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World Youth Day '93:

Diocesans ready for Denver pilgrimage One hundred fifty-three dioceConference of Catholic Bishops sans. have registered so far to attend and national director of the August World Youth Day '93 festivities, event. including a papal visit, Aug. II to He added that "exciteme'nt .is 15 in Denver, CO. The number building in Denver,'and indeed in includes 120 teenagers, young the entire United States, in anticiadults and chaperones traveling as pation of the largest meeting of a group from the Diocesan Office this kind in our nation's history." of Catholic Youth Ministry. They represent 22 parishes and two high schools: Bishop Feehan in AttleICS boro and Bishop Stang in North Dartmouth.

Also traveling to Denver is a "The Common Good: the Cathgroup of 30 whose arrangements olic Challenge to Health Care," were handled through LaSalette will be the topic of the fourth Shrine, Attleboro. Others have annual ethics symposium sponmade their own arrangements for sored by St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, and its ethics committee. It travel and lodging.

Arrangements for the diocesan will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 group have been finalized, but p.m. Friday, April 23, at Catholic those wishing to attend independ- Memorial Home, 2446 Highland ently may register with Chris Tan- Ave., Fall River.

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Father J. Bryan Hehir of Bar'. ; ,.-.,. .

Claire McMahon ordinator, at the youth ministry vard University will speak on ST. JOSEPH: As patron office, 763-3137.

Catholic social teachings which ofa happy home, h'e inspires Pope John Paul will join the develop the principle of the' coma tradition of hospitality international celebration on the mon good. His address will be folon his feast day, March 19. second day of World Youth activi- lowed by a response from panelists A past president of the Dioce- O'Malley will be honorary chairties. working in the area of public polsan Council of Catholic Women man.

"I am delighted that the pope icy and health care. wi'll be lay chairman of the 1993 Mrs. McMahon's appointment will be able to enjoy the Rocky The symposium is open to the diocesan Catholic Charities Ap- was announced by Rev. Daniel L. Mountain area as he participates public and there will be appropeal.

Freitas, diocesan director of the A couple of generations ago, in World Youth Day amidst the priate accreditation for profesMrs. Michael J. McMahon, a Appeal. ~'!te ad Joseph::;~."Qo.;to Jo,:' ·:··<spl~·n~~r, o( nliture and ten~ :of, sioilal participation. For more inmember of St. Mary's Cathedral She is a native of Beverly and seph:" was:ii phrase:(a'iTiilia'r t9: yoi!ngpeo'ple," 'saidfotmation or to register, contact tllOusands parish, Fall River, will head the graduated with honors from St. Catholics' and:a:p6pullir .t!Y-riiil· 'Fath'er: o[>eimis' SchlJrr;,associate . : Curt Wilkins at St. Anne's Hospi52nd annual Appeal, which will be . Mary Star of the Sea elementary invoked his' pater'riaf' c'a're' 'as gei1~rar'secretaryof the Nati~n~i' tal, telephone 674-5741. . the first for which Bishop Sean Turn to Page Two congregations sang Dear guardian of Mary, dear nurse of her child, TREE NURSERIES combating deforestation and soil erosion in Eritrea and medical supplies, treatment and education to Life's ways are full weary, combat spread of a cholera epidemic in Peru are but two of scores of initiatives around the world sponsored by Catholic Relief the desert is wild; Services. In the United States, Migration and Refugee Services resettle and provide legal, social and pastoral services to Bleak sands are all round immigrants, migrants and refugees. The American Bishops' Overseas Appeal collection, taken up this weekend in diocesan me, no home do I see, churches, aids both agencies and enables area Catholics to participate meaningfully in the works of mercy. (eNS photos) Sweet spouse of Our Lady, I lean upon thee. ~ For thou to the pilgrim art father and guide And Jesus and Mary felt safe by thy s'ide The father of Jesus-a'h . then, wilt thou be, Sweet spouse of Our Lady, a father to me?

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Restoration to start on House of Mercy SILVER SPRING, Md. (CNS) - The Sisters of Mercy plan to begin restoration work March 22 on the order's original House of Mercy in Dublin, Ireland, established 160 years ago by the order's founder. Catherine McAuley.

The building, first used as a convent and novitiate. will' be renamed Mercy International Center. The order, established to educate homeless women and abandoned children, will also restore an adjacent building for outreach to persons with A IDS. Dedication of the house as Mercy" 1nternational Center. designated a heritage site by the Irish Archivists Society, is planned for July 1994. . The main tasks in the renovation will be restoration of the house's original design through

interior and exterior reconstn.lction and upgrading of electrical and plumbing facilities for the comfort of guests.

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Americas, with nearly 7.000 1)1embel's in the United States, is trying to raise $4 million for the renovation. The order's headquarters are in Silver Spring.

"We hope Mercy International Center will be an inspiration for others to continue Catherine's works throughout the world." said Mercy Sister Mary Waskowiak, a council member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.

Renovation contributions may be sent to her at 8300 Colesville Rd .. No. 300. Silver Spring. MD 20910-3243.

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YOUTH GATHERING: 39 diocesan youth and ,adult advisors attended the New England Youth Gathering held March 5 to 7 in Nashua, NH. They represen'tedsix parishes: Our Lady of Assumption, New Bedford; St. Patrick, Wareham; 511. Thomas More, Somerset; St. Mary, Seekonk; St. Patrick, Falmouth; and Sacred Heart, North Attleboro.

Appeal head announced Continued from Page One and high schools in that city, as well as from the former EG. Allen Business School. She is an associate counselor with Waring Affiliated Family Funeral Homes and a charter member of the Greater Fall River Business and Professional Women's Club.

Mrs. McMahon has served at all levels of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and for six years on the'board of the National Council of Catholic Women as province director, Organizational Services Commission chairman and treasurer. She chaired the 1990-1992 NCCW nominating committee.

At the Cathedral parish she IS a lector, a past president of the

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Women's Guild and presently guild treasurer.

Mrs. McMahon was a 1969 re-, cipient of the diocesan Marian Medal and in 1979 received the Woman of the Year Award of the Business and Professional Women's Club.

She is a planning committee member for the annual Bishop's Charity Ball.

The widow of Michael J. McMahon, Mrs. McMahon is the mother of Ann Marie Despres and the grandmother of Michael T. Lifrak. Her parents were Timothy J. Brown and Anna (McGrath) Brown, both now deceased.

She was for 14 years in the Diocesan Health .Facilities office, retiring in June 1991 .from the position of executive secretary.

"The Wonder Years?-Living and Ministering with Junior High Youth" will be the topic of an enrichment day for adults working with parish youth 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

March 27 at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. Michael Carotta, executive director of the religious education branch of the National Catholic Educational Association, will facilitate the program, sponsored by the Diocesan Office for Catholic Youth Ministry.

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In St. Joseph's litany, the with the Vatican. saint is invoked as patron of Flynn,. a stl;iunch Catholic and families. fathers. workers, the . vocal pro-life advocate; announced sick, the dying and virgins. He his acceptance. of the nomination is also patron of prayer. the at a March 16 press conference in poor, those in authority, travelfront of his parish church, Gate of ers, clergy and religious: in short.

Heaven parish in South Boston. most of humanity.

"As an American Catholic I was A popular custom associated taught at an early age to work for with today's feast of the saint is social and economic justice," Flynn'.

St. Joseph's Table, an ancient said at the Boston press conferSicilian tradition of offering ence. "I look forward to continuhospitality to all who come to ing to work in this new post in one's home on March 19. furthering ou'r nation's peacekeepThe host family sets up a dining and humanitarian efforts." ing table against a wall with a Flynn, who was in the middle of St. Joseph statue as the centerhis third four-year term as mayor, piece. often decorated with must be confirmed as ambassador candles and flowers. Lenten by the U.S. Senate. dishes, fruits and vegetables.

In 1984, Reagan reversed a breads and pastries are served long-standing U.S. policy by makand if possible the food is blessed ing the post of presidential envoy by a priest before guests arri've. to the Holy See an ambassadorA special pastry traditionally ship and extending full diplomatic served is zeppole. relations to the Vatican.

Those who are served may He named William A. Willson as make an offering which is later路 the first ambassador. He was folgiven to the poor. . lowed in the post by Frank The following blessing may Shakespeare and then Thomas P. be said before the meal: Melady.

Lord Jesus, you willed to place yourself in the care of St. 1111/11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111//111111 Joseph. Bless this food which THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second we are about to enjoy as we put Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. ourselves under his patronage.

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MRS. ANNE WILSON, parish council president, and Bishop Sean O'Malley share the honor oftearing up the mortgage on the parish center ofSt. Patrick's Church, Somerset, as pastor Father Brian J. Harrington supervises. After a Mass last Sunday with Irish bagpipes and violin music, the mortgage ceremony took place at a corned beef and cabbage dinner followed by an exhibition of Irish step dancing. (McGowan photo)

Anationally-known author and speaker, Carotta is. editor of the religious education serie, "Discovering" and "Junior High: Growing Selves, Emerging Fail:h." He was previously director of rdigious education for Boys Town.

The three-part presentation ~ilj . focus on "Who is the early adolescent?;" "Faith development in the early adolescent" and "Faith sharing with early adolescents.'"

For information and registration, contact the youth ministry office at 763-3137.

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In the document "Procedures to be Followed When a Cleric in the Diocese of Fall River Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor," released Feb. 19 by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., it was stated that the bishop was in process of establishing a review board to serve in a monitoring and advisory capacity in such cases.

The board is now in place, with Miss Manuela F. Maciel as chairman and delegate of the bishop.

Its members are Mr. Ronald E. Gilgne, Mrs. Joanne Long, Reverend John A. Perry, Attorney Irene B. Schall, the Honorable John P. Sheehan, Reverend Jose Sousa and Mr. J. Kerry Vigorito .

Among the members are a counselor, a judge, <Ie lawyer' and a canon lawyer.

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Sister Mary Adalbert Monti, RJ M. 85. an Attleboro native who taught in Massachusetts during her career as an educator and who was a vol unteer at St. Anne's Hospita!. Fall River. died March 10 at her community's convent in North Providence. The Mass of Christian Burial was offered for her March 13 at Presentation Church.

Marieville, RI. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Adalbert Monti and Esperaida (Gaulin) Monti. Entering the Religious of Jesus and Mary in 194.8, she ,sl)~~ef:n1~lJtly, .taught in Nf;:v.I:!.,!l11;p.~~)r~-!,,-nq. Rl}9.de..J ~l.aJ1d as well as Massachusetts.

She is survived by a sister. Gertrude McKitchen of Providence, and a nephew, Charles Dupre.

Julia O'Brien The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Wednesday at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, for Julia .C. O'Brien, "\00, who 路died M'ar<;h 13. The wido~ of Patrick O'Brien and the daughter of the late Daniel and Catherine (Connor) Shea, she was born in Joliet, IlL, but had lived in Fall River since 1894. She was the mother of, Sister Catherine Mary of the Dominicans of St. Catherine of Siena of Fall River.

An .active bowler with the Daughters of Isabella until her 90th years, she also served as the bowli'ng league treasurer. She had owned a beauty shop in Fall River and worked at the Newport Naval Station until she retired in 1965.

She is survived by her daughter.

Environment topic of interfaith study WASHINGTON(CNS)-ScholaI's engaged in the latest round of U.S. Southern Baptist-Roman Catholic conversations have published a joint study brochure on the environment for use by local congregations and other groups.

It is the first iri a planned series . of five joint statements on biblical challenges facing U.S. Catholics and Baptists today. "Topics to be covered in future conversations and brochures are poverty, racism, healing and life issues," the group said.

PRESENTS ITS 15th ANNUAL EASTER CONCERT ENTITLED

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There are diocesan ties to two "Holiness is not the privilege of persons scheduled for beatification, some other age or of some elite, Sister Dina Belanger, to be'beatj- but is the work of God dwelling in fied by Pope John Paul II tomor- every person who, day by day, is row at ceremonies in Rome; and open to the Spirit," Archbishop Father Damien de Veuster, who: Gervais said, "Dina Belanger can will be beatified by the pope May , be a profound inspiration for our 15, 1994, in Belgium, birthplace of lives, today." , the famous "leper priest." , Noting Sunday's canonization Sister Belanger, a Religious of of Blessed Claudine, the archJesus and Mary, a community bishop said, "The Catholic Bishops active for many years in the Fall of Canada are happy to express River diocese, will be beatified the their solidarity with the universal day before the canonization of church in the recognition of the Blessed Claudine Thevenet, foun~ work and virtues of. these 'two women." :', . dress of her community.

Father Damien was a member Father Damien of the Congregation of the Sacred Father Damien de Veuster was Hearts of Jesus and Mary, of a 19th-century missionary who, which members have served in the after ministering to people with Fall River diocese since 1905. leprosy in Hawaii, died of the Sister Belanger disease.

Archbishop Marcel Gervais, . No program is yet set for next president ofthe Canadian Confer- year's papal trip to Belgium, said ence of Catholic Bishops, said toFather Angel Lucas, postulator morrow's ceremony will place the for Fathe.r .J;>a.m.i~n's,:~a l,Ise in chureh;s-'~sea(ofapproval" OIl the Rome, but planners are considerlife of Sister Belanger, who served ing visits to Father Damien's tomb in Quebec and who died in 1929 at in Leuven and his birthplace in age 33.

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"She shows young people by her Father Lucas said Father Damlife, which was short and afflicted ien's beatification had been planby illness, that happiness is possined for Rome, but,that the pope ble despite suffering and even in had suggested moving the cerethe midst of suffering, for God's mony to Belgium, and "he's the love can transfigure life," Archone who decides." bishop Gervais said.

Father Damien'was a missionBorn in Quebec: City in -1897, ary for eight years the island of Sister Belanger was an accomp- - Hawaii. In 1873 he 'volunteered to lisjled musician. work at a leprosy colony on the At age 23 she joined the Reli~ nearby island of Molokai. There gious of Jesus and Mary. She soon he served as pastor, doctor and became ill, which Archbishop Gercounselor to some 800 patients. vais said allowed her life to blosIn 1884 he contracted leprosy som in profound and mystical but did not want to leave the island ways. for treatment. He continued to He said her brief, exemplary life work until the month before his and her mystical writings remind death at age 49 in 1889. people that "the source of joy and Last year, the pope approved a fulfillment is within us - in our miracle attributed to Father Damdepths where the divine presence ien's intercession, paving the way abides." for his beatification.

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Fri., Mar. 19, 1993

themoorin~ Human Needs and the Blue Laws It might seem old hat to discuss the Sunday Blue Laws but they are an important topic because of their effect on the quality of our life. The initial drive for their repeal was mounted at a time of significant social change and their elimination was seen as throwing off Establishment shackles.

In reality, of course, even their partial repeal opened the floodgates of commercialism and the profitability of Sunday sales has fueled continuing efforts to eradicate all Sabbath restrictions. Naturally, in an age in which even the definition of family has changed tremendously, the issue of work predominates; indeed, the working mother situation alone could become the subject of many books.

As we continue to ponder the revocation of all Blue Laws, let us consider objectively the consequences to the family of commercialism. Inflation, the changing role of women, the weak economy and the growing length of the work week are but some of the issues that impinge on the financial situation and security of families.

The last issue was faced squarely in "The Overworked American," a 1991 publication by Juliet Schors. In it she indicated that in the last two decades the average American has seen his or her working hours increase to the tune of one month a year. This has left those affected with little time to take care of personal and family matters. As a result, many people are falling by the wayside or being pushed to the breaking point.

In many cases, stores are open around the clock and are staffed by minimum-wage employees. The ultimate goal is apparently to have all stores on such a schedule 365 days a year. It should be obvious that such commercialism run riot will further injure the present all-too-fragile American family.

All this means that neither the psychological nor the spiritual needs of people are being considered. People need human time; both communities and individuals need rest, but the profit motive ignores these realities.

We recently saw this issue brought to the halls of Congress when, after shameful opposition, the family leave bill was approved. We, applaud its passage but point out that there is also nothing wrong with supporting the broad concept of Sabbath rest. Let's remember that Jesus himself teaches that the Sabbath was made for humans, not humans for the Sabbath.

This important reflection gives us the honest balance needed in any discussion of this issue. It clearly affirms that the Sabbath is not only a time to think about our relationship to God but also a needed restful space for us and all creation.

So many who editorialize on the Sabbath Blue Laws simply ignore or negate the human need they address, a need far outweighing that for material gain. Justice is fundamentally a matter of insuring the rights of individuals.

As we continue to discuss this very controversial subject, we must beware that people do not become slaves of commerce. Again to quote Scripture: "What does it profit a person to gain the whole world and lose his or her soul?"

Discussion of the Blue Laws should move us to reflect on the true priorities of life for the sons and daughters of God who are made in his image and likeness.

After all, even God rested on the seventh day.

The Editor

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722 Telephone 508-675-7151 FAX (508) 675-7048 Send address changes to P.O. Box 7 or call telephone number above

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Birth control argument harmful, he says WASHINGTON (CNS) - A quarter-century of dissent and controversy over artificial birth cont"rol'has serious"ly harmed ihe'Ciith~ olic Church "as a community of faith and witness." says Jesuit Father Avery Dulles.

"No one who loves and cares for the church can be content to see the present state of affairs continue." he told some 200 bishops from the V nited States. Canada.

Mexico. Central America. the Caribbean and the Philippines meeting in Dallas for an annual workshop sponsored by the Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center located in Braintree.

Father Dulles called for dissenters to cease campaigning for a change in church teaching but'he also said that church authorities must ease up and not make birth control "the sole litmus test" for certain church appointments.

"Humanae Vitae" is the 1968 encyclical letter in which Pope Paul VI reaffirmed church teaching that use of artificial contraception in conjugal relations is intrin- . sically wrong. .

The Jesuit. considered one of the leading V.S. Catholic theologians, said the purpose of his talk was not to deal with the moral questions surrounding "Humanae Vitae" but to "reflect on how dissent from the encyclical has affected the life of the church."

Although the public and highly visible disagreement of theologians is regarded by some as one of the chief causes of the dissent, Father Dulles questioned that view.

He noted that Pope Paul issued his decision five years after setting up a special papal commission to study the questio'n and a year after the commission majority recommended a change in church teaching.

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"many Catholics had made up their minds to follow the less .rigoro.I,IS op'in.io,n, whic.h,W~.s pr~s-

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ih'eological 'dissen(' was 'Itself manifestation of the popular conviction that contraception was tolerable and sometimes necessary."

"H qwever. one interprets the causal relationships, the widespread disregard for official church teaching in this area is a serious matter in itself and one that has a ripple effect in many other areas ofCatholic life,;' he said. "It threatens'to friJsi~ate'~'a~'y ofthelnteritions'of Vatican (CounCil) II." '.'.

He' listed "seven deleterious effects" on church life: - "Catholics no longer experience themselves as much as they ought as sharers in the same moral commitments. The m'ore the hierarchy insists on adherence to 'H umanae Vitae,' the more' alienated do the majority of the faithful fee!."

- The active role of the laity that the council sought in church life and the development of doctrine is undermined., "As long as the overwhelming majority of lay people are at odds with the hierarchy on the question of birth control, the process of consultation on marriage and family life will be gravely inhibited."

- "Priests are placed in a difficult position as teachers, preachers and confessors.... This is demoralizing for priests and confusing for 'the laity."

-, "Confusion about the authority of the magisterium [church teaching authority). Those opposed to the encyclical tend to be critical of other church teachings, especially in the area of sexuality. ~ Strained relations between bishops and theologians in which "otherwise qualified theologians who dissent from 'H umanae Vitae'"

find themselves excluded and shunned by 'church authorities while "scholars who continue to work 'coT'di'afly «-it'l\~ tlill :hieratClfy ar~ soiiieii'nl'es'portrayed"assyc6phantic court theologians."

- "The appointment of bishops.

Priests known to be opposed to the encyclical are. I am told, considered ineligible.... In nations where the pool of candidates is small, this restriction has been devastating. The debatable quality of some recent appointments has lowered the m'ora:lebf CatHolics in several:counirie·s." :" " ',;. .:....c:. "Finally. the development of episcopal conferences, which began so auspiciously at the close of Vatican II, has been stunted by the controversy about birth contro!."

Father Dulles said 'that the "prevailing cti'mate' of dissent" is a major factor in the current tug-ofwar over centralization or decentralization of church authority. It also appears to be linked to "many other negative phenomena" from declining Mass attendance and waning financial support for the church to resignations from the priesthood.

He acknowledged that "no quick and easy solution is at hand," but he highlighted areas where he thought steps must be taken to reduce the divisions: - "The dissenters must recognize that public dissent by its very nature impairs the authority ofthe magisterium and weakens the church' as a community of faith and witness.... It is totally inappropriate for church doctrine to be determined by pressures of this' kind."

- "Those who are strongly convinced, by the arguments for or against contraception should recognize the extreme difficulty of the question and should therefore respect the intelligence and sincerity of those with whom they differ."

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - The House Select Committee on Hunger, which has the lowest budget of any House committee, but whose backers say delivers more bang for the buck, is in danger of dissolution in the face of congressional zeal for reform, While the hunger committee cannot approve legislation, it can draft bills and use its status as a "bully pulpit" on hunger.

Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Charities USA have backed a call to extend the committee's life. The U.S, Catholic Conference, public policy arm of the nation's bishops, has stayed neutral, calling it an internal matter for Congress. The committee will dissolve March 31 if no vote is taken, or if House members vote it out of existence.

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Following this theme, biblical Notice how the man's faith authors often narrate stories in evolves. When first asked how he which those who think they see came to see, he answers, "The man Sunday, March 21, 1993 eventually come to realize they they call Jesus made mud and ..." don't see as God sees. Today's I Then, when the Pharisees 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Samuel passage is a classic demand to know what he has to . example. say about him, he goes one step Discover Catholic Schools FATHER WILLIAM J. Yahweh sendsSarriuel to Beth- further. "He isa prophet," he We are committed to Quality Education Slight, MS, a New Bedford lehem to anoint the second Jewish . replies. ,Finally, when Jesus inquires, ,native who is now Mission king. Because Saul, the Ji.J:stking, was the biggest, tougnest';cqarac-"U<? . you believe in the Son of Director for LaSalette mister around, SamiJellogical1y,tl:tinks ManT' his blindness is completely gone, and he responds, "I do sions in India and the Philipthe second will be cast' in the same mold. Eliab, Jesse's first-born, fits believe, Lord." And bows down to pines, will conduct a Lenten renewal program to which all worship him. the description perfectly, Though the man receives his are welcome March 20 through Incredibly, the Lord tells Samuel Tulips • Lilies • Hyacinths • Daffodils not to ~noint him;'~P.o'ri9.tJu9g¢;>.gh~*~I &:i~?~ instantaneously, his 25 at St. Joseph Church, New fr0m"hls.,appearanceof .from ,his. ".~~lth s,lgHt., o,~c!Jrs gradually. Over Hydrangeas • Mums and many more! lofty stature," he warns, "because tIme .h,e,prqgrt::s~e~ fr9m regarding Bedford. The program's theme, taken from Jesus' selfman sees the appearance but the Jesus a sImple human being, WHOLESALE PRICES • LOCALLY GROWN Lord looks into the heiut." t~rough a period of considering description in the Gospel of ·ALL AND ALL COLORS· The one God chooses eventually him a prop?et, t.o .the fin~1 stage of John, is "I came that they may turns out to be the most expend- declanng him dlvme. QUite differ- have life and have it abundExcellent quality; have supplied many parishes in the past. able of Jesse's boys - David the ent from the popular idea that Call Fran At Mendoza - Dighton Plants youngest - who had been se~t to "either you have it or you don't." antly." It will be applied to watch the sheep while everyone In this case, if you ~on:t have it, contemporary American life. .

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The son of Mrs. Yvonne the Lord's light in the middle, of Perhaps Christians should wear the world's darkness. The apostle a parallel amulet: something to Slight and the late Joseph E. hunger... refudemands w~ .'~'ive as children of remind us that we didn't always Slight of New Bedford, he War the ligh~;:, H~ey<;n ,q;u;ot.es ~ne.lJr)Y p~li~ye ,as _we dQ now, and that; graduated from the former . gees all are everyday Christian hymn: "A \ya!c~"O sl~ep,er,' ~lt}fP~~'~' ~elp, we'll believe even S.acred Heart School in the realities in southern Suarise from, the dead, ,and, Christ differe'iItly in the future. '. will give you light." God always Faith isn't static; it's dynamic. city and continued his e.ducadan. .:. Sudanese Bishop calls us to be conscious of what's It's a continual process of seeing tion at LaSalette minor and more and more as God sees. That major seminaries and at the Taban says: "We see sufferreally happening around us.

John presumes the ability, to see~s to be why Jesus delivers one University ofSt. Paul, Ottawa. underst~nd as the, ,Lprd ,underof hiS 'roughest gospel comments Following ordination in 1965, ing and pain ... but we also stands dQesn;i devel~p in over- in this context. Just after declarsee signs of ~ight. It's.a gradual proc€;ss, pari~g: "I. came into this world to he served briefly in Canada hope." .:~ Sister, mother and child in Torit, Sudan tlcularly when it. comes to under- divide it, to make the sightless see and in the Philippines from standing who Jesus is and what he and seeing blind," he counters a 1967 to 1986, concurrently This Lent, means for our lives.' He composed Pharisee challenge with, "If you recruiting vocations in India .through the Propagation of the Faith, today's well-known story of the were blind, there would be no sin in 1979 and 1981. . in th!it. 'But we see,' you say, anp you can help mission priests, Sisters He has been director of your sin remains." . , . and Brothers, and catechists around . One of 'the most, outrageous LaSalette missions since 1986 evils is to think that we view reality and he also coordinated par- Bishop Paride Taban the world to give hope... and be DAilY READINGS," exactly as God does. We can never ticipation of the community ,March 22:ls 65:17-2·1' P:s hope... to their suffering people. tf.\Hhfully 'say, "We see." We can in the Mission Cooperative 30:2,4-6,11-13;'Jn '4:43-54 ' only admit ou.r blindness and pray Plan iI:t 20 U.S. and Canadian March23: Ez47:1.;9,12;Ps' that the Lord will help us acquire dioceses. real sight .....gradually. , ' - - The Society for mE PROPAGA~ON THE FAITH 46:2-3,5-6,8-.9; In·5: 1-3,5~16,

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How can you explain the first Christians? attention has been given to what Jesus actually was "trying to accomplish. Why did Jesus die?

What were the agendas that put him on the cross?"

century after Christ to try to understand better who Jesus was.

By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

"How do you explain the early Christians? The answer is, you can't without the resurrection.

Something happened on Easter morning. And what that was radically changed the whole world. " Those are Father Nicholas Thomas Wright's words. The 42year-old Anglican clergyman is among scholars today who study the documents back to the first

I interviewed Father Wright recently in Oxford, England, where he is a fellow and chaplain at Worcester College. His new book, "The New Testament and the People of God" (Fortress Press) is a major work tackling fundamental questions for Christians, such as how Christianity began, what Christians believe and whether that makes sense.

Father Wright also believes it is important to bear in Illind that "the early church spread like wildfire. Was this an accident? No. [The first Christians] aimed for this .... They were a group of people grasped by the belief that the hope of Israel had come true," because they saw Jesus as the "new Moses" freeing them from what truly enslaves the human spirit.

The biggest New Testament qu'estion today is a familiar one, he indicated. It is "the question of Jesus."

Because of Jesus, the world had become the Promised Land, and the early Christians, convinced "it was time for the world to see the light," preached this "good news" and regarded themselves as a new

"There are several interlocking questions. How did [Jesus] relate to his Jewish background? What were his actual aims?" Father Wright believes that not enough

tively, "giving them a' bit of new twist:" ' "I think th'ere is good reason to think, Jesus did know he was the Messiah .. :. His message was an invitation to choose a new worldview, a new way of being.human," Father Wright said.

family, the ones to bring God's word to the world.

New Testament scholars have a tough ,road getting back to that first century, Father Wright acknowledged. "The problem is always the thinness of the material.

Those who study ancient history have a fair amount of archeological evidence, but little of that comes to the aid o(New Testament scholars."

He also has studied the Dead Sea scrolls' in detaiL "But the central c't'aims of Christianity are not and could ,not be undermined by th~ scrolIs," he maintained.

Father Wright said he could shed little light on the so-called "hidden years" of Jesus - the mystery of what Jesus was doing from age 12,to about 30. "They remain silent years. But whatever else Jesus was doing in that period, he got to know the Old Testament like the back of his hand" and used the Hebrew Scriptures crea-

Being drenched in the study of the Gospels has profoundly affected his life, says Father Wright. Sometimes in prayer, in sustained mo, mertts when he is focused on the death and resurrection of Jesus, "something about Jesus resonates so powerfulIy that I must wonder: If this isn't the center of the universe, what is?"

The search for serenity: from Zen. to shopping By DOLORES CURRAN

There was a TV talk show guest who had embraced every pop psychology fad offered. For 25 years she flitted from primal scream to Zen to acupuncture to inner child classes and workshops.

She denied being addicted to such movements, saying, "I just want to be happy." "If these made you happy," a panelist asked, "why are you stilI searching?" She replied quietly, "I just want to be happier."

She is testimony to that part of God's invitation to love him and the human condition that con- be loved by him. The prayer, "My stantly seeks more happiness and heart is restless, Oh Lord, and it gratification. She sought it in wilI not rest until it rests in thee," movements but others seek it in states a truth more profound than shopping malls, work, politics, most theology texts. Its simplicity addictions, goods, wealth, power, and promises are there for all of travels, fitness, vegetarianism, tele- us, especialIy those of us who are too busy, too important, or too evision ... the list is endless.

Few of us are immune to the doubting to search for the treasure search for more. There are never of wholeness.

The first part of Reinhold Nieenough clothes in the closet, dollars in the bank or mountains to buhr's Serenity Prayer has become climb. For those of us who search familiar to us because of the 12 to fill our emptiness in odd places Step programs. For those unfamiliar with the whole prayer, here it and experiences, we use words like junkie or addict to describe our is: frantic search for wholeness, for God, grant me the serenity, forthe peace promised by .r Serenity to accept the·things -; Jesus.

I cannot change; ParadoxicalIy, we shun that Courage to change the things treas.ure of peace when we ignore I can; and

Wisdom to know the difference. ' Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship . As the pathway to peace.

Taking, as He did, This sinful world as it is not as I would have 'it.

Trusting that He will make alI things right If I surrender to H is will.

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In his wonderful little book, "Who Needs God?," Harold Kushner writes, "Prayer is not a matter of coming to God with our wish list and pleading with him to give us what we ask for. Prayer is first ,and foremost the experience of being in the presence of God. Whether or not we have our requests granted, whether or not we ")gei''an'ythiofig''tlrtake-- home as a ~~ies1iltLof!1'f{e~eri'cotiffiH;'CWef.'are

changed by having come into the presence of God."

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What should the prayers of the faithful be?

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Q. Are there guidelines for making the intercessions at the Prayers of the Faithful at Mass?

It gets wearisome hearing the same ones day in and day out.

What are they supposed to be about? (Iowa) A. In my opinion, most Catholics, even many priests, would

greatly profit from some good catechesis about the intercessions.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (45-;47) gives the bare rubrical bones. In the general intercessions, or prayer of the faithful, it says, the people exercise their priestly function by interceding for alI humankind.

It gives the general rule for the sequence of intentions: a) for the needs of the church; b) for public, authorities and the salvation of the world; c) for the oppressed; and d) for the local community.

Intentions may be more closely concerned with special occasions such as weddings, funerals, confirmation and so on.

These brief. lines, however, are based on a num.ber of foundational documents about the history, nature and prominent' place these intercessions have held in the celebration of the liturgy nearly from the beginning.

We know that by the year 150 the general intercessions already held a sacred place in the Sunday Christian celebration. , After the Scriptures were read and reflected upon, the intercessions were seen as the working of that word in the hearts of the faithful.

Perhaps the best brief basic resource concerning the general intercessions is "The Universal

Prayer or Prayer of the Faithful" serve serious, thoughtful attention issued by the Sacred Congregation to their majestic purpose in the of Rites in 1966. It has some mar- Mass. Routine, lack of reflective velous insights into. how the inter- ;care:jnprepaFing··andl,presenting cessions fit 'into 'the 'life 'oFthe ,t'hem 'revea~ the'ms'elves inth'e 'riegcommunion of-s'airits.' ' ; .' ative:way you describe: "The gathered church," it says, Second, the worldwide and "in offering this prayer stands as churchwide concerns they are the great entreater and advocate meant to address should keep us appointed for all humanity." from trivializing the intercessions.

There is much more, s'oinetimes 'Obviously,- weekday and home surprising, information about the ,'MasSeS··allow ,much' 'more' 'inforintercessions even in this one doc- mality and 'localized prayer. . ,ument. I mention alI this because it , As a general rule, however, the says at least two things relevant to , church means the general intercesyour question and to the rest of us sions to be "for alI the needs of the who ought to be concerned about people of God," and to place the good and traditional liturgies. prayer power of each of us at the First, general intercessions de- service of those needs. o

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MARY . KENNY Dear Mary: We have two children, one in middle school and one in high school. We rarely have a family meal together.

I still think family mealtimes are important, and I am not willing to give up the idea. Any suggestions?-Kentucky Your problcm is common in today's busy families. How can you ensure timc for family mcals

together when each family member has different commitments?

First. recognize the problem and accept limits. Parents might work and have community activitie,s, commitments to friends and fami1y', and participation in their children's school activities. Children have school functions, jobs and friends. Most families ca~not gather every evening.

Prepare a weekly calendar where each family member writes his or her olltside commitments for the coming week. Then look for the evenings whcn evervone should be home for dinner. ' Consider times other than the evening meal for family time. Saturda~ breakfast" Sunday,.brunch. ,

or a snack time before bed might be times to get the family together.

To involve the family in mcaltime, share the cooking. One person can be the prep cook who washes, chops and prepares ingredients for cooking, Others can prepare an appetizer or salad, set and d,ecorate the t~ble.

Be fair in assigning tasks so that each person does something. Working together to prepare the meal is friendly and efficient.

Family members can share food preparation in many ways. Perhaps one parent likes to make bread or cookies. One par'ent and child might spend a couple of weekend hours together on such a ,project.

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Plan ways to make family meals special. Have a winter picnic in front of the fireplace. Dress up the tabl~ wiih menus ':Ind special napkins. Centerpie'ces can be much more than candles and rfowers.

Choosea' picture, knick~knack or artwork appropriate ror the day or the season. ". ' ' Use small triumphs .as occasions to celebrate. Son "aced" a q'uiz.

Daughter swam a person'al best at a meet. Each family member might get breakfast in'bed on'his or her birthday, prepared by the other family members. , Celebrate special occasions at home. One family celebrates New Year's Eve with a gourmet family dinner. Dad and Mom dressed up as waiters to serve the meal.

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'Soine families host a meal before 'or after senior prom or other major school activities. The meal can be 'as elega'nt as that a rine restaurant, .

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, " bffer: gracebef<;>re rnea,ls: John ~obbins, author of "May All Be Fed" (Morrow, 1992) says: " "What's important is to find a w~y to bless your meals'that feels c.omfortablt;. to you .... The' act of pless,ing our food andgiving thanks for, our lives is as ancient as humanity. It is a profoundly spiritual act and reminds us that we are not alone in our prayers."

Stick to your belief that family meals are important. Eating together is an important way to develop and sustain intimacy.

Bells, prayer for Earth Day NEW YORK (CNS) - Organizers of Earth Day 1993 are asking for church bells to be rung at the moment spring begins at 9:41 a.m. tomorrow to direct global attention to the environment.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan Cath- . olic, will ring the United Nations Peace Bell at U. N. headquarters in New York at that moment.

The bell ringing should be followed by two minutes of silent prayer or meditation throughout the world, Earth Day organizers said.

"With global attention, Earth Day can now mobilize humanity in a battle for Earth - a war against pollution, poverty and ignorance: a war we all can win," said John McConnell, cofounder with the late anthropologist Margaret Mead of the New Yorkbased Earth Society Foundation that has sponsored the annual observance since 1970.

The UN headquarters Earth Day program will include talks by Ms. Menchu and by Boutros BoutrosG hali, secretary general of the United Nations, and a performance by singer Eartha Kitt.

After the ceremony, U.S. Vice President AI Gore is to receive the 1993 Earth Day Award.

Nursing post filled at St. Anne's Beth H. Wilcox of Warwick, RI, has been appointed associate director of nursing at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. She will ~~s4m~" re§l?!?p~i\>ilj~y'J.Ot day'~~o­

day. operations, as ..well.,as professional development of the nursing staff.

Most recently she was director of education and quality at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, VT, where she was responsible for the leadership and the direction of organization-wide education, quality assessment and improvement ,and the coordination ofprofessional standards development, and compliance with legal, regulatory, legislative and accrediting standards.

Ms. Wilcox earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing education from Central Connecticut State University and a master's degree in educational administration and planning from the University of Vermont. She is certified in nursing administration by the American Nurses Association.

Family "first cell."

NEW YORK (CNS) - The Catholic Church should use the UN's 1994 Year of the Family to emphasize the right to life and to promote the family as the strength of a society, says Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council on the Family.

He also said Catholics should emphasize the family as the "first original cell of society" and stress its "necessary stability" and the meaning of "responsible paternity and maternity." In the face of many questions about what a family is, the U.N. year offers Catholics "a providential opportunity to give good answers," he said.

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Conference seeks urban Indians DENVER(CNS)- The Tekakwitha Conference, ~ national organization of Native American Cath-. olics, is launching an outreach program for Native American Catholics living in urban areas. "Native Catholics living in cities often feel isolated, or that they have to give

up their Indian identity in order to p'articipate in large urban parishes," said Franciscan Sister Marie Therese Archambault, coordinator of the new ministry, which is based in Denver. Tekakwitha Conference headquarters are in Great Falls, Mont.

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LENTEN PLANS: Children from St. Joseph's Church, North Dighton, point out their Lenten sacrifice plans posted on a cross and even on the potted plant beside it. The children pledged to "walk with Jesus" during Lent.

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Doctor's murder believed first adult death at abortion clinic WASHINGTON (CNS) - Prolife officials throughout the country have condemned the killing of a doctor at an abortion clinic protest in Pensacola, Fla., but said the incident points up the violent climate created by abortion.

The March 10 shooting of 47year-old Dr. David Gunn, who lived in Alabama but performed abortions at clinics in three states, was believed to be the first adult death ever at a U.S. abortion protest.

Michael Frederick Griffin, 31, a resident of Pensacola, surrendered to police immediately afte~ the shooting and was ordered held without bond on murder charges M:ar.~h::,II;b'f ~~:~ambia' County Court Judge WIlham J. Green.

"It makes a mockery of the prolife ethic and the pro-life cause to say that killing can ever be right in its name," said Helen Alvare, director of planning and information at the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

She said Griffin had no known ties to any organized pro-life group and that the man had shown by his actions that he was "not just out of line but completely in opposition" to the pro-life movement.

"As we abhor the violence of abortion, we abhor violence as a dangerous and' deplorable means to stop abortion,~' Ms. Alvare added.

"In the name and in the true spirit of pro-life, we call on all in the pro-life movement to condemn such violence in no uncertain terms."

Supporters ofIegal abortion said, however, that Griffin's action was indicative of more aggressive tactics now used by those who oppose abortion.

"We deplore the intimidation, harassment, stalking, terrorism and now murder - that has surrounded women who choose abortion and the medical professionals who serve them," said Ann Thompson Cook, executive director of the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights: Wanda Franz, president of the National Right to Life Committee, said her organization condemns the violence against Gunn, as well as "the violence of abortion that has killed 30 million unborn children in the last 20 years."

"National Right to Life will continue to work for peaceful solutions to social problems," she said. "These sol utions involve helping women and their children,

and do not involve killing anyone - including the most vulnerable among us."

Gunn, who wore leg braces because of childhood polio, was shot three times in the chest as he got out of his car near the back door of the Pensacola Women's Medical Services clinic around 10 a.m. EST March 10. He died on the operating table two hours later at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.

About a dozen protesters organized by a local chapter of a Houston-based organization called Rescue America were picketing in front of the clinic entrance when the shooting occurred.

"Gurrn;' who lived in Eufaula, Ala., performed abortions at two Alabama clinics, one in Georgia and two in Florida. He is survived by his wife and two children, ages 10 and 12.

Randall Terry, founder of the Operation Rescue movement whose main strategy is abortion clinic protests, called the killing an "inappropriate, repulsive act," adding "we must also grieve for the thousands of children that he [Gunn] has murdered."

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THE BAPTISM OF JESUS is the subject of Lorraine Boivin's mural, recently installed at 81. Jean Baptiste Church, Fall River; at right, the artist with pastor Father Rene Gauthier and statue of Our Lady that Mrs. Boivin refurbished. (Hickey photos)

St. Jea.n Baptiste parish holds treasure trove of "native" art

By Marcie Hickey Not many parishes have an "artist in residence." ButSt. Jean Baptiste Church in Fall River can claim two!

The installation last week of a mural high above the sanctuary depicting the baptism of Jesus rewarded years of patience on the part of its creator, Lorraine Boivin, and her painting student St. Jean's pastor Father Rene G. Gauthier.

"It's a dream come true!" said an enthused Father Gauthier, who said he'd envisioned such a scene in the church si9ce he became pas=-tor in 1977. Previously occupying the spot overlooking the sanctuary was a five-foot tall statue of St. John the Baptist, but at 40 feet up, "He was pretty much lost up there," Father Gauthier noted.

For Mrs. Boivin, who has been pairiting since age seven, the 20foot wide, I I-foot tall biblical scene was an artistic challenge.

She worked "seven days a week wanted this" - and to the working for three months" applying the of the Holy Spirit. design with acrylics on I I separate "God gave us all skills," she mahogany panels that unite as a said. "If you just use your brain the striking scene: the parish patron right way, with time and faith and saint baptizing the Messiah as the energy you can do anything."

Holy Spiritdescends, all on a tabThe mural was completed in leau of rich blues and earth tones.

1986, but was stored for nearly The mural was completed with an seven years because the parish overlay of oil paint, which "gives it lacked funds to install it. A breaka dimensional look," the artist through came recently when pal<xplained. rishioner Robert Messier and his The scene is a composite of fig- three children donated the-cost in' ures of St. John and Jesus taken memory of his wife and their from a tiny two- by four-inch ilIus- mother, Lorraine. tration and pictures of the River Mrs. Boivin wrote him a letter Jordan and the dove symbol of the of gratitude, she said, to let him Holy Spirit. . know that although the project In the beginning, she questioned - 'was being completed "out of a her ability to undertake the mas- tragedy," Mrs. Messier will be sive project, but "Once Igot going memorialized "as long as the on the figures, the more I did, the church is in existence." easier it became."

Even as the mural remained in She attributes that to Father storage, Mrs. Boivin was busy at Gauthier's staunch faith in her St. Jean's, doing detail work in the "I didn't want to let him down, church and mentoring Father because I knew how badly he Gauthier's own art work.

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She came to' the parish in 1984, referred by her brother, parishioner Louis Bouchard, to refurbish some statues. Mrs. Boivin and her husband also joined the parish, though they live in Tiverton, RI. "I gave her St. Anthony to start with - as kind of a test," Father Gauthier recalled good-humoredly.

"I was so pleased with what came back that I gave her the job!"

Since then Mrs. Boivin has refurbished numerous statues and painted the previously all-white stations of the cross and angel carvings on the building's columns.

Father Gauthier declares as his favorite a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, whose airbrushed cloak gives.t.he iltusion that the statue is draped' with Teal cloth: Mrs. Boivin is now crafting a crown for the statue that will have an overlay of 24-karat gold.

The next project is to touch up the corpus on a large crucifix· which hangs above constantly

burning devotional candles, whose soot has discolored it.

Mrs. Boivin's parish work has brought out previously untapped artistic talent in Father Gauthier.

Early on, Mrs. Boivin noticed his interest in her painting and asked if he'd like some lessons.

The pastor agreed for the simple reason that the rectory walls were bare. He told her, "I want to fill the rectory with paintings!"

Though he'd never picked up a brush before, "ever since I was a kid I wanted to paint," said the priest.

On the day of his first lesson, Mrs. Boivin recalled, she found Father. Qauthier awaiting her with pen and paper, expc:cting she was going to "give him a few tips on how to paint." But she produced canvas, paints and brushes and told him, "Oh, no, Father, you are going to paint today!'~

He hasn't stopped since. A corner room in the rectory has become his permanent studio, a work always in progress on the easel, and the walls have come to life with everything from portraits of Christ, to clowns, landscapes and cartoonlike dogs and bears, all signed with flair, "Rene."

He started out with portraits "the hardest thing!" Mrs. Boivin notes, but "you'd be amazed how easily it came to him." His portraits of Christ, she said, "all have a different look, and they're all excellent."

Father Gauthier has worked with oils and watercolors, but prefers pastels. Most of his. artwork has stayed right in the rectory, though he recently donated an·"Old Salt" portrait for auction at a Bishop Stang High School function.

Mrs. Boivin, who does sculpture, stained glass work and oil painting and has refurbished statues for parishioners and for St. Anthony of the Desert Church, Fall River, says she is mainly "selftaught" through. the resources of the Fall River Public Library. In her teens she borrowed some 300 books to study the techniques Of the masters. By the time she took some lessons, she was already well on her way to a career.

She enjoys the atmosphere . at St. Jean's because '~it is such a , p~aceful place':t'o wbfk::.-so quiet," ,: 'she said. "I feel like the cares of the Hickey photo. ,world. are .left 'oiltside~(as ill I CHRIST PORTRAIT by Father Gauthier~ '., - ~we~e !.nheayen." ~ ,

U.N. report names officers involved in Salvadoran killings'" NEW YORK (CNS) - A U.N. report has named high-ranking Salvadoran military officers it said ordered the killings of six Jesuit priests in 1989 and Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar A. Romero in 1980.

The U.N. Truth Commission report already has had a major repercussion in the small Central American nation. Salvadoran Defense Minister Rene Emilio Ponce, among five military officers blamed for plotting the Jesuit killings and removing the witnesses, offered his resignation March 12.

Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani called for an "immediate, general and absolute amnesty" for all military chiefs, guerrilla leaders and civilians named.

"This is the time to pardon," Cristiani said in a televised address soon after he received the report.

Also named in plotting the Jesuit slayings were Deputy Defense Minister Juan Orlando Zepeda, Col. Guillermo Alfredo Benavides and retired officers 路Gen. Inocente Montano, Col. Francisco Elena Fuentes and, former air force commander, Juan Rafael Bustillo.

A sixth officer, Col. Guillermo Benavides Morena, was ordered to carry out the killings, the report said. He used troops from the Atlacatl battalion, trained by the , , U.S. military.'

The U.N. report recommended that officers still serving be dis-

missed and those already retired be banned from public office for at least 10 years.

The murders of the priests, who were critical ofthe right-wing government, also resulted in the deaths oftwo witnesses, the priests' house-

Chronology Among horrifying events in EI Salvador's civil war: - March 24, 1980: an unidentified sniper kills outspoken human rights advocate Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero as he celebrates Mass in a hospital chapel.

- Dec. 4, 1980: four members ofthe National Guard stop three North American nuns and a lay volunteer worker at a roadblock, rape and then kill them.

- Dec. 11, 1981: some 1,000 peasants, mainly women and children, are killed in EI Mozote by government troops.

- Nov. 16, 1989: soldiers assassinate six Jesuit priests and their two employees in the Central American University grounds.

The report accused the late Maj. Roberto D'Aubuisson, founder of the now-ruling ARENA party, of ordering the killing of Archbishop Romero, slain while celebrating Mass March 24, 1980.

The report concluded that the Atlacatl army unit was responsible for the massacres of an estimated 1,000 men, women and children in EI Mozote in December 1981, shooting them "deliberately and systematically in groups."

The former guerrilla Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, known by its Spanish acronym as the FM LN, also rated a chapter in the V.N. report. At least two top

keeper and her daughter, according to the long-awaited U.N. Truth Commission report on more than a decade of human rights abuses in EI Salvador.

T,()I~ LEF;T, s,ome 7,OQ9 S~lvadorans march in memory of Archbishop Rom~ro on the 10th anniversary of his assassination; below, bodies of three of six slain Jesuit priests; right, top to bottom, M'aryknolliay missiQnerJean Donovan, Maryknoll Sistets Ita Ford, Maura Clark, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kaiel. "(CNS photos)' ' ..'.',

leaders, Joaquin Villalobos and Cristiani, under pressure from Ana Guadalupe Martinez, were ,the military, had tried to have the accused of Qrdering the summary commission's report postponed or executions of at least IO mayors to suppress the names of those between 1985 and 1988. accused of abuses.

The Truth Commission took The commission recommended that those named should be banned testimony (rom about 9,000 civfrom public office for 10 years and ilian victims or witnesses oLrights prohibited from ever "holding any abuses, questioned top V.S. offimilitary or security responsibility." cials and interviewed dozens of The FMLN was cited for "grave people implicated in rights abuses. acts of violence" but most of the Its members are former Colomcases studied were blamed on either bian president Belisario Betancur, the military or their allies in the former Venezuelan foreign minispolitical, judicial and business ter Reinaldo 'Figueredo and V.S. community, some of whom were human rights jurist Thomas Bursupported in the 1980s by U.S. aid genthal.

Despite questioning more than _..1 totalling $6 billion.

The three-member commission 2,000 people, the commission said documented a wide-ranging series it was unable to give a definitive of atrocities, killings, kidnappings report on death squads that roamed and other human rights abuses El Salvador, and it asked for a during the country's 12-year civil special investigation, saying they remained "a potential menace." war.

Commenting on the report, Ponce, 46, evidently aware of the report, offered his resignation Father Patrick Burns, SJ, presiprior to the report's release, ang- dent of the U.S. Jesuit Conferrily condemning what he called an ence, said "I welcome publication international campaign to destroy of the U.N. Truth Commission's .report on human rights abuses in the armed forces.

In the case ofthe Jesuit slayings, . EI Salvador. Everyone involved the report concluded that units of should be grateful for the courage the U.S.-trained Atlacatl battalion displayed by the members of the forced their way into the Jesuits' Truth Commission and by the residence, ordered them into a numerous individuals in EI Salvagarden, shot them and did away dor who cooperated with their with witnesses, such as the house- investigation. Speaking the truth in public can be very dangerous, as keeper and her daughter.

Salvadoran Army Chief of Staff the request for anonymity by most Gen. Gilberto Rubio Rubio and' of those interviewed indicates.

"President Cristiani's call for an . others were accused of a coverup.

Before leaving, the soldiers scrib- immediate amnesty for all those bled graffiti blaming leftist guerril- accused by the Truth Commission is premature unless and until the las for the killing.

The commission also blamed accused somehow indicate that they the country's now disbanded Na- accept responsibility for those tional Guard for the murders of crimes. Finally, the work of the four U.S. church women Dec. 2, Truth Commission will be wasted unless [its] findings are used to .

1980: The 'National 'Guard was headed by former defense minis- establish a' credibly independent police and judicial system in a ter, Gen. Carlos Vides Casanova, country which suffered so much who is accused of covering up the for so long because it had neither." slayihgs.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 19, 1993

Coming to terms with dying and death

By Antoinette Bosco If ever there's a moment of truth in a re'lationship between husband and wife it is surely when one of them is facing death.

That was true for Herbert and Kay Kramer of Connecticut when he was stricken with prostate cancer. How they dealt with this blow is an inspiring story.

Last April, after a three-year bout with cancer, Kramer died peacefully at 70 in the home he shared with his wife.

When Kramer first got the news that his illness was terminal, he doubted about an afterlife. But as time went on, he developed a spiritual openness which, in a way, he "caught" from his wife.

Mrs. Kramer, a clinical social worker who specializes in grief counseling, said she has long believed that death opens the door "between this home and the next."

It was this belief that she wanted to pass on to her husband.

The talks they had, often late at night, became a sort of personal adventure for both of them as Kramer began to focus more and more on whether the "I" continues after death.

As Kramer began to learn and change, he wanted to write about' this process of facing death. He felt that something important was developing each day in the dialogues between himself and his wife.

They decided to collaborate on "Conversations at Midnight," (William Morrow and Co.), a beautifully sensitive book that gets to the heart of dying and death.

"There's nothing more important than a peaceful death and a good send-off into the next journey," Mrs. Kramer said in an interview. She explained that she and her husband wrote their book mainly to help people "overcome their fear of death ... and recognize this as a natural process."

Remarkably, although the couple begin their talks in the book from a very personal place, "Conversations at Midnight" is packed with insights on virtually every aspect of death one might confront.

They examine such questions as when to tell a child of a parent's fatal illness; whether one should die in a hospitaL hospice or at home; whether euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide makes sense

(Mrs. Kramersoundly rejects both); , and how to resolve unfinished business.

As time went on and death drew closer, Kramer recounted many powerful dreams, one of which was "the repeated appearance of a mysterious robed figure whose gentle touch and loving embrace have not only been experienced in dream images but have been felt" tactually.

Since her husband's death, Mrs. Kramer says she has felt his "touch" in interesting ways, particularly through music.

"Music that we loved will come on in very unlikely places if I have been really thinking about him like walking into a store and suddenly hearing Louis Armstrong singing'What A Wonderful World,' the song we played for the recessional at his memorial service."

Kramer has given us an extraordinary legacy, the invitation to join him and learn from him as he travels the road to a destiny he comes to see, with hope, as home.

Don't apologize for being a senior

By Clifton J. Wood Director, Dennis Council on Aging It occurred to me just recently that we senior citizens spend a great deal of time apologizing for the fact that we are senior citizens.

Also, we do this often without realizing it. We make statements such as, "Y ou must be"patient with me, I don't move as fast as I used to," or "Please repeat what you said, I don't hear well," or "I can't see very well." We always put the words ''I'm sorry" with these statements, or we make a joke which infers that our mental capacity has diminished.

I feel we should not be apologizing for being a senior citizen. It is a great time of life - when we have time to do and enjoy activities which we could not do while we were busy with our family and job responsibilities.

Be proud and happy - do not apologize for your age: And when a younger person gives you a disgusted look or a smart remark, be ready for them. Tell them, "Someday you will be a senior citizen yourself." Aging is a fact of life.

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A favorite prayer The March 1993 edition of The Flash, ,newsletter of the Chatham Council on Aging, offers the following prayer, a favorite of actress Shirley Booth. Known for roles in "Come Back Little Sheba" and "Hazel," she died in Chatham last fall.

Give me a good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest.

Give me a healthy body, Lord, With sense to keep it at its best.

Give me a healthy mind, good Lord, To keep the good and pure in sight.

Which, seeing sin, is not appalled, but finds a way to set it right.

Give me a mind that is not bored, That does not whimper, whine or sigh.

Don't let me worry over much About the fussy thing called I. Give me a sense of humor, Lord, Give me the grace to see a joke.

To get some happiness out of life, And pass it on to other folk.

Found on a tombstone in the graveyard o/Chester Cathedral in England, dated 1658.

Exercise afoot' "How beautiful upon the moun-, tains are the feet of those who bring glad tidings" is the quaint and unforgettable' cry of the prophet Isaiah foretelling the salvation of IsraeL Strong feet were needed by messengers in those days.

We have more efficient messengers today, but strong feet and legs are needed by many older Americans who have discovered that walking is the best exercise available to preserve health, strengthen hearts and promote longevity.

Noone has succeeded in finding the fabled fountain of youth, but more and more studies are disclosing that nothing can slow the aging process as much as exercise. However, a lot of older people either don't know that or don't seem to care.

Some 40 percent of people over 65 are sedentary, according to a recent study at the National Institute of Aging. That means they mostly sit until the temptation to exercise goes away. The 60 percent who do work out are more mobile, have fewer falls and injuries and enjoy a lower death rate.

The growing interest of seniors in walking only reflects its popularity in every age group. Except for good footwear, the cost is minimal; all that's needed is open space to walk on. And, except for the northern latitudes, you can do it all year round.

Even in, these parts, when snow and ice are all arou'nd, we've found a way to keep walking. Our shop-

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ping malls have become popular walking meccas, opening early to allow elderly exercisers to chalk off their kilometers before the boutiques and pastry shops open.

Growing in popularity for active seniors. although I have seen no definitive numbers. are indoor walking units. They bear different trade names, but they all provide a protected indoor track for running, walking or jogging in place.

Forget the weather. Don't worry about muggers or rapists. Ignore speeders or drunken drivers. The track is all yours.

My Christmas was brightened last year when our sons, daughters and sons-in-law pooled their resources to present me with a shiny black treadmill with flywheel, siderails and battery-powered computer. They offered to set it up, but I managed to assemble most of it.

Of course, it took several weeks.

I haven't figured out the computer yet, but I've found it a handy way to help me with my daily rosary. The view in the Casserly basement pub can't compare with jogging around Lake Hiawatha in spring, summer and autumn, but it's better than today's wind chill ' of 29 below zero.

I'm hoping that year-round walking will help me build the muscle mass that will not only strengthen my back but will help both me and my wife keep osteoporosis at bay. Bone mass loss is most common among women, but it can affect men as well.

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the most common reason aging Americans are forced into nursing homes. The National Osteoporosis Foundation has many suggestions for treatment to keep this problem at bay. ' Exercise comes first, naturally, but then come other suggestions.

They include: consume more calcium; take the sunshine vitaminA; don't smoke; don't drink, and consult your doctor about estrogen replacement therapy.

Taking special care of your aging feet is also recommended whether your walking is done inside or out.

Our feet change shape over the years, losing oils, fatty tissues and drying out. Dr. Scholl's"the foot people, have some suggestions.

Soak your feet in a foot cream bath in lukewarm water. Massage them to increase circulation. Use insulated or fleece-lined insoles during winter. For walking wear cotton socks and soft shoe~ with supports-like running shoes.

I guess there's a lot to remember if we want our feet to help us bear good news on the mountain or the plains where we live. J'hope some of these suggestions will make walking an exercise you'll enjoy for many years to come.

Parish nurses:,J,) new health care trend. . "

WAS H I NGTON (CNS) When parishioners of Santa Rosa Church in California and St. Margaret of Scotland parish in Maryland need to get their blood pressure checked. they go to church. .

It's not because, they. Iost t helr way to t.he doctor s office; most of them might not have even gone to the doctor. But they are able to get the health adVice they need. thanks . nurses. to pansh Parish nurses. in cities, suburbs and ~ural area.s. are part of a ?~rgeonlng trend In health care mIDlStry. ~he.y follow no univ~rsal j?b descnptlOn b~cause th.elr duties vary from pansh to pansh.

Franciscan Sister Miriam Bauerlin has an office in the rectory basement of the suburban Maryland parish. She takes calls throughout the day about nutrition. health needs of the elderly and prenatal care.

When she leaves the office, she is still answering questions. She visits the homebound and teaches health to children in day care and women in homeless shelters.

"I don't do any hands-on nursing. What I do is advise people or make contacts for them," she said.

On several occasions she has advised people to see a doctor. particularly when they have high blood pressure. She said she frequently talks with parishioners who have given up on their health or refuse to tell anyone they are in pain.

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She believes parish nursing could be the answer to the nation's health care crisis because of its focus on prevention instead of illness.

D " S'IS ter J une W'lk ommlcan 1 erh k 'th arl'sh nurses son. w 0 wor s WI p at H 0 Iy C ross H OSpl't a I'10 M'1SS1'on Hills. Calif.. said the "health situa. .IS suc h a ba d scene th a t th e tlOn church should regain its position . h I' I'" , asa eamgpace.

Many parish nurses agree that the church is the perf.ect place for health care. because It reaches so many pe~ple. It m~kes perfe:t sens.e t,o S.lster Baucrl~~. who sal.a Chnst s flyst admoDltlon to hiS disciples was ','go and heal."

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Increased federal college aid said doubtful

AT A FRESHMAN seminar,Chandra Johnston listens to Notre Dame president Father Edward' A. Malloy, CSc. (CNS/UND photo)

Notre Dame theology student finds "pear~ of' great price" people to appreciate the essence of God·in their own lives. I saw people's lives change."

After high school, she worked as an assistant in, a Los Angeles accounting firm, in her spare time studying African-American h\story 'and 'Spanish to 'help her in her WASHINGTON (CNS) - A work with fellow parishioners.

Los Angeles woman who sold Two years ago she decided to almost everything she owned to look into returning to school fullpursue a theology degree at the time and on the advice of her University of Notre Dame has brother, a Paulist priest, she visited made her mark at the Midwestern Notre Dame. university.

Returning home, "I put together Chandra Johnson, 39, who grew a binder with everything I had up in south central Los Angeles, done in the church and submitted hopes one day to use her theology . it with the application [to Notre background to write about Catho- Dame]. in December." When she licism from an African-American was accepted, like the merchant female perspective. seeking the perfect pearl, "I sold A freshman at Notre Dame who everything I had, except my car. I hadn't been in a classroom full- quit my job and prayed for finantime for 20 years, she made the cial aid." dean's list her first semester.

Her Los Angeles parish gave her Since arriving in So.uth Bend, a $500 scholarship, friends gave Ind., she has begun teaching African- her $2,500 in cash and the rest of American girls from a local hous- her tuition was covered by finaning project; 'about their heritage cial aid a'nd loans. .'; : . and current events~, Se,veral fellow ) A semester and ~h~I(Il!-tl:r !l.he Notre Dame students have joined remains thrilled to 'be' at 'Notre her.

Dame. But adjusting to student Most recently, Ms. Johnson has' life has not been easy. started a "spirituality-based com"First semester was hell," says munity" for African-American Ms. Johnson, citing the "emotional women on campus. "It's my hope stress and strain of trying to fit the [African-A'merican] men will into an environment that's not my follow and set up their own group," own with students 20 years my she says. junior."

Her interest in theology dates Her greatest challenge has been back to childhood, when she saw "a freshman requirementthateveher father work long hours to send ryone has to know how to swim. his II children through Catholic I've been afraid of the water since I schools. was 7. It took me two we,eks to get "Growing up, we weren't desti- away from the edge of the pool, tute but it was always a financial struggle," and reliance on God came naturally, she said.

Ms. Johnson says that "as an African-American, my theology is very rooted in our struggle for survival." Throughout life, when times were tough, it was God to whom she turned, she said.

Prayer to St. Joseph "At certain points in my life he Blessed St. Joseph, was all I had. Going through two faithful guardian and proriots, earthquakes,. a divorce, 'and challenging relationships with famtector of virgins, to whom ily members:'~belief in God was a God entrusted Jesus and necessity, she explained.

Mary, I implore you by the Active in parish life in many love which you did bear capacities, including as a religious them, to preserve me from educator, Ms. Johnson studied to become a master catechist in a Los every defilement of soul and Angeles archdiocesan program. and body, that I may always It was teaching catechism that serve them in holiness and made her realize she had a gift. purity of love. Amen.

"I love writing and talking about God. I found I was good at helping "The kingdom of heaven is /ike to a merchant seeking good pearls who. when he hadfound one pearl ofgreat price. sold all that he had and bought it." Matt. 13:4546

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The deep end still scares me."

Ms. Johnson said her outrage at the acquittal of four white police officers who beat a speeding motorist, which sparked last April's riots in south central Los Angeles, has lessened a bit since she came to Notre Dame. "Six months ago I was steeped in the anger of a community that continues to be spit upon [but] education has a way of opening up your mind and helping you discern right from wrong."

For her, education is also the pearl of great price.

Bishops' spokesman WASHINGTON (CNS) Msgr. Francis J. Maniscalco, 47, a priest of the diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., has been named director of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Media Relations.

Since 1985, he has been director of public information for the Rockville Centre diocese and editor'associate publisher of The Long Island Catholic; diocesan newspaper. He succeeds Father Kenneth J. Doyle, who has returned to parish work in his home diocese of Albany, N.Y.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - AlAccording to the report, "Makthough a congressionally mandated ing College Affordable Again," commission is urging the federal the cost of attending a private colgovernment to increase tuition aid lege or university rose 126 percent to college students, some Catholic during the 1980s and "ranks as one college administrators say such an of the most costly investments for increase is unlikely.

American families, second only to "Certainly, I'd like the federal buying a home." government to increase aid [to . The report stresses a complete students], but given the state of the overhaul of the current financial budget deficit, I'm afraid it can't aid system run by the Education happen," said Harry Sladich, vice Department. It also suggests that president for administration and the federal government spend an planning at Jesuit-run Gonzaga additional $7 billion a year to help students pay for college.

University in Spokane, Wash.

The bipartisan congressional Bob Walker, director of financial aid at Jesuit-run Creighton commission suggests that $14,000 University in Omaha, Neb., agreed. in yearly federal aid be made avail"It· seems to make sense" for the able to each undergraduate stugovernment to help students fi- dent regardless of family income.

Other recommendations include nancially, he said. "But 'I'm also a pessimist and I know we have a a modified version of Clinton's national service program, a direct deficit."

The college administrators government lending system and echoed the words of Education tax deductible interest on student Secretary Richard Riley, who re- loans.

The federal share in higher educently told a group of college presidents that college students might cation was greater 40 years ago, not get as much help as Clinton according to the report. In 1950, promised in his campaign speeches. the government supported 46 perHe said the deficit problems cent of the financial burden for were worse than he or Clinton had higher education, compared to II predicted and noted that in the -percent in 1990.

Another statistic the report cites past two years the Education Department had incurred debts of $2 is a 1991 Gallup Poll which indibillion from grants to needy col- cates that 87 percent of Americans believe college costs to be "rising lege students.

Riley addressed a meeting of the at a rate that will put college out of .

National Association of Indepen- reach for most people." dent Colleges and Universities in Like Ralbbits .

Washington the day after a congressionally mandated report was "Ideas are like rabbits. You get a "l'eleasC;~,GamQg for jncreasedJedcouple and learn how to handle eral funds to make college more them, and pretty soon you have a affordable. dozen."-John Steinback

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Their black shoes treading Roman cobblestones in the frosty early morning, U.S. priests and seminarians make their way each day of Lent to the city's Lenten station churches.

They are following a tradition 15 centuries old.

Often leaving their residences while it's still dark, they celebrate Mass at a church housing relics of early Christian martyrs.

The 40-day itinerary includes well~known major basilicas like St. Peter's at the Vatican as.well as small churches generally not open to the public.

The stations start with distribution of ashes at the majestically simple Basilica of Santa Sabina; a week later those making the pilgrimage are praying under the gold-leaf ceiling and glittering mosaics of the Basilica ofSt. Mary Major.

After Mass on Ash Wednesday, as the students walked down the Aventine Hill toward the Gregorian University, one could overhear an occasional "back to bed" and "not my time of day." But spir- , its and limbs weren't lagging.

"It's penitential in the sense that you are doing something you d.on't usually do, but being together with these people, remembering the martyrs and the dying to self that is part of Lent - it's a positive thing," said father Al Grous, a Philadelphia archdiocesan priest studying in Rome.

Father Grous, who is preparing to te~ch at Sts. _Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard La,ke, Mich., ,coordinates English-Ian-, guage ,ser'vic'es at t~e station churches. He lives at Casa Sant~ Maria, the residence for priests connected with the North American' College, the U.S. seminary in' Rome.

The 7 a.m. Mass at a different church every day of Lent usually draws 100-120 people"the majority from the Casa and the college, but also English-speaking men and women religious and laypeople who have made the tradition part of their Lenten observance.

Depending on how far away church is and how late seminarians have studied the previous night, about a dozen priests from the Casa and three dozen priests and seminarians from the college walk to the day's station church.

Others take a bus.

Bulletin boards at both residences include a, description of the next day's church, its artistic and architedural highlights, informa, tion about the martyr or martyrs,

whose relics are enshrined and directions for getting there.

Wednesday in the fourth week of Lent is the long-distance challenge. The station church is the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls.

Msgr. Edwin F. O'Brien, North American College rector, said he and the. half dozen seminarians who walked there last year made it in just under an hour. "We go at a pretty good clip."

Visiting specific churches on specific days in Lent is a Roman practice going back at least to the fifth century. It was formally organized by Pope Gregory the Great at the beginning of the seventh century. Other churches were added by Pope Gregory II in the eighth century to fill out the schedule, which remains largely unchanged.

Popes John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul II have marked every Ash Wednesday since 1959 with Mass in the first 'station church, Santa Sabina.

About a dozen German-speakers celebrate Mass or morning prayer at the station churches immediately after the English-language Mass.

The main daily celebration in the churches, a 5 p.m. Mass in Italian and-or Latin, has been coordinated by the Collegium Cultorum Martyrum since 1879.

Msgr. O'Brien said the pilgrimage to the resting place of early martyrs "gives a unique sense of the history of the church and the sacrifices necessary to witness to the truth of the Gospel."

"It concretizes the faith in stone and mortar and blood," he said.

The rector'said that at a recent meeting' "vitli the s'e'tntn'adans' 'he' suggested that North American College follow the station churches only every other year. He said he was concerned that the community was being split up during Lent and that those who could not go to the station churches felt left behind.

But the students eloquently opposed the idea "with very convincing reasons" about how important and special the practice was, so the decision was reversed, he said. \ "More times than not, when you go into these churches, it's as a museum," Father Grous'said. "To use them for the purpose for which they were built, it really means something."

The historic, artistic and architectural importance of the various churches has some influence over the number of people who show up, said Father Jim Bird, a priest

of the diocese of Erie, Pa. It's especially true when the day's church is one normally closed to the public.

"One of the great things from !he ancient tradition is the pilgrimage of faith," Falher Grous said.

Calling the churches "stations" is not just a reference to their being a stop along a journey, but evokes the Latin meaning of "statio" or standing together - in this case around the altar - and the Roman military use of the term to indicate a fortified camp, bringing to mind a prayerful vigil by the "militia of Christ."

"The station is not only a stop, but an action," Father Grous said.

"It's a celebration ofthe Eucharist, the source and summit of our life and a taste of the heavenly banquet."

A CHILD in southern Sudan eats a high-protein biscuit supplied by Catholic Relief Services with the aid of funds contributed by U.S. Catholics' durir.g the annual American Bishops' Overseas Appeal, 'scheduled for this weekend in diocesan parishes. Hundreds' of thousands of: 'S udane'se .are threatened with starvation as a result of the nation's IO-year civil war. (CNS/ CRS photo)

,P,ype~alls,JorH1!~tipg Gq4,.~~:,,~~~ter VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Recognizing God's omnipotence and' placing God at the center of life are necessary conditions for peace in individual hearts and in the world, Pope John Paul II said at his Angelus talk last Sunday. .

Acknowledging God gives an individual a single focus and prevents that person from having divided loyalties,· the phpe said; ' , '

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self, before thousands of idols" becomes a slave to things, the pope said.

"Is it any wonder then that humanity has become a sad scene of war, violence and tragedy'with-.' out end?" he asked.

The First Commandment, to love the one God, is not "a tyrant's prete~sion \lor a des,pot's whL~," the pope said. ",It is, abo,\e ~ll, the heartfelt voice of the Creator who, despite our infidelities, never tires of treating us as sons and daughters."

The commandment is not asking for a "cool recognition of the, truth," but for hearts fn;ely--responding to God's love, he said., .

"How much the world' would change if we let o,urselves get involved with divine love," the,pope said. "One would discover with e:ver-rene~ed wonder the beauty J

of the universe, gift of God, and the mystd'y'or'the 'human pers'bn, created in the image of the Creator and wrapped in his eternal tenderness." " The pope prayed that the Virgin Mary would "look with pity on human fragility, so often unmindful of God and therefore exposed t6 a foolish and suicidal lack of lOv,e:;·exposed,t<r.hat'fed war'indif-

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and death." ' ' During a morning visit to Blessed Sacrament parish in the Rome suburb of Tor de Schiavi, the pope said Lent is a time for people to give priority to th,eir relationship with God. , "In contemporary society, so oft~n characterized by a frantic m;:tiyjty a~~Q.rdil'llUO J,h.e }QgiC;, of pmd.uc.tiofl.:~n.d:PQn~U1:nption,jtis necessary to ,reaffirm the primacy of the spirit," he declared., "Lent is for everyone an itinerary of interior conversion which, limiting everything that uselessly weighs on ,human life, help~ pne rediscover the fundamental values of existence~'; he said"adding that Lent is a time to create a space in one's day for reflection, for prayer, for listening to the word of God and for reaching out to those who are in need. ' -

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ROME (CNS)- When it's midnight in Rome, Sister Maria lommetti hopes that the lights are flickering in Serb-controlled Bosnia. ' , If the electricity is working. chances are better of getting telephone news from members of her order in' the war zone.

The news is often grim, with stories of rapl< and terror. , Sister lomtnetti is secretary of the Adorers ~fthe Blood of Christ.

The Rome-headquartered religious order has about 40 sisters in 80snia-Herzego'vina. Three are in the Serb-besieged capital of Sarajevo.

Five of its U.S: members were killed last ,yelu in Liberia.

Forty'<::r'oat 'me'mbers are in Banja Luka, center of Serb-controlled Bosnia~.

"We caIreveryday at, midnight because that's when the lights go on briefly and it is easier to get the call 'through," she said.

Since fighting started in Bosnia last year. the news has been generally negative. , Many members of the order have been beaten, r.ap,ed $)f forced to leave because of Serl:~ "ethnic cleansing" policies, said Sister lommetti, ; , Many of those remaining work in hospitals, in centers for displaced people and with pregnant rape victims.

The rapes of the nuns all occurred on the same 'night last June when Serbian troops raided a house in the diocese of Banja Luka where 23 nuns were staying.

The nuns were stripped naked,

beaten and raped "but none became pregnant," she said.

"The trauma remains and some are still receiving psychological and psychiatric therapy," she added. ' Despite the continued danger of rape, no Adorers of the Blood of Christ use contraceptiv~ devices or 'take birth control pills, she said.

"The law is not different in the church for nuns and lay people," she said. "We have faith, not the pill.

"If a sister becomes pregnant, we would help them to childbirth," said Sister lommetti.

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, AT THE ANNUAL dinner board meeting of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, held at Daniel Webster Inn, Sandwich, Bishop Sean O'Malley was greeted by, from left, DCCW president Mary Mikita; Very Rev. James F. Lyons, DCCW moderator; and Joanne Quirk, National Council of Catholic Women Boston Province director. The bishop, just returned from a Baltimore meeting of Catholic Relief Services, expressed appreciation of DCCW contributions to CRS projects and of council work within the Fall River diocese. He will address his first DCC\y convention April 24 at St. Francis Xavier parish center, Hyannis.

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"Blizzard of '93" finds Catholics coping WASHINGTON (CNS) ' - A major mid-March storm, dubbed the "Blizzard of '93," paralyzed U.S. coastal and Southern states, killing more than 150 people, leaving millions without power and closing roads and airports.

Because of heavy snowfall and strong winds, some church building.s..~ere ~a,l11~ged; wed~ings, funerals~,and~confir;mations-,were-

postponed; and Mass attendance was at an all-time low. Several bishops also granted Catholics in their dioceses a dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation.

At St, Patrick's Church, Somerset, some feared a long-planned "mortgage-ripping"ceremony celebrating completion of debt payments on the parish center wO'uld be delayed; 'But'althOugh the congregation w'as sparse at a Mass with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley as principal celebrant, the liturgy went off on-schedule, as did a following corned beef and cabbage banquet for which Irish step dancers from Boston braved 'icy roads to provide entertainment, On the national level, particu-

"We bused everyone to South Dade High School on Friday," said Peter Coats, director of social advocacy for the Archdiocese of Miami.

Father Thomas Honold, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Home~ stead, told The Florida Catholic, Miami's archdiocesan newspaper, that the storm's winds had blown off a portion of the temporary roof of the old church used to store food for hurricane victims.

"People have definitely experienced flashbacks to Andrew," he said. "I can't believe the long lines of people who are waiting outside [the parish] for food, despite the cold."

In a rare move, several bishops granted dispensations from Sunday's Mass obligation and as a result, parishes lost significant revenue from weekly collections.

Up and down the East Coast, seminars, retreats, confirmations and funerals were postponed.

But many long-planned-for weddings went ahead. At All Saints Church in Dunwoody, Ga., blizzard conditions outside of Atlanta left the church without heat and electricity.

The wedding party and out-oftown guests were ferried to the church in four-wheel-drive vehicles. Candles were placed throughout the church and trucks were left running outside the glass doors so their headlights could add more light.

Many showed flexibility in just getting to Mass during the storm.

In Tennessee, where 18 inches of

Top peace award to Dominican ROME (eNS) - An Israeli Dominican priest and his mixed Jewish-Arab community have won the 10th Niwano Peace Prize.

Father Bruno Hussar and the Neve Shalom-Wahat aI-Salam (Hebrew and Arabic for "Oasis 'of Peace") community will receive the award at a Tokyo ceremony. The award certificate and medal are accompanied by a prize of 20 million yen (about $170,000).

The Niwano Peace Foundation awards the prize annually to an individ ual or organization that has contributed to interreligious cooperation and world peace. The announcement of the 1993 award said that the 20-family interfaith community was chosen for its efforts "to realize the ideal of peaceful coexistence between Jews and Palestinians in Israel." ;~

larly hard hit were residents of South Dade, Fla., who were still reeling from Hurricane Andrew, which hit them seven months earlier.

In Dade County, trailers provided for hurricane victims were overturned and blown apart, sending people looking for their personal belongings., Several homes just rrecctl.l~IY;Ff;pa.jI:~d.los~:paft,s'of their roofs again, and in Naranja, 27 of 125 tents put up on the grounds of St. Ann Church were blown down.

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snow were reported in some areas, some people skied to church.

At the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Ga., already filled to capacity for a retreat, the doors were opened for at least 30 more people stranded in the area.

St. Pius X Church, also in Conyers, became an emergency shelter for 30 people. People who had' flooded the area because of reports of Marian apparitions, had nowhere else to stay when roads were clost;d.

Missionhurst Father John Morel, pastor of Our Lady ofthe Blue Ridge parish in Madison, Va., said that although he has plenty of parish bulletins left over from the weekend, they are now considered a collector's item.

He said the bulletins are certificates "proving that whoever has one made it to Mass during the 'Blizzard of '93.'"

"All they have to do is show the bulletins and they will have free entrance to heaven," he added.

Wishes granted to HIV/ AIDS patients A man will be reunited with a mother he has not seen in 10 years.

Another will get a hearing aid to help him better serve the HIV / AIDS community, And a third will get blues guitar instruction to further his ambition of becoming a performing artist.

They are being helped by For the Love of Life, a year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to granting the wishes of HIV / AIDS patients. Its founder, Patrick F. Murphy, himself an AIDS patient says "FLOL is the first fund established specifically to ~ddress the special wishes of people living with the AIDS virus." Amongits honorary chairpersons is Rev. Robert F. Drinan, SJ. , Any Massachusetts resident diagnosed with HIV / AIDS is eligible to apply,to have his or her wish granted. Further information: (617) 542-LlFE.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Federal Communications Commission is soliciting comments on the question of how to define indecency-and who can best do it.

Some have suggested the FCC define indecent material. Others say individ ual broadcasters should do it.

What could come under a wider definition of indecency are the graphic ads of aborted fetuses used by a handful of political candidates last vear. said Daniel Becker of Georgia. who was one such candidate.

"Broadcasters should not be arbiters of political speech even when limited 'to the context of indecent speech:' said, Becker. a Republican who lost in November. in written comments to the FCe. Becker said he believes the FCC should define indecency. "It would be too easy for a broadcaster to censor an unpopular political message under the guise that the message is indecent." he said.

Becker and some minor party candidates tried to buy ads showing aborted fetuses on television stations in their area. Although federal law guarantees "reasonable access" to political broadcasts. some stations either refusl:d thI: ads. claiming indecent eontent. or tried to air them late at n路ight.

A broadcasting coalition whosl: members include NBe. ABe. PBS and Fox asked the FCC to kt individual broadcasters continue to judge the content of programmingand to not expand the definition of indecency to include ads such as Bl:cker's.

"Any defin'ition of indecency that路 woul9be broap enough. to encompass all of thcse advertise- ments could also threaten to encompass news. information and series dramatic programming on a variety of topics," the coalition said.

Turner Broadcasting, in a separate statement. said individual stations need to be given discretion to determine what is indecent.

It added the discretion is necessary given the FCC's past unwillingness to rule to the indecencv of an ad prior to broadcast. .

The U.S. Catholic Conference did not file comments to the FCC in the matter.

When the FCC latl: last war ruled the ads were not indecent. the USCC said the FCC had acted correctly.

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CHAINS AROUND MY HEART

By Mick Conway "Shall we dance?"

"Yes, but don't step on my toes, make me look fO'olish or hold me too tight."

Going steady when you're a teenager is not a good idea for many reasons. Exclusive relationships tend·to promote problems - both personal and parental, that teenagers don't need during their high school years.

The same thing is true with chemicals. Going steady with alcohoi or otherdrugscan cause problems in every area of life.

Like steady relationships, chemicals can compromise physical and emotional health, interfere with school performance, inhibit friendships, limit experiences and wreak all manner of parental havoc.

Is it worth it?

Definitely not.

Most teenagers ex periment with drinking or using so-called recreational drugs (like tobacco, caffeine or marijuana) during their high school years. .

This flirtation is usually inconsequential, but in some cases a serious case of dependence may occur. The problem is, there's no way to know ahead of time who will become addicted and who will not. It's like Russian Roulette an unknown factor may cause injury or death.

Steady personal relationships and steady chemical relationships have a lot in common. Both start as casual events, lead to infatuation, grow in importance and become the most absorbing, compelling thing in life.

Being in love is one oflife's greatest experiences. It gives us that sense of security that makes us soar - we feel special, lovable, chosen. And people may have a sense of safety in love. We have someone to protect us and be "for" us, no matter what.

Do alcohol or d rugs provide the same sense. of security? Their promise is that they will always be there for us, lightening our problems or relieving our fears. What they fail to include in that promise is that there are risks that make a chemical relationship dangerous.

What kind of risks? Drinking and driving presents arisk unparalleled in potential for disaster.

Personal injury from fights or accidents are a definite possibility after alcohol or drug usage. Unacceptable behaviors such as shooting from the lip when dealing with parents or other authority figures can bring the world down around you if you're under the influence.

A common risk shared by steady personal relationships and steady' chemical relationships is the temptation to disregard sexual standards. Sexual intimacy is so unique, so important in God's plan for us, that its reservation until the commitment of a life partnership in marriage only makes good sense. . Going steady does not give permission to disregard that principle.

Likewise, having a steady relationship with alcohol or drugs is apt to lead us down the primrose path of neglecting responsibilities in all areas of life, including sex.

Alcohol and' drugs lower our inhibitions because of powerful influence they have over our minds and bodies. We feel invulnerable, free.

Engaging in sex is"just:one more boundary that is easily crossed because of intoxication or impairment from alcohol or drugs.

Going steady with someone can lead to emotional dependence that is both unhealthy and limiting.

When we exclude others from our lives we deny ourselves access to the world as it is, full of interesting people and new experiences.

That kind of emotional dependence may limit our personal growth and prevent us from reaching full emotional maturity.

Going steady with chemicals also inhibits our emotional growth by keeping us confined to artificial feelings.

The dependent relationship that develops with steady drinking or drug usage not only gives us a sense of false security, it entangles us in a web of self-deception and danger.

"Shall we dance?"

"N 0, thanks. I'll sit this one out."

Out of my sight But the vision is still the same Out of my mind But the memory remains unchanged Stones thrown in anger Hold twice the hurt Return to sender Could only make things worse.

Girl, you got to break These chains around my heart 'Cause I've been lonely too long You got to break These chains around my heart So I can finally Get on with my heart.

Don't ask me why Why I've lived with this all along Locked up inside And it's cutting me to the bone Love is a stranger Avoiding me Beware of the danger Is the only sign I see.

Are you listening Is there something You got to say, Am I getting through Or are you just going To leave me this way?

Written by Richard Marx and Fee Waybill. S'ung by Richard Marx (c) 1991, 1987 by Capitol Records Inc. HAVE YOU ever felt that your life is stuck in "park?" Do you want to get on \yith Your life, but feel that someth'i'ng holds you back?

For the character in Richard Marx's "Chains Around My Heart," the answer to these questions is a definite yes.

Marx's latest chart hit is another . release off his highly successful "Rush Street" disc.

The person in the song can't get past his last romance. Even though the woman is now "out of my sight," he holds on to the

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More than 100 students in'grades I through 5 at SS. Peter and Paul .School, Fall River, participated in the annual Invent America program tht:ough which students devise inventions to solve everyday problems. First through third place winners in each grade were announced last week, after which relatives and friends viewed a display of the inventions.

"We have been involved with Bristol County sheriff offers scholarships the Invent America program for the past five years," said principal, For the fifth consecutive year, dents who receive education from their peers, but also' for the peer "and still I am amazed and proud Bristol County Sheriff David R. of the creative inventions my stuNelson will award'three scholar- leaders, who have learned to help dents have produced." ships to graduating seniors in the others."

Fourth grade teacher organized county who. have shown leaderThe sheriffs Drug Awareness ship in the "war on drugs" by Scholarships are funded by the this year's event, which began in promoting drugeducation and par- Bristol County Honorary Deputy January. Students kept logs recording successes, failures and ticipating in student groups such Sheriffs Association. Applications research; created posters explainas Students Against Drunk Driv- are available at high schools ing, organizing'anti-drug activities county-wide or by contacting the ing steps in their invention proand programs, or forming support Bristol County Sheriffs Office; cess; 'and produced' a model of their product.

400 Faunce Corner Rd., North groups.

Winners will compete with other Dartmouth 02747. Application "So far we have made it possible students in their grade throughout for a number of students to better deadline is April 30. the country for regional, state and afford college by rewarding them Lie's Got Running Shoes national awards. More than for ~heir effort.s to fight substance $600,000 in awards and prizes are .~ A lie can travel half way around abuse, with education," said SheriffNelson."1 believe that there the world while the truth is putting available.

Launched in 1987, Invent Amerhas been a gain for not only stu- on its shoes." - Mark Twain

vision of what might have been.

He feels stuck. , He asks his former girlfriend to "break the~e 'etiairis ahiUlio "" my heart" so he can find love once more.

Many of us'can identify with this person's frustration. Something disappointing happens, and we are left feeling lost and confused. We find ourselves wondering if our lives will ever get any better.

However, we need to know that' there are actions we can take to help rediscover direc-

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tion in life. Whatever otirdls-appointment, consider these suggestions for getting your life moving again.

I. Be realistic. There are no quick fixes for disappointment's pain. However, it helps to share your feelings with people who care. Doing this enables you to face your feelings and thus to begin moving beyond them.

2. Put· special emphasis on the.physical. It's amazing how getting our bodies moving creates new emotional and spiritual energy. Get involved with a new exercise program, or go dancing. .

Perhaps this depends on an act of the will at ffrst, but literally sitting in the dumps gets us nowhere. Physical movement helps to change our feelings.

3. Reach out to help others.

Find out what programs in your parish or school could use some assistance in their efforts to care' for others. Healing and happiness can be enhanced by stretching beyond one's pain to respond to the hurt in others' lives. .

4. Put more laughter in your life. As a counselor, I often give those I work with the assignment to rent funny movies or to buy a good joke book.

Humor has a way of restoring balance, especially when we are solely focused on the hurtful disappointment. Regaining perspective helps us to heal our pain.

5. Pray for guidance. Those who seek new direction f!:Om God leads us in ways we never expected, yet these ways, if followed, can bring new opportunities for satisfaction. Trust your intuition through listening

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Indeed, the chains of disappointment can lie heavily around the heart.

Yet, when we take the risk to try again, life has a way of rewarding us.

Take small, specific steps toward rediscovering life's promise.

Your comments are welcomed

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INVENTIVE AMERICANS: First place winners in the Invent America program at SS. Peter and Paul School are, from left, Peter Crepeau, Alison Guillot, Elizabeth Affonso, Amanda Richard, Eric Schoonover. ica is administered by the United States Patent Model Foundation

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in our schools Connolly earns state hockey championship The Cougars did it and they did it with relative ease after two tough games leading into the finals. The boys' hockey team defeated Oakmont Regional 4-1 in the finals played at Boston College to take the state championship title. They did it with a pure hat trick by Ted Buxbaum, another goal by Tom Pavao, some tremendous goalkeeping by Lenny Moniz and an aggressive defense that kept Oakmont off the puck. Head Coach Mike Relihan and his team have brought home the school's third state championship (the first in boys' tennis in 1977 and the second in boys' baseball in 1990.)

Members of the 1993 State Championship team are Ted Buxbaum, Paul Simister, Joe Aleardi, John Chepren, Jon Ruel, Tom Pavao, Judd Berube, Sean Stubbert, Chris Cassamas, Jon Guay, Jason Carvalho, Derek Potvin, Brian St. Pierre, Mark Aguiar, Jim Damiano, Lenny Moniz, Dan Rego, Craig Bettencourt, Jason Ruel and David Moniz.

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Chris Moniz, Craig Bettencourt, Brendan Martin and Jarrod Womble recently attended a Student Athletic Training Seminar conducted by the school's athletic trainer.

The students were given instruction in control of bleeding, recognizing shock, and splinting. They also participated in'emergency medical drills in which the students took the lead in administering first aid in simulated cases, Administration, faculty and staff members have been meeting regularly during the past six months evaluating procedures, policies, and programs in preparation for the school's lO-year accreditation as a secondary school. Hannah Sullivan, chairperson of the selfevaluation team, has received a rough draft of the evaluation and will now work with the steering committee to produce the final draft.

The faculty is also hard at work on the formulation of a five-year plan for the school. The plan targets short-term and long-range

goals and objectives identified by the team as priorities for implementation.

Bishop Feehan The student-directed Cultural Awareness and Racial Equality (CARE) group at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, took part in several February activities observing Black History Month.

Excursions to Boston included a 'comparative study of Black churches, as well as religious services, at the First Baptist Church of Boston and a program, "Milestones in Black Dance," at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The latter presentation was followed by a discussion with panelists Talley Beatty, a famed choreographer; Elma Lewis, artistic director of the National Center for Afro-American Artists and founder of the Elma Lewis School of Dance; and dance historian Joseph Nash.

Later in the month the CARE group visited Moriah Baptist Church in Brockton for a worship service and "Singspiration," a faith witness program by the church's young adults. The Singspiration's featured talk was "Wake Up, Lest We Sleep," followed by talks 6n equality and contributions to poetry by the Black community.

Closerto home, CARE members Angela Summers and Kim Zabala made a presehtation to the school's academic council about how Black contributions to history, the arts and religion can be better included in the curriculum.

Religion club OK SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) Student religious clubs have the same right to meet at public schools as any other groups, a U.S. appeals court ruled in a case from Renton, Wash. Students in a non-denominational religio).ls club sued the Renton school district in 1985 when they were refused use of space for meetings because administrators claimed state and federal constitutions prohibited religious gatherings on school property.

THE THRILL of victory: The Connolly Cougars hoist the Massachusetts State Championship trophy and celebrate their win as dejected Oakmont fans look on.

GOOD NEWS: Catholic Schools Week essay contest winner Vladimir Negron is congratulated by Fathers Douglas Souza, left, and Arnold Medeiros at Taunton Catholic Middle School. The contest topic was the schools week theme "Choose Catholic Schools: The Good News in Education."

Taunton Catholic Middle School Eighth-grader Vladimir Negron of Taunton was the first place winner in ~he annual Catholic Schools Week Essay Contest held at Taunton Catholic Middle School. The contest was offered

by Language Arts teacher Patricia Williams. ' In keeping with this year's theme for Catholic Schools Week, "Choose Catholic Schools: The Good News in Education," students were asked to write about what makes their education at Taunton Catholic Middle School special to them:' Negron's essay titled, "Big Differences Made Little," follows: Catholic Schools Week is a time when we Christians work together with love and care. We understand each other's backgrounds and TCMS, but I feel like part of the majority. The teachers 'and students at TCMS accept

my differences as strengths.

Everyone appreciates the fact that I am proud of where I came from.

The good news comes from the gospel. The TCMS community reflects a gigantic gospel. When you open the Bible you see us and that is the Good News.

Negron was born in Puerto Rico and came to the United States when he was in the second grade.

First place winners in grade seven were Ann Goj and Lucas Rosen.

Second place essays were written by Emily Bowen, Kerry O'Boy and Timothy Barney. Melissa Plasse, Lauren Malo and Megan Dineen received third place honors and honorable mention was awarded to David Mackiewicz and to Kerry O'Boy for a second essay.

All essays were read at assemblies held at the school during Catholic Schools Month.

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Holy Farnily-Holy Narne School Maria Fernandes, a long-time volunteer at Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, was an honored - and surprised guest at a spaghetti supper and dance held by students, faculty and >families during Catholic Schools Week. Principal Cecilia Felix presented Mrs. Fernandes with a decorated gift basket on .behalf of the school.

Mrs. Fernandes has for many years prepared lunches for the school's 270 students, arriving at 9:30 a.m. and remaining until clean-up is complete in mid-afternoon. And when the lunches are taken care of, she undertakes whatever extra tasks need doing. She has had three children at Holy Family-Holy Name: Josette and Jessica, now at New Bedford High School, and Joshua, an eighthgrader who will graduate in June.

Students were seeing stars after a recent visit from Bill Luzader of "Stars around New England," who set up his portable planetarium in the school auditorium. Luzader pointed out the various constellations and planets, distributing starfinder charts so that students could continue stargazing at home.

"Grandfriends" were honored at a dance for the entire student body and their senior citizen guests Feb. 23. Music was provided by eighth-grade DJs Tara Gonzalez and Desirae Duarte.

Christian rock musician Jon Poke provided the music on Feb. 25, when he shared songs and stories with Holy Family-Holy Name students and junior high students from St. Mary's, St. Joseph's, and St. Anthony schools in New Bed-

ford. His concert at St. Lawrence Church included enthusiastic songs of praise and meditative ballads.

Charles Robinson, English department head at New Bedford High School, conducted a writing workshop for fourth- through eighth-graders Feb. 26, instructing them in writing a composition using detailed explanation and subtle humor. He left students an assignment to be completed for his follow-up visit this month.

Salve Re2ina Thomas J. Cotter of Mattapoisett, a senior politics major at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI, has been selected to be a student intern for Rhode Island General Assembly representative John S. Simonian (D-Dist. 27) of Cranston, RI. Cotter will assist in developing legislation to establish a Rhode Island Council on Compulsive Gambling, write speeches and conduct legal research.

He is one of about 100 college students participating in Rhode Island's internship program. The students receive college credit by working part-time in various areas of government.

Among 39 students recently inducted into the Sigma Phi Sigma National Mercy Honor Society at Salve Regina were Julie-Ann Cambra and Julianne Seguin of Fairhaven; Mark Cardelli of Fall River, and Gina Mennett of Sandwich.

They were recognized for scholastic achievement, fidelity, and service to the university.

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period, 27 TCMS students achieved high honors, 97 honors and eight honorable mention.

Eighth-graders are visiting Marian Manor on Wednesdays during Lent. Each week, 15 students lead the nursing home residents in the Stations of the Cross.

A science fair was held in February, with winners of "excellence awards" receiving $100 savings bonds and of"outstanding awards" receiving' $50 savings bonds. The winners and their projects were as follows: Grade 5: Outstanding awards to Marcie Awalt, "Life of Two Different Batteries," and James Sullivan, "The Eff.ect of Fertilizer Strength on Bulb Growth."

Grade 6: Excellence awards to Matthew Chumra, "The Effects of Antiseptics on Bacteria," and Marc Lincoln, "Which Paper Towel is Better?" Outstanding awards to Naomi Castro, "Your Brain and Conflicting Messages" and Jonathan Kahn, "How a Rocket Engine Works." .

Grade 7: Excellence awards to Amy Burgess, "The Inclined Plane," Brian Driscoll, "Does Age Affect Memory?" Outstanding awards to Anne Goj, "Cotton Batting - The Best Insulation:" David Mackiewicz, "Commercial fertilizers and Houseplants;" and Kerrin O'Boy, "As the Worm Turns."

Grade 8: Excellence awards to Cara Gioanoni, "Plant Pals;" .Jared Monast, "Water Softeners and Their Effects;" and Tim Zuba, "The Effects of Music on Plant Growth." Outstanding awards to Maureen Hamel, "Exercise and Blood Pressure" and Jessica Santos, "The Sense of Smell."

The principal's award given annually for best application of the scientific method went to Jodi Harrington for her project on laundry detergents.

All seventh and eighth grade students receiving excellence awards participated in the regional science fair at Bristol Community College, Fall River, last weekend.

"Trees" poet's son wants stamp ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) The son of famed poet and World War I hero Alfred Joyce Kilmer has launched a grassroots campaign to honor his father with a commemorative postal stamp. The poet Kilmer is best known for "Trees," a poem first published in 1913. He was editor of an Episcopal newspaper before converting to Catholicism.

During the war, Kilmer was first designated as a chaplain's statistician, but later requested transfer to a combat unit. He was killed in actionatage31 on July 30, 1918, during a reconnaissance mission and was posthumously awarded the French Croix de Guerre. His son, Kenton Kilmer, a member of St. Mark parish in the diocese of Arlington, is seeking widespread support for his campaign. He would like a stamp to bear either a picture of the tree believed the inspiration for "Trees" or a portrait of the poet.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 19, 1993

Iteering pOintl P.e. ALUMNI The Fall River Club of Providence College will meet for a Mass celebrated by Bishop Sean O'Malley 5 p.m. April 18 at the Cathedral, FR, followed by dinner. Priest-alumni will be honored. Information: Jean LaBelle, 994-4259, John Macedo, 993-3292.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, NB Support group meeting with open discussion 7 to 9 p.m. March 22, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth.

INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF GREATER FR Raymond Silvia of FACT (Forgotten Abused Children and Teens) will speak 7 p.m. March 22 at The Highlands (formerly Truesdale Hospital) 1800 Highland Ave., FR. All welcome.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Calix meeting for persons recovering from addictive diseases meets 6:30 p.m. Sunday, parish center.

Vincentian troubadours will visit Taunton Nursing Home 1:45 p.m.

Sunday; all welcome to entertain or serve refresh ments.

ST. STEPHEN, ATTLEBORO Coupons may be donated to parish social outreach committee to purchase fO'od for the needy; a collection box is located on the organ at the rear of the church.

ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Sacrament of the Sick will be administered during II: 15 a.m. Mass March 21.

SAINTS AND SINGERS CHOR US Easter musical, "The Victor," will be performed at the following diocesan parishes: St. Mary, Fairhaven, 8 p.m. March 26; Holy Cross, FR, 4 p.m. March 28; St. Elizabeth Seton, N. Falmouth, 8 p.m. April I; St. Pius X, S. Yarmouth, 8 p.m. April2; St. Louis Church, FR, 4 p.m. April 4.

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CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet, confirmation retreat tomorrow. St. Mary, S .. Dartmouth, confirmation retreat Sunday.

CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUPS Gathering of Prayer Groups including Mass, Eucharistic adoration and teaching by Rev. William Campbell 7:30 to 9: 15 p.m. March 29, Corpus Christi parish center, Sandwich. Sponsored by Cape and Islands Deanery and Service Committee of the Charismatic Renewal.

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NOTRE DAME, FR Bishop O'Malley will preside at Stations of the Cross coordinated by youth group 7 p.m. March 28.

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O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Scripture group studying Paul's first letter to the Corinthians will meet 7: 15 to 8:30 p. m. Mondays for 10 weeks beginning April 5. Information: 394-?023 after ~ p.m.

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ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET. "My Daily Way of the Cross," narrated by Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, following 9 a,m. Mass and at 7 p.m. today.

ST. ANNE, FR St. Anne novena service 3 p.m.

Sunday, followed by healing service.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO • Saturday Night Video series will continue 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Shrine Theater with the showing of "We Are the Children." Starring Ted Danson and Ally Sheedy, it tells the story of a doctor, initially an atheist, assigned to mission work in Ethiopia.

Father Andre Patenaude, popularly known as Father Pat, will conduct a healing service 2 p.m. Sunday with opportunity fo-r individual anointing.

Children of a King "Grant that we may never forget, o Lord, that every person is the child of a King." - Hasidic prayer

Health care network aids poor in nation's capital WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic doctors in search of volunWhen Herbert Morant limped into teer services, and 140 ·doctors reWashington's Christ House shelsponded immediately. ter last year, he was homeless and Functional since 1986, the netalone, unable to walk short diswork served 551 patients in its first tances without excruciating pain year. This figure has nearly quadfrom a badly healed broken leg. rupled in recent years, and today The staff of Christ House, a resthe network has more than doubled idence and recovery facility for in size, now including specialists in homeless men, contacted the Arch29 medical areas. diocesan Health Care Network in "We save the D.C. metropolitan search of an orthopedist. Within a area over $1 million each year" in month Dr. J. Richard Wells, a donated medical care, said Dominvolunteer doctor with the network, ican SisterTheresa McManus, the inserted a steel rod between Morprogram's administrator. ant's knee and ankle.

Free or low-cost health care is Several months later - Morant provided by eight local hospitals. proudly showed his straightened Thirty-three local clinics and leg to a visitor. "I think I would shelters refer patients to the nethave lost my leg" without the work which, supported by the Carsurgery," he told the Catholic dinals Stewardship Appeal, the Standard. archdiocesan newspaper.

United Way and private contribuMorant is one of about 2,000 tions, operates on a $96,250 budget. poor patients helped last year by Though tpe health ~are network' the more than 30Q volunteer docis a tremendous'help in' alleviaTing tors, dentists and nurses in .the the health care burden of Washing- . network, administered by the Washton, Sister McManus emphasized ington archdiocese's Associated that there is still need for more Catholic Charities. gynecologists, orthopedists, van The network started in the mid1980s when Washington Cardinal' drivers, radiology clinics and funding resources.

James A. Hickey met with a small She said many patients helped 'group of doctors to discuss providby the network would .otherwise ing medical care to the area's growhave to wait months to be treated ing poor and homeless population. The committee contacted local . at 0~erbu.r4ened public facilities.

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. LITTLE Elise Marie Ouellette, daughter of Maurice and Teresa Ouellette, whose mother is choral director at Holy Family-Holy Name School; New Bedford, was among the youngest participants in a school Mass culminating a twomonth pro-life study unit for eighth graders.