charity and mercy. The parish phase ertds May 15. The Appeal kickoffmeeting will be held at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, at 8 p.m. April 17, preceded by a reception at 7 p.m.

DEACON CLAUDE A. LeBLANC

In shamrock season, Ballyshannon memories

BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin, center, and Rev. John F. Moore, beside him, director ofthe Diocesan Office of the Permanent Diaconate, stand with men admitted to diaconal candidacy. From left, front, Jfohn J. Emmert, Robert L. Surprenant, John F. Branco, Bruce J.Bonneau; center, John J. Fitzpatrick, Paul M. Fournier, Thomas J. Souza; rear, Forrest L. Wallace, Paul K. Roma, George H. Zarella. (Studio D photo)

Ten diaconal candidates nam:ed Ten men were admitted to·candidacy for the permanent diaconate of the diocese of Fall River last Sunday, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant of a Mass during which the admission ceremony took place. Assisting him was Rev. John F. Moore, di'rector of the permanent diaconate program. Msgr. John J. Oliviera was master of ceremonies. The candidates have been in the diaconal formation program for

two of the four/years required for ordination. During the ceremony, candidates publicly express their desire to be ordained to the permanent diaco,nate and the bishop accepts their declaration. Pastors and parochial vicars of the candidates' parishes joined Bishop Cronin as concelebrants of the Mass, which was also attended by family members and friends. The candidates and their home parishes follow: Bruce John Bon-

neau and Robert Laurier Surprenant, St. John Neumann, East Freetown; John Farias Branco, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River; John Joseph Emmert, Corpus Christi, Sandwich; John Joseph Fitzpatrick, Holy Family, East Taunton; Paul Maurice Fournier, Holy Ghost, Attleboro. Paul Kevin Roma, Christ the King, Mashpee; Thomas Joseph Souza, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton; Forrest Lee Wallace, St. Mary, Norton; George Henry Zarella, Holy Cross, South Easton.

boasts IS an excellent collection of With shamrocks popping up on Irish books and art, and whose every side, the thoughts of Holy president recently sponsored a Union Sister Grace Donovan turn to the small Irish town of Bally- cabaret presentation showcasing the talents of 16 singers, musicians shannon in County Donegal. A few years ago the campus and step dancers. minister and associate professor of All from Donegal, they ranged history at Stonehill College, North in age from 10 to "50 plus." Their Easton, combined two histories of program, presented on their first Ballyshannon, one covering the trip to the United States, ranged period from the ninth to the 19th from poetry, including works of centuries, published by Hugh AlWilliam Allingham, to harp, tin lingham in 1879; the other, taking whistle and bodhran music, extracts Ballyshannon into the 20th cen- from famous Irish dramas, step tury, published in the early 1920s dancing and exile songs, the latter by Canon Edward Maguire. plaintive laments of immigrants She added material,. garnered far from the Emerald Isle. largely from the Donegal DemoCathedral Mass crat, a weekly county newspaper, Also within the diocese, Father bringing Ballyshannon history up Horace J. Travassos, rector of St. to 1988. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, said All three histories share the title that Irish music will be featured at Ballyshannon but have differing subtitles: Allingham's being "Bal-' a 10 a.m. Mass Sunday. He noted that the 10 o'clock Mass, always Iyshannon: Its History and Antiqoffered for the people, is the chief uities"; Canon Maguire's "Ballyliturgy at the principal church of shannon: Past and Present"; and the diocese. Sister Donovan's "Ballyshannon: The Rare Old Times." Turn to Page 10 Sister Donovan's title is drawn from a poem by William Allingham, brother, and she used other quotes from the poet as headings for her history. She said she was nominated for' the updating assignment by Father Bartley MacPhaidin, CSC, president of Stonehill College and' also a Donegal man, who was asked by Boston contractor Edward Barron to suggest an author for the project. Barron, a Ballyshannon native, commissioned publication of the history for distribution in his hometown. Sister Donovan, a Fall River native, traces her own roots to counties Kerry and Cork. She fits Bauman photo well into the Irish atmosphere of SISTER DONOVAN Stonehill College, one of whose

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Georgetown OK of abortion rights group assailed WASHINGTON (CNS) - A decision by Jesuit-run Georgetown University to grant benefits, including funding, to an abortion rights student group has been criticized by both church and school officials. Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington called the university's decision "most regrettable" and said he_h-.?pes)t ~i!!..-be rever~<i._ The Catholic university agreed to the formation of G U Choice after a thre'e-month study found the group in compliance with all university policies. Cardinal Hickey issued a statement saying·"to allow such a group access to university facilities, office space and funding is inconsistent with the aims of an institution of higher learning that has a C~tholic identity.~' ." A Feb. 25 letter signed by the dean of Georgetown's Office of Student Affairs, John J. DeGioia, said G U Choice will have access to 18 ~niversity benefits, including funding, a mailbox, use of university vans, access to other services .a.nd office space. DeGioia's letter said the organizers of (j U Choice know they will have to' conduct activities "in an institutIonal context in which the matter Of abortion is settled." The group is expected to provide "a forum for the free exchange of ideas oh matters related to abor- . tion and the 'choice' debate," the letter said. But Cardinal Hickey said GU Choice does not share the "clear institutional commitment of Georgetown University to the church's teaching with respect to the humanity of the unborn child." DeGioia's letter noted that the university does not provide "official recognition," endorsements or sponsorship for any student club or organization. To qualify for benefits, an organization must be open to all undergraduates, have at least· 12 student members, not duplicate the activities of another group, have a sound constitution and comply with all university policies. G~orgetown University, its hospital and student health center

have strict policies prohibiting abortions or abortion counseling, the letter pointed out and added, "There can be no cooperation of the club in the advocacy and practice of abortion." Cardinal Hickey said such proclamationsare not enough. "As a Catholic institution of higher learning. Georgetown University has both the right and responsibility to decide which of its groups are deserving of recognition and support. It is my hope that the decision to grant support to G U Choice will be reversed." The' cofounders of University Faculty for Life, which opposes OVERSEEING CATHOLIC Charities Appeal efforts in abortion, also questioned the New Bedford are area director Rev. Richard L. Chretien, acceptance of the group. Jesuit right, pastor of Our Lady of Grace parish, Westport, and Father Thomas King of the theology faculty said whoever approved assistant director Rev. Maurice O. Gauvin, Immaculate ConGU Choice must have "had his ception parish, New Bedford. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin center, head in a cloud" to consider it a is honorary chairman of the Appeal. (Hickey photo) chance "to balance Georgetown's commitment to a free exchange of ideas with a 200-year commitment to the moral tradition of the Roman .. Catholic Church." Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has setts, regardless of race, color or announced the following impor- creed. Greater enthusiasm and Laura Garcia, a visiting assistant dates for the 1991 Catholic support are necesary in order to tant professor and cofounder of Charities Appeal, the fiftieth annual meet this year's increased need, he University Faculty for Life, said letters protesting the approval of appeal. said. Kickoff Meeting: Wednesday, G U Choice will be written to DeAdded Appeal director Father April 17, 1991, Bishop Connolly Daniel L. Freitas, "More caring, Gioia and the university'S president, Jesuit Father Leo J. , High School, Fall River; reception sharing and sacrifices in giving are 7 p.m., meeting 8 p.m. necessary this year than ever before. O'Donovan. Special Gift Phase: April 22 to Those who are able to give, will The Catholic League for ReliMay4. gious and Civil Rights, in a March contribute with increased generosParish Phase: May 5 to May 15. ity for the needs of those thou"action alert," also urged its 19,000 members to send letters urging FaBishop Cronin emphasizes that sands of people helped by the ther O'Donovan to reverse the the diocese has rendered 50 years Catholic Charities Appeal." This year's Appeal theme is decision. of service, care and concern to the Msgr. Robert Charlebois, na- people of Southeastern Massachu- "Caring, Sharing, Time, Sacrifice." tional executive director of the league, said the school's decision was "an affront to all American Catholics" and said the group's" presence at Georgetown "betrays the trust of all those loyal lay men and women" who support the PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS)- Father Coleman said he borrowed university. Priests involved in spiritual direc- from Bishop Kenneth E. Untener He said that because authorized tion.and seminary formation say of Saginaw, Mich. campus groups receive a variety of problems facing the priesthood - "Teller of the story of Jesus," benefits from the university, conare likely to "get worse before they the priest "who keeps insisting that tributions to the university could get better," reported a Jesuit priest parish action, decisions, etc., be now go to support legalized aborwho interviewed about 20 such related to how Jesus acted, decided tion and added that "it is a serious priests. and what values he brought to matter of conscience whether any Father John A. Coleman, in human behavior." faithful Catholic should donate noting his findings at a recent - "Man of God," a "prayerful money to Georgetown." vocations, symposium in Palm mediator between God and the SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNS)Beach, said he is nevertheless hope- needs of his people." Father Ricardo Rezende's name is ful that priestly ministry can be In such an image, Father Cole- at the top of a hit list of land improved. man recalled the funeral of a priest reform and social justice activists, The problems reported, he said, in which the church was packed but that has not stopped the Brazimean that "we need to put energy with not only lay people, but with lian priest from investigating the and imagination into the retention priests who "openly wept because murders of other activists. Father the Nazi period. After serving in and flourishing of our already ex- he modeled what a priest should Rezende is trying to rally enough London synagogues, he became isting priests if we want to improve be." support to investigate the deaths the numbers and quality of future "What kind of pastor would chief rabbi of Ireland in 1949. of 173 leaders in the landless peabring tears to your eyes today at In 1958, he became founding priests." sant movements, especially in the Father Coleman, a professor at his passing?" he asked. "This might rabbi of the Fifth Avenue SynBrazilian state of Para. "We don't agogue in New York, and served the Graduate Theological Union suggest an appropriate image of have the money to look at all 173 there until named chief rabbi of in Berkeley, Calif., said the priests the priest." deaths, but with support from difGreat Britain and the Common- he interviewed "in no way wanted ferent institutions, we can hire wealth in 1967. He retired in Feb- to water down a high ideal of the lawyers to study and follow the ruary but will continue in that priesthood," but the "hard quescases," he said. ' DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) -AIDS capacity until his successor is ready tions" they asked about what . priesthood might be like in the is a crisis but it's also an opportunThinking Reed to take over. ity, says Father Rodney DeMarMother Teresa won the first year 2001 need to be addressed. "Man is but a reed, the weakest Images to describe priesthood tini, director of AIDS education thing in nature; but a thinking Templeton prize, awarded in 1973. are called for, he said, giving five, for the archdiocese of San Fran- reed."-Blaise Pascal Other noted Catholic winners . _.' cisco. The disease "is an opportun- 11II111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I1111111111111 include Cardinal Leo Jo'zef Suen- examples: whic,h "Servant leader," in ity to live out what we are called to ens, retired archbishop of MaTHE ANCHOR (USPS·545..()20). Second lines-Brussels, 1976; and Chiara the priest's role is "one'of pastoral be in the Catholic Church," he said Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass.. Published weekly except the week of July 4 LUbich, Italian founder of the direction and leadership in a local in the keynote address at a recent community." convention of the National Asso- and the week after Christmas at 887 High· Focolare Movement, 1977. - "Catalyst," with the pastor as' ciation of Students at Catholic land Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall The Difference "catalyst rather than controller of Colleges and Universities. The . River. 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Great Britain's "chief rabbi wins 1991 Templeton Prize NEW YORK (CNS) - Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits, recently retired chief rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, has been awarded the 1991 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, making him the first Jewish recipient of the prestigious prize. The award is worth nearly $800,OQO. John M. Templeton, a manager of multibillion-dollar mutual funds who established the prize in 1972, said that the prize, open to adherents of any religion, was meant as "an understanding of the benefits of diversity." A Tennessee Presbyterian who now lives in the Bahamas, Templeton keeps the prize's monetary award high~r than that of the Nobel prizes to emphasize the importance of progress in religion. Rabbi fakobovits was born in" Germany in 1921 and was taken with his family to London during

LaSalette Center, Attleboro, will host an April 26 to 28 national conference on youth retreat ministry designed for adult youth ministers, retreat directors, campus ministers, clergy and religious education directors. Speakers will inclUde Joseph Moore, youth minister at Holy Cross parish, South Easton,'who . will present "Adolescent Spiritual Development (and the Post-Retreat Syndrome)." Authorof Monday Morning Jesus (Turning Your Retreat into Everyday Living). Moore has led many 'retreats and has provided training for retreat teams. Delivering the keynote address, "Retreats for the Coming Church," on April 26 will be Dr. Michael Warren, author and professor of religious education at St. John's University in New York City, who will discuss designing youth retreats. Speakers on April 27, in addition to Moore, include Kieran Sawyer, director of Tyme Out youth retreat house in Milwaukee, Wis., and author of adolescent books and programs, who will speak on "Legal, Ethical and Psychologicallssues of Youth Retreat Ministry." Licensed counselor Aileen Doyle, a youth retreat consultant for the Los Angeles archdiocese, will discuss "Creating Sacred Space for Young People." "Building'Scripture-Based Retreats" will be the topic of J. David Stone, author and CEO of Youth Ministries Television Network. Also on Saturday will be a panel discussion and opportunities for audience-speaker interaction. A final session scheduled for April 28 will be "Religious Experience for At-Risk Youth," a joint presentation by Father·Flanagan's Boys' Home, Boys Town, Neb., educators Michael Carotta and Joe Exline. The conference then concludes with an II a.m. Mass. Information on registering may be obtained from New England Consultants in Ministry, P.O. Box 603, North Branford, CT06471 or by calling (508) 580-5961 or 1-800-873-1861.

AIDS is opportunity

Prelate got bid ~.. to Bush meeting

Local pro-life action . planned

NEW ORLEANS (CNS) Retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans was the only Catholic among 15 religious leaders who joined President Bush March 7 for a private meeting in which Bush signed a proclamation calling for three days of thanksgiving for the victory in the Persian Gulf War. Archbishop Hannan said he was told he was invited to the meeting and the proclamation ceremony because he wrote to the president commending his policies in the. A BOY SCOUT accepts his award from Msgr. Henry T. Persian Gulf. Munroe at Sunday's Scouting awards ceremony. At right, The proclamation declared April 5-7 national days of thanksgiving reading names of recipients, is Father Stephen B. Salvador, for the allied success in liberating Catholic Scouting Program chaplain. (Gaudette phqto) Kuwait. The president was anxious not, to make the appeal for prayer seem like a political move, ArchbiDiocesan Girl and Boy Scouts Ad Aliare Dei: Annawon Counshop Hannan said, and "he told and their adult leaders received cil - Brian J. Kourtz, Daniel R. me that he wouldn't be at too religious awards at a ceremony Lemieux, Shean P. McClory. many ofthe welcome home ceremMarch 3 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Cod Council - Brendan onies because he didn't want to Fall River. Msgr. Henry T. Mun- Bisbee, James Farrenkope, Bryan make them political." roe, VG, presided. Schlegel, Marc Schlegel. Archbishop Hannan's letter, sent Adult awards included the Moby Dick Council - Kevin to the president prior to the start Bronze Pelican emblem, awarded Baldwin, Edward Bowering, Daniel of the ground war, thanRed Bush to Rev. James Nickel, SS.CC., Cardoza, David Coulombe, Joe for going through the political. . and Rev. David Landry of the Couto; process before beginning the ~ctual Moby Dick Council; James Fer-' Matthew D. Douclos, Jarid T. fighting. reira and James Mulvihill of the . Darocha, Mark Finnegan, Nicho"According to the president's Annawon Council; and Cape Cod las Furtado, Jason E. Kaeterle; secreta~ry, this was his way of Council members David Bisbee, James D. Gonet, Todd A. Le- , thanking me for the letter," ArchPedro Bento, Deacon Richard tourneau, Daniel B. Osuch, David bishop Hannan said. Dresser, and Marilyn Gould. Pao, Danny J. Pelletier; Archbishop Hannan said Vice --The Boy Scout adult award, the Damon Shaw, Mark S. Trahan, President Dan Quayle and a speSt. George emblem, went to Rev. William Travers, Roland R. Vigant. cial adviser to the president briefed Dr. Leon Tavitian, Moby Dick Narragansett Council - Jeffethe religious leaders before they Council; George Brousseau, An- rey Bento, Jonathan Bento, Robert met with the president. nawon Council, and Deacon Vin- Cox, Michael Euell, Zebulon Fox, "The president emphasized the cent Walsh, Cape Cod Council. JetIereyM-.-£~abe,Greg Rebello. need for a long peace process," Girl Scout adult awards included Pope Pius Award: Moby Dick said Archbishop Hannan, adding the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton medal, Council - Daniel Cardoza, Joe that Bush took questions from the awarded to Plymouth Bay Girl' Couto, David Pao, Shawn Walsh. religious leaders at the meeting. Scout members Pat Latinville, Annawon Council- Brandon N. "I asked him if he thought there Patricia O'Boy and Sandra Souza. Towel. . was a better opportunity for world' The St. Anne medal was awarded Flag bearers for the ceremony peace now than there was at the to Sandra M. Parker and Mary were Jillian Collard, Anne Giovaend of World War II," said ArchLou Bowen of Plymouth Bay. noni, Robert Pereira and Chrisbishop Hannan. Scout awards were presented as topher Ferreira. Readers were Eliz"He replied yes, that he thought follows. abeth Affonso, Ann Hoye and since we were not engaged in a I Live My Faith: Troop 1417, Eric Oberg. cold war with Russia as we were at Taunton - Helen Leach, Melissa Tracy Bouchard, Jody Messier the end of World War II and we Leach. and Michael Parker presented the have some of the Arabian counTroop 139, New Bedford offertory gifts. Altar boys were tries on our side now, we do indeed Shawnta Capello, Jennifer Lima, Daniel Westgate and John Peters. have a better chance for peace," Emerald Lopes, Kelly Messier. .. Also, Jennifer Paiva, Jessica Archbish~p ~. ~~~id. Pokornicki, Brandi Simmons an.d Standards Brianne Stinson. "We judge ourselves by what we Spirit Alive: Troop I, New Bedfeel capable of doing, while others ford - Anne Maria Barton, Marjudge us by what we have already .~t Barton, Amy Bowen, Paulette done."-·-Henry Wadsworth LongHubert, Patricia Moto, Maureen fellow Tremblay.

A Life Chain pro-life event will be held March 23 on Route 6 in Swansea. Registration will begin at I p.m. in the parking lot of St. Dominic's Church on Route 6, a short distance west of Swansea Mall. Participants will then line Route 6 for about an hour-and-a-half displaying signs which read "Abortion kills children." The signs will be provided by Rhode Island Life Chain. For further information, contact Armand Courchaine, 676-0213..

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themoorins.-, The Right Thing To Do As Americans renew their spirit and pride in the aftermath of the Gulf war, it is well to note that our intervention in this area has not yet achieved a lasting peace and that few scholars of the Middle East would care to bet that such a goal will ever be reached. In other words, once again a battle was won but not the war. We may have defused the Iraqi war machine but many other Gulf countries are still preparing for possible combat. Nevertheless, this does not diminish the American achievement. Would that such efforts for peace could be mounted in other areas of international conflict. This week, of course, there comes to mind the situation in Northern Ireland. Hope springs eternal that the United States could use its powerful influence to help bring about a settlement to this long struggle; but our national policy has' been eclectic in its approach to this situation. Yet, if we truly believe in freedom and human rights, it would seem that we should consistently practice what we preach, not just when it's expedient for us to do so. We invoked the Constitution as we freed Kuwait. We have said little with regard to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ireland. In the case of the Baltics, we do not wantto offend Russia. In the case of Ireland, we always make sure that British interests are safeguarded. All this does little for American credibility among those who refuse to wear blinders. Given the Irish contribution to America, little has been done to help a hurting land where the economy still forces people to flee their homes and hearths. Despite the fact that our national leaders refuse even to be a moderating and mediating force for peace and justice in Northern Ireland, there are many in this country who are attempting to bring sanity to bear on the situation: . Next week legal authorities and political leaders from Northern Ireland will gather at the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester for a symposium on how a bill of rights might help resolve one of the world's most perplexing conflicts. Using a bill of rights as a framework, the symposium will address the definition, interpre~ation and protection of botb individual and group rights. The dilemma, of course, is how to redress wrongs equitably so that minority rights are protected while the voice of the majority is recognized. Indeed, few could oppose the new direction a bill of rights offers. The advantage is that a bill of rights can be discussed to a fare-thee-well without getting mired with the settlement itself. (Of course, in this case one must understand a bill" of rights reflecting a peace concept rather than mere political and partisan issues.) If the meeting focuses on political differences and not on international and human rights, it will become but another exercise in frustration. Such gatherings should, however, go beyond abstractions. There should be a stage where governments themselves get involved. At such a juncture, the United States should become active in the peace process while remaining politically neutral and certainly not influenced by British biases. Fair and objective American support for the rights of all people in Northern Ireland will goa long way to heal the trauma of centuries. For us it would be the right thing todo! .

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Social justice and the church By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Church teaching with reference to social justice has evolved in the remarkably brief time of 100 years. Today, as the church celebrates the 100th anniversary of "Rerum Novarum," Pope Leo XIII's landmark encyclical on the condition of the working class, our present pope is in a unique position. In 1981, the 90th anniversary of his predecessor's work, he published his own widely acclaimed encyclical, "Laborem Exercens" (On Human Work); and as a man who has experienced at firsthand both Nazi and Communist tyranny, he has a profound distrust oftotalitarian socialism. Much to the consternation of the pro-capitalist West, he also has little confidence in what he describes as liberal capitalism's obsession with profit at the expense of human labor. Many of our pontiffs ideas run .parallel to those of his beloved Solidarity union as it attempts to balance governmental central planning with the democratic selfThe Editor' management of laborers. The American model of corporate shareholder versus company worker is not one that the pope deems worthy of emulation. Many Americans of a conservative bent accuse the Holy Father of being a socialist.. There is a kernel of truth OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER to this observation but one must Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River . keep in mind that in other cultures the word socialist does not have 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 the pejorative connotation with Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 which we often associate it. Telephone (508) 675-7151 Pope John Paul II seemed aware FAX (508) 675-7048 of such criticism when he addressed PUBLISHER that very issue in his 1987 encycliMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O .. S.T.D. cal "Sollicitudo Rei Socialis" (On EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER Social Concerns). There he insisted Rev. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault that the church's social doctrine is based on moral theology and is ~~JL Leary Press-Fall River not a political theory meant to be a

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third way between liberal capitalism and Marxist collectivism. The commentators who seem to best understand the Holy Father's intentions are those most familiar with his early scholarly works who can trace the development of his thought from those seminal writings to his present encyclicals. A profound sense of personalism pervades his whole moral and political outlook. Any institution that treats a person as a tool or a resour.ce becomes the subject of his harshest criticism. This emphasis .on the intrinsic dignity of the human person will be his lasting legacy. Other popes have issued encyclicals on the anniversary of Rerum Novarum. Pope Pius XI in his 1931 encyclical "Quadragesimo Anno" (On the 40th Anniversary) reaffirmed the obligation attendant upon ownership and called for a . just distribution of wealth, while criticizing socialism. Pope John XXIII in his 1961 encyclical "Mater et Magistra" (Mother and Teacher) perhaps anticipated'the concerns our present pontiff is now addressing, for the first time ascribing the gap between the underdeveloped and developed worlds to unrestrained capitalism. Americans iJave a tendency to become defensive when the Holy Father criticizes liberal capitalism, but while it is true that the failure of socialism was conclusively dem.onstrated with the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and. the changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, it would be a mistake to assume that liberal capitalism will prove the ultimate panacea. One should hardly expect the church to give it her uncritical endorsement. Any "ism" is heir to the evils that flow from man's limitations and can at best be endorsed

only as the least imperfect set of policies presently available. ,. The pope, partially through hiS unprecedented travels, has gained an international perspective. Those who dismiss him as the product of a narrow Polish -nationalist background are greatly mistaken. Our church has coexisted with a variety of systems and institutions during its long history and has learned that the true test of any "ism" is how it defends the dignity and value of the human person. No one would deny that human rights have improved from the days ofthe industrial revolution to the present. A great'deal of that progress can be credited to the church's efforts to promote Gospel values. On this anniversary of Rerum Novarum we 'should look back with gratitude and ahead with hope.

On social teaching WASHINGTON (CNS) - ~Con颅 temporary Catholic Social Teaching," newly published by the U.S. Catholic Conference, includes texts of "Rerum Novarum," the 1891 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on work and workers~ rights;' "Quadragesimo Anno," Pope Pius Xl's 1931 encyclical "on reconstructing the social order and on perfecting it in conformity with the law ofthe Gospel"; and the U.S. bishops' 1990 pastoral message on the anniversary of"Rerum Novarum," titled" A Century of Social Teaching: A Common Heritage, A Continuing Challenge."

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Recessio'n-era schleppies forsaking yuppie excesses the '80s are now, in the '90s, low profile, low spending and getting older. Furthermore, their values are changing, and not always by choice. In some cases, the Gucci boots, exercise machines, car phones and fax machines have been put on hold because of an economic reality called the recession.

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Well, the news is out - the yuppie era is dead. At least that is what people who study social trends are saying. It seems that the high-flying, upwardly mobile, upper-income, wildly spending young professionals who found their identity in

What appears to be happening, according to Marissa Piesman, an attorney and coauthor of "The Yuppie Handbook," is that Reagan-era young adults who went after the glamorous, luxurious lifestyle the president appeared to espouse have changed. . Now the prosperous professional

who was obsessed with career climbing, out-of-sight salaries and impressive purchases has been transformed, Ms. Piesman says. The onetime yuppie is now the schleppy, she explained in a recent news story that quoted her. A schleppy is "a person off the fast track, who is living with less grandiose expectations and accepting ... limitations." This fits with an NBV-TV interview I saw recently on the Today Show. Faith Popcorn, who forecasts trends, predicted the future would see a change to a more modest choice in lifestyles. "People want to shed, to peel off the excess ... that made Donald Trump our hero," she said, adding that people are "getting ashamed

of the excesses" that characterized fancy items that filled the yuppie homes. the '80s. I think the more we reflect on Funny, but it is hard to shed a what happened to values in that tear for them, considering how decade, the more we will will shake many people never had the chance our heads. The selfish and single- to cash in on the excesses of the minded accumulation of wealth era. The poor only got poorer and and its trappings was accepted as the middle class, those without right and good. -'two incomes, got hurt badly in Lest anyone forget what was their pocketbooks and lifestyles. happening, we should all keep a If the demise ofthe yuppie means video of the film "Wall Street" on that these Gold Card holders will hand with its famous "greed is now trade off thejr spending sprees good" speech. for true human values and a confn any event, today it appears cern for the problems of our society that the yuppies are feeling the that cry out for healing - like effects of the recession. The easy homelessness, hunger, poor edumoney, the secure job positions cation, lack of medical care, are receding, and the onetime big environmental chaos and so forth spenders are cutting corners, - that will be a bonus. But will to the devastation of the re- they merely trade off one selfishtailers who stocked the pricy, ness for another? Let's hope not.

Finding freedom from past resentments they have been harboring for years and sabotaging their search for happiness."

DOLORES CURRAN

The week before last New Year's, I heard a psychologist explaining the need for resolutions say, "Most pe"ople will make physical resolutions like losing weight, exercising more, and spending less because they think these will result in happiness. "But if I had one resolution to suggest which would lead people to real happiness, it would be to forgive people for past hurts that

Amen to that! Of all the emotions affecting the health of our spirit, unresolved anger is most destructive. A psychotherapist once noted, "The long lines in front of therapy offices would aisa'ppear if we only learned to forgive our parents for being human and fallible." We can harbor repressed anger against parents, siblings, friends, coworkers, the church, and society for life. Although we keep pushing that anger down, it doesn't go away until we forgive. It emerges in all kinds of unhealthy ways and " causes us, not the perpetrator of the anger, unhappiness. "I'm so angry with the church thilt I can't even pray anymore," I

hear from many. What does it do to our spirituality when we allow our anger toward the institutional church to get in the way of our relationship with God? When I was researching my book on family stress, a woman said to me, "Y ou should interview my aunt. She's nearly 80 years old and is a perfect example of the bitter old woman who can't let go of past resentments." I did interview her and discovered that when she was a young woman she had an intense desire to study music" but there was no money for college so she got married instead. She had a number of children in succession, a disappointing marriage, and a rough life. By ~he time I met her, she WilS so .

bitter that nobody wanted to be around her. But what struck me more than anything else was the fact that she traced every disappointment in her life back to the .day her parents told her there was no college money. "I put off life until there was no life left," she said to me. Even though her parents died years earlier, she couldn't forgive them. Many of us experience unfairness and disappointment in life but holding on to such grudges is counterproductive to happiness and peace. Lent is a good time to forgive those who have caused us pain in the past. Instead of giving up sweets or television, we might consider gi"ving up our unresolved anger. If the perpetrator of our anger is alive and around, we can pray for

the courage to go to them and say, "I've been holding on to this anger against you for years and I want to tell you about it and be able to forgive you." If that's too threatening or if the perpetrators are no longer around, we can write a letter to them, even if we don't send it. In this letter (yes, even to the church or the draft board), we can pour out our old resentments, explain the deep hurt involved, and then forgive them. It's a technique used effectively in therapy and support groups. A woman who suffered incest as 路a child said that she had years of counseling but didn't find peace until she wrote a letter to her deceased father and ended with, "I forgive you." And she found a deeper spirituality, as Well.

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Q. I have been married for 28 years. We have four children, two living at home. My husband has waited until now to begin acting out his homosexuality. I've been suspicious for years, but I love him. My life has been

turned inside out and I don't know their perceptions of that collapse, what to do. Do you have any require outside professional assistance. . " answers? (Ohio) A. I am deeply sorry for you and You also need such counseling your family. It is impossible for and advice to help you clarify and someone who has not been through "keep healthy your own emotions this kind of horrible experience to " and feelings, as well as to underimagine the devastation suffered stand from your perspective what by a spouse and children in the was going on in your marriage. face of such a revelation. " Such experiences are common You ask what to do. First, you enough that support groups exist' have not indicated the ages of your for just such persons as yourself, children still living at home, but if and even for your children. And I they are still minors, or otherwise don't exclude even your married will follow your suggestions, you children from the need of some need to get them help. support and understanding. This kind of collapse of the sexA number of support groups ual structure of their family, and that could be helpful to you are

available in your area. You may call Catholic Social Services or any other major social service organization to learn the names of people to contact. The above must be your first and immediate priorities. I know you love your husband and want to help him. No one can be helped in such circumstances, however, unless he or she genuinely desires help and will work to receive it. G,veri the years this problem has been going on in the context of an apparently normal family life, I suspect he will not be open to or capable of the kind of radical openness to action that you and

the rest of the family would need to put your lives back together. Finally, don't be afraid to talk to your parish priest or another clergyman in whom you can have .confidence and ask his help. He may have some helpful insights and at least can direct you to the other kinds of assistance you need. A free brochure explaining Catholic teaching on cremation and other burial policies is available by sending a stamped selfaddressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, Ill. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to him at the same address.

A real experience of God involves acceptance of suffering By Father Roger Karban Sunday's Readings: Jer 31:3)34; Heb 5:7-9; John 12:20-33 Will we ever have a real experience of God while we are on earth? Most of us presume our present contacts will always be indirect: learning about" him from those who have had the privilege of actually hearing and talking to him. We pray, taking for granted he is listening. But we never seem to be graced with a personal audience, and we are suspicious'of anyone who claims to have actually had one. Yet the biblical writers take direct experience for granted. Nowhere is this better expressed than in today's Jeremiah passage. "This is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those

days, says yahweh.... they shall be my people. No longer will they have need to teach their friends and kinsmen how to know Yahweh. All, from the least to greatest, shall know me..." We more deeply appreciate.this reading when we understand that the Hebrew word "to know" actually means "to experience." It implies much more than intellectual familiarity. When someone in the Hebrew Scriptures is described as kno~ing another person, he or she is presumed to have personally had contact with the individual. (At times it is even used as a synonym for sexual intercourse, as in "Adam knew is wife Eve..." or "How can this be, since I"do not know man?") The prophet proclaims that his people will no longer need inter-

mediaries. Yahweh will communicate directly with each person. Everyone will have a direct, lifelong God-experience. But notice the disclaimer. This wonderfUl era will only come about "after those days." Obviously, if our current God-experiences are the same as everyone else's, there still must be a lot of "those days" ahead. One would think Jesus' death and resurrection should have brought about this new age. The Lord could have only accomplished our salvation by having a deep, firsthand knowledge of his Father. Why did he not pass the secret of that oneness onto his disciples? The authors of the Christian Scriptures believed he did! They teach that to experience this union, his followers must first

become completely one with Jesus himself in the most important part of his ministry: his suffering. The author of the Letter to the Hebrews summarizes this aspect of Jesus' work in classic terms. "Son though he was," he writes, "he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him." John has the Lord himself reflect on the same process. "I solemnly assure you," he teaches, ','unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat. But if it dies, it produces much fruit. The person who loves his life loses it, while the person who hates his life in this world pre~ serves it to life eternal." The historical Jesus' most significant action is the thing we most

try to avoid. We find it very difficult to accept the Lord's suffering lifestyle. Everything - from our human nature to our culture pushes us in the opposite direction. Perhaps the reason we so rarely have "knowledge" of God is because we insist on looking for him in the wrong places. We still believe an all-powerful God communicates only in all-powerful situations. And .somehow we just never reach such heights. Once we begin to see value in suffering, we will also begin to sense that we are becoming one with God. We can then stop studying how other people accomplished such unity and reflect on our own path. But we can never be excused from following the path which Jesus pioneered.

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A unique one-day international fund raising drive aimed at helping Ireland further cross-community reconciliation will be held on St. Patrick's Day. The project, the first of its kind in the world, is entitled Peace for Ireland. The one-day campaign, organized by Cooperation Ireland, is supported by all major churches and religious communities in Ireland, Great Britain, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Since its inception in 1979, Cooperation Ireland, a nonprofit, multidenominational group, has

been initiating practical crossborder and cross-community programs to build bridges of friendship. Last year over 25,000 people participated in the programs. ' In the U.S., church leaders are being asked to offer special St. Patrick's Day prayers for peace in Ireland. The Pel,lce for Ireland project was launched in February at ceremonies held simultaneously in Dublin, Belfast and London. At the Belfast launch Dr. Cahal Daly, the Catholic primate, said, "May this campaign achieve its objective, which we all aspire to

-peace in this land." And Dr. Robin Eames of the Church ofIreland declared, "The campaign shows that what unites us is more important than what divides us." In London, Cardinal Basil Hume said, "Help for economic, social and cultural cooperation in North and South is the key to the future. Meanwhile, all share to some extent in collective guilt for wrongs that go back far into the past." And York Archbishop John Habgood said people "need help to escape from the nationalistic, religioYs and cultural trap of their feelings about the Irish problem."

God bless those Irish.spinsters By DolOres.Curran read a fine book on the role our , ,been, doing.some .ancestor forgOtten single Irish \VoRien played research trying to find the county in building the church in Am'erica. In Erin :S-Da~ighlers in ~merica, in Ireland where my Fox and . (John·lJopkins University Press) Ryan forebeaf$ lived. I keep getting distracted by interesting facts author Hasik R. Diner points out and oddities in various documents. that while these women made up the largest category of any immiThe fact that struck me most, grant group, they have been the however, was the high number of least studied. young singie Irish women who Briefly put, the Irish spinsters emigrated alone. Because occupahad two things going for them: tions were listed after each name, I was at first amused that the occu- they were chaste, and they spoke English. So they were immediately pation given single women as young employable as domestic servants as 18 was spinster. and millworkers. They were also Later, I learned that the word deeply attached to the church. held a different meaning then. A They lived simply and seeing the spinster was one who spun cloth. plight of their married sisters with If a woman didn't marry, she usuyearly babies and often unemployed ally attached herself to her brothand'alcoholic husbands, they seemer's family and, apparently, sat in ingly had little interest in marriage. the corner to spin. Thus the evoluThey sent money back home tion of the word. and gave most of the restlo the Since those eye-straining even- church. They were the ones who ings at the library, futilely poring built schools, hospitals, churches through passenger lists for Wil- and convents. They also filled the liam and Margaret Fox, I have convents. Without the Irish spin'

ster,' we would have a very different church. Cardinal McCloskey of :New York said most of the money to build St. Patm:k's Cathedral came "out of the pockets of poor Irish servants, some ofwhom A sign of HOPE •• a with your helpl were known to give 55 or 58 a month out of their wages to this one special project." Because of such sacrifices, the next generation of Irish women , could leave the kitchens of the rich and the mills to become nurses, teachers, secretaries and nuns. This rapid movement up the economic ladder was unique to Irish women. Most other emigrating groups did not send women here alone because of cultural male protective attitudes. But the Irish spinters were known for their purity. One 19th-century Irish priest asserted, "The most faithful speci- Bishop Paride Taban, picfured here with school children in Torit, mens of womanhood that ever crossed from the shores of Europe Sudan, has stood at the cross ofhis people's sufffering from the war are the Irish servant girls in Amer- in that African nation. He has bartered his clothes to feed the ica." This attitude was generally orphans, traveled life-threatening roads to bring his people food accepted.

Irish youth like U .8. church, says priest NEW YORK (eNS) - Young Irish immigrants in New York appear to have a better relationship with the church than many youth in 'Ireland, said im Irish priest brought to New York to preach a mission for the immigrants. "I think they have grown more here spiritually than they would if they had stayed at home," said Passionist Father Brian D'Arcy. Irish immigrants were filling the church to hear him each evening of the mission, he said, whereas in Ireland fewer young people would attend such a spiritual program. Young immigrants in New York, he said, also experience a loneliness that leads them to turn to the church as a center of life.

"In Ireland, you may live alone, but you can go knock on most anybody's door and go in," he said. "That's something you can't do here." Father Martin Keveny, an Irish priest working under the auspices of a New York archdiocesan program, Project Irish Outreach, is based at St. Philip Neri Church in the Bronx where Father D'Arcy preached the mission. Beginning with Father D' Arcy's appearance at the parish's annual St. Patrick's Day dance, the mission continued for six days and included his participation in an evening concert where he was billed as "Ireland's Singing Priest." "My mission is to try to give them hope," Father D'Arcy told

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Continued from Page One Following tradition, the choir of Fall River's Clover Club will be heard in many area churches in the course ofthe next few weeks, while the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of New Bedford will attend their annual memorial Mass for deceased members at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Mary's Church, New Bedford. TraMerq'-- . . . ditional Irish music including choir "If you ever make a mistake of and bagpipe will be heard, beginjudgment, let it be on the side of ning at 8: 15 a.m. Additionallrisb mercy." - Joseph Fielding Smith features on page 7.

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The National Council ofCatholic Women will cooperate with the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in presenting a leadership institute, "Discovering Our Gifts," April 5 through 7 at LaSalette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro. The program, one ofeight offered during the year throughout the country, was developed at the request of many Catholic women to help provide both women and men with spiritual motivation, commitment and skills to make ~ them effective leaders in the church. The institute will be presented ALBANIA, the world's only· officially atheist country, by an NCCW leadership team and has nevertheless welcome4,i' Mother Teresa's sisters to its capiwill be attended byNCCW presital of Tiran.a t.o o.p.e.n a~~~eforthe aged. The foundress of the dent Beverly Medved. . Missio.o.aneJLOf Cb~rit 're shown with a little girl in Tirana, The program will provide is the daughter of AlbaniaDiparents. (CNS / UPI Reuters photo)'- DCCW members with traiping to ~ . present leadership programs to others, and all interested persons are encouraged to attend for personal enrichment. Information on the program is available from DCCW president and site coordinator Madeline GILL, Mass. (CNS) - A com- marital status, violates the free Wojcik, 822-4254. plaint filed against a Catholic fam- exercise clause of the First ily for refusing to rent an apart- Amendment." Bull said'. "We want ment to an unmarried couple will an exception to that statute in this likely be the first court test based case where a sincerely held relion religious grounds of a Massa- gious belieOsthe basis for the refchusetts antidiscrimination statute, usal to rent." The education department of lJ,ccording to the state attorney Bu~ Marjorie Heins, chief ofthe general's office. attorney general office's civil rights St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, Paul and Louise Desilets say division, said that while a church wjIl sponsor a workshop, "Biothat their Catholic faith is the rea~ may be exempt from some specific ethics II: Realities and Responsison they refused in August 1989 to antidiscrimiwuion laws, individu- bilities,~ fr~ 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. rent a unit in a house they own to als do not baye such righ_ts_.~--:-_ March 26 at White's of Westport. Topics covered will be pain Cynthia Tarail and Mark Lattanzi. For Lattanzi, who with Ms. The couple, who lodged the com- Tarail has lived' in two other management and palliative care, plaint with the attorney generalIs·· apartments 'since the Desilets euthanasia, and the withholding office, said state law prohibits refused to.rent to,them, the court of life sup.pq,rt treatment. . Preseining ine workshop will be landlords from discriminating on case is a matter of principle and Dial!nUustap, RN,MS;EDD, founthe basis of marital sfatus~ . not an effort to have their refusal derand president of Educational The Desilets are being repres:' reversed. . Resources in Nursing and Wholisented by the American Family "What is important to under- tic: Health, an independent educaAssociation Law Center, which has led anti-pornography and stand about this is that we believe tional consulling network in East anti-abortion campaigns and that Mr. and Mrs. Desilets have Greenwich, RI. She has had exten~ directed boycotts against such films the right to practice their faith in sive experience working with hosas the controversial "Last Tempta- whatever way they want, but they pitalsand medical centers in estabdo not have-the right to deny us, or lishingethics committees and tion of Christ." According to Atty. Benjamin anyone else, housing based on this review pOlicies and has written W. Bull, the Desilets' defense will religious belief," said Lattanzi. ethics articles and workbooks. The program will include a con~ be based on the Constitution and "Their beliefs do not supersede the the free exercise of religion. _ laws of the state of Massachusetts." tinental breakfast and lunch. To Paul Desilets it's a fight to Information is available from "The Massachusetts statute itself, which prohibits landlords from "defend the faith.... If we as Diane Santos at St. Anne's Hospital,674-5741. refusing to rent on the basis of Catholics don't do, it who will?"

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MARCH PARTICIPANTS meet at Kennedy Park in Fall River for Sunday's "Fall River Supports the Troops" parade. After interdenominational prayer was led by city ministers Rev. Vincent Diaferio of Holy Rosary Church, Rev. Donald J aikes of the Church of the Ascension and Rabbi Norbert Weinberg of Adas Israel Synagogue, the group marched to the Fall River Government Center through streets lined with about 20,000 spectators wearing yellow ribbons and carrying flags and balloons. (Gaudette photo)

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Cardiology services readily available in Fall River By Franklin Scheel, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River One of my patients, Walter V., suffered from a heart attack while traveling through Europe in 1987. He was placed at bed rest for one month and later allowed to slowly increase his activity. Very little was available to treat complications or to increase his chances of survival. Fortunately, he was able to return home, where we prescribed medications for him. He later developed a heart rhythm abnormality which is usually fatal and was treated with a device similar to a pacemaker, an implantable defibrillator. This device has twice delivered an electric shock to his .heart to' restore its rhythm to normalcy. Without it he might have lost his life. He has been treated through the cardiac rehabilitation program and the implantable defibrillator clinic at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. Walter's ordeai illustrates the two extremes of cardiac care and also brings to mind the fact that many of us receive little or no care simply because we do not know what we have in our own community. Many do not realize that Fall River possesses the best of what is offered anywhere. Preventive care, dietary and smoke cessationclinics, cardiac rehabilitation, sophisticated diagnostic ultrasound and.

nuclear equipment are readily available. Coronary disease is the leading cause of death in our society but regular checkups and common sense can go a long way towards preventing it, especially through such measures as exercising regularly and avoiding smoking and eating fatty foods. . Additionally, all should become aware of our community resources . and fake advantage of them. Readers are invited to submit questions to be answered in this column by physicians associated with St. Anne's Hospital. They may be sent to Public Relations Dept., St. Anne's Hospital, 795 Middle St., Fall River 02721

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Cardinal's body ,to go home VATICf\N CITY (CNS) ---.:. The. body of Hungarian CardinaI"Jozsef Mindszenty, who died in Austria after being exiled by his country's communist government, will be returned to Hungary in May. The Vatican announced March II that Cardinal Opilio Rossi, a retired -Vatican official, would represent Pope John Paul II at a May 4 ceremony bringing Cardinal Mindszenty's body to the cathedral in Esztergom, where he was archbishop. Last May the Hungarian government annulled the life sentence given to the cardinal in 1949 after he was arrested on controversial charges of treason, espionage and illegal money changing. He was released from prison in 1955, but remained under house

Daily Readings Mar. 18: On 13:1-9,15-17, 19-30,33-62; Ps '23:1-6; In 8:1-11 Mar. 19: 2Sm 7:4-5,12-14,16; Ps 89:2-5,27,29; Rom 4:13,16 -18,22; Mt 1:16,18-21,24 Mar. 20: On 3:14-20,91-92,95; (Ps) On 3:52-56; In 8:31-42 Mar. 21: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:49; In 8:51-59 Mar. 22: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; In 10:31-42 Mar. 23: Ez 37:21-28; (Ps) Jer 31:10-13; In 11:45-57 Mar. 24: Mk 11:1-10 or In 12:12-16; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:89,17-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1-15:47 or 15:1-39

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, left, chats with TV personality Fred Rogers of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" after installation ceremonies for Benedictine Father Douglas Nowicki as archabbot of St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pa., where the archbishop was a former archabbot. (CNS photo)

arrest. He was freed during the popular uprising of 1956 and was given asylum in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, where he remained until 1971 when, after VaticanHungarian negotiations, he was allowed to leave the country. He di~d in Vienna in 1975. His body, has been at a Marian shrine in Mariazell, Austria.'

Racism reviving' LAFAYETTE, La. (CNS) Racism is alive and well, says Bishop Harry J. Flynn of Lafayette. Speaking during his weekly television appearance recently, the bish, op expressed grave concern over the many letters he had received protesting a Jan. 18 Mass he celebrated to observe the birthday of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The Mass, initiated by nowretired Bishop Gerard L. Frey of . Lafayette, has been an annual event in the diocese since the early 1980s. . During the liturgy, awards go to one black Catholic from each of the diocese's 120 parishes in recognition of his or her service to the church.

LATROBE, Pa. (CNS) - A' new chapter in the rich history of St. Vincent Archabbey acquired a television twist when Benedictine . Father Douglas R. Nowicki was installed March I as the 11th archabbot of the Latrobe monastery. Among nearly 1,000 guests at the installation was Fred Rogers, a native of Latrobe known to millions of TV viewers as Mister Rogers. The new archabbot, who holds a dQ~torate in clinicl\I, psychology from the University of Tennessee, . has been psychological consultant for the TV series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," and he ,and Rog,; ers are close friends. . , Speaking at' a dinner following the installation, Rogers recalled the impact the Benedictine c0!l1munity had on his childhood and said proudly, '~My grandfather's friend was an archabbot. My father's friend .was an archabbot, and now, my very best friend is an archabbot." "N one of us will know all of the children whom Douglas has helped for a lifetime," said Rogers, an ordained Presbyterian minister. "I know he has delighted in that. He delights in the presence of children just like Jesus did." Archabbot Nowicki, 45, had been secretary of education for the Diocese of Pittsburgh since 1986. Before that he was pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Pittsburgh and held variol,ls positions at St. Vincent College in Latrobe. In his homily at tp.e Mass of

solemn blessing, Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. Wuerl noted that the new archabbot had chosen as his motto the Latin phrase "Cor ad Cor Loquitur" (Let the heart speak to the heart), ,also the motto of English Cardinal John Henry Newman. In an ancient liturgical ritual, Greensburg Bishop Anthony G. Bosco presented the archabbot with the Holy Rule of St. Benedict,

miter, ring and crozier, signs of his new office. Among Mass concelebrants were four of Archabbot Nowicki's predecessors, including Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee, who held the post from 1963 to 1967. St. Vincent Archabbey, located in the Greensburg diocese, is the second-largest Benedictine community in the world and the oldest ~in the United States. It was founded in 1846 to train native clergy for the German-speaking people of the United States. In his new post, Archabbot Nowicki will head the monastery and be chancellor of St. Vincent College and Seminary. He will also direct the work of St. Vincent monks in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia; at Benedictine Military School in Savannah, Ga., and in missions in Brazil and Taiwan.

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Workplace worse than in 1891 VATICAN CITY (CNS) Labor conditions are worse now in some underdeveloped countries than they were 100 years ago, said Pope John Paul I I. .' The situation makes relevant today the teachings of Pope Leo XIII in his 1891 social encyclical "Rerum Novarum" on the condition of the working class, Pope John Paul said ata recent Angelus talk. The encyclical was written at the THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM time of Europe's Industrial Revolution, which spawned the rise of an urban' working class, often unorganized and subject to exploitation. VATICAN CITY (CNS) conference on the Middle East. He "Today, in general, the economic There will be no papal trip to Jer- said the Vatican would have a and social conditions of the labor usalem until there is an interna- right to participate as it had a world are much changed in regard tional agreement on the city's status direct interest in safeguarding to' the times of.Leo XIII," said the as an interreligious center, said a Catholic rights in Jerusalem and pope. top Vatican official and Jerusa- Lebanon. "There are unfortunately, Third lem's ranking Catholic leader. Israel has declared Jerusalem as and Fourth worlds, where vast The international agreement its capital. But the decision has not strips of poverty and misery remain, would have to guarantee Jerusa- been accepted by the Vatican, Arab with conditions sometimes worse lem's unique religious significance countries and several Western than those of the working class to Christians, Jews and Muslims, countries because it was unilateral during the last century," he said. said Archbishop Jean-Louis Tau- and Jerusalem includes territory In these countries Pope Leo's ran, the official in charge of the occupied by Israel since its 1967 teachings "conserve all their curVatican's relations with states, and war with its Arab neighbors. rentness and applicability," he Latin-rite patriarch Michel SabIn previous statements, the Vatadded. bah of Jerusalem. ican has said an international For developed countries, "still The church officials commented accord should guarantee free access valid are his teachings about the at a news conference held at the to Jerusalem to Christians, Jews nobility of work," he said. end oflast week's Vatican meeting and Muslims. It has not taken a Pope Leo also reminded emto discuss the church's postwar position on who should control ployers of "the great obligation to role in the Middle East and the Jerusalem politically, saying this observe justice," he added. Persian Gulf. . should be determined thr,ough When the encyclical was written The pope, in Closing the 路meet- internationaf negotiations. : "the labor issue was having great ing, said, he wanted to go to JerusaRegarding a visit, "the pope influence in social life, e~asperat颅 lem and launch ajoint peace appeal goes when he is invited by the local ing souls and sometimes leading to with Jewish, Muslim and Chris- church" and the invitation would attitudes of revolt against the labor tian leaders. have to come from Patriarch Sabforms and structures which desArchbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk bah, said Archbishop Tauran. troyed specific rights," he said. of Cincinnati, president of the U.S. "For monotheistic believers the Pope John Paul plans to issue a bishops' conference, said the Vati- city appears in the eyes of the social encyclical in 1991 to update can meeting was not held to dis- world as a crossroads of peace and "Rerum Novarum" and to comcuss the range of Middle East pol- dialogue. It should enjoy internamemorate the IOOth anniversary itical problems, but to assess the tional guarantees to recuperate, in of its publication. The encyclical church's role in the aftermath of a long-lasting way, its specific prowas dated May 15, 1891. the Persian Gulf War.. file," he said. The pope has declared 199 I as "I've come away confirmed that Patriarch Sabbah said the invithe "year of the social teaching of . there are no easy answers," he tation will not be made until there the church" and has asked Cathol- said. . is an agreement. ics to study, develop and spread "Sometim'es, when you go in' But, the pope's desire to visit the church's social doctrine. and have a war, you solve one Jerusalem was welcomed by Israeli question, maybe, and you come up Religion Minister AvnerShaki who with half-a-dozen more that may tied it to Vatican diplomatic be as crucial and difficult as the recognition of Israel. ~rged Israel "will be very happy to one you solved," the U.S.,archbishop said. receive the pope because this will VATICAN CITY(CNS)- The At the news conference Archbi- be for him the occasion to recogCatholic Church must use the mass shop路 Tauran reiterated Vatican nize the Jewish state," he said. media more effectively to ltdvance support for an international peace "The pope should know that pro-life activities, combat sects and promote its social teachings, says , , the Vatican's top communications o路fficial. VATICAN CITY (CNS) and the diocese," the pope said. "The urgency of guidance, coorPromoting vocations to the priest~'On behalf ofthe whole church, dination and pastoral planning and I thank you and all the members of hood.and religi~us life mu,~~ incl~de action in communications could creal/ng an enVlfonment 10 whIch Serra International for the efforts not be greater," said Archbishop God's call can be' heard, under- you are making to foster vocations John P. Foley, president of the stood and .accepted," Pope J~hn through your prayers and activiPontifical Council for Social Paul II saId at a recent meet 109 ties" he said. Communications, speaking at the with the president and board of '. . council's recent plenary session. directors of Serra International. WhIle alII o! thehbaPhtlze~,hav~a "The media have helped to create Archbishop RogerM. Mahony of r?le ~~ ~ ay 10 t ~ c urc. s mlsLos Angeles, epi,scopal adviser to Slon, It IS the ordamed pnest w,ho an atmosphere in which abortion is tragically accepted," Archbishop the vocations promotion organiFoley said. zation, accompanied the group. "EXtensive public relations "By cherishing the ideals and efforts are b'eing used by the church the necessity of priestly'and reli-, in the United States to counteract gious life in the face of widespread the anti-life atmosphere," he added. neglect or indifference, your organ- . The archbishop asked Catholic ization tends the seedbed of God's communicators to examine the planting,. his gentle summons to results of this U.S. effort and see if respond to these special vocations the same ideas can be used in other within the context of the family, countries. the local community, the parish

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Jerusalem is the unified and indivisible capital ofthe Jewish people" and that Israel "recognizes everyone's right to freedom to practice religion," he said. Regarding an international peace conference, Archbishop Tauran said solving the Palestinian homeland problem is pivotal in resolving other regional problems. "The time has come to sit around a table," he said, and "a [place) should be reserved for the Holy See." Patriarch Sabbah said reconciliation will be difficult in the postwar era because of "great misunderstandings." "For Eastern Muslims and Christians this war would not have happened if there had been dialogue with resp.ect for people and nations," he said. Instead of dialogue there were "orders to Iraq to obey," he said. "What population has the right to give orders to another population?" added the patriarch. The Gulf crisis began with an "unjust aggression" by Iraq, he said. . The issue now is whether this was "resolved with justice or injustice," said Patriarch Sabbah. Also speaking at the press conference, Archbishop Thomas Winning of Glasgow, president of the Scottish bishops' conference, said the main purpose of the meeting was to foster reconciliation between East and West. Many injustices have been caused by the West through greed, he said. "Insuring justice means we have to let go of some .things" to allow a greater redistribution of wealth, he added.

Voeations need right environment, pope tells Serrans, makes possible the church's sacrament~1 ~~mmu.nion around the Euchanst, he saId.

Vatiean stats VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The number of prie'sts in religious orders has dropped worldwide, but the decline is almost entirely offset by an increase in diocesan priests, according to Vatican figures, which also showed a 1.3 increase in seminarians. The total number of priests at the end of 1989 was 401,479, the Vatican said.

Wealth "It is not the one with many possessions who is rich, but the one who has no needs."-Philoxenos

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Are you looking for priests satisfied with their lives, men who regard evangelization as their primary task and do not feel lonely in their celibacy? Vist Italy, where the church has been molding priests ever since St., Peter arrived almost 2,000 years ago. A national survey shows that 91 percent of Italian priests would be ordained again if they had the choice, 77 percent do not feel lonely and 75 percent are "abundantly satisfied" with their clerical life. Regarding their economic status, 75 percent labeled "equitable and just" the current system by which their salaries come from state income tax funds. A representative sampling of Italy's 60,000 priests was taken by Doxa, a private Italian polling agency, for Avvenire, national newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference. The results painted a paradise of clerical contentment. In Italy, the Doxa study said priests are decisive, optimistic and satisfied with themselves. Evangelization topped the list of priestly activities in a country where 98 percent of the population is Catholic but less than 20 percent attend Mass regularly. This means "heating up" the large number of "lukewarm" Catholics who attend church only for Christmas, Easter, . First Communion and marriage, said the priests 'surveyed. From a list of 16 topics, the two most important aspects of evangelization ticked off by the priests were "to bring non-practicing Catholics' closer to the church" and "to bring closer to the parish Catholics with little commitment.':" The majority ~aid they find the most resistance from the laity on the issues of sexual morality and artificial birth control. At .the same time, they were optimistic about the future, as a majority noted a tendency to return to moral values marked by a longing for peace, faith and the family values. The top two reasons for being satisfied with their work were: a positive response from the people and feeling like "men of God." At the bottom of the list was "better and more open relationships with bishops and fellow priests." Regarding the vocations crisis, the priests placed celibacy and loneliness at the bottom of the list of reasons. 'At the top were the . crumbling oTfamily values and the unwillingness to make sacrifices. Regarding ch~stity, a parallel survey of Italian laity showed that about half suspended judgment .when asked if Italian priests obey their ordination pledge. .Among the priests, however, 82 percent' called chastity the most important of their ordination pledges and expressed belief that the Italian priesthood is faithful to it. Does living in the shadow of the, Vatican have anything to do with this picture of a happy priesthood? Apparently not, if reading habits are the criteria. Only 8 percent said they regularly read L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper.'

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a big hit at Mets' ·fantasy camp BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) 'Father Patrick West hit .500 on the same fields in Port St. Lucie, Fla., that the New York Mets use for spring training. The 35-year-old priest played ball at the Mets' camp during the Viti-Met Week, the Mets' official fantasy camp; playing six games and getting nine hits in 18 at-bats. He even got the Most Valuable' Player nomination for his team at the post-camp awards ceremony. "I loved every minute of it," Father West said. "It really was dream, one that I didn't want to wake up from." He had received the trip to the camp as a gift. The camps are designed to help participants live out their dream to be a major league ballplayer. Assessing his performance in an interview with The Tablet, Brooklyn diocesan newspaper, Father West said, "I held my own.... I did better than I thought I would." Father West, associate pastor of St. Francis de Sales Parish, Queens, · N.Y., wore a uniform with No. 14 in honor of his boyhood hero Gil · Hodges. The 62 campers were split into six teams coached by former Mets · players and coaches including Jerry Grote, Jerry Koosman, Jim McAndrew and Joe Pignitano. Current Mets coaches Mike Cubbage, Doc Edwards and Mel Stottlemyre were on staff as was Mets manager Bud Harrelson, the camp's coordinator. ' "It was incredible.t-o have Buddy Harrelson hitting me grou!1d balls and teaching me how to play the infield:: said Father West. A game to pit cam'pers against former Mets such as Ed Charles, Donn Clendenon, Wayne Garrett, Lee Mazzilli, Tug McGraw and Art Shamsky was rained out, but despite the weather, Father West tried his luck in the batting cage against Koosman. He said the only ti~e he hit Koosman's curveballs was "when he let me:' he said.

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fast," Stottlemyre said at the awards ceremony. Parishioners at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Queens, where Father West was associate pastor through 1990, took up a secret collection to sponsor his trip to Florida. When presented with the gift, valued at $3,795, Father West was speechless. "I was kind of overwhelmed by the gift," he said. "It was probably the only secret kept from me in 10 years" at the parish. He said the gift is a vivid reminder of the positive feelings people have for their priests. "Especially at a time when vocations are scarce, it shows how much the people of the parish appreciate the service of the priests and are very willing to show their appreciation," he said:

CRS, Vatican nuncio among those aiding devastated Iraq With the Gulf war over, but Iraq's internal 'situation still explosive, Ca,tholic officials have begun relief and goodwill missions into the devastated country. Jordan Caritas sent a relief truck carrying 12 tons of powdered milk, blankets and medicine on March 8, church officials in Amman said. The director of V.S. Catholic Relief Services in Jordan, Awni Quandour, said March 9 that CRS had hoped to send a shipment of antibiotics into Iraq with the Caritas truck, but the medicine had not been delivered in time. He said it would probably be sent shortly: The medicine, worth about $4,500, is primarily for treatment of gastrointestinal infections in children, Quandour said. The shipment will be the first · CRS contribution to the treatment of Iraqi war victims, he said, noting, however, that CRS had earlier contributed $25,000 toward purchasing tents for refugees and made available some $61,000 in emergency food aid, also for refugees.

in Iraq after the breakdown of sanitation facilities during the war. Only 5 percent ofthe normal water supply is available, and public use of the Tigris River and other water sources has contributed to their pollution. No water treatment plants have been working for some time. Because of a lack of electricity and fuel, untreated water has for the most part not been boiled before use. Also, raw sewage has backed up into residential areas. There have been reports of a fourfold increase in diarrheal diseases and higher levels of acute respiratory infections. Archbishop Marion Oles, the Vatican's nuncio to Iraq, who remained at his post during the war, says he is very worried about the nation's internal condition, according to Raffaele Luise, an Italian journalist who visited him in early March. Luise said he found the archbishop in good health, but suffering from the stress of the allied bombing. , Windows were broken throughout the two-story nunciature, water

was rationed and electricity was cut, the reporter said. . But the archbishop was far from idle, according to Luise. In one instance he spent two days helping a Filipino woman find a burial site for her child, killed in'the bombings. The reporter s~id he visited St. Raphael's Catholic Hospital in Baghdad and found it full of warwounded. He said the sisters who run the hospital said they had received no shipments Of medicine since Sept. 3. The lack of anesthetics was especially critical, he said, and when one Westerner brought in a two-pound box of medicines, the nuns "greeted it as if it were a ton," he said. . Among the wounded were babies with broken limbs and other injuries, and a number of women suffering from psychological breakdown, Luise said. He said the nuns told him they had treated some 1,500-2,000 seriously injured people.

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. attitudes is difficulf. Wtiile nof really trying to do so, people like this tend to sabotage happiness. Behind this negativity often lies a lot of pain, usually hurt that was experienced as a child. Whatever happens in the homes we grow up in will significantly affect our relationships through-

out our lives. By Charlie Martin

AND SO IT GOES

By Christopher Carstens Lots of parents don't like MTV. When they were teens, there was no such thing as a music video. They grew up listening to their music, rather than watching it. When your musical memories are LP records and AM radio, it isn't too surprising 'that you have a hard time with "Yo, MTV Raps!" or "Headbanger's BaiL" Furthermore, it unsettles parents that so many rock videos are violent or' sex ual. Warrant's "Cherry Pie" video, for example, hardly portrays a positive social image of women. ' ' Besides which: a lot oftherockers on MTV go out of their way to dress in bizarre and outlandish fashi,ons. Yo'u know there are some weird outfits on the screen when Steven Tyler and Prince start looking Jlke the old conservatives of rock. Since parents are suspicious of anything they don't understand, they worry about MTV. And they wonder if all those hours of video watching will rot your brain. Actually, MTV is probably no worse for the human brain than "Cheers" or "Miami Vice" reruns. The basic truth is that hardly anything on television is particularly uplifting. The TV business is not about selling good programs. They give the shows away for free. The TV business is about peddling an audience to advertisers. The networks need a whole lot of people watching their shows, so that the people selling products will pay gazillions of dollars to run commercials. The only question anybody seriously asks about a new TV show is, "How,Plariy people will sit still and watch itT' If millions of ' people would 'tune in for films 'of chickens eating corn; your 'local ,

cable would have a 24-hour-a-day barnyard movie channel. Most people aren't interested in fine art or complex intellectual challenges. Most people are drawn to fairly mindless entertainment. Since that's what we watch, that's, what the TV people put out, and that's why most of the stuff on television is junk. There's nothing particularly bad about mindless entertainment, be it MTV or sitcoms. The snag is, once you spend your time doing one thing, God won't let you have it back to do something more important later on. , Unfortunately, almost all the time we spend watching television is wasted. The deceitful part is that watching television gives the illusion that you are' actually doing something meaningful. ' If you watch sports, it feels like' you're involved in the game. But you aren't. 'If you watch soaps, it feels like all those interesting people are your friends. But they aren't. When you watch MTV, it feels sort of like you're involved in the world of rock 'n' roll, and it's big and exciting and important. But it isn't. Even watching Mass on television is an illusion. ,It feels like you're in church, but you're 'sitting on your couch at home. , A little MTV never hurt anybody. But when television takes up so much time that it gets in the way of your real life, that's a problem. So turn off the TV. Call a friend on the phone. Take your dog for a walk. Talk to your mom. Play football in the street with the neighbor kids. , You need to spend ,time in the real world in order,to find out how it works.' That's actual liv;ing, instead of illusion. Real life is what helps ayo'ung person learn and grow.

, KIDS ON THE BLOCK puppeteers, depictin'g children with handic~ps, app'~ar at SS. Peter and Palit' School, Fall Riyer. Theirpefformance is designed to"give tQe message that children with physical problems are for the most part like any other youngsters. '

In every heart there is a room A sanctuary safe and strong To heal the wounds of lovers past Until a new one comes along I spoke to you in cautious tones You answered me with no pretense And still I feel I said too much My silence is my self-defense And every time I hold a rose Seems I only felt the thorns And so it goes, and so it goes And so will you soon, I suppose But if my silence made you leave Then that would be my worst mistake So I will share this room with you And you can have this heart to break So this is why my eyes are closed It's just as well from what I've seen And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows So I would choose to be with you As if the choice were mine to make But you can make decisions too And you can have this heart to break And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows Written and sung by Billy Joel. (c) 1990 by CBS Records Inc. tionship. While he has spoken BILLY JOEL is back on the in "cautious tones," the other charts with "And So It Goes." The song appears to be a glimpse person has been open, answerinto the thoughts of someone ing with "no pretense." who expects the worst. Still, he feels that he"said too His expectations have built much." He knows that "my up a negative view of life, so silence is my se,1f-defense." Typical of his view, he expects the much so that "every time I hold a rose', seems I only felt the other person eventually to leave thorns." This reference describes and break his heart, and he a person who is looking for philosophizes: "And so it goes, hurt. and so it goes," Trying to have a relationship The individual in the song seems to be starting a new relawith a person who holds such

Negativejudging or critically defensive behaviors are indicators of a child who has been treated in a hurtful way. Certainly such people deserve our compassion. We also need to be realistic about dating someone with these traits. We may want to "hold a rose" of a healthy, love relationship that is full of giving and receiving. But if the other person has negative expectations, they are likely to undermine our hopes. If you recqgnize yourself in this song, know that healing is possible. The first step is to acknowledge the attitudes that are stealing your happiness. Next, reach out to friends and seek support as you work to change these self-defeating expectations. It can be helpful to contact a professional, like a favorit,e teacher, a priest at your parish or a counselor at school. If these people cannot directly assist, you, they can guide you 'to those who can. Recognize that, the world is God's creation and is filled with goodness, beauty and positive possibilities. There is suffering in the world, of course. But that certainly does not mean happines~ is impossible for us. Life presents us w.ith the thorns and the beauty of the rose. It is up to us to decide which we will emphasize. Your comments are welcomed by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635.

Gloria Estefan stages energetic come~ack LAKELAND, Fla. (CNS) began a painful recovery, the speed Not even her, backup band, the of whic~ has amazed her doctors. Miami Sound Machine, could "Obviously, God was a big part generate the energy that Gloria of it," says Mrs. Estefan, a,Catholic.!. Estefan poured ,into their first "I felt a physical energy aro,und me '. concert since she broke her back in the entire time I was in the hospital a tour bus crash nearly a year 'and, through" my recovery,'~ she before. But as she started a world said..... was almost as iU could, tour March I in ~iami, her mind, feel people'sthougllts and prayers;',' , . was not on the aCCIdent, but.on the The road from' the. hospital 'to ,', pe~ple who'he~ped h,er recover. " . the' rehearsal"stage has been. a " ',' People don t r~ahze how ~uc? 'tou'gh one, Mis. Estefan said. She ' ':strength we: hav~ I,n commumty,~:, speaks excitedly ofchallenging new Mrs. ,Est.efan sal~ of the sup.port. dan'cenumbersinherconcertshow. GLQRIA E~TEF~N ;she receIved dUTlng her pamful 'But hervoice'steadies as she recalls very ,~ me, more willing to work to come :re7:'T ., ., f ' . the difficult steps,thatbrought'her , back.'~,'. ' ..' " o me, It s pr~)O J?0S.ltIV~ ~e this far. " ' It also inspired "Coming Out of , ca!l ~ove mountam~, WIth posItive .. It was'like'being in some strange . thm~Ing and pr~yer, s~e told The body," she said, "and it was a body, the Dark," the first single from her new album.. The song expresses 'FloTl~a Cat!lohc, newsp~per of I couldn't do anything with." "The doctor, told ,me that my her hope that the love and support : ~he dIOcese ~f.()rl~n~o, F!~."dur~, , !ng a break,m pre-tour,rehearsals recovery depended o,n wha~ I.,did will' continue. The'song also ada!! a new wrinIn Lakeland. ',' ':'" '., to make it better" she added, "I ' . ..'. '" ',' , kle to her ,band's "Miami sound." The thoughts weren t'so posItIve.> decld~~ t,o put Vus (sad":e~s) out,of , Although a mix of soulful ballads on March 20, 1990.' my mmd, an~Lflrmly state tllat my 路 h A s M rs. Esean t f nappe d m er and catchy路 dance, rock and Latin I. b k ' " tour bus, it was rammed by a truck goa I~ to get ac .?n stage., . tunes have brought the band a . WhIle she>p.ushed h~rself, she , host of. platinum albums, "Comon a snowy highway south' of Scranton Pa. She hit the ',floor ,,~. hstened toJamlly and fflends who: ing' Out of ,the' Dark',' features a shattering a ~ertebra and nea~I;:" told her ~o h~:~.,the title.words o,~ , Gospel choir. severing her spinal cord. Some her last bIg hIt Get on Your Feet. , "Gospermusic is not:only spirsaid she might never walk again. The flood of flowers, cards and itual,but it's uplifting,': she said. Surgeons severed her ~ack l11us,', prayers was a,great incentive, Mrs. ' ..It's music that's been born from a des and perrrianently implartted' Estefan s'aid. " . " lot of pain and suffering, but it still .. It re'ally made me very strong manages to ,be very positive and two 8-inch steel rods to straighten and protect the spinal cord. Then and determined," she said: .. It made' very energetic."

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Bishop Connolly guidanc'e director F. Ann Blumenthal has announced that three students at the Fall River high school have been nominated for regional or state level scholarships. Senior Philip Nadeau, son of Mr. And Mrs. Marcel Nadeau of Tiverton, is nominated for the Catholic Schools Counselors Association Scholarship Award. Sel~ction criteria require a student who is academically superior, has been involved in school and community activities and exemplifies the ideals of Catholic education. Junior Cassia Picard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Picard of Westport, has been nominated for the University of' Massachusetts Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence. Candidates must be in the top five percent of their class and thirty-one finalists will receive a four-year UMass tuition scholarship. Sophomore Tanya Paquette, daughter of Mrs. Catherine Paquette of Westport, is nominated for the Christian Herter Memorial Scholarship. Finalists are eligible to receive grants of up to 50 percent of the cost of the college of their choice.

Bishop Feehan High School , senior Joseph Boyle, son of Eugene and Claire Boyle of Norton, is a finalist in the 1991 National Merit Scholarship Program and is eligible to win one of 6,000' scholarships to be awarded later this month. -' BOYle IS -cocaptain of the academic decathalon team and a member of the debate team, theater company and National Honor Society at the Attleboro school. He has won awards and trophies for achievement on the debate and decathalon teams and also has submitted work for publication in the Feehan literary magazine SHAMAN. He plans to study history or political science in college. Science teacher Sheila Fisher has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the National Science Teachers Association for her entry in the ~ssociation's Tapestry Competi• • • • tion: Hers was one of 20 winning The Connolly Law Team entnes among 800 received; The grant will be used to develop a defeated Dighton-Rehoboth in a conceptual physics program for recent contest at Fall River's Second District Court. Judge Milthe 1991-92 academic year. An innovative teacher, she re- ton Silva presided. Faculty advisor Ted Pettine cently invited Elise Servant, an emergency room nurse at Sturdy said "Captain Christine Medeiros' , Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, to closing argument sealed the onepoint victory for the team. Turnd~m~nstratecardiopulmonary respiratIOn to her students. She has ing in stellar performances as witalso invited Massachusetts Insti- nesses were Mike Nasser, Kristen tute of Technology representatives' Neves and Amy Paulhus. Jason to speak to physiology, physics Chopoorian, Joe Mendes, Tanya and biology classes on nuclear Paquette, Eric Magnuson and radiation and the Three Mile Island Jennifer Erwin were supporting and Chernobyl accidents, while attorneys in the case." The team was 2-0 in the Massaher physiology students visited a chusetts Bar Association Mock re~ab~litation clinic to study applicatIOns of concepts learned in Trial Tournament prior to a March class. ' 13 contest.

A placement test for students wishing to enter grade 9 or 10 at Connolly will be administered from 8 to 1l:l5 a.m. tomorrow. Application materials will be available at the test or may be obtained by calling 676-1071.

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Sophomore Jeffrey Tenney won top ?oitors at the recept Coyle~assldr Science Fair. His project, Do Different Colored Lights Upset the Circadian Rhythm of Drosophila and Kalanchoes?" was voted best out of25 works submitted by sCience students arid judged by 20 representatives of southeastern New England schools. Second and third prizes went to senior Anne Giovanoni and Cathal O'Brien, respectively, honorable mention to Laura Brennan, Matt Moniz and Theresa Watson and special recognition to Amanda Terra. The winning projects were displayed at a regional science fair at Bristol Community College, Fall River, last weekend.

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Coyle-Cassidy's language classes celebrated Foreign Language Week March 4 through 8., Posters and flags of the world's countries adorned the school's halls and , foyer and students did special proFeehan debaters c~mpeted Feb'. Stud,en~s Scott ~edeiros and 28 in a South Shore Debate League ,'Kathenne Connell, bIOlogy t,ea~her jects on the importance of foreign languages' and cultures. meet at New Bedford High School.' G,eorge Angelo. and admissions Spanish students visited a MexOn the intermediate level Neil dlfect~r Father Paul Sulliv!m, SJ, ican restaurant, while Portuguese Lambert and Derek Wesley ~on, are .plctur~d on a po~ter which students sampled Portuguese cuiboth rounds against Foxboro High depicts. ~anous apostolic ~orks of sine. Latin students went on their School teams. Kathleen Sheridan, the Society of Jesus, bemg proannual Classics Day trek to BosJoseph Boyle, Timothy Fainulare, duced a,s' part of the worldwide Heather Galligan and Bernadette cele~ratlon of the Jesuits', 450th ton, and some Spanish and French students took the National SpanWhittier also won rounds against an~lversary. !h.e poster is part of a Foxboro. ' senes commissioned by the New ish and French exams. On the novice level Kristen England Province of the Society Saintdon was ranked top speaker of Jesus. in a round against New Bedford. • • • P'rincipal Rev. John Murray, She and Nita Patel defeated New SJ, has announced that Hannah Bedford. Miss Patel was named Sullivan, English department chair top speaker against Tabor Acadand faculty development commitemy. tee coordinator, has' been named Katherine Goldman and Elaine Dwyer defeated Somerset and' school contact with the Jesuit Secondary Education Association Foxboro high schools. Miss Goldand has been nominated to the man was named top speaker in JSEA board of directors for New both rounds. England. Melissa Miller and Mikhae1 An• • • • tone won rounds against Cohasset Next year's freshmen will attend while Daniel Swyers and Michaei Larocque dereat-ed Cohasset: La-' a registration night at 7:30 p.m: , O'Connen photo , Wednesday in the Msgr. Prevost rocql;le was named top speaker., Auditorium. PATRICK SWEENEY Pnor to the meet, Katherine

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ST. FRANCIS'XAVIER, HYANNIS Holy Name Society St. Patrick's Day meeting following 9 a.m. Mass Sunday. Children's Mass 10 a.m. Sunday. SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS, POCASSET Volunteers from various agencies are seeking to connect Rersons with disabilities with persons to provide support. March 16-17 is designated Mental Retardation Weekend, a time to focus on needs and abilities of persons with retardation. Information: Steve Touloumtzis, 771-2595; Kent Killiam, 775-8300; Peggy Dresser, 775-5389. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FR Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. March 21; Dr. Jeremiah Lowney will speak. ST. MARY, SEEKONK Intentions to be prayed for by prayer group may be placed in intercessory prayer basket in front of Blessed Sacrament altar. Junior high students will lead stations of cross 7 p.m. March 22; group meets at 6:30 p.m. to prepare. ST, THERESA, S. ATTLEBORO Pack 24 scout committee meeting

Iteering pOintl PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN ere elked to lubmlt newl lIeml for thll column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fill Rlver,02722. Heme of city or town Ihould be Included, el wellel full detel of ell a.ctlvItI... - PIe..e lend newl of future -nther thin peat eventl. Note: We do not normelly cerry newl of.tundreilingectlvitiel. We ere heppy to cerry notlc.. of Iplrltuel progreml, club meetlngl, youth proJectl end Ilmner nonprofit ectlvltlel. Fundreiling proJectl mey be edvertt..d et our reguler ret.., obtelneble from The Anchor bUIInell office, telephone 875-7151. On Sturing Polntl Iteml FR Indlcetel Fen River, NB Indlcetel New Bedford.

ST. PATRICK, FR St. Patrick's Day celebration 6 p.m. Sunday, parish hall. O.L. FATIMA, SWANSEA Lenten penance service 7 p.m. March 18. Knights of Columbus council 3669 will conduct a membership drive Sunday. CATHEDRAL, FR Grades 7 through 9 youth group meets 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Cathedral School; group advisor Cindy Carvalho will speak. ST: STANISLAUS, FR Communal penance service with individual confessions 7 p.m. March 20. Four priests will be available. Junior high youth ministry meeting '6:30 p.m. Sunday. ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Holy hour 7 tonight. Bible study 7 p.m. Sunday, center. Youth recollection night March 20.

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HOLY NAME, NB Stations of the cross 7 tonight followed by confessions. Couples' Club meets 6 p.m. 'Sunday, Muldoon's, '. Taunton. . . . . ._, . O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Youth ministry Lenten program 7:30 p.m. March 18, R.E. center. Parish council meeting 7:30 p.m. March 19, R.E. center. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR School Development Committee meets 7 p.m. March 19, school. ST. MARY, NORTON Altar workers' meeting 10 a.m. tomorrow, church. 7th grade class Mass 10:30 a.m. Sunday, parish center. CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN O.L. Assumption, NB, youth retreat today through Sunday. St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis, 8th grade retreat 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow; confirmation retreat 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Living stations of the cross, Benediction and simple meal 6 to 7: 15 p.m. March 22. First communicants renew baptismal promises 11 :30 a.m. Mass Sunday. ST. JOHN EVANGLIST, POCASSET Evening of reconciliation 7: 15 p.m. March 18 with Father Timothy Goldrick. Vincentians meet following 8 . a.m. Mass and rosary tomorrow. HOLY ·NAME, FR Children's Mass 10 a.m. Sunday. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA . Ladies·ofSt. Anne Sodality meeting 7:30 p.m. March 20, pa.rish hall. Following business meetmg R~v. Philip Hamel will. speak. Mun.el 'Patenaude and Berme DeRoche WIll chair the event. New members welcome. Holy hour 7:30 tonight, followed by stations of the cross. SPIRIT OF JESUS PRA YER GROUP, HYANNIS Healing service and Mass celebrated by Father Bob Masciocchi 7:30 p.m. March 21, St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis. Theme: "Prayer, Almsgiving, Fasting." D. of I. Hyacinth Circle 71 Daughters of Isabella, NB, meeting 7:30 p.m. March 19, Holy Name CCD center, NB. Father Kenneth Delano and Theresa Lewis will present slides of the Holy Land.

A LIVING STAnONS of the cross will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Monday at St. Louis Church, Fall River. Participants include Ernest Mendonca, left, and Michael Cabr~l, right, as soldiers, and John Britland, .center, as Jesus. MUSIC will be provided by the parish choir. ST. ANNE,FR St. Anne novena service 3 p.m. Sunday, shrine. NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, FR Women's Guild Mass and meeting 7 p.m. March 18. Parish Holy Week retreat with Rev. Bernard G. Dupont, OP: retreat sermons at March 23 and 24 Masses, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Masses March 25 to 27. ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FR Council of Catholic Women meeting 7 p.m. March 19, Father Reis hall. Canned meats and fish are ·requested for Haitian project. Plans for ~ay living rosary and motherdaughter breakfast will be discussed. ST. ANTHONY of the DESERT, FR All night exposition of Blessed Sacrament 8 p.m. March 28 to 8 a.m. March 29, St. Sharbel Chapel, 300 North Eastern Ave. No exposition during April. SEPARATED/DIVORCED . CATHOLICS Cape Cod and Islands support group meeting 7 p.m. March 24, St. Pius X family life center, S. Yarmouth. Father Jay Maddock, judicial vicar of diocesan marriage tribunal, will speak on annulments. The recently divorced/ separated are invited for 6: 15 p. m. small discussion group or one-to-one ministry. Information: 362-9873 or Father Richard Roy, 548-1065. Upcoming sessions at Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth, 7 to 9 p.m.: March 13, "Codependency Relationships" with certified counselor Ar-. thurTrundy; March25, "Give Love," Leo Buscaglia video; April 10, annulments, Father Mark Hession ofdiocesan marriage tribunal; April 22, "The Impact of Divorce," Paul Ripple. Information: Father Matthew Sullivan, 993-2442; Becky Camire, 9985153.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Holy Week programs: seder meal 7:15 p.m. March 25, cafeteria; preregistration by March 18 required. Good Friday experience, "Windows on the Passion," 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 29. Rev. Roger Chauvette, MS, and Brother Roland Langevin, MS, will lead participants in medi.tation and reflection segments usmg various media, and the group will join in after noon stations of the cross and evening observance ofthe Lord's Passion. Preregistration by March 24 required. Information: 2225410,9 a.m. to noon weekdays. ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL, FAIRHAVEN Students and faculty will serve a meal for clients of New Bedford Market Ministries, the Salvation Army and other needy persons 12:30 p.m. March 17. Buses will leave Market'Ministries and Salvation Army to trapsport persons to the school. ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Holy Rosary Sodality Mass for deceased members 9:45 a.m. Sunday; preceded by 9:30 a.m. recitation of the rosary. A breakfast for members and spouses will follow, parish center. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Seder meal 5 p.m: March 24, parish center; reservations by March 18. Information: rectory: 385-3252.

7:30 p.m. Sunday, parish center. ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N. FALMOUTH Youth group Mass 5 p.m. Sunday. DCCW DistrictV, Cape Cod and Islands, meeting March 24, St. Margaret's' parish, Buzzards. Bay. New officers will be installed. Peter Kirwin, director of Human Services of Falmouth, will speak. Information: 540-6421. ST. STEPHEN, ATTLEBORO Rev. Paul Desmarais of the Providence diocese will speak on "Satanism _ Reality or Myth?" 7 to 8: 15 p.m. -March 20, church hall; attendance is required for grades 7 through 10 and opento all other students and adults. Senior Citizens group meets 1:30 p.m. Maich 19. CLOVER-CLUB, FR Banquet tomorrow, Somerset Lodge, with music by David Nadi~n beginning 'at 6:30 p.m. for SOCIal . hour and 7 p.m.. dinner. Step dancing at 9 p.m. followed by general dancing with Bill Keating as OJ. Information:' Clover Club president Robert S. O'Neil, 674-0763. _

BC seeks music for Irish archive

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON 6th grade will present stations of the cross tableaux 7:30 tonight. Students who have completed catechumenate for children will be baptized at 8:30 a.m. liturgy Sunday. Calix meeting 6:30 p.m. Sunday, parish center. ST. JULIEBILLIART, N: DARTMOUTH Confirmation II Rite 'of Enrollment9·a.m. Mass Sunday. Youth ministry concert 7 p.m. March 17, hall. Youth ministry Easter Seals basketball shoot-out raised $5,155.15.

BOSTON· (eNS) - Boston College is seeking recordings of Irish-American music for a new archive of Irish music, a project of the college's John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections, the Irish studies program and the. music department. Daniel T. Flatley, coordinator of the archive, said the college is . seeking recordings ofirish-American 'music on cylinders, records, cassette tapes and compact discs, .LaSALETTE CENTER, as well as sheet music, films and ATTLEBORO ·videotapes "which would serve to Holy Week retreat March '28 to document the history ofIrish music .mornil)g March 31. Information: in America from the colonial era 222-8530. to the present day."· He may be BLESSED SACRAMENT · contacted at .Boston College, ADORERS,NB · Chestnut HilI,MA 02167-3801.. Exposition of the :Blessed Sacra'ment Fridays following 9 a.m. Mass continuously until 6:30. p.m. 'Benediction,St. Theresa's Church, 2693 Acushnet Ave., N.JJ. During Lent ELBERON, N.J. (CNS) - The stations of the cross follow. Benedic- five Catholic dioceses in New Jertion.. sey joined to hold the first state·ST.JAMES,.NB wide training -program for 30 couVincentians' food drive this wee- pies who -will teach natural family kend; receptacles at church doors. planning.·Natural family planning, Vincentians meet 7 p.m. .March 20, the.. church approved method for .parish center. Blankets for homeless planning spacing of children, calls are b.eing collected by parishioner Mark Lewis; information: 993-6965. for. monitoring changes in temperature and other body sYmptoms to ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN · determine when a woman is fertile. Ladies of St. Anne. communion 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Saints and Sin- Studies have shown that it can be gers. concert, "Now I See You," 8 · 98 ·.percent effective when properly followed. p.m. March 22, church.

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