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ST. JAMES-St. John School principal Mary E. Mello, with, from left, students Joseph Nereu, Kristy Brocklehurst and Margaret Goulart, holding letters from their "adop.ted" priests.

Give a little love, get a lot back 'By Joseph Motta

school- for quite a while, Miss Mello noted.

Father Stephen A. Fernandes is Letters still continue to arrive at impressed with the students at students' homes.

New Bedford's St. James-St. John Many priests, Father Fernandes School, where he is director. And he's impressed with the love his .said, took the opportunity to encourage their young friends to be brother_priests have shown them. open to vocations, and many urged To celebrate Catholic Schools them to be "good boys and girls."

Week earlier this year, the entire Second and third letters have student body of 242 participated arrived in a few cases, since some in an "Adopt-a-Priest" program, of the children replied to their the idea of a friend of Miss Mary thank-you letters. Many letters E. Mello, principal at St. Jamesasked about the child's neighborSt. John. hood; a good number of the priests According to Father Fernandes, are New Bedford natives or have also parochial vicar'at St. James served in that city. church, students randomly selected Several priests printed notes to names of active arid retired dioce- younger children, aware that they'd san and order priests (since there be perused by eyes new to reading. are more priests than students, "It was nice," fifth-grader Joe some chose two names) and began Nereu said of the response from to_pray for them, "every "day at "his" priest. "He told me about the school, and hopefulty at home." things that he did and wrote thank Then, Father Fernandes said, you for the letter." Joe said he had he thought it would be good if the informed his priest that he was a priests knew they were being prayed St. James altar boy. for. So he asked each student to "The whole thing is very posiwrite to his or her priest about it. tive," said Miss Mello. "I think.it Before the letters were mailed, meant a lot when the priests wrote they were blessed by_ Father Fer- back and told the children that nandes at a school prayer service. their prayers are so powerful."

"We sent the letters out," Father Excerpts from a sampling of the Fernandes said, "never expecting priests' letters follow: the response that we got."

Dear Kelly: I've been a priest Over 100 of the "adopted" clergy now for seven months and U'm] sent their prayer pals a thank-you still very new, so 1 will need your letter. Many wrote personal notes prayers. and enclosed small gifts.

Dear Erin: You're lucky to be able to go to a Catholic school, "I got a letter from my priest," was the catchphrase around the and God bless your parents for the

sacrifices they make to send you there. Be h,appy and holy and God love you. 1 do.

Dear Andrew: Thank you very much for praying for me. Priests need to be remembered. 1like your name; my middle name is Andrew also.

Dear Tara: 1 work with sick people, even boys and girls your age who are in the hospital and can't go out and play and be in their own homes like you can. 1 need your prayers, Tara.

Dear Kristy: 1 have a Siamese kitten named Smokey. He is six months old and is very friendly.

Do you have any pets at your house?

Dear Stephen: Things have been going so well for me during the past few weeks that 1 just knew that someone special had to have been .praying for me.

Dear Joseph: 1 started as an altar boy also, so maybe some day God will call you to priesthood. It is a happy life leading others to Christ.

Dear Stephanie: What a most pleasant surprise from a good kindergarten girl!!! I. wouldn't exchange it for a million dollar Valentine. Remember, Stephanie, dear Stephanie, that he who shares in the ministry of a priest will also share in his reward.

Dear Matthew: 1 am afraid we couldn't be close friends if you are a Mets fan, after what they did to the Red Sox. Just kidding.

VAT1CAN CITY (NC) - In an encyclical dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, Pope John Paul II described Mary's life as an image of obedience and freedom, a model of "femininity with dignity" and an inspiration to Christian unity.

The 114-page document, titled "Redemptoris Mater" (Mother of the Redeemer), said Mary, as the "first to believe," is a guide for the church and a "point of reference" for all humanity.

The encyclical emphasized Mary as the "common mother" of Catholics and Orthodox Christians and took particular note of Mary's place among Christians living in various parts of the Soviet Union.

It also stressed the value of Marian devotions.

The encyclical, the pope's sixth, was issued at the Vatican March 25, the feast of the Annunciation.

It was written in preparation for the special Marian year called by the pope, to begin June 7, and reflected the pope's longstanding devo!ion to Mary.

Much of the papal letter is an extended spiritual reflection on Mary's "pilgrimage of faith,"from

the Annunciation to the Crucifixion to her assumption into heaven.

Her "obedience of faith" shown from the Annunciation onward, was "heroic," it said.

Mary continues to accompany the church's journey, the document said, which" in our own time is marked by the sign of ecumenism."

The encyclical acknowledged some "discrepancies of doctrine" between the Catholic and Protestant churches about Mary's role in salvation, but asked whether all Christians could "look to her as our common mother, who prays for the unity of God's family."

One of the areas of disagreement between Catholics and Protestants has been Mary's role as "mediatrix,"an interceder for mankind. The encyclical describes Mary's mediation as an important part of her "maternal care," but said it in no way diminishes the unique mediation of Christ.

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Latin trip may test papal mettle VAT1CAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II is preparing 52 speeches for his March 3 I-April 12 South American trip. ' But his actions and the symbolic meaning given to them are more likely to be remembered than his formal words in the countries he visits.

The pope may strongly denounce human rights abuses, but Chileans are more likely to remember whether he greeted the country's military president, Gen. Augusto Pinochet, with a bear hug - a typical. gesture among Latin men signifying close friendship.

The pope is to visit Uruguay, Chile and Argentina.

The meanings read into the pope's actions will likely be highly subjective and often contradictory, depending on the special interests of the person interpreting the symbol.

Latin societies have a strong tradition of using symbols to convey meaning and Catholic symbols are especially important to political, civic and partisan groups.

Being tied to a Catholic symbol

implies church support and the moral and social acceptance that this brings in societies where almost the entire population professes Catholicism.

The pope's trip will severely test his ability to communicate beyond the spoken word, especially in the politically turbulent societies of Argentina and Chile where the pope will spend most of his time and whose governments hope his visits will help unite their people behind state remedies for serious problems.

Human rights is the main issue fueling division in each nation, but there the similarity between the two ends.

Argentina has an elected civilian government trying to heal national wounds after almost eight years of bloody military rule. Chile has a 13-year-old military government constantly criticized for its human rights record and running into stiff domestic opposition over its constitutional plans for keeping control at least through 1997.

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Mar. 27, 1987

Laetare Sunday appeal aids needy of world NEW YORK (NC) - Archbishop Edward T. O'Meara of Indianapolis, new board chairman of Catholic Relief Services, said in a pre-Laetare Sunday interview that the agency will increase its appeals to the general public for funds to meet the "enormous" needs of "the human family."

The annual mid-Lent CRS appeal for funds, traditionally known as the Laetare Sunday collection, will be taken up this weekend in diocesan parishes. Proceeds cover administrative costs of CRS and also help fund other agencies involved in overseas programs. Those agencies include the Apostolate of the Sea, papal charities and the U.S. bishops' Migration and Refugee Services.

FATHER Francis Novak, CSSR, addresses parish council and Matrix members of St. John Neumann parish, East Freetown .

Total Stewardship launched in St. John Neumann parish A "total stewardship" weekend Si~ter Elizabeth Hathaway, retreat-workshop held earlier this RSM, St. John Neumann pastoral month at St. John Neumann par- associate, noted that "We spent ish, East Freetown, has launched almost a year in preparation for the parish on a two-and-a-half- this weekend. After a great deal of year program of spiritual vitaliza- prayer and reflection we felt this tion. program had it ali. It integrates.

Developed by the National everything: spirituality, ministries Catholic Conference for Total and tit~ing. It brings all the goals, Stewardship in Washington, D.C., dynamiCs and different apostolates the weekend program was con- in the parish together. The wonducted by Rev. Francis A. Novak, derful quality about total stewardCSSR, its originator. ship is that it brings cohesiveness Father George Harrison, St. to the parish for community buildJohn Neumann pastor, stated, ing. This is what Church is all "emphasis in this process is on about." total stewardship, not fundraising, The parish matrix group has that'is, on spirituality and on mak- now begun TSP phase 2. Its spiriting Vatican II teachings happen, ual formation period will fittingly enabling the laity to share respon- end on Dec, 8, the Solemnity of sibility for carrying out the mis- the Immaculate Conception, also sion of the Church by good man- taking place partially within the agement of all their gifts and Marian Year that begins June 7. through the exercise of meaningLorraine Roy, Matrix moderaful ministry." tor, said, "Total stewardship not The Total Stewardship Pro'cess only has great possibilities but (TSP) consists offive phases: Leadership Training; Matrix Motherhood of the Local Church; Stewardship of Time and Talent; Home Visitation and Evangelization for Servi~e" to 'refugeesi~-RhOde Community Building; 'and Stewardship of Treasure, with focus on Island and Southeastern Massathe Eucharist. chusetts and support of sanctuary. .. , The retreat concluded TSP phase programs were among actions decidI. In its course 34 parish council ed on at ~ recent chapter meeting and Matrix members deepened of Sisters of Mercy Of the Province their understanding of the pro- of Providence. The proyipce. ingram and prepared a calendar for ,cludes many sisters serving in the Fall River diocese. implementing it.

The sist~rs will support ~rea The Matrix is a group of 12 parishioners committed to carrying refugees by prayer, financial donaout TSP. The name comes from tions and 'personal services such as the Greek word for womb and the aid with shopping, finding employLatin word for mother. In English ment and learning to speak Engit refers to "that within which lish. Those seeking sanctuary will something else originates or de- be assisted by donations to a Texas center operated by a Sister of velops."

In TSP usage, the word is in- Mercy, contributions of clothing tended as a reminder of the Blessed and provision of shelter to tranMother, on whom Matrix members sients passing through the Provimodel themselves; in imitation of dence area.

In other action, the sisters heard 'Mary's nine-month gestation of Christ, undergoing a nine-month a report on housing options open period of spiritual formation in to community members in Rhode preparation for carrying out their Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. commitment.

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very definitely will bear great fruit" in the parish.

Eucharistic ministers Robert and Grace Benjamin see TSP as "an opportunity to give back to God the gifts he has given us, namely his Son's Body and Blood" in the Eucharist.

Matrix member Anne Marie Basse observed that "we each have to be taken to a point of brokenness, in health, finances, time and so forth, to really feel the impact of God's love of us. It is when we really go that extra step of sacrifice for God, as in this program, that we see him building up strength in us."

Parish secretary Jacqueline !'Aathieu said, "Total stewardship IS the bestway I've heard to bring us back to basics - to God." Ana George Gagnon put it this way: "Total stewardship is a much needed program throughout the Catholic world."

"We can be fairly certain," commented Father Novak, "that during the Synod on the Mission and Apostolate of the Laity in Rome this October, great" attention will be given to the promotion and development of holiness in the Church. ·1 pray that the biblical, ecclesial and pastoral process of -total stewardship will be recognized and adopted following the Synod as a viable, effective and immediately available method for promotiori of growth in holiness."

.New' president " WASHI1'lGTON(NC)-Father John P. Fischer, director of the Propagation 'of t.he Faith Office for the Cincinnati Archdiocese has been elected president of th~ U.S. Catholic Mission Association.

Wise Words "Our words are wise because they are fro!Jl God, telling of God's wise plan to bring us into the glories of heaven." - I Cor. 2:7

CRS has programs or projects in 63 countries, where workers cooperate with local organizations in providing humanitarian assistance and emergency relief in cases of natural disaster or other catastrophic happenings. Primaryemphasis, however, is placed on longrange undertakings designed to promote independence and selfdetermination among participants.

A case in point is CRS activity in Ethiopia and other African nations, where famine relief goes hand in hand with development of farming and other self-help programs.

Recent public criticism of CRS h~s not seriously hurt its standing, said Archbishop O'Meara, noting that it remains "credible" as an agency for people to choose when they want to support overseas relief and development efforts.

"I love what the agency stands for and does," Archbishop O'Meara said. He said he had studied a critical report issued last year by auditors of the U.S.' Agency for International Development about CRS work in certain African countries and found its conclusions "not really black and white" or conclusive enough to require any policy change.

He said CRS was negotiating the points in dispute with AID, and "notbing is sticking so far."

On another subject, he said that CRS growth has made it necessary for the agency to expand its headquarters space. The question of relocation outside New York is "wide open," he said.

Msgr. Hoye urges budget reflect concern for poor WASHINGTON (NC) - The - "Careful consideration should federal budget should care for the be given to the need for raising poor, reduce military spending and additional revenues, "with the stipensure that any tax increases levy ulation that "those with relatively 'higher rates again'st "those most greater financial resources should able to pay; a U:S. Catholic',Con- pay a higher rat~ of iaxati~n." ference official told congressional He also asked the committee budget committees. members to "reflect on the openIn a letter to each member of the ing words of the bishops' recentHouse and Senate budget commitpastoral letter on the economy," tees, Taunton-born Msgr. Daniel which stated that "the fundamenF. Hoye, USCC general secretary, tal moral criterion for all economic urged Congress to "develop a buddecisions, policies and institutions get resolution that reflects a conis this: They must be at the service cern ,for the human dignity and of all people, especially the poor." basic rights of all citizens, espe-· Msgr. Hoye said programs that cially the poor."

When determining the budget, provide such ~asic necessities as he wrote, "I urge you ·to follow income, food, shelter, health care, education and employment "have three general criteria:" - "Funding for the basic needs been cut dramatically in recent ,. programs for the poor. must take years.... precedence over other areas of the . "Not only should they. be exempt budget that·are less fundamental (rom further cuts,",he added, "we to the protection of human dignity." believe there is need for additional - "The level of.military expen- funding in these categories in order ditures should be reduced' in ·real to deal witli the pressing needs of terms." poverty in o~r mid~t." :,

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Ecuadorearthqoak~',vittims were displaced and more than 20,000 are homeless. Ms. Griffin reported.

According to Lawrence Pezzullo, CRS executive director, the $75,000 wilLpay for emergency shelter materials, cooking utensils. tools and transportation for ,food.

He said the agency will concentrate its efforts in the mo~t seriously affected provinces. of Pichincha, Imbabura lind Napo.

CRS is the overseas relief and developmen.t agency of the U.S. bishops.

Love Is•.• "Love is very patient and kind, never. jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude." - I Cor. 13:4

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Mar. 27, 1987

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Sacred Hearts members mark founder's death

PHILIP M. GRIMA Jr., Laura Grima and Linda Ippolito, all of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, Seekonk, with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at reflection day for parish ministers. (Gaudette photo)

"What would we do without you?"

"Happy Birthday to You" when a cake is brought into a birthday "Wha't would we do without party, Father Avila reiterated that you? It's as simple as all that," said "music is intrinsic to celebration."

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin last Sun"Love of God gives us power to day to over 500 parish ministers. become proclaimers of God's On a cold, drizzly afternoon word," Father Marcel Bouchard they had gathered at Bishop Stang told lectors, reminding them that High School, North Dartmouth, they follow in direct line with the for a few hours of reflection on . prophets, apostles and evangelists their ministries. as they read at Mass.

I Sponsored by the diocesan Div"God chooses us as instruments ine Worship Commission, headed

by Fatber James F. Lyons, the to share in the joy of doing hjs program included sessions for spe- work," he said. . He .reminded the lectors that cial ministers of the Eu'charist, lec·their preparation for Mass should tors, ushers and musicians; a period for private reflection and a closing include not only rehearsing the day's readings but "the kind of service of evening prayer.

"We hope to aid you to minister person you are; prayer comes before to God;s holy people in an even practice."

Father John C. Ozug, meeting better way in your parishes," said Father Lyons in welcoming partici- with ushers, held up the warmth of many Protestant congregations as pants.

Bishop Cronin expressed grati- an example of hospitality. "Admittude to the Divine Worship Com- tedly, most churches have only mission for "its quiet efforts to one Sunday service and smaller further worship and liturgy in the congregations, so it's easier to get diocese" and thanked the minis- to know people," he said, "but the ters for '!your constant and dedi- ushers make a point of greeting people individually and making cated service.

"Realize how close you are to them feel welcome. If they can, we . the altar when you perform the can."

The priest also asked ushers to various functions that have been entrusted to you," he said. "Remem- make a point of involving young ber that you are dealing with holy people in activities such as passing things and it's a challenge to you to collection baskets an.d distributing be holy and give good example in parish bulletins. "Make them feel it's their church, too," he said. your daily conduct."

Addressing the largest group to Pointing out that his hearers attend the day of reflection, Father could be "vocation directors in a Rich!lrd Roy told special ministers way in your, 0"Yll 'parishes,; .he "of.tlie .Eucharist that they were asked them to "fosler any' spark'" "called to meet the needs of Christ's they !Dight [in.d in YQung' p'e.ople.,. people~ and that they should "be ..; 'Mini'stry Ses~ig~s'" : .~ j. >: present to the moment." , He ad.dressed a variety of pracBlending song and the spoken tical problems met by ministersai word, Father Stephen Avila'and Mass and In visiting the homeMr. and Mrs. Patrick Gannon bo.und ~ndthose in nursing,~ome~, told pastoral musicians that music was a true ministry of the Word.

"Sometimes the spoken word is ~ not heard. The musician's role is to bring to the hea'rt the. Word of God," said Father Avila: Quoting from.a '1972 Vatican Flowers & Country Gifts document on liturgical music, he Tues. - Fri. • 12:30 - 5:30 said it. declared the music is a Sat. 10 - 5 "necessary and integral part· of liturgy. Intended to serve, not dom28 Wood St. • Fall River inate, it allows worshipers to share (off Stafford Rd. - 2nd left their feelings, gives !Joity and sets after cemetery) the tone for celebration, he said.

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saying of the latter two categories, "Remember, you are bringing holy communion and the greetings of the parish and you are trying to share the joy of the Lord."

Bernice Ponte ofSt. Mary's parish, South Dartmouth, among special ministers at the session, spoke of how deeply her assignment had touched her. "I can feel Jesus touching and healing the people as I distribute communion," she said.

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Today members of the Sacred Hearts Community of priests, brothers and sisters active in the Fall River diocese are joining their colleagues in the international order to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of their founder, Father Marie-Joseph Coudrin.

The occasion will be marked by a 3:30 p.m. Mass at Sacred Hearts.

Seminary, Wareham, to be attended by some 40 community members.

The son of a farmer, Father Coudrin cofounded the Sacred Hearts congregation with Mother Henriette Aymer de la Chevalerie on Christmas night, 1800, in Poitiers, France. Beginning as an underground society of prayer and service to "hidden Christians" during the French Revolution and later Reign of Terror, the community realized its founder's dream of worldwide mission when its first

members arrived in the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii, in 1826.

There Sacred Hearts Father Damien DeVeuster awakened the world to the plight of leprosy victims as he sacrificed his life among abandoned lepers on the island of Molokai.

Today more than 3,000 Sacred Hearts priests, brothers and sisters serve in missiqnary, pastoral, educational, spiritual and social service ministries in 39 countries on every continent except Antarctica.

In the Fall River diocese Sacred Hearts personnel serve in parishes in Acushnet, Fairhaven, New Bedford and Mattapoisett and on the Cape, and staff Sacred Hearts Seminary retreat house in Wareham. Sisters staff the parochial school and religious education program of St. Joseph's parish, Fair~ haven.

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the moorinS--, A Gospel Dilemma The cataclysmic collapse of Jim and Tammy Bakker should not have Come as the shock it has been portrayed to be by some television evangelists, although it is indeed true that the future of the PTL network has been clouded by the situation. ~ Bakker himself is pointing the finger at a diabolical plot to take over his ministry. In addition to the current alleged blackmail, the Bakkers have longstanding problems that left them vulnerable to the allegations now sweeping their empire.

Tragically, none of this helps the cause of the Gospel. All denominations suffer when attempts are made to divide Christians. In the present situation, however, none will be more affected than those who have tried to make the church some sort of spiritual Disneyland.

The history of fundamentalism in this country has run the gamut of immature eccentricities. From the tented circuses of the Bible belt to the temples of Aimee Semple McPherson, the Gospel messag~ has been delivered to the accompaniment of ranting and ravings of rather dubious religious intent.

The emergence of television has, of course, inflamed evangelical ambitions. Television permits a Jimmy Swaggart to condemn all other churches and an Oral Roberts to flee to his tower in apprehension of death, only to be saved by a dog track owner.

Amid show bi~ glitter, many good people have been led down the primrose path to a religion of spiritual collapse. One can ride a high only so long, a truism that holds for TV ._ evangelists as much as for anyone else.

Such antics hold religion up to ridicule. When an evangelist spends over 60 percent of his television time on raising funds for a hotel, water slides and times~aring units, something is sorely amiss.

The gospel of the Lord should stand on its own. On many religious .TV presentations, choirs, flowers, gardens ~nd pageants have stolen the show. The settings have overcome the â&#x20AC;˘ Word. It's getting so competitive that many religious broadcasts ma-ke a Cecil B. DeMille production looldike a nursery' program.

Today's shows are indeed a long way from the simple blackboard of Bishop Sheen. Gimmicks have replaced honest devotion and piety, making nonsense out of the Gospel and encouraging disbelief and cynicism.

The effect of the true Word is to build up, not to destroy, to strengthen, not to weaken. Too many of today's religious "stars" work to payoff their bills, not to promote faith.

The Bakkers obviously had been on a crash course for some time, as evidenced by reports over the past few years.

Their situation should be a warning to all in ministry of how materialism can undermine the sincerest of intentions.

As all churches try to put the media at the service of religion, it is well that all take a lesson from the embarrassment in which all share.

If one is called to serve the Lord, one must make sure that after leaving the mountain to minister in the marketplace, one does not forget to return to the mountain. If one fails to do this, he or she will lose vision, perspective, hope and possibly faith itself. How tragic if a minister of the Word continues media appearances after himself or herself losing faith.

The affairs of Roberts and the Bakkers are thrusting television evangelists to the forefront of public attention.

It is vital that they and all who share in the proclamation of the Gospel attempt, difficult as it is, to live the message they preach.

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"And this is charity, that we walk according to hiscommandinents."

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Givin-g¡ versus giving up

By Father Kevin J. Harrington The season of Lent traditionally has been seen as the time. to give up certain things. People give up smoking, drinking, desserts and watching television. ' Such practices can be fruitful if they remind us of how attached we are to the passing pleasures of this world. The Scottish novelist George MacDonald said: "A man is a slave to anything he cannot part with that is less than himself."

Unfortunately, detachment does not necessarily lead to attachment to God. Giving up things for Lent can become a fruitless exercise in self-will.

Jesus spoke more about detachment -letting goof money, riches and worldly goods - than about any other virtue.' . There was no room in the inn for the Christ child when he first came. There is often no room for him in the spiritual inn of our hearts.

No one likes. to evict tenants.

We are all creatures of habit, and not all our habits are virtuous!

When we become overly attached to worldly pleasures, we cannot find time to seek God. Those most

likely to say that they cannot find the time to pray are those who also say that time is money!

The surest guarantee of lllaJ.eing the traditional practices 'of selfdenial fruitful is by combining them with the giving of one's time and money to prayer, acts of charity and almsgiving. Giving up can leave us empty, but giving will always leave us full. When we sacrifice our loaves and fishes to him, he multiplies them.

This past Ash Wednesday, Howie Carr of Channel 56 news interviewed people in downtown Boston; asking them what they were giving up for Lent. Some responses were comical; others were quite revealing. Unfortunately, some used the television time as a forum to criticize the teachings of the Church.

What really distressed me, though, were the people who proudly exhibited ashes on their foreheads but seemed indifferent to the true purpose of Lent. If the opposite of love is not hatred, but indifference, such people are playing a dangerous game.

Jesus reserved his harshest criticism for the lukewarm. Perhaps,

we ignore sins of omission because our traditional morality emphasizes sins of commission. It is hard to understand the toll exacted in o:ur¡ hustJe;bustJe 'world by the deadly sin of sloth.

St. Thomas Aquinas described it best: "Sloth is an oppressive sorro'w which so weighs upon a man's mind that he wants to do nothing."

Psychiatrists' offices are filled with people, diagnosed as'clinically depressed, who perfectly fit Aquinas' . description.

Never have so many filled their lives with meaningless activities as a means of avoiding the three most critical questions: Where did I come from?, Why am I here? and Where am I going? Not surprisingly, all three answers involve belief in God. The American Indians also struggled with those ques- . tions, emerging with greater reverence for God than postmodern secular man.

Lent should be a time of seeking, of going beyond worldly things to seek God. The cure for sloth can often be seeking. For he who seeks finds and he who finds faith shares in 'a joy that can overcome what medieval Christians called sloth and what we often call depression.

Homeless shelter ruling rapped by WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Catholic Conference has urged the federal Departmen~ of Housing and Urban Development to withdraw a proposed rule which would prevent use offederal funds for renovation of church-owned shelters for the homeless.

Under the proposed rule, federal "grant amounts may not be used to renovate, rehabilitate or convert buildings owned by primarily religious organizations."

However, in the law, the Homeless Housing Act ,of 1986, Con-

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Futhermore, they stated, "religress "expressly included religious organizations in the class of eligi- . gious organizations are major ble private, non-profit organiza- providers of.shelters for the hometions" which could receive grants, less. Excluding them from particiaccording to Mark E. Chopko, pation in the program can only USCC general co'unsel, and John diminish its effectiveness in proA. Liekweg, associate general viding needed shelter for the homeless at a time when the numbers of counsel. .In written comments, the two persons in need of emergency shelUSCC attorneys said the term ter are increasing." "primarily religious" is ambiguous and undefined. Furthermore, they Good News! said, the rule's' "reliance on "The Good News has been told 'ownership' rather than purpose to the ends of the earth" - Rom .. and use is patently unreasonable." 10:18

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Stories of church Once when I was teaching religion and told my class how early Christians were persecuted and even executed for attending liturgy, a seventh grader asked with disbelief, "You mean people would die to go to Mass?

You bet they did and in some parts of the world they still risk their lives to be together to celebrate the Eucharist. It's hard for us to understand because we have never had to fight for that right. So we take church and Mass pretty much for granted.

The story of our early Christian forebears is a pretty exciting one.

Various emperors before 300 A.D. pronounced Christianity illegal so the committed believers had to' sneak around to hold liturgies while avoiding persecution.

One place Mass was held in Rome was the catacombs or the burial grounds which are now under the city. At times of persecution, officials knew that Christians used these cemeteries for Mass so they were on the lookout to apprehend and arrest the faithful.

To avoid arrest, Mass was moved around from one part of the vast catacombs to another. Many of the traditions we have at liturgy come from these early clandestine Masses. The next time you attend Mass, think about the connections.

But there are other ways less direct but just as effective; for instance, inviting a possible candidate to visit a religious community or seminary.

Again, leaders of various parish ministries can encourage those they feel might have a religious vocation to become involved iii the parish.. ' .

Or the parish council can make it a priority to ~e ~lert for possible candidates and, perhaps as an an,:; nual responsibility, to ask them about jt.

"Operation Family' Blitz" works on the principle that vocations come primarily from the family. It asks whether mothers and fathers are ever urged to express their feelings on the priesthood and religious life of today. Do they feel these vocations are still necessary?

Do they think their children should be asked whether they might be interested in such a vocation?

Are parents well informed about the course of studies priests and religious pursue and their lifestyle?

Are parents ignorant of the role they might play in promoting vocations and is this preventing them

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We have the procession in to DOLORES music, for example, with the celebrant, servers, cross bearer and so on. The early Christians came into CURRAN the catacombs from several entrances singing and those at the altar tomb responded with song to give them direction.

The tomb, you say? Yes, tombs with his sandal - a cross, fish, or were used as altars because there such - and if the other crossed it were' no tables. Out ofthis practice out, it meant he or she was Chriscame a long tradition of placing a tian and understood there was to saint's relic in the altar, a piece of be a liturgy that evening. If not, their clothing, a chip of bone or the Christian simply shuffled it out whatever. That practice ended in with his sandal and went on his 1964 but many altars still have a way.

We have a rich history and an relic. Sometime ask your pastor if . exciting one. Throughout history, there is one in your parish altar. there have been times when CathoBecause of darkness, Christians lics had to risk their lives to celecarried candles through the cata- brate God together. When we were combs and then placed them on in Ireland a few years ago, our the tomb so Mass could be lighted. cousin led us through a pasture to From this we have the tradition of show us "priest holes" or cellars candles on the altar. dug underground and covered with Pretty interesting stuff, huh? rocks where priests hid during There's more. During times of per- times of persecution in that counsecution Christians were really "try. Masses were often held outcautious about identifying them- side in secluded country fields and selves to one another so obviously it was necessary to have a quick when a Mass or gathering was to getaway and hiding place' for any be held, they couldn't put up a priest found celebrating Mass. notice reading, "Christians will This is a good week to talk meet at eight o'clock in the west about the Mass, martyrs, symbols catacombs." and risks our forebears took to So they adopted an ingenious pass the liturgy onto us. How do signal system. When they met one you think they would react when another and stopped to talk, one we say, "I don't want to go to would draw a symbol in the dust Mass?".

Attracting vocations Throughout the U.nited States seminary rectors; voca:~ tion directors and others concerned about vocations to the priesthood and religious life continue to rack their brains for effective ways to attract new candidates.

"Ask and You Shall Receive" is one program getting much attention. Studies confirm that priests and religious sisteI:s and brothers play an important role in attracting potential candidates. One of the best ways to get a person to think about the religious life is to have a religious propose the question to him or her.

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Secrets. surround Synod In recent weeks the London • Tablet, one ofthe most highly respected Catholic periodicals in the English-speaking world, has twice complained about the secrecy surrounding preparations for the October meeting of the Synod of Bishops to discuss the laity.

Specifically, the- Tablet thinks. the Vatican's decision forbidding release of the pre-synod submissions of the various bishops conferences is "lamentable." I agree.

The Tablet points out that this policy has caused the submission of the bishops of England and Wales to be kept from the very people in whose name it was drawn. up, "although there is hardly one member ofthe bishops' conference who does not want it published."

While I can't speak for members of the U.S. conference, I'd wager against most odds that, given a choice, most would agree that enabling Catholics to study and discuss the national submissions between now and October would greatly enhance the level and quality of debate in the synod.

Certainly our Catholic people will be as shocked as the Tablet that the laity, who in our country have been widely consulted about the sy~od in. open and highly pub:licized hearings, are to know nothing about what the world's bishops are thinking and saying abput the lay role in the church.

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By MSGR. . GEORGE HIGGINS about the importance of public opinion in'the church, the need for free discussion and the freest possible flow of information on all matters affecting the life of the church was very encouraging.

The instruction says pointedly: "When ecclesiastical authorities are unwilling to give information or are unable to do so, then rumor is unloosed and rumor is not a bearer of the truth but carries dangerous half-truths. Secrecy should therefore be restricted to matters that involve the good name of individuals or that touch upon the rights of people whether singly or collectively."

It is hard to reconcile the presynod secrecy with this unambiguous call for openness. It is possible, of course, that Rome has good and sufficient reasons for keeping us in the dark, but if so, these reasons have yet to bemade public.

Consequently, people are not only disgruntled, but beginning to suspect the worst.

The Tablet editors are correct: It is "lamentable."

NCCIJ plans new future

BOSTON (NC) - .Some 35· prominent civil rights advocates and Catholic leaders meeting in HEMRICK Boston have helped chart a new Rome should not be surprised if future for the National Catholic this policy of secrecy leads many Conference for Interracial Justice.

Holy Cross Father Theodore loyal Catholics to suspect that the turing seminaries to enable them synod has a hidden a~enda. In Hesburgh, president of the Unifact, the Tablet's editors, among versity of Notre Dame, told the . ~ .- . .' to attract more minority students; .____ providing priests with c0!ltinuing others, have already suggested this. forum that the negative impact of education courses espeCially deOne hopes their fears will prove racial differences within American March 28 ~ signed to promote understanding unfounded; but, under the circum- society remains pronounced and 1960, Rev. Alfred J. Levesque, of what a religious vocation is and stances, who can blame them for that members of minority groups Pastor, St. James, Taunton how to cultivate it; providing speare· increasingly separated from being suspicious?

1972, Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie, . cialized training for vocation diExcessive ecclesiastical secrecy, the success of the American ecoCatholic Memorial Home, Fall rectors;- making better use of the particularly at the' Roman level, nomic system.

At the same time, said Auxiliary River retreat movement. was a sore point all during Vatican 1983, Rev, Dieudonne Masse, Another suggestion is to design II. It came up during debate on the . Bishop Eugene Marino of WashingOFM, Retired, Montreal, Canada a program for universities and the council's Decree on Social Com- ton, patternll of racial discrimina1985, Rev. Howard A. Waldron, business world to help people keep munication but was not resolved tion are changing with the influx Pastor Emeritus, St. Thomas More, on the outlook for possible vocaand, in fact, never seriously of new racial and ethnic minoriSomerset tions among people looking for a grappled with. Generally con- ties:especially Hispanics and Asian second career. sidered the least satisfactory of the immigrants. Also at the meeting , March 29. , Tl).ere are some who would say council documents, the final text was Archbishop John L. May, 1951, Ri. Rev. EdwardJ. Mor- all of the above programs are usewas described'by one Catholic edi- president of the National Confer'iaity,Pastor, St..Patrick; Fall River less because U.S. culture provides tor as "not only pre-Aggiorna- ence of Catholic Bishops.

1923, Rev. James H. Carr, so little support for long-term ~o~­ Meeting participants drafted a mento, but definitely pre-Pius S. T.L., Assistant, St. Patrick, Fall mitments. Problems an9 amblgqlproposed new NCCIJ statement River .. ' XII." ties within the church also pose a The Vatican attempted to remedy declaring the organization to be March 30 problem for the vocations picture, the decree's deficiencies with the rooted in the social doctrine of the 1963;Rev. Aime Barre, On Sick it is said.

1971 Pastoral Instruction church, its universality and its misexcellent ,Leave, Fall River But as difficult as the odds are of ' on the Means of Social Communi- sion to evangelize. . 1985, Rev.· BenoiLR. Galland, 'attractfng candidates to the priestThe meeting followed an invitacations. Prepared by an interna.Retired, U.S. Navy hood and religious life, the efforts tional committee of experts, it was tion by Cardinal Bernard Law to I have cited are an indication that issued under the auspices of the interracial justice conference board March 31 1953, Rt. Rev. George'c. Max- we are not about to roll over and Pontifical Commission for the members and other civil rights well, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, play dead. For every stumbling Means of Social Communications. activists to generate new resources block, a new possibility emerges.

Despite a few worrisome referen- and a new sense of purpose for the Fall River ces to the role of public authorities NCCIJ. April 1 11I11I1111I11I111I11I111I111111I111I1111I1111I111111I11I111I111111I11: Cardinal Law, a former conferin regulating the media, the in1958, Rev. George A. Lewin, struction marked "the church's ence board member, had been inPastor, St. Mary, Seekonk THE ANCHOR (USPS-S4S.Q20). Second coming of age, at least conceptu- vited 'to rejoin the board. He 1974, Rev. Edwin J. Loew, Pas- Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. ally, in regard to the world of responded by proposing a discustor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole Published weekly except the week of July 4 .modern communications,"accord- sion of the conference's future . and the week after Christmas at 410 HighApril 2 The forum participants plan a land Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by ing to one commentary.

1961, Rev. Adolph Banach, the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall meeting in June to adopt the proOFM Conv., Pastor, O.L. of Per- River. Subscripiion price by mail, postpaid This is particularly true, I think, posed statement; invite new mem$8.00 per year. Poslmasters send address petual Help, New Bedford of those sections which treat the bers to join the board, and begin a 1976, Rev. Donald Belanger, changes. to The Anchor, P.O, Box 7, Fall problem of communications within three-year process of revitalizing River, MA 02722.

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Continued from Page Three "I feel a real responsibility to make myself clean before the Lord before I go qn the altar."

Options for the session of private reflection were' Eucharistic devotions, conducted in the Stang chapel by Very Rev. Barry -W. Wall; reflective reading in the school library with materiafoffered

by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, Miss Elizabeth LaRoche and Mrs. Maurice Lavallee, all Divine Worship commission members; and reception of the sacrament of reconciliation, with 12 priests available to hear confessions.

Also offered was charismatic shared prayer, directed by Father George Harrison. Drawing on the day's Gospel reading, describing the encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well,

Father Harrison said that "at the , you want," be spent in prayer, Father Harrison said "Let him well, Jesus asked each of us if w~ who has ears to hear, hear," desired life-giving water."

Power in ministry, he emphasIn prayer interspersed by singized, "comes from the lived expeing and murmured ejaculations by rience of God" and "we're called to those present, he asked "send your be a living reminder of him, not so peace upon your young people, much in doing as in being." devastated by the messages they Conceding that training for minreceive from our society, Lord." , istry was necessary, he said, howHe quoted Father William Petrie, ever, that it "must be in-the context a Sacred Hearts missionary who formerly served in the Fall River of a way of life primarily condiocese and now works with Moth- cerned with God." Again quoting Mother Teresa, er Teresa in India, as saying that Father Harrison added, "Love is a he once asked Mother Teresa what fruit in season at all times and he should do to become a holy accessible to all without limits priest. through the spirit of prayer and an "Spend one hour a day with the intense inner life." , Eucharistic Lord," she replied, "and ,Evening prayer ending.the afteryou'll have all you need for your noon was led by Father Lyons, ministry." assisted by Deacon Maurice Lavallee. Music was directed by Father Recommending that "no less Richard Degagne. than five minutes a day, more -if

Latin trip may test papal mettle Continued From Page One, Vying with the governments will be political opposition groups maneuvering to turn the pope's general calls for peace, reconciliation and human rights into support for their partisan plans.

The situations highlight the social and political clout of the Catholic Church in both countries, where almost all the inhabitants profess Catholicism.

Both countries traditionally use the church partisan purposes.

During Argentina's unsuccessful 1982 war against Britain for control of the Falkland Islands, Mary, the mother of God, was named honorary commander in chief of battlefield forces. She ,already was an honorary army general.

the symbolic meaning of the absence on tpe papal schedule of a meeting with human rights group~.

Recently the pope met with youths at a Rome parish. He was asked what he would say to Chilean youths who feel they are oppressed.

"What should I do in Chile?

What should I say to the youths?

Perhaps you have some suggestions for me. In any case, I'll try to do all that is possible," the pope answered.

Vatican officials note that the pope is well aware of the political sensitivities and their religious dimension in both Chile and Argentina.

Political tension is even higher in Chile because of widespread opposition to the l3-year-old rule of Pinochet, who came to power in a bloody coup.

Officially, the pope will meet Pinochet three times during the six-day visit: at arrival and farewell ceremonies and at the presidential palace.

But what wou'ld be the symbolic meaning if Pinochet, a Catholic, shows up at a papal Mass and receives Communion from the He spent six years mediating a pope? territorial dispute between the two The pope is scheduled to meet South American neighbors. The all the Chilean bishops. But what mediation ended in 1985 with a if he shuns or pays special friendly signing ceremony at the Vatican. attention to Bishop Carlos Camus In commemoration, his forthcoming trip will include a March 31 In Chile each Independence Day, , of Linares?

The bishop stirred major churchovernight stop in Montevideo, the archbishop of Santiago, the capital, offers a Te Deum (thanks- state tensions less than a month Uruguay, where in 1979 Argentina giving service) in the cathedral before the papal trip by saying that and Chile signed the agreement attended by the nation's president. members of a group that tried to asking him to mediate between Under highly controversial govern- kill Pinochet last September might them. ments, such as the current one, the so~e day be considered heroes.

Chileans wiII also be sensitive to event becomes a source of polemical debate as to whether it means what the pope does during a meeting with youths at Santiago's the church supports state policies.

WASHINGTON (NC) - A The pope is well aware of the National Stadium, which was a directory of Catholic offices resituation. He has a "quiet preoc- detention and interrogation, center sponsible for the pastoral care of in the aftermath of the coup. Hucupation for the way his visit and man rights groups also have said it newcomers and other "people on his words can be interpreted," said was a site for the torture and kiII- the move" has been published by Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Pithe National Conference of Cathoing of political prisoners. ronio, president of the Pontifical lic Bishops. of the pitfalls Papal awareness Council for the Laity and an ordoes not mean he will sidestep the ganizer of youth events for the The 220-page volume lists 52 issues, real or symbolic. papal trip. di"ocesan offices of coordination "Where there is a little tension in . for multicultural ministry, 32 culthe air, the objective reception of ture and language regional and EDICTAL CITATION the pope's message is more diffinational apostolates, and offices DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL cult because every word, every gesproviding pastoral care to those FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS ture can be interpreted differently , with needs related to mobility, and even in an opposing fashion," Since the actual place of residence of including seamen, circus and trahe said.

JONATHAN KENDRICK is unknown. veling show people, religious pilWe cite JONATHAN KENDRICK to In Argentina, people wiII be grims and migrant workers. attuned to whether the pope uses appear personally before the Tribunal of Listed alphabetically, the lanthe Spanish term "punto final" in the Diocese of Fall River on April 6, guage ministries range from Aldiscussing human rights.

1987, at 10:00 a.m., at 344 Highland banian to Vietnamese, and include In ordinary usage it means the Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to sizable entries for Chinese, Filipifinal period at the end of a letter, nos, Hispanics, Lithuanians and give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage essay or other piece of writing.

Slovaks.

Idiomatically, it means the definiexists in the SHIPMAN-KENDRICK The directory lists names, adtive end to a situation. But in case?

Argentina it is also the shorthand Ordinaries of the place or other pas- dresses and phone numbers of term for a controversial law which tors having 'the knowledge of the resi- nearly 3,000 persons described in dence of the above person, Jonathan the volume's introduction by Scaestablished a March deadline for Kendrick, must see to it that he is prop- labrinian Father Silvano Tomasi, leveling criminal charges against military personnel accused of huerly advised in regard to this edictal director of the NCCB's Office for Pastoral Care of Migrants and man rights violations. citation.

Refugees, as "people who have a Human rights groups have criHenry T. Munroe natural or acquired affinity with ticized the law saying it did not Judicial Vicar TOP TO-BOTTOM, workshops for special ministers of' leave them enough time to gather Given at the Tribunal, language and culture groups and who make the pastoral outreach of Eucharist, lectors, pastoral musicians and ushers at last Sun- sufficient evidence in many ca.ses.

Fall River Massachhusetts, the church a success." day's day of reflection. (Gaudette photos) Already Argentines are arguing on this, the 23rd day of March, 1987.

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THE ANCHOR - Dioce~e of Fall River - Fri., Mar. 27, 1987 More specifically, she used your column as a forum to state her opinion regarding the music of the children's choir at the II: 15 Mass at our church. I so strongly disagree with her that I feel I must say so publicly.

Parish histories wanted Dear Editor: As you may know, the University of Notre Dame Memorial Library and University Archives hold an outstanding collection of Catholic Americana, among the finest in the country. We are particularly strong in our Parish History Collection, which currently numbers more than 3000 items documenting the history of parishes throughout the United States.

We write to inquire if you could possibly publish the following notice in a forthcoming issue of your newspaper: The University of Notre Dame Library wishes to expand its Parish History Collection in Catholic Americana. We would welcome donations of parish histories and any other works'which document the life of the parish, including silver, golden, diamond or centennial celebrations" Kindly contact Charlotte Ames, Bibliographer, Catholic Americana, University of Notre Dame Library, Notre game, IN 46556; Telephone: (2"'9) 239-5233.

As a research institution dedicated to the preservation of our . American Catholic culture, we are making every effort to acquire and preserve for fl,lture generations written documentation of parish life in America. We would be most grateful for your kind accommodation in our behalf. Charlotte Ames Notre Dame University

Priests in China Dear Editor: I was shocked to recently learn of the plight of Catholic priests in China. Over 100 elderly priests have been in prison for more than 30 years, their only crime the fact that they are priests.

I spoke to a clergyman from Stonehill college, my local pastor and a deacon. Not one of them was aware of the situation. Since then I've spoken to at least 100 other people and the story is the same. I did not find one other Catholic that had heard of this.

I first became aware of it by a tiny, tiny ad in The Anchor, inviting readers to write for information. I believe the duty of a Catholic paper is to inform its readers of any situation that affects the body of Christ. I believe that this horrible situation warrants a front-page story with periodic followups.

Gerard S. Quinn South Easton

_ Angel Heart Dear Editor: Recently I had the unfortunate opportunity to view the film" Angel Heart," a movie that drew media attention because of an original X rating. I must truly say that this film chilled me to the bone. I regret that I failed to see the review in the Anchor's movie news section because I never would have entered the theatre. But I did and -what I saw horrified me.

Because of the strong evil content of this film I feel a small blurb

There is indeed a children's choir at the 11:15 Mass each Sunday.

The joy that bursts forth from the choir loft is enough to send one's spirit soaring and warm one's heart.

If the pastor in fact did take up a collection to "hire a competent director" (as my fellow parishioner proposed), he couldn't _collect enough money to replace the current director. The current director is a kind, loving and talented individual who cares very deeply for . her parish family and for the children with whom she works. She is clearly an example to chiidren of what a true Christian really is.

Distribution halted PARIS (NC) ....:... Protests from "the French bishops have forced the government to halt distribution of an explicit brochure intended to educate adolescents about sexually transmitted diseases. "The vulgarity of the drawings borders on provocation," said Archbishop Jacques Julien of Rennes, president of the bishops' Commission on the Family.

About 30,000 copies ofthe publication, "The Last of the Taboos," -had been issued to doctors, pharmacists, social centers and high school students before the health ministry halted it.

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H would appear as though many parishioners agree with me, as each week many remain after Mass to applaud the choir for their efforts and the gift of their music.

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BISHOP Daniel A. Cronin discusses the 1987 Catholic Charities Appeal with Father John F. Andrews, pastor of St. Joan of Arc parish, Orleans, and the Appeal's Cape Cod and Islands area director. The collection's special gifts phase begins April 20 and continues through May 2. A parish house-tohouse phase will be conducted between noon and 3 p.m. May 3, officially ending May 13. at the rear of the paper is not enough. Not only is the gore and "sex in this movie enough to horrify, but the total acceptance of devil worshipping and black magic is a dangerous image to project to any audience.

I must admit I remained for the full length ofthe film but I did this with hope that good would conquer over evil-that God would strike down Satan and save the souls of those in the film-and in the theatre!

As I left, I repeatedly cast the devil from my mind and soul and prayed for the Lord's protection.

My companion, knowing I am not the most religious person, could not understand my reaction to this experience. But just as I believe in the strong protective and loving powers of our Lord, I also fear the strong evil powers of Satan.

I have seen many films that display low moral standards but none can compare with the outright acceptance of Satan as"Angel Heart:.' projects.

I praise your paper for the attention it pays tp the youth in the church in a time when they need strong guidance and understanding.

Sandra J. LaBrie East Freetown

Humanae Vitae Dear Editor: Father Kevin Harrington's arti" cle, "Sexuality and Teenagers" (Anchor, March 13), was on the mark when fie wrote that primary sexual education emanates from parents who live "according to the ideals of Christian marriage."

He refuses to take the next leap in thought, getting down to brass

tacks. How do we, specifically, set this shining example? Dust off your old copy of Humanae Vitae, good Father, the answer's there.

"In relation to the tendencies of' instinct or passion, responsible parenthood means that necessary dominion which reason and will must exercise overthem." Pope Paul VI warned about the grave consequences of artificial birth control creating a general lowering of morality, especially in the young.

Few of us heeded the admonition. We took the wide and easy road of contraception. 19 years later we are paying the price.

The magisterium, guided by the Holy Spirit, was a mystery to us then. Now we are beginning to see the light. We' cannot tell our teenagers to exercise self-control if we lack dominion over our own sexual needs: We tell our children to abstain while we contracept. We are morally inconsistent. That's no secret to our kids.

Natural family planning methods, as exemplified by the new diocesan program taught through the Couple to Couple League, strive to implement Humanae Vitae in realistic, healthy ways for all Christian couples. NFP is truly the highroad, the right road, for us to take in reversing the deteriorating moral climate of our country.

Kathryn Swegart West Harwich

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'Evansville priest spreads Gospel WASHINGTON (NC) - As with E.F. Hutton, when Msgr.

Leo J. Conti speaks, people listen.

But while Hutton is bullish on stocks, the priest from Evansville, Ind., is bullish on God and counts his success in dozens of converts and hundreds of disaffected Catholics coming back to church.

Msgr. Conti, 62, runs the Evansville diocesan evangelization office.

In 1986, the office tallied 75 converts to Catholicism and 150 alienated Catholics who came back to the church, he said. And those numbers do not include the people who looked up a parish priest after they read one of Msgr. Conti's newspaper ads or heard him at the microphone on a downtown street.

The evangelization successes folIowan. aggressive campaign to spread the Gospel. Msgr. Conti puts his stock in media and invites people to come to church with the

help of newspaper ads, TV talk shows and street preaching.

He also believes in one-to-one outreach, and, come Pentecost, plans to coordinate a diocesewide canvassing house by house.

Pentecost '87 "should be the greatest evangelization outreach of the year," Msgr. Conti said in a telephone interview.

People from parishes will survey homes in the Evansville Diocese. Their objective: "to discover the inactive Catholics" and "the interested unchurched in each parish" who will be followed up later with a pastoral call from a priest or member of the parish staff, he said. .

Msgr. Conti began to work fulltime in evangelization in 1980 and has brought a no-nonsense ap. proach to the job. Each summer weekday he mans a battery-operated podium for street preaching

in downtown Evansville. His message? "The Lord Jesus Christ loves you. Let's all be aware of that. If you want to become a Catholic or if you're inactive, there's a priest in the diocese willing to help you."

Simultaneously, four persons, two on each side of the street, distribute handbills which, he said, they "offer, not shove at" passersby.

The ads, which appear in almost all the newspapers ofthe 12-county diocese, are equally direct - and all-encompassing. They call lapsed Catholics to "come back home" if (you) "just don't go to' Mass ... haven't been to confession for a long time ... can't adjust to the changes ... married outside the church ... feel you don't belong ... are married and divorced or have remarried and are not practicing your faith ... have been hurt" or "don't know why" you left in the first place.

New encyclical honors Mary encyclical :a-id, quoting from an instruction by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Mary's role also has "special importance in rdation to women and their status," the document said.

It said this was illustrated "by the very fact that God, in the sublime event of the incarnation of his son, entrusted himself to the ministry, the free and active ministry ofa woman."

Continued From Page One the document said, Mary has been given a "privileged place."

It took special note of the approaching millennium of Christianity in what is now part of the Soviet Union. A few decades after the baptism in 988 of St. Vladimir, grand duke of Kiev, the schism between Eastern and Western Christianity occurred.

"Even though we are still experiencing the painful effects of the separation," the document said, "we can say that in the presence of the mother of Christ we feel that we are true brothers and sisters."

The pope praised the Eastern custom of placing images of the Virgin in places of honor in churches and homes.

"The icons are still venerated in the Ukraine, in Byelorussia and in Russia under various titles. They are images which witness to the faith and spirit of prayer of that people," the encyclical said. The three areas are now Soviet republics.

The document briefly touched on Mary's place in the church's social teachings.

"It can thus be said that women, by looking to Mary, find in her the secret of living their femininity with dignity and of achieving their own true advancement," it said.

The encyclical listed qualities that the church sees in women, "in the light of Mary: ... the selfoffering totality of love; the strength that is capable of bearing the greatest sorrows; limitless fi-

delity and tireless devotion to work; the ability to combine penetrating intuition with words of support and encouragement."

The document said these are "the loftiest sentiments of which the human heart is capable."

The presence of Mary in today's church is seen in individual piety, traditional Marian devotions and "the radiance and attraction of the great shrines," the papal letter said.

Such places make up a kind of "geography of faith," it said. It mentioned the Jasna Gora Marian sanctuary in the' Pope's native Poland.

The pope, whose crest carries a large "M"for Mary, has frequently stressed devotion to the Blessed Virgin. His papal motto, "Totus tuus" ("Completely yours") is also dedicated to Mary.

The church's "preference for the poor is wonderfully inscribed in Mary's Magnificat," it said. It referred to the New Testament account of Mary's song of praise, describing God who "has cast down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly ... filled the hungry with good things, sent the rich away empty."

The document said the chun;h is aware - "and at the present time this awareness is particularly vivid" - that the truth about salvation cannot be separated from God's preference for the poor and humble.

Mary, as dependent upon God and directed toward him, is "the most perfect image offreedom and of the liberation of humanity,"the

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The archdiocese's Carrie Estelle Doheny collection has been housed at the Doheny Library at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, Calif., for 40 years. In addition to the Guten.berg Bible, it includes other rare books, manuscripts, paintings, furniture and decorative objects.

The archbishop said at a press conference that a foundation would be established in perpetuity to provide funding for training priests.

The archbishop said many vocations are now coming from the immigrant community, with Hispanics constituting 38 percent of enrollment in the seminary's high school section.

He said that "Mrs. Doheny requested that the collection remain intact for 25 years after her death,

and that should the archdiocese decide to make disposition of the collection, the proceeds must go to religious and educational purposes of the seminaries. " Mrs. Doheny, who died in 1958, was a noted benefactor of archdiocesan charitable works.

Christie's of New York, a Park Avenue firm that handles the sale and auction of artworks, will oversee disposition of the collection.

Stephen S. Lash, executive vice president of Christie's, said the collection would be sold in New York, London, Camarillo and possibly Monte Carlo.

Archbishop Mahony said the archdiocese now subsidizes'its three seminaries at the rate of$3 million per year, "These costs continue to increase rapidly and I anticipate this subsidy having to double by the early I990s," he said. ."Since the archdiocese is charged with many responsibilities that re- . quire financial.resources, such as care of the poor, the homeless and the dispossessed, the rising cost of

the seminary subsidy takes away from these projects of charity."

Some 90 percent of the art collection is secular in nature. Some items will be retained by the archdiocese for exhibit at its seminary libraries and its archival center.

Lash said the last Gutenberg Bible sold by his firm brought in $2 million and added that the one in the Doheny collection should do as well.

Archbishop Mahony has called for a tripling of seminary enrollment and a dramatic rise in the number of ordinations. Last year there were six priestly ordinations, and the archbishop said the archdiocese needs to ordain 20 to 25 priests a year to keep up with ·deaths, retirements and needs of new parishes.

Johann Gutenberg, known as the father of modern printing, lived in the 15th century. His printed version of the Latin Bible, popularly known as the Gutenberg Bible, was probably printed between 1454 and 1456 on the Fust-Gutenberg press.

Attention to Carmworker needs called long overdue WASHINGTON (NC) - U.S. Labor Secretary William E. Brock's recent announcement that migrant farm workers must b~ provided toilets and clean drinking water is long overdue; said a U.S. Catholic Conference official.

The official, Scalabrinian Father Silvano Tomasi, director of pastoral care of migrants and refugees for the .U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration, added that much more remains to be done for "that subsector of society that provides us with our food.

"Migrant housing conditions are still very bad. The delivery of health services is problematic," Father Tomasi said in an interview. The children of migrants "still don't have the educational opportunities that will enable them to one day opt out of the migrant stream," he added.

Brock's announcement came after years of legal debate. Farmworker advocates have pushed for a federal field sanitation standard for 14 years.

As a result of the decision, the U.S. Department of Labor has required that farm owners must start providing field sanitation facilities: Testifying on behalf of the USCC in February 1986, Msgr.

George Higgins told a congressional panel that "adequate water and sanitation facilities are clearly among the basic necessities required for human dignity in our society. Therefore, this is a matter of fundamental human rights and social justice."

Msgr. Higgins has long been active in labor and farmworker issues and is former secretary· for research for the USCe. Similar views were expressed in a letter to President Reagan in 1985 by Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York and Bishop . Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Pittsburgh. Cardinal O'Connor was then chairman of the bishops' Committee on Social Development and World Peace, while Bishop

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I started back to work parttime.

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A mother needs confidence that she is capable of understanding A baby needs enough consisher baby better than anyone else tency and routine so that this pro- and that she is the best person to cess of "familiarization" can take care for her baby. place. Your baby needs to reach a A mother needs the conviction point where, if she could talk, she that what she is doing in caring for might say: "The world is an OK her baby will affect humanity for place. Wh~n hungry. you get good· generations to come and that food; when tired," you get rest; nothing she will ever do in life is when you feel scared or alone, you more important than raising her get held or rocked or sung to." children.

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By Antoinette Bosco Once in a while I receive a letter from a reader that demands 'a response.

Recently I wrote about the lack of affordable housing for young working couples in many areas of the United States. It is particularly bad in certain regions like my own, where' housing costs doubled in the last three years.

To show how difficult it is for young families to save money for huge down payments, I mentioned my daughter and her husband, who are shelling out $1, I 00 a month for rent plus utilities for a moderate-sized house.

Here's what a woman from Arizona wrote in reply: "There is a solution to such insanity. Move to another state.

"Anyone who chooses to live in a high-rent district must pay the price and not complain. I can't' extend sympathy to people who cling to the old neighborhood and don't have enough backbone to move out and on to something affordable.

"Sorry, Antoinette, but I can't feel sorry for your daughter and her husband if they are afraid to move out of your state and trailblaze elsewhere."

I think there area few things the writer of this letter needs to understand. Let me start by relating a little of my daughter's history.

Margaret was 17 when she announced - full of headstrong independence - that she was moving to New York City to study fashion design. I don't know any mother who feels safe and calm about a young daughter striking out, on her own in the direction of New York. But that was Margaret's choice, and off she went.

In her early 20s, my daughter traveled the world - even toured Japan and China - by herself.

Then she moved to Paris, all alone. sons. As her baby's birth apAfter two years she met her hus- proached, she came home. band and they "trailblazed" to I remember asking my father, Tahiti where my daughter started "Dad, how come you came from and operated a highly successful sunny southern Italy to settle in fashion company. snowbound upstate New York?"

Somehow it seems ironiG'to sugHe answered point-blank, "Begest that my daughter lacks the cause this is where my brother backbone or courage to branch was." out into new territory.

Among the Italians, you stayed . But what happened next says where your people were, and you something basic and important didn't move. . about the nature of family and One reason for the decline of home. "family values" in America is the In Tahiti, at the height of her attitude expressed by the letter business success, my daughter be- writer, who claims that the simple came pregnant. She knew she could solution to housing costs is for get rich in Tahiti. But with her young families to move a couple baby growing within her, her heart thousand miles away to a state and soul cried for home. She where houses are "only" $100,000. wanted her child born in America.

It would be the worst kind of She wanted to share the joy of his materialism to leave your family birth with her mother, sister and just for the sake of a cheaper brothers. house.

The Lord said, "Where your She felt strongly that her child deserved to be surrounded by all treasure is, that's where your heart the aunts, unCles and cousins who is."

For many people the only place were rightfully his. She wouldn't deprive him of the family's abun- that's "home" is a place close to the dant love just for monet~ry rea- treasure of their family.

Dachau survivor dies at 75 . KEY LARGO, Fla. (NC) _ Father Jan Januszewski, a Polish priest who survived four years in Nazi Germany's Dachau concentration camp, died recently in Key Largo. He was 75.

A priest of the Miami archdiocese, Father Januszews~i came to Florida in 1951, six years after his release from the camp, where he worked as a bricklayer,' secretly ate dog food while building kennels and watched bodies put into ovens. .

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He recalled that one arresting officer told him, "Father, Jesus suffered, and now you must." He said that most of his family was killed during the war, including his youngest brother, a priest of four months, who was slain at the altar of his church.

He also noted that he was just one of 1,800 priests sent to Dachau and satellite camps, where less than half survived.

Despite his suffering, Father Father Januszewski was reluc- Januszewski said he "never had tant to speak about hl's Dachau any intention to seek revenge" experience, but made an exception because he believed in "divine in 1971 in an interview with the' justice."

Jesuit explains papal' tactics re WWII Jews ROME (NC) - Any strong papal condemnation of Germany's mass extermination policies during World War II would have caused "a massacred" of tens of , thousands of Jews protected by the Italian government, according to a U.S. Jesuit historian.

The Vatican played a "substantial role" during World War II in preventing Jews in, Italiancontrolled territories from being sent to German concentration camps, Jesuit Father Robert Gniham wrote in the March 7 issue of La Civila Cattolica, biweekly Jesuit magazine published in Rome.

Father Graham's article is based on the Vatican's World War II documents, including private exchanges between church author,ities and Italian and German government officials.

Although Italy placed Jews in concentration camps, they were not in danger of mass ex'termination while under' Italian control, said Father Graham. ' The Vatican and Italian church officials encouraged Italian government obstruction of German plans to deport Jews to Nazi concentration camps, where they probably would have been killed, he said.

Although Italy and Germany were allied during World War II, many Italian officials opposed sending Jews to German camps, said Father Graham.

This resulted in "an unspoken policy of delay and obstructionism" which included moving thousands of Jews deeper into Italian territory to protect them from advancing German troops, Father' Graham said.

The policy protected not only Italian Jews, but those who fled to Italy from other nations.

"To a direct open, challenge from the Holy See, Mussolini could only have reacted with jealous defiance. Those in government counseling him in the director of non-consignment would have been undermined," said Father Graham.

"Papal influence was constantly directed to maintaining the government in the course chosen, to resist German pressure to change," he said.

Besides pressuring the Italian government to protect Jews from. deportation, church efforts included hiding Jews in convents and other buildings, Father Graham said.

Vatican efforts to protect Jews continued after the Germans occupied much of Italy, including Rome, he said.

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Hyde,Humphrey introduce "superbill" WASHINGTON (NC) - With the backing of pro-lifers, Reps.

Henry J. ~yde, R-Ill., and Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey, R-N.H., have intropuced White Houseendorsed legislation to permanently bar federal funding of abortion and deny government family planning funds to providers' of abortions or abortion referrals.

Known informally as the "superbill," the legislation also states that Congress "finds" that the Supreme Court "erred" in its 1973 Roe vs.

Wade abortion ruling, that "abortion takes the life of an unborn child who is a living human being," and that "a right to abortion is not secured by the Constitution of the' United States."

The text of the bill was released Feb. II by Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Otis R. Bowen, a physician whose department handles many federal health programs, including family planning.

"The bill we are introducing today would terminate all federal involvement with the monstrous practice of killing prenatal infants," Humphrey said at a Capitol Hill news conference. "The bill admittedly will not end abortion on demand or reverse Roe vs. Wade, but it will make clear that our government does not endorse the killing of prenatal infants."

He and other members of ConVATICAN CITY (NC) - The gress complained that under curVatican newspaper says agreement rent federal policy, agencies which on reducing Soviet and NATO receive Title X can offer abortion missile forces in Europe is possible referrals and can even provide if both sides show wisdom and abortions by paying for them with patience. The newspaper, L'Os- , non-government funds. servatore Romano, said changing, The bill specifies 'that "no funds Soviet policies have been a factor appropriated by Congress" in Title in the progress of negotiations.

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ReYkjavik meeting now seems sal- , that provides abortion procedures vageable," the newspaper said, reor referral for abortion procedures, ferring to the 1986 Iceland summit unless the life of the mother would meeting between President Ronald be· endangered by carrying the Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail fetus to term."

Gorbachev, in which the two failed An exception is allowed, howto agree on an arms control packever, for programs administered age that included' medium-range by states or local governmentjurisnuClear weapons in Europe. ' dictions.

The legislation also "makes permanent, and applies to all appropriated moneys, the prohibition" against funding abortions through other federal programs except when the mother's life is threatened by pregnancy, Hyde said.

"Repeatedly, Congress has forbidden the use of public money for abortion," on a bill-by-bill basis, said the Illinois congressman, after whom the anti-abortion Hyde amendment forbidding such funding has been named.

Hyde said that if the bill becomes law, "I would think it would be right in the court within a matter of hours" and that "I would hope that by the time it gets up to the Supreme Court" the justices would be able to reconsider the 1973 ruling "and do the right thing."

A harbo.r surprise CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy (NC) - Pope John Paul II recently brought a few moments of unexpected sightseeing to passengers of a Soviet cruise ship during a boat tour of an Italian harbor.

As the pope passed by the Konstantin Simonov, hundreds of surprised vacationers came to the deck of the ship to cheer and wave, while crew members raised the Soviet flag in salute.

The pope, standing on the prow of a small patrol boat, noticed the greeting and waved back, a Vatican official said.

The official said that when the pope's boat passed about 200 yards from the cruise ship, the pope was able to make out its name and read the Cyrillic lettering which showed that it came from Leningrad.

It was the only cruise ship docked in the Mediterranean port of Civitavecchia when the pope made his IS-minute, open-air tour. He stood behind a plexiglass shield, protected from a brisk wind, as the harbor resounded to the bass tones of cargo and ferryboat whistles.

The pope was on a one-day visit to the city, a shipping and industrial center about 40 miles northwest of Rome.

Some pro-life groups praised, introduction of the legislation. ','We welcome this initiative, which would place Congress on record in opposition to the Supreme Court's abortion-on-demand policy," said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, in a written statement.

The Ad Hoc Committee in Defense of Life, in a statement, reiterated its "strong support for the new and historic anti-abortion legislation initiated by President Ronald Reagan."

However, The American Life League has attacked the measure because although it denies Title X funds to abortion-providing family planners, it "opens the door for state and local governments to, use Title X funds for such abortion services. " "This bill does not deserve -prolife support and will not get prolife support" said Judie Brown, league president. She described it as a' "betrayal . . . of the president's own convictions on stopping abortion."

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Pope warns of uncontrolled development of energy CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy (NC) - Speaking in Italy's largest thermo-electrical center and just 20 miles from a controversial nuclear' power project, Pope John Paul II recently warned that uncontrolled energy development poses a "deadly risk" to man and the environment.

The pope said questions about safety deserve the same kind of attention that has been shown "up to now in the promotion of the interests ofenergy and production."

"Our planet would quickly become uninhabitable if we were to give up the diligent search for ways to correct the negative effects of various technologies," he said.

The pope spoke at the Torvaldaliga state electrical plant during a visit to the Mediterranean port city of Civitavecchia. The plant is one of the largest power stations in Europe.

In meeting the growing demand for energy, the pope said, societies must "respect the good things that God created" and preserve "the beauty of the universe."

"The fact is, however, that truly frightening and troubling levels of pollution have bt(en reached in the natural environment," he added. , The pope warned' against proceeding down a'''one-way street of development, which would in the end reveal itself as a deadly risk for everyone."

While he did not directly refer to nuclear power, the Italian government is nearing completion of what will be Italy's largest nuclear power plant at nearby Montalto.

Environmental groups have protested the project and during the pope's visit some banners and green balloons were waved in a show of environmental concern.

The pope's visit on the feast of St. Joseph, the patron saint of workers, included a tour of the electrical plant and Civitavecchia's industrial port. In talks to the pope, labor representatives read a list of employm'ent and social concerns, including dwindling shipping activity: a 33 percent jobless rate and environmental degradation, The church, the pope answered, is on the side of the worker; and Christians should be in the forefront of the battle for workers' rights. ~ "One can see on the horizon the danger of a new slavery of'labor, the consequence ,of a production'

structure in which the person, with his capacity for initiative and responsibility, is increasingly left out," the pope said.

The worker is more than a "simple gear in the great machine of production," he said.

"Man is a part of the production process, but is not reduced to that.

He transcends it," the pope said.

Pope to Germany VATICAN CITY (NC)- Pope John Paulll plans to travel to 10 cities in West Germany during his NC/UPI photo upcoming visit to that country, the POPE JOHN Paul II waves to thousands crowding a Buenos Aires street during a 1982 Vatican recently announced. ' The April 30-May 4 trip will be' visit to Argentina. He will return to the Argentine capital during his soon-to-begin visit to three the pope's second to West Ger- South American countries. many.

During the trip the pope will visit Cologne, Bonn, Munich, Munster, Essen, Augsburg, Speyer, Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen and Kevelaer, the Vatican said.

According to officials involved VATI(:AN CITY (NC) - The Once the information is sent case and they found "no legal in trip preparation, two German worldwide, however, it will be hard responsibility, no complicity" on Catholics will be beatified during cardinals who advise ,Pope John for the Vatican to keep it a secret, the part ofthe Vatican bank in the the visit: Edith St~in, a Carmelite Paul II on Vatican finances hope he added. !'It's tell a bishop, tell the affair, he said. At the time of the nun killed in the Nazi concentra- to send the world's bishops audited bankruptcy, the Vatican bank was tion camp at Auschwitz, Poland, budgets and documentation to help , world," he said.

Cardinal Krol was one of three a minority shareholder in Banco in 1942; and Jesuit Father Rupert them understand why, the Vaticardinals who helped prepare the Ambrosiano and had written "letMayer, imprisoned for four years can's yearly operating expenses material earmarked for the ,bishops. ters of patronage" in support of for his anti-Nazi activities. He died are in the red.

The plan to provide documentaHe spoke to several journalists at bad loans which led to the bankin 1945. the Vatican March 21. ruptcy.

The pope visited'Cologne, Bonn "tion to the bisho'ps is part of efforts The Vatican bank in 1984 paid The cardinal also defended U.S. and Munich in 1980. ;.Ie also visited to make budget information availArchbishop Paul Marcinkus, pres- $240 million to Banco AmbrosiaOsnabruck, Mainz, Fulda~ and able to more people as an aid in raising money to cover the shortident of the Vatican bank, from no's creditors and the case was Altotting.. falls, said Philadelphia's Cardinal accusations that he was involved considered closed.

John Krol, one of the advisers. He In February, howeve'r, Italian in illegal dealings that led to the also said he estimates a $56 million 1982 bankruptcy of Banco Ambro-, press reports said investigators shortfall in the Vatican's 1987 siano - at the time Italy's largest suspected Archbishop Marcinkus MEXICO CITY (NC) - An budget, which would have to be private bank. of being an accessory to frauduorganization representing exiled covered by donations from the "What has happened to Arch- lent bankruptcy. bishop Marcinkus is despicable.

Because Archbishop Marcinkus Chilean Indians has written Pope world's Catholics.

He is a faithful soul, a faithful serv- lives in the Vatican, recognized as John Paul II asking for "a sign of Cardinal Krol said he expected a separate state by Italy, authori- ' relief and a message of hope" dur- approval of the plan by the 14ant," said Cardinal Krol. ing his April 1-6 visit to Chile. member Council of Cardinals, The Vatican had an indepen- ties have not been able to question According to the letter, signed by named by the pope to study Vatident group of bankers study the him on the latest accusations.

Reynaldo I. Mariqueo for the can finances and curial reorganiMapuche Committee Abroad, the ,zation, during its March' 23-25 'Mapuche Indians have been the meeting. The cardinal is a member target of human rights abuses, and of the council. many of the Indians have been If approved, each bishop would forced into exile. The letter get an audited 1985 budget and an appeared'recently in the' Mexico estimated 1986 budget with addiCity newspaper Unomasuno. The tional documentation, said the pope is scheduled to meet with, ,cardinal. He said lie hopes the VatMapuche Indians April 5 in' ican will make the information Temuco, Chile. available to the general public.

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BUR':INGTON ~'~t: (NC) -:- A Vermont Corrections Commis"F~r some years," he said, "we ne:-v pohc~ of provld~n~con~oms sioner Joseph Patrissi said by prohave been told that this particular ,~o.mmates 10 Ve~mont.s SIX ~~glOnal viding condoms upon request the contraceptive- device is relatively .Jails makes pTlsons mto sexual Vermont Department of Correcineffective in preventing pregnancy. cesspools," said Bishop John A. tions is not cqndoning homosex- The pill is better; sterilization is :Marshall of Burlington. ual activity, which is prohibited by almost foolproof; abortion is absolutely certain to eliminate 'mis. "Some people would like to say department policy. But, he said that health can be separated from neither is the department "standtakes.', morality, that to preventthe spread ing in the way of best medical "Then came the dreadful disease of AIDS (acquired immune defi- practice to prevent the spread of of AIDS, which is a concern to all Ciency syndrome), for instance, it sexually transmitted diseases." of us, and suddenly we are told this is permitted to use an evil means Patrissi was interviewed by The ineffective contraceptive device will - some might say a lesser evil Vermont Catholic Tribune, newsprotect everyone against this such as a contraceptive device. paper of the Burlington Diocese. ' scourge, when statistically it is four times less effective against This is not so. A' good purpose does not justify an evil means.

Bishop Marshall, in addition to AIDS than it is against pregnancy," Never," said Bishop Marshall. objecting to the use of contracep- said Bishop Marshall.

He made the comments in a pas- tives on a moral basis, said use of Referring to the fact that stutoralletter released March 10. condoms will not prevent AIDS. dents are given contraceptives in

public "scli~6i heal;h ~li'niCs, he satisfied at ~~y cost:'" . called it "outrageous tliat:parents ,To the'contrary, the bishop said, shouldb'e so ignored and'child!en the teaching of Christ proclaims so callously treated." . , , that sexual intercourse is a "beau. , tiful, personal expression of human The bishop said he was a'stonchoice, to be enjoyed by persons ished that television, "to protect who respect the human dignity of society, should ban the advertising one another." of tobacco and liquor but be enHe said traditional values of couraged to promote sexual per.love, marriage and family life are missiveness.'"

Advocates of permissiveness, being attacked "deliberately, vichowever, inadvertently bring the iously and unrelentingly" in the real issue into focus, he said. "They' name of a sexual freedom which obscure God's truth about love "ultimately enslaves its victims in a and sexuality. They think and say life of debauchery and endangers that sexual inte'rcourse is merely a the general population with viobiological function, an irresistible lence toward women, physical disdrive for pleasure which must be ease and mental illness."

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NOTRE DAME, FR Volunteers to make costumes for a youth Passion Play are needed.

Information: 679-8937 after 4 p.m.

Also needed are additional actors for the play; call Sister Claire Amiot, 678-7419.

BLUE ARMY In place ofa meeting in Wareham, members throughout the diocese are invited to attend the annual Legion of Mary Acies ceremony at 2 p.m.

Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Cape Cod area members may attend a five hour vigil from 7:30 p.m. April3 to 12:30 a.m. April 4 at Sacred Hearts Seminary barn in Wareham. For New Bedford area members, a vigil will be held at t~e same hours and dates at St. FranCIS Xavier Church, Acushnet.

BL. SACRAMENT, FR Catholic Charities collectors are needed. Volunteers may notify the rectory. Vincentians report that 58 individuals. were helped with proceeds from 1986 holy day and poor box collections.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, ' SWANSEA Parish retreat begins Sunday and will continue through Friday with services at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. and exposition of the Blessed Sa'cramenL First communion at 2'p.m. Sunday.

Ladies' ofSC AilOt: famil-yrcolltmunion supper in parish hall following 5 p.m. Mass April 5. Father Horace Travassos will speak on a Holy Land pilgrimage. \ CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Weekend Masses and a 9 a.m. daily Mass are offered in Mashpee; daily Mass at 8 a.m. in Cotuit. CCD teachers will meet at 7:30 p.m. March 31 at St. Jude's.

DOMINICAN LAITY, FR St. Rose of Lima chapter day of recollection 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 5, Dominican Provincial House, Dighton; spiritual director: Father Robert Blaise, OP. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB Accord ionist Gene Demers will entertain at the annual Bishop's Night dinner 6:30 p.m. April I at the Wamsutta Club.

ST. PATRICK, FR The family of Louis J. Viveiros has donated white vestments i·it his memory. 12 parish .families are aiding Haitian families 'through the Save a Family project.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Lenten series 7 p.m'. each Sunday.

CATHEDRAL CAMPS, E. FREETOWN .

District Council of Catholic Women retreat this weekend; Cathedral parish confirmation retreat March 29. .

ST; GEORGE, WESTPORT Roger and Jeanne F!>rest are 1987 parish Catholic Charities chairmen. , Choir volunteers are needed for the June 7 first Mass of Rev. Mr. David Landry.. Information: Carolyn Forand 678-8219.

ST. JAMES, NB Lectors and a Grade I CCD teacher needed. Information: 992-7122. St. James-St. John School family Mass 7 p.m. March 31, with alumnus Father Thomas L Rita as homilist.

Refreshments.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON A poster contest is open to all parish children; information in church vestibule. Parent-child first communion meetings 9:30 a.m. each Saturday in March.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM All are welcome to a musical interpretation of "Everyman's Way of the Cross," 7 p.m. April5, church.

HOLY. ROSARY, TAUNTON Charismatic prayer group meets 7 p.m. each Thursday, parish center.

Stations of the Cross: noon Lenten Fridays in Polish, 7 p.m. in English.

Saturday vigil Mass 4:30 p.m. beginning in April.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Stations of Cross 6: 15 tonight, followed at 7:15 by penance service conducted by Father Richard Delisle, MS, aided by visiting priests.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Healing service led by Father Albert Fredette, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday, incl\ldes Mass; Jim Bertrand of Ormond Beach, FL, will speak on effective healing service prayer teams.

A day of recollection on the mystery of forgiveness, will be offered from '10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 4, led by Father Roger Chauvette, MS, a communications specialist, and Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP, a teacher at Fall River's Bishop ConnolIy High School: information and preregistration: 222-5410. ' O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Women's Guild day of recollection April 3, parish center;' speaker: Sister Mary Hennessey of Brighton Cenacle Retreat' Center.

WmOWED SUPPORT, CAPECOD' :,; Capc"wido\Ye'd "'siipp'ort"grou'p meeting 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Christ the King parish religious education center, Route 28, Cotuit; information: 428-7078, evenings.

SISTER Francis Conway, RSM, will speak at a 9:30 a.m. Holy Spirit Breakfast April 4 at White's restaurant, Westport. .

A member of the New England Service Committee for the Charismatic Renewal, Sister Conway has worked since 1968 with charismatic leader Father John Randall of the diocese of Providence. She is the director of Mary's Home, Providence, which ministers to the poor and needy.

Breakfast information is available from Father Pierre Lachance, OP, 678-5322, or Octave Pimental, 992-5402.

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE ALUMNI Fall River area alumni Palm Sunday MaSS and breakfast 10 a.m.

April 12, St. Anne's Church, Fall River, with breakfast at Coachmen restaurant, Tiverton. Fall River Alumnus of Year Award will go to Albert J. Michaud of Somerset, a 1949 alumnus and past president of St. Anne's parish credit union. Information: Providence.College alumni office, 401-865-2414.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Family communion supper in parish hall following 5 p.m. Mass April 5. Father Horace Travassos will speak on a Holy Land pilgrimage.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET St. Francis of the Cape fraternity meeting 7 p.m. April 7, St. John Evangelist parish center; Father Edwin Dirig, OFM, will celebrate Mass and speak on charity; information and rides: Robert Collyer, 563-2654, Upper Cape; Dorothy Williams, 394-4094, Middle and Lower Cape.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH Couples' retreat from St. Mary's parish, New Bedford begins tonight.

Bishop ,Stang High School retre!!t day April I. SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Women's Club meeting 7:30 p.m.

April 6.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Prayer meetings 9:45 to II :30 a.m.

April I and 7:30'to 9:30 p.m. April3.

D of I, ATTLEBORO Alcazaba Circle Daughters of Isabella roll call supper 6 p.m. April 2, K ofC hall.

BL. SACRAMENT ADORERS Holy hour 7 p.m. March 31, Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven. All welcome.

ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR Exposition of BI. Sacrament noon to 6 p.m. April 5, concluding with holy hour.

ST.ANNE,FR Cub Scout pack meeting 7 tonight, school. Gratitude is expressed to the parish committee for a $7,000 donation and to other donors of$300 and $100.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Regional prayer meeting6:45 p.m.

April 9, hosted by Children of the Light prayer group at parish center, 14 Park St., including rosary, Mass and prayer meeting. Refreshments.

ST. JULIE, NO. DARTMOUTH Rosary and Benediction service 7 p.m. Sunday.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Sandwich ECHO reunion group meeting 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Father Clinton hall. Contemporary music ensemble forming; information: Ada .Simpson, 746-5440. St. Theresa's Mission choir seeks violinists and flutists for Easter performances; new voices always welcome; information: Dee Powell, 759-4690.

ULTREYA, UPPER CAPE Upper Cape Ultreya evening of recollection 7: 15 tonight, St. John the Evangelist parish center, Pocasset, led by Father Richard Delisle, MS. ST. MARY, SEEKONK . Confirmation penance service 7 p.m. Sunday for candidates, 'sponsors and parents.

First communion II a.m. tomorrow.

SACRED HEART, FR The bowling league will plan the Women's Guild meeting April 7, to be preceded by Stations of the Cross and Benediction at 7 p.m. and include an ice cream social. Walter White is 1987 Catholic Charities parish chairman.

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CATHEDRAL, FR Lenten mission closes at 10:30 this morning; first penance II a.m. tomorrow; Women's Guild board meeting 7:30 tonight; Vincentians meet 7:30 p.m. March 31, both meetings at rectory.

HOLY NAME, FR Youth group meeting Sunday, time to be announced; first penance 1:30 p.m. tomorrow; retreat renewal program 7 p.m. Sunday, school, with Jim and Chris Schwarz as speakers.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Parish paschal mission with Father Peter Scagnelli April5 to 10. Lenten forum at 4 p.m. Sunday win discuss ushers and anyone wishing to join the hospitality ministry. For the 30th consecutive year, Walter Deda will be parish Catholic Charities chairman.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK The parish is observing Central America Week with crosses memorializing slain women and children and a set of Stations of the Cross in a tropical setting on exhibit at the church; "It is important, as responsible Catholics," said pastor Father Thomas C. Mayhew, "to have an awareness of what is going on there."

Youth Ministry members win participate in World Youth Day observances on Passion Sunday; a program on sexuality is planned after Easter.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Penance service 10 a.m. tomorrow for confirmation candidates,'

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He had a tough job to do

By Cecilia Belanger To really understand the meaning of the word "sacrifice," one must stand under the cross and look up, Acts of giving from one's abundance are not sacrifice. Jesus made this clear in his observation of the widow and her mite.

It wasn't money, possessions,' stocks or bonds that Jesus gave up for us. It was his life. He sacrificed everything in that one big commitment of love for us, that one big moment of obedience to his father's will.

Jesus did nothing for himself.

He had no thirst for fame and fortune. His life demonstrated the shallowness of popularity. Whether the populace applauded or con-

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demned was Of no moment. Jesus had a job to do and he did it.

The way of sorrows is the way of this world, filled with pain and agony, watered with tears and bathed in blood. God created an unfinished world, leaving us to finish it and hand it over as ajob well done. But what a mess it's in!

As we stand before the cross we have much to ponder. We're not going to solve all the world's problems in one day, but daily we can try to do something, beginning with ourselves.

The church was born at Pente" . cost, and so were our missionary tasks. We can "go forth" each <Jay as we leave our homes. The marketplace is the perfect placeto be a missionary, When people ask you questions, try to be prepared with answers,

By TOM LENNON

Q. Both my parents smoke a lot. ing to one room or to the basement My brothers' and I hate the way of your hpuse. This may help tIiem they fill up the house with smoke to gradually cut down the number ' that we have to breathe. We know of cigarettes they smoke.

Ask them to try to attend' a this is bad for our lungs. What can "stop smoking" seminar, if any are we do to get our parents to stop?

A. You and your brothers are given in your,c~mmunity.

Visit the public library and see absolutely right in wanting to live what books and other literature on in a home free of tobacco smoke.

Doctors have made it clear that giving up smoking is available. ' An especially good paperback is "passive smoking" is harmful to a "How to Stop Smok~ng," by Her.. person's health.

But if your parents are reluctant bert Brean. The' reader gets his or , to undertake the arduous task of her money back if the book does breaking a habit of longstanding, not prove effective. ", Consult the family d,octor for try to, have some understanding further help in conquering this . , and pity. _ , , It took this'write'rseven years of habit. He may be able to prescribe ; struggle before permanently kick; . so~ne m~dicin.e to ease thefitters of ing the habit. Time and again I the first four or five days. ~ If ,your parents decide to' quit, , made,a firm resolve but only once was'I. abl,e to \teep it f9r as long as you and your brothers should make two weeks. _. ,- __ , a 'sup,erhunian eff!>rt to ~eep t~ings Sometimes I would throwaway calm" quiet and pleasant during . a haIf'-sm9ke4pack'befoie I r~turn­ the first two or three weeks: ~ed home~'at night, 'determined to Don't be at all surprised or ,quit then al!d there, but in the upset if your parents have very , middle o( fJ:t~ night ,r would wake short tempers the ,first few days. : up with Ii craving for nicotine. : Bear with'ihe'm as'patiently as . ' At 3 a.m. I would be kneeling on you can and keep your eyes on the ,the floor searchi'ng 'in the wastl:''' wonderful prize',they are str.iving ,ol : basket for a couple of butts: Such fOT: . Good luck to all. is slavery. , Send questions to Tom' Lennon .: I've been totally fre~ fo'r o~~r 20 at 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Wash· 'years now 'an(J -I've told lots of my ington, D.C.,20005. friends that if a jittery'person' like myself can quit,a'nybody can. Pass ·the word on to your parents Eternal Rewards, lenlly. Maybe encourage them to "An athlete goes to...trouble read this column. just to win a blue ribbon or a silver And see if you can discuss with them (in a cool emotionafclim'ate) cup, but we do it for a heavenly reward that never disappears." - 1 . the following suggestions:' For a month or so, restrict smok- Cor.9:25 .

AT ST. MICHAEL'S parish, Swansea, young people participate in discussion, prayer and 'activities'drawn, from ,the Lenten Youth Ministry packet during the second week 'ofLent.

Celebrating ,"the gift of the Father's love in brotherlY'com'munion/' they concentrated on ',buildil1g 'relation~hips ~ith one ~noth,ef. (Sparrow photo) . ',' :' . .

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" .c:onfirmatl~n" cand'idates fro~ St. Joseph's parish, North Dig~too, and Our Lady of. Mt. Carmel,parish, Seekonk, r.;:centlyjoined young 'people froin St. FranCis Xavfer parish; East Prbvidence, R.l., ina retreat day'conducted by Cincinnati's'Fountain Square Fools. . 200 candidates made the retreat, hosted at the Eas'i Providence parish.

The Fountain Square Fools, theatre artists in service to the word of God, have traveled. the U:nited States, Canada and Europe since 1975. Three of the team's

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, seven artists came to' E~st Pf(~vi-' ful ~ro~p activities and a fantastic ·dence. They were Father Michael closing Eucharistic liturgy" actively Sparough, SJ,and two layper$ons, involved all attend~es, according Ed, ,qf. peveland! and Miriam, o~ ~o Si,stei C~osby." •. , " . Dublin, Ireland;. ' . ' The Sister of St. Dorothy said A~cording ,to Sister Mau~eenthat parents' and confirmation : Crosby, SSD, religious education sponsors were invited~o attend the coordinator at St.J,oseph's parish, liturgy a,nd that the majority of the ,day "consisted of solid nour':, attendees thought tlie retreat bene'ishment for hungry hearts and ficial.'.· ., . active minds, and prayer rooted in Remarks, she said, ranged from 'scripture, proclaimed through the "Father Mike is a good actor and arts." , a t Mass he is a good priest," to Scripture, drama, discussion, "We were kept busY,it was never private reflection, preaching by boring," to "I enjoyed the fact we FatherSparough, "prayerful, play- 'were involved in the Mass."

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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (NC) 'Zarski is "always walking around . - Bruce Springsteen and Madonna the house humming," said his wife, didn't make it this year, but com- Carol, who cowrote the lyrics to New Films poser Leon Zarski of Hamtramck the Grammy-winning song. "He "Salvador"(Hemdale): An outtook home his first Grammy awa.rd . pulls out a recorder and puts it on of-work photojournalist (James ','It's an honor, but it's not going tape."

Woods) takes his buddy (James to my' head," Zarski said after "All I want to do is write music," Belushi) on a trek to Latin Amerreturning from Los Angeles and said Zarski, who wrote his first ica for fun and games but finds the rdecent 29th annual Grammy song, "New York City Blues," soon instead the harsh ,realities of civil awar s ceremony. f' , h d' f' a f ter he started playing piano at war. Profuse profanl'ty and depl'cZars k I,· 65 ,lnIS eIk' m a d' Irst- ' age 5. "I f I can make somebody tl'on of atrocl'tl'es make this film ' f b p Iace He or est po a recor mg h f h' palatable only for the thick-skinwith his song, "I Remember Warappy or tree mmutes, that's all d A4 R " P . h I want to do." ne. ,, saw, a olls -language waltz.. recorded by Jimmy Sturr and his "The Hanoi Hilton" (Cannon): Michael Moriarty is the Christorchestra. It tied with "Another Polka Celebration" by Eddie Bla' likecrucifiedfigureheadofagroup. of U.S. POWs held captive and zonczyk's Versatones.

"Th' h tortured by call1,>us Vietnamesl; ey give you a pony statue " until released ilt theend of the war: during the awards presentation," he .told The Michiga.J1 Cathplic, .'

The film is iritended'as a tribute to newspaper of the Detroit ArchdiWAS,HINGTON (NC) _ Arch- bravery but also conveys the notion that duty to country' is the equal to , ocese, "and they send you the real bishop Denis E. Hurley of Dur' Christian virtue. Profanity, nudity thing, with your name engraved ,ban, South Africa, was reelected on it, in the mail." ' t o a two-year term as chairman of and brutality abound. 0, R , Zars'ki's popularity' is on the rise ,the International Commission 00 "Witchboard"(Cinema'Group): in his native Hamtramck, a Polish English in tite Liturgy at arecent This horror taJe demonstrates the enclave of Detroit. "I get phone commission meeting in Wash- bloody consequences, of using a ingtort..

Ouija board alone. Tawny Kitaen calls at 7:30 in t~e morning," he said, "The man at the gas station H~received a citation honoring jousts with an evil spirit and mandown the street, he said, 'I'm going him for h,is'leadership of the com:, ages to get her boyfriend killed to tell e.veryon~,I.fix your cars.'. mission since 1975 and,coITu:nem-, and her current lover nearly dis-. ' orating, his 40th anni~ersary of membered in this vulgarly gory "I've been on cable TV, on, t';piscopalordination.' movie. 0, R radio.....: One woman put her" :',.., ' ,', "H t"(N C t E t) H hand Ori me and asked, 'Can I Bishop James L. Doyle of Peter- ' ea ew en ury n.: ere C d we have a dull and pointless exerb oroug, h touch you,?:,." , ntano, ana a, was . . cise in violent self-defense as I Zarski, whose son,gs, have been e ected to the commission's three- .. BUTt Reynolds, playing a comp' ulsive recorded by 22 bands, is also fea- ,member;, executive committee; ' F re d enc 'k R , M c M' anus, gambler, slays the son of a crime M sgr. tured in an exercise class led by his , f ormer ' daughter, Val Gokenbach, at her execu t'Ive d'Irector 0 f t h e boss and his hired thugs who 'ate , 'C ' bent upon revenge for a previous U .'S. b'IS h' ops gym in suburban East Detroit. She ommlttee on calls the routine "polkarobics."" " Liturgy; was ~ppointed treas,urer; murderous encounter· 0, R Films on TV His compositions, which,numb!,:r' ,a.n,d J~hn R. Page was appomted Sunday, April 5, 7:9 p.m. EDT more than 500, include "Our P'ope;"~.<' (;xecutlve secretary. written after it was' announced 'The fCEL was founded in 1963 (ABC) "The Journey of Natty that· a, papal motorcade through.. t~, provide' translation, cotnposi-. Garin." The' Disney :fiIm is set Hamtramck ,:"ould b~ part o( Po~e I t!on of n7w, ~ext, ~nd music .fQr ' ' :amidst the 1930s America political John Pauql,s I?~trOlt}~.pp,q!l ~IS, lIturgy II:t E,ngllsh-s,peaklDg, 'unrest, social upheaval and ,eco1987 U.S. visit. "countries. ' ,nom,ic hards1'\lp as. a cour~geous young girl (Meredith Salenger) em,- barks on.a dangerous but won~ drous trek cross-country accompanied by a protective drifter(John Cusack). An enjoyable family film that's full of life-affirming images.

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TV Programs The top family show of the week - if not the year - is "Top Kid," an Australian production airing on the "Wonderworks" series on Saturday, April 4, 8-9 p.m. EST on PBS. What the program offers adults is nostalgia - a Catholic school education in a late 1940s setting.

What it presents for youngsters is a moral dilemma transcending time and national boundaries.

It stars IO-year-old Emil Minty as Gary Doyle, a student in an Irish Christian Brothers school.

His photographic memory makes him the darling of his teachers, the bane of his less talented schoolmates and a problem for his working-elass father, who is told his son should go tq an expensive special school.

When Gary becomes a regular member of "Top Kids," Australia's version of the old American ' "Quiz Kids," he becomes a local celebrity.

But soon, in an effort to boost the show's ratings, the sponsors insist that some answers be rehearsed: For 'Gary that is a lie and he must decide whether to obey his conscience and not participate in a sin or to continue being a Top Kid. After asking in confession about the matter, Gary reveals the prograrri'sdeception ,to several Christian Brothers who helped him get on the show.

From their adult perspective, they counsel him that since no announcement is made about the show not being rehearsed, to re:hearse the answers is not lying.

'Gary dQesn't acceptthis as relieving him of the burden of giving someone else's answer as if it were his own: .

The reasori this small boy's moral crisis looms so large is that the script defines various dimensions of his situation. For instance, his, classmates make fun of him, even beat him' up, because he is too good a student: One can appreciate why being'a:' Top Kid is important to him. ' B'ut it isal~o important'to his fl!-~her, who i~ tryiog to raise 'seven chjJdren on a 'bricklayer:s pay. His son;sbei~g on the r~dio has brought him not only pride but ~Iso products:'io be endorsed and'a nlise frQm his employer:: ,'.' , Thes!,: are oniy some of the reasons 'why Gary wants to 'reml!-in ,a: Top Kid. Yet he is a'good Catholic lad who knows the difference betwee~ right and wrong;' The prog'ram excels at putting'the viewer iii his place and asking what would "you" do. ' ,: ' .',

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No·fingetpointing by pope during U.S. visit, bishops say VATICAN CITY (NC) - The September papal visit to the United States will not be a fingerpointing exercise at specific deficiencies of the U.S. church, according to a delegation of cardinals and bishops visiting the Vatican in March to plan the trip; The delegation also set the stage for a major meeting in late 1988 between U.S. church officials, Pope John Paul II and high-level Vatican authorities to discuss substantive issues that divide U.S. Catholics and that have caused tensions between the U.S. church and the Vatican.

The March meetings were to inform the pope "on the situation of the church in the U.S. as it pertains to the pastoral visit," said a Vatican press release March 21 after the meetings ended.

The purpose was to provide "good background" for the pope so that he will "be able to have dialogue and be able also to tailor his own talks, his own stafements" tothe U.S. reality, said Archbishop John May of St. Louis, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, at the end of the meetings.

"1 don't look forward ·to any specific fingerpointing at anyone of the special abuses" such as dissent by some U.S. Catholics on

church teachings regarding birth control, divorce and in vitro fertilization, said Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia.

The bishops "do not expect the Holy Father to come and say there are 'x' things wrong with the church in your country and here's what you've got to do to set them right.

It doesn't work that way," said Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, NCCB vice-president.

The pope also was informed that there might be anti-papal demonstrations during the trip but "this was not a major point discussed," said Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago. "We do not see this as a major problem," he added, noting that the pope is used to protest demonstrations from tri'ps to other countries.

Cardinals Bernardin and Krol and Archbishops May and Pilarczyk were part of the 20-meinber U.S. delegation. They spoke for the delegation at a March 21 Vatican press conference.

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POPE JOHN PAUL II concelebrates a Mass surrounded by U.S. cardinals and bishops, .at the Vatican to discuss pastoral issues related to the pope's visit to the United States next September. (Nej UPI-Reuter photo) .

U.S; delegation members said the meeting was limited to the papal trip and did not involve specific issues that divide U.S. Catholics or have caused tensions between U.S. and Vatican officials such as .disciplinary actions against Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen of ·Seattle and moral theologian Father Charles Curran.

The delegation did not propose specific plans "to deal with tensions that exist," said Archbishop Pilarczyk. "It was not our purpose in coming to present the Holy See with an objective plan of action," he added.

The meetings prepared the way for a broader-based meeting between U.S. and Vatican church officials next year, similar to a

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1986 summit meeting between topArchbishop Jan Schotte, general level Brazilian bishops and the secretary of the world synod of Vatican to discuss tension-causing bishops, said "the unanimous perproblems, said Archbishop May. ception of the church in the United The pope called the March ses- States is very positive here in the sions a "mini-meeting," he added.

Roman' Curia."

"He said he would hope that Archbishop Schotte attended the after the ad limina conferences March meetings and spoke at the next year for the American bishops press conference on behalf of the that there might be' such a larger Vatican officials attending. meeting," the archbishop added.

He cited a "well-informed"laity Heads of dioceses are required and a "church attendance that is to make ad limina visits to the much, much higher than anyone pope every five years to report on of our ~estern European churches. the status of their dioceses. The "The meeting was very useful Brazilian summit was held after also in that it permitted us to test the country's bishops finished their . the information we have directly ad limina visits. with the American bishops," said The idea of a Brazilian-style Archbishop Schottc. meeting "has been presented from "It permitted an interchange of various sources," said Archbishop information" on the social context May. "The Brazilian bishops ex- of situations, he said. pressed a great satisfaction" with The U.S. delegation included the results of their meeting, he the four cardinals who head archsaid. dioceses, NCCB officials, among Regarding the U.S. church, them Taunton-born Msgr. Daniel Hoye, NCCB general secretary and Arc::hbishop Pilarczyk warned against exaggerating divisions the heads of the eight U.S. dioamong U.S. Catholics.' ceses which the pope will visit There are "differences of opin- Sept. 10-19. Eleven Vatican offiion about certain church teach- cials attended including five conings,"he said, noting, though, that gregation heads and Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic pronuncio to "We are not talking about a church that is coming apart at the seams." the U.S.

Chilean women share fears Sister Carpenter, a Worcester MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (NC) - A Maryknoll nun who has been serv- native who entered the Maryknoll ing in Chile said in an interview order in 1953, has served in Chile that when she asks women in a almost continuously since 1964. therapy group to name their grea- She was interviewed while at the test fears, they say the possibility Maryknoll motherhouse for a fiveof raids from security forces and of month renewal program.

Chile is ruled by a military junta hatred coming to dominate their children's lives because of these headed by President Augusto Pinochet. raids.

The therapy groups Sister CarSister Helen Carpenter, who penter and another Maryknoll sisworks in the Lo Prado area of ter lead for women in Santiago, western Santiago, said police and she said, were initiated by a medisoldiers use "any pretext" to come cal team which noticed many womin and search homes, and the con- en had nervous problems. tinual threat of their raids puts Many ofthe problems, she said, extraordinary pressures on women. derive from Chile's "machismo" "They usually destroy things culture which teaches women they when they come," she said. "And if should live only for their children there are men in the house, they and husbands, with no thought of will be taken. Some as young as 14 their own identity.

Sister Carpenter said the probyears old are taken."

As a result, she said, children do lems are intensified by the political not grow up with an appreciation situation and by unemployment so of police as protectors, but refer to great "nobody wants to lose the them as "the ones who kill the job they have, even if they're being exploited." people."