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'Watershed decade' seen WASHINGTON (NC)-Everything is ready for a sec,ond spring in Catholic education, said Notre Dame Sister Car1een Reck.

And Father Michael O'Neill said that economics, politics, family life and religious be1iefs are all converging to make the 1980s a watershed decade for Catholic education.

Father O'Neill, author of "New Schools in a New Church," will speak at the April 20-23 convention, of the National Catholic Education Association in New York on "The 1980s: Second Spring of Anlerican Catholic Education."

Sister Reck is executive d:irector of NCEA's Elementary Schools Department. She said in an interview before the NCEA convention that from her work. with parochial schools around the country she definitely sees that second spring coming.

"Our teachers are more qualified than ever, the teacher·student ration is generally e:'Ccel· lent, there's a recognition that we've never left the basics:, so we're not in a position to :nave to panic" to get back to t:nem, she said.

Sister Reck said she sees the public turning back "to the values our schools have always been associated with - discipline, a solid education."

The only problem Sister Reck sees for the second spring of Catholic education is that "people are not free to make a choice because of economic reason:J." One of NCEA's efforts to pave the way for that second spring is the development of a Catholic value-oriented curriculum to help elementary and secor.,dary schools identify values and translate them into everyday life, the educator said.

Sister Reck is coordinator of the effort, which was begun four years ago and has reached the pilot project stage. The project will be available in mid-August.

There's a need for this valueoriented curriculum, Sister Reck said, because "many tea'chers from state colleges have no!~ had the opportunities ·to integrate their faith and the textbooks are pretty well purged of valueH." The idea is to "work values into the total curriculum, to integrate Gospel values, not just in the classroom but throughout the or/f;mization and in interpersona~ relations," she said.

"It's ~ process whereby they look at the ideal, then look at the real picture in school and plan th\'l changes they want," she eX}>lained.

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MOMENTS OF JOY and grace came at priests' day of recollection last Thursday.

From left, Father William G. Campbell, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Father John A. Perry, Father Cornelius J. O'Neill. (Baptista Photo)

'Graced .moment' for priests "This is' a graced moment and God will not fail us," Bishop Daniel A. Cronin told a large number of diocesan priests at a first-ever day of recollection and prayer held at Stonehill Co}.lege on Ithe feast day of St. Joseph.

The priests traditionally join in an annual diocesan retreat but the day of recollection was a new undertaking, said Father Marcel H. Bouchard, director of continuing educa;tion for the clergy and organizer of last Thursday's day-long program.

"Lent is It time. for refleotion, prayer and penance' to prepare us to enter more deeply into the celebration of the paschal mystery," noted Father Bouchard in explaining why the day was planned. 'We priests often spend so much time helping oth-

At his afternoon conference ers do this that we find it difficult to take the time needed for the bishop proPosed St. Joseph our own personal growth in and as a model of prayer and listed the elements of priestly prayer through ·this mystery."

Father Bouchard said the pro- as including the Eucharist, prigram was an opportunity for vate prayer, the rosary and other priests to gather with the bishop devotions, meditation, prayerful as their spiritual father. He said reading of Scripture and atten,that the prelate truly "spent him- tive recitation of the breviary. self' in urging his hearers to rise . He spoke eloquently on the to the spiritual challenge of the .' place of the Eucharist in priestly priesthood. life, advising the priests to counter "the lonely rectory" not with 'Following sting morning prayer frustration or anger but by ",tundirected by Faither William ing in to Jesus," Campbell, the bishop spoke_ on sin and salvation, tracing the connection betwee'n the liberation of the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage and the liberation of all people of God from 'l;he bondage of sin through the saving grace of Christ.

Adding to the success of the day, said Father Bouchard, was the setting of ·the new Stonehill College chapel at the Campus Ministry Center, constructed in pal"t with the help of donations from ,the Fall River diocese.

Mass said on Great W'all ROME (NC) - Priests from mission of the tour group's nonJapan and France concelebrated Christian Chinese guide. The Mass on the Great Wall of China chief concelebrant was identiduring a five-day visit to Bei- .fied as Father' Renaud of the jing (peking), the Salesian news Paris Foreign Missions. agency reported in its most re"We chose the highest spot cent newsletter.. we could and took along a large The report was based on a let- box to be our altar," the Salester from a Slesian missionary in ian from Japan said.

Japan, whose name was not "We prayed for all China and given, 'to the Salesian provincial, for all suffering Chinese CathFather Joseph Zen. olics," he added. "We envisaged The priest said the Mass took this Mass on the Great Wall as place Dec. 6, 1980, with per- a presage and symbol of hope."

The priest also reported on several meetings with Chinese priests and laymen.

"My impression is that the church is alive in China," he wrote.

"Whatever problems there mayor may not be with the Vatican are with the authorities. I don't think they touch the ordinary faithful," The tour group also attended a Mass in the Beijing cathedral along with more than 1,000 peoTum to Page Six

WASHINGTON (NC) A Utah law requiring physicians to notify the parents of an unmarried minor daughter seeking an abortion has been upheld by the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision.

The court, in a ruling which amounted to a victory for prolife organizations, said that the state has an adequate health interest to require such notification. even if it might inhibit some minors from exercising their right to obtain an abortion.

"Although we have held that a state may not constitutionally legislate' a blanket, unreviewable power of parents to veto their daughter's abortion, a statute setting out a 'mere requirement of parerital notice' does not violate the constitutional rights' of an immature, d~>,endent' minor," wrote Chief Justice Warren E. Burger in the majority opinion.

The court has ruled in the past that states cannot require parental consent for abortions for dependent children. But until it accepted the Utah case (H.L. vs.

Matheson) it had left unanswered the question of whether simple notification regardless of whether parental consent was given - would also be an unconstitutiOnal infringement on the right to an abortion.

In ruling in favor of the law, Burger noted that the Utah Supreme Court had upheld the law on .the grounds that parents ordinarily possess information es. se.l\!:ial .to a physician's medical deCisions. The' Utah court also had ruled that E;!ncouraging an unmarried pregnant minor to seek the advice of her parents in deciding whether to carry a pregnancy to term promoted "a significant state interest In sup'porting the important role of parents in child-bearing."

Burger agreed, saying that "an adequate medical and psychological case history is important to the physician," and noting that courts consistently have recognized that parental authority is basic to the structure of society.

While the decision did not make parental notificlltion mandatory nationwide, a pro-life attorney noted that it probably would lead to efforts in other states to en/:lct such notification requirements.

The attorney, Dennis Horan, chairman of the legal defense fund of the- Chicago-based Americans United for Life, called the ruling "a significa~t victory," Pointing to last June's decision upholding eongressiopal limitations on federal abortion funding, he said the ruliqg was the second favorable decision by the Supreme Court in the past year.

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BOSTON (NC) - A Catholic college president has protested a Massachusetts plan to drop state property tax exemptions for independent colleges and universities.

Augustinian Father John Coughlan of Merrimack College, testifying before the Massachusetts State Legislature's ~oint Committee on Taxation said private institutions "represent the finest that this nation has in higher education. They are in every sense irreplaceable."

wEARING OLD FASHIONED mobcaps, gourmet baking class members at Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, receive plaque from Heart Association representative Susie Russell, standing, third left. The award recognized class contribution of proceeds of a recent bake sale. (Torchia Photo -

VATICAN CITY ~NC) - Catholic teachers cannot "put their faith in parentheses, as if it were a useless or even alienated element," Pope John Paul II told participants iin a national congress of the Italan Catholic Union, representing about 20,000 high schoo teachers in Italy. The pope defended the right of parents to choose schools for their children reflecting their own religious principles.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Parents who put time and money into Catholic education "want a Catholic product" in return, according to Father Robert J. Yeager, a National Catholic Educational Association director. In recent years Catholic schools had been concentrating on seeing to it that their programs were up to date; now the focus is shifting to seeing that the schools are "orthodox," said Father Yeager.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Vatican lay employees are planning what has been labeled the first worker protest march in the Vatican in history. At a -meeting last week the delegates of the Association of Vatican Lay Employees agreed to stage a full public demonstratiori-soon within the walls of the world's tiniest city-state. It will protest lack of Va.ti<;an response to longstanding wage and fringe benefit proposals by the quasi-union. .~

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BOSTON - Governor Edward J. King has proclaimed April 5 to 11 Massachusetts Prayer Vigil Week, noting that "prayer is a great spiritual resource of the family and is open to all people as we ask God's guidance both as individuals and as a nation." The observance is sponsored by the Massachusetts affiliate of the American Mothers Assn.

SISTER FIREFIGHTER: Sister Sophia Winiarsky of the Sea Cliff, N.Y. volunteer fire department, checks colleague's blood pressure at a training session. A registered nurse and emergency medical technician, she is believed the first nun fire fighter.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - The.North American College, a seminary for U.S. students, honored Archbishop Jean Jadot, former apostolic delegate in the United States, alt a formal unveiling of his portrait. It will hang with portraits of other delegates in a hallway ne~t to the college chapel. The ceremony was attended by Cardinals Humberto Medeiros and William Baum, several U.S. bishops and other Vatican officials.

GENEVA, Switzerland (NC) - Chinese Christians do not want help from foreign religious groups which refuse to cooperate with local church leaders, according to the president of the China Christian Council. The official, Lutheran Bishop Ding Guangxun, made the comment during a recent interview in Nanjjing (Nanking), China, with two officials of the Lutheran World Federation's China coordinating office.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Latin Ameri~an church is experiencing a vocations boom, especially in BrazH,Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Chile, Vatican Radio said. A report by the Jesuit-run radio station summarized the vocational and miSSionary progress in South and Central American nations over the past 10 years. The major example of the boom is the archdiocesan seminary in Santiago, Chile, which had no students in 1970. It now has 121 diocesan seminarians, Vatican Radio said.

WASHINGTON (NC) - President Reagan supports the embargo imposed by the Carter adminstration an the shipment of small arms to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the Northern Irish police force, -the White House said. A White House spokesman indicated that the Reagan adminisration continues to support the embargo when the question was raised after the president's St. Patrick's Day statement expressing concern about violence in Northern Ireland and urging Americans not to contribute to groups responsible for the violence.

"STORY THEATER," a dramatization of 10 children's fairy and folk stories, has won students at St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vt., one of eight ~laces in the 13th American College Theater Festival, to be held next month in-Washington. The smallest and only Catholic college chosen, St. Micha~l's competed against nearly 500 entries involving some 13,000 students to win its slot. (NC Photo)

,WASHINGTON (NC) - Legislation imposing conditions on the United States and EI Salvador before further military aid could ,be sent there has been introduced in Congress by Sen. Edward Kennedy 'CD-Mass.). The bill, which Kennedy said would encourage a negotiated settlement of the strife in EI Salvador, was submitted by Kennedy and three co-sponsors: Sens. Paul E. Tsongas ~D-Mass.), .patri~k J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Carl Levin ~D-Mich.). '\Negotiation, not military escalation, is the only hope for a peaceful solution of this tragic crisis," said Kennedy. The conditions include "clear evidence" of a thorough and complete investigation into the murders of four church women and two other Americans in EI Salvador.

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Seventeen u.s. bishops, all members of the Catholic: peace movement, Pax Christi, have appealed for increased dialogue and debate within the church on the nuclear arms race and military aid to repressive regimes.

Diocesan Catholics will be asked to share their good fortune with the world's poor this weekend, when the Annual Bishops" Overseas Appeal is held in parishes throughout the diocese.

"Through this appeal we can affirm our Christian obligation to alleviate human suffering," said Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, the appeal's sponsor for the diocese. "The appeal provides an excellent opportunity for American Catholics to express their love and concern for their less fortunate brothers and sisters in impoverished areas of the world."

Appeal proceeds form the basic source of support for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official aid and development agency of the American Catholic Bishops. Since 1943, CRS has worked diligently to improve the lives of the poor overseas through a global network of field offices staffed by trained, dedicated professionals committed to aiding the poorest of the poor.

Other recipients of money gen~ erated during the appeal are the Office of Migration and Refugee Services-USCC; the Holy Father'scharities and the National Catholic Apostleship of the Sea Conference.

Although CRS is best known for its quick and effective response to man-made and natural disasters, its main efforts are directed towards long-term development projects combating the underlying causes of hunger and poverty. Mother-child nutrition education programs, agricultural/irrigation projects, and occupational training programs are among the ways in which the poor are helped to heip themselves.

Bishop Cronin stated that CRS' relief and development work was "a commendable effort, one made up of people who are united in their objective of bringing hope and comfort to the

Appeal set for weekend

The plea came in a l(~tter to Archbishop Joseph L. Be,rnardin of Cincinnati, chairman of a new ad hoc committee of U.S. bishops established to study and make recommendations on church te'achings on war and peace.

Signing the letter were Bishop Victor H. Blake .of Crookston,.

Minn.; Bishop William M. Cosgrove of Belleville, Ill.; Bishop Carroll T. Dozier of Memphis, Tenn.; Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of San Angelo, Texas; Auxiliary Bishop Marion F. Forst of Kansas City, Kan.; Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton of Detroit.

Auxiliary Bishop Daniel A. Hart of Boston; Bishop Michael H. Kenny of Juneau, Alaska; Auxiliary Bishop James P. Lyke of Cleveland; Archbishclp John L. May of St. Louis; Auxiliary Bishop P. Francis Murphy of Baltimore; Bishop James S. Rausch of Phoenix, Ariz.

Auxiliary Bishop Peter A. Rosazza of Hartford, Conti.; Auxiliary Bishop Walter J. Schoenherr of Detroit; Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan of Omah.a, Neb.; Bishop Walter J. Sullivan of Richmond, Va., a~d Bishop Ernest L. Unterkoefler of Charlestown, S.C.

[necrolocw March 27 Rev. James W. Conlin, 1918, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset Rt. Rev. Antonio P, Vieira, 1964, Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New Bedford March 28 Rev. Alfred J. Levesque, 1960, Pastor, St. James, Taunton Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie, 1972, Catholic Memorial Home; Fall River

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I n BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, its diocesan director, discuss the 1981 Catholic Charities Appeal, which will begin Wednesday, April 22.

_Fr. Ritter at convention Father Bruce' Ritter, OFM, founder of New York City's famed Covenant House, a refuge for runaways, will be the principal speaker at the annual convention of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, to be held Saturday, April 25 at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton.

Father Ritter, who describes the Times Square location of 'Covenant House as "a scene straight out of hell," has gained national recognition for his work with young prostitutes and other abused children. He directs a large staff of volunteers in caring for his charges and makes frequent fundraising lecture tours to support the work.

Miss Adrienne Lemieux, DCCW president, is honorary, chairman for the Taunton' convention and Mrs. William Grover is general chairman. The

theme for the year is "Families in the 80s."

Other chairmen are Mrs. Aubrey Armstrong, registration; Mrs. Harold Rogers, coffee hour; Mrs. Richard Paulson, luncheon; Mrs. Aristides Andrade, hospitality.

Mrs. Anthony Margarido and Miss Sue McKenna, decorations; Mrs. Gilbert Noonan, parliamentarian; Miss Clai,re O'Toole, secretary; Miss Dorothy Curry, treasurer; Mrs. James Williams, publicity.

Registration and coffee hour at 9 a.m. will open the convention and a business meeting and workshops will follow. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m. and Father Ritter's address will be heard at 2 p.m.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of FaU River-Thur. Mar. 26, 1981

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themoori~ Corporate Dictatorship Almost as an aside in many newspapers this past week there appeared a story to the effect that Gulf Oil has expanded its coal assets. In a major increase of interest in coal production, Gulf's purchase of the Kemmerer Coal Company for $350 million cash will boost its current coal holdings by 50 percent.

This Gulf acquisition is but one more move by U.S. producers of oil and gas to expand their operations into coal mining and other such ventures.

For example, Kennecott, the nation's largest copper company, is in process of being absorbed by Standard Oil of Ohio, while Standard Oil of California is trying to gain full power over the company with the highest reserves of molybdenum, a metal used to process special steel alloys and nickel. Speculation is that other mining corporations are prime targets for the oil barons, including Newmont Mining, a major copper and gold producer, and Asarco,' a silver and copper concern.

These corporate unions are thought by many investors to be natural alliances, with diversification into minerals and mining allowing the oil companies to exercise their already finely honed expertise in geological exploration.

Well, anyone who has recently filled his or her automobile gas tank or any homeowner who has had a recent fuel oil delivery can tell you that the oil companies had better find another way to hoax the American public.

The fact is that the companies have made so much money by creating and encouraging price hiking that they are pouring their profits into something new to satiate their greed, since they cannot buy more oil and gas properties without running into nasty antitrust problems. So what better way to continue and expand their dictatorship over the land than by taking over as many sources of natural minerals as possible? . This scenario is' not a pipe dream but nightmarish reality. There exists a distinct possibility that the U.S. oil companies will eventually control all the mineral and mining industries of the nation. Then indeed the prices of coal and copper will skyrocket, while gold and silver will be prohibitive.

But the greater danger that all will have to face will be that of the total domination of everyday life by unleashed and unchecked capitalistic corporate dictatorship.

If the oil companies can -'direct and dominate the vital resources of America, they will not only destroy the free enterprise system but they will make slaves of us all.

Some would remind us that these oil companies are, after all, controlled by millions of stockholders who love this country and would never allow such a situation to develop.

This is fantasy. Most massive corporations in this nation are actually controlled by the very few. These few are well interconnected and do not hesitate to hide such interconnections behind various facades, especially that of "Old Glory." Playing on this theme, criticism of these ~ompanies will become an attack on American enterprise . and national pride.

It would be well for all of us to keep a wary eye on such corporate shenanigans: Stockholders who care should be concerned for the national interest, not simply for their coupons; elected officials should expand as necessary the scope and intent of antitrust laws; we as citizens should guard our American freedoms not only from outside forces but also from internal maneuverings.

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By Father Kevin J. Harrington

the power of sin, nor excuse our setbacks and failures by attribuThe work of our redemption is ting them to factors which we a mystery to us. The sanctifica- cannot easily control. tion of souls can be likened to a Lent should be a time of great grape harvest. The best French moral effort. It has the potential wine grapes in France depend of being a graced season which upon two critical times in the year: the frosts in late April and can save us from our tendency early May, and the amount of to ignore Christ's command to sunshine at the end of Septem- love God and our neighbor. We should not be surprised to disber. cover that trying to live a morThe margin is minute, as any ally good life can be frustrating. wine specialist knows.

How else can we learn to depend So it is with our lives as Chris- upon God's help? How else could tians. We may misspend or com- we learn such a valuable lesson pletely waste years as adults in humility? or in our youth. But the situation Christ's death on the cross can be saved if we wish it so. gives us the ultimate example of The grace of God will never how we should use our freedom. fail us. We need only pray for The power of absolute choice is the faith needed to sustain us wit~essed by the reponse of the during difficult moments. Christ two thieves that hung beside teaches us by modeling for us him. One could look beyond his how a believing Christian should own grief and see in the eyes of behave.

Christ an invitation to love. The And Lent is a time for us to other sealed his fate by chooseliminate that gap between what ing to ignore the words of a man we say and what we do. We who seemed to be powerless. Tomust never lose sight of the im- day, it is often the innocent that plication of the doctrine of are the ignored. Perhaps we need atonement. If we are saved, we another Beatitude: "Blessed are have the responsibility of help- the useless for they shall be the ing others to share our happi- persecuted." ness.

Being useless in the eyes of Yet the nobility of such a task the world does 路not mean being should never blind us to the real- useless in the eyes of God. In ity that we are but. instruments this truth lies the mystery of of a loving God. Not only should the doctrine of atonement. Christ we save our own souls with can use us as he used his disGod's grace, but we should at- ciples. As fishermen we are calltempt to bring that grace to all ed to cast our nets to save souls. mankind. .

But sin often tears our nets We must never surrender our and they need mending to be freedom as children of God to used effectively. Then it is urg-

ent that we turn to our Blessed Savior in the sacrament of Penance to repair our nets. The urgency of this task should prevent us from succumbing to the temptation of procrastination.

We must identify with one of the two thieves. To identify with the Good Thief, we must be repentant. Our title as thief is not so very obvious until we recognize that instead of giving glory to God for every good thing we may seem to do or possess, we thoughtlessly rob him of this glory, appropriating to ourselves the credit for any little thing we do. If we wish to share Paradise with the Good Thief, we must first learn humility.

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Pardon and peace This week I want to talk about three families: ours, the parish's, and the PrOdigal Son's. We have a few things in common. We fight, we have rivalries, and sometimes we - can't stand each other. Oh, we love each other, but that doesn't mean we like being around each other very much at timf~s.

To parents, the most familiar ring of the Prodigal famiLy is the older son's peevishness when the father welcomed the err'ant son back. "You never loved me like that," he' pouts. How typical.

But what was he really saying?

He wasn't asking bis dad to beat his little brother or tum him out or even make him slop the pigs.

He was asking his dad for approval, for a sign that he was loved, too, for praise that he hadn't been so foolish.

Family jealousy, fighting, and rivalry began with Cain ~lnd Abel and still plagues us today. In many families, it is ignored so it simmers and grows, olccasionally erupting into full-scale sessions of hatred. In other:;, it is a polite cold war with no beginning or end. Nobody quite knows when the fight is over because there's never any open reconciliation or forgiveness.

This pair - forgiveness and reconciliation - pop up all over the scriptures but tile most touching is in the parab:le of the Prodigal Son. It shouldn't surprise us that it's the most popular of parables because it touches so close to home - our

homes, our parish home, our heavenly home.

How many of our youth today have taken their legacy and roamed away to find happiness in drugs, music, and groups? And when they come back home, how do we welcome them? As the Prodigal Dad did, with a party and rejoicing? Or with anger, hurt, and subtle revenge?

How many Catholics have squandered their religious inheritance, roaming from therapy to human potential groups?

And when they come back home to church, how do we welcome them? As the Prodigal Family did, with rejoicing and celebration? Or with smugness and disapproval because, like the Prodigal Big Brother, we never wandered? (A friend of mine who directs the RCIA in her parish, a new type of initiation for converts, discovers that in each class there are returning Catholics who do not divulge their Catholic past until they are sure they will receive the same kind of welcome as newly converting Catholics.)

In her excellent book, "Peacemaking" (paulist), Jacqueline Haessly offers us a simple family reconciliation rite which I recommend as this week's exercise.

She writes, "We have found the rite to be most helpful in healing some of the pain and brokenness that comes with family living, while enriching and affirming each of us. We use a modified version at other times during the year --at the end of the summer,

A lion-event The promulgation of a new code of canon law now scheduled for late tlus year or early next year, if one is to 'believe the report, wi.ll be one of the great non-events in Catholic history. The revised code represents Cardinal Felici's attempt to repeal the Second Vatican Council.

If it were taken seric.usly, the new church law might well do just that. The law may delight some bishops and sonle canon lawyers and may horrify other bishops and other canon lawyers.

It will certainly make life more difficult for church administrators but in the grassroots of the church, in the local parishes, the parish clergy and the laity will simply ignore it.

The most obvious phenomenon of the new code willI be that the present annulment process in the United States will be made longer and more: difficult once again.

But, in fact, annulments will continue, only now they will be granted in the rectory parlQr by parish priests or in bedrooms by Catholic lay people. Those priests who have any regard for church law will make their- decisions under the internal forum procedure though they will set conditions for doing so. Those laity who decide for themselves that their first marriage was invalid will, if they still (,are about

the rules of the institutional church, consult with a sympathetic priest. The others will simply make'their own decision.

I am not encouraging such disrespect or indeed contempt towards church law, I am simply saying that such reaction is utterly predictable given the present climate of American Catholicism.

It is an open question as to whether the church should have 'laws. For at least a thousand years we did very nicely without any formal legal system.

The regulation of marriage by church law courts that took place only in the Middle Ages was a response to the collapse of civil law. For much of the first millennium of our history the church believed that marriage was a civil event carried out and regulated by civil law.

Indeed, it was a civil event with important religion implications, but there was no church regulation and no church ceremony.

One need not advocate a retum to such a situation to question whether the existence of ecclesiastical tribunals and an elaborate code of ecclesiastical law is necessary in an era where civil law functions very well.

Canon law was created because the barbarian invasions in the Dark Ages wiped out civil legal structure. The Dark Ages ended long ago and canon law has long since ceased to be a substiI

By DOLORES CURRAN

the end of a month, or during some particularly conflict-laden period in our home. On occasion ' we have included other families.

We always end with a festive meaL" I like the idea of the festive meal. It compliments the Prodigal story and tells the family, "Hey, we can celebrate again.

We're whole."

She suggests beginning with this reflection: "We are gathered here today as a family to remember' again that as a family we have caused hurt and pain to each other, as well as joy and happiness. Help us speak and listen in a spirit of openness and caring, that we may continue to grow and reflect your love in our family and world."

Then each person responds to the following statements about each other in the family: 1. One thing that bugs me about . . . (include self). 2. I am sorry for the time I hurt (give name and occasion, if desired); 3. One thing I really like about . . . (include self); 4. One of my hopes for . . . (each person in the family) Finally, join hands for Lord's Prayer and share a sign of peace.

Sing a happy song. Celebrate and rejoice.

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REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY

tute for civil law. Yet the church continues to act as though it needs separate juridical structures.

My own inclination is to believe that the church, like any institution, needs some regulations, most of which would protect the rights of individuals in the institution from oppression by that institution or by other individuals who happen to have more institutional power. A canon law that protects human right$ in the church would make a great deal of sense but that is not what Cardinal Felici is interested in. Human rights are something to be defended outside the church, it would appear, but not in the church.

Cardinal Felici's law is not made to protect individuals. It is rather a law that is an end unto itself and to which the good of individuals and the pastoral needs of the church must be made subject. In Cardinal Felici's view of things, people exist for the law.

That's why the revised code will be ignored.

MX has very few. friends Rep. Ron Dellums of California, the ultra-liberal black congressman from Oakland, who describes himself as "an upset colored fellow," went to Salt Lake City to address the Utah state legislature on the subject of the MX missile.

He was invited by State Senator Frances Farley, who has welcomed several "outside agitators" to tell Utahans that they don't have to take the missile that takes the subway to avoid Russians.

Dellums, whose tongue is as sharp as his tailoring, made a tremendous impression on the Latter-day Saints, according to Sen. Farley.

Dellums discovered the potential of the MX issue in a December appearance on the Phil Donahue show. He called it "an insane scheme" - and received 7,000 letters from Americans who agreed with him. He is perfectly willing to be up front on MX, which even the hawkiest Western Republicans nervously concede is becoming "a gigantic issue."

The anti-MX lobby, which has been the subject of a counteroffensive on the part of the Air Force, has some strong and rather unexpected allies: The Mormon Church, which in its Christmas message strongly urged a halt in the escalation of nuclear weaponry; and the "Sagebrush Rebellion," which objects to federal interference in general. In the case of MX, "interference" involves the digging of 4,600 holes over a 12,000 square-mile area, with incalculable disruptive consequences on the water supply and on daily existence.

Utah's Democratic governor, Scott Matheson, who once hailed MX, has changed his mind, having been instructed by his constituents in its environmental and social costs. The two rightwing senators, Orrin }latch and Jake Gam, are still in favor of the missile.

The most closely watched senator on the 1M}{ scene is Sen. Paul Laxalt of Nevada, Ronald Reagan's man in the Senate.

His state was originally - out of a mix of greed and patriotism - all for ripping up the landscape.

Now, he says, "the numbers are coming down overwhelmingly against the missile. The level of consciousness has been raised so dramatically that they're not willing to take the lifestyle tradeoffs."

'Laxalt, however, is not wavering in his support.

'But erosion even among defense-minded congressmen is occurring. Rep. Dan Marriott of

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Utah, a conservative Mormon, has lately been criticizing the inadequacy of the Air Force Environmental Impact Statement and saying that planners failed to take into account the damage to Utah's strategic mineral deposits.

Last Friday, while Dellums was talking to the legislators, Marriott, on another floor of the state capitol, was receiving an anti-MX petition signed by 5,000 Utahans.

Marriot is a sponsor of the "splitbasing" mode, which would have spread MX to two other states, New Mexico and Texas.

The answer from both was "thanks, but no thanks."

Sen. Harrison Schmitt, a stalwart friend of the commuting warhead, is nonetheless utterly opposed to its being housed in New Mexico, interestingly enough for precisely the same reasons that are cited in Utah and Nevada, namely, that it will grieviously inconvenience the people and animals of his home state. Practically the same thing was said for Texas by Sen. John Tower, chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee and voice of the Pentagon on Capitol Hill.

Ronald Reagan has to decide by next June whether to go forward with tearing up Utah and Nevada. Anti-MX forces, who were hoping路 that the sea-based mode might catch on - our European allies objected are fearful that Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger will go along meekly with the Air Force, which is disappointed that Utah and Nevada are proving so ungrateful.

Resistance to expansion of nuclear weaponry is not a purely domestic phenomenon. While Britain's prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was telling us during her recent visit that she is keen as mustard about our plans to put Cruise missiles and the Trident system in England, she was respectfully trailed by a 37-year old member of the Labor Party, who pointed out to anyone who would listen that British public opinion is increasingly opposed to nuclear weapons "which are designed to fight, not deter."

Anti-nuclear sentiment is much more advanced in Europe than here, for obvious reasons. But there is enough of it on both sides of the ocean to suggest that the world is rea4Y for some serious talk on di,sarmament, even if Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher aren't, and that even those most ardently in favor of nuclear warhe~ds in principle do not wish them in their own backyard.

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El Salvador vicar decries U.8. aid

Sr. Anthony Mary

OAKLAND Calif. (NC) - The United States is sending military aid' to the same army in El Salvador that murdered four U.S. women missionaries last December, according to Msgr. Ricardo Urioste, vicar general of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador..

The clergyman was interviewed in March during a visit to the United States.

Security forces were all around the area where the four women disappeared and were slain, the priest said. "We have many eyewitnesses who will give testimony to that fact."

The four women killed were Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay volunteer Jean Donovan.

Funeral services were held Mon~ay at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, for Sister Anthony Mary, SUSC, 90, who died last Friday at Sacred Hearts Convent, Fall River.

A native of Athlone, Ireland, she entered the Holy Union com'munity in 1912, teaching in ';~ols in Chelsea, North Attleboro, Taunton and Lawrence as well as in Rhode Island, New York and the West Indies. She had been in retirement since 1969. .

The daughter of the late James and Bridget Murray, she is survived by several nephews and nieces, incl~ding Sister Madeleine Brennan, SUSC, stationed in Scotland, and Sister Frances T. Farrell, SUSC, Orland, Maine.

Great Wall Continued from page ODe pie on Dec. 7, 1980, the vigil of the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Many of those at the Mass were young people, "which belied the information given us by our guide, who had aSserted that there were no believers among the young," the priest said.

"Both in and out of church I had requests for medals, etc.," he added. "So many asked and I gave everything I had."

St. Vincent de Paul Camp is an important Vincentian proiect.

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year their former diocesan president, V. Vito Gerardi, is lay chairman. of the Catholic Charities Appeal.

In addition, of course, are their quiet charities in virtually every diocesan parish, where members specialize in supplying' prompt

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The troops that killed the four "could have been apprehended within five days" of the murders if the United States government had been genuine in its concern to pressure for an investigation, said Msgr. Urioste.

Many Salvadoran church leaders oppose U.S. military aid because "the current government is using the aid to kill innocent people," he added. ' A report by the legal aid office of the San "salvado~e a:i-chdiocese said that 4,000 non-cornbattants were killed during the first 10 weeks of 1981.

emergency help, tiding individuals and families over the shoals of life.

But even for the Vincentians two forthcoming projects are maxi-undertakings. From June 18 to 21 they will host the 16th Northeast Regional Vincentian Conference at Stonehill College, North Easton; and in September of 1982 they will be responsible A f,meral Mass was celebrated for a national Vincentian con- last Thursday at St. Joseph's vention in Hyannis.

Church, Fairhaven, foJ' Sister . Some 500 Vjncentians are ex- Vitalienne Huber, ss.cc., 88, who pected at StOnehill, while 1200 died in Fall River on St. Patwill probably: converge on Hy- rick's Day. annis for the national parley.

The religious, 'noted for her Gerardi, of St. John the Baptist great devotion to the Blessed parish, New ,Bedford, is 'chair- Sacrament, was a native of Saar. man for both meetings, joined brucken, West Germany.. After on the planning committee by professing final vows in Madrid Father Daniel L. Freitas, pastor in 1916 she was assigned to the of St. John of God parish, Som- former Sacred Hearts Academy erset, and regional spiritual ad- in. Fairhaven where she remained Visor for the Vincentians, and until the academy closed and its.

Joseph; Tinsley of St. Patrick's buildings were converted into a parish, Somerset. housing development. At the With "Family Values in the academy she was headmistress 80s" as· a theme for the June from 1921 until 1935, subsemeeting, Dr. Brennan Hill of the quently. teaching commercial religious education department ,subjects and instructing the of the Albany, N.Y., diocese will girls' .glee club. be keynote speaker.

In 1980 she moved from FairConvention workshops will haven to her community's redeal with unwed parents; separa-' tirement home in Fall River. She tion, divorce and remarriage; alis survived by a sister in Gercoholism; evangelization; and many.

Vincentian : spirituality. Among workshop speakers will be Judge Michael S. Sahady of Bristol County Second District Court.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be homilist at a concelebrated evening Mass scheduled for Saturday, June 20, and Hon. William J. Porter, former ambassador to Saigon, will speak at a following banquet.. . A special feature of the Stonehill convention will be a course in disaster response, to begin at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 18.

Sr. Vitalienne

We Know "We do~'t know what the future holds for us, but we know who holds the future." - Ortega

SISTER VITALIENNE

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Letters are welcomed, but should be no more than 200 words. The editor reserves the right to condense or edit, If deemed necessary. All letters must be s gned and include a home or business address.

Pope in Japan

But the married deacon cannot and should not serve in a Permanent Diaconate Dilreetor given ministry if it means that As the first diocesan perman- his family or job is adversely ent deacons get their feet wet in affected. These priorities are so the experience of ministry, it is respected by the church that if obvious that some areas of con- a given deacon should find himcern are developing that could self in a position where he would be eliminated with simple under- have to withdraw temporarily standing and patient listE!ning. from ministry in order to fulIt will be the purpose of this fill family or job responsibilities, series of articles to explore and he would have no choice but to explain some of the difJ:iculties do so. faced by a permanent deacon, Deacons' priorities cannot be especially if he is married, in his· overstressed or emphasized and attempts to minister to the peomuch confusion over the ple of God. From the outset it is absolutely "amount" of time devoted by a necessary for everyone concern- given deacon to his ministry ed to remember th-at the priori- could be eliminated if priests ties of a married deacon do not were fully aware of this factor. change with his ordination.

Rather it is the local church that must learn tq deal with a married clergy. The implications of this can be far-reaching with reference to ministry in a given situation.

The church of the Roman Rite is but a novice at comprehending the demands that marriage imposes upon one who is ordained. Our brothers in the Eastern Rites have long lived with a married clergy. Our Protestant neighbors also have personal insight and intimate knowledge of the situation. Now it is our turn.

It is natural, of course, that misunderstandings and frustrations should arise as both priests and people adjust to this new reality. As celibates, Roman Rite priests have not had to worry about getting up in the night with a sick child, helping a son or daughter in difficult relationships, taking care of the needs of a wife or the -myriad other cares that daily concern married deacons.

Thus a priest may not realize that deacons must often prioritize their activities, placing marriage first, job second and ministry last. This truth was apparent to the church from 1he very outset of the restoration of the diaconate as a permanent state for married men and it hilS therefore been emphasized before and during formation as well as after ordination. Deacons, in fact, are told that if they are to be true to their call they must be faithful to the order of their priorities, even under the mc.st difficult circumstances.

The situation does not pose a problem for most deacons. However, sometimes their brothers in the presbyterate haVE! a hard time understanding the matter.

Because of their backgrounds, they do not always appreciate, for example, the demands his job or his family may plac:e on a deacon. Misunderstanding can then arise when a dea(:on cannot give ministry the time that has been expected of him.

By Father John F. Mc>ore

ONE OF THE nation's best known pro-life activists, Ignatius W. O'ConnQr, collapsed and died March 15 in a Boston transit station.

A native of Boston's Dorchester district, O'Connor was a retired bank clerk and a veteran of civil rights marches in Selma, Ala., and Milwaukee before taking up his anti-abortion. crusade.

Earlier he had served in Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker Movement.

As a pro-life activist 0' Connor made daily rounds of the Boston area's busiest intersections, displaying a sandwich-board type sign that stated: "Adoption Not Abortion. Life is from God. Abortion is murder.

God save America."

While on his rounds he had been the victim of muggings on Boston Common, at historic Faneuil Hall and at the entrance of Boston City Hospital.

He carried the sign at prolife rallies in Boston, where he frequently engaged abortion proponent Bill Baird in verbal clashes, and in prolife demonstrations in Washington and other U.S. cities.

O'Connor was a former Redemptorist seminarian· and Trappist novice.

Dear Editor: I'm most eager to share a letter which I received recently from my friend in Japan who has no knowledge of Christianity.

Part of her letter translates as follows: "Well, we had a visitor from Rome. He stayed for four or five days. He touched the hearts of many people- and moved us tremendously. His message transcended religious barriers. He taught the real truth which lies at the core of our lives. Upon his arrival jn Tokyo, without a rest; he presented himself at a gathering in Koraku-en (stadium) followed by another one at Budokan (martial arts gymnasium).

Then he continued his trip to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was energetic, warm and dignified.

He appeared to be a wonderful person."

Of course, this was my friend's account of Pope John Paul's recent visit to Japan. By the way she asked me whether I belong to the same sect of Christianity as the Pope. I an· swered her back, "Yes, lam."

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It was a wrenching day, often leaving its participants in tears.

But it was also a day that ministered equally to lecturers and listeners.

"What helps is talking - I guess that's why I'm here," summed up Juitelle Sandman, who spoke of her continuing agony at the recent loss of two sons in their 20s.

The occasion was a conference for pastoral ministers on ways of helping people face serious illness, death and bereavement. It was sponsored in Boston by Catholic Charities of Cambridge and Somerville, whose services include the innovative Omega program.

Omega, the last letter in the Greek alphabet, which has come to mean "the end," in this case designates a range of emotional support servic~s. They are Focus, a place to share feelings for the incurably ill, their families and thOlie who care for them; Saf~· Place for families of suicid~ 'victims; Hospice, for physical as well as emotional needs of terminal patients; Widowed to w~o~ed, for those who have loSf a mate; and Bereaved Parents, for those who have lost a child.

At the Boston conference, held earlier this month, speakers included, in addition to Mrs. Sandman, two women facing terminal cancer, a widowed mother of two toddlers and a young man whose brother committed suicide.

Putting pastoral ministry into the framework of terminal illness, Father Ned Cassem, SJ, MD, of the department of psychiatry of Massachusetts General Hospital, said that patients have much to teach ministers.

"Some people take care .of us as· we take care of them," he

In response to gentle questionnoted, "showing us how to live with suffering and that self is ing, the women!', 'both .reginar not the be all and end all of members of Omega's Focus program, discussed their initial relife."

Father Cassem pointed out that actions at learning of their illdread of dying can be subordina- nesses.

"I was told by telephone ted by the knowledge that one has contributed to others and has the worst way," said Mrs. Pike. aided good causes. "Many pa- She said that shock and disbelief tients are most consoled by such were followed by anger "towards the disease., towards God and thoughts," he said. every healthy person I saw." She 'To the ministers he offered a "formula for legitimate defense said eventually she real:zed that her initial question of God, "Why of self:" -seek good care but don't did you do this to me?" was the wrong question. 'What do I do welcome disintegration. now?" is the right question.

-realize that money, strength She has found a partial anand power are harder to hang on to and less worthwhile than in- swer in living each day to the tangibles such as integrity and full and in helping others. "Before I was HI," she said, "I was humor -remember that the ability to alway§ defined by other people help, empathize with. and re- - 'I .was someone's daughter, wife, someone's spect others is most rewarding someone's - and insurance that the love mother. Cancer has helped to we have given will be returned focus my own identity, especito us in our own time of need. ally as a teacher helping others Discussing the heartrending deal with the same illness. I'm subject of ministering to fatally not afraid to die," she continued, ill children, Father Cassem told "but I'm afraid of being useless of .a little girl who inquired of and a burden. I care about the her mother, "When I'm dead, quality of my life. But I must say that the past few years have will you visit my grave? been my best. I call my relationUnready to face the reality obviously already accepted by the ships with my husband and chilchild, the mother "got off the dren the gifts of cancer. . "Sometimes," she confessed, hook" by asking "Why do you want to know?" said Father "I'll see an expensive dress Cassem, adding, "that's a very just right for me - and I'll good question when you need hesitate about buying it, thinking I might not wear it long. time to think."

In this case the child's res- But I get it anyway!" ponse was, "Well, I'm going to Mrs Posternak, the divorced ask God to change me into a mother of three teenage sons, boy and I want to be sure you said that she felt bitter resentknow who I am." ment that "after working hard Cancer Patients to get my life going after my ·Father Cassem's presentation . divorce I should g~t knocked was followed by "Coping with down by cancer." Her greatest Cancer," a discussion with ter- regret, she said, was that she minal cancer patients Jane Pike did not expec~ to see her sons and Carla Posternak, coordinated grow to manhood.

by Thomas Cottle, Ph.D., a cliniLike Mrs. Pike, she stressed cal psychologist and host of a the importance of living each show on PBS Channel 2. day to the full and she paid trib-

Wrenching, ministering day ute to the support of friends and simply saying "I feel very sad to the inarticulate tendemess and to know that John and 1 will caring shown her by h,er sons. never laugh together again.', "Ritual and tradition helped," "My expensive dress," she confided, "is a screened po:rch that she continued, "and the presence my father is havi~g built for of friends at the boys' funerals. me, so I'll be able to enjoy the Oddly enough, gifts of food were very meaningful. It wasn't that air and sunshine."

Mrs. Posternak also spoke of we needed the food, but it had "training for victory," stressing deep symbolism for us." the importance of a positive atMrs Sandman discussed her reactions and those of her hustitude towards illness.

Both women mentioned guilt band in the days following their feelings wondering if control- sons' deaths. "It's hard to keep lable factors such as diet, pollu- going. You feel purposeless. And tion or undue stress might have it's hard to reenter your previous been contributing factors to their groups, whether at work or sociillness. ally. You fell damaged, different.

"If I'd had help as a teen, "There's rage. It's difficult to maybe I'd never have had can- be happy at others' good fortune. cer," said Mrs Postemak, reo .And therCil's guilt at living when counting her difficult home cir- your children are dead, and a cumstances. visceral feeling of sickness, empThe women's presental:ion pre- tiness and loneliness. ceded showing a videotllpe of a "We found, too, that we Focus meeting. couldn't help our living children, "The problem is letting go of who were struggling with their life," said a patient at the meet· own feelings about their brothing. "Living is very SWE!et, with ers. And neither of UJ; had anyall its pain." thing to .give the other. One Another patient voiced resent- wanted closeness, the other ment of "spending a lot of en- wanted to suffer alone. Eventergy on the people who're going ually all of us sOl,lght professionto lose me. Each person is going al help." to lose me, but I lose everyone.

She had advice for those close Sometimes it seems that every- to the bereaved. "Avoidance one thinks more about c,ur fami- hurts. I've seen people slip out lies than about us." of a room to avoid talking to me.

Families too had their s~y, Don't pretend nothing's happenone wife of a longteml cancer ed because you don't know what patient saying that she "was to say. Just say you're sorry. But tired of everyone telling me please be patient. Don't set time what a tower of strength 1 am. limits on grief.

Here 1 don't have to be a tower "Strange things pain you," of strength. 1 just couldn't cope condluded Mrs. Sandman. without this support."

"Things like seeing young men The value of Focus sessions, at the beach, your sons' friends said Father Thomas A. Welch, growing into manhood. Now our director and originator oJ Omega, grief is like a scar tissue. It's is in such support more than in healed over and it's tough, but discussion. "We give' pEiople the sometimes. it pulls," space and time needed to grieve 'Endings and Beginnings' and grow. Sometimes you can Sandra Hayward' Albertson, say things to strangers that you author of "Endings and Begincan't say to close frie:nds." nings," was also a program parThe priest noted that although ticipant. Her book and her talk sessions raise ultimate q~estions described her young husband's they offer no answers to the un- struggle with lymphatic cancer, answerable - "just tE!mporary his death and her subsequent retruces." adjustment.

"Focus is really a self-help "We tend to avoid or deny process of exploring issues and grief," she said, "but the healthformulating thoughts. It's not iest thing is to be miserable for counseling and we don't offer a while. Much of the recovery sympathy or advice, ju:;t an inmust be done alone, a long, infOmlal meeting with compassionterior and difficult process," ate people." The meetings come Mrs. Albertson, coping with twice monthly, one for families two-month and three-year-old and patients together and one daughters at the time of her husoffering separate sessions for band's death, found that at first the groups. she could do "little more than Loss of Childrell . nurse the baby," She said grief It's as if there's a sign hang- really hit her several months ing over our society, 'Grieving after her husband's death when not allowed,' said Juitelle Sand- a friend "gave me screaming man, one of whose sons died of room," Previously she had been a generalized staph infe,ction, the unable to talk about her loss. other after being on a respirator She found the first year with for five days following an acci- its round of unshared anniverdent.' . saries and holidays excruciating "Grief is complex, intense and - "my birthday - no more irrational," said the supervisor gifts from him" - but eventually of oncology social workers at she learned from death "that. we Brigham and Women's Hospital are each finally alone a~d- Uiat in Boston. peace depends-Orr dll wJlich is "Platitudes don't hfllp," ·she of God in me, not on anyone said, echoing the appeal of sever- else," Gaining strength from her al other speakers to avo:,d printed sympatbY cards. "Writ,e a note, Quaker faith, she said that her no matter how short. If you can, husband's funeral was an ocshare svecific memories. One of casion of great consolation for the lett~rs that meant the most her as friends gathered to supwas a friend of one of my sons, port her.

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Safe Place The unique grief and guilt felt by the families of suicide victims was the topic of Thomas Rossi, a facilitator of Safe Place. He "1tOM( 1IAm6 said that the suicide of his 17COUIICI MfMIfI" year-old brother, Ricky, had FOI "OM'T 24 Hou, SrtY~ taught him more about life than Charles Velaza. Pres.

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"The time after a suicide is terrifying," he said. "People don't want to talk to you, you feel guilt and shame that it happened, there are no behavior guidelines, your world is turned upside down."

Of Fa U OAK &l0Yf AYE.• FAll IMI Such unmet needs led to the founding of Safe Place, said Rossi, as a haven where families could discuss their guilt, grief and anger.

"Time doesn't heal, people INC. heal," 'he said. Addressing the pastoral ministers directly, he continued: "I need your help to help me let go my guilt. If 1 can get past my anger 1 can forgive myself for my part in his suicide.

"Don't give me answers too quickly. Be present to my abserice. Don't try to explain. 1 don't need answers. 1 only need the questions listened to."

363 SECOND ST. FALL RIVER, MASS. To counselors Rossi said: "Never give up on potential sui, ,. .. cides. There's always one more thing you can do."

And on the practical level he noted that his brother's wake was good for the family in that IT ONLY COSfS $10 A MONTH "we saw everyone at once. We DID YOU KNOW THATr TO AnEND BUT didn't have to face people inMODESTLY TO THE NEEDS 'OF THE FAiTHFUL, dividually over a period of THERE ARE 320,000 PRIESTS LACKING months. And the funeral Mass HERE IN SOUTH AMERICA? demonstrated that we weren't As you are aware, the ability to finance the achievement· ashamed of Ricky, that we were of one's goal doesn't always accompany a vocation. And willing to let other people be this is where you come in. Are you willing to give financial assistance to help.a young apostle realize his dream? part of our grief," Memorable Experience Adopt one of our needy seminarians and have YOUR PRIEST who w~1I pray for you daily, correspond with you regularly and whose priestly studl~s you At a closing "town hall" sharcan help to pay for with as little as $10 a month. Or, instead of paying by . ing session, people spoke of installments, persons of means may prefer to pay $1,000 once and for all.

The boy himself pays a little and we complete the cost of his board and how the day had moved them, tuition and other expenses with donations from our benefactors. answering the questions: What Only $10 a month and one of our boys may prepare to give a lifetime to touched you most today? What God and to his fellow countrymen. difference will it make in your ministry?

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A. Pregnancy is not a good reason for marriage. The likelihood for permanence of such a union is almost zero. For this reason the church takes a dim view of blessing such promises, knowing they are unlikely to be kept. .

The sanctity of marriage and family is more important than "providing a name" for an individual child. That is not so harsh as it may seem. If the institution of marriage is weakened, all marriages suffer.

I doubt that even the unborn child benefits from a hurried union of hill parents. Chances are very high that they will separate during his early years, . probably even before he goes to kindergarten.

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prefer to see their children married so as to save them embarrassment. Other poor reasons for marriage are to "pay" for one's sin or to get the erring daughter out of die house. There are ways to give the baby a name, do penance or separate yourself from a troublesome child which do not involve a lifetime commitment.

Marriage is not freely chosen if it is the only option available.

To make a choice, alternatives must be offered, and you, the parents, must be willing to support your daughter in at least some of these choices.

She has three other choices: to give the baby up for adoption; to raise it as a single parent; to enlist your cooperation in raising the baby.

There is, of course, the alternative of abortion, which many young girls from good Christian families are choosing today without their parents' knowledge.

That your daughter has withstood this temptation and confided in you is a testament to her courage and to your family values.

People unfamiliar with adoption often recoil from "giving away their own flesh and blood."

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Should you decide to support your daughter in raising the child, you would be wise to bring up beforehand some of the questions that might ca.use conflict.

Who will support the child and how? Who is responsible for its daily care? Who makes the decisions regarding discipline?

Perhaps you feel your daughter is too young or too upset to consider these questions. You will do her no favor by trying to disguise reality. If she is to be a parent, she must make decisions even though she is young and even when she is upset.

In sum, marriage is probably a poor solution to "premature" pregnancy. Help your daughter explore alternatives. Support her as she makes up her own mind.

Try not to pressure her in any way. And remember, new life, no matter what its circumstances is always as springtime.

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Another group of azaleas very popular here are the Polly Hill brand, developed on Martha's Vineyard. These too are latebloomers. They are excellent for rock gardens and as specimen plants. They are also in wide demand although not as flamboyant 01' large as the Robin Hills.;- However, their hardiness and low-growing habit are perfect for this area. Recognizable by the Hill name, that is Alexander Hill, Susannah Hill, Joseph Hill, etc., they are often listed in catalogs as North Tisbury Azaleas.

Rhododendrons are too numerous to mention but newer varietiell are often overlooked by people who feel they are too large for the small garden. One should be aware, though, that hybridists have made great strides with rhododendrons in the past 20 years and have developed any number of suitable dwarfs for the small property.

I have one which is 10 years old, is covered with white bloom in May and is only three feet around and three feet tall, a suitable small specimen for any garden.

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First communion will be reOut pf concern for wid- ceived at 11 a.m. Saturd:ay. ows with children to support Those involved in the forthcoming jubilee Mass will meet and for Catholics who wavat 2 p.m. Sunday in thE: church. ered in their faith because It is noted that transportation they believed it a block to will be available to senior citi- social and economic adzens for the Mass, to be celevancement, the young priest _brated at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, April 5. Those in need of it may in 1882 founded the Knights call Virginia Thomas, :199·7207. of Columbus.

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K of C supreme knight, said Singers are still ne,eded for the late Cardinal Wright had a performance of "Seven Last urged the organization to Words of Christ" by Dubois, to take up its founder's cause. be heard at 2 p.m. Sunday, April The initial steps toward bea5. They will also be welcome for tification will be undertaken Holy Week services. as part of the 1982 obserA concert by two classical vance of the K of C centenguitarists from Holland is sched- uled for 3 p.m. Saturday. The nial, said Dechant. musicians will also be heard at 4 p.m. Mass.

Those planning to attend the SACRED HEART, National Pastoral Music:ians' De- FALL RIVER convention. April 21 troit A Lenten concert will be prethrough 24 are asked to contact sented by the choir of the SecGiuttari at 252-4304 or 673- ond Church, Newton, at 3 p;m.

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By Father John J. Castelot The letters of St. Paul serve as a rather sobering corrective to our very natural tendency to idealize the first Christians. We tend to paint a consistently rosy picture of life among them and wonder why we can't be like that. But Paul reassures us that we are not all that different.

Paul's converts were not overnight saints, but flesh-and-blood people, struggling to fulfill the Christian ideal in a pagan, hostile world.

Paul's correspondence with the church of Corinth reflects a parish with more than its share of ~roblems. The case he deals with in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 5, is a first-class shocker - a man living incestuously with his stepmother. Paul can hardly believe his ears! The pagans, bad as they were, would not countenance such behavior - and the Christian community was supposed to be an example!

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proud of their sophistication: "Still you continue to be selfsatisfied, instead of grieving, and getting rid of the offender!" (1 Cor. 5:2).

Under the circumstances, Paul can only cast an absentee vote, but he leaves no doubt what that vote is. He may be physically absent, but he is very actively present in spirit. "I • . . have already passed sentence in the name of our Lord jesus Christ on the man who did this deed." (1 Cor. 5:3) But another translation of, this passage could be suggested, based on the order of the words' in Greek: "I have already passed sentence on the man who did this deed in the name of the Lord Jesus." This could indicate DiHerences can add richness to parish life. that the fellow, with tacit approval of the community, had been so audacious as to think he was entering a Christian marriage!

Paul's decision is clear and he expects the community to cona racially integrated neighbor- quest help, such as food, babyBy Father Philip J. Mumion cur. "I hand him over to Satan hood and promoting its quality sitting, or aid for the elderly. for the destruction of his flesh People do not agree about the of life. Middle class and poor, The needs served by FISH are way the church should live its blacks and' whites were equally clear, the demands are limited Turn to Page Thirteen life in this world. and yet each person irivolved committed to this goal.

The best structure and leaderIn another parish with many. feels the support of all" the ship for the church, the spirit in differences among members, ac- others. It offers IlpeoplEl , the;' opwhich to celebrate the Mass and tivities that were especially ef- portunity to experience the unity the answers to moral questions fective in bringing them together they already share.

Her transition 'to American - these are but a few areas were an annual Good Friday When people can rise above street procession, an annual pic- differences by engaging together life was easier because of :her where people often disagree. involvement in the parish, Miss in activities they are equally conGroups within a parish also nic and FISH. O'Donoghue believes. In a short differ in ethnic background, eduFISH (For Immediate Sympa- cerned about, the likelihood iQtime, she says, "I knew more cation, ag'e, occupation and in- thetic Help) is a volunteer organ- creases that they will allow for people in that parish than I did come. ization found in many communi- diversity yet experience unity in in Trinidad." Now she is the exThe amazing thing about par- ties. It serves people who re- their parish. ecutive secretary of the parish. ishes is not their differences but Dennis Da Costa, a Jamaican, that they achieve so much unity! became a eucharistic minister Many feel that differences add three years ago. He believes his richness. But they also contribdecision to do so changed his ute to tensions in parish life. One life, making him more outgoing group may feel, for instance, that in a neighborhood; others bring

By Richard M. Lawless and open. another group is favored in partogether a group sharing a comTurn to page thirteen My wife belongs to a group of mon interest or need. ish preaching, music, educational six women that meets monthly. programs or other activities.

The groups, it seems to me, The agenda is simple: one memSuch feelings are a challenge. ber reads from Scripture or some are recognition that people need Basic to meeting it are respect other source. The group pauses the kind of sharing possible with for others and a desire for unity, for silent meditation and prayer those who meet together repeat· edly. based on the conviction that all between readings.

Once in the city, they search really are one in the Lord.

Whatever old or new name out the Jewish community and The group also distributes a the groups might be given, they The activities most likely to prayer list with the names of represent both a current reality on the Sabbath go to the synagogue, where leaders have heard foster unity are, of course, those family members, pastors and in the church and a dream for of them and invite them to that underscore things people other people in special need. the church on the part of many have in common. Where econ- Each person in the group promspeak.

Christian communities.

"Jesus is our Lord and Sav- omic or ethnic differences are ises to pray daily for these peoSometimes· parish leaders exior," Paul tells his listeners. profound, people can share the ple. Answers to earlier prayers press concern that small groups "Our Jewish Scriptures point to experience of tackling together are noted. will become cliques. However, in him as the one our people have some problem that touches all.

The six participants rarely my experience, those in small Ten years ago, three parishes awaited. God wants us to acmiss a meeting because this time groups are not just people with cept Jesus Christ as Messiah and helped form a community organ- has become a special part of ization in a changing part of their lives. Each member is a a special attraction to such Lord."

Cleveland. The goal: maintaining busy person, involved, for ex- groups. People already involved Turn to Page Thirteen in parish activity get involved, ample, with work in a church as well as those who do not office or in a jail ministry. usually join groups.

Another small group meets Small groups have been known weekly during Lent and monthly to refresh parishioners who felt at other times. Shared prayer burned-out after sever,al years takes 30 minutes. A discussion of parish service. I have seen on Christian life follows, based people move out from small as much as possible on personal groups to larger parish roles. experiences. Finally a simple ,Some people fear that small ritual prayer celebration is con- groups will drain off the time ducted. of priests, religious and other Small groups are found in parish staff members for the scores of parishes. At times they sake of a few. But efforts to are called Basic Christian Com- , sustain the spiritual l~ves of parmunities ~CCs), following the ishioners in small groups seem Latin American terminology. to payoff for the whole parish.

Some groups are organized withTurn to page thirteen

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By Lenore Kelly ,

For Pauline O'Donoghue and other newly arrived Caribbean . immigrants, St. Matthew's Parish in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn has become a home away from home.

St. Matthew's is trilingual, with Mass offered in Spanish, French and English. Music reminiscent of island folk songs can be heard at liturgies. Flags an~ banners from people's homelands are often displayed.

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By Janaan Mantemach

Paul and Barnabas are walking along the highway to Iconium, now called Konya and in the country of Turkey.

The missionaries talk about the cities they have recently visited. In each, some people accepted them and their good news about Jesus. Others became angry with them.

They wonder what will happen in Iconium.

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A rich tapestry Continued from page twelve Others in the parish have gained from its school of adult education, offering English as a second language and high school equivalency courses.

At St. Matthew's thl~ 2,000 registered parishioners do not share a common background, often do not speak each other's languages. Haiti, Puertl> Rico, Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados are but a few of the islands from which they come.

Distinct communities have formed around the three language groups. Miss O'Donoghue voices the sentiments of many when she says, "People are entitled to remember their cUlture and be comfortable with thMe who share it."

The Spanish parishioners, for instance, celebrate the ~1east of the three kings, while the Hait~' ians dramatize the events of Holy Week and a West Indian' Day parade draws many spectators from the English-speaking community.

The parish staff includes three priests, two permanent deacons, a music director and two sisters.

In 1970, they set out to develop parish unity, emphasizing tricultural events. They quickly learned unity could not be forced on people but could only be accomplished a little at a time. The phrase, "theology of thl~ inch," became a parish catchword and is the measure by which progress is evaluated.

Now St. Matthew's hI seeing the fruits of its labors. People

For children Continued from page twelve Many, moved by Paul's words, come to believe in Jesus Christ.

Some are Jews. Some ELre Gentiles who came to the synagogue to hear Paul and Barnabas.

Those who accept Chri.st form small communities, meeting in homes.

Some Jews unconvillced by Paul's words are angry, seeing him as a threat to theil~ Jewish faith. They tum many gentiles against the ministers of the new Christian faith.

But Paul and Barnabas continue to speak out fearlessly. They know that there are plots against them. But they trust that the Lord is with them.

The longer they stay in Iconium, the greater the oppc1sition to them becomes. At the SElme time the Lord confirms their message by doing many signs and wonders through them.

The city slowly becomes divided over Paul and Barnabas.

Some people side with the Jews who oppose the two missionaries. Others side with :Paul and Barnabas.

Finally some gentiles and Jews plan to capture and stone the two men.

Paul and Barnabas hear of the plot in time to escape from Iconium. They take to the high way again, going sout:n to the towns Qf Lystra and Derbe and also visfting families in the surroundin~ countryside. Everywhere tJtey go they tell the good news about Jesus Christ.

greeting each other more, intermingling socially and becoming friends across cultural boundaries.

Music is one common bond.

Haitian, Spanish and English choirs join for an annual Christmas pageant and major liturgies such as Easter and Christmas are trilingual.

Representatives from each group serve on parish committees and all help with the parish spring festival.

For the pastor Father Edmond O'Brien, "the parish has all the beauty of a rich tapestry."

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Small groups Continued from page twelve Indeed, if the small commun1ty does not benefit the wider community, its motives and objectives need to be examined.

The fruits of such communities ouih~ to be visible sooner or later.

In fact, as we move towards the 21st century, some people think small groups are among the ways parishes and their people can renew faith and discover new ways to live out the Christian message.

Difficult Continued from page twelve so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord." "(1 Cor. 5:5). To us this suggests physical punishment for the sake of spiritual salvation.

However, Paul, thinking as a Semite, would not have split the human person into flesh and spirit, body and soul.

Within the community the man enjoyed protection from the pressures of a disoriented society (Satan) and experienced love and moral support.

Cut off from society, the man would be at the mercy of hostile pressures. Paul hoped such separation from the community would bring him to his senses.

The awakening would involve "the destruction of the flesh."

But Paul's unexpressed hope is that the man would return to community, where he could "be saved in the dQY of the Lord."

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Car- virtually his whole priestly cardinal Agostino Casaroli, papal eer outside the diocese, as do secretary of state, has written to most papal diplomats.

"Serving the Community all papal nuncios inviting them -For nuncios and congregation Since 1873" to retire at age 70 instead of 75, secretaries, who are normally alVatican sources said. ready archbishops, virtually the They said the letter, apparent- only promotion available is to (ities Service Petroleum ly sent in early March, told the the red hat of cardinal. Nine of Products nuncios they would receive 'full the world's 126 cardinals listed Gasoline & Diesel Fuels pensions jf they retire early. It in the latest Vatican yearbook Fu,1 Oils also invited them to return to have no titles behind their name Liquified P.troleum Gal their own countries upon retire- except that of a deacon of a ment.

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Stewart-Warner Winkler The letter was viewed as havFive to seven years, sources Heating & Cooling ing several goals: say, is considered to be the longInstallations - To break the logjam of est that a papal"diplomat should aging diplomats in top posts, normally stay in a single post. which has slowed transfers and Currently the papal represen24-Hour Burner Service promotions throughout the Vati- tative in Switzerland has been can's diplomatic network. there since 1967. Those in Italy, 448 BROADWAY, TAUNTON - To signal to nuncios that Ireland, Belgium and LuxemAttleboro - No. Attleboro they should not expect to return bourg, Finland and Scandinavia, to Rome upon retirement, re- and Turkey have been there since Taunton ceiving largely honorary posts 1969. or titles and residences provided by the Vatican.

Vatican sources say Cardinal Casaroli also may send a letter LONDON (NC) - The Rev. to secretaries of Vatican congreBernard Pawley, 70, who was gations, suggesting that they too the Church of England's first retire at age 70. official representative at the Early retirement of senior dipVatican since the Reformation, lomats will have a ripple effect plans to r~tire in August. He has on the rest of the papal diploThomas Pasternak Reg. Ph. been archdeacon of Canterbury matic corps. One predicted resince 1972.

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~OSTON(NC) - Recently retired Boston Celtics' all-star Dave Cow:ens has been appointed to the new position of director of athletics at Regis College, a Catholic college for women, in Weston.

Cowens took. the position two days after he was honored by his team and fans when his number was raised to the rafters of Boston Garden.

Cowens lias been associated with the 53-year-old college, run - by the Sisters of St. Joseph, for nearly 10 years. Regis is building a multimillion dollar athletic complex, due to open in September.

Announcing Cowens' appointment, Sister Therese Higgins, Regis president, said it does not indicate undue emphasis on competitive athletics for the school's 1,270 students.

"Regis has an opportunity to enable students to become more aware of the relationship between physical fitness and acaderics," Sister Higgins said. "It's logical that development of the mind goes along with development of the body."

Cowens has been meeting with students, faculty and staff to formula~e an agenda for athletics at Regis. He will not have faculty status, college officials said.

'Acts 29' program seeks workers "Acts 29," a volunteer youth ministry program sponsored by the diocese of Providence, is seeking young adults willing to give two years to work with youth in CYO centers.

Volunteers, who should be at least 20, work fulltime, receiving only room and board. Courses in theology, scripture and counseling are provided, as well as . in-service training at CYOs in . nine Rhode Island communities.

Further information is available from Jerry Lapierre, Providence diocesan office of youth ministry, telephone 401-2784626.

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A comp~ter course is .being held at 7:20 Monday, Wed. nesday and Friday mornings in Room 209. It is open to parents and friends as well as students and faculty.

Congratulations are in order for topranking students in the National Math Association actu- aries' test. In rank they are Andy Kirouac, Ray Acciardo and Mary Briand, Donna Brezinski and Scott Lazarz, the last three tied for third place. /\. visiting team of evaluators stUdying C-C to detetmine its accredit4tion status have commented positively on the school's achieverjlentsan~ goals. Final reports 路will come in June from commisf\ioners of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

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By CharlIe Martin

SAME AULD LANG SYNE Met myoid lover In the grocery store The snow was falllng ChrIstmas Eve 1 stole behind her In the frozen foods And 1 touched her on the sleeve.

We took her groe'rles to the checkout stand The food was totaled up and bagged We stood there lost In our embarrassment As the conversation dragged.

We went to have ourselves a drink or two But couldn't find an open bar We bought a six-pack at the liquor store And we drank It In her ear.

She said she'd married her an architect Who kept her warm and safe and dry She would have liked to. say she loved the man But she didn't like to De. She said she saw me In the record stores ADd that 1 must be doing well 1 said the audience was heavenly But the traveling was hen.

The beer was empty and our tongues were tired And nmnIng out of things to say She gave a kiss to me as 1 got out And 1 watched her drive away.

Written and sung by DanIel Fogelberg, 漏 1979, 1980 by Hickory Grove Music. AU Rights Administered By April Music, Inc. New York. International copyright seeured.

HAVE YOU EVER met an old boyfriend or girlfriend unexpectedly? What do you say and how do you act? These are questions in Dan Fogelberg's "Same Auld Lang Syne." Fogelberg's music often comments on relationships.

The song raises a question: Can lovers be frienlls without being lovers? When' a love relationship changes or ends, a sense of emptiness often overcomes us.

We wonder what, if anything, remains of the relationship. Often the answer.depends on how the relationship began.

Too often lovers forget to be friends. Soon after meeting, an agenda begins to guide the relationship. Expectations and unexpressed needs try to hurry a commitment.

But friendship flows more freely. The enjoyment of being together, having fun and sharing interests prevails. You like the other person because you enjoy who he or she is. If a romance develops, it is born naturally, not planned or forced. This type of relationshiP. enhances our lives.

When we realize that our love is a gift and not a means to get somewhere, we form a bridge to another person, allowing us to share with and support each other.

Building such bridges is our mission as Christians. There is too mdch loneliness in the world, but we do not have to accept this as the way things should be.

The mission

By CecilIa Belanger It is the church's mission to be concerned with many matters toward which the majority of the population seem .indifferent. It is not for the church to adjust her concern and her message to fit people's current interests and preoccupations.

The church must proclaim what the people do not want to hear. No one says she has never erred, but whenever she has established herself on the Gospel, which she is sent to proclaim, she speaks from the heart of Christ. The tree cannot live without its taproot.

In what is the church interested? Above all, she cares that the individual seek God, leaving idals behind. She is interested in life and love, in death and eternity, in the basic motivations of the human heart and in the final destiny of people and nations.

This does not mean that she is not concerned with such issues as public housing, prejudice, political corruption and international relations:.

But through them she seeks the kingdom of God. The message of the church should not be tampered with or watered down. We have listened to far too many uncertain trumpets. The sick and the guilty, the wayward and the wounded do not seek healing and hope where there is uncertainty. They find no grace where voices are weak and frightened, aiming to please evtlf)'body and thereby pleasing no~e.

W~ Christians are not looking to the example of our Lord. He exemplified compassion and understanding and he demands the same of his disciples. He challenged the power of the status quo where he saw it to be wicked, yet one finds no ground for accusing him of encouraging anarchy or subversion.

People ask "How can I be a better Christian?" The answer is simple. Look to Christ. In him alone is the fullness of God's truth revealed in term:; understandable to all.

From him we learn not so much to tell it like it is or as we think it to be, but rather to tell it, as it ought to be, based on the Gospel of Christ.

Cardinal Baum's new appointlnent VATICAN CITY (NC) - In an apparent move to upgrade the status of the Vatican agency which promotes dialogue with atheists, Pope John Paul II has named four cardinals to the Secretariat for Non-Believers.

The appointment of Cardinals William Baum, Agostino Casaroli, Paolo Bertoli and Franciszek Macharski nearly doubled the number of cardinal members of the secretariat,taking the total from five. to ni~e.

Cardinal Baum, the 54-year-old prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, is the highest ranking U.S. prelate in the Roman Curia.

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ports' watch Father Done)van Fund Game Tonight The Father Donovan CYO Scltolarship Fund aU-star l}ockey game is scheduled for 7 tonight in the DriscoU Rink, FaU River.

It wilt pit outstandinlg high schod! senior hockey players against a select team from the Bristol County CYO Hockey League.

The high school players are Steve Couturier, Brian Bouchard, Les Wilkinson, Bill Kitey, Dave Medeiros, Eddy Daniel, Dave Rockett, FaU River; Mik.e Cassidy, George Pedro, Attleboro; Scott Geary, Jeff Colbert, Dave Cuttle, Chuck Borge, KE:n Sullivan, Paul Marcellus, Somerset; Steve Rivard, New Bedford; Bob Jerry Reynolds, Acushnet; _ BromweU, Steve Sullivan, Dartmouth.

The CYO skaters ar.e Jamie Coleman, John Rodriques, Bob Gagnon, Paul Hogan, Ricky Rodetick, Dave Nobrega, JllY Manning, Barry Goulet and Paul Carey, Fall River South; Glenn Pontes, Troy deMoran..jiIle, Peter Lariviere and Bob Ventl.:!l'U, New Bedford, the re~lar season titlist; Bob Costa, Wayne Ferreira, Rory Couturier and Ka.rl HetzJer, Somerset; and Tom Figueredo, Rochester.

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game originated in 1960 as an aU-star "basketball game but eight years ago the format was changed to hockey. The seniors have a 4-3 edge in the series but the CYO skaters have won their last three games, In 21 years the .scholarship fund has' provided $32,000 in aid to n~ne area high school seniors.

A ne~scholarship in the amount of $4,000 will be made available in June 1982.

Anthony Abraham has been chairman of the event since its inception. John Kineavy, principal at Dartmouth High School, is again serving as awards chairman. John Carey, director of CYO hockey and jayvee coach at Durfee, will direct the senior team. Brian Medeiros, coach of the Somerset team, and Joe -Bullock, coach of FaU River South, will pilot the CYO team.

Joseph Prenda, director of the Driscoll Rink and coach at Southeastern Mass University, will share the master of ceremonies chores with Bob Richards, retiring Durfee coach. Bill Kwascinski will be in charge of game officials.

Plaques will be presented to top players and there will be a banquet.

Hockl:»mock Hoop Stellars Named to the 1981 AlI-Hockomock League Girls' BllsketbaU team are Sandy White, EUen Corliss and Diane Cavanaugh of Foxboro; SheUy Begin and Patty Barry of King Philip; Stucy DoUoff and Rachel Jackson I)f Oliver Ames; Diane Dalton and. Jacquie Neece of No. Attleboro; and Robin Cleveland of Sharon. !Named to the boys' team are Steven Lizotte, No. Attleboro; Dan Farren and Tom Folliard, Oliver Ames; William Goodman and Jim Bowen, Shal~on; Bill McInnis, Franklin; Michael Davis, Canton; Jack Hulburd l Mansfield; Mark Faffey, Foxboro; and Joe Cataldo, King Philip.

The top five scorers i.n Southeastern Mass. Conferenc:e hockey foUow: Division One - Larry Rusconi, Taunton, 32 goals, 17 assists for 49 points; Scott N'ickersOn, Barnstable, 2"1-19-46; Don Studley, Taunton, 12-30-4:2; Greg 'Nearl, Barnstable, 14-24-38; Paul MarceUus, Somerset, 12-2234.

Division Two - D. Lareau, Seekonk, 16-17-33; KE!n Rodriques, Seekonk, 9-21·30; Jim Handanyan, Seekonk, 12-11-23; C. Collins, Bourne, 11-11-22; C. Crane, pighton-Rehobclth, 13-821; lMik~ Cassidy; Bishop FeehaQ, 7~4-21.. .

Divisipn Three - Jeff McMa.hon, C,se, 18-9.27; John MeMahon,1=ase, 12-14-26; Ken Gouveia, Dartmouth, 12-13..25; Steve

McCarthy, Case, 7-18-25; Steve Sullivan, Dartmouth, 14-10-24.

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

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

Catholic ratings: Al-approved for children and adults; A2-approve~ for adulJs and adolescents; A3-approved for adultll only; ~bjectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive Which, llowever, 'require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

New Films "All Night Longt' (Universal): A high-ranking executive (Gene Hackman) finds himself the manager of an all-night drugstore after he expresses disagreement with his boss by throwing a chair through a window. Liberated from routine, he accepts the advances of the somewhat unstable wife of a dis~ant relative '(Barbra Streisand). The film makers would have us believe that this is an adultery made in heaven. Hackman and Miss Streisand are both good and the picture has its moments, but as social satire it is pretty shallow and often mean-spirited. Because of the story's blurred moral focus, it is classified B, R. "Back Roads" (Warners): A prostitute (Sally Field) and a cheerful down-and-outer (Tommy Lee Jones) hit the road for California. In the course of their misadventures they faU in love.

Miss Field and Jones turn in appealing performances, but the picture goes nowhere and has an air of sentimental unreality. Because of the atmosphere and some occasional violence, it is rated A3, R.

"City of Women" (New Yorker): Federico FeUini's latest picture analysis the male ego as threatened' by feminist demands WASHINGTON (NC) for sexual equality. Marcello Father Henri Nouwen, 49, pro- Mastroiaan is an aging Lothario fessor of pastoral theology at. prone to erotic daydreams, which Yale Divinity School for the Fellini depicts. There are touches past 10 years, is leaving that of the old Fellini magic here and post July 1 to take up residence there, but his penchant for the at the Trappist Abbey of the grotesque has grown wearisome Genesee in Piffard, N.Y. and his imagery repititious. BeFather Nouwen, Dutch-born cause it exploits women as sexauthor of "The Wounded Heal- ual objects, the film is rated C. er" and "Out of Solitude," de"The Howling" (Avco Emnied reports that he will live permanently in a poor parish in bassy): This sex-and-violence exploitation film is about a teleLima, Peru.

He said he plans to visit Peru vision newswoman (Dee Walto learn Spanish and talk to the lace) who finds that her compeople of the country. He said panions at a psychiatric retreat he hoped to stay with the Mary- are werewolves. Most the mov. ie's energy has gone into deknoll Fathers there.

Father Nouwen said he will picting the hum~n·into-beast Because of live at the Trappist monastery transformation. in upstate New York "for the graphic sex and violence the film is rated C, R. foreseeable future."

The priest earned a doctoral Films on TV degree in psychology at the Friday, March-27, 9 p.m.

Catholic University of Nijmegen (ABC) "Mr. Majestyk" (1974) in the Netherlands in 1964, two years studying religion and - Charles ,Bronson is an embapsychiatry at the Menninger tled' ex-convict determined to Clinic in Topeka, Kans., taught protect his farm from the inpsychology' at the University of roads of organized crime. A tooNotre Dame and then returned f~iliar story with considerable to the Catholic University of violence. A3.

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The second part is more worthwhile, the life of Jesus being. shot through with fanciful embellishments, not to mention a bit, taken from Mormon s~rir>­ ture, showing Jesus preaching to the Indians after his Resurrection. It is up to parents to decide if they want their children to see this grab-bag selection of material, though the film is es; sentially orthodox. A-I, G.

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ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Confirmation candidates will be measured for gowns in the school hall at 7 p.m. Monday, March 30. The sacrament will be administered at 7 p.m. Monday, May 11. .

ST. CASIMIR. NEW BEDFORD A novena to the divine mercy is in progress at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily, under direction of Father Bernard, MIC. The devotion will conclude at 11 a.m.

Sunday.

STONEHILL COLLEGE, NORTH EASTON American Management Association Extension Institute will offer a variety of courses in April as part of a C~rtificate in Management program. Further information is available from the college, telephone 238-1081, extension 258.

DIOCESAN COUNcn., TAUNTON AREA Mrs. Aristides Andrade, organizational services chairman for the Taunton District Council of Catholic Women, is in charge of arrangements for an evening of recollection to be held at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, at St. Ant,hony's Church, Taunton. Father Paul Connolly, district moderator, will conduct the evening and members of St. Anthony's Women's Guild will be hostesses.

DIVORCED, SEPARATED, NEW BEDFORD AREA Area divorced and separated Catholics will meet at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St., New Bedford. ST. JULIE BILLIART, This Sunday's speaker will be NORTH DARTMOUTH Father Bill Murphy, SA, of the Rev. Joseph Costa, associate Chapel of Our Savior at West- pastor at Our Lady of Mt. Cargate MaIl, Brockton. Director of mel parish, Seekonk, will speak one of the nation's most success- in a Lenten series at 7:30 p.m. ful support groups, he will speak . Thursday, April 2. His topic will on "Five Ways to Become a be "Sacrifice: Is It Passe?"

Happy Single Person."

Confirmation candidates will A retreat for the divorced and attend a day of recollection from separated will be held the week- 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at end of April 3 to 5 at Ephpheta the church.

House, Cumberland, R.I. Information is available from Father SCOUT RETREAT, Raymond, 401-769-3900.

FALL RIVER DIOCESE New Bedford and Fall River HOLY NAME, area Scouters will meet at 10:30 FALL RIVER First communion will be re- a.m. Sunday, March 29, at St. ceived at 8 a.m. Mass Saturday, John of God parish center, Somerset, to complete plans for the May 9. annual Catholic Boy Scout reST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, treat, to be held the weekend of NEW BEDFORD April 3 to 5 at St. Vincent de Beginning this weekend an Paul Camp, Westport. Thus far additional Mass will be celebra- over 450 Scouts are registered ted on Sunday mo~ng. Masses for the event, which was originwill be at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. ally sponsored by the Fall River The new schedule will continue area but has been opened to all through Easter Sunday, at which diocesan Scouts. It will be contime a decision will be made as ducted by Father William Baker, to whether it will remain in associate pastor at Our Lady of force.

Grace parish, North Westport.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Parishioners will celebrate the feast of Espirito Santo the weekend of June 5 to 7. A planning meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, April 27. Porningas are asked to make reservations as to crowning times.

DIVORCED, SEPARATED, TAUNTON AREA Divorced, separated and remarried Catholics will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in St. Joseph Church hall, Taunton.

ALHAMBRA ORDER, REGION ONE The Council of Caravans will meet at 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, at Italian-American 'Citizens Club, Blaney Avenue, Peabody.

CLOVER CLUB, FALL RIVER The club choir, with Miss Denise Letourneau as organist and Kenneth Leger as director, will be heard at area parishes at Saturday Masses as follows: March 28, St. Thomas More, Somerset, 5:15 p.m.; .April 14, St. William, Fall River, 4 p.m.; April 11, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, 4 p.m.

ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD The parish school cafeteria is being renovated and painted, thanks to the efforts of a group of volunteers.

A school service will be held today. .

Rediscovery, a family renewal program, will take place this week, beginning at all weekena Masses and continuing at 7 p.m.

Monday through Thursday. It will be conducted by Father Robert Kaszyski.

Parochial school children will have sessions weekday mornings and CCD children are scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday or Thursday, depending on grade.

April 25, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River, 4 p.m.; May 9, Notre Dame, Fall River, 4 p.m.; May 16, St. Christopher, Tiverton, 4 p.m.

CHARISMATIC RENEWAL, NEW BEDFORD DEANERY All residents of greater New Bedford are invited to attend the first deanery prayer meeting, to be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Julie Church, North Dartmouth, under direction of Father George Harrison. A fellowship period will follow the .service.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER The Youth Ministry will sponsor an Olympic Jamboree and pizza party at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14 in the school hall. Contests will be between Youth Ministry members and Confirmation candidates.

The devotion of the 13 Tuesdays in honor of St. Anthony of Padua is now in progress.

Czestochowa Year Marian medals are in preparation and will be available by summer exclusively through the parish.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FALL RIVER Acid peptic disease will be discussed by Dr. Howard M. Spiro of Yale University School of Medicine at a physicians' education conference and dinner meeting at White's restaurant, North Westport, at 5:30 p.m.

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