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Because you can doesn't mean you should WASHINGTON (NC) - "What is technically possible is not for that very reason morally admissible," declared the Vatican instruction on technology and procreation issued March 10.

The new Vatican entry into one of the most disputed and rapidly expanding intersections between morality and technology was hailed by some and criticized by others.

Even those who disagreed with some of its points, however, welcomed other conclusions, such as the condemnation of the commercial use of human embryos.

Among Catholic theologians there was wide support for the document's rejection of technological exploitation of embryos and fQr its repudiation of the use of third parties for the production or gestation of a child.

They said the new Vatican in- .' struction on procreation does not represent any major new Catholic teaching, but dra ws together existing teaching on procreation technology into one place, making its 'positions more' explicit" and sysThe·eye of the storm tematically clear.

Outside the church, however, the story is different. Despite exten- raise the issues extremely clearly" .church's demand that procreation sive research and rapidly growing on questions many people are con- and the physical act of intercourse medical practice in reproductive cerned about, and "it does raise cannot be separated. technology, there is "very little" in . the debate" to the level of "princiDr. Thomas Hilgers, director of the way of public "ethical or legal pies and values," he said. the Pope Paul VI Institute for the guidelines" for the areas covefed Where there was disagreement Study of Human Reproduction in by the Vatican document, said among Catholic theologians, much Omaha, Neb., hailed the instrucAustralian Redemptorist Father of it focused on the document's tion as a "defense of the human Brian Johnstone, another moral total ban on fertilization outside person" in response to "many theologian at Catholic University. the womb. abuses."

Whether they agreed or disagreed Hilgers, a specialist in rep~oduc­ Father Johnstone suggested that lack of a clear focus in public views with that ban, they concurred that tive medicine and a leading advoon such issues might be part ofthe the issue there was the same as that . cate of church-approved natural reason the document gained such of artificial birth control: Neither family planning methods, said the wide immediate attention. "It does is acceptable if one agrees with the d.ocument confirms important val-

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ues that "my entire· practice of reproductive medicine revolves around."

He said medical experts and Catholic theologians who criticize the new instruction should themselves be criticized for promoting theories and reproductive techniques that "denigrate the integrity of [the married] couple and their prospective child."

A critique ofthe Vatican instruction's complete ban on in vitro fertiIlzation came from Jesuit Father

John Mahoney, a British theologiim.

Writing March II in the London paper, The Independent, Father Mahoney objected that the Vatican position "does not appear to. take account of situations where the natural capacity to procreate is not present."

The Br'itish Jesuit also questioned the way the document treats the embryo absolutely as a person. from the time of conception. He said the instruction gives "no weight" to scientific phenomena such as genetic twinning and, in some cases, recombination of embryos that had twinned. These phenomena, he said, raise questions "whether the early human embryo can be called an individual."

The instruction did not rule out strictly therapeutic manipulation of genes or chromosomes, but it warned that "certain attempts" in this area "are aimed at producing human beings selected according to sex or other predetermined qualities." These, it said, are contrary to human dignity and cannot be justified.

Some theologians criticized the Vatican's consultation process on the document, saying the doctrinal congregation did not consult those most affected, women and child-less couples. But Vatican officials said consultations dated back to the summer of 1985. Among those giving input were geneticists, biologists, doctors, sexologists and psychiatrists. Some women were consulted in their capacities as mothers and some in their scientific capacities, said an official.

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Marian year to open with worldwide TV rosary VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II plans to open the Marian year he announced on New Year's Day by praying the rosary over a television broadcast linked by satellite to 12 Marian sanctuaries worldwide.

The broadcast is scheduled for June 6, the eve of the special year of devotions to Mary, the Vatican announced. Alternating in six languages, including English, the pope will say the rosary from the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, believed to be the oldest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The responses will come via satellite from Catholics gathered at the various Marian shrines.

The sanctuaries, on five continents, have not yet 'been announced, but a Vatican official said they are expected to include

the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, as well as shrines in Poland, the Philippines, France, Portugal and other countries.

The TV project is being organized by Global Media Ltd., a California firm, the Vatican said.

The Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, headed

by U.S. Archbishop John Foley, said Global· Media coordinated broadcasting for the recent "Live Aid" and "Sport Aid" international fund raisers. The live rosary transmission will be offered free by the company to television stations all over the world, the Vatican said.

A London transmission center is to coordinate the broadcast.

Marjorie Weeke, an official of the Vatican communications commission, said the broadcast is

aimed at "bringing the world' together to pray for peace." It will feature filmed art works from the Vatican Museums, commentary in various languages and an explanation ofthe rosary..

She said it was hoped' that national networks and local stations would decide to pick up the program.

The pope recites the rosary on the first Saturday of each month, normally in a small courtyard at the Vatican. He called for the special Marian year to last from Pentecost Sunday, June 7, until Aug. 15, 1988, the feast of Mary's bodily assumption into heaven.

He has urged local dioceses to pay special attention to Mary in. liturgical services, and has encouraged pilgrimages to Marian shrines. He has said he will soon issue an encyclical dedicated to Mary.

Rosary History The rosary, says The Catholic Encyclopedia, is the most wi~~ly'

practiced nonliturgical devotion in the western Church. It consists of 15 decades or groups of 10 Hail Marys, with an Our Father and a Gloria between each decade. The 15 decades are divided into joyful, sorrowful and glorious events associated with the life of Christ; and the person praying the rosary keeps track of prayers said with a necklace-shaped string of beads.

The rosary as now used seems to have originated with the monastic orders, in which monks recited 150 psalms daily, while lay brothers, usually illiterate, substituted 150 other prayers which they knew by heart as did' devout laypersons.

F or many centuries the Our Father was the prayer u~ed and the rosary beads were known as paternosters from the first two words of the Lord's prayer in Latin.

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Professional day Teachers from Fall River diocesan secondary schools gathered for a professional day last Friday at Attleboro's Bishop Feehan High School.

The day's theme was "Proclaiming the Gospel of Christ in Our Times."

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ancestry or not we are celebrating the feast of a great saint who was The hues of green sported by the sent to preach the Good News, and crowd at St. Mary's Cathedral, preached it effectively," the bishop Fall River, at Tuesday's St. . said. , Patrick's Mass ranged from eme"A great tradition of faith has Father Paul Carrier, SJ, a formdescended from St. Patrick's fifth rald to kelly to forest to lime. er teacher at Fall River's Bishop There were Irish music, green century preaching," Bishop Cronin Connolly High School, offered the carnations, green vigil lights, a said, noting that by celebrating St. keynote address, "Wanted for statue of St. Patrick and even a Patrick's Day "we are celebrating Catholic Schools: Poets, Prophets, bishop who wished everyone "top the faith."

TRANSITION committee members, from left, 'Sisters Witnesses." Father Carrier is Many persons of Irish and other Patrello, Menard, Blute, Chasse, Horvath and Poirier.

0' the mornin'." completing his doctoral studies at Even a reporter of Italian, Por- ancestry, he added, worshiped at Boston College and will become tuguese and Swiss ancestry could the cathedral well over 100 years of its theological procodirector feel in like Flynn. . ago when it was just built, bringing gram.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was to it their talents, generosity, hard the well-wishing principal cele- work and love of their home Before a liturgy concelebrated brant, and Msgr. John J. Oliveira, countries. by school chaplains and Father vicar for administration, was mas"But above all they brought Richard 'jI. Beaulieu, executive Facing the Realities of Transi- SSD; Marina Mejia, OP; Cathe- director of the Diocesan Departter of ceremonies. their faith," he said. rine Poirier; SCS; and Elizabeth ment of Education, teachers atConcelebrants were Very Rev. Karen Sullivan, second grade tion, a workshop for men and Menard,OP. Barry W. Wall, cathedral rector teacher at Fall River's Dominican women religious of southeastern tended workshops.

With the workshop, the transiand pastor; cathedral parochial Academy, read of the Mass and New England, will be conducted Presenters and their topics were vicars Father Thomas F. McGlynn accompanying Irish concert in last from I:30 to 4:30 p.m. ,April 5 at tion committee hopes to assist Father Donal R. Kehew, The and Father Michael K. McManus; . week's Anchor. With the school's Attleboro's Bishop Feehan High religious in reflecting on their Formation of Conscience; Father experiences in' apostolic service Father John F. Moore,pastor of principal, Patricia Pasternak, and School religious education center.

Jay T. Maddock, Annulments: St. Mary's parish, New Bedford; a parent chaperone, 27 second and in viewing their potential for The program is being sponsored and Father Stephen Dawber, SJ, graders attended both. by the office of Sister Mary Noel future service to the church in the What? Why? How?; Father Robert Students Mary Elizabeth Noone Blute, RSM, diocesan Episcopal same or other areas. It plans to use A. Oliveira, Justice in the Marketassociate principal of Fall River's and Stephanie Cabral presented . Representative for Religious. Sis- workshop suggestions and feed- place; Mrs. Mar~aret Peart, CarBishop Connolly High School.

109 for the TermlOally Ill. Connolly High was also repres- the gifts to Bishop Cronin, sharing ter Philomena Agudo, FMM, of back to further assist religious.

Elizabeth Sinwell, A Holy ented by altar servers; the lector a long moment ofanimated con- LaSalette Counseling Center, Sister Agudo, a native of the was Mrs. Edith Arruda, the versation with him and making Attleboro, will speak.

Philippines, has been a missionary Layperson? Me? Yes!; Sister Elicathedral's secretary and religious points with the congregation with in Indonesia and Singapore. After zabeth A. Doyle, RSM, "Teacher Sister Blute said that a diocesan graduate study in the United as Disciple; Kathleen KiIli'on, An ' education coordinator. their bright green outfits. committee on Transition in MinisStates, she was for five years a staff Experimental Workshop on PerBishop Cronin began the Mass "They'll remember that all their try has been meeting since member of House of Affirmation, sonal Prayer and Spirituality. by asking that'attendees "pray that lives," whispered a man in the December to deal with issues facMrs. Sinwell offered a second Whitinsville. She has been at the like St. Patrick the missionary we cathedral to his neighbor. ing religious who wish to change LaSalette Counseling Center since workshop, "Living Out the Euchwill be fearless witnesses to Jesus Irish tunes offered after the Mass ministry or who are preparing for arist in Family Life."

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Christ. " by harpist Ruth Saltzman and retirement service.

During his homily, the bishop flautist Donna Hieken included Committee members are Sister reflected on the. many immigrants "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathof strong faith who have come to leen," "The Last Rose of Summer" Blute; Sister Theresa Horvath, the "multiethnic" city of Fall River and "When Irish Eyes are Smil- SUSC, chairsister; and Sisters Joan over ~he years, providing it and its ing." An enthusiastic audience sang' Bellenoit, SSJ; Marie George officials of the U.S. 'church,' but WASHINGTON (NC) -'- ,A Chasse. RSM; Rosalie Patrello. present inhabitants with "many along with such selections as Shaw said th路e meeting's' focus top--Ievel delegation of U.S. cardibenefits. " "Danny Boy",and "A Little Bit of would be on preparing the pope nals and bishops is meeting with "So, whether we are of Irish Heaven." !or his V .S. visit, not on long-term Pope John Paul II at the Vatican Issues. to discuss the pope's visit to the The active cardinals visiting 'United States this fall. The meetRome are Cardinals John Krol of . ing began Wednesday and ends tomorrow.

Philadelphia, Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, Bernard Law of Boston The four active V.S. cardinals, four top officers of the National and John O'Connor of New York.

The NCCB officers are St. Louis Conference of Catholic Bishops, nine bishops of host cities on the Archbishop John May. president; papal route, and other key NCCB Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel , Pilarczk, vice-president; Rockville officials form the delegation.

Centre, N. Y., Bishop John McGann, treasurer; and WashingPope John Paul II is to visit cities in Florida, South Carolina, ton Auxiliary Bishop Eugene Louisiana. Texas. Arizona, Cali- Marino. secretary.

The bishops ofthe host dioceses" fornia and Michigan on his Sept. are Miami Archbishop Edward 10 - 19 trip.

The Rome trip "will give the McCarthy; Charleston Bishop bishops the opportunity to present Ernest Vnterkoefler; New Orleans DOMINICAN ACADEMY principal Patricia Pasterinformation and views on issues Archbishop Philip Hannan; San nak, left, escorted second graders from the Fall River school to affecting the life of the church in Antonio Archbishop Patrick .the St. Patrick's Day Mass at the cathedral. The Irish saint's the United States." Russell Shaw, Flores; Phoenix Bishop Thomas feastday is also the principal's birthday. (Gaudette photo) public affairs spokesman for the O'Brien; Los Angeles Archbishop U.S: bishops. said in announcing Roger Mahony; Monterey Bishop Thaddeus Shubsda; San Francisco the meeting.

With te'nsions between the Vati- Archbishop John Quinn; and can and the U.S. Catholic Church Detroit Archbishop Edmund increasing markedly in the past Szoka.

Also in the delegation are Louisyear or so, Father Richard McBrien, dean of theology at the ville Archbishop Thomas Kelly, University of Notre Dame, recently chairman of the bishops' papal suggested that the bishops' visit to visit committee; Harrisburg, Pa., Rome could be a watershed event Bishop William Keeler, chairman of the bishops' ecumenical and in the life of the U.S. church.

But Shaw said the meeting "is interreligious committee; Msgr. not perceived by the participants Da~iel Hoye, NCCB general as a watershed," a feeling shared secretary; Father Robert Lynch,

by Vatican spokesman Joaquin NCCB assoCiate general secretary Navano-Valls, who said,"The and papal trip coordinator. announcement [by the V.S. bishops] speaks of the trip, and I would stick to the wording of that BAGPIPES SKIRLED as Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Offer Warm Welcome statement. " celebrated the.fe~st oftheir patron at St. Mary's Church, New "Warmly welcome each other Father McBrien had suggested into the church, just as Christ has Bedford. From left, Father Brian J. Harrington, Deacon Lawthat the bishops might use the warmly welcomed you; .and then rence A. St. Onge and Father John F. Moore, pastor. (Kearns occasion to respond forcefully to God will be glorified."- Rom. photo) negative views among Vatican 15:7

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By Joseph Motta "We can take pride in the fact that the Fall River diocese has more nursing home b~ds per capita than any o~her diocese in the country," says Msgr. John J. Regan, for 13 years executive director of diocesan Health Facilities, ab]Js.ip~ss_offic>e ,t.hl;lt's l,lJsq:'~ mlnistrY:onhe diuich." '.' ~ The office manages the affairs of the four diocesan homes for the aged: Fall River's Catholic Memorial Home, Our Lady's Haven in Fairhaven, North Attleboro's Madonna Manor and Marian Manor, Taunton.

Msgr. Regan, also pastor of Somerset's St. Thomas More par·ish and financial administrator of The Anchor, met with The Anchor at Health Facilities' Fall River headquarters.

He said the homes, with a total of over 600 beds, employ approximately 1000 persons, both full and parttimers.

Catholic Memorial Home, built by the diocese in June 1937, was originally primarily a residence for area elderly. Now the 288-bed facility houses persons who need varying degrees of nursing care. Its administrator is Sister M. Shawn Bernadette Flynn, O. Carm.

Madonna Manor, formerly the Hixon Hotel, has 121 beds. Administered by Ross H. Galasso, it has been a diocesan nursing care center since February, 1966.

Mrs. Martha Daneault is administrator of Our Lady's Haven.

Formerly the Tabitha Inn, the IIO-bed facility has been under diocesan management since 1952.

83-bed Marian Manor, the former Taunton Inn, began serving diocesan residents in December, 1962. Administered by Sister Marie Therese, OP, it recently received state approval to admit more residents, primarily persons who need much supervision and care.

All of the homes are nonprofit.

"We want to make sure that these homes are the finest in the state," Msgr. Regan said, "and

"wonderful work," he added, are the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm at Catholic Memorial Home, an order which, before it was affected by a slump in vocations, also served at Our Lady's Haven. The Dominican Sisters of the Presentation who staff Marian Manor were also in North Attleboro before they too were affected by a lack of vocations.

"It's interesting to note that the most highly regulated industry in the nation is the nursing home industry," Msgr. Regan said. "The more expertise we have, the more successful we will be."

He says his office plans to install computers at each of the four homes, and is looking forward to using its own new system, which, once on line, will increase office efficiency. It will take only three hours, for example, instead of eight, to produce Catholic Memorial Home's payroll.

The office also assists home administrators, Msgr. Regan said, by hiring legal, inspection, computer and labor consult,ants as needed.

What is the busy priest's greatest job satisfaction?

"It's the fact that we can care for the elderly and infirm poor," he said. Over 80 percent of residents are Medicaid recipients.

Msgr. Regan is ably assisted by associate director Father Lucio B. . Phillipino and a staff of seven lay persons. He credits his predecessor, Msgr. Raymond T. Considine, the office's first director, with being a "guiding light" to Bishop James E. Cassidy and Bishop James L. Connolly, the third and fourth bishops of Fall River.

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that they conform to the multitudinous rules and regulations of the state and federal governments. Our aim is to maintain them so that they. will always be a source of pride, not only to their residents, but to the whole diocese.

"The proof of our success," he continued, "is in the enormous numberof'people waiting to gainWASHINGTON(NC) _ Jusadmission. Waiting lists are equal tice Antonin Scalia, one of two to or more than the number of Catholics on the Supreme Court, residents .in the homes now. recently told a Washington com"Also, it's good to know that munion breakfast audience that he these homes exist because of the supports traditional church rituals generosity of the people ofthe dio- that set Catholics apart. cese. Perhaps future generous The "small, obtrusive, annoying bequests and contributions will displays of our religion," such as help us to expand to other ar.eas. ashes on the forehead, Friday . abstinence in Lent and rules for "One of our primary purposes," fas t'mg f 0 r CommunI' on , make he said, "is to make these places Catholics feel "a little weird" and homes, mit institutions." To help "strong enough to obey the out-offacilitate that, he said, social workers assist residents and their step teachings" of the church on such issues as abortion, contracepfamilies with the often-trying tion and divorce, he said. experience of moving f.rom family He made the comments at Holy home to nursing home, and a Rosary Church, an Italian parish.

Catholic environment with chapDisplays of special Catholic ritlains, daily Mass and opportuni- uals are "a constant reminder that ties to receive the Eucharist is we are, after all, different," he said, maintained. noting that the "ways of the world "In all of the homes nuns give and the ways of Christ's law are spiritual assistance to the sick not always the same.... Our relielderly," he said. Performing the gion makes some special demands."

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Speak Out in Truth The recent Vatican document on reproduction was a clear and concise presentation based on theology flowing from divine revelation. It is meant as a guideline for all in communion with the church as they journey in this very fragile world. It is also a strong reminder that our bodies, as temples of the Holy Spirit, are holy.

In God's divine providence, "the Word was made flesh."

God's assumption of humanity in the mystery of the Incarnation heartens all who appreciate that mortality is hot an end in itself, that man is destined for immortality. Thus life has been rendered sacred and humanity emancipated from death.

The Vatican guidelines meet a need in the family of the Church, so assaulted within and without by the pugnacious ,and insidious forces of a secular paganism which seems for all practical purposes to be the religion of America. Amid the intense efforts to divide arid separate Catholic believers, voices become confused and ideas clouded. Reminders of truth are needed not so much to counteract as to reinforce.

What has been offered by the document is nothing more than a reminder of what Jesus taught and Paul stated when he wrote that we are temples of the living God. The document reaffirms our biblical heritage by pointing out that the body is not for fornication but for the Lord. It reminds all that God has called us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to him. ' The world needs to hear these words. It must be reminded that our bodies are not given us merely for sexual gratification and experimentation. To a society that seeks the ultimate in self-indulgence and wants life "a la carte," the teaching of the Instruction on Respect for Human Life is a strong reprimand and rebuke.

It has been more than obvious that those who feel life is a matter of personal choice have been infuriated by the Vatican reminder of Catholic teaching. TJte outrageous and insulting reactions to the Instruction have been eagerly recorded by the' secular media as exemplified by a debased cartoon in the Boston Globe.

Picturing the church via a caricatured bishop as a proponent of "babies the old-fashioned way," the Globe once again reflected its prejudice and insensitivity. The attitude of this journal towards Catholic teaching is deplorable, despicable and completely irresponsible. Reflecting the secular, it goes out of its way to denigrate the church in a way undeserved by even the malcontent lowest on the social ladder.

The Globe's support of Catholics for a Free Choice, an organization that favors abortion, evidences its divisive intent.

A special article written for the paper by Daniel Maguire of Marquette University, a champion of CFC, was for all practical purposes a panegyric to malcontents. Such minds want a religion devoid of Gospel truth in order that "church" may become a sociological reflection of man rather than a depository of revealed truth. It is sad to see so many Catholics placing themselves in a position so far removed from the Word and the Church entrusted with handing on that Word.

Education is a very special concern of the Church, not only because she is a human society capable of imparting knowledge but more especially because she has the duty of proclaiming the way of salvation to all people and of assisting them in attaining the fullness of life. The Church cannot relinquish this duty, despite those who would have her silenced.

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GRACE HANLEY OF FALL RIVER'S DOMINICAN CREATIVITY CENTER WORKS ON A PAINTING

"There'shall always ~e rejoicing and happiness in what I create." Isa. 65:18

Embryo death rate a concern VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican's new document on procreation and subsequent statements show church leaders deeply concerned over a high death rate among laboratory-conceived human embryos.

The most common statistics on the odds ofdeveloping a laboratoryconceived pregnancy to term are from 10-20 percent. This means that eight, or nine out of every 10 embryos transplanted to a woman's body are likely to die.

The procreation document "Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origins and on the Dignity of Procreation" - was released by the Vatican March 10.

During a press conference the same day, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said the high rate of embryo loss is "inevitable" given the current state of in vitro fertilization technique.

In vitro fertilization as practiced "involves abortion and therefore is not admissible," he said.

The embryo loss referred to by the cardinal is related to difficulties encountered in the process such as. chromosome abnormalities, damage caused by freezing embryos for storage, rejection by the woman's body and other problems. Many embryos fail to implant or implant in the wrong place, such as in the fallopian tubes.

Added to the deaths of implanted embryos is the greater number of in vitro-fertilized eggs which are never fmplanted because the process failed, according to Jesuit Father Angelo Serra, director of the Human Genetics Institute at Rome's Sacred Heart University.

Father Serra, who spoke at the March 10 press conference, cited studies showing a 96 percent overall failure rate of in vitro fertilization attempts.

In a 1984 study of 62 in vitro fertilization centers, he said, statistics showed 14,585 embryos were cbIiceived, of which 7~993 were' implanted.

More than 6,000 ofthe implanted embryos died, while 1,369 led to pregnancy. Of those pregnancies, only 600 resulted in live births about 4 percent of the totallaboratory-conceived embryos and 10 percent of those implanted, Father Serra said.

The study was presented at the Third World Congress on In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1984.

When frozen before use, 50-75 percent of the embryos do not survive the freeze-thaw process, scientists say. .

The destruction of so many embryos is of particular-concern for the church in light of the new document's declaration that the embryo is to be treated "as a person" from the moment of conception.

But theologians who have supported the moral licitness of in vitro fertilization have cited studies estimating even "in vivo" (in the body) fertilizations result in a failure rate of 15-50 percent..

While the church has never declared the exact moment when a body receives a soul, the procreation document says scientific understanding of the genetic uniqueness of the embryo from the moment of conception suggests "a personal presence at the moment of this first appearance of a human life."

U.S. Figures Also on the subject of in vitro fertilization, it is estimated by fertility experts that 10 to 20 percent of U.S. couples trying to conceive this year will fail.

The personal and social cost of infertility is one reason scientists have developed in vitro and other

scientific conception techniques.

According to the University of Texas at San Antonio's GIFT (Gainete ifit~ra*ahopian'.:Transfer) program, infertility is the failure to conceive a child after 12 months of "unprotected intercourse."

Fertile couples have an 80-90 percent chance of conceiving during this period, it says.

Low sperm count and poor sperm movement account for 30-40 percent of all infertility cases. Obstructions or defects in a woman's Fallopian tubes are responsible for 15-20 percent of cases in women, studies show.

Teresa Iglesias of the Londonbased Linacre Center for the Study of the Ethics of Health Care says much tubal damage is preventable.

"Ninety percent of the cases of tubal occlusion are caused by previous abortion, the use of intrauterine devices as contraceptives and sexually transmit\ed diseases," she told a hearing of the European Parliament on Biomedical Issues.

In vitro fertilization, she added, was first developed to bypass infertility caused by tubal blockage.

Irregular ovulatory factors account for another 15-20 percent of infertility cases in U.S. women, but are usually treatable with hormones, according to the San Antonio program.

Factors currently unexplainable by science account for an additional 10-25 percent of all infertility case.s; and problems with immunological systems destroying the sperm and defects, infections and other cervical problems account for another 10 percent.

Perfect Expression "In the person of Jesus, the tradition ofthe Messianic prophet finds its fulfillment and perfect expression." - Pope John Paul II

Stories of music A couple of years ago I was speaking at a diocesan family life day which ended with a joyous liturgy. Planners includ-

about love, children and selfesteem. If copyright laws permitted, I would print the lyrics here so you could appreciate the poetry in them.

When I came home, I asked my son if he had ever heard the song.

"Sure, Mom," he replied. "You're heard me play it on my stereo lots of times." Apparently I had but I had never really listened to it. One more case of parents discovering what their children already know!

A similar thing happened with "The Wind Beneath My Wings," a country ballad of marital and family support written by Henly and Silbar and recommended to me by some parents in one of my workshops.

ed some traditional and some modern hymns which resulted in an interesting response.

When the modern hymns were sung, young voices predominated but when "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" closed the Mass, youths turned in astonishment as their parents' voices boomed out for the first time.

Clearly we feel most comfortable with songs that were a familiar part of our childhood. So do our children and we sometimes forget that. "Holy God" doesn't mean much to them because they All this tells me that we parents haven't experienced it as a memorable part of worship. That's have something to learn from our okay. They will probably sing out, children and their music. It isn't all "Sing to the Mountains" to the sex, drugs and freedom. Much of astonishment Of their children it is profound, speaking to their deep feelings and longings. I believe some day.

Music has been called the genre that we would be better parents if and the poetry of today's youth. we listened to their music, at least They choose friends who like the some of it. same kind of music. They know Most of these Lenten columns the words to what parents call fo'cus on parents passing, on faith senseless songs. While we often and information to children but decry the messages in their music, this week I'm suggesting something we are unaware of some of the radical: ask the children to share deeper values in some of their their music with us. Not the songs favorite songs. , which raise our hair and hackles Last year at a banquet, a young (which they don't want us to hear singer entertained us with a song, anyway) but the ones that speak of "Greatest Love of All" by Michael values, commitment and meaning Masser which was recorded by in life. Thanks to my young adults, Whitney Houston. It's a song I've discovered there are many of

Parish. evaluations If there is one sure means of striking fear in the heart of parish personnel it is to tell, them they are going to be evaluated. The announcement usually conjures up a court trial in the minds of those to be evaluated.

Several natural fears begin to surface: the fear of possibly losing one'sjob, of having to make undesirable changes or of being demoted.

Then comes an unsettling feeling of possibly learning that one's skills might be out-of-date. Since people derive much of their identity from work, the loss of selfidentity and, a damaged ego ultimately could be at stake.

This leads to some questions: Is an evaluation all that important to ' parish life, given these possible negative outcomes?

As painful as it might be, no parish that wants 'to remain vital can neglect an evaluation from time to time. 'I base this belief on an expericence I had recently as part of an evaluatio,:\ team.

I learned that the processor evaluation encourages people to define for themselves and for others their precise value to ministry. It brings to life the principle: If you hope to inspire those you serve, physician, first heal yourself! • Evaluation creates an atmosphere in w'hich questipns are rai~ed which get to the bottom of mi'nistry, questions like: Exactly what do I do? If I were to leave tomorrow would it make a difference?

When all is said and done, how much do I really accomplish?

As difficult as the questions are, they help ministers formulate a clear vision of their own worth and the worth of their work, a vision

that strengthens the best quality people can bring to a job, confidence.

Another benefit of an evaluation is that it brings to the surface how well people interact with each other. If parish ministers are to build a faith community, it follows that there should be a check to see how well they work together as a team. How easy it is to insist on having one's own turf, or to cling to pet projects at the expense of a team effort.

I found that, indeed, there was a fear of being evaluated in parishes and that visions had to be redefined and shared more widely. I learned that flow charts need to be constructed in order to learn how individuals relate to each other and to the parish's goals.

In all honesty, being on the evaluation team was nerv~-wracking for me. As I. was going throl:lgh it I . asked myself, "Who needs this?"

But, with the benefit of hind,sight, I respond by saying: every. parish that is serious about building a faith community!

Dialogue resisted v ATICAN CITY (NC) ~ Although dialogue with nonChristians was boosted·· by .last year's prayer meeting' in Assisi, Italy, it still faces resistance inside and outside the church, says Cardinal Francis Arinze, president of the Secretariat for non-Christians.

Moslem group!fhaverecently come 'to the secretariat's offices to initiate scholarly discussions, Japanese Buddhists ,have invited Vatican officials to attend a major peace prayer service in August, and individuals of other faiths have asked what they can do in favor of religious understanding, he said.

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DOLORES CURRAN

these but because of the beat, I've too often dismissed them as meaningless.

Music as a medium changes from generation to generation. We had our favorite big bands, Elvis and the Beatles. When we hear an old song replayed, we get hooked into earlier dreams, fears. and hopes. I think it's a mistake to write off our children's songs because we are unfamiliar with their beat. In spite of our prejudi~ ces, I believe they have much to share with us.

In the past few ye'ars, many stars ~ave recorded songs we should hear. Any parent with a child over 10 has the resources for obtaining these. ' So this week let's turn Lent over to the kids and invite them to share with us their favorite records and tapes that speak of faith, life, hope and family. Tell them we are really interested in listening to what speaks to them. And let's not be judgmental or afraid to admit to ignorance.

As the saying goes, we are all ignorant on different subjects. We may be suprised at what our young people can teach us about values through music.

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It forces everyone involved to ask questions that generally are sidestepped. It offers that pause we all agree is necessary to learn more about ourselves, but which usually is neglected.

It puts our egos on the line so that they don't interfere with tne work ofthe Spirit. It has the power to touch the meaning of a parish at a level much deeper than we usually reach.

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Respect for other religions Q. In recent conversation with an orthodox r~bbi, he said to me, a Catholic, "If I die not accepting Jesus as my Savior or Messiah, I shall go to hell. However, if Hitler has accepted Jesus and requested forgiveness before he died, he would be saved, while the children he killed in the gas chambers would not. Does this seem right?"

How would you reply to the rabbi? (Florida) The Catholic Church does not; and never has, taught or believed what is reflected in this statement by your rabbi. That many Catholics and other Christians have believed this I cannot deny. And that some groups or nations calling themselves Catholics have believed it and even acted on such ugliness I cannot deny.

But even the baldest declarations in history about the need of belief in Christ for salvation appear in a context of faith and doctrine that precludes what is implied in your question.

Within the past two generations the church, through almost numberless official documents, papal letters and discourses, and other means, has repeated its position about the great non-Christian religions. These religions represent the sincere reach of men and women to find the answer to the ultimate great questions that haunt the human race about life and death - and God. Furthermore, these efforts, sometimes noble and sometimes' stumbling, represent the. work of the Holy Spirit in the world. They take place (we believe) under the influence of Jesus, the incarnate Word of God, whose saving grace and love lies underneath all these searches for truth, even if those searches do not lead always to explicit belief and faith in him.

We believe all this is true, of course, in a particular -way with the Jewish faith.

Such is not at all 'a new belief.

The principle is an. ancient one in Christianity: God's saving grace is there for everyone who does 'not deliberately 'place an obstacle to that gift.

Just one of many classic statements to this effect is that of Pope Leo IV during a controversy with some heretics of his day (853): Just as there is no human being, past, present or future, whose nature was not assumed by Jesus Christ our Lord, says ~eo, so there is no . human being,' past, present or future for whom he did not suffer and die.

Any failur~ to profit" from that saving death derives only from a' morally deliberate refusal to believe, that is, Ii delibenite refusal' when one sees clearly that belief is . demanded by God. .

Vatican Council II reaffirms this belief. The Declaration on the Relationship Church to the NonChristian Religions, fo'r example, declares that, while the church always remembers its mission to proclaim that the fullness of reli-

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gious life is found in Christ, it also "looks with sincere respect upon those ways of conduct and of life, those rules and teachings, which, though differing in many particulars from what she holds and sets forth, nevertheless often reflect a ray of that truth which enlightens all people" (NO.2).

Without doubt, the church has obtained frequent new insights on its mission throughout history.

When some of the stronger statements about belief in Christ for salvation were written several hundred years ago, for example, it was still thought that only a few pockets ofthe human race remained to be evangelized.

Renaissance discoveries of vast new peoples and continents changed all that, however. The Christian Church grew much in its understanding of its mission and in its theology of salvation.

The misunderstanding by your rabbi is sad. It should forcefully remind us of another sentence in that same declaration: "All should take pains that, in catechetical instruction and in preaching the Word of God, nothing is taught out of harmony with the truth of 'the Gospel and the Spirit of Christ, which is a spirit oflove and respect, not of hate and rejection" (No.4).

A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about confession is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, Ill. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same addreSs.

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Theologians worried by "simple case" WASHINGTON (NC) - The "simple case" of test-tube babies is the point at which many people will part ways in their views of the new Vatican document on procreation, several theologians said.

They compared divisions on that question with the divisions among Catholics two decades ago over Pope Paul VI's teaching on artificial birth control. In both cases, they said, the central issue is the church's position that no separation is permitted between marital intercourse and procreation. The new Vatican document rejects the "simple case" of in vitro ("test-tube") fertilization - that of uniting under laboratory conditions the egg and sperm of a married couple otherwise unable to have children - on grounds that any procedure in which fertilization takes place outside the woman illicitly separates procreation from the marital act.

This is called the '''simple case" because all other complicating moral factors have been stripped away. It assumes, in other words, that morally acceptable methods are used to collect the sperm and egg and that no third party is used as donor of egg or sperm or as surrogate mother to bear the child.

It also assumes that moral principles are followed which prohibit experimentation with embryos, discarding of fla wed or excess embryos, embryo freezing, or any , other activity which would not treat each embryo as a human being.

William E. May, a moral theologian at The Catholic University of America and a member of the Vatican's International'Theological Commission, predicted that the Vatican instruction's rejection of that simple case would be: its "most controversial" conclusion.

If test-tube conception were the only way a couple could have a child, "many people would feel this is a good thing," he said.

May said that theologians who agree with Pope Paul VI's teaching against artificial birth control would probably support the new document's teaching prohibiting in vitro fertilization "even in the - simplest case" because they agree with papal teaching that marital intercourse' and procreation cannot be separated.

Jesuit Father Richard McCormick, a moral theologian at the University of Notre Dame, agreed with May that this issue would be a basic dividing point. .

"I agree with the document" on its rejection of surrogate motherhood, use of donor sperm, and other procreative technology involving a third party besides hus. band and wife, he said.

He disagreed, however, with prohibition of in vitro fertilization in the simplest case.

The argument in the document makes a leap of logic when it moves from the principle that every child should come ,from a loving act within marriage to the conclusion that it must be the direct result of marital intercourse, he said, noting that "sexual intercourse is not the only loving act" of a married couple.

In his view, if other conditions such as safety and respect of the embryo are fulfilled, in vitro ferilization "would be justifiable as a

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BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin, second from left, recently met with nearly 100 diocesan priests at their seventh annual day of recollection at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. The bishop reviewed Pope John Paul II's recently released document, "Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day," and also shared thoughts on the pope's 1986 encyclicalletter, Dominum et Vivificantem, on the Holy Spirit in the church and the world. At luncheon with the bishop are, from left, Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, Father Edward E. Correira and Father John R. FoIster.

Because you can doesn't mean you should Continued From Page One Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the doctrinal congregation, said at a press conference introducing the document that in vitro fertilization involves not only the separation of procreation from the marital'act, but also abortion. In the current state ofthe technology, there is ahigh rate of embryo loss for a variety of reasons, he said.

In later comments he defended the document's call for legislation.

Such legislation would not be a legal imposition of"Catholic morality," he said, but protection of "fundamental rights ofthe person."

The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, also defended the document's call for laws.

Neither the cardinal nor the newspaper named specific critics.

The call "does not signify that states should become Christian,"

said a front-page editorial in the March 15 newspaper.

"It simply signifies that laws should be humane," it added.

The;. editorial criticized the view that the document was "an unwarranted interference of the church in a field not its own."

"Actually, such a call is an act of high esteem toward public authority" which has the responsibility of safeguarding human life, it said.

The editorial and Cardinal Ratzinger's interview appeared after criticisms in the United States and Western Europe that the Vatican's call for laws was an effort to impose its moral views on pluralistic and secular societies.

A March 12 Washington Post editorial said that "in a country such as this one, whose people support many churches-and follow many doctrines, it will be more

useful for people in politics to try to change minds than to try to change laws."

"Discussion and reflection. flither than the legislation that it urges. wquld be a better response...·, it " added.

A New York Times editorial praised the document for offering "a considered set of views warranting attention as secular society argues out its bioethical views."

Also in the United States, Washington Archbishop James Hickey called the document "a remarkable expression ofthe church's teaching on the dignity of the human person," and Brooklyn Bishop FranCis Mugavero said it would help Catholic health care institutions deal with serious medical-moral issues posed by the new procreation technology.

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completion" of the procreative aspect of a loving marital union.

Father McCormick also,agreed with the document's general thrust of setting strict rules for "protection of the embryo," but said that his question "is in regard to the sweeping. absolute 'character of the prohibition of experimentation."

The Vatican document prohibits any experimentation on an embryo not directly therapeutic for that embryo. Father McCormick said this is simplistic in treating all, nontherapeutic experimentation as harmful, thus condemning- what should be' a permissible middle category of experimental activity which has no ill effects on the embryo.

Jesuit Father John Connery. professor emeritus at Loyola University of Chicago and a long-time consultant to the U.S. bishops on medical-moral- issues. also called the simple case a crucial point.

He said the prohibition of artificial birth control is based on the principle that there can be "no intercourse without (openness to)

procreation," while prohibition of in vitro fertilization is based on the flip side of that principle, "no procreation without intercourse."

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Redemptorist Father Brian Johnstone. an Australian who teaches moral theology at Catholic University. said that by focusing more closely on "the moral significance of the human body" in its critique of in vitro fertilization, the new document helps overcome earlier criticisms that church teachings on sexual and reproductive matters have tied. moral judgments too closely· to the physical or biological structure of the act.

Father Johnstone said that since the instruction came out he has , talked to some people, who :'felt intuitively that there were real moral questions about" techniques such as in vitro fertilization. but who were not sure how to address those issues.

The instruction has given a moral focus to public debate over such , questions and "is compelling these persons 1'0 clarify their own posi~ tions," he said. ..........

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NORFOLK. Va. (NC) - An Arabian stallion, a gift from a retired Navy commander, is a new kind of fundraiser for a Catholic High School in Virginia.

The bay-colored stallion, Mack Amir. was donated to Norfolk Catholic High School by Walter J. Blasczak, a retired Navy commander and investor in Virginia Beach hotels and Arabian horses.

The animal's value. now between $12,000 and $15,000. could rise if he continues to win ribbons.

School board member George Melnyk said. "I think it .will be worth our investment to keep the horse [quartered at a stable in nearby Portsmouth, Va.] for atleast a few months. If we breed him now we'd get $500 to $700, but if he wins more ribbons we can get $1,000.

"Next year; we can breed him maybe 20 times and that;s'$20,000."

The school's development dlrec-tor. Theresa Nock, said the board voted in January "to show the horse around Easter and see how he fared" before making any decisions about what to do with him next.

The ribbons Mack Amir won last year in the Amateur Central Virginia Regional Championships were given to the school.

The tale began when Biasczak. who had no connection with Norfolk Catholic, wanted to sell the horse to a friend, Norfolk City Treasurer Joseph T. Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick. a member of the Norfolk Catholic school board, said , he, did,n.'t ,know ,~lI~yth~ng .1I,l;J9.ut ,horses but told Blasczak,about t:he school and its needs. Blasczak thought about it and decided to donate Mack Amir.

Death penalty vetoed WASHINGTON (NC) - A federal commission earlier this month voted 4-3 against establishing policies for reinstituting the death penalty at the federal level.

Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sullivan of Brooklyn. N.Y.• chairman of the U.S. Catholic Conference Committee on Social Development and World Peace. had urged such action on the commission in February., " The action by the U.S. Sentencing Commission oy'erturned a motion to start drafting criteria for use of the death penalty against convicts who commit murder while incarcerated.

Bishop Sullivan told the commission by letter that the. U.S. bishops oppose capital punishment because of "an ethic founded on the sacredness of the human person."

He also reminded the commission that "the issue of capital punishment has been contentiously debated in the Congress for the last several sessions with no resolution" and that commission efforts would amount "to an unwarranted circumvention of the legislative process. " ' ' Use of the death penalty as pun- , ishment for a federal crime has been'suspended since 1972, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down capital punishment laws as applied at that time. While many states -have revised their laws to conform with the Supreme Court rulings, Congress has not altered the federal statutes.

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CRS to aid quake victims

Friday, Mar. 20, 1987

Over 800 clergy', religious and laity are expected to attend.

Last year's Appeal was the eleventh in which over $1 million was raised. The 1986 collection raised $1,779,775.00, an increase of $110,109.00 over 1985.

Noting that the 1.987 Appeal is themed "People Helping People, .Won't You?" Msgr. Gomes said, "We need one another. Someone needs you."

NEW YORK (NC) - Catholic Relief Services will send an initial sum of$20,000 and 17,600 pounds of food to aid residents of the remote area of Ecuador devastated by 10 earthquakes in early March.

CRS spokeswoman Beth Griffin said the cash will pay for grants to earthquake victims, air transportation offood and purchase of 10cally produced items for temporary housing and supplemental foods.

Ms. Griffin said CRS has sent assessment teams to five Ecuadoran towns within the area hardest hit.

CRS will coordinate relief efforts with other Catholic and indigenous groups, Ms. Griffin said, adding aid will be distributed through local churches.

Contributions to the recovery effprt may be sent to: Catholic Relief SerVices, Ecuador Recovery Fund, P.O. Box 2045, Church Street Station, New York .N.Y. 10008. '

Court won't hear abortion case WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Supreme Court recently .declined to take up the case of a Minnesota law requiring consent of both parents or ajudge before a girl under age 18 gets an abortion.

As usual, the high court provided no reason for its refusal to consider the case. It had been asked to' consider the case· even though it has notyet been heard by a federal appeals court.

In December, the court had refused to grant expedited treatment of the same case. It had been asked to merge it with that of an Illinois parental notification law pending before the high court. The court is expected to hear arguments on the Illinois case April I. In November, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Afsop struck down the Minnesota law because he regarded as too burdensome its demands that two parents - not just one - or a judge give permission for the abortion and that the girl wait 48 hours before obtaining . the abortion.

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BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin, center, with Appeal director Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, second from left, and, from left, area directors Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, Father Richard L. Chretien and Father Francis L. Mahoney.

Area directors begin preparations for 46th Catholic Charities Appeal Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the annual Catholic Charities Appeal, and the Appeal's area priest directors have begun preparations for the spring collection which funds diocesan charitable, Il}erciful, education and social service apostolates.

1987 area directors are Father Richard L. Chetien, pastor of St. Theresa's parish, New Bedford, for the New Bedford area; Fath'er John F. Andrews, pastor of St. Joan of Arc parish, Orleans, Cape Cod ana the Islands; Father Francis L. Mahoney, pastor of St. Mary's parish, Seekonk, assisted

by Father Roger L. Gagne, pastor of St. Mark's parish, Attleboro Falls, for the Attleboros; and Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, pastor of St. Ann's parish, Raynham for Taunton.

Msgr. Gomes is Fall River area director.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin marks his 17th year as CCA honorary chairman. Noting that apostolates benefiting from the Appeal need more funds than in the past due to cost increases. and inflation; he emphasizes that increased giving

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The Appeal's Special Gifts phase is scheduled for April 20 to May 2; it solicits the support of professional, fraternal, business and industrial organizations.

The parish phase will begin between noon and 3 p.m. May 3,

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Bishop Cronin will be the main speaker at an Appeal kickoff meeting at 8 p.m. April 22 at Bishop Connolly High School,Fall River.

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New book stirs controversy WASHINGTON (NC) - The Jesuits are failing the Catholic 'Church in a time of crisis, author Malachi Martin said at a recent Washington press conference marking the release of his new book about the order.

Jesuit officials responded that Martin's book, "The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church," is inaccurate, "phony" and "a disgrace."

Martin, a former Jesuit who has written other contro.versial books about the church, said the church "is in shambles" and religious ord- . ers such as the Jesuits "are crumbling."

"If [pope) John Paul II could call on. them [the Jesuits) in his crisis ... as he used to be able to do, he would be rowing downstream.

As it is, he's running uphill on eggs," Martin said. . Instead of fulfilling their role as "the pope's men," the Jesuits are "the spearhead of dissent" and "are fighting a war to the death with the pope" to undo the universal authority of Rome and dilute the democratic capitalism of the United States, Martin said.

He said he hoped his book would

result in Jesuits returning to their special vow of obedience to the pope and in "people recog~izing the values ofthe Jesuits but demanding more than politics and secularism" from them.

The Washington-based Jesuit Conference, which represents the 10 Jesuit provinces in the United States, issued a statement saying the book, published by Simon and Schuster, "is marred by frequent factual errors and profoundly erroneous interpret,ations of ·the religious history of the past quarter century."

The conference statement included a paper by Jesuit Father John W, Pad berg, of the Institute of Jesuit Sources in St. Louis, who said he found "at least 35 demonstrably wrong statements of fact, some of them repeated several times aver."

Father Padberg, recycling a quote in the book that Martin attributes to Pope Pius XII, added, "Whoever could have thought up such a disgrace?"

The Jesuit Conference also released an editorial to appear in America magazine, published in New York by the Jesuits. The editorial said the book is full of wrong

names and false dates and is "phony in more fundamental ways, describing meetings that the author never attended and attributing quotes to people that cannot be verified. .

"It shows no sympathy for Vatican II or the recent experience of Catholics, yet pretends to be motivated by a protective love of the church and its popes," the editorial stated.

Martin, whose other books include "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church," "The Final Conclave," and "Vatican," said he expected to be "harangued" by the Jesuits but that he wrote the book to "let the linen hang out."

At the press conference Martin said he' sees "modernity" as "our big trouble today."

In the United States "the question is how to be American, how to be democratic and live in a church that is a monarchy."

But "we only have one pope, we Catholics. If we say he no longer speaks for Christ, that's the end.

We can't attack him and destroy him. Without him there is no Catholic Church," Martin said.."The kingdom of God is never t:un ,by vote."

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'Priest describes detention WASHINGTON (NC) - An American missionary described three months of detention in a crowded, filthy southern African jail cell less than 12 square feet as "mental torture."

That was in addition to physical torture by his jailers and interrogation by white South African police officers during his incarceration in Transkei, a tribal homeland carved o'ut of eastern South Africa.

Mariannhill Father James Lee Casimir Paulsen, 51, in a telephone interview with National Catholic News Service from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, described his jailers as "animals" and worried over the fate of a female Transkei coworker jailed about the same time he was.

Father Paulsen said that when he was tortured last December he feared that his torturers were insufficiently trained to know how far they could go before killing him.

But "detention in itself is mental torture," he said.

Father Paulsen, who grew up in Detroit, said he felt the "power of prayer" from family and supporters back h0n:te during his imprisonment. "There was a real force and a power going on that I could cut with a knife," he said.

The missionary said Transkei police wanted him to reveal the whereabouts of two black South Africans he "Qadgiy.en temporary accommodation at his parish in the town ofTsoplo. He said he had allowed them to stay at the request of a university student who told him they were trying to escape violence in South African townships.

Father Paulsen said that in Transkei, a tribal homeland recognized as independent by South Africa, being a member of or sympathetic to the banned South African opposition group, the African National Congress, brings a minimum five years imprisonment.

The missionary was arrested Dec. 17, soon after having lunch at the ,home of Bishop Andrew Z. Brook in Umtata, Transkei's capital. He said "a sixth sense" prompted him to give the bishop's secretary the numbers of the U.S. consulate in Durban, South Africa, and Mariannhill provincial headquarters in Detroit.

"Ten minutes later I was detained," he said. Officers forced him to drive to security police headquarters where his car was later spotted by Bishop Brook, covered with a tarpaulin.

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New Hungarian primate named VATICAN CITY (NC)- Pope John Paul II has chosen Archbishop Laszlo Paskai, head of the Hungarian bishops' conference, as the country's new primate - a pick seen as favored by the Hungarian government.

Episcopal appointments in Hungary require government approval, and Archbishop Paskai, who will now head the nearly

I,OOO-year-old Archdiocese of Esztergom, is well-known to authorities.

Observers expect him to continue the "small steps" policy of cooperating with communist authorities to improve the church's position which marked the reign of his predecessor, the late Cardinal Laszlo Lekai.

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The missionary said he was confined with two or three other prisoners during his three months in prison.

"If you were lucky, you got out to the shower every two weeks," he said, adding that inmates were never let out for exercise.

There was "a toilet inside' the cell" but· no sink,"Father Paulsen said. The diet was cooked corn meal three times daily.

Father Paulsen said he slept on a filthy old blanket "crawling with fleas," which had been urinated and vomited on.

"'But after three months you get used to it," he said.

The prie~t said he is extremely worried about Nomonde Matiso, an Umtata diocesan youth worker who was arrested last Dec. 14 and was still in detention as of March 16.

"Hers is an unknown name. She doesn't have an embassy to back her," Father Paulsen said.

He said he has information that she has been tortured repeatedly.

He described Miss Matiso, in her early 30s, as an "excellent" youth worker who has come through a lot of hard and lean times, including an eight-year struggle against a hostile educational bureaucracy to complete her last three years of high school.

Medicaid bill gets WASHINGTON (NC) Members of the House of Representatives should support a new legislative proposal to allow Medicaid coverage for low-income women and infants, said Father J. Bryan Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conference secretary for social development and world peace.

Father Hehir, in a letter to each member of the House of Representatives, urged backing for the Medicaid infant mortality amendments of 1987, co-sponsored by Reps. Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill., and Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif.

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Naked, he was told to lie on his stomach on the floor. A wet canvas bag with a small amount of water inside was put over his head and the mouth was drawn around his neck. He was then questipned about the two youths and other matters. When he did not answer, the bag was shaken, forcing water into his nose and choking him.

The missionary said the first or second day after his arrest, he was . visited by two white men whom he believed were "trying to connect me with the AN c."

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Life is more than school up than school. From your letter, it sounds as though you are trying Dear Dr. Kenny: We have one to create a single-issue person, one son, 13 years old, who is a fresh. who puts academic success ahead man in high school. He advanced of all else. When such persons two grades in one in elementary become adults, while recognizing school. He has suddenly become their competence, we make fun of disinterested in school. Grades have their single-sidedness, calling them dropped. He doesn't want to go, "eggheads" and "absent-minded complaining that he has no friends. professors."

His father and I are very worLife is much more complicated ried that he will not realize his full than school. In fact, most of the academic potential. We know that important learning takes place outhe is exceptionally bright. His test- side of school. Adademic perforing shows that he can perform at a mance is not an isolated effort, but college level in all subjects. should take place within the larger Is he just lazy and should we context of "growing up." push him harder? Or have we For me, "growing up" means already pushed too hard and should learning two very important leswe layoff? We want him to do well sons. The first is how to delay gratin school. - Pennsylvania ification, how to wait, to put off The problem may be that your immediate and impulsive satisfacson has advanced to his intellec- tion right now in the belief that a tual level, but beyond his peer greater reward will be. yours tomorgroup. My first reaction would be row. to relax, to stop worrying about The second critical lesson for the grades for a time. Look to those who wish to grow up is to other aspects of his life. learn how to get along with others, School isn't everything. In fact, how to give and receive happiness school is not real life. School is a and love. place where we are temporarily These two lessons are learned under the guidance of competent from parents and peers. Good parpersons who will teach us certain ental example is vital. And so is useful skills, such as reading and peer interaction. writing, math and science.

Peer pressure is as powerful a There is much more to growing force for good as it is for ill. Peer

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loyalty ("Thou shalt not nark") and peer generosity (sharing clothes) would put most adults to shame.

For the above reason, I am opposed to skipping grades to develop academic gifts. I wonder if your son is out of his element socially up there in high school, when he would be more comfortable with his age mates in eighth or even seventh grade. In an attempt to match his intellectual assets, he may have been taken out of his social and athletic elements.

Obviously, for your son there is no going back. But I would do the next best thing. Relax some of your pressure for good grades and help him find peer groups where he can fit in. Groups that encompass a ·range of ages would be most helpful. Scouting, some church groups, perhaps a biking club or a hobby club would help him make friends.

Intel1igence is a wonderful gift.

But brains do not automatically bring maturity. Your son may be reacting to the overemphasis on academics. Help him find a balance.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address the Kennys, Box 871, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Equal educ.ational opportunity for all?

By Antoinette Bosco Ever since World War II, one of the most precious benefits of being an American has been the nation's abundant educational opportunities.

When the war ended, the GI Bill came into existence and provided funds for higher education. Suddenly the nation had a concept of government funding for college.

In the 1960s that concept was extended to everyone, not just veterans, and for the first time the country began to see equality of educational opportunity for all. . Now that cherished equality is rapidly eroding. College costs are skyrocketing: a four-year education at a private university costs roughly $50,000 today compared with $25,000 in the early 1970s. At the same time, government aid is being cut back.

The Reagan Administration has not attempted to eliminate all federal subsidies for low-income students. Indeed it has shifted the subsidies from grant programs to loan programs. The majority of federal aid is now in the form of goverment-subsidized interest rates on money lent to students which must be paid back after college.

In this year's State of the Union address, President Reagan delivered a few upbeat words about the "promotion of education." Afterward, in a TV interview with Tom' Brokaw, Republican Gov. Thomas Kean of New Jersey picked up on those words, criticizing the cutbacks in education. No one in this country, he said, should ever be denied a college education for lack of money.

Meanwhile, obtaining a college education is becoming an ever more burdensome task for young people. A recent congressional study found that the number of student borrowers has increased ,from I million in 1970 to 3.6 million in 1985.

The average debt at the end of

four years is now $9,000 for students in private colleges and $6,700 for the state schools. But these are averages, which means that many students' debts are much higher.

I know one young woman who bOHowed $23,000 for her education. "I got accepted at the best private colleges, and I was determined to go to one of them even if that meant I had to work like a slave and plunge into debt," she told me .

"But when I graduated five years ago and had to start paying back $400 a month, the burden was crushing. My loans are halfway down now but I still live from hand to mouth like a pauper. It's depressing and I don't know any more if it was worth it."

The administration's latest "experiment" is to offer loans

without any break on the interest rate.

What we're really talking about is the disappearance of the concept of equal educational opportunity.

I remember how hard it was to get to college when I was'a-you~g woman. The only way I could afford to go was if I won an impressive academic scholarship and held down a job. If you weren't well-off, chances of going to college in my day were slim.

We have cOrne to expect that everyone who works hard enough to meet the academic requirements can obtain a college education.

But, if things keep going in the current direction, we soon may be in for a rude awakening where a college education becomes once again a privilege of the wealthy.

G-co~pression

By Hilda Young I call it G-compression time.

You parents whose own parents treat your children like a cross between St. Francis and Caesar when the kids visit them, you know what the G stands for.

G-compression is that period of time between when a grandchild returns home and when he or she returns to near normal. It begins when the grandchild comes through the front door and no one strews flower petals in the path.

The second stage of G-compression is called the DTs, short for "dumb things."

Example: After a weekend at the "Grandspoilers," overhearing the youngest child ask his sister, "If grandpa and grandma are so nice, what happened to mom and dad?

"Do you know wh~t I like about visiting gram and gramp?" my 13year-old asked this morning.

I ventured a guess. "Sleeping as late as you like, having grandpa fix

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you waffles with whipped cream, going clothes shopping with grandma, cable television, your own bathroom?"

"Besides that," she said.

"Unlimited phone time, being told how pretty you are, a full . cookie jar, undivided attention, bubble bath, popcorn on request?"

I offered.

"Grandma's bath towels," she said, ignoring me. "They are so plump and cozy just like the TV commercials. And the sheets there always smell so good."

"I thought for sure you were going to mention a doublebed to yourself, only three dishes to do, movie matinees, naps in lawn chairs," I went on. .She closed her eyes and flopped back on the sofa. "I'll bet heaven is , a little bit like going to grandma and grandpa's."

"Are you having a flashback Gcomp~ession attack?" I asked.

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• THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 20, 1987

Largehearted nun seeks homes for "boarder b'abies" WASHINGTON (NC) c"Boarder babies" living in New York City hospitals for lack of a place to go may soon find homes, thanks to an Albany, N.Y., nun and people of the Albany diocese.

The babies, from a few weeks to about a year old, are mostly black and Hispanic children of drug abusers and have been left in the hospitals because there's no place else for them to go. Many have been exposed to AIDS and some have Down's syndrome.

All are victims of a New York city backlog of foster care cases.

According to the Albany nun, Mercy Sister Maureen Joyce, none belongs in a hospital.

"They have a basic right to be nurtured, to live in,a fa;nily," said Sister Joyce, who heads the Albany diocese's Community Maternity Services.

The agency, which runs foster care, adoption and teen pregnancy services,-in the diocese, offered its help to 'the st~te in December. In early February, Sister Joyce appealed forfilmilies in the Albany dioceseto take the babies as foster children. The response has been strong"she said.

"A small article in the back section of the Saturday paper generated 160 responses," she said in a telephone interview. "It's overwhelming.lfa third of the families follow through we'll be pleased."

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"Many, of the' babies have been exposed to AIDS. A number of the mothers are heroin, cocaine and crack users. The long-range effects of newer drugs, such as crack, are undetermined."

Some "crack babies" have died in the hospital, and foster parents are being told that there is a risk a' child might die unexpectedly.

"We're asking families to accept the unknown," the nun added.

"We don't know about these children's backgrounds or if some of them ever will be freed up for adoption. Some of their mothers are in drug treatment programs.

Others are dead. Others have returned to live on the streets. It's all part of the problem of the homeless."

People responded generously, said Sister Joyce.

"Single parents applied too," she said. The agency will accept them even if the single parent has to work.

"We'll work with them to find day care and babysitting," she said. "Look at where the babies are. Personal attention from 4-5 p.m. to early next morning is far superior to what the babies are exposed to now."

Placing blacks with blacks and Hispanics with Hispanics is preferred, Sister Joyce said, but not a requirement given the crisis situation.

Many who responded, and Sister Joyce, saw the infants on "The Phil Donahue Show."

"They've had very little human contact because the nurses and medical staff are overwhelmed and meet only their basic needs," she said. "These children need to be cuddled; held, nurtured, talked to, and be a baby living in a family, not one of 20 in a nursery."

"It was distressing to see them on television," said Sister Joyce.

"They were totally at home and comfortable in their cribs, when they should have been reaching out for Phil Donahue or Ii cameraman to' hoid them. The crib had become their world."

Farm Task Force WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. bishops' new Task Force on Food and Farm Policy, consisting of II bishops and nine specialists in food and farm issues, was formed as a result of a decision last September by the administrative board of the U.S. Catholic Conference.

It is headed by Archbishop John R. Roach ofSt. Paul-Minneapolis.

If you miss this year's program you ~ave till year 2000 to catch up WASHINGTON (NC) - Chicago Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin will speak onevlirigelizing active Catholics; and George Gallup, president of the Gallup Poll, will talk abouqhe unchurched as part of a national satellite and closed-circuit television program June 6, the day' before Pentecost.

The program, this year called "Pentecost '87," is planned to' be held annually until the year 2000.

It is sponsored by the Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association. The U.S. bishops' Committee on Evangelization and more than 80 dioceses are endorsing the event.

The seven-hour p~og;am ·will. use the Catholic Telecommunications Network ofAme'rica's satellite. Dioceses c.an m~~e arra"ge':, ments to receive the signal from the satellite.

Paulist Father Alvin A. Illig, director of the evangelization association, said th~ program stresses the role of the laity and is designed to "inspire, to motivate

and to train Catholics so that they wm want to share their faith with their friends, relatives and neighbors. " Father Illig said the celebration of evangelization has been set for the eve of Pentecost because "Pentecos,t reminds us that the Holy Spirit calls each Catholic to grow in faith and to share that faith with others. Catholic evangelization is the work of the whole church." He said similar,cele\;>rations are plan~ .ned for every Pentecost eve until the year 2000.

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K of C active on 3 levels Knights of Columbus are currently active on the state, national and international levels. , On the state level, the fraternal organization will mark its 105th anniversary March 22 to 29, designated K of C Week.

Massachusetts State Deputy Walter L. Almond said observance of the week would begin at 9 a.m.

Sunday with a concelebrated Mass at Wrentham State School for the Retarded.

"It is our greatest desire," he said, "to share our celebration with those once referred to by Cardinal Cushing as 'our exceptional people. '" Mass concelebrants will include K of C State Chaplain Father Kenneth B. Murphy and Father James H. Coffey, Wrentham chaplai':!: The week will conclude at noon March 29 with a Founders' Day Mass at Holy Cross Cathedral,

The bishops'conference said that the Knights were among the first to respond to an appeal to help defray the cost of the trip.

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The pope praised the Knights for their service to the poor and their defense of the handicapped and unborn.

"You stand forth as a shining example of the role of the laity in the life and mission of the church," he said.

Renamed W'AS HIN GTON (NC) - Jesuit Father Walter L. Farrell has been renamed president of the Jesuit Conference, the national offices of the U.S. Jesuits. Father James Sauve was named secretary for information and communications.

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Soviet peace forum positive, balanced, says Jesuit delegate ROME (NC) - A Sovietsponsored peace forum in February was unusually balanced and provided a platform for the church to promote the role of believers. in society, a Vatican representative to the meeting said.

The forum was followed by a lengthy meeting with a top Soviet official, in which religious leaders pressed the point that religion .is essential to any peace effort, said U.S. Jesuit Father John Long, one of three Vatican delegates to the meeting.

The international meeting on the theme, "For a World Without Nuclear Arms," represented a small breakthrough for Soviet Christians, he said in an interview.

"For the first time at a Sovietsponsored event, you had religious representatives pla~ed on a )ev~l with others in society. For rehgious people in the Soviet Union, this was an opening," Father Long said.

Soviet media gave significant coverage to the religious aspect of the forum, which was attended by more than 900 guests from a variety of professional fields, the Jesuit said. Several religious leaders were interviewed on state television news, he said.

"This hasn't happened in the past," Father Long said. "It's true that the interviews were usually regarding some government policy - but the breakthrough was that their opinion as religious. representatives was being considered."

The hope now, he added, was that believers' opinions will also be sought on other moral and social issues. "All in all, the forum was a more positive event than I had anticipated."

The Vatican delegation, in forum discussions which were also attended by Soviet religious affairs officials, stuck to the general peace issue, stressing the role of believers.

"If you want to talk about peace in the world, you can't leave out millions and millions of believers - that was what we kept pushing:' Father Long said.

The day after the meeting, the Vatican representatives were among delegates who met for nearly three hours with the first vice president of the Supreme Soviet Politburo, Pyotr Demitchev, who "seemed to recognize that religious 'leaders 00 have some-' thing to say," Father Long said;' A major difference between the forum and previ~us Sovietsponsored discussions, the .priest said Was the lack of prefabncated con~lusioris. in support of Soviet policies>"It was billed as im open discussion, and that's pretty much what it was," he said.

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VATIC~N CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul U: has named Italian Msgr. ·PieroMarini as the new papai master .of :ceremonies, the Vatican announced recently.

Msgr. Marini, 45, had been undersecretary of the Vatican Congregation for Divine.Worship since 1985.·As master of ceremonies, he is responsible f?r organizing weekly papal audiences and other papal events.

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With the player pressed to his ear, the visitor begins a journey underneath St. Peter's Basilica to the tomb which Christian tradition and mounting archeological evidence say is the burial place of the first pope.

The path leads past excavations of I ,900-year-old pagan and Christian Roman burial vaults. The tape recording describes the vaults, called mausoleums, giving their historical and archeological importance, especially in the search for St. Peter's tomb.

The recordings are in English, Italian, French, German and Spanish, with a separate starter b\Jtton for each. A Vatican employee leads the visitors along the narrow pathways, and a remote-control system automatically turns the tape player on and off at the appropriate spots.

St. Peter was martyred in Rome between 64 and 67 A.D. during persecutions under the reign of Emperor Nero. He was buried in a Roman cemetery, called a necropolis, on the Vatican Hill alongside Nero's circus. The circus was an athletic field for Roman sporting events. The Vatican as it exists today was built centuries later on the hill. . .

St.. Peter's grave was marked with a small memorial, called a trophy.

The oldest existing written record that this trophy marks the spot of St. Peter's grave comes from the second-century Romanpriest, Gaius. .

The ne~t major piece of historical evidence is the first St; Peter's Basilica'. It was begun around 324

by Emperor Constantine after he declared Christianity legill. The current basilica is built atop the first: To build the church, Constantine expropriated part of the Vatican Hill containing the necropolis..

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Over the grave, Constantine built an elaborate marble monument marking it as the site of St. Peter's tomb. This monument has survived and is visible today in the Vatican grottoes under the current basilica.

But the Constantine monument has not convinced many 20th-century skeptics that it really marks the spot of the apostle's tomb.

To gather further evidence, in 1939 Pope Pius XII ordered archeological excavations under the basilica.

One of the principal aims was to establish that the basilica was built atop the Vatican necropolis.

In the mid-second to fourth century this necropolis became a major cemetery for Roman nobility and influencial citizens, including some who were Christians. They built giant mausoleums to hold the remains of themselves and their families.

The path to St. Peter's grave takes visitors past many of these, which contain examples of Roman' and early Christian wall paintings and mosaic' art. One is the burial vault of Popilius Heracla which contains an inscription carved in stone. It says the vault is located on the Vatican Hill alongside.Nero's circus, clear evi4ence that'the basilica is built atop the necropolis where the saint was buried.

Excavations under the Constantine monument have produced votive objects indicating that the spot was a popular site of early Christian pilgrimages. On one wall is an inscription with the Greek word for Peter.' . , Modern-day pilgrims can tilke the undergrounQ tour by maki~g an appointment at the Vatican excavations office, "Ufficio Scavi" in Italian, located beyond the Gate of the Bells, just to the right of the basilica. The best way to find the office is to ask the Swiss guards at the Gate of the Bells.

The recorded cassette visit lasts about an hour-and-a-half and costs 3,000 lire, about $2.30,

COLOGNE, West Germany (NC) - Bishop Ladislaus A. Iranyi, the first bishop of Hungarians living outside Hungary, died March 6 of an apparent heart attack in Cologne, where he was attending a conference for Hungarian priests. He was 63.

Bishop Iranyi, a U.S. citizen since 1958, was named a bishop in 1983 by Pope John Paul II to care for the spiritual needs of Hungarian Catholics outside Hungary.

He was ordained to the episcopacy at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, where his funeral took place March 14.

As head of Hungarian Catholics outside Hungary, Bishop Iranyi oversaw the work of Hungarian priests and the formation of Hungarian seminarians in cooperation with local bishops. In the position he' was responsible to the Vatican secretary of state. He was to have presented his annual report to the Vatican after the Cologne meeting.

Born in Szeged, Hungary, Bishop Iranyi entered the Piarist Fathers in 1941 in Budapest. He was ordained in Rome in 1948 and later received a doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University and a doctorate in philosophy from the Angelicum University there.

began to interfere dr~matic~lly in the operation of the church In the predominantly Catholic nation, taking over church instituti~ns and jailing, killing or expelhng priests and nuns. Since the~ officials also have harassed bishops and interfered with their appointment by the Vatican, leaving several dioceses vacant.

In recent years, however, talks between the Vatican and Hungarian officials have resulted in appointment of diocesan bishops to fill long-vacant sees. Most recently, the Vatican March 6 appointed Archbishqp Laszlo Paskai as primate of Hungary, succeeding Cardinal Laszlo Leki, who died last June.

Papal visit offers· youth chance to increase faith RAPID CITY, S.D. (NC) Pope John Paul II's 1987 U.S. trip presents "a golden opportunity" to create an atmosphere in which the young can identify with the pope and strengthen their faith, said Auxiliary Bishop Daniel F. Walsh of San Francisco.

He urged youth ministers to prepare for the event by organizing youth on the local level.

He commented at the annual meeting of the board of directors of the National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministers held recently' in Rapid City.

In the United States, he taught at several colleges.and universities and was cofounder and first rector of the Piarist Fathers' House of Studies in Washington.

For more than 30 years, he worked as a religious broadcaster at Voice of America, the U.S. Pope John Paul II will visit government agency which broad- Miami; Columbia, S.C.; New casts news and information behind . Orleans; San Antonio, Texas; the Iron Curtain.

Phoenix, Ariz; Los Angeles; In the late I 940s, the Soviet- Monterey-Carmel, Calif.; San backed goverment of Hungary Francisco; atld Detroit during his Sept. 10-19 trip to the United States.

Bishop Walsh, the federation's episcopal moderator, said it is difficult for youth to maintain a disNEW OLEANS (NC) - Teletinct identity. "It is especially diffivision coverage of Pope John Paul cult to sustain oUr Catholic heritage II's Sept. 11-13 visit to New identity. " Orleans will be the greatest, most The pope, he said, "has procooperative venture in the city's vided a golden opportunity" to history, commanding more inter- create an atmosphere in. which the est than Mardi Gras, said the cov- young can identify with him and in erage coordinator. turn strengthen their Catholic Jerry E. Romig, president of faith.

WLAE television, a public televiBishop Walsh also told the group sion station built by the archdioit is in a favorable posiiion to cese of New Orleans, said, "No encourage vocations to the reliSuper Bowl, no presidential gious life among the young. visit, no Mardi Gras has ever "Your willingness to suggest the commanded the interest and possibility of a call might be the excitement of his coming. " instrument needed Jor new,voca"Viewers will be offered a total tio'ns in the church," he said. television picture" of' the pope's At the meeting, federation delevisit, said Romig, a 3 I-year broad- gates voted to request the Vatican cast veteran, who called the visit to change the World Day of Youth the single largest event ever tele- to a day other than Palm Sun~ay. vised in Louisiana. Five area tele- The timing leads to deemphasls of vision stations plan to parti'cipate both celebration's:~the resolution in live pool coverage, he said. said. '

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 20,1987

Iteering pOint, PUILICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news Items for this column to 11Ie Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722.. Name of city' or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather • than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundralslng activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances, supp~rs and bazaars.

We are happy to carry notices of spiritual I'rogram~, club meetlnlls, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundraislng prolects may be advertised at our regular ra~es, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675·7151. . .

On Steerinll Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Parish school eighth grader Edward Bielawa finished first in a grade six to eight spelling bee; seventh grader April Arruda placed second; Bielawa will continue to a regional bee 7 p.m. April 15 at New Bedford High School.

ST. DOMINIC, SW ANSEA Mass honoring Our Lady, Queen of Peace 7 p.m. Wednesday. Holy Week miniretreat April 12 to 15; theme: The Healing Power of Jesus.

ST.GEORGE,WESTPORT Parish school open house 7 to 9 p.m. March 31.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Parish penance service 7:30 p.m.

April 9. Parish council meeting 8 p.m. March 30.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS CAPE IRISH Parishioners George and· Pauline CHILDREN'S PROGRAM Thompson (ApriI3) and Walter and Host homes are needed for Catho- Josephine Pepple (April 17) are lic and Protestant children from Bel- celebrating their 50th wedding annifast, Northern Ireland, from June 29 versaries. The Visitation Guild has "" to August 10; information: Mary presented the parish with a new set Smith, 362-4023. . of vestments in memory of Father William J. McMahon.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS, TAUNTON/FR .

Greater Taunton/ Fall River chap- ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR ter of Compassionate Friends meetThe Portuguese Community ing March 23; bereaved parents and Health Care Committee at St. Anne's siblings will meet in separate groups; Hospital announces availability of information: Sandra Sousa, 823- three $1000 nursing scholarships; 5240. information and applications: hospital public relations, 674-5741.

ST, THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Women's Guild Rev. Howard A. ST. JAMES, NB Waldron Memorial Scholarship ap-' Sexuality education program for plications available; information: eighth and ninth graders and their Marilyn Rodrigues, chairman, 678- . parents 7 p.m. March 26 and April 2, 1527. parish center; registration 6:45 p.m.; information: Kathy and Steven MasST. JOSEPH, F AIRHAVEN Parish school teacher Sister Lil- soud, 990-0806. lian was honored for long service at a school Mass yesterday, the feast of CATHEDRAL CAMP, St. Joseph. Lenten meditation with E. FREETOWN organ music precedes Mass at 6:30 Lower Cape Ultreya weekend retonight. Cub Scout Pinewood Derby treat March 21 and 22. St. Mary's 5:30 p.m. tomorro\;V.churc~ ..The Church, No. Attleboro. youth day parish' offers' its· best -wishes and reti'eat 'March 22. St. FrancisXavier thanks to Edna Avila, a faithful Church, Acushnet, youth day retreat member of the 9:30 a.m. Mass choir. March 24.

She and her husband have retired WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE out of state.

ENCOUNTER 20th anniversary convention June CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH A parish census will be taken at 28 to 30, Bentley College, Waltham; information: Dan and Terri Cesarz, weekend Masses.

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HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON CAROL Bertrand, M.A., a Concert of Polish hymns with lay minister working in parish English translation and meditation 3 Sunday. St. Maximilian Kolbe and diocesan programs, will p.m. men's retreat 1 to 5 p.m. March 29; lead a one-day workshop, all parish men welcome; informa"Dreams: A Way of Listening tion: John Kearns. 824-8825. Penance to God," March 28 at Attle- service 3 p.m. AprilS. GHOST, ATTLEBORO boro's LaSalette Shrine. Par- HOLY Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. ticipants will be taught .the Monday, church basement; theme: importance ofdreams and how Seder <meal. to find meaning in them, with WIDOWED SUPPORT, the goal of using them as a ATTLEBORO Communion breakfast follows 9:30 means of communication with a.m. Mass March 22, St. Theresa's .God. Preregistration is re- Church, So. Attleboro. quested; information: 222- ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST, POCASSET 5410.

Evening of healing and reconciliation 7: 15 p.m. March 27, wit~ F~ther Richard Delisle, MS. PanshlOner Joe Piccone is among candidates at men's Cursillo 131. Boys' April 3 to 5 ECHO weekend .applications available in parish center.

Sr. MARY, SEEKONK Prayer group meets 7:30 p.m.

Mondays, church hall; all welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7 p.m.

Wednesdays, church hall. Children's Masses 10 a.m. Sunday and 11:30 a.m.. March 29. Father Richard Delisle, MS, will lead a Lenten healing service and be available for confessions 7:30 p.m. April 12.

ST. ANNE, FR Recently installed officers of St. Anne's Neighborhood Seniors are Herve Tremblay, president; Albert Lavoie, vice-president; Raymond Brodeur, treasurer; and Alice T. Gauthier, secretary.

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LUCIEN J. Roy, Knights of Columbus district 40 deputy, has announced that a corporate family communion Mass at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, will precede a church hall breakfast. A representative of Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television Network, will speak.

Danford Lee of New Bedford is the event's general chairman. Joseph J. David, New Bedford, and Ronald A. Roy, Fall River, are cochairmen.

ULTREYA,UPPERCAPE .

Meeting 7:30 tonight, St. John the Evangelist parish center, Pocasset.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Lenten discussion with "Journey to Easter" video 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays, religious education center. Parish council meeting 7:30 p.m. March 24.

Parishioners Alicia Mathewson, Jean Winchester. Raechel Ferrer and Jen Joyal were candidates at a recent girls' ECHO; parishioners Mary Jude Murphy and Cara Paradise were team members.

ST. PATRICK, FR Father Paul Carrier, SJ, will speak on Christ and Holy Week 3 p.m.

AprilS; a potluck supper will follow.

ST. MARY, NB St. Mary's Girl Scout Troop One members Patricia Metthe and Margaret Barton participate~ in a Was.hington, D.C. celebration of Girl Scouting's 75th anniversary.

ST, JULIE, NO. DARTMOUTH Guild scholarship applications for parish high school seniors available in back of church.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Persons wishing to run for o'ne of three parish council vacancies should mail nominations to the rectory by April 6; election at April 25 and 26 Masses.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO . "I Have a Friend Who May Be an Alcoholic" session 7:30 p.m. March 25, monastery; guest speaker: teacher-alcoholic counselor Paul Fitzsimmons; all welcome; information: 222-5410.

SAINTS AND SINGERS CHORUS The Saints and Singers Chorus will present an Easter cantata, Now I See You, at 3 p.m. April 12 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Pocasset.

LEGION OF MARY Five-hour First Friday and First Saturday vigils 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven, and Sacred Hearts Seminary barn, Wareham; all welcome.

BLUE ARMY Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima five-hour vigil in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary begins 7:30 p.m.

ApriI3,St. Francis XavierChurch, ~cush­ net; refreshments; all welcome; mformation: Ann Levasseur, 822-6866.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NC)A· massive effort by a team of counselors enabled students and faculty at Kansas City's Archbishop O'Hara High School to cope with tragedy in the wake of suicides by two seniors in less than a week.

As a result, "what could have been a disaster and left uS in bad shape was avoided and the mo?d is pretty much back to normal," according to Stuart Bintner, O'Hara principal.

Melissa Crites, 17, active in drama and debate, took her life Feb. 18 and Christopher Medina, 18, a cross-country athlete, on Feb. 14.

National attention was focused on youth suicides in mid-March when four teen-agers from Bergenfield, N.J. killed themselves.

Contacted by Kansas City-St. Joseph diocesan personnel, some 15 mental health professionals worked for several days with griev; ing faculty members and students at Archbishop O'Hara.

The counselors established a drop-in center where students came to discuss their feelings and held a meeting attended by about 60 parents who talked about their feelings, how the suicides had affected their children, and how they could help.

In retrospect, some O'Hara students reported witnessing actions that may have been warning signs of suicide, said Paul Roder, chancery manager for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, who was involved in counseling efforts.

"The lasting impact on the kids

will be that they will no longer look at this type of incident in a joking manner, but very, very seriously," he said.

Both seniors who took their lives were enrolled in a required nine-week course on death and dying, which has been taught at the school for at least a decade.

Bitner, who has been O'Hara principal since 1979, said the course helps students "understand death and dying in a religious context, and also grief and other issues such as terminal illness, capital punishment and questions of morality."

He discounted any connection between suicides and the course.

Grants asked WASHINGTON (NC) - The head of the U.S. bishops' education committee, saying the U.S. Supreme Court two years ago "virtually destroyed" a program aiding disadvantaged non-public school students, has urged Congress to give parents grants to help restore the program. Bishop William A. Hughes of Covington, Ky., chairman of the bishops' Committee on Education, called for a parental grant as an option in the Chapter I program, that part of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act that funds remedial classes for poor and disadvantaged students. The Supreme Court ruled in 1985 that public school teachers could not go into religious schools to provide remedial instruction.

Feasting on fellowship

By Cecilia Belanger It won't be long before we once again stand on the threshold of Good Friday and Easter. We begin to examine just how far we've come along spiritually and emotionally since last year. Have we moved forward in any way? Are we asking the same questions and getting the same ans~ers or no

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SACRED HEART NURSING HOME, NB I Volunteers needed to help transport residents to the home's beauty parlor for two hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays; information: Terry Silva, 996-6751, ext. 67. .

ST. STANISLAUS, FR A Paschal candle has been donated in memory of Natalie Sroczynski by her family. Parishioners Tom Jagielski and Mike Pasternak, both students at No. Dartmouth's Bishop Stang High School, placed third and fifth in their weight classes at the Coyle-Cassidy powerlifting meet.

All-day exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesday. Women's Guild scholarship available; information: Denita Tremblay, school principal, 674-677 I during school hours.

ST. LOUIS, FR 13 Tuesdays Novena of St. Anthony, in preparation for June 13 feast day after noon Mass Tuesdays, with blessing and veneration of relic; aU welcome.

NOTRE DAME, FR Parish retreat led by Father Olivier Renaud, OMI, begins 7 p.m.

Sunday. The parish will revive the' custom of blessing bread at the Holy Thursday liturgy. Council of Catholic Women meeting 7:30 p.m. March 30, church hall; the Clover Club will sing.

answe'rs at all? What have we shared? Have we been healed? Have old wounds finally respohded to love and understanding or have we opened up new ones? It's soulsearching time and none are exempt.

This past year I've enjoyed "feasting on fellowship" with Christian brethren of various denominations.

I just wish there was more tolerance and respect for the faith of others. Why are people so afraid of one another? If someone is dying we'll accept help from whoever is handy and competent. As someone said, "It shows how soft our faith is that it cannot withstand exp~sur~to_~hat of another."

I run into a lot of off-key, faltering faith. But I have hope for the people who are struggling. It isn't as iffaith had vanished altogether.

It's just that the hurting believer has been listening to too' many strange melodies.

Chris, a 19-year-old I recently met, said, "Just as Jesus had many traitors in His life, so do we. I think we've all at some time had a traitor's kiss planted on our cheeks." Betrayal is difficult to accept. I've heard children of divorce say that they've been betrayed. One must help them get over their spiteful feelings.

Jesus knew that Judas was a traitor. He knew the man's every movement. Most people do not know who will betray them, but if . they did would they handle the situation the way Jesus did and let the betrayal happen? See how many questions we must ask ourselves this Lenten season? With every passing year doesn't the figure of Jesus loom ever and ever larger?

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 20, 1987

What's on your mind?

Q. Do you think it is right to have premarital sex if you feel you can handle the consequences? And if it is so wrong, then why is everyone doing it? (Maryland) .

PRINCIPAL Donly with, from left, scholarship win~ers Benedict Dobbs, Patrick Sweeney, Sarah Funke, Jenmfer Moniz and Marie Foley.

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Coyle - Cassidy High School Michael Donly,' principal of Taunton's Coyle and Cassidy High School, has announced that five incoming freshmen, the top finishers on the school's placement test, have been awarded '$750 scholarship.s from the school. ' The winners are Benedict Dobbs and Marie Foll:y of St. Ann's parish, Raynham; Sarah Funke, St. Mary's parish, Taunton; Jennifer Moniz, St. Jacques' parish, Taunton' and Patrick Sweeney, St. Ma~y's p~j-jsh, Mansfield.

students will also share their experiences.

The day will also offer workshops on social justice issues, among them world hunger; Pax Christi; the 1980 murd.er of lay missioner Jean Donovan and her companions in EI ~!llva,dor; the sanctuary movement; mental retardation; adult day care.

Also Por Cristo, aN orth American medical program for Latin America; the Catholic Worker movement; ~ine Street Inn for the homeless; prison ministry, C-C's community service program; Tough As part· of their observarice of Love, suicide; the Rose Hawthorne Foreign Langauage Week, Latin Lathrop Home; the St. Vincent de Club members, attended Classics Paul Society.

Day at Holy Cross College, W or- . Our Daily Bread soup kitchen; cester. The day was cosponsored Dr. Jeremiah Lowney's Haitian by the Massachusetts Junior Clas- dental mission; ministry to AIDS sical League and the Holy Cross victims. classic,S department. College vicepresident Father William J. O'Halloran spoke on advantages of a classical education and students also attended seminars offered by professors from Brandeis, Boston and Tufts universities, and Holy Cross.

A. First of all, not everyone is doing it. Not by any means. I could introduce you to a number of girls and boys in my neighbo.rhood whose thoughts and mam energies are directed at earning money, getting good grades and being good at various sports.

Yes, they are interested in sex but they are not obsessed with it.

They sense they need to do consid-' erably more growing before they enter into that kind of relationship.

As for premarital sexual intercourse, they feel that it is like opening Christmas presents in October and having ~. case of the blahs on Dec. 25.

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But even if everybody were doing it, would that be a reason for you to do it?

Are you going to let everyone else decide for you what are the right and wrong things to do? Will you consult a poll before you take any action? Will,you never be an ' independent thinker?

If you, answer yes to those questions, you are in a dangerous position, because you are going to let. others do your thinking for you.

Then you may someday find youselfled into thinking it's OK to hate Jews, to use the word "nigger,';> to kill a person i,n the womb, to deny the existence of God and so on.

And even if 'you think you can handle the serious consequences of premarital sex, this type of sex is still not OK. Beware, however,

of thinking you easily can handle the consequences.

When sexual attraction is strong, one's vision tends to get blurred.'

Because you want very much to have intercourse with a certain person, you are likely to think you can handle the 'consequences without any trouble.

But what you probably are thinking is that there won't be any unpleasant consequences, or if there are, they will be only mildly unpleasant.

The truth is that when you are dealing with such a powerful force as sexual intercourse, you simply cannot be certain of the consequences. Sometimes they can be devastating and tragic. , And sometimes a young person cannot handle the consequences and the regrets and the remorse.

Then the tears are bitter indeed.

The problem.

"The problem wit~ condom advertising d0I!e in' so-called ... good taste' is that it conveys an, unacceptable:n:te~s,age'i "T 'namely, that' exfraniarital sexual, activity is jus~ good, clean fun; but not worth risking death." - Miami Abp. Edward McCarthy.

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The keynote' speaker will be Father Robert Braunreuther, SJ, of Boston College, who will discuss a nine-day pilgrimage he made with students to Haiti, where the group visited slums and worked in nomes operated by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. Three

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The school's Peace and Justice Committee is sponsoring a presentation and discussion of the V.S. bishops' economic pastoral and its implications for Christians from 7 t09 p.m. Wednesday. All welcome, Barry Linehan, a Maryknolllay missioner from Milton who served in Korea, will conduct the program, to fnclude conSideration of' how people of faith can bridge the' gap between'the rich ~nd poor of· the world." '

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General ratings: G-sUitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-I3-parental gUidance strongly suggested for children under 13- PG-parental guidance suggested; .R":"restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. , Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and .adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not.morally offensi~e which, however, require some analYSiS and explanation); O-morally offensive.

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Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local UItIngs, which may differ from the New York network schedules suppUed to The Anchor.

New Films Melody is in the air at Attlebo- ica Choir, and has been a success"Lethal Weapon" (Warners) . ro's Bishop Feehan High School, ful participant in the Southeast where director of music Elaine District Massachusetts Music Fes- Mel Gibson is a deadly effective Saulnier recently accompanied sen- tival. He will sing with the All- Los Angeles cop, a legalized Rambo, almost psychotically ruthless ior Kevin F. Maguire to an audi- State Chorus, which will perform in getting his job done. He's teamed tion at New York City's Juilliard in Worcester later this month. with a veteran policeman (Danny School of Music. Maguire is interGlover), whose family is threatened ested in a music career with conby drug dealers headed by former centration on voice performance.

On April 13, Feehan will pres- Vietnam Special Forces and CIA Juilliard's jury of four, all of ent "Listen," a Lenten parable whom have had experience with written by senior Brian J. DeCu- operatives. Richard Donner's powerfully frenetic direction festers the Metropolitan Opera, stated bellis, who composed the play's with excessive violence, brutality that Maguire has great potential music, and will be director and and profanity. 0, R and exhibited a wealth of reperlead actor. The play depicts the "Duet for One" (Cannon) - A toire, but noted that he has to end of Christ's life and is set in a world-renowned concert violinist reaudition next year when he will 1987 high school.

(Julie Andrews) struggles to overreach their minimum age of accepDeCubellis has participated in come the anger aod depression she tance,20. the Theatre Company, jazz band feels when her talents are diminMa'guire, of Sc Mary's parish; and chorus. He expects to attend ished by ~ultiple sclerosis. FrightNorth Attleboro, is a member of New York University and major in ened by realizing her mortality, its choir, a religious education filmmaking. she finds consolation in her psyteacher and a-lector. Active in "It is my hope," DeCubellis said, Attleboro's Chaminade Opera Com- "that the message of 'Listen' will chiatrist (Max Von Sydow) only pany and the Norton Singers, he reach studetHs. If this play will after two adulterous affairs and a failed suicide attempt. Director has taken private voice lessons cause one person to think before Andrei Konchalovsky stresses with Mrs. Louise Pettitt of Attlesaying something to hurt another, righteous indignation as a lifeboro and with Ms. Saulnier.

I will have been successful." sustaining virtue over spiritual reHe is listed in'the 1985-86 edinewal. A morbid and morally mudtion of "Who's Who in Music" and • • died melodrama, with an instance last year he toured Europe as a Three Feehan seniors, 12 junof partial nudity. 0, R member of the Youth of America iors and 31 sophomores were reChoir.

"Raising Arizona" (Fox) At Feehan, he is a member of cently inducted into the National Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter the Theatre Company and the sho~ Honor Society. are the childless simpleton couple choir and is a chorus and folk ,who kidnap one member of a set of group soloist. He has twice been • quintuplets to raise as their own in selected for All-State Festival comthis madcap comedy from' Joel petition after singing in the MEXICO CITY (NC) - The and Ethan Coen. Stridently effecSoutheast District Massachusetts permanent council of the Mexican tive parody of socially conscious bishops' conference has criticized drama has some vulgar and brutal Music Festival. antichurch measures in Mexico's moments played with deadpan in"All of these experiences," Mareformed federal election code. In guire notes, "have taught me that a one-page document, the bishops life is nothing without a song." He said the law "favors discriminahas a strong desire to share with tion against person, restricts freeBy NC News others "something that God has dom of opinion and expression, given me as a gift." ' discourages the hope for a demoThe Home Box Office cable cratic opening and paves the way channel will offer a documentary, for the violation of fundamental "How To Raise a Street-Smart Senior James Holmes recently human rights, subscribed to by Child," from 10 to II p.m. March auditioned at the University of Mexico in international forums." 23, 26 and 29.

Hartford's Hartt School of Music.' The document was signed by Designe'd primarily for adults, it He has participated in Feehan's Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera will present clearly illustrated tips music groups for four years and of Jalapa, head of the Mexican' on child protection measures that, has studied with Ms. Saulnier for bishops' conference, and the per- lessen the chance of children . two. Holmes, like Maguire, has manent council's 18 other mem- becoming victims. traveled with the Youth of Amer- . bers.

The fundamental concept of who is a "stranger" is examined by using examples. Also included are ,discussions of the way children are dressed, the company they keep· and the places they frequent.

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EST (ABC) - "Dr. No" (1962) -James Bond's (Sean Connery) nemesis, Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman), attempts to destroy Cape Canaveral by remote control in this actionadventure fantasy emphasizing sexual encounters with slinky sirens, splashy stunts, expensive sets and stylized - but deceptively romantized - violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference c1assificaton of the theatrical release was O. There was no Motion Picture Association of America rating.

Sunday, March 29 9-11 p.m.

EST (NBC) - "Staying Alive" (1983) - The disco king of "Saturday Night Fever" (John Travolta) has become a parttime dance teacher who aspires to a Broadway stage career but finds his life complicated by women, again straining the limits of his integrity as both character and actor. Sylvester Stallone's direction stresses physical and sexual aspects.

Religious TV Sunday, March 22 (CBS) "For Our Times" - CBS reports on the hidden epidemic of compulsive gambling: its causes and consequences, especially its effect on the family, and how the church is helping through its support of Gamblers Anonymous.

Religious Radio Sunday, March 22 (NBC) "Guideline" - Travel consultant Nick Chiacchiero returns for a follow-up discussion on the special arrangements that tour groups can make to suit the traveling needs of senior citizens.

CCC grants announced NEW YORK (NC) - The Catholic Communication Campaign has funded a $1.4 million "investment" in the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America and given grants for 37 media projects for 1987, the U.S. Catholic Conference announced March 3.

The 37 media grants total $1,483,800, excluding the investment in the Catholic Telecommunications Network, the U.S. bishops' satellite network linking U.S. diocese. The money is raised through the .annual Catholic Communication Campaign collectiOl'l in U.. S. parishes.

Of 'the 37 grants; the largest, $150,000, went to National Catholic News Service, to fund its "Faith Today"diocesan newspaper supplement for a yearlong catechesis connected with the 1987 papal visit to the United States.

The second largest grant, $140,000, went to the Hispanic Telecommunications Network Inc. to fund a 'weekly TV program for Hispanics.

Grants for $100,000 were-awarded to: - Unda-USA, an association of church broadcasters, for "Real to Reel," a weekly TV magazine series;

The Anchor Friday, Mar. 20, 1987 -, Black Catholic Televangelization Network, Detroit, for a TV series on black Catholics; - The USCC Department of Communication, for live TV satellite coverage of the papal visit.

In announcing the grants the said the "capital investment" in the Catholic Telecommunications Network was made because the USCC Communication Committee "determined the investment would enable CTNA to further its 1987 media goals while an in-depth study of CCC (the Catholic Communication Campaign) and CTNA is being conducted. " The investment marked the second time that communication collection money has been used to aid the financially strapped telecommunications network, which was founded in 1981 with $4.5 million from the bishops and the expectation that it would become financially self-sufficient within three years.

The network received another $2 million from the 1985 collection.

Concern about giving the network further communication collection funds was expressed by Unda-USA, which said in November that its members were "unanimously opposed" to subsidizing the network "now or in the future with funds" from the campaign without consultation with Unda.

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Priority to poor WASHINGTON (NC) - Any solution to the Third World debt crisis must give priority to the poor, not to "the profitability of banks," Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee said in recent congressional testimony.

"The burden must be lifted from the poor" who "suffer most from austerity measures" required for credit-worthiness, the archbishop said, testifying on behalf of the U.S. Catholic Conference. He called "coresponsibility" the key to resolving the debt crisis.

If lending banks do not accept their share of responsibility for providing a solution to the immense debt, he said, the other group likely to suffer besioes the Third World poor is "the taxpayers of the industrialized countries like the United States" who will foot the biII for government bailouts. Archbishop Weakland headed the committee that wrote the U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral letter oil Catholic teaching and the U.S. economy.

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High court ruling seen hopeful WASHINGTON (NC) - The March 9 Supreme Court decision to relax the U.S. standard for deciding if an alien is eligible for political asylum ought to mean that more Salvadorans and GuatemaJans will qualify as refugees, said a U.S. Catholic Conference official.

Whether it does, said Gilbert Paul Carrasco, director of immigration services for the USCC's Migration and Refugee Services, will depend on whether the Reagan administration continues to "inject foreign policy in the asylum decision-making process."

In a 6-3 decision, the high court rejected the Reagan administration's position that to qualify for asylum aliens must prove a "clear probability" that they would be killed, tortured or otherwise persecuted for their beliefs if returned to their homelands.

The court said that position was contrary to the intent of the Refugee Act of 1980, which said aliens are eligible for asylum it" they are unwilling to return to their homelands "because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion."

To demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, Justice John Paul Stevens said in the majority opinion, "an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country."

The decision upheld a lower

court decision requiring the Board of Immigration Appeals to reconsider the asylum application of Luz Marina Cardoza-Fonseca, a 38-year-old Nicaraguan who said she would risk torture if returned to Nicaragua because of her brother's political activism.

Carrasco said in an interview March 10 that, before granting asylum, U.S. immigration authorities ask the State Department for a report on the conditions in the applicant's country and the likelihood he or she will face persecution.

"Under this administration the State Department has taken a very callous view of the situation in El Salvador and the plight of those returning there," Carrasco said.

He said for some Salvadorans, choosing not to join government troops can mean persecution, and for others, deciding not to unite with guerrilla forces can guarantee a similar fate.

The State Department has failed to recognize, however, that "even remaining neutral in EI Salvador can be a political statement" and lead to persecution, he said.

Studies show asylum is more freequently granted to applicants from nations "that aren't aligned with us ideologically -like Poland, Afghanistan and Russia," he said, than" to applicants from nations whose "governments we support" such as EI Salvador."

School Sister ofSt. Francis Darlene Nicgorski said she applauds the Supreme Court decision but

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echoed Carrasco's concerns. Sister Nicgorski, a sanctuary worker, was convicted last year during a highly publicized trial in Tucson, Ariz., for illegally aiding Central Americans fleeing their countries. " "I think it certainly ought to be helpfUl to Central Americans applying for aylum, but it's the State Department who tells the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) what to do," she said in a telephone interview March 9.

Noting that more Nicaraguans are granted asylum than Salvadorans and G~atemalans, she questioned whether they have "more well-founded fear.... It would seem the law ought to apply equitably and fairly.

Other than the United States, all nations in the Western Hemisphere grant Salvadorans asylum, Carrasco Said, adding the United States accepts only 3 percent of Salvadorans and I percent of Guatemalans who apply.

Calling the "politicizing" of the procedure "unfair," Carrasco said asylum is intended to protect people fearing persecution regardless of ideology.

He said the Supreme Court decision "incorporates international law of human rights int~ the domestic law of this country" by recognizing the 1980 refugee act definition of" refugee," which was taken from the 1967 United Nations Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.

RONNIE DeSILLERS, 7, takes ~ walk with his mother Maria in Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital two weeks after undergoing a liver transplant. When $5,000 collected for him by fellow pupils at St. Anthony's School, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., was stolen, national publicity brought him $400,000 to cover medical expenses. (NCJ UPI photo)

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PARISH LENTEN RETREAT SUNDAY; MARCH 22 TO THURSDAY; MARCH 26 THEME: "THE CHALLENGE -OF CHRIST" PREACHED BY THE REV. OLIVER J. RENAUD, O.M.1.

SUNDAY OPENING ADDRESS: 7:00 P.M. (NO ~SS) ,"EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING: 7:00 P.M. MASS. 7:20 P.M. RETREAT ADDRESS 8:15 P.M. REFRESHMENTS THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO JOIN US FOR A SIGNIFICANT SPIRITUAL EVENT