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ARCHBISHOP LAW

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With mingled splendor and simplicity, the new pastors of two of the largest sees in the United States are beginning the care of souls in the archdioceses of Boston and New York. Installation ceremonies for New York Archbishop John J. O'Connor took place Monday, the feast of St. .

Joseph, at St. Patrick's' Cathedral ill New York C i t y . ' Archbishop Bernard F. Law took canonical possession of the see of Boston at, sung vesper services at 4 p.m. yesterday in Uoly CroSIS Cathedral in Boston. His installation Mass is scheduled for 2:30 this afternoon.

New York Ceremonies The authority of the pope is "absolutely indispensable" to the Catholic faith, said Arch­ bishop O'Connor at his installa­ tion Mass.

The archbishop who formerly headed the Diocese of Scranton, Pa., and was an auxiliary, bishop in the Military Ordinariate in New York, spoke of papal 'au­ thority in commenting on a let­ ter from a schoolgirl who said "Until now I didn't know who you were."

Even so, she aocepted him as her new bishop, Archbishop O'­ Connor said. "In the final analy­ sis, . .' . she accepts me because the PQpe appointed me,. • • That's why I am here. What I have or have not done before is of no real consequence, is it?

"My few modest successes, my . innumerable failures essentially count liS nothing in comparis~m with tl1at one reality, absolutely indisp~nsable to our Catholic faith: the authority of the Holy Father."

The archbishop structured his

homily around responses to let­ Prelates in attendance includ­ ed Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of ters he received' from school­ children after his appointment Chicago, retired Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit, Cardinal was announced.

John Krol of Philadelphia, Car­ In the homily he commented on needs of the city including dinal Luis Aponte Martinez of San Juan, Puerto Rico and re­ those of the hungry and home­ tired Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle less, the spiritually undernour­ ished and the young. He also of Washington.

Bishop James Malone of condemned abortion but pledged compassion to those who make Youngstown, Ohio, president of the "tragic decision to abort an the National Conference of Cath­ unborn bllby in the sincere be-, olic Bishops and Archbishop lief that this was the right, or ;Law, to be installed today as at least the only, thing to do in archbishop of Boston, were pres­ 'ent. the circumstances."

The archbishop's comments Archbishop O'Connor is the mixed the serious and the humor­ 11th bishop and eighth archbish­ ous. His self-deprecating touch op of New York. drew applause and laughter After Archbishop Pio Laghi, from ~e congregation gathered apostolic delegate in the United at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

States, led Archbishop O'Connor Among' dignitaries attending to his chair and handed him the the event were William Wilson, crosier as his symbol of office, new U.S. ambassador to the his fellow prelates and repre­ Holy See, New York Gov. Mario sentative priests, religious and Cuomo; New York Mayor Ed-' laity of the archdiocese came by ward Koch; Sen. Daniel Patrick to extend their greetings.

A,f the end of the ceremony Moynihan, D-N.Y.; Sen. Alphonse D'Amato, R-N.Y., and other Archbishop O'Connor told the conJ?regation, "For better, for eovernment Qfficials.

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The congregation applauded.

Archbishop O~Connor had taken formal canonical posses­ sion of the archdiocese the pre­ vious'day at a service attended principally by priests, religious and deacons.

At the installation, Archbishop

O'Connor described the canoni­ cal possession ceremony as a marriage to the Archdiocese of New York. In that ceremony, he said, he "inherited at least 1.8 million Catholics as flesh of my flesh and blood of my blood, but more, I sincerely pray that many others of you, of, all faiths, will permit me to serve you as well."

His fav~rite meditation is a saying of Mother Teresa of Cal­ cutta, "Give God permission." the archbishop told the congre­ gation.

It is everyone's calling to give 'God permission "to open our minds and hearts so that he can indeed work through us," Arch­ bishop O'Connor said. He said he prayed that as archbishop of New York he would "never im-

pede any of you in any way from letting God work through you.

"I need you very much. I need your strength, I need your wis~ dom, I need your counsel, above all, I need your love. And, oh how much, how very much I will love you in return," the archbishop- said.

The archibishop's serious re­

marks were broken up with bits of humor.

"Mr. Mayor, how am I do­ ing?" he began his homily, imi­ tating Mayor Koch.

Later he said, "Ich bin ein New Yorker," an echo of Presi­ dent Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" ("I am a Berliner") speech more than 20 years earlier.

A shorter John J. O'Connor joined Archbishop O'Connor dur­ ing the ceremony and !briefly wore the archbishop's mitre, which slid down over his ears.

Young John O'Connor, 10, a fifth grader at Visitation School, had written to the archbishop pointing out that they have the Turn to PElge Eleven

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Vincentians

ROME (NC) - The Bulgarian airline official charged with complicity in the 1981 attempted assassination of. Pope John Paul . II has been ordered to return to a Rome prison.

Italy's highest appeals tribun­ CHICAGO (NC) - Recruiting al, the Court of Cassation, made young people and establishing' the ruling March 14 against units of the Society of St. Vin­ Sergei Ivanov Antonov. cent de Paul on college campuses Antonov the 36-year-old will be given top priority in, Rome office chief of Balkan Aair, membership drives, 150 represen­ a Bulgarian state company, had tatives of the society. agreed at been released from Rome's Re­ their annual midyear meeting, bibbia Prison olast December and held this rear in Chicago.. placed under house arrest be· Their, decision (ollowed an ad· cause of ill health. dress by pollster George Gallup But the Court of Cassation up­ IN JAMAICA, Sister 'Beverly of the Franciscan MissionarY'Sisters shares prayer with held at the society's annual national a lower court's J;'ulir)g that meeting held last October in San an elderly neighbor no 'longer able to walk to church. . . . . . Antonov should. go back to Re­ Antonio. He told the Vincentians bibbia. It accepted the Rome t}ilit~an ··appear fof "personal ' ,,,, I . , state attorney's arguments that Antonov might try to flee Italy while under house arrest and Represen'ting diocesan Vincen-' . .. ,that his life would be in danger The following Lenten reflection at the heart of the work of The Father Richard Albert. A cam- if he were not held under tighter tians at the Ch~cago mee.ting v.:ere Fa~~r. Danrel .L. Fre1tas, is brought to Anchor re~dei's by Propagation of the Faith. pus ~inister who unexpectedly security. d10cesan sp~ntual adVlser; Father Msgr. John J. Oliveira, diocesan Our current Director, Msgr. found himself in a missionary's . A,ntonov was first arrested in role, Father Albert has come to November 1982 when Mehmet E~ward .J. '.Sharpe, g.reate~ .Fall director of the Society for the William McCormack, recently love his work and the poverty Ali Agca, the 25-year-old Turk Rlv:r d1S":lct councll sp.~ntual Propagation of the Faith, as a visited Jamaica for a first-hand ~dv1ser; yltO, V. GerardI,. na- reminder of 'mission needs. he shares willingly With those now serving a life term after look at the church's work there. tional cha1rman of the comm1ttee.. " .. call That nation received over he serves. being convicted of shooting the . for the canonization of Vincen­ As director, he says, I $100,000 from. the Propagation ail in thi di t tak.

He has helped establish a pope, accused Antonov of com· tian founder Frederick Ozanam; on . s ocese 0 e on· hist year, including furidsfor home for elderly victims of lep­ picity in the attack.

Charles T. Rozak, diocesan Yin. a share of the passion of Christ Agca later said that he had centian president., and Arthur this Lent. Pray for the suffer­ operation of its two dioceses, rosy and a clinic for the people ing f the de loping orId the support of catechists, and of "Sufferer's Heights." He has been trained by the KGB, Soviet Gauthier, often. cited for long·' poor 0 the training of future priests. walked with condemned men to secret police, and the attempt ve w standing diocesan and parish and for the missionaries who on the pope's life "was done by serve them. And make a true Though Jamaica may seem a their execution by hanging. service.

To share the pain. Pope John the Bulgarian secret services."

Gerardi reported on progress sacrifice - give until it ,h,urts _. tropical paradise to tourists, it is more like a hell on earth for Paul,' for one, appreciates Father .. The Soviet news agency Tass for the mission _ ch··_1.

UIUIo of the canonization cause.

Albert's commitment to poverty. called the March 14 decision "a Msgr. Oiivelra added that many who live there.'

With regard to the new youth Unemployment is. nearly l"oo%)n.fact,.the priest tells this story: new provocation" and said it tJ1rust . of' the orga.ni~t~o.V,;; donations :~ay, be. }lent to the:

Father Thomas" Grace~:-'direttor . Propagation'of the' .Faith at 368' in some areas. Many" of "the "I remember the day I met "seems to indicate that certain d't campus rirl~lsi~'aeChi~ago~s ::Noffii -:'Maiid~·"Stieef;,·;Fan Rlyer" homeless'. and jobless: live •. in· Pope John' Paul"Ir. ':'.: He 'asked circles in Italy and elsewhere De Paul University, told the 02720.

crowded; filthy and broken-down a.bout my work, and the bishop desire to exploit the pumped-up representatives that "an aware­ shacks, with barely any sanitary with me' said, 'Father Albert Antonov 'case' for their own well-defined propagandistic Just a year ago, Pope John Paul faci1it~es. C~ppled,retarde~ chilo works among. the poorest of the goals." ness of poverty is often lacking r . on the part of America's young II visited some of the mos t .t!!> dren bve w1th a~andoned a1mless poor,' Italy's chief investigator into government"The Holy people. Without intimate aware· troubl ed areas 0f Cent ra1 Am'

streettedpeople ". f' In . " en­ A' . Father's eyes semed the papal assassination, Judge ness of .need, neither young nor ca. When asked why he was opera In 1rmar1es. . s many to light up. He clasped my hands Iario Martella, had ordered An· . old can become deeply concern. h l'ed"O ho Id as 70% of new-born ch11dren are and looked directly at me, so ne s u ' d ' b '11 . '.

A d th gomg, e rep 1, tonov released from prison .Iast e that his words seemed meant . . ed about poverty and the poor. be with those who suffer _ to sal to e 1 ~glt1mate. n after doctors said An· December "Personal contact is the only h th a'" sound of guns 1S commonly heard only for me to hear: 'When you was suffering from pro­ tonov ., way to go," he stressed. "Many s are e p 1~. amid the other noises of the go back, tell the poor, tell the articles about poverty are inforTo share the pain. In Lent, 1t s Jamaican night. people you work with, that John longed loss of appetite, head­ mative, but encountering human na~ural t~ think ?f Our Lord's The Catholic Church in Jam- Paul sends love. And that I will aches and stomach problems, . pam - H1S suffermg and death.. aggravated by severe stress. need face to face makes com- 0 ne. tho10k s espeC1a . . IIy f that a1ca, though 1t represents less · do everything I can to help o . them Antonov had been under house passionate doers out of armchair . ht' th' G d .f Ge th ethan 10 percent of the popula· and the poor of the world,' arrest in an apartment owned by tion, is universally respected be· b rug ,m ar en ffo ed Sot' h ' d philosophers." · e J . mam, wh en esus su er , n "Later, I oug t p1cture car s the Bulgarian embassy, an arm­ John Simmons, national society physically but mentally and cause .people know It shares the of the pope, and gave them to ored vehicle had been stationed president, said the society would spiritually. He saw the' passion sUfferm~, of the poor. the people back on Sufferer's permanently outside and police try to link. chapters in affluent that la before him and the Followmg .are some examples Heights, outside Kingston. I told had checked inside the apart· arelis:.to, :those' in more' needy of that shanng encountered by the people, !This man is in Rome, y , . h' ment every three hours.

1 . :····:··b·· ·th· ·~·;th·· th .. U 't d" cup was almost too muc.· to Msgr. McCorm~ck'. places,:'" 0 W1· 10 e· m e t ' . : .' and he loves you,' At the time of the March 14 Siates "and between U.S. ch.ap- '. accep '. '.

• The. Brothers of the Poor, "Even after several .months, decision, no trial date had been J k d P t J d esus as e e er, ames an a newly-formed religious com­ ters and those in underdeveloped when '. I would visit one of the set for Antonov.

John to share this trial with him. munity, has' made the churc.h. countries.

A k th shacks these ·.people call hom~. .' s d we I-C' "USA Vincentianism" has be­ f' 11now,I t ey grew weary known in shack communities' like I .. would· see the Holy Fa. ther" s White Wing and Mona Common. picture 'up high, by the door. come too parochial," Simmons an lOa y s ep . .

Alone in His sorrow, Jesus Along' with volunteers, many And I knew· that he' brought said. "But as a worldwide Chris­ tian family Vincentianism de· spoke to them, "Could you not from the United .States, the hope _ and a sense that life is mands a sense of outreach and watch one hour with me?" . brothers have shared the pain of worth NEW YORK (NC) - Jesuit living." commitment beyond one's own Father Joseph A'. O'Hare, 50, As a young man, Archbishop young and old in the "Infirmar­ parish boundaries," To share the pain. To 'bring editor in chief of America maga- .

Fulton Sheen "took those words ·ies," working to improve condi­ hope. That's what Father Al· zine, has been elected-president Bishop Thomas J. Murphy of to heart. He promised that tions wherever they go.

Great Falls-Billings, Mont., the throughout his priesthood he • High school students, like bert's ministry is all about, and of Fordham University by the socie~y's episcopal adviser,. told would watch one hour each day these of St. George's College a large measure of. what the Jesui.t college's board of trus­ the representatives that their with Our Lord in the Blessed (run by Jesuits) and Alpha church's missions are all about tees. in Jamaica and all over the The New York native will be. work should be seen as "more Sacrament. And he pledged to Academy (operated by the Sis· -world. come the 31st presi.dent of Ford• than mere human charity, but offer his personal crosses' in ters of Mercy), regularly visit Throughout Lent, as we com· ham July 1, succeeding Father .rather in the context of contin­ union with the suffering Christ, the suffering in Kingston's hos· memorate Christ's passion, it is James C. Finley, S.J. for the salvation of the world. pitals, slums and jails. uing the ministry ·of Jesus.

For 16 of his 6b years asa • Three Franciscan Mission­ right that we think of those who "We must relate to others as A commentator and lecturer Jesus did with the Samaritan priest, Archbishop Sheen was ary Sisters from the only native share that passion in their daily on contemporary religious, so­ national director of the Propaga­ religious community live in the lives. woman, with honesty and re­ cial and political issues, Father It is right that we "watch one O'Hare writes on a wide range spect, but also with the gift of tion of the Faith. A generation former rectory of a parish that not jU!;it satisfying material came to know his compassion no longer has a resident priest, hour" with Christ and do what of subjects, with a special in­ needs, ~ut with the good news for the suffering poor of the and share the pain around them' we can to carry on his mission terest in American and Philip­ of Jesus himself who must be developing world. through daily home visits. that, in many ways, had its real pine politics, civil rights, the To share the pain. It remains the' basis for our ministry," the Some ;missionaries also serve beginning on that night in Geth· modern papacy and war and bi~l1op ..said. ". .".' necessary··today. -And it is still in special ministries, like that of ',. semani. .. '., .),,~!peace.. , '.' ')'"

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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN with women religious responsible for the direction of many communities active in apostolates in the Fall.Riv~r diocese. A meeting of all men and women religious serving in the dioceseo is planned for April 3 to discuss a papal letter concerning religious life addressed to the U.S. bishops. (Torchia Photo)

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Acies Cerenlony The annual Ades ceremony at which members of the Legion of Mary rededicate. themselves to, the Marian apostolate this year became the occasion for reconse­ cration of the Fall River diocese to Mary.

Last Sunday's cathedral cere­ mony was. in response to Pope­ John Paul II's reque~t that the world's bishops join him in con­ secration of the entire earth to the Queen of Heaven; Reciting . .th~. consecration prayer, Bis60p. Daniel A. Cronin, garbed in Marian vestments of royal bl~eand white, declared that "the'power of this c()nsE!~ra:-­ tion lasts for all time and em­ braces all nations and individ­ uals. It consecrates the world in general and the Fall River dio­ cese in particular."

In specific petitions, the bish· op asked that mankind be de­ livered from famine, from nu­ clear war, from sins against life of man from the very beginning, from every kind of injustii:e and

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Those present received the Holy Year indulgence and active members of the Legion of Mary individually approached the Legion standard to repeat "I am all thine, my queen, my mother, and all that I have is thine."

The bishop thanked the Legionaries for their "outreach to many unreached in any other way" and asked them to "be a . bridge I:!etween· the church and

, WASHINGTON (NC) .~ The Catholic Conference has urged rejection of a bill sponsor­ ed by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moyni­ han, D-N.Y., that would move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Such a move would undermine the U.S. goal of peace in the Middle East, said Father J. Bryan Hehir, sec-. retary·designate of the USCC Department of Social Develop·

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Father Brian J. Harrington, homilist for the service, spoke on Mary's words. "Thy will be done," as a guide for all lives.

"Don't tell God· what you· want, listen to what he's telling you," he advised.

Music for the ceremony was by the children's choir of· St. Mary's parish, New Bedford, directed by Jackie Vardo. Glenn Giuttari was organist.

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themoorin~ The Breath of Democrac}'" For better or worse, religion in America is much in the news. Many feel that the democratic system is proving its worth simply because so much government time and effort are being devoted to the question of school pray~r.

Many feel passionately about it not only because their stance is intensely religious but also because they feel that school prayer is a matter forcing those who be­ lieve in God to' stand' up and be counted as true patriots and freedom-loving citizens.

After all, school prayer is an emotional issue as Am­ erican as apple pie and motllerhood. In an election, year, it is felt, it has the potential of separating the good boys from the bad. Who could disagree that it is bound to bring 'out the fervent' and the dedicated? What better way to en­ ·':¢.~\Ir~g~ :~Pie' ,~p..4)0.Y~~,;~~Pport from ,a depen4able voting . bloc? ;~' I,; " ' ' • . 'Parenthetically, it may be said that no matter the outcome of present legislative efforts in the Congress, we can be sure that the school prayer issue will be around for a very long time. No matter how one estimates the value of school prayer, for many itwill always assume the proportions of a crusade and will· always be used to divide and separate in an election year.

Certainly, restoration of' prayer to public education will not of itself guarantee a resurgence of faith and traditional values in American life. Much of the energy, now being expended on this issue should be directed to­ ward eradication of the incomparable evils of abortion, pornography and illicit use of drugs.

Would that the effort now being made in the Congress ' in the matter of school prayer could be directed towards le~~.)t~~!'Ph~:'W9r.~ d~.f,~f.~ly'~~neficial :;t?, ,~me~~~~~ ~a~~\~_.,~f~. ".' .~Th~ d?Y~ ..~r..~~4'ltp~p'~rvert 9~':~}~~rl:~ry?f1U;~~?~.II}" ?ur . socIal order m· great part because of we'ak and meffectIve laws.

Removal of prayer from public classrooms was only symptomatic. It was but one manifestation of the moral and ethical decline permeating our social order.

It would be well for' all of us to take a very in-depth look at those elements dedicated to the so-called separa­ tion of church and state. The anti-religious establishment in America has in effect made its own pac~age of beliefs a de facto established religion.

This was evidenced by the outpouring of reactions to the Supreme Court ruling in the Pawtucket case that display of a city-owned manger scene is not unconstitu­ tional. For most people the ruling was a pleasing breath of renewed hope. It dealt a decisive setback to liberal' church establishment attempts to be the sole interpreter of constitutional law in the United States. The effort to make the' creche"lssue and that of school prayer confrontations between the right and left is odious if not obnoxious. . 'In a time when religious,' moral and, ethical values are being treated as disposable, it is.tragic to see so many, under the guise of religion, abet and support those forces that would eradicate religion from public life while making us all slaves of their own despotism.

It is good we still can debate, discuss, analyze and argue religion in the public forum. It keeps us honest and open, alive and concerned. And after all is said and done, is this not the very breath of democracy? '

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Your land is deso!ate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers ,devour before your face.' Is. 1:7

Aid for Africa

VATICAN CITY (NC) -Using The pope sparked donations to more than $9.2 million donated the Sahel, with a population of

by West German Catholics, Pope 33 million people, May 10, 1980 John Paul II has begun a devel­ during a pastoral visit to Upper opment fund for Africa's Volta, when he appealed to the drought-ridden and famine-, world for solidarity with those plagued Sahel region, announced affected by drought and famine.

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin Germans began collecting March 6 at a Vatican press con-' money to aid the Sahel after a ference. papal visit to West Germany six Cardinal Gantin, a native of the months after the appeal in Upper African country of Benin, is Volta. president of-Cor Unum, the pon­ The additional $4 million al­ tifical council which coordinates the church's international relief ready has been used to fund 1,000 small projects including activities. equipping a clinic in Ethiopia; The fund, called the John Paul providing medical accessories to II Foundation, will provide fin­ disaster areas of Uganda: and ancial aid from the interest on providing water in Lodwar, the $9.2 million.

Kenya.

West German Catholics don­ Also in action to aid Africa, a ated an addition $4 million to $150 million emergency food aid help alleviate immediate prob­ lems caused by the drought and 'bill pas~ed the House March 6 by a 374-29 vot.e and was sent famine.

While ~e papal foundation is to the Senate.

In addition to emergency only for projects in countries of the Sahel region, the $4 mil­ grants the bill would allow the lion was also for countries out­ Agriculture Department's Com­ sJde the region. Sahel countries modity Credit Corp. to make an­ include Cape Verde, Chad, Gam­ other $90 million in food avail­ bia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, able either ,through sales or Senegal and Upper Volta. barter arrangements.

The U.S. Catholic Conference, the bishops' public policy arm, supports legislation to provide emergency aid but has not en­ dorsed a specific bill.

Rep. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said it is not often that "pieces of legislation involve life and death. But this legislation will determine who shall -live and who shall die."

At a Washington press con­ ference in February, Auxiliary Bishop P. Francis Murphy of Baltimore had urged immediate action to send aid to Africa.

Bread for the world, a private organization which focuses on hunger issues, has estimated that about 150 million people face starvation because of the drought. It has said prospects for the June harvest are not good.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., March 23, 1984

Family Night

A weekly at-home program for families

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OPENING PRAYER Dearest Lord Jesus, thank you for this past week and for the moments of love our family felt through your Holy Spirit who is ever present in our lives. We ask your blessing upon our Bishop, priests, sisters and all God's people especially those in our diocese. Bless us during this year. Amen.

LESSON Young Family Materials: Bible, magazines, 1 large piece of paper, glue and scissors. The theme of Lent this week is water and how we grow.

Check the flower pot from two weeks ago and share together what changes have taken place since the bulbs or seeds were planted. Water it and each can share ways water brings life.

Make a large collage using a stiff paper or cardboard, old maga· zines or newspapers 'w.ith "WATER" as the center and all that can happen from its presence coming out in all directions to fill the paper. Then read from the Bible John 4:13, 14. Just as

we see what water can do for the earth, we know Jesus can do the same for our souls. Have the children reflect on what water means to them in our faith.

Middle Years Famlly Materials: Bible, burlap, felt, glue, scissors. Water is this week's theme as we draw closer to Holy Week. R'ead John 4:5-26.

Each may share what it meant to him. What are some ways our family as a whole can be living water for each other?

What are some ways we, as a family, can share each other's burdens?

Activity: Make a banner to­ gether with Family and Lent as its theme. Hang in the eating area when finished. (Before starting be sure to plan out the banner on a piece of paper.)

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If American families are accused of many sins by our European cousins, the chief is our attempt to find hap­ pine~s

in things. "You Ameri­ cans want two of everything," an English friend observed. "Two children, two cars, two careers, and even two houses." His ex­ aggeration bears a hint of truth.

While researching my recent book, "Traits of a Healthy Fam­ ily," I was gratified to discover that one of the top, traits chosen was "a shared religious core."

But this didn't necessarily mean a shared denomination. I found as many healthy interfaith fami­ lies as same faith families. The difference lies in a value system emanating from other than a hedonistic or consumer purpose to life.

It's easy for families to get caught up in consumerism.

Covetousness and envy, thecapi­ tal sins I'm dealing with here, are manifested in ·our acquisition of goods to make us happy. We watch commercials which tell us we'll be happy if we have a home computer, a certain beer or a new home. And we come to be­ lieve them.

I interviewed a mother who that they weren't get­ ting along very well in their fam­ ily so they decided to buy a camper van. Masking my horror at the idea of packaging family discontent in this way, I asked her why and discovered the power of the camper ads. The confide~

children are always clean and smiling, the parents happy, the weather good, and the streams full of fish.

Covetousness has a number of meanings: acquisitiveness, an in­ ordinate desire for what belongs to another, avariciousness, greed and hoarding. None of these fits a Christian value system which calls for simplicity, sharing, serv­ ing others and treasuring rela­ tionships over things. In all ·of these, accumulation of material goods gets in the way.

Some families, however, get on the consumer treadmill which has a life of its own. Because they lack a deep belief system, they search for something which will make them happy. Together they identify an object, such as a new home; ,another bathroom or a third television set, which will remove discord in family life. They feel a sense of pur­ pose in defining, acquiring and enjoying the newness of the object.

But the newness wears off and they must soon identify ah­ other object to make them happy. Eventually they become consumer-oriented which often calls for more overtime work or another spouse going to work.

Their life becomes filled with goods and empty of meaning.

They don't have time for one another. Their deepest longing for relationship is thwarted.

They become jaded with things and talk about family life as a trap. . , ,.,.1

Adldt Family Materials: Bible. Read aloud Exodus 17:3-7, share Romans 5: I, 2 and 5-8, share thoughts John 4:5-26. Was there a time anyone was away from the Church for a while or felt re­ mote from God? Try to describe what it was like. What was the returning experience like?

Activity: Is there anyone you know who is away from the Church or feeling remote from our Lord? What can you do to help that person?

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CLOSING PRAYER -Spontaneous: use prayer jar for the little ones.

-Scripture: John 4:14.

-Suggested prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for this evening and bless us in all we do this coming week. Amen.

By DOLORES

CURRAN

For families who unintention­ ally get into this trap, the way out is the same as the way in.

It's possible to divest a family of excessive goods, obsession with· work and inordinate em· phasis on accumulation. But it usually takes one family mem­ ber to recognize the problem and suggest a halt to it. Often a parent who does this discovers other family members are happy to cooperate.

One teenager commented, "It would be nice to have a little less money and a little more of you, Dad," when her parents in­ troduced the idea of paring down. This family didn't throw out all their goods; they just be­ gan accumulating less. Pay­ ments diminished, financial pres­ sures decreased, and time to­ gether increased. A year later, there was a remarkable differ­ ence in the family dynamic.

Saying no to peer and adver­ tising pressure isn't that difficult.

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By BILL REEL

How does faith work?

Why, it works just fine. I don't care about the theology of faith. Well, I care a little

"Find something else to put in my space. I'm written out. I'm bit about it. But what I care a taking the week off."

I told the auditor to put me 0;11 lot about is the practicality of vacation for a week, and I went faith.

Fal'th l'S a crutch, someone home. I had the worst headache once told me. of my life. I was terribly de­ pressed. My pride was deeply You bet it is, I replied, I'd wounded. The great Reel had failed to produce. fall down without it.

Over the next few days my Come to think of it, I fall down with it. But with its help, wife pampered me. I took long I'm able to get up again. walks. I reread "Life and Holi­ I took a bad fall recently. Oh, ness" by Thomas Merton,and I hung around at night with kind­ it turned out to be good in re­ trospect. But it was bad at the' red spirits. I told them what had happened to me. time.

I write three columns a week "So what?" Irish John said. for a large metropolitan tabloid. "Big deal. You took a week off.

That's my regular gig. It pays You usually take a week off the bills. I do this Catholic every Christmas. Last year you press column, which appears In didn't do it. So the pressure a dozen or so diocesan weeklies, caught up with you. You take on the side. It keeps me off the this week off instead." streets on Saturday afternoon, "Yeah, but my pride is hurt," when I compose it at home.

I said. "Something like this isn't So that's four columns a week supposed to happen to me. I'm I write. Have you ever tried to supposed to be· mature, always be interesting four times a week? prepared, in command at all It's a lot of pressure, believe me. times. I'm supposed to h~ve. it I'm not complaining. There's no together, so to speak. This 10­ heavy lifting. Still" four column~, cident .makes me look bad. I'm a week is a lot.of pressure.·' ., 'not r-ehab!~. .Not ·depfilndable.-"~ ,-' . ' . . f '; '. . , _. •'. - "Not perfect," Irish John said.

I went mto the 0 flce one reo ,oy h ' t' th' k' f"t I . 'th t en , come 0 10 0 1, wo 11 ., ' ht Y ' d' cent Monday mornmg WI or three good column ideas. I g es~ you re ng .' ou ve .1S­ planned to write one of them appomted, me tembl~. All these f r the Tuesda a er. I had my years we ve been fnends, I aI­ o y p p ways thought you were perfect. th t 'h coffee, made a few calls, traded B t l 1 11 d t u now earn a you re u. .h msults Wit co eagues an sa Y" ht B'll thO .

I, IS IS a man. ou re rig down t 0 wn'te at my VI'deo dis ­ t 'bl bl t . " play terminal, which is what we em e ow 0 your Image. newspeople .type our stories on· Needless t,o S?y, p~etty soon nowadays. I sat there. I sat we were laughl~g hke crazy, there. I sat there. Nothing came and I was ~aughmg a~ myself, , . and everythmg was flOe. The hd out. . I. couldn t wnte ah sentence. 'd goo d 0 Id Serem'ty P rayer a I tned my two or tree 1 eas th h . H did h come roug agam. ow Nth· I faith work? Why it worked just one after anot er.

0 mg. sat there and stewed and sweated f ' for three hours. Nothing. me.

I said the Serenity Prayer: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen."

I've said that prayer thousands of times. It's gotten me over· thousands of rough spots.

Arw it got me over this one.

I stood up, walked into my editor's office and told him, \

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Mwreh 27 Rev. James W. Conlin, Pastor, 1918, St. Patrick, Somerset Rt. Rev. Antonio P. Vieira, Pastor, 1964, O.L.O. Mt. Carmel, New Bedford March 28 Rev. Alfred J. Levesque, Pas­ tor, 1960, St. James, Taunton Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie, 1972, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River Rev. Dieudonne Masse, OFM, 1983, Retired, Montreal, Canada March 29 Rt. Rev. Edward J. Moriarty, Pastor, 1951, St. Patrick, Fal\ River Rev. James H. Carr, S.T.L" Assistant, 1923, St. Patrick, Fall River

March 30 Rev. Aime Barre, 1963, On Sick Leave, Felli River

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Charismatic • meetmgs listed

Marcel Rogissart Father'Stephen A. Fernandes,

associate pastor at SS. Peter

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celebrated a funeral Mass last

Monday at St. Joseph Church, New Bedford, for his grand· father, Marcel Rogissan, 88, who died March 15.

A resident at Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford, Mr. Rogis­

sart had been employed in the New Bedford textile industry before his retirement.

The Winter 1984 edition of "The Morning Star," 'newsletter of the diocesan charismatic re~ newal services, has. appeared, listing numerous prayer meetings and healing services.

On Cape Cod, where Father Joseph D. Maguire has succeed­ ed Father John J. Steakem as spiritual adviser to Cape and Is­ land charismatics, regular prayer meetings are' held at St. An­ thony's parish, East Falmouth; Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster; and Our Lady of Victory, Center­ ville. Several parishes are in process of organizing meetings. . A retreat will be offered by Father John Randall at the Fam­ ily Life Center, North Dart­ mouth, March 30 through April I, and days of recollection are held periodically at different Cape parishes, followed by monthly fellowship gatherings.

He is. survived by his wife, Diana (Gervais) Rogissart, and by three children, Marcel Rogis­ sart Jr., of New Bedford and Mrs. Marie Therese Breault and Jacqueline Stinnett, both resi­ dents of California.

Also 'surviving are a brother, Albert Rogissart, of Harrisburg, Pa., -a sister, Marie Anto,inette _Townsend of Fairhaven, 12 grandchildren and eight great­ grandchildren.

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The deanery. ·plans a life in the Spirit seminar weekend at Cathe­ dral Camp April 13 through 15.

A prayer retreat is sCheduled Aug. 17 through 19, also at the camp.

In Taunton, the Building Block Youth Prayer Group, serving 12 -area parishes has moved to St. Mary's grammar school, meet­ ing at 7 p.m. each Wednesday.Healing services at various diocesan locations include the following: Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford, each first Wednes­ day; St. Joseph's Hall, North , Dartmouth,7:30 p.m. each last Friday; St. Joseph Church, New Bedford, after 7 p.m. Mass each Wednesday; St. George Church, Westport, 2 p.rn. each first Sun­ day.

St. Mary's Church, North At­ tleboro, 3 p.m. each second Sun­ day; St. John Neumann Church, East Freetown, 7:30 p.m. each last Wednesday; St. Anne's Shrine, Fall River, 3 p.m. each Sunday; LaSale~te Shrine, Attle­ boro, as announced.

AT A DAY OF RECOLLECTION for priests of the diocese, held ~t Stonehill College, participants meet with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Standing.. Fathers John R. FoIster, Thomas C. Lopes; seated, Fathers Philip A. Davignon, James Nickel, SS.CC., the bishop, Father William P. Blottman. (Ga~dette Photo)

WASHINGTON (NC) - Cath­ olic Relief Services is ready to help Central American refugees more, but it needs additionai assistance from the U.S. govern­ ment to do so, says Bishop Dan­ iel P. R~illy of Norwich, Conn., president of the CRS board of directors. In a letter to a White House official, Bishop Reilly said; "We appreciate the United States government's support fOI our programs. But with the situa­ tion escalating continually, more is needed." Addressed to Robert R. Reilly, White House liaison with Catholics, the communica­ tion was in response to a ·letter from Reilly praising CRS work in Central America and urging bishops to bring the plight of Central American refugees to the attention of U.S. Catholics. . ,;.,..

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our efforts so that they achieve ping them over so that people better results." realize that not every pregnant Merrow made the comments girl is from the wrong side of during 'an interview 'about a the tracks or that a disabled kid sevel)-part television series on is not necessarily mentally re­ which he serves as executive tarded. producer and host. The series, FOI "OMPT 14 HOII' s_~ "We are not interested in "Your Children, Our Children," pointing fingers at anybody but Cho,lel Velozo. P,el, 2-IAY RADIO premieres Sunday, April I, 6:30­ simply in looking at' issues that 7 p.m. EST on PBS. can lead to a malfunctioning Merrow, who holds a Harvard family," he said. "There is a lot doctorate in education and social of neglect'out there but any of policy, has considerable experi­ us might be in the shoes of those ence in broadcasting about who aren't coping well with their school issues and young J?eople. problems.

OffICI ., OAII &l0YI AVI.• fAll 1M. Previously he created and , "Each of the programs ends hosted the National Public Radio with some kind of positive ex­ series, "Options in Education." ample of how families can deal .' The series at first focused on with their problems. We want schooling, then branched out to enable people to do things for into other issues related to the themselves but, when they need upbringing of children.' help,. to be able to tum to the He worked on the show some community without a feeling of eight years, producing 400 one­ guilt. This sense of isolation is FROM THE hour radio documentaries, re­ a national holdover from frontier BOOKSHELF ,l corded anywhere in the country days and parents should not have the is~ues brought him. to expect they are on their own ,Rel;gion Textbooks For Classes His television venture came - it's a responsibility shared by Aids For Religious Educat;on Classes from a chance meeting with' an the whole community."

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Endorsers, organizations in­ clude American Citizens Con­ cerned for Life, the National Council of Catholic Women and the Center for Family Studies at The Catholic University Of Am- • erica.

Obviously the professionals believe that there is a need for such a series, Merrow stresses, however, that addressing the. problems it outlines won't be easy.

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A current hook getting a lot of play in book stores and ad­ vertisements is the result of five years of research on love and sex among people over 50.

The book was written by Ed­ ward Brecher, an award-winning science writer and social histor­ ian. It was sponsored by Con­ sumers Union, the national in­ formation organization that pub­ lishes Consumer Reports maga­ zine.

I interviewed Brecher, 72, who has been widowed since 1966.

When I asked him what surprised him most in his resarch for "Love, Sex and Aging: A Con­ sumers Union Report" (Little, Brown and Company), he re­ sponded: "We're all familiar with the great romantic Victorian Inyth that goes like this: Neither Johnny nor Mary feels any sex­ ual arousal until they meet and realize they were meant for each other," said Brecher. "They fall in love, get engaged, marry and live together in faithful monog­ amy until death, eventually to be reunited in heaven."

"Surprisingly," he continued, "except for the reunion in heaven part, for which we had no data, this is the scenario actually being played out by many older Americans. A rela­ tionship where a couple remains in love and faithful, with no in· tention of having a sexual rela· tionship with anyone else, is still a viable lifestyle in the 1980s."

Brtcher went on to say that 87 percent of the respondents were "overwhelmingly" happy with their marriages.

"We're so focused on divorce and unhappy marriages that we tend to lose sight of the many people who live together 30, 40, even 50 years and more and never stop loving each other," he commented.

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prised. I remember many times "Love, Sex and Aging" is not reporting about the special "a Pollyanna book," as Brecher Masses for people married more puts it. It shows the physiolog~ than 50 years and discovering cal arid psychological changes in that their love was still very aging, told by "those 4,200 peo­ much alive. It gave me a warm ' ple who spilled their guts to us." feeling to see a couple in their But then he added, "As I read 70s or 80s holding hands. the comments from the people I don't believe we have taken responding to our survey, the enough steps in parish programs joy thing kept hitting me. to get this' message across to These older men and women wit­ young people - that making a ness to the truth that, used with­ commitinent to one person, who out endangering others,sexuality makes a commitment to you in is one of the great joys of life return, puts one on the path of and nature that God has given a potentially truly happy life. mankind."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., March 23, 19,84

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., March 23, 1984

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Dear Dr. Kenny: 'What can you do to get a'child to admit a wrong? My 12·year·old son al· ways blames another. He never acknowledges his actions. (penn. sylvania) , Your son, like most human be· ings of all ages, would like to get "off the hook," How many times have you heard an acci· dent explained with the excuse, "The car skidded," intead of, "I was driving too fast," Or a broken dinner plate is explained, "It fell," rather than "I care­ lessly ~ocked it off the table."

Comedian Flip Wilson enter­ tained us all by projecting the blame onto - forces from the other world.' Every , time his characters misbehaved, they would dodge culpability with a' grin and announce, "The devil ,made me do it."

How quick we are to sidestep

responsibility. The tendency to blame the other guy is a normal defensive reaction, designed to protect our egos. Not only is blaming normal, but it is still more common in children, whose understanding of other people's feelings is less developed than that of an a<;lult. I Do you want self-blame of your son? That is ,a lot to expect of a 12-year-old. Even our legal

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Probably. you want your son to avoid blaming' others. How­ ever, blaming others has its own consequences and will gener­ ally evoke its own discipline.

The others blamed will have their own defensive reactions and will straighten out the story.

trouble." His tendency to point in the other direction when par­ ents or teachers are searching for the culprit should not be surprising. .

Then you as a parent should assign responsibility as you see , it. Be brief and direct and fol· low your declaration with the consequence.

"The car may have skidded, b~t you were driving too fast for conditions. From now on, you must pay for your own auto insurance,'~ No argument; Do not fuss about whose fault it is.

Move right to the outcome.

"You dropped the plate. Now clean it up," "You did it, not the devil. In any case, it's you that must come home earlier from now on."

Finally, parents teach best by setting an example of responsi· ble behavior. Father apologizes for losing his temper. Mother accepts responsibility for her overeating and overweight.

If parents can comfortably accept their own responsibilty for mistakes, their children will eventually follow the same ma­ ture path.

Most -likely' you want your son to learn from his mistakes and to behave better in the fu­ ture. Good! Focus on this. There is no evidence that verbal accep­ tance of responsibility in young children results in their behav­ ing better.

The problem is that many of us parents spend iong verbal monologues pinning the blame on our child, requiring that he admit' he is wrong. The child 'learns to defend himself with increasing cleverness. We end up spending entirely too much at­ tention on bad behavior, behav­ ior that does not deserve so much Reader questions on family time, behavior that needs to ,living and child care to be an· be eliminated rather than argued swered In print are invited. Ad· about. . dress The Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Realize that your child is pro­ grammed to "stay out of Ind. 47978.

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bricks away free to the world's Catholics on a first-<:<;>me, first­ served basis, she rushed to. the post offic~ and m~i1ed her re~ quest.

"God answered our prayers. , ;rhe brick was one of 3,000 re­ He sent us our church's first moved fro ml the Holy Door of 'brick," he said.

St. Peter's Basilica last March in' For the past year, members of preparation for the Holy Year of . San A'ndres have been renting a Redemption. The door had ,been building in which to celebrate sealed since Christmas 1975.

Mass. Previously they had met "I believe if God wants you to' in a bank basement. have something, he would show If the ward house is pur· you, a sign," said Ms. Suazo, a chased, the brick will be en­ member of San Andres mission shrined in the building, said Ms. parish in Payson. The brick ar­ Suazo. If negotiations fall rived the day Bishop William K. through and a new 'church is Weigand of Salt Lake City gave built, the brick will be its permission for investigation of cornerstone. the purchase Of a vacant Mor· mon ward house for parish use.

Story below explains that this When Ms. Suazo learned that year's bricks will have a feee the Vatican was giving the , attached.

Holy Door brick can be youts VATICAN CITY (NC) - You can have your name inscribed on one of the 3,000 bricks which will close the Holy Door April 22. .

The Holy Door, located in St. Peter's ,f3asilica, is opened at the start of each Holy Year and re­ sealed with bricks at the year's end.

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heirs will be able .to claim the bricks in the year 2000, ,at the start of the next scheduled Holy Year.

Each brick will bear ­ the papal coat of arms and the Latin in­ scription, "Jubilee Year of the Redemption'MCMLXXXIII-IV," MCMLXXXIII-IV are'the Roman numerals for 1983-84, the dates of the current Holy Year.

Further information on bricks is available from The Factory of St. Peter's in the Vatican', 00120 Vatican City State, Europe.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NC) - The the church, is tolerant of violent alty, and better protect victims' mother of a 22-year-old woman crime and offenders. participation in sentencing de­ who was raped, murdered and "Victims of violent crime cio cisions. whose body'was set afire joined not seek vengeance," she said.

Bishop Lyons praised Mrs. a Washington auxiliary bishop "They seek healing - justice is Roper for "her advocacy for in a dramatic plea for abolition the healer. Justice is what we crime victims and now her pub­ of Maryland's death penalty. can live with after we have been lic opp,osition to the death pen­ At a news conference in An­ . violated," alty," Her position provides a napolis Mrs. Roberta Roper, a Their statements preceded "welcome example of courage, victims' rights advocate, j9ined public hearings by Maryland compassion and consistency in Auxdliary Bishop Thomas, W. House and Senate committ~es the pursuit of justice without Lyons in calIing for a policy of on numerous bills that would vengeance," the bishop said. "just~ce without vengeance," mandate longer sentences for Bishop Lyons' Washington Her daughter met death in violent crimes, create a new sen­ Archdiocese includes five Mary­ 1982 after being accosted near tence of life without parole as land counties near the District the Ropers' home in Upper an alternative to the death pen- of Columbia.

Marlboro, Md. Two men were convicted of the crime but given ~amed sentences allowing for parole in 11 years. The decision prompted WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope Pope John Paul is scheduled to Mrs. Roper to launch a cam­ John Paul II has named Jesuit visit Fairbanks May 2 in a re­ paign for sterner sentencing Father Michael J. Kaniecki, a fueling stop on his way to South laws. flying pastor, as coadjutor bish­ Korea.

Mrs. Roper told the news <;on­ op with the'right of succession Bishop designate Kaniecki, ference, however, that she is for the Diocese of Fairbanks, pastor of Holy Cross Church in morally opposed to capital pun· Alaska.

Holy Cross, Alaska, since 1975, ishment for convicted murderers.

Bishop-designate Kaniecki, 48, was born in Detroit, where he at­ "The death penalty lowers superior since 1982 of' the 45 tended Catholic elementary and sodety to the level of the mur­ high schools before entering the Jesuits working in Alaska, con­ derer," Mrs. Roper said. She tinues the line of Jesuit bishops Chicago province of the Society said she instead favors' life sen­ heading' the Fairbanks Diocese of Jesus in 1953. tences without parole as, "ap­ since its first bishop was ap· Alaska's other bishop-pilot is propriately just and humane" pointed in 1917.

Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of punishments for convicted mur· He also will be the second Anchorage.. derers.

There are 15,000 Catholics in bishop-pilot in Ala*a, where he Bishop Lyons noted the final­ has served Indians and Eskimos the Diocese of Fairbanks, which ity of the death penalty and' said, in remote villages in the Fair­ has a total population of about "We need to ask what, sense 125,000, banks Diocese. do'es it make to kill people to Bishop-designate Kanie'cki will teach people that killing is wrong. How can we take life to work with and succeed 7l-year­ demonstrate that human life old Bishop Robert Whelan of VATICAN CITY (NC) "':Pope Fairbanks, also a Jesuit, in· the should not be taken?"

John Paul II has named Cardinal largest'territorial diocese in the Mrs. 'Roper said she and Bish­ op Lyons wanted to dispel the United States, covering almost Joseph Bernardin of Chicago to the Vatican Secretariat for Pro· notion that victims of violent 410,000 square miles in north· moting Christian Unity, crimes seek vengeance and that ern Alaska.

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Continued from page one same name and saying, "I would just love to go to' St. Patrick's Church just to, see you become an archbishop. The day when you become an archbishop is my gra'nddad's anniversary and the day before my birthday," The boy told archbishop 0'. Connor that he was becoming an altar boy the same year that the older O'Connor was becom~ ing an archbishop. "I hope I can be just like you when I grow up," he wrote.

During the ceremony the younger O'Connor served as al· PRESENTING FLORAL arrangements and a donation tar boy and at one point the archbishop placed his' mitre on to the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Fall River, are resi­ the boy's head~ , dents and friends of the Kimwell Nursing Home, also in Boston Ceremonies Fall River.

As planned at press time, Archbishop Law arrived in Bos­ ton yesterday for a series of re­ ligious events and receptions marking his installation as fifth archbishop of Boston. . He was to be greeted at Logan Airport by the Harvard Band, greeting the alumnus of the class Lent -is a time to reflect and • Decide whether you are act on the question "How can I playing too much or too 'little, of 1953 with appropriate music. shape up?" says Rev. Raymond One can sin in either direction. At the Archbishop's House in Studzinski, a specialist in the Some people take the world's Brighton the Boston College band was slated to offer an interrelationship of psychology woes as totally their responsi­ equally rousing musical welcome. and religion. He is based at the bility and do not allow others Archbishop Law was to take Catholic University of America. and God to do their share. canonical possession' of his new "Because our understanding of see at sung vesper services be­ • Try to come to some aware­ sin has shifted considerably, reo ginning at 4 p.m. yesterday in ness of what your own problems forming oneself may be difficut.

Holy Cross'Cathedral. are and then firmly resolve to In the past sin was interpreted Today's Mass will begin at do something about them. as a violation of civil or religious 2:30 p.m. with a procession in­ "In the past, people often law, but something that harms cluding at least seven cardinals a relationship can be a sinful went to confession, got rid of and '125 archbishops and bishops, their guilt and felt great for a act, even though it may be diffi· among whom will be Bishop cult to pinpoint in terms of one while without getting to the Daniel A. Cronin. point of living life differently," specific, concrete thing," says Priests and religious were in says Father Studzinski.

Father Studzinski. attendance at yesterday's vesper Another barrier to self im­ "I'm not saying that the law services but today's Mass' had does not apply anymore," he' provement, he commented, is lay persons representing arch­ said. "One still should not kill, that many people tend to shy diocesan parishes and organiza· away from their darker side ­ steal, or ·lie, but what is ex­ tions as its special guests. In all, pected of people today is a bit the part that, if seen, will have 11 ceremonies will welcome more difficult than that because to be changed. "That is why Boston's new archbishop, each there is a tendency to avoid in­ it is more relational." planned for specific groups. To· That is why examining one's trospection in our society, and morrow, for instance, members conscience these days is subtle 'there is little appreciation of re­ of women's religious communi­ and requires great sensitivity, pentance and penance,:' he said. ties will attend a Mass at Holy But the sacrament of pen· Cross Cathedral and the 'arch· said the priest. "The questioning should go deep to the heart of ance is provided by the church, bishop will then preside at the person and consequently be among other reasons, as an op­ vespers at Regina CIeri, a resi­ po~tunity for reflection and as· fundamen~al. 'Instead of asking dence for retired priests.

'How many times did I tell a lie sessment of one's life direction, At today's Mass the archbish· or get angry?' one has to be con· said the priest. op will be prinCipal celebrant scious of the values held to be Lent is a time to get one's and homilist, joined as concele­ important. One might ask 'What house in order, he concluded. brants by the other archbishops is my ·love for my neighbor?' or and bishops in attendance. They 'How do I care for those less ,will include New York Arch­ privileged than 1? Then one bishop O'Connor, whose own in­ should decide if he or she is stallation Archbishop Law at­ WASHINGTON (NC) Auxiliary tended on Monday. living up to the value held," Lent is precisely what is need· Bishop P. Francis Murphy of Installation events will con­ ed to raise one's consciousness Baltimore has urged the United tinue Sunday when the new about those values, says Father States to take "immediate ac­ shepherd celebrates the arch· Studzinski, and it's a good time tion" to send emergency food diocesan television Mass at 8:30 to rebuild relationships that may aid to famine-stricken Africa. a.m. on WNEV Channel 7.

Representing the U.S. Catholic have deteriorated.

In Washington He suggests, the following Conference at a news conference In Washington earlier this guidelines for checking one's in Washington, Bishop Murphy, week the archbishop quipped said the U.S. bishops support that although he did not con­ conscience: • Ex41minerelationships to legislative and private efforts to sider it a pressing issue, he had God, falpily, neighbors, those in provide emergency relief to 24 no problem with prayer in need, t9 one's country, one's African countries which have schools. After all, he' said, "I suffered severe drought over the just prayed in Congress," work aqd even to one's play.

I\s guest chaplain Archbishop • MaJte sure relationships are past several years. An estimated 150 million people face the risk Law gave the opening prayer in propQrtion. One overdevelop­ of starvation and prospects for for the House of Representatives 'ed area may hurt another.

• Decide if you are doing the next harvest are not good, March 20 and then was honored your pa~ at work or, conversely, according to Bread for the by congressmen from. Missouri if the job has become almost a World, a private organization and Massachusetts at a Capitol which sponsored the conference. luncheon. god in your life.

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He emphasized that he is "very strongly committed to Catholic schools" where religion is "much more than a few minutes of prayer," The archbishop's remarks came several hours before the Senate defeated a proposed school prayer amendment to the Constitution.

The new archbishop said he plans to work with the clergy and other members' of the arch· diocese to determine priorities.

Asked if he would continue to be active in areas of civil rights and nuclear arms, the archbish­ op noted to -the record of the U.S. bishops on such issues, a record he said has been "one of speaking forthrightly. I see no reason for change."

The archbishop said that in spite of the obvious size differ­ ence between the Springfield­ Cape Girardeau Diocese and the

Boston Archdiocese - the Miss­ ouri diocese has about 50,000 Catholics arld the Massachu'.. setts see 1.9 million - he sees

his role as essentially the same.

He plans to "be a teacher, a pas­

tor" and hopes to find ways to touch the lives of people in his archdiocese.

One difference he noted was that "more people are listening.

They didn't do this to me" in Springfield-Cape Girardeau, he said, referring to the crowd of reporters around him.

Rep. Bill Eemerson, R·Mo., a host for the luncheon, which was closed to the press, said Arch· bishop Law, is known for his ecumenism, has worked well with a variety of groups in Missouri. Emerson said he "is sorry to lose him . . . but I'm delighted with his new oppor.' tunity for service," Also attending the luncheon were House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., D·Mass., and Reps.

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Before the luncheon the arch­ bishop met with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D·Mass. and Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, D·Mo. In his opening prayer the archbishop asked God to "move the hearts and minds of the people of this land to break the barriers of injustice and discord among us; to make us ever more conscious of the poor and neg­ lected; and to guide us to that peace which is your will for all peoples everywhere."

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A "60 Minutes" segment once featured a court stenographer who opened a storefront office . for legal assistance. Why not bring your legal problem to someone with legal experience who's bound to cost less than a ,laviyer? One problem is that such a ·person is breaking the law (like the Massachusetts law mentioned above). And such laws serve a useful purpose. The legal system is complex and peo­ There are no laws which regu­ ple's legal problems are impor­ late what work a lawyer mayor may not delegate to' a paralegal, tant - they should be entrusted to someone who knows what to but "the American Bar Associa­ do and how to do it. tion, the national organization of -In addition, you get no guar­ lawyers, has established some guidelines. These guidelines ai- . antee a non-lawyer will do the low a .lawyer to delegate work job with minimum competence,

and you have' no recourse if he providing: makes .a mistake. He's not 1) The lawyer maintains a licensed· an has no' responsibi­ direct . relationship with lity to decide legal questions his client,and competently. The risk is all 2) supervises the work he yours. ';'delegates, and What if a paralegal working 3) takes full respon~ibility with your lawyer makes a mis­ for all the work. take? If it seriously injures your So long as an attorney takes lawsuit, you can sue the para­ legal. But a paralegal is held to complete responsibility for hand­ ling a problem; he may employ a lower standard of skill and knowledge than ~. lawyer, so it non-lawyer investigators, re­ .searchers, and the like. But of could be difficult to prove he or course such .people pannot coun- she is at fault: You can also sue a legal problem or represent that client, for example, in court But a lot of legal work does not involve practicing law in this direct sense. In your car acci­ dent case, for instance, someone must talk to witnesses, get your repair bills, take pictures 'of the scene of the accident and re­ search cases similar to yours. It makes sense for a lawyer to delegate these tasks and use his own (more expensive) time on any difficult legal problems.

There are no specific qualifi­ cations for becoming a para­ legal. If you want to become one, you can go knocking on law firm' doors tomorrow. In effect, you are qualified if a lawyer deci4es you are and hires you. There are no educational or licensing requirements.

There are, however, paralegal training programs. These pro­ grams basically teach the funda­ mentals of legal research and

writing, . and some substantive law. There is also a <:ertification program for legal assist~nts, ad­ ministered by the National Asso­ ciation of Legal Assistants. If you pass their exam.. ·you are a certified legal assistant. .

But most paralegals do not enroll in training programs or take the certification exam. In­ siead, they learn on the job.

Many paralegals work in a speci­ fic legal area, developing special­ ized knowledge and skills in, for example, bankruptcy or criminal law.

Massachusetts law' prohibits you from practicing law or ·pos­ ing as qualified to do so, unless you've gone to law school and .passed the bar exam. So a pra­ legal cannot ,"practive law." This means, generally, that a para­ legal cannot counsel a client on

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Brother Manno is director of research for the National Catholic Educational Association; one of the sponsors of the survey. Results were announced at ·a recent conference in Nashville.

The $500,000 research effort involved 8,165 'adolescents and 10,467 parents Jromreligious denominations· ,: :,and youthserving agencies. Part of the survey' was a study of 1,100 Catholic elementary school students and 1,000 parents conducted by the NCEA. That portion ~f the study was critiqued by Dennis R. Poyanrt, principal 'of St. Mary's School, New Be'dford, in an article in the February bsue of Momentum, journal of the NCEA.· The survey said that American families are healthier. than "the common stereotype of American family life." It said that ~he parents and children. surveyed r~present families "rela-, tively immune to major crises such as chemical dependency, abuse or violence."

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Unlike paralegals, paramedics are heavily regulated under Massachusetts law. There are oeritfication requirements and various limits on what they can do. Paramedics are allowed to practice medicine without a doc­

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So if you're an incurable Perry Mason fan, you can find out ~hat being a lawyer is really like by becoming a paralegal.

And if you hire a lawyer to sue the guy who smashed your trunk into the back 'seat, don't be surprised if he has a para­ legal helping him. The lawyer is still responsible to you, and it's very efficient for him.

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Brother Manno found that Catholic students do more homework and report a more orderly and positive school environment.

However, they also have what he called an "achievement anxiety. They are less optimistic than .other students as to how well they are doing academically.

They also worry more in other respects," such as whether they will be able to get a good job.

Brother Manno also said Cath­ olic youth "report higher fre­ quencies of 'thinking about sex and they date more often." At the same time, they expressed . more interest than other young people in programs which could .help them better understllJ1d sexuality. .

Catholic youth are more likely to see abortion as wrong, but adhere slightly less to other tra- ditional moral positions and are more likely to use alcohol, smoke cigarettes and attend par­ ties where alcohol is used, Brother Manno reported.

The overall report said that that the young adolescent "has more 'redeeming qualities than many are willing to admit." Despite ~n onslaught of biological and' emotional changes,. the vast majority of yo~ths are doing con­ structive things such as· "build­ ing friendship skills, growing in

family, struggling:with issues of freedom and independence, op-' posing racial discrimination, caring ,about the hungry and the poor and contemplating the fUture," the report said.

It cautioned that the survey might' not be' representative of the total population because the sample was drawn from churchrelated families.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - New York Mayor Edward Koch I told Pope John Paul II during a re­ cent 20-minute private audience that the people of ihe United States love the pope for his strength and decency. , At an impt;omptu press con­ ference following the audience, Koch said: "I told the pope that the peo­ ple of the City of New York, and indeed of the whole United States, loved him and cherished him - and that this included not only Roman Catholics, but Jews and Protestants and hu­ .manists and noil-believers - be­ cause of the strength and warmth and religiosity and decency that he conveys and has conveyed from the moment he became pope."

Koch, who is Jewish, said that he told the pope a story he heard. from a Polish native now living in New York.

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The war over and the mother having died, the <:ustodial par­ ents had grown to love the boy and wanted to keep him and raise him a Catholic. They went for advice to their 'parish priest, who told them that they must return the boy to' his Jewish uncle, Koch sai~ ..

Koch said the Pole who told him the story ha<i been the. boy and the priest was Father Karol Wojtyla, now pope. .

During the audience, Koch gave the pope a Tiffany crystal figure of the New York skyline.

The pontiff' gave the mayor a medal and a book of reproduc­

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toration of diplomatic relations hetween the Vatican and the 'United States, that such relations are not only lawful but com­ mon sense. He called the Vati­ can, as a temporal entity, "one . of the most important states in the y'lorld."

Koch said he told the pope an anecdote from the 1979 papal visit to New York.

"I know this sounds apocryp­ hal, but it's' absolutely true," said Koch. "I was at the airport to meet the pope, and we were having a thunderous rainstorm.

The minute the pope stepped off the plane, the sun came out.

There were two cops standing next to me, and one of them said to the other, 'now, that's the kind of guy you want to have for a golf partner.' "

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BILLINGS, Mont. (NC) ­ .Asking parish youth to set up chairs in the gymnasium is not a call to ministry, said Brian Reynolds, cofounder of the Northeast Center for Youth Min­ istry, at a workshop in Billings.

"Peer ministry is not involVe ing the youth group . : . in doing those activities no one else wants to do," Reynolds sald at aNa· tional Peer Ministry Training Program regional workshop sponsored by the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings.

"Encouraging the youth in our churches to serve each other is one approach to enablement, which is ministry in Itself," he said. Adults working with· and for youth need to "establish reo lationships of trust and chal­ ·Ienge" that will lead young peo­ ple to ."growth, self-confidence and service to others."

To help young .people ·partici. pate in the work of the church community, Reynolds said, their skills must be recognized and developed, opportunities must be offered for use of their tal­ ents and a support system should be provided.

The final stage of this is the transmission of. tradition, Rey­ nolds said. "They will know

themselves as. called and sent forth as witnesses for the king­ dom."

The workshop included some teenagers.

Callie Jenkins of Great Falls, Mont., said "being a teen-ager is a .hard time" and she came in hopes of finding ~w ways of "bringing God into the lives of my friends/' while continuing to develop her own faith ute.

The National Peer Ministry Training Program was developed

by Reynolds, Rosemary Cingari and John Roberto as a project of the Northeast Center for Youth Ministry. From 1979 to 1981 the center, headquartered in Paterson, N.J., conducted pilot programs; With more than 500 young people trained as peer ministers, Reynolds said, "the results of this program in the, Jives of youth can best be s~en through the variety of,.settings in which young people are ministering to their peers."

He said young people are ad­ vocates for parish and high school retreat programs and ini­ tiate social events. to build a sense of community. Others work with school personnel ~nd parish councils. .'.

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On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fa II River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH

A weekend retreat for the Di­ ocesan Council of Catholic Wo­ men 'begins tonight; St. George Women's Guild w:ill hold a din-· ner meeting at 7 p.m. March 26; New Bedford Area Center for Human Services will conduct a training llrogram March 27; and a CARE program for young people from Immaculate Con­ ception ,parish, New Bedford, will take place March 28.

BOY SCOUTS

Boy Scouts of the diocese will attend a retreat May 4 through 6 at St. Vincent's Camp, West­ port. Under the general direc­ tion of Father Stephen B. Sal­ vador, the retreat will be con­ ducted by ,transitional Deacon James Ferry. Boys may'register for the retreat either throu~h their troops or by calling Father Salvador at St. John of God rec­ tory, Somerset, tel. 678-5513.

ST. ELIZABEm, FR

Holy Name Society members will m~t at 7:45 a.m. Sunday in the' parish hall to ,process to 8 a.m. Ma~s. Breakfast will fol­ low. I ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN

p.rayer meeting: each Wednes­ day at .Sacred Hearts convent, 44 Rotcn St. Tonight: Stations of the Cross at 6:40,! followed by Mass. Or­ gan m~c ,before and after sta­ tions. .

Congl(atulations to parochial school student JuUanne Seguin, winner of a spelling bee at Hastings Junior High School.

ST. LOUIS' de FRANCE, SWANSEA

A group instruction for ex­ pectant and new parents pre­ paring for their child's recep­ tion of .baptism will take pla.ce at 8 p.m. tonight :in the Religious Education Center Ubrary under direction of Mr. and Mrs. Rob­ ert Sykes. .

New children's choir members in grades 3 through 6 'are need­ ed 1!dr ,two firo!.~ commUlIlion Masses May 6.

A bus will take 30 CCD teachers from the parish ·to Bos,. ton April .24 for Parish Day at ,the National Catholic Educa­ tional Association convention.

A day of recollection for con­ firmation candidates this Sun­ day will be followed at 8 p.m. 'by a 'social hour for the stu­ dents, ·their ,pa,rents and their sponsors.

A parish Holy Year pilgrim­ age :to St. T·homas More Church wil take ,place at 2:30 p.m. April 1, beginning at St. Louis de France. Particil;)ants will walk, if possible, to St. Thamas More, otherwise thy may drive.

CATHEDRAL, FR

Confirmation candidates will attend 10 a.m. Mass March 25, presenting ,their petitions to re­ ceive the sacrament. The cere­ mony of confirmation is set for March 27.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK

Registra.tion for grades 1 and 2 in the fall CCD program: 11 to 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.

Lectors wishing to participate in Holy Week services will meet after 7 p.m. MasS March 26.

A Life in the Spirii seminar will ,take place Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15.'

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET

A parish mission will be con­ ducted March 24 through 30

by Father Robert Kaszynski.

Confirmation candidates will attend the evening service with their parents Monday through Friday, meeting in the parish center at 6:45 each night.

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AT A PROVIDENCE CMC CENTER prayer l:!ervice, Father Edward J. McDonough of Boston, known inter­ nationally for his healing ministry, prays over a disabled youngster. The priest will be the guest .speaker at a Holy Spirit breakfast Sat~day, April 14, at White's restaurant, Westport..Th~ event is sponsored by Fall River area charis­ matlcs and information on it is available from Father Pierre Lachance, St. Anne's rectory, Fall River, tel. 678-5322.

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"Gorzkie Zale," the chanting of the passion of Christ, will be 'COI;lducted ·in 'Polish 'at 8;40 a.m. each Sunday and 7:30 a.m. each Wednesday of Lent. A Holy Year t>iJ~rimage to St. Mary's Cathedral will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 1.

A Holy 'Week program April 9 through 12 will have as speak­ ers CathoUc ~nd :fi:piscopa,lian priests, 'a deacOn and a Sister of St. Josenh. Its theme will be "Into your hands I commend my spirit."

Plans for the new Notre Dame church have been put out to bid and the general contractor will be chosen shortly.

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Grade 4 parents will meet at 7 p.m. March 28 for Ii discussion of reading skills by Mrs. Lynne Provost.

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The Women's Guild is offer­ ing the Ros'e E. Sullivan Scholarship to a high school senior whose moth,er has been active in the ,guild ,the Pflst five years. Applications are available from oarea high school principals and/or guidance counselors.

Refurbishing of the 16 major stained ,glass windows in the church has been completed at a cost of $103, 126. Work wUl con­ tinue as weather permits on the sacristy and choir loft windows.

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The resident council me,t yes­ terday. Talks were given by Paulette Johnson. dietitian, and Kenny Hebert, chef.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH

Rosary and Benediction ser­ vice: 7 ,p.m. March 25, preceded at 6:30 by an explanation of the devotions.

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Bible study classes are meet­ ing at 7 p.m. each Tuesday of Lent in the school.

Exposition of the Bl. Sacra­ ment and prayer fellowship: 7 p.m. March 26.

P,rayer service: 7 p.m. March

The 'bimonthly adult educa­ tion group will meet at 7:30 p.m. April 9 in the rectory for discussion of Acts.

Convert instructions w:ill :be­ gin shortly. Those interested may contact the rectory.

Now 11 convenient offices incJ.u.dinS-St;tlko~ ~:r-au.ptoD.

The Adorers announce a holy hour from 7 to 8 p.m. March 27 at Sacred Hearts Church, Fair­ haven. Father Martin Buote will conduct a service consisting of exposition of the Blessed Sacra­ ment, prayer, meditation and Benediction. All welcome.

The feast of the Annunciation will be marked ,at 11 a.m. to­ morrow with a talk by Father Andre Patenaude, MS, on '''Mary and the Holy Year." Mass will follow at 12:10 p.m.

A healing' service will be celebrated by Father Patenaude at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Peo­ ple's Chapel, with the ,theme of "Guilt and Forgiveness."

All are invited to both ser­ vices.

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Interviews by Father John F. Moore, pastor, of parents whose children will enter the parish school in September ·begin to­ morrow.

The parish Brownie troop is seeking a new leader. Volun­ teers may call Janice Lynch

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Music Ministry Coffee House: 6:30 ,p.m. March 28, church hall.

Benediction: 7 p.m. March 29.

Stations of the Cross: 11 :30 a.m. March 30.

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In recent news at :the Taun­ ton school, Emily. Urocque and Debbie Corcoran were named to the All-Conference Team in Division 1II girls' basketball and Ms. Larocque was also named the division's outstanding player.

'The trial of Jesus·

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TOm Izbicki, Dan Sullivan and Dennis Botges were named to the , Division II All-Conference " Team in hockey; while Michelle Precourt was voted Miss Cheer· leader out of 300 participants in a recent cheering tourney.

.During these weeks .before Easter many ,people il'ead the Passion of our Lord. One such person said she was beginning at the point where Jesus walks out alone - from the garden ­ majestic in his bearing, walking to sure execution. "

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Ileel I haven't always had a fair . trial with family or friends."

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once 'asked'a stU~~t what won second'place at the'David Mor~vil1E!'(nomil)ated for MISS. O'ndean~s he thought, was Jesus" greatest Prouty High School cheerlead': Cheerleader), . Traci Benoit and' strength Ilt·the time of His mock ing tourname~~ held, March 9 in . sophomore Mi~helle Labrecque.

Margaret McGowan, daughter" trial. His ..quick' r.eply:. was a. Spe~cer~ , .clie~rlea~e.rs. ~ave 'bee~, of Dr. and Mrs. awen T.P. :Mc­ They were. judged on appear-' together,fo.r;10 ~onths,cl:teering. Gowan of Holy Name parish, gpod. one: .:~~ truth.:' I pushed; the questiQn ..'·turther: "Would' ance .and 'voice,' precision, pep- . for footl;la!l .and.boys' an~lgirls'. Fall. River, ·has been ·named to you. stick .. to ~he t~tl\- a.s Jesus' personality, 'originality and gen-' basketball. They will complete the ·dean~s list at St. Michael's· did, even when everyone had.. era!. impression,. receiviilg' 457: their tournaments tomorrow at College, Winooski, Vt., for the' turned ··against you?"'Again;" tlie' points out of .a possible .score·' of . North' Attleboro' High. School. fall 1983 semester. ". . instant reply, "Yes. I have be­ 500. . '..

They 'are coached by. 'Beverly .

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t . . n"'t' te'a"chl'ng '.' The_ DaVid by.. th at th e M'aserlls.. is Vermont's largest Catholic ~ .Prou.ty ' ...,IS t e. largoest 't' . '. "', . .

TI'Y.9uts,fQr,next yell-r's squad college, with an 'enrollmeqt bf .' thO - ' .' . :; h!gh school··varslty tourn~me~ s~IJ.1~o~~,.s?~e , I~g: \.. '. J .~' ; in New England. It draws' 42 will be held at ,Goyle ~nd '<;a~sidy 1,600 undergraduate and ~o'me': rThen as t<?day there ~~ thC?$e . squads' ~otliling';over 500cl1eer­ High. Schop! in ,M~'y,:. JV c~eer-. 500 graduat~ and International , who try to put words in one's. Jeaders"and is· divided 'into four' leading.- tryputs' .fo~ incoming Student Program. students. . . .. '., .. ' '), '.' mouth, or to :tVvist them, getting " classes according; to school 'en-' '~ ay fro.I!l~!¥£trE!h-.'.l)~e,,,:ho ~ rQllment.:·\ H.. '<:i."'i"',\~ I -'I'tJl\;;'::) .. .$ .. __ n??t fe!.e~d..ot~!e~mselvef. I f~nd n bfh'ewc~cw~H~afle'Fs1 aj's~.a~.~~~1 . . eyr,aW.tai1~t In a- Wef> 'tJf ~1iMr 'tured the Team Congeniality .' own weaving•. ,... \ . Award donated by Northeas~ ·It· upsets 'many students that· C~mps •.. for...fr~ndli~~ss,: .~l?Qd. John, the beloved disciple, m~de, sportm'anshlp and spmt through .!" . no 'strorig attemp(to shield 'Jesus out the tournament. from .the indign:iti~s .that follow­ ·Th"e Coyle and.¢assidY Squad ed hiS arrest. ,Mllcl~has been includes,kneeling ·.from.· left to written Qil.: the cowa~dice of right)n the' p'icture above, sen­ Peter, but ~it~le on the silence ,of iors . Bridget~ .Franco , M~cl1eUe John- John IS ,a. great favonte Precourt, Sandy' Poirier,. and and we wish we had words from Kim' Anderson: Standing, juniors his own lips explaining this. . . ... .'. , . ..

To play ~eading roles in a forthcoming production of Ca­ ro'usel are C-C students Nancy Park!nson, ~risti Faria, Laurine Vieira, Elizabeth Leite, Scott Lazarz, Sohel Rahnian, Ed La· brecque, Johri 'Rogers: Ken Alves aq~ Robert J>aquette. .

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SEMOR Lisa Farrell' of I know' just where to find the answers anc» I know just 'how to lie you::.

Perhaps his problem, stems Coyle and Cassidy' ·High· I know just how to fake. it arid I know just how to sdieme ., School has been selected to '-know just when to face the truth and I know just when to dream from. a failure to balance his I knOw just' when to touch you and I know when to let you head with his heart. People need compete in anatiorial., typ~ And the input of the mind in making ,. loose " , . . ing contest sponsored' .by decisIons about"10ve. BU~ they And I ~\y tbat tb,e night Is fading and n know that the time is' can't sim'ply think their \Yay in Olympia USA" a. mar~eter . on fl' ..' ,", ' . ._ g na y .' '" ,'. '. . , . , . or oilt of. love. Even the most of: electk:On~c of/iee· ma­ And Pm nev.~. g9W1a:; tell yew everytJling th~t.I got. to" t~l" yo~; ,

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portsWQtch Hail Durfee Hoopstersl Once-again it is appropriate to praise the Durfee High School basketball team which has definitely and conclusively proven that it is the best in the state.

What has to be said about the Hilltoppers was said eloquently by themselves with their per­ formance throughout the season.

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Symbols following film reviews indicate ' touch lives, produced by the both general and Catholic Film Office Pastoral Theological Institute of ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· Hamden, Conn.

"The Glory of ...God," with eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested, R-restricted, unsuitable for Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a.m. children or younger teens. each Sunday, Channel 27.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for "MarySon," a family puppet children and adUlts; A2-approved for adults and adolescents, A3-approved for show with moral and spiritual adults only, A4-separate classification perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs­ (given to films not morally offensive day, Fall River and New Bed­ which, however, require some analysis ani! explal!ation); O-morally offensive. ford cable channel 13.

"Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin,' 6 p.m. each Monday, cable chan­ NOTE nel 35.

Please check dates and CY~ Scholarship Hockey Game Rosters Each Sunday (SPN) "News­ times of television and radio Front" - NC News weekly re­ All-star teams will meet at 7 Greg Tougas and John Rodrigues programs' against local ll~t­ ports on religious, ethical and p.m. Thursday at the Driscoll of Fall River South; Pete Mc­ ings, which may differ from moral concerns.

Rink, Fall River, in the Father Donald, Dennis Eisenhauer,Marc

the New York network sched~, Donovan CYO SCholarship Fund Gallagher, Gary Parsons,' Kevin

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Sunday,. March 25 (ABC) game. . Rodrigues, S'cott Durocher and

"Directions" - R;eports on reli­ A senior high school team.will Richard Voccio, Fall River North; . gion in America. ' New Films meet Bristol County' CYO Jim Rathburn, Mike Cassidy, Sunday, March 25. (CBS) "For Hockey Leag'ue players.

Mile Halloran and Rick Webster ''MIke's Murder" (Warners)' Our Times" - Causes of· poverty Named to the high school team of Mansfield; Dennis Sylvia and Debra Winger has 'little to do in in America. are Rick Coleman, Steve Couto, David Gerwatowski, New Bed­ this listless melodrama, as flat On Radio Mike Nawrocki, Mike. Poulos, ford; .Steve Sullivan and Chuck as its title, about the drug trade Charismatic programs are John Coleman, Steve CaiTon Borge, Somerset. and the seamy side of ,Los An­ of Fall River; Tom Paskowski The CYO team will be directed geles. Because of 'rough lan~­ heard from Monday through Fri­ and Keith Miranda, Somerset; by. Gus Venice of Fall River uage and violence, it is rated day on station WICE, 1210 AM;' Doug Leandro; Todd Doyle, Scott South and Bill Cobb of the Som­ A'3,R. . Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and·ll to 12 p.m.; Father Ed-' Gifford and Brian Smith, Dart­ erset team.

"Racing with the , MOO.D'~ ' ward McDonough, 8-12 a.m.; mouth; Mark. Souza, Kirlt Mor­ Awards will be presented to gan and Keith Marden, New the top three players on ,each (paramount) <> Teen-age lovers Father Real Bourque.

Father McDonough is also on Bedford; Bill Camara and ' Paul team by John Kineavy, retired (Sean Penn and Elizabeth Mc­ Hebert, Westport; Scott Allen principal of Dartmouth High Govern) in the winter of '42. WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each and Bruce Barboza, Acushnet; School and chairman of the Lots of atmosphere but not much Sunday. else. Because of some .nudity and Sunday, March 25 (NBC) Dan Heaslip, Lakeville; Brendan game's awards committee. An­ Jesuit Father McDonald, Mattapoisett. thony Abraham is chairinan of a benign view of sex outside "Guideline" marriage, it is rated 0, PG. William Byron, president of the Jack Carey, Durfee High the game, his role since the pro­ School varsity coach, will direct gram started in 1960. ''Tank'' (UniVersal) Career Catholic University of America, the team, aided by John Rolli, Leonel Ventura, director of the Army sergeant (James Gamer) 'discusses the causes of .world New Bedford High; Mike Frye, Driscoll Rink, and Bob Richards, vs. vicious Southern sheriff (G.D. hunger.

Greater New Bedford Voke-Tech; former Durfee hockey coach, Spradlin). After the sergeant and Frank Stranick, Bishop will be masters of ceremonies chastises the sheriff's brutal Connolly High. with Bill Kwarcinski as official deputy for assaulting a young Representing the CYO loop are scorer and Jim McCarthy, dean prostitute, the furious sheriff WASHINGTON (NC) - The Rory Couturier, ,Paul Hogan, of area hockey referees, in charge puts the sergeant's son in jail for National Conference of Catholic Steve Mendonca, Kevin Taylor, of game officials. a crime he didn't commit. The Bishops has asked people in­ sergeant, after more reasonable volved in diaconal ministry, from North,Mansfield in Hockey Final methods fail, rolls out his own bishops to the deacons and their wives, for reactions to proposed Fall River North and Mans- River South. Tony DeFillipo personal Sherman tank and res­ field, who finished first and scored for Mansfield at 3:40 of cues his son with the help of the revisions of 1971 diaconal for­ presumably reformed prostitute. mation and ministry guidelines. second, respectively, in the regu- the first period but Rick Cole­ The trio then head for the state 'Bishop John F. Kinney of Bis­ lar season, have advanced to man's goal at 11:30 tied the the best-of-th~final in Bristol score at I-I. John Coleman line, attracting intense media marck. N.D., chairman of the County CYO Hockey League . (Rick's brother) put the Southies coverage and stirripg the sym~ NCCB Permanent Diaconate playoffs. . ahead at 4:30 of the second pathy of the nation. Thereafter Committee, said the revision "in­ credibility vanishes and the. corporates a deeper understand­ Dennis Eisenhauer's goal at period. Little more than a minute movie becomes increasingly silly ing of the status of diaconal 11:55 of the last period enabled later Rick scored his second and unentertaining. Because ot ministry." .

Fall River North to eke out a goal of the game for a 3-1 lead some violence and rough lang­ 5-4 decision over New Bedford. for the Southies. uage, it is rated AS, PG. Goals by Scott Allen at 7:10 Scoring for Mansfield in the Religious Broadcasting - 1V' and Shawn Tavares at. 11:50 of third period were DeFillipo, Rick WASHINGTON (NC) ~ Four Each Sunday, 10:30 a.m. the first period gave New Bed­ Webster, Dave Borges, Rick WLNE, Channel 6, Diocesan volumes of the U.S. bishops' pas­ ford an early 2-0 lead but Eisen­ DeMarco and Gino Golioni. toral letters and' other official Television Mass. hauer's first goal' of the gam~ In regular season play North Portuguese MaSSes from Our statements from 1972 to 1983 at 12:45 followed by Gary Par­ defeated Mansfield 3-2 and 5-4, . Lady of Mt.0 Carmel Churcb, are being published by the U.S. sons and, Mario Pasque markers Mansfield holds a 6-0 d~cision Catholic Conference's Office of later in the period put North and in their last meeting, Feb. New Bedford: 12:15 p.& each Publishing Services. All will be Sunday on radio station WJ:fD. ahead 3-2. av..Uable by June at $19.50 each, 5, the teams played to a 3-3 tie. FM, 7 p.m. each: Sunday on tele­ or' the complete boxed set for New Bedford tied the score at vision Channel 20. ', The first four games of the $75, from the Office of Publish­ 3-3 on Jack Reed's goal at 7:50 Mass Monday to Friday every of the second period but three season for the _Dar:tmouth High week, 11:30 a.m. to nOOn, ing Services, usee, 1312 Massa­ School varsitY baseball team will chusetts Ave., N.W., Washing­ mtnutes later the North skaters be against diocesan high schools. WXNE, Channel 25. ton, D.C. 20005. regained the lead on Scott Wil­ "Confluence," 8 a.m. each kinson's. goal. New Bedford Away games on April 3 and 5 Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel

again tiE\d the score, at 4-4, when with Holy Family and Coyle­ . program moderated by Tnunan

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School students Holly. Leite, Robin McElroy and Wendy Leo_ Fri., March 23, 1984 Adoration of the Blessed Sac-. nardo, as well as wo·rkshops, a rament: St: Sharbel' Chapel, 'reception for parents of hospi­ talized children and gifts for April 1, noon ,to 6 p.m. Con­ the youngsters themselves. fessions will be heard ·through­ out .the ,afternoon and adoration '''Sexuality and . the Cardiac will close wj,th Benediction, fol­ Pa'tient," a· medical education lowed by a L~banese meal in coIiiierence, ~ill be held March Continued from Page Thirteen

the church hall. All welcome.

28 at Whi,te's restaurant and will stress counseling skills of health STONEIULL COLLEGE,

SEPARATED/DIVORCED, care professionals, Information: N. EASTON 674-5741, ext. '272.

A public concert at 7 p.m.

CAPlE, ISLANDS The area support group will March '27 in Holy Cross Center

will- feature Polish cellist Cey­ meet oat 7 p.m. March 25 a,t St. CATHOLIC NURSES lla Barczyk. A ·refugee from Francis Xavier Church, Hy,an­ The F,all River Council of Communist Poland, she has per­ nis. Father Richard Andrade Oatholic Nurses will meet from will speak on "How the Church formed with the Warsaw Ber­ Relates to the Separated and 9:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Un and Budapest symphony or­ :chestras and at Carnegi~ Hall. Divorced," Information: Janet April 7, at the Family Life Cen­ 'tel', Nor!h Dartmoilth, for a She is now a professor of music Farrell, 775-8168. seminar on "Hard Choices: The at Towson State University, Nurse MUSf~ Take ·a· Stand."

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAlL, FR Baltimore. She will ·be accom­ to be discussed will in­ paniedat Stonehill by Filipino A Portuguese Community Topics concert pianist Reynaldo Reyes. Health Care Task Force 'has clude "Baby Doe" cases, active and passive euthan:asia and vari­ Further inform'ation: 238-1081, ,been formed to aid in meeting ous case studies involving ethi­ ext. 321. needs of the immigrant popul,a­ cal decisions.'

Sister Ann Stan­ tion. kiewicz, OP, of the Providence ST• .JOHN OF GOD, Now in progress is Children College faculty will conduct the SOMERSET day. Information: Barba.ra Gau­ and Hospitals Week. It is fea­ The parish scholarship com­ mittee will meet at 7:30 p.m. turing a children's coloring book thier, 41 Fremont St., Taunton . designed by W~tpo.rt High 02780.

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At last! Here is a $10 sponsorship program for Ameri­ cans who are unable to send $16, $18, or $22 a month to help a needy child. .

And yet, this is a full sponsorship program because for $10 a month you will receive: ...a photograph of the child you are helping. ...a special sponsorship folder with the case history of the child. . ...a description of the country where your child lives. ...a quarterly progress report about your chil,d's com­ . munity from the field worker.

And you will receive at least two personal letters a . year from your-child. . All this for only 810 a mo~th?

Yes-because the Holy Land Christian Mission.Inter-· national believes that many'Americans would like to heIp ~ iletil:l~' C:hild. AliCi so w~ seai'<:H~H for ~ays to re­ duce thecost-'-without reducing the help that goes to the child you sponsor. . .

For example, unlike some of the pther organizations, your child does not write each month, but two letters a year from your child keeps you in contact and, of course, you can write to the child just as often as you wish. .Also, to keep down administrative costs,. we do not offer the so-called "trial child" that the other organiza­ tions mail to prospective sponsors before the'spon.sors send any money. .

We do not feel that it is fair to the child for a sponsor to decide whether or not to help a child based on a child's photograph or the case history.

Every child who comes to Mission International for 'help is equally needy!

And to minimize overseas costs, our field workers are citizens of the countries where they serve. M~ny vQlunteer their time, working directly ~ith families, orphanages, and schools. .

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3. Send your $10 in right now and this will eli'minate the cost 'of a "trial child:' Then, in just a few days)ou will receive your child's name! photograph, and case history. .

May we hear from you? We believe that our. spcinsor­ ship program protects the dignity of the child and the family and at the same time provides Americans with.a positive and beautiful way to help a needy youngster.

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A Lenten Bible study pro­ gram of Mass readings for ,the current week is being conduct­ ed by Father Bill Penderghest, SS.CC., each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the rectory.' All wel­ come.

CHARISMATICS, ATTLEBORO/TAUNTON

. 'l1he regionJal: coordinalting committee for the charismatic renewal will sponsor an evening of worship and praise at 7:30 p.m. March 30;' beginning with Mass in' thePeopl~'s Chapel with Father Albert Fredette, MS, as principal celebrant and 'homilist oand continuing with 'a pI1ayer service in ,the shrine cafeteria. All welcome.

ST. MARY, NORTON

The Catholic Women's Guild will 'hold a communion ,break­ fast following 9 a.m. Mass Sun­ day, April 1. Information: Nel­ lie Sousa, 285-3758.

CATHOLIC WOMEN, NB

New Bedford Catholic Wo­ man's Club will host ,the Cath­ olic Guild for the Blind at 7:30 p.m. March 27 at K of C Hall, 1049 Pleasant St. Musical selec­ tions will be offered by Harvey Lammers.

Monks to shelter Guatemalans

WASHINGTON (NC) - The This organization for bereaved . late Archbishop Oscar Romero parents and other family mem­ of San Salvador, EI Salvador, bers will meet at 7:30 p.m. was commemorated March 19' March 26 .at St. Louis de France for his stands against repression School, Swansea. Father Rich­ ard Beaulieu will speak on in his country.

"Anger, God and You." Infor­ Jesuit Father Cesar Jerez, for­ mation: Georgette LeComte, 676-8458; Sue Coombes, 679­ mer provincial for Central Am­ 6017. erican Jesuits, told a 'National Religious Convocation on Cen­ tral America that Archbishop Romero, who was murdered on March 24, 1980, had asked the United States to stop military interve.ntion in Central America.

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Among convocation partici­ pants was a family of seven Guatemalan refugees en route to the Benedictine Priory of Wes­ ton, Vt., where they have been offered sanctuary.

In a March 14 statement the priory said it would declare the -monastery a "public sanctuary for Central American refugees" March 24 - the fourth anniver­ sary of Archbishop Romero's death - when it would welcome· Felipe and Elena Excot and their five children.

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"There' is genocide going on in Latin America. Our own govern­ ment is supplying' advisers, bombs, planes, spare parts ­ all being used to exterminate a people," said Benedictine Father John Hammond, Weston's prior. ..A few years from now, will people ask us how that ,could happen?" Father Hammond ask­ ed~ "Similar to the years of, ·Nazi Germany, will .they ask, 'What were Christians doing; thinking?' Our faith has implica­ tions· we cannot evade."

Book Club award to Father Brown NEW YORK (NC) - Sulpi. cian Father Raymond E. Brown, a noted Scripture scholar, is a recipient of the Catholic Book Club's St. Edmund Campion Medallion.

Father Brown, professor of biblical literature at Union theo­ logical Sell!inaryin New York, was recognized for his "long and eminent service .in the cause of Christian letters.".

He has written 15 books on the Bible and coedited the Jerome Biblical Commentary," Past award recipients include . Jacques Maritain, Barbara Ward, .T. S. Eliot, Jesuit Father Karl Rahner and Msgr. John Tracy Ellis.