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54th Appeal nears With the theme "Sharing is the Measure of Love," the: 54th annual Catholic Charities Appeal will be launched at a 7 p.m. Mass April 19, celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, by Bishop Sean O'Malley. Appeal chairman Permanent Deacon Thomas J. Souza will speak at the end of the Mass and a reception wiII follow at the Cathedral school.

The Appeal's Special Gift Phase will run from April I7 to May 6.

The Parish Phase begins with a house to house campaign May 7, when 20,000 volunteers will visit 115,000 homes to solicit Appeal contributions. Contributions wiII be accepted through June 6, when final totals of the special gifts and parish phases will be determined.

"A larger increase will be needed in the 1995 Appeal than in previous years to meet the ever-increasing costs of maintaining the

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services provided by the agencies, apostolates and ministries of the diocese," said Father Daniel Freitas, Appeal director."This can be achieved with the full cooperation of the priests, parishioners, and the thousands of friends of the Appeal."

Bishop O'Malley emphasized that for over 50 years the diocese has demonstrated genuine care and concern for all human life, reaching out to those in need regardless of race, color or creed.

Father Freitas is ~ssisted in directing the Appeal by Fathers Bruce M. Neylon and Robert A. Oliveira in the Attleboro area; Father Thomas L. Rita on the Cape and Islands; Father John F. Andrews in the Fall River area; Fathers Ralph D. Tetrault and Daniel W. Lacroix in the New Bedford area; and ¥sgr. Thomas J. Harrington and Father Paul A. Caron in the Taunton area.

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Captive nuns freed in Sierra Leone VATICAN CITY (CNS) Seven missionary nuns were released by rebels in Sierre Leone after nearly two months in captivity, church officials have reported.

The nuns, including one American, were handed over "safe and sound" March 21 to Bishop George Biguzzi of Makeni.

The missionaries, ranging in age from 35 to 65, were: identified as Sisters Adriana Marsili, an Italian with U.S. citizenship; Teresa Bello, Angela Bertelli, Agnese Chiletti, Anna Mosconi and Lucia Santarelli, all Italians; and Hildegard Jacoby, a Brazilian.

The sisters, who used rosaries made of tied cotton and later of knotted jungle vines to pray their way through 55 days of captivity, gave one of the "bush-rope" rosaries to Pope John Paul II March 27.

The seven missionaries were kidnapped Jan. 25 from the polio rehabilitation center they ran in the northwestern town of Kambia.

Members of the Cnited Revolutionary Front kidnapped more than 100 teenagers and young adults from Kambia along with the missionaries and marched the whole group an estimated 120 miles into the jungle.

The hostages wefi~ given no time to collect personal belongings, so to aid their prayer on the six-anda-half-day march, t.he nuns made little rosaries out of cotton strips.

"Then we thought of making rosaries from the vines, and we said we would givl~ them as gifts when we were freed -- it was a sign of our hope," said Sister Bertelli.

The missionaries would not go into details and seemed momentarily shocked illto silence when

Sister Bello explained that the cross on the rosary had a special connection to a hostage killed by the captors.

Another long pause followed when a reporter asked the nuns how they knew some of the hostages from Kambia were killed.

"We saw," Sister Bello said.

About six weeks into their ordeal some of the capt~rs had thei; wives prepare extra food for the nuns, who had losta lot of weight and were becoming very weak.

The nuns were sad to leave their fellow hostages. "They are still there," said Sister Mosconi.

"The moment of the release was a very intense and religious one," said Sister Marsili in a telephone interview with The Catholic Free Press, newspaper of the diocese of Worcester, where she worked in the 1980s.

She said that after a 12-hour overnight walk through the jungle to meet the bishop, their rebel guards - Catholic and Muslimhugged them and knelt before the bishop, asking for his blessing.

"We did not leave any enemies," she said. "There is no hatred in our hearts. They are our brothers engaged in a struggle, but still our brothers."

Sister Marsili said the nuns were not forced to carry heavy loads of loot like the other hostages were on the long trek i,nto the jungle.

"Prayer life became so very important - the. only thing we could do," she said.

Although the rebels had set conditions for the missionaries' release, they eventually w¢re freed unconditionally.

TENDER MOMENT: Pope John Paul II kisses a baby during one of his many trips abroad. He has said his new encyclical, "Evangelium Vitae," (The Gospal of Life), is designed to counter the: culture of death, manifested in attacks on unborn life, the elderly and the terminally ill. (eNS/ Reuters photo)

Pope urges "Gospel of life" ·over"culture of death" "Nor can any authority legitiWASHINGTON (CNS) - In mately recommend or permit such his new encyclical letter Pope John Paul II calls for a return to "the an action," he adds.

The pope also invokes the auGospel of life" to overcome a thority of Christ and communion growing "culture of death."

The long-anticipated encyclical with the world's bishops to conon the value and inviolability of . demn all direct abortion as "a grave moral disorder, since it is the human life was released March 30. deliberate killing of an innocent lt is titled "Evangelium Vitae" human being."

"The Gospel of Life."

By the same logic that applies to At the heart of the encyclical is an urgent plea to reverse world abortion, he says, "the use of hutrends toward social acceptance man embryos or fetuses as an object of experimentation constiand legalization of abortion and euthanasia":- attacks on life's value tutes a crime against their dignity as human beings." at its weakest points.

The pope attributes trends to"By the authority which Christ conferred upon Peter and his suc- ward devaluing of human life in cessors, -and in communion with part to "a profound crisis of culthe bishops of the Catholic Church, ture," which he says has led many I confirm that the direct and volun- to lose their moral bearings.

Condemning efforts to legalize tary killing of an innocent human being is always gravely immoral," the destruction of life, he says, "Democracy cannot be idolized to the pope says.

This means no one can permit the point of making it a substitute "the killing of an innocent human for morality or a panacea for imbeing, whether a fetus or an em- morality."

He roundly condemns "powerbryo, an infant or an adult, an old person, or one suffering from an ful cultural, economic and politiincurable disease, or a person who cal currents" today that have unleashed "a war of the powerful is dying," he says.

against the weak ... a kind of'conspiracy against life.'''

Against those currents he proposes a return to the Gospel. He opens the encyclical with the declaration, "The Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus' message."

"Every human community and the political community itself' are founded on recognition of "the sacred value of human life from its very beginning until its end," he says.

The encyclical caps years of strenuous papal efforts to revitalize the world's conscience to a new sense of human dignity and the sacredness of life.

The pope sharply denounces abortion, artificial contraception, sterilization, infanticide and euthanasia - elements widely expected since 1991 when he announced his intention to write an encyclical on human life.

But he challenges other threats to life as well, including capital punishment. In "a system of penal justice ever more in line with human dignity," he says, the extreme cases Turn to Page.13

Programs offered at Stonehill

. Cape Cod to host OASIS program OASIS, a program for single Catholic adults interested in Christian and community service opportunities, will be offered 6 to 8 p.m.

April2 at St. Pius X parish center, South Yarmouth.

Sponsored by the Diocesan Vocation Council, it will highlight spiritual and human needs of residents of the, Cape Cod deanery, along with ways in which laypersons and religious can help meet such needs. The program will include a video panorama of activities sponsored by the diocese and by religious congregations; a panel presentation; and opportunity for questions and discussion.

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AT ANNU AL board meeting dinner of Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, hosted by Fall River District I, are, from left, Mrs. Kitsy Lancisi, DCCW first vice-president; Mrs. Vivian Belanger, host district president; Bishop Sean O'Malley; Mrs. Bella Nogueira, diocesan council president; Very Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, council and district I moderator.

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Hospital ethics symposium set

Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall Who Manages Whom? Ethical River, will sponsor its sixth annual Issues in the Face of Rationing," ethics symposium, "Managed Care: . 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 7 at the Martin Institute, Stonehill College, North Easton.

The symposium will explore considerations in managed care, including health care reform, delivery of health care services and the challenge of providing high quality health care while containing the cost.

Speakers will be Don Feder, March 25, 1995 columnist and editorial writer for the Boston Herald; Sister Carol Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina Keehan, DC, president of Providence Hospital in Washington, DC; "Dear children, today I invite you to live peace in your hearts and Dr. Michael Collins, presi-. and families. There is no peace, little children, where there is dent of Caritas Christi Catholic heahh·6~resYsieirt:·. >.;:." :..... : no prayer, and there is no love where there is no faith. There. F oilowi'ng tl1e'speikingpr'ogram,' fore, little children, I invite you all to decide again today for· Father Robert McManus, STD, conversion. I am close to you and I invite you all, little chilProvidence diocese vicar for edudren, into my embrace to help you, but you do not want it, cation, will moderate a case disand so, Satan is tempting you, and in the smallest things your cussion with panelists Mitchell Levy, MD, Patricia Pochon, RN, faith disappears. This is why; little children, pray and through Sister Keehan, Feder and Dr. Colprayer you will have blessing and peace. lins.

Thank you for having responded to my call."

Registration deadline is today.

For information call Saint Anne's OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE PRAYER GROUP Hospital's education department ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH • FALL RIVER, MA at 674-5600 ext. 2480.

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CONTEMPORARY WAY OF THE CROSS Friday, March 31-7:15 PM Bro. David Dum~ine & Fr. Ray Moquin WORKSHOP ON FORGIVENESS

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CHOOSE LIFE WEEKEND THEME: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Sat. Apr. 1at 4:30 Mass & 6:30 Talk in Theater Repeated Sun. Apr.. 2 at 12:10 Mass &3:00 Talk COFFEE HOUSE: ALAN BESSETTE

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Boston priest to Washington WASHINGTON (CNS) Father William P. Fay, a priest of the archdiocese of Boston, has been named an associate general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference.

At the time of his appointment, Father Fay was dean ofthe college of liberal arts and chairman of the philosophy department at St. John's Seminary, Brighton.

He succeeds Msgr. Dennis M. Schnurr, who was an associate general secretary until becoming general secretary in February.

Mercy Sister Sharon Euart and Francis X. Doyle are also associate secretaries.

Father Fay studied for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary in Brighton.and the North American College in Rome. He was ordained for the archdiocese of Boston July 13,1974.

He holds a master's degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate in philosophy from Catholic University-in Washington.

He has served on the faculty of St. John's Seminary since 198 I and as president of the National' Association of College Seminaries.

The three-part series "Ageism: Myths and Realities" continues 4 p.m. Sunday with a discussion of "Ageism and the Community." le(J

by Robert Carver, associate professor of business administration.

Panelists will be Marilyn Caffrey, Brockton Housing Authority; John Kent, governor's advisor for regional affairs; and Joan Thompson, Old Colony United Way. Film clips, literature and art will be employed. For information call 230-1120.

The series is part of the "Changes, Challenges and Choices" program of the Catholic and Jewish Steering Committee and is funded in

part by the Dr. and Mrs. William Winick Symposium on Catholic and Jewish Relations.

The Office of Continuing Education will hold a career ni,ght 6 to 8 p.m. April 3. Professors and alumni will be available to discuss utilization of various programs of study in the job market. Academic advisors and a career counselor will be on hand to answe r questions. For information call 2301377.

Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney (USAF-retired), the only pilot to have flown in both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions in 1945, commanding the strike aircraft in the latter attack, will speak on "The Atom Bomb and the End of World War II" 4 p.m.

AprilS. Information: 230-1120.

AIDScounseli~gcertificate The Stonehill College, North Easton, Evening Division is offering a program of studies leading to a Certificate in AIDS Counseling.

Directed by Dr. Benjamin R. Mariante,. sociology professor, it involves eight courses(six required, two elective) developing an interdisciplinary understanding of AI DS and speCific counseling skills' for working with AI DS patients.

"The mission of the' college includes serving the needs of· the community, and there is a definite need in this community for a program such as the Certificate in AIDS Counseling," said Dr. Mariante. "The number of HIV positive teenagers is rapidly increasing and there is a growing problem in Southeastern Massachusetts. HIV and· .AI DS' ar.e·not just city-. Of' urban' probleqls,.. they ar.e ~alsQ' present in smaller communities."

The certificate program is an offshoot of an AIDS symposium Stonehill conducted in 1994. Several Stone hill students who attended the symposium have enrolled in the certificate program,

offered

including Sylvester Fortes, a graduate of the Hugo Barroos School of Nursing, Mindello, Cape Verde.

He also intends to pursue a Stonehill degree and hopes the .:ertificate will lead to a job in AI DS counseling.

"I was very impressed with the amount of information pre:sented at the symposium on AIDS prevention," he said. "I think Stonehill is on the leading edge in. offering prevention education."

Ann Powers, Class of 1996, also attended the symposium and is pursuing the certificate. "The most important thing I learned was not to be afraid of people with AIDS," she said.

Dr. Mariante said" AI DS is a large public and social issue that has. not been addressed by. society as·a whole. This. program ·mfly be a catalyst to get individuals involved and get something going."

This semester the collt:ge is offering its second certificate course, "The Biology of AIDS." In it, "Every effort is made to simplify and demystify HIV," said Professor Sandra McAlister. "No prior knowledge of biology, viru:,es or . the immune system is necessary or expected."

Registration for fall certificate· courses will be held in mid,·July.

For further information or to be placed on the mailing list contact the Stone hill College Evening Division, 320 Washington St., North Easton 02357; 230-1470.

April 1 1958, Rev. George A. Lewin, Pastor, St. .Mary, Hebronville 1974, Rev. Edwin J. Loew, Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole April 2 1961, Rev. Adolph Banach, .OFM Conv., Pastor, O.L Perpetual Help, New Bedford BEIJING· (CNS) - A photo1976, Rev. Donald Belanger, graph of Pope John Paul has Pastor, St. Stephen, Attleboro appeared for the first tirr..e in 1993, Rev. James B. Coyle, Pas- "Catholic Church in China,'" the tor Emeritus, St. Dorothea, Eaton- official magazine of the governtown, NJ . ment approved church. To some, publication of the photo intimates April 4 . 1985, Rev. JamesF. McCarthy, that many recent reports or apRetired Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall . proaching normalized Beijing;-Vatican relations may be justified. At River 1991, Rev. Gaspar L. Parente, least, say observers, it signals a Retired Pastor, St. Theresa, Pata- shift from harsh criticisms of the pope that frequently appean:d in gonia, AZ the magazine during the e:arly April 6 1977, Rev. Msgr. John A. Chip- 1980s. pendale, Retired Pastor, St. Patrick, Wareham 1980, Rev. Lorenzo Morais, Retired Pastor, St. George, Westport 1987, Rev. Msgr. William D. Bishop Sean O'Malley has na.med Thomson, Retired Pastor, St. Msgr.. Henry T. Munroe, pastor of Francis Xavier, Hyannis Our Lady of Victory parish, Cen1994, Rev. Gerald E. Conmy, terville, as moderator of Cape and CSC, Associate Pastor, St. Ann, Islands District 5 of the Diocesan DeBary, FL Council of Catholic Women.

Father Ralph D. Tetrault, pasApril 7 1976, Rev .. James A. Dury, tor of St. Patrick's parish, WareChaplain, Madonna Manor, North ham, has been appointed moc:erator of New Bedford District 2.

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First pro-life convention set

Bishop ()'Malley celebrates annual pro-life Mass Escorted by an honor guard of Knights of Columbus, Bishop Sean O'Malley celebrated the annual pro-life Mass last Saturday, the feast of the Annunciation, at St. Mary's Cathedral.

"God," said the bishop, "allowed his plans to be conditioned on Mary's 'yes'-and thl: history of the world was changed. In our own lives, we're continually saying 'yes' or 'no' to God-and changing our lives."

One of his favoritl~ images of Mary, continued the bishop, was that of the Ark of thl~ Covenant.

"She contained Christ in her womb," he explained, "and she accompanies God's people wherever they go," just as the original Ark of the Covenant, containing the tables inscribed with the 10 Commandments, was carried by the Hebrew people wherever they went.

Mary could also be called the "memory of the Church," said the bishop. "Sometimes we have amnesia, but she 'kept all these words (about Jesus) and pondered them in her heart.' " Speaking of the Angelus, the traditional prayer that recounts the story of the Annunciation, Bishop O'Malley said it invites us to ponder the mystery of the Incarnation and reminds us that Mary "will always lead us to the heart of Christ."

He pointed out that it is customary to kneel atthe words .in the Nicene.Creed,·'by:the power of the: Holy'Spirit; he' waS'l)or·n·,M· the' Virgin Mary, and became man" at the feast of the Annunciation, as at Christmas, because the Annunciation "is a little Christmas-without the kitsch."

In a message to pro-life legislators, the bishop warned that they should not trust in "horses and

chariots," as did the Egyptians who attempted to pursue the Hebrews through the Red Sea and drowned, -"and dOn't place your hopes in donkeys or elephants either."

Following the Mass, Beth Roma, daughter of Permartent Deacon and Mrs. Paul RomaofChrist the King parish, Mashpee, read the pro-life essay that won her first prize for 10th to 12th grade entrants in the annual contest sponsored by the diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate.

A touching story of her relationship with an older sister with Down's Syndrome, it drew prolonged applause from the cathedral congregation.

Also present in the cathedral was Donald Guenette, who placed second among 10th to 12th graders in the pro-life contest. A leukemia patient whose condition is in remission, he is a student at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. His essay ends with the inarguable comment: "How can ending the life of an innocent human being created in the image of God ever be morally explained?

I can't think of any reasons· that will be acceptable to God on Judgment Day to justify abortion."

Also following the Mass, Father Stephen A. Fernandes, director of the diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate, announced that the first diocesan pro-life convention. would take place Saturday, Oct.'28, at Bishop Stang HighSchool" North Dart. mouth. It',willfeature Father Richard'),. Neuhaus; a. fonner Luth-' eran pastor, now a Catholic priest, director of the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York City, and editor of "First Things"; and Helen Alvare, director of Planning and Information Services of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. bishops.

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A Tragic Story When events occur outside our national borders, they reach our attention only if the media deem them worthy of attention.

Most Americans are so involved in trying to keep up with the J oneses that some of the glaring injustices perpetrated by our own government are of little concern to them. If events do not involve us as individuals, why worry about governmental ethics and morals? So often we simply fail to hold our government accountable when it employs injustice and intrigue as tools for politically motivated murder. This is especially true in our dealings with the peoples of Central and South America.

The present embarrassment of our government's involve-. ment in the execution of a Guatemalan guerrilla commander is but another example of face-saving deception. Thanks to the efforts of Atty. Jennifer Harbury, the American wife of Efrain Bamaca Velasquez, the grisly tactics employed by our Central Intelligence Agency in connection with his killing have come to light on Capitol Hill.

Last week a member of the House Intelligence Committee accused the CIA of concealing information that linked a Guatemalan colonel in the pay of the agency to the killing. This is but one of many crimes that we have allowed to be committed in the struggle to overcome dictatorships. Noone in our church family should forget the 1989 murder in El Salvador of six Jesuits, their cook and her daughter, in connection with which the Bush government was accused of withholding information that could have led to prosecution of the killers.

Sad to say, even some influential Catholics would like to bury the Jesuit murders forever.

Both the Harbury and Jesuit cases show that we do not preach democracy with a clean heart. Too often the activities of the CIA take place in a world of shadows. Its very nature is that of secrecy and intrigue; but even so~ the rights and freedoms of individuals should never be terminated by murder.

Our government must indeed safeguard the common good,. but it should not sa~rifice deinocralic ideals in the process; TO'o' often, for the sake of expediency, innocent people have become victims of political ends.

There can be little doubt that pressures are often brought to bear upon governments and politicialleaders to the point that they may fear to act as they otherwise might. On the other hand, not a few seem inclined to invoke the concept offreedom as a pretext for refusing to allow moral standards to governtheir actions.

In his 1963 encyclical, "Pacem in Terris," Pope John XXIII declared that freedom is an end or purpose of society that looks toward the liberation ofthe human person. Why have we so often used the concept offreedom to enslave people when it should be viewed as the political method of obtaining the other goals of society?

It is most important that our government exercise its responsibility to ensure that no citizen is denied personal freedom. We cannot justify the use Of totalitarianism by our national intelligence agency. Each person's right to live under a system of government which erects no obstacles to the pursuit of truth and virtue mus't be respected.

As congressional hearings are planned in the case of Efrain Bamaca Velasquez; let us hope that the message of the freedoms and rights of the individual will be heard above the harsh clamor of government intrigue.

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By Father Kevin J. Harringto~ the s~luti()n to a'figHt. The elder . "Perhaps there are so many such son is clearly one of such in- sons and daughters in our world During the very heart of Lent the Gospel of Luke presents th~ habitants. because ~oo. often families are not story of the Prodigal Son. In this The Gospe.1 of M~tthew 9uotes s~hools 10 forbearance .and forday and age when people speak !.esus as saymg q.U1te su.ccmctly: glveness, but refo~matones where glibly of being products of dysIf your bro~her ~ms agamst you, rules are more Important than functional families, this story out- go and tell. him hiS fault, between peopl~a~d where the first s~ch lines an antidote to dysfunction. you and him al?ne." Clearly, ~he rule IS silence about anythmg So often this Gospel is approach- elder. son does Just t.he OPP~Slt~, u~p~e~santorunt.oward. Too many ed from the perspective of the denymg that the p.rodlgal ~on IS hiS fam~hes .emphaslze harmony - or prodigal son orthe forgiving father . broth~r by re~ernng to h~.m .when th~ IllUSIOn of har~ony - 2.t an~ with the elder son seen almost as a speakmg to hiS father as thiS son pnce, to the detnment of their footnote to be glossed over. But in of yours" .and b~' airing his grie- members." .

Mean~hlle, ~amlly. me.mbe rs forreality many people strongly iden- vance With hiS brother to the tify with the elder son and have father. sake.thelr relatlO~shlps 10 favor of great 'sympathy for him because The elder son does c~n~ront t~e nu.rsmg hurt feehngs or wounded they themselves harbor a great father for .never even ~illing a kid pnde. Th~ elder son pr~ferred. to deal of resentment. I hope to hal- goat for hlm,never mmd a fatted remove h~mself from hiS famll~, ance this traditional neglect by calf as was done for the y~unger stay outSide the party th2:t h~s focusing primarily upon the role ~rother. ~he eld~r son ~Ill not father gave upon. the return of hiS of the elder son and its significance hste~ to hiS father s s~othmg de~- brother and let hiS wounds fester. for us. laratl?,nthat "everyt~mg I have ~s But like it or not, family life is C.S. Lewis, the late British yours, becau~e he be~l~ves that hiS the chief m.eans God .has c,hosen author, wrote some prophetic f~ther s I.ove .IS conditioned ~pon through w~l~h to ma~lfest ~Imself words that pear close reading in hiS workmg like a slav~ for him. , to uS,and ~t IS of uI~lmate lInpo~颅 relation to our understanding of ~he tr.agedy of t~~ elde~ son Stance to Him. Our hfe together IS the dynamics that underlie the attitude IS reflected lifthe ~Ives ?f the place where we are comforted, dysfunction found in the family so .many people who believe m confronted, tested and redeemed described in Luke's Gospel. In his the~r heart~ that th~y must earn by God through one another. It is book The Great Divorce Lewis their salvation by their own efforts the place where we come to know paint~ a picture of hell that'haunts and not by grace.

God or to flee from His pre!:ence, me, because it bears such a resemdepending upon how we come to blance to where many human know or flee one another. beings live.

The story of the prodigal son Hell is like a vast gray city, ends on a rather upbeat note: with Lewis writes, a city inhabited only a noisy party. That is preo:isely at its outer edges with rows and' what we are called to do in the rows of empty houses in the midmiddle of Lent: to have a kind of dIe, empty because all those who For Safety block party in the de~erted center once lived in them have quarreled Father, watch over your of hell and fill the place with such family and keep us .safe in music and laughter, such merriwith the neighbors and moved, your care, for all our hope ment and mutual affection that all and quar~eled with the new neighbors' and moved again, leaving the farflung residents come creepis in you. Grant this through ing in from their distant outposts behind them empty streets full of empty houses. our Lord Jesus Christ, your to see what the fuss is all about.

That, Lewis asserts, is how hell Son, who lives and reigns Every time we confront and got so large - empty at the center with you and the Holy Spirmake up, forgive and seek forand inhabited only on the fringes it, one God, for ever and giveness, heal and are healed, we -because everyone in it chose disever. Amen. raise a little bit of heaven smack in the middle of hell! lance instead of confrontation as

Turning from sin leads to new life

Priest totals down, seminarians' up v ATICAN CITY (CNS) -

The number of priests worldwide decreased in 1993, reflecting a sharp drop in the number of new ordinations, the Vatican said.

At the same time, the steady increase in the number of seminarians has given church leaders hope for the future, said a recent Vatican statement.

The statement coincided with presentation of the .. Annuario Pontificio," the Vatican yearbook,

Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:8-14 John 8:I-ll As we make a sinc:ere effort to turn from sin during the Lenten season, God's grace offers undreamt-of possibilities for new life.

In today's readings, Second Isaiah (as cha pters 40 to 55 of the Book of Isaiah are known), Paul and Jesus speak of new beginnings for .those once trapped in sin or self-righteousness. Let us celebrate the new life beyond sin in the words of the responsorial psalm: "The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy" (Ps 126).

In the first reading, Second Isaiah is announcing that the Lord is about to lead the Jewish exiles home from Babylon in a magnificent new Exodus. The same Lord who opened a way in the sea and "snuffed out" the Pharaoh's "chariots and horsemen." will now defeat the Babylonians. In fact, the exiles are commanded to forget the wonders of the past, so magnificent will this new "thing" be.

"Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; See, I am doing something new!

Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" (Isa 43:18-19) This new deed includes a wondrous journey home through the wilderness filled with life-giving rivers. All is done so.that the Israelites may 'witness 1:1:> ·tlle' 'Lord by announcing his praise, the very thing they do in the verses of the responsorial psalm.

When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage, it seemed like a dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, on our lips there were songs (Ps 126: 1-2).

In the epistle Paul testifies to the Philippians, who were tempted to ado'pt a righteousness based on the observance of the Jlewish law, that he himself has forfeited such a righteousness and accounts it as "rubbish" in comparison to the justice which coml:S through faith in Christ.

In contrast to the old human righteousness whi<:h rests on our paltry observance of the law and

Daily Readings April 3: On 13:1-9,15-17, 19-30,33-62; Ps 23:1-6; In 8:1-11 or 12-20 April 4: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3,16-21; In 8:21-30 April 5: On 3:14-20,9192,95; On 3:52-56; In 8:31-42 April 6: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9; In 8:51-59 April 7: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; In 10:~11-42 April 8: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10-13; In 11:45-57 April 9: lk 19:28-40; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9,17-20,2324; Phil 2:6-11; lk 22:1423:56

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inevitably leads to self-righteousness, this new righteousness "has its origin in God and is based on faith." It involves "knowing Christ" by sharing in the pattern of his suffering and death! but also being strengthened by "the power flowing from his resurrection."

This righteousness through faith in what God has done in Christ gives the believer a hope which Paul describes as that of a runner straining for the finish line. He has been freed from the burden of the past, and now, "grasped by Christ," he can say: "I run toward the prize to which God calls me - life on high in Christ Jesus."

The gospel selection from John also shows Jesus offering a new life that transcends self-righteousnesscentered on the law. Using a woman caught .in the act of adul- . fery, 'the scribes- :and PhaTisees'attempt to trap Jesus into condemning her to be stoned, something mandated by Jewish law (see Lev 20: 10; Deut 22:23-24), but forbidden by the Romans, who according to John did not allow the Jews to carry out the death penalty in cases where their law required it (see J 0'wI8:31).

Jesus .at first delays by simply bending down and tracing on the ground with his finger. When the scribes and Pharisees persist in asking Jesus to render a judgment on the case, he challenges them with the words: "Let the man among you who has no sin be the first to cast a stone at her." Confronted by its own self-righteousness that had made it capable of killing the woman, the crowd drifts away, beginning with the elders.

Jesus then offers the woman, who had simply been a case example for the elders, a new lease on life. Suddenly alone with Jesus, she appears superior to her accusers in that she has not condemned another. Jesus simply asks, "Woman, where did they all disappear to? Has no one c.ondemned you?"

When she humbly replies, "No one, sir," Jesus sends her on her way with an aSS4rance of forgiveness and a command to turn from sin and begin life anew.

"Nor do I condemn you.

You may go.

But from rtow on, avoid this sin."

Our Lenten observance has reached its goal when we can hear these same words.

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to Pope John Paul II. The 1995 yearbook reflects statistical data dating from Dec. 31,1993.

While figures on priests were not provided, the Vatican said the number of priests who died or left the priesthood in 1993 was greater than the number of new ordinations. In the years from 1989-92, the number of priests had increased.

The Vatican said the number of priests who died in 1993 was the highest in 17 years. At the same time, the number of ordinations

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decreased sharply (or the first time since 1979.

On the other hand, the number of major seminarians continued to rise, with an increase of 1.68 percent in 1993. Since 1978, the year in which Pope John Paul was elected, the number has increased 65.5 percent, from 72,670 to 103,709, the statement said.

The Vatican hopes that these numbers foretell a consistent increase in ordinations over the coming years.

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RENEWING CONSECRATION: At the Legion of Mary's annual Acies ceremony, a Franciscan Sister of the Immacuiate from Fairhaven and Margie Copeland of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet, are among Legionaries reciting an individual act of consecration to Mary. Bishop O'Malley presided, with Father Barry Wall, diocesan moderator, and Father Matthew Sullivan, SS.Cc., spiritual director of the New Bedford Curia, at the service at St. Mary's Cathedral.

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'Parad,ox 'of forgiving In the last year and a half I have spent a lot of time meditating on the meaning of forgiveness.

It is so clear from what Jesus said that we must forgive - without counting the times. It is also clear from his example on the cross that he wasn't talking about little hurts. As he was dying, Jesus prayed to his father to forgive those who had betrayed and hurt him.

That reaction by Jesus always has amazed 'me. He was giving us one of the hardest lessons we could ever have: that we had to forgive our enemies for whatever they did to us.

It takes great faith to accept that idea when evil so often appears to be the power capable of destroying us. ,I felt that' Pope John Paul II truly was a teacher, and Christlike, when he immediately forgave the man who tried to kill him in St. Peter's Square.

A small item in the news a few weeks before Christmas last year told how Pope John Paul met in private audience with the mother and brother of this man, Mehmet Ali Agca, and once again expressed his forgiveness to Agca.

But long before his audience with the Agca family - about four years after the attempt on his life - Pope John Paul visited Agca in prison as a sign of forgivene~s'.

Some time ago, a British documentary film portrayed Mother Teresa as egotistical and publicity hungry. This saintly nun, who has worked a lifetime with the poor and dying, responded by saying she had forgiven the film's producer. "I work for the Lord, and I have a clear conscience," she said simply.

Recently Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago offered his forgiveness and met with Stephen J. Cook, the man who had falsely charged (later withdrawing the charges) that the cardinal sexually abus'ed him years earlier. After the two met, Cook, who has AIDS, said, "It's almost like I have a new friend now in Cardinal Bernardin."

Cardinal Bernardin said that he had sought the meeting to let Cook know he "harbored no ill feelings toward him" and to pray with Cook "for his physical and spiritual. well-being."

Another story of forgiveness concerns a minister, the Rev. Waiter Everett, who officiated at the

Morality of gambling

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By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

wedding of Mike Carlucci, the man who killed his son Scott, and whom Everett had visited to find reconciliation and peace.

"It blew me away," Carlucci said. "I had never had anyone forgive me in my life. I started crying.

He said he wouldn't be abh: to live his tife the way he lives Lt if he honestly didn't forgive me for this."

The Rev. Everett said his forgiving Carlucci "doesn't remove the pain of Scott's death. But the additional pain of anger at Mike, I don't think I could have lived with that. By offering forgiveness, I freed myself from that hurt."

I have concluded that f,)rgiveness is a paradox. We cannDt heal ourselves if we do not forgive others, but if we do forgive, it is we who benefit the most. Ifwe let feelings of hatred and revenge consume us when we are devastatingly hurt, we cease to be the human beings we were created to be, and our humanity is eroded. '

By gambling. They promote gambling Dear Dr. Kenny: State lotteries to make money. Even with state and private casinos are cropping Dr. JAMES & lotteries and large private casinos up all over. I don't know what to competing for consumer dollars, think. Is gambling harmful? Is it MARY the morality depends on how they an addiction? - Ohio advertise and run their operation.

Gambling used to be a rich KENNY As in any other business, the

By Father Eugene Hemrick The gravity approach attempts man's diversion, Now it is every, . to identify all possible influences .man:s entertainme_nt. . .' " profit m~t.iv~~;~a~ ~~~~,~~r.a路t~ "~o "Weekly Catholic Church attengreed. ThiS can descend further to :~r~';~~i~'~e:re'. nea'r enough .. They ': Is gambling psyc,hologically harmbehind a p r o b l e m . : dance in the United States is apfalse or'mi~leadinga'd~~rtising and 'can't stop. ful? Not if it does not take needed Are all parishes losing attenproximately half what conventionfamily funds, if it does not sour . dishonest business practices, and dance or just some? If some parFor such people, gambling is al wisdom takes it to be; the true relationships, if it does not jeo- even involve criminal elements. .ishes are increasing in attendance habit-forming or in other 路words, rate is closer to 25 percent than to But this is a problem of big busi- psychologically addictive. Oband others aren't, why? Is it be- . pardize health by causing undue 5I percent," say researchers C. anxiety. ness, not exclusively of gambling. viously, these persons should not Kirk Hadaway, Penny Long Mar- cause ofleadership, catechesis, senPerhaps a more positive quesIs gambling an addiction? Gam- gamble at all. sitivity to diverse cultures or diverier and Mark Chaves. bling is not a physical addiction tion would be to ask if it brings sity among parishioners?

I personally don't enjoy gamWhat are the reasons for this? such as drugs can be. People do relaxation and joy. Many of us Do the liturgy, homily and style bling. I'm too compulsive. GamSome social observers attribute of welcoming parishioners enter not gamble because of their genetic bling makes me too nervou:; and have enjoyed a' small bet on a the problem to a lost generation of into the picture? makeup or because of a physical spoils my fun. football game, or playing pennyCatholics, which they believe was If gambling causes problems in Church attendance might be in- ante poker. The small amount of bodily demand. They do not suffer路 a result of the turbulence in the fluenced by location, the talents of money or chance of a free dinner the physical symptoms of with- your life, then gambling itself is a church following Vatican Council the parishioners, financial factors adds spice to the moment. Don't drawal if they stop gambling. problem. If you can't stop, don't I I. The number of Catholic school or having a school. bet if it isn't fun.

However, some people (myself start. For most, however, gamsystems decreased, religion was Is gambling morally harmful? included) have addictive personalbling as a pastime seems quite Other factors contribute to mak- . taught less systematically, and ing low church attendance a comIn itself. gambling is morally neu- ities. They never do anything once, innocent. many black-and-white issues of plex, 'not a simple, matter. As a tral. Again, if no one is hurt by it, but tend to repeat behaviors com, Reader questions on famil,Y livfaith came to seem gray, they researcher, I would want to know then it would be hard to under- pulsively. ' ing and child care to be answered would say. stand how or why gambling was For them', one throw of the dice in print are invited by The Kellnys; about the ratio of parishioners in Part of the turbulence, they mixed marriages to those in which immoral. or one quarter in the slot machine 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind. would add, was due to the exodus both spouses ar-e Catholic, and the 47978.

Some people make a business of may be one too many. Two tries of religious order members and ratio of single parents to twoadverse publicity about the church. parent families.

In the eyes of these reductionParish demographics would need ists, everything wrong with the to be investigated further by askBy church can be reduced to poor ing about possible differences beLast week was Tea Week at our back and thumping my stomach leadership. . tween parishes with predominantly house.

DAN ,with a wooden spoon and thus Other observers point to the older and younger members, or A couple weeks ago it was Kelp over a period of time' learning secularization of society and say the community's socioeconomic Week. Before that, Garlic Month. what tones indicate what degree of MORRIS the Sabbath is no longer observed, realities.

I could have filled the calendar: fullness. the media's main emphasis is on What about the background of Vitamin C Week, B Complex Week, History, however, suggests we'll secular pursuits and society has those who could be attending Mass, Natural Vegetable Juice Week, probably soon be o(f onto a macrobecome hedonist. but aren't? How many of them botanical-antioxidant menu of For example, even if one takes Amino Acids Fortnight.

Unlike reductionists, these social spend more time traveling in conNow it's Dr. Chopra Week (as the literature with a grain of salt some kind.

I think I saw Ms. observers attribute low attendance nection with their work than they in Deepak Chopra, M.D., author, (darn, poor choice of words again), Wheat Germ thumbing through to global economic forces, mobil- spend at home? I'd want to know "Perfect Health.") We are sipping an essayon ginkgo biloba extract .you could not possibly' eat, drink ity, the electronic age and the about their religious education warm liquids before going to bed and process just the "basic" enand its relation to bilberry juice. godlessness they spawn. background, the types of leisure and trying to end meals with our I don't want to exaggerate my zymes, vitamins, herbs, tonics, To fully understand low church activities that interest them. spouse's zeal when it comes to stomachs one-third empty. natural stimulators, garlic pills, attendance, I believe we need to go As can be seen from these quesI am havinga hard time reading health food fal;ls-of-the-moment, beta blockers, fiber, et al in a day tions, which reflect the gravity beyond a reductionist or global my stomach gauge. I asked Eileen but customers of the local health and still have room for any food, approach and adopt what is known 'approach, the reasons for low how she knew when her stomach food store think she's an employee. to say nothing of a chocolate (:hip as the "gravity" approach. church attendance vary widely. was two-thirds full. She explained She even has restroom privileges. cookie. .

Gravity attempts to sort through Undoubtedly, the statistics on Hey, I have no beef(probably a that she "just knew" and "it's About the only good new:; in all possible causes of a problem. It' , low Mass attendance are disturb- common sense." poor word choice) with eating recent months is that spouse is wilgoes beyond focusing on one seg- ing, but this is not an unreasonable .

Apparently, Dr. Kupcakeagrees. healthfully, but basing one's diet ling to' go along with the. theory ment of the church as the reduc- problem. Reasons can be found to He did not outline any measuring on variant claims in news articles that a glass of red wine has potentionists do, and it avoids the gener- explain it - and methods can be techniques. and Sund~y magazine foqd sectially good benefits for the heart. alities of the, globalists. developed to respond to it. ' I'm lobbying for a Red Wine Wt:ek.

I have considered lying on my tions is shaky.

Analyzing church attendance

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Cardiologist prays for his patients

Validating â&#x20AC;˘ a marriage Q.I am a divorced Catholic who was married for 15 years to another Catholic. Five years later, I married again to a Catholic in a Protestant ceremony.

My spouse and I Ilttend Mass regularly but, of course, we do not receive communion. He is a member of the parish, 1 B,m not.

My first husband passed away a year ago. Since my first marriage has been dissolved by the death of my ex-spouse, is it possible for my second husband and me to be remarried in the Catholic Church?

Both of us want to be able to participate more fully in our faith and receive communion. (Pennsylvania) A, A large numbl~r of divorced and remarried Catholics in your sit uation are not at all sure of their status as Catholics, Even though, according to church law, Catholics remove themselves from the sacraments by remarriage outside, the church after a divorce, they remain part of thechurch,as Pope John Paul has remarked more than once.

Since your first husband's death dissolved any marriage union between the two of you, nothing now prevents the Catholic validation of your second marriage, assuming of course that your present husband is also free to marry, (You say nothing in your letter about whether or not he had been married before he married you.)

Talk to your parish priest, and ask him to help you, The process is short and uncomplicated, As long as we're on the subject, I repeat again for divorced Catholics who are not remarried; nothing whatsoever prevents you from receiving the sacraments of reconciliation and Eucharist.

American Dream Dear Editor: The success of the American Dream Challenge, a program offering college scholarships to qualifying students, is dw~ to 110% cooperation from James M. Gibney, superintendent of Fall River public schools, and James McNamee, superintendent of Catholic schools of the Fall River diocese, as well as from community m:wspapers, radio, Fall River Mayor John R. Mitchell and the area chamber of commerce.

A recent student essay contest was made possible through th.e assistance of public and Catholic school educators, including Kathleen Barboza, principal of St. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River.

The contest was open to fourth graders of participating Fall River schools who wrote: essays on "How Education Can Help Me Make a Difference."

Judges of the winning essay from each school includl:d Marcie Hickey of the Anchor. Awards will be made at a ceremony to be held at I p.m. Sunday, April 30, at the Talbot Middle School in Fall River.

All are welcome to attend.

At the event, winning fourth graders will receive certificates and

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN Nearly every day I hear from at, least one person Who is confused about that. An obstacle to these sacraments arises only when a divorced person attempts to enter another marriage outside the church, If you're in doubt, at least talk to a priest to clear the matter up.

Q. When Pope Paul John II made the last group of cardinals a few months ago, mention was made of cardinal priests and cardinal deacons. What d~ those names mean? (Louisiana) These designations go back hundreds of years to a time not long after cardinals became part of the church's life, and all of them lived in or around Rome.

Cardinal deacons were administrators in the diocese of Rome, (For centuries, the business administration of the Roman church was largely the responsibility of deacons. St. Lawrence the martyr is a famous example,) Ca'rdina'l priests were pastors of the major churches and basilicas of Rome, Cardinal bishops were heads of the dioceses around Rome,

sign a pledge to, stay in school, avoid drugs and violence, do community service alld work towards higher education. They will earn a $100 scholarship, to be awarded when they graduate from high school. In the interim, they can increase the $100 to a possible $1000 by writing additional essays and continuing to keep the pledge made this year.

Dr. Irving Fradkin Fall River

PRINCETON, N.J. (CNS) Science and spirituality' are not mutually exclusive in medical healing, says cardiologist Dr. William F. Haynes Jr. "I have seen the power of prayer in my life and in the lives of my patients," he said. "Using discernment, I pray every day with one or more of my patients. They also pray for me."

In one case, after praying with a frightened cardiac patient, Haynes wrote that the patient's heart rate slowed enough to allow essential medical treatment to be effective.

An uncomplicated hospital stay resulted.

In another case; a seriously ill patient in a coma became conscious for a brieftime after Haynes, the patient's son and a pulmonary technician prayed. Though the patient died, the transient recovery was deemed a blessing by the family since it allowed them 12 hours of conversation with the patient.

"Healing was accomplished through the Holy Spirit," Haynes told The Monitor, newspaper of the Diocese of Trenton, N.J. Not wanting to be known as overly pious" he added, "The Lord heals as the physician stands by.

We are only channels to healing."

Haynes, an Episcopalian who is a professed member of the Third Order of St. Francis, added that discern!.Jlent is important in determining when shared prayer with a patient can help.

He said researchers have found that decreased stress and resultant peace increilse the body's immune process and the patient's feeling of well-being. The positive effects also increase T -lymphocytes, blood cells which fight infection, he said.

A 1991.study further indicates that hospitalized patients who were prayed for recovered faster and with fewer side effects than patients in a control group without prayers, he added. A 17-year study of breast cancer patients with positive outlooks and strong support mechanisms, including prayer, showed they had a better prognosis than those without these factors.

"We are all spiritual beings," Haynes said. "It is not enough to be physically or mentally healed. . We may still be hurting. The Lord is needed to heal us spiritually for wholeness of being."

"A special place is not necessary to experience the power of prayer," Haynes said. "J ust make time every day to be quiet and to listen to the Lord."

Dear Editor: .

What a .wonderful article on Catherine McAuley (Anchor, March 17). All the Sisters of Mercy were thrilled! Many thanks for the fine job and for all the wonderful coverage the Sisters receive in the . Anchor.

Jean Cavanaugh Communications Director Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Cumberland, RI

Frl., Mar.

ANCHOR:"- Diocese of Fall River -

31,19957

She was tops Holy Cross Sister Dolora Marie Walker lived up to her family name when she collected more pledges than any other participant in a recent Dog-a-Than sponsored

by Jeffs Companion Animal Shelter in Westport.

Sponsored by 89 people, including 50 fellow members of the Holy Cross community, Sister Dolora raised $1,039 for the work of the animal shelter, the top amount collected by anyone in the threeyear history of the Dog-a-Thon.

She became interested in the

work of the shelter, which rescues abused or homeless animals and places them as therapeutic companions with elderly and disabled persons, when she was seeking a companion dog for her blind 91year-old mother. She and her mother adopted "Helen," almost totally blind herself and suffering from a crooked leg due to an unset fracture early in her life.

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Communicate: Health!

A Month Of Healthy Learning At Saint Anne's.

6th Annual Ethics Symposium Managed Care: Who Manages Whom: "Ethical Issues In The Face Of Rationing" oApril 7 07:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This year's symposium is being held at The Martin Institute of Law and Society at Stonehill College in North Easton, MA. Principal speakers include: Michael Collins, MD, President, Caritas Christi - Don Feder, Columnist and Editorial Writer for the Boston Herald - Sr. Carol Keehan, D.C., President of Providence Hospital, Washington, DC. Category I Risk Management Credits will be offered to Physicians. Continuing Education contact units will be offered to RNs and LPNs. Category II contact hours will be offered to Social Workers.

Registration fee is $35.

Contact the Education Department at Saint Anne's Hospital at (508) 674-5600, ext. 2480.

Breast Cancer Support Group For Women With ADiagnosis 01 Breast Cancer" oApril 11. 25 05:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. oRoom # CH128 Contact Ann Mitchell, MSW, L1CSW, at (508) 674-5600, ext. 2270 or Susan O'Brien, RN, MSN at (508) 674-5600, ext. 441.

Prostate Support Group" For men with prostate cancer, this type of forum allows for educational and peer support when dealing with this major life event. o April 10 & 24 02:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. oNannery Conference Room Contact Fred Barbosa, MSW, at (508) 674-5600, ext. 2279 or Rosemarie Baylies, RN, at

Sisters thrilled!

Dear Editor: I want to congratulate you and say "thank you" for the article in the Anchor on Sisters of Mercy. I really enj oyed it.

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Sunday Seniors Luncheon Buttet lunch to be followed by apresentation entitled "Cancer Awareness" presented by Dina Mello, RNC, BSN, Community Outreach Coordinator, Saint Anne's Hospital.

Pre-registration is required. o April 23 012:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m. oEducation Classroom There is a$4.00 charge for this program which includes lunch and the presentation.

Contact the Food & Nutrition Department at (508) 674-5600, ext. 2635.

Diabetes Education And Support Group" Meetings focus on the educational topics related to diabetes as well as sharing of individual experiences. Open to those with diabetes, their family and friends. This month's topic will be "Best Foot Forward" presented by Ruth Bokor, DPM. oApril 11 06:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. oNannery Conference Room Pre-registration is not required.

Contact Maria Cabrales at (508) 674-5600, ext. 2390.

Support Group For Caregivers Of Terminally III Patients" oApril 4, 11, 18 &25 06:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Held at the Hampton Inn, Westport, MA. Contact Mary Peterson at Hospice Outreach: (508) 673-1589.

Grief Education Support Group For Children Ages 6¡14" oApril 26 03:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. oln Clemence Hall Contact Bill Sylvia at Hospice Outreach: (508) 673-1589.

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BOSNIAN REFUGEE Sasa Stanic takes a breather from the task of settling into her new home in Rochester, NY. (eNS/Wilkin photo)

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CNS) ~ even remember the last parish that.

James Delaney says two of the was involved."

As a result he has increasingly biggest obstacles today to Catholic refugee resettlement work are turneli to non-Catholic groups for xenophobia and apathy - the support.

The Stanics are a good example. , anti-immigrant attitude that spawned Proposition 187 in Cali- Though neither' is Muslim, the fornia, plus a lack of volunteers to Bosnian couple is being sponsored by the League of Muslim Women. keep the work going.

Delaney, manager of Roches- The Islamic Center of Rochester ter's Catholic Family Center reset. tlement program; 'expe~t~J9 11~lp ,'j - .. -:'.;.t, -,.-0' .- :,,".~~ resettle some 100 refugees this year. ..

Among the most recent were Zeljko and Sasa Stanic, a Bosnian couple who arrived in Rochester In conjuction with National March I. But this year's numbers are a Diabetes Alert Day March 28, drop of 81 refugees from last year. Saint Anne's Hospital reminds the "The Proposition 187 mind-set community of its "Stick'n Store" has translated into lower quotas,"Sharps Safety Disposal Program.

Delaney said, referring to the refThe first program of its kind in erend urn passed in California last the Fall River area, it was designed Novemberdenyinggovemmentbene- to provide insulin-dependent perfits to illegal aliens. sons with a process for safe collecThe national quota for refugees tion and disposal of insulin syrlast yearwas 120,000; this year it is inges and/ or lancets.

108,000.

Two grants totaling $9,800 have Around the country about 120 been awarded to Saint Anne's Hosdiocesan offices like that of the pital in support of this, program Catholic Family Center help reset- and its efforts to reduce the risk of tle refugees and assist them with accidental needle punctures, which school enrollment,job training and can cause serious infections and language and other support pro- life threatening diseases. The programs. gram also deters people from Some of those offices will be throwing needles or lancets into forced to close because' of the the rubbish or from leaving them reduced government funding that lying around. All information and is accompanying the quota cuts, services are available in PortuDelaney said. guese.

Saint Anne's Hospital provides He said his office, recognized last year by the U.S. Catholic Con- its patients at time of discharge, or ference as a model volunteer reset- when instructed on an outpatient dement program, is not in danger basis, with a biohazard container, of closing because of budget cuts, educational material and a membut it is experiencing a different bership card, which entitles them to three free container exchanges kind of "cut."

When Delaney began working per year. When the patient has with the; office in 1979, the bulk of filled the biohazard container, it is the volunteer support came from placed in the plastic bag provided.

Catholic individuals and parishes, and brought to Saint Anne's Diaghe said. By 1985 that support "just nostic Imaging Services waiting dried up. It was no longer trendy." room, where the patient presents Despite repeated appeals by the membership card and receives Rochester Bishop Matthew H. a new container. Since the pro,Clark, Catholic involvement in gram was initiated in June 1994, 175 patients have been served. refugee resettlement has dropped off sharply.

For additional information Delaney estimated that only 20 about the "Stick 'n Store" Sharps percent of his current volunteers Safety Disposal Program, contact are Catholic and said 'parish com- Maria Cabrales, patient education mitments have disappeared: "I can't coordinator, at 674-5600, ext. 2390.

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has been working with the C~ltho­ lic Family Center on resettlement of Iraqi and Bosnian refugee!:.

Delaney said the diocesan resettlement program would have.collapsed by now ifit.weren't for such interfaith efforts and a corps of about 50 non-Catholic volumeers who form five teams.

The Stanics also symbolhe a new generation of refugees iii. the world .•In the.,70$.and .80s, .most refugees were"from Southeast Asia~ , but their numbers are decreasing and those of several other nati (mal and ethnic groups are growing.

Last year's refugees that carne to Rochester included 25 Hai·tians and 22 Bosnians. Iraqis, Uk:rainians and a Laotian also rece'ived' assistance.

Delaney expressed sadness and anger at the misinformation be !lind the recent resurgence of xenophobia in the United States and the anti-immigrant legislation and policies that are coming out of it.

"They've twisted it up so it seems like immigrants and refugees ~.re a drain on the country," he said, adding that studies repeatedly S]lOW the opposite: most immigrants find jobs, become productive citi:~ens and pay for the services they rec(:ive.

"Even the illegals are paying taxes and providing cheap labor," he said.

New priest is 91 M ANCH ESTER. Engl~.nd (CNS) - A former Angli,~an clergyman has been ordained as a Roman Catholic priest at the ,age of91. Father Harold Riley, ordained by Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster, is believed the oldest man ever to enter the Catholic priesthood. He had been a priest in the Church of Englemd since 1927, when Cardinal Hume was 4 years old. Father Riley t,)ld the Manchester-based Catholic weekly. The Universe. that he had always been interested in I:he "Catholic" side of the Anglic:an Church. "I always worked for Catholic things. I had hopes that I:he Church of England might develop more along that line and restore the' faith to the people of England," he said.

help, should not go unrecognized, nor should it be the last such.

After the services we shared refreshments together. Sitting at -table, strangers became acquaintances and, who knows, perhaps friends. There were no strangers when they left "the temple that night.

As I left for home, I felt uplifted, with renewed spirits had a continued hope for mankind: We just might make a peaceful world after all.

Shalom.

Lucille Antaya

BISHOP O'MALLEY with Rabbi William Kaufman, left, of Temple Beth El and Dr. Irving Fradkin before speaking at the Temple.

Bishop's visit to temple elicits favorable comments Jewish and Christian residents of Fall River gathered at Temple Beth EI on a Friday evening in January to hear Bishop Sean O'Malley, the first Fall River diocesan bishop to speak at a Jewish temple. A dialogue followed as congregants posed questions to the bishop and Templle Beth EI's Rabbi William Kaufman. Below are comments from some of those who attended.

Warmth of Fellowship From the moment [ heard that Bishop Sean O'Malley was going to speak at a Friday night serviCe. ,. at Temple Beth El in Fall River, I planned to be there.

I had heard Bishop O'Malley speak soon after he first came to this area at a Judaic Institute at UMass-Dartmouth. So I knew that he exudes intelligence and compassion, and I wanted to hear him again.

Furthermore, at the Judaic Institute he had expressed admiration for the Jewish roots of Christianity. I was eager to find out what more the bishop might say about this.

This January at Temple Beth EI it was very reassuring to hear Bishop O'Malley repeating those same kinds of views in his wideranging multicultural awareness· and wonderful speaking voice. It was thrilling to see the sanctuary packed, and with a diverse group of worshipers. The event felt important, and the warmth offellowship was everywhere.

When I went through grammar school in the 1950s, only I and my few other Jewish schoolmates had heard that the Romans had killed Jesus. I knew the Catholic Church had acknowledged that history many years ago, but I wondered if parish churches wer'~ hearing this story. After Bishop O'Malley's visit to Temple Beth El, I am sure they are hearing it.

The Most Reverend Bishop touched me most and taught me when he spoke abo~lt the founder of his religious order, St. Francis, as someone who had overcome a former fear by kissing a leper. I was impressed that centuries ago St. Francis had respected the Jewish roots of Jesus Ollt of St. Francis's sense of kinship with all nature and a universal brot.herhood.

In resposne to Bishop O'Malley's ecumenical spirit, Jews must

remind themselves not to be uncomfortable about the fact that Jesus was born a Jew. To 'release ourselves from past intolerances in the name of religion, I believe every major religious group must explore the various modes of forgiveness.

As Bishop O'Mailey himself conveys in his presence and in his message, the major religions share the belief that the Creator loves all creation, that God is love.

I look forward to future interfaith celebrations eqUlilly uplifting.

Lynne Kane House Was (Jacked On Friday evening,Jan. 6, I was thrilled to the very depths of my being.

The Most Rev. Sean O'Malley was a guest speaker at the Friday services of Temple Beth El. To put it mildly, it was a huge success. To coin a phrase, "the house was packed." In this case it was a house of worship of Almighty God. Every pew was filled with people from all walks oflife, from various·cities and towns throughout the Fall River diocese including priests, ministers and nuns. Young and old, they came.

They were warmly welcomed with smiles and extended hands, offered in the spirit of brotherhood and friendship.

Many experienced for the first time reading a book from back to front and reading Hebrew translations with English.

They quickly got "the hang of it."

The people read and heard passages from the Torah that they had heard and read all their lives, perhaps, from the Old. Testament in their Bibles, and they must have felt a familiarity and taken note of the similarity.

When the bishop speaks, he holds his lludience. His gentle, softspoken manner, his wit, his numerous anecdotes, his down to earth, man-of-the-people charm are captivating. He is a man of great experience, compassionate understanding and wisdom.

One of the statements he made will forever stand in my memory.

He said, "anti-Semitism is a sin against God." That Statement bears remembering. It says it all.

This event, sparked by Dr. Irving Fradkin with the rabbi and cantor's enthusiastic support and

ant. The sun which warms them does not belong to any discrete sect, the heavens are not filled with awe for just Jews, Catholics and Protestants.

The gift of life can only be given

by God, and He alone gave life to those He loves. These messages may not have been verbalized, but seemed to emanate from everyone.

Some discovered what the Lord has always known, and 'were filled with a spiritual joy. It was a wonderful experience, and many were very fulfilled and pleased, but more importantly, some probably sensed that the happiest spirit present was God Himself. Alleluia!

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"Candid Camera" episode of a chosen from ea'ch category, with a Likewise, the cry of Jesus on the person dressed in a lifelike tree $100 donation to be mad'e to the . note speaker at the recent four-day Catholic Charities USA national . cross, "Father, why have you forcostume who startled pa:isersby on charity of each winner's choice. saken me?" was echoed in the meeting. a busy street by moving as they Bishop Gerber admitted in his Father Thomas Harvey, past words of a teenager from Father watched. Most people :filmed by letter that many fear the demands president of the church's domestic Harvey's Pittsburgh-area parish the hidden camera watched warily of stewardship, which he said' social services agency, explained who was arrested for possession of as they backed away from the sus"requires nothing more, and noththat as he prepared his talk for the a small amount of hashish. "Where picious tree, Father Harvey said. ing less, than answering the call to meeting, he was struck by the is my dad?" .the boy wanted to Only one person walked over to faith." absence of references to Joseph in know as the priest arrived at the the tree, put his hands around it "But, if you're afraid of making the New Testament stories ofJesus' jail. and shook it to learn what was a commitment to stewardship as a "Even in the person of Christ, ministry. happening. way of life, I invite you to ask Although Joseph appears in the the need for affirmation from his "All of us think we'd b4: the treeanybody in your parish who already story about Jesus teaching at the father is essential," Father Harvey shakers," he said. "And we should has," the bishop said, "See what temple as an adolescent, by the said. No matter how commonplace be." Tree-shakers are not content they say about getting past their time the New Testament refers to it becomes for children to be raised to merely observe what happens fears and living this new way of the wedding at Cana when Jesus is without their fathers around, they but question what they see, he life. Only when we break through never lose the need to be loved and 30, it mentions only his mother, added. our fear Mrriers can we fully unMary. Without historical infor- affirmed by peqple they respect, he "There are many tree:. around derstand tite joy that comes from mation about what happened to continued. us that are moving," Father Haranswering His stewardship call."

Joseph, it might be assumed that "In any agency that calls itself a vey said. "The role of men and The mailing to Wichita Catholfor a good portion of his life on part of the church, we should be women in families is one of them." ics also includes a small poster earth, Jesus was the child of a sinable to show that needed love," While challenging his audience showing a child heiping a younger gle parent, he suggested.

Father Harvey told the audience to be tree-shakers, he cautioned child by bandaging his skinned Father Harvey also noted that a of about 100 workers from Cathothem against taking their inclinaknee. genealogical study of Jesus' ances- lic social service programs. tions too far in trying to fix With the headline, "God's caltors on earth includes a litany of Today's world of easy divorce, problems. ling ... it's for you," the poster sinners such as Bathsheba, and a frequent family mov~s and other "I'm not sure, if we had the best reads: "When we see a brother or mixture of Jews and Gentiles, as "negative family constructions" . wisdom possible, that we would sister crying, God's calling. Learnwell as saints. makes it particularly difficult to have the power to reverse some of ing to answer is love in its purest "All that is the stuff of the find a norm that resembles the the problems in society," said form. Even the youngest can pick humanity of Christ." And it can world in which the social workers Father Harvey. Like patie:llts diagit up." help in arguing that the life of at the conference were raised. nosed with cancer, sometimes the "It is never too soon to express Jesus is itself a testament to peoMore than half the students in important question to face must his love through our gifts," said ples' ability to triumph even if they his own parish's school live below shift from "What can I do to stop Bishop Gerber in his letter. "And it come from families that do not poverty level and more than 70 it?" to "How do I cope?" is never too spon to experience meet societal norms. percent of them are from singleThe problem of disint4:grating and pass on the joy of giving People who work with children parent households, Father Harvey families may be too major for within our families." from families that do not reflect a said. And that's in a stable, mostly social workers to control, he contraditional two-parent structure Catholic, Italian neighborhood that tinued. "But that should never TIME,TRLENLTRERSU~E also should find affirmation from prides itself on remaining insu- keep us from asking the important scriptural stories ~f Jesus' baptis.!Jl lated from many of the countris questions," or st~p society "from and his ·crucifixion, said Father probleril~.' • f ,,';;';' .; ".1 ~/ ,.: " .. assuring"children that' they are Harvey.

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Wichita Catholics urged to unmask "Secret Stewards" WICHITA, Kan. (CNS) - The diocese of Wichita is urging Catholics to tell their neighbor's secrets.

In a colorful, youth-oriented stewardship campaign called ~'In Search of Secret Stewards," the Kansas diocese has asked Catholics to tell about the good deeds performed quietly by "unsung heroes" in their area, The campaign features a fullcolor comic book depicting a TV reporter from WCDN (the fictional Wichita Catholic Diocese Network) following up on tips about "a league of secret stewards - unsung heroes for good, disguised as mildmannered parishioners."

Among the actions performed anonymously by the stewards in the comic book are yard work at the home of a senior citizen, the painting of a wall covered with gra'ffiti or the donation of a bag of groceries to a needy family.

"Stewardship means looking beyond our own circumstances long enough to reach out and touch someone's life," said Bishop Eugene J. Gerber of Wichita in a letter sent with the comic book. "It is love put into action. It is accomplished by putting aside, for a moment, that stack of bills, that stack of dirty dishes, that stack of day-to-day cares which sometimes hold us back."

The campaign urges Catholics to nominate "secret stewards" in seven categories - young man or woman, (under 21) adult man or woman, senior citizen man or woman (over 65) and entire fam-

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A respite for the caregiver

SEEKING STEWARDS: A comic-style booklet distributed by the dioce'se of Wichita asks people to help identify "secret stewards." (eNS photo)

By Monica and Bill Dodds Human beings weren't created to work non-stop seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. But in many ways that's exactly what some primary caregivers try to do.

It's not good for them or for the people in their care. , "Respite care" is a term heard more and more often. It means a break or a rest for the person responsible for the well-being of another.

In some instances that may be a mother taking care of her severely disabled child. In others it is an adult child and a sick parent. In still others it is one aging parent taking care of his or her ill spouse.

But no matter what the particular circumstances are, the basic truth is the same: Unless breaks are taken, a primary caregiver s06n will burn out, soon be unable to take care of anyone, including him or herself.

Caregiving is a complicated experience. It brings physical and emotional exhaustion. There is a tremendous sense of responsibility coupled with strong feelings of guilt: "I'm not doing enough."

"Sometimes I don't want to do this."

Without some type of respite care, it is easy for anger to surface, and with that comes an increased risk of physical and verbal abuse.

If abuse is already happening, it is a clear indication that respite care is overdue.

Respite care does not mean a week off every six months or a free weekend every few months - al-

though such breaks are also very helpful and healthy. It is several hours, perhaps once or twice a week, a way from the situation, with someone else assuming the role of caregiver.

Often that is mOre easily said than done. It can be hard for you, a primary caregiv~r, to allow someone else to do your job, even for a short while. Then, too, others - including family members --..: might not understand why you need to get away. The person in your care might not understand either. He or she may add to your guilt by apologizing for being such a "burden."

Don't be surprised' if you feel guilty when you take a break, or if you feel bad because in some ways you might not want to go back.

Remember: respite care will help you be a better caregiver.

Taking that short step back from the immediate situation will help you see it better. It will give you a moment to catch your breath.

Remember, too, that the break is for you. Don't fill the time run-

ning errands for the person in your care, going grocery shoppi Ilg, getting the car fixed and so 011.

Have lunch with a friend, Check out a support group for people in your situation. Go bowling. See a movie. Visit the library. Sit in a coffee shop reading the new~,paper.

Do whatever you like!

To find someone to help you with respite care, check with the local Catholic social service agency.

Ask at the parish. Call ":;enior "Information and Assistance" (the number should be in the phone book).

Keep in mind that in many places state money is available to cover the cost of respite care even for people who are not low-income families.

There's one final point. Perhaps you are not a primary caregiver but your spouse or parent is.

Remember that it can be difficult for people in that position to say, "I need some time off."

Be gentle, be loving, be firm as you help that person see what a difference respite care makes.

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POPE JOHN PAULII has told Cardinal John J. O'Connor to continue as New York's archbishop "until other provisions are made."

Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the cardinal, said that the pope's decision was conveyed through Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, pro-nuncio in Washington.

Catholic New York, the archdiocesan weekly, said the phrasing used in notifying Cardinal O'Connor was unusual. It quoted unnamed "sources in Rome" as saying the "cryptic wording" of the papal message could mean Cardinal O'Connor will remain archbishop until he is 80 if 11,(: remains in good health.

Cardinal O'Connor submitted his resignation, as bishops are required to do by canon law, on his 75th birthday, Jan. IS. (Born the same year as Cardinal O'Connor, Pope John Paul will turn 75 on May 18.)

The cardinal said h.: had found the message had come by fax when he returned to his residence March 17 after serving as the first archbishop of New York to be grand marshal of the St. Patrick's Day parade. He said when he got the papal message he went to his chapel and "told God that whatever he wanted me to do, that's what I'll do."

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MORE THAN SO bishops joined Chicago's Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin as he ordained his three new auxiliaries to the: episcopacy March 20.

Their first call as bishops is "to teach and preach the word of God, the good news of Jesus Christ," the cardinal said during the ordination Mass at Holy Name Cathedral.

The new auxiliaries are Bishops Edwin M. Conway, 60; Gerald F. Kicanas, 53; and George V. Murray, 46.

Bishop Murry, a Jesuit, is the 12th active black bishop in the nation.

Bishop Conway succeeds Bishop Lyne as episcopal vicar of Vicariate 2, covering Chicago's North Shore and the near north side of the city, and will continue as archdiocesan Catholic Charities administrator.

Bishop Kicanas, who was rector of Mundelein Seminary of the

University ofSt. Mary ofthe Lake, succeeds Bishop Goedert as episcopal vicar of Vicariate I, covering Lake County and some northwest suburbs of Chicago in Cook County. Bishop Goedert has been named vicar general and vicar for regional services.

Bishop Murry has been named episcopal vicar of Vicariate 6. That vicariate, covering Chic;:ago's South Side and southern suburbs, was under Bishop Gregory before he became bishop of Belleville.

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The appointments were announced in Washington March 21

by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, papal pro-nuncio to the United States.

Bishop Walsh was born in San Francisco Oct. 2, 1937, and was ordained a priest of that archdiocese in 1963. His assignments there included assistant chancellor and secretary to the bishop.

He was named auxiliary bishop of San Francisco in 1981 and bishop of Reno-Las Vegas in 1987.

In 1993, he dedicated a 2,200seat church, the largest church of any denomination in Nevada, in the middlp. of the Las Vegas Strip.

POPE JOHN PAUL II has accepted the resignation of Bishop Paul V. Dudley of Sioux Falls, S.D., who has headed the diocese Bishop Straling, 61, is the since 1978. founding bishop of San BernarCoadjutor Bishop Robert J. dino, where he was appointed in Carlson, installed in February 1994, July 1978. Born in 1933 in San automatically becomes bishop of Bernardino, he was ordained for the diocese, which covers South the diocese of San Diego in 1959.

Dakota east of the Missouri River.

His assignments included camIn a letter to parish leaders last pus pastor at San Diego State year, Bishop Dudley explained that University and executive secretary he had reque'sted a coadjutor to of the second synod of the diocese. help govern the diocese. "At 67," In 1976, he was named pastor of he wrote, "I just do not have the Holy Rosary parish in San Berenergy I once had to deal with the nardino, then part of the San important issues that will face the Diego diocese. Holy Rosary was diocese in the coming years." renamed Our Lady of the Rosary Born in Northfield, Minn., in Cathedral of the new San Bernar1926, Bishop Dudley was educated dino diocese upon Bishop Stralat Nazareth College and St. Paul ing's appointment there.

Seminary, in St. Paul, Minn. He Bishop Straling is a licensed was ordained a priest in the arch- marriage, family and child counsediocese of St. Paul and Minneapo- lor for the state of California, and lis in 1951 and was appointed aux- chairman of a special U.S. bishops' iliary bishop of St. Paul-Min- committee on lay ministry in the neapolis in 1977. church.

Bishop Carlson was born in During his tenure, the San Ber1944 in Minneapolis and was edu- nardino diocese established the Hall and St. Straling Leadership Institute, and .cated at Nazareth ".

Paul Seminary and at The Catho- ,English~languageschool oflay minlic University of America in Wash- istry formation; its Spanish-lanington. He was ordained a priest guage counterpart, the Escuela de for the archdiocese ofSt. Paul and Ministerios; and the permanent Minneapolis in 1970, and was ap- deacon formation program. pointed 'auxiliary bishop for the Reno, in western Nevada, and archdiocese in 1984.

Las Vegas, in southern Nevada, are the first new U.S. Latin-rite POPE JOHN PAUL II has split dioceses to be created since Sept. the statewide diocese of Reno-Las 8, 1988, when the diocese of KnoxVegas into separat~ dioceses of ville, Tenn., was separated from Reno and Las Vegas and trans- the diocese of Nashville, Tenn. ferred a California bishop into the In Nevada, the statewide diostate. cese was established as the diocese Named the first head of the dio- of Reno March 27, 1931, and redecese of Reno was Bishop Phillip ,F. signated as the diocese of RenoStraling of San Bernardino, Calif. Las Vegas Oct. 13,1976.

In Nevada's population of 1.4 The current head of the diocese of Reno-Las Vegas, Bishop Daniel million there are about 193,000 F. Walsh, was named head of the Catholics, the biggest single religious group in the state.

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SAN SALVADOR (CNS) chaired the document's drafting ROME (CNS) - The spiritual Thousands of Catholics celebrated committee. obligations to work for justice, the 15th anniversary of the death The document "is a call to conpromote the equality of women of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, a路nd empower lay people in the version" and an acknowledgment keeping alive the' memory of the church were central discussion that "we ought to listen t,) women man whose murder helped spiral points during an II-week general more because we are not in touch EI Salvador into 12 years of civil meeting of the Society of Jesus, as much as we should be," he said. war.

The situation of women includes held in Rome Jan. 5-March 22.

Representatives of 23 countries The 223 deiegates from over 80 discrimination in education and participated in activities that ended countries approved more than 20 the job market, a disproportionate with a March 24 procession through documents in what Jesuit Father burden of responsibility in the the streets of San Salvador from Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, superior home, a lack of influence ::n public the spot where Archbishop Romero general of the church's largest order life and "sadly, and only too frewas shot to the cathedral where he of male religious, called a "refor- quently, outright violence against was buried. mulation" of the Jesuits' mission them," the document said.

Marchers chanted, "We want Systematic discrimination, it in the church and society. priests who work for the poor," "The contemporary Jesuit mis- said, "is embedded within the ecoand "Romero lives!" as they moved sion is the service of faith and the nomic, socia\ political, religious through crowded avenues, as shoppromotion in society of that jus- . and even linguistic structures of pers and vendors looked on. tice of the Gospel which is the our societies."

"Archbishop Romero is here The church's teaching on the embodiment of God's love and with his people, with those who saving mercy," said the congrega- equality of men and women must are oppressed and who suffer," tion's main document, "Servants be put into practice both ill society said Armando Siguenza. "His was and within the church, th,~ Jesuits of Christ's Mission." a voice that couldn't be silenced."

Father Kolvenbach said it re- said.

Another marcher, Maria Julia "The Society of Jesus accepts examined a 1974 general congreValencia, called Archbishop Rogation's ,call to the society to be this challenge and our responsibilmero "a great saint, who was killed attentive to the poor and work for ity for doing what we can as men because he spoke the truth." and as a male religious order," it justice.

Archbishop Romero's change said.

U.S. Jesuit Father John J. MARONITE FATHER John the Baptist meditates on from being a close associate of the "However unwittingly," it said, O'Callaghan, an assistant to the country's ruling aristocracy to one Scripture路 in the chapel at Holy Nativity Monastery.

Jesuit general for the past 12 years, Jesuits have been part Of.1 "cleriof its fierc~st critics earned him (eNSj Hallstrom photo) said that within the order the con- calism which has reinforced male death threats from his opponents gregation called for greater equal- domination with an ostensibly and adoration from the poor majority between priests and brothers divine sanction." ity. As political violence escalated The document also expressed and more cooperation among Jesuit at the end of the 1970s and the regret for "the damage to the Peoprovinces. country teetered on the brink of ple of God brought about by the It called on every Jesuit to be "a war, the archbishop used his Sunman of dialogue," including with alienation of women in some culday homilies to denounce the retures who no longer feel at home in emphasize community life. But in other Christians a'nd those of other the church, and who are not able BETHLEHEM, S.D. (CNS) pression being carried out by securfaiths, to be someone who collabThe Congregation of Maronite Eastern monastic traditions strong ity forces. with integrity to transmit Catholic Monks wanted to open a new elements of the silence and soli- orates with the laity and to be "a values to their families, friends In his last sermon, on March 23, man who recognizes the new place monastery and the lone Benedic- tude of hermits have been pre1980, Archbishop Romero called of women in society and .th路e and colleagues." upon soldiers, "in the name of tine priest living at the Shrine of served alongside community life. ; The Jesuits vowed to !:upport God," to disobey their superiors' the Nativity in ~ethlehem was .. i'As a 'rule we 'iiy'tq \iiOrk inde- c~!Jc,r~lh';'i't.~Wf,~9:t~}!~gfh~~.S~i~. "and,join,women who have led the oncermng women, a Ive-page pendently," said Father Louis. "We retiring. orders to kill innocent people. document stated that "solidarity way towards greater equality try to keep a silence through the The following day, he was shot That's the short story of how between men and women a nd had day that is part of our prayer. We with women is an integral part of special thanks for women n:ligious dead by a hired assassin, while three monks of the Maronite rite the Jesuits' mission to work for talk out of necessity. We spend celebrating Mass. came from Petersham', Mass., to "with whom we feel a special bond two hours a day in adoration of justice" and that unjust treatment and who have been pioneers in so Opposition politician Ruben live i路n South Dakota's Black Hills. and exploitation of women should the Eucharist. Our work period is many ways in their unique contriZamora, who fled into exile soon The shrine is an. underground also considered prayer. We have be a concern of any mission seek- bution to the mission of faith and after the archbishop's death, said chapel built in a large room in ing to integrate faith and justice. recreation three nights a week for the murder was "an attempt to Bethlehem Cave, a three-mile-long "It is clear we are speaking as justice." an hour, so it gets us talking in Jesuit schools and universities crush the voice of moderation, dia- cavern that is a tourist and pilmen to men," said Irish Jesuit discussions." must explicitly teach the equality logue and reason in the midst of a grimage site.

Father Gerry O'Hanolon, who When asked how they would of men and women, and they must totally polarized situation."

For more than a quarter-century For Zamora, the activities in Benedictine Father Gilbert Stack support themselves, Father John 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 work to ensure equal educational commemorating the dead archbi- had run the shrine, a travel agency answered, "Divine providence. -Latin and Spanish as he tried to opportunities for both sexes, it You would really be surprised." discern what he should do with his said. shop "show that they (the killers) and a greeting card printing busiFather Louis commented: "When life. were wrong.... Today, he is more ness.

It also called for the pn:sence, we came here we had three refrig"It was at that time I decided to promotion and collaboration of alive than ever." In 1990, the SalAs he prepared to retire to his erators and one freezer that were let God take care of my life," he women in Jesuit institutions and vadoran church began proceedings home abbey in Conception, Mo., said. "Then everything fell in place" ministries and asked Jesuits to use seeking his canonization. But for he wanted a religious order to buy empty. In less than three weeks everything was packed, including and hejoined the Maronite monks. inclusive language in spee(:h and many ordinary Salvadorans Arch- the property and The Maronit,es in our stockroom in the back."

Brother Ephrem said he was official documents.. bishop Romero has already as- Petersham heard about it.

The monks fast on Monday and "looking for a monastery that was sumed saint-like status.

"Above all," it said, "we Vlant to They have renamed their new Friday, eating only small meals. faithful to monastic tradition. I commit the society in a more forAntonia Mendoza, 78, who lost home Holy Nativity Monastery On Wednesday they eat only wheat came across this quite by accident. mal and explicit way to regard this four children in the war, is a and plan to build a full monastery bread and water. The other days I was a Redemptorist for eight solidarity with women as integral . member of the Mothers' Commit- 'and retreat facilities on the hill they eat wh.atever people bring. years before joing the Maronite to our mission." behind the cave. tee of the Disappeared, founded Although most U.S. Maronite monks."

Several of the meeting's docu"This is our first foundation

by Archbishop Romero to help Catholics are of Lebanese descent, The Maronite rite uses the Syriac ments, including the one on women, from our motherhouse," Father search for missing relatives the new South Dakota monks are version of the Liturgy ofSt. James. were given "as a courtesy" to Vatiallegedly killed by security forces. John the Baptist told the West not. They transferred to the Mar- Syriac, an Aramaic dialect similar can officials before the meeting She said committee members had River Catholic, Rapid City dioceonite rite in the 1980s when they to the language spoken by Christ, ended, said Father Tom Lucas, a promised the archbishop to keep san newspaper. "As vocations debecame monks. is still used for certain parts of the congregation press officer. No we will fill this place up." velop, his name alive in the event of his Father Louis said he had been a liturgy, including the words of changes were requested by the death.

Bethlehem Cave was so named priest of the diocese of Manchesinstitution of the Eucharist.

Vatican, he said.

"People have already declared because of a Madonna and Child ter, N.H., for 20 years before he The South Dakota monks have Father Kolvenbach said that him a saint," added Jesuit Father image that can be seen in a natural felt a calling to monastic life. learned the Syriac hymns, chants before the meeting began he had Jon Cortina, whose parish lies in rock formation at its entrance.

"I ran raffles, fundraisers, an area greatly affected by the civil Brother Ephrem Martin said dances, parties of all kinds," he and prayers needed for the Maro- discussed with Pope John Paul II nite liturgy, but they have not been some proposed changes in n:gulawar. "What's missing is the official the image looks like Our Lady of said. "I was involved in all kinds of required to speak either Syriac or tions governing internal workings [church) recognition, which is Perpetual Help, a widely venercivic activities.... I went to restauArabic fluently. The latter language of the Jesuits. very important." ated 14th- or 15th-century icon rants. I went to movies and plays. is used for most of the liturgy in Changes opposed by the Vatinow enshrined in Rome.

"All of a sudden, I had a change Lebanon, where most Christians can were not presented to th,: conThe Congregation of Maronite of heart. I didn't want to do that are Maronites and Arabic is the gregation, he said, includin,g one Monks was founded in Petersham any more. I gave it all up and I am .nation's main language. envisioning the possibility of a in 1978, but its spiritual roots are . the happiest I have been in 23 In the United States there are superior general resigning instead in the Eastern monastic traditions years." two Maronite dioceses with 5 r of servjng for life. of St. Maron of Syria and St. Fath.er John came from New parishes in 22 states and the Dis"Maybe because he is so healthy Anthony of Egypt, fourth century York but spent 22 years as a trict of Columbia. They include at his age it's hard for him to hermits.

Carthusian monk in Spain. After St. Anthony of the Desert in Fall understand someone may w~:nt or The Western monastic tradition leaving the Carthusians he spent River and. Our Lady of Rurgatory need to resign," Father Kcolvensince St. Benedict has tended to two years teaching high school in New Bedford. ' bach s,aid of the 74-year-olp pope.

Bay State Maronite monk's move to South Dakota cave

"The Gospel of Life" released Continued from Page One in which the death penalty may be justified "are very rare, if not practically nonexistent."

Early in the encyclical Pope 1ohn Paul hits hard at "the violence against life done to millions of human beings, espe:cially children, who are forced into poverty, malnutrition and hunger because of an unjust distribution of resources."

"And what of the violence inherent not only in wars as such but in the scandalous arms trade, which spawns the many armed conflicts which stain our world with blood?" he asks. "What of the spreading of death caused by reckless tampering with the world's ecological balance, by the criminal spread of drugs, or by the promotion of certain kinds of sexual activity which, besides being morally unacceptable, also involve grave risks to life?"

Primary Fo(:us Setting the primary focus of the encyclical, he adds: "Here though we shall concentrate particular attention on another category of attacks, affecting life in its earliest and in its final stages."

At 194 pages in the English version, the encyclical is the longest of the II issued by Pope John Paul in his 16-plus years as pope.

It carries forward several key themes developed in his 1993 encyclical on the foundations of morality, "Veritatis Splendor" ("The Splendor of Truth").

As he did in the 1993 document, the pope argues that the problem today is not just thl~ continuing existence of evil and sin, but widespread cultural relativism and individualism in which 'any sense of sin is severely distorted or even lost.

"Decisions that go against life sometimes arise from difficult or even tragic situations," and these can make a person less at fault for the evil done, the pope says.

"But today the problem goes far beyond the necessary recognition of these personal situations," he adds. "It is a problem which exists at the cultural, social and political level, where it reveal:; its more sinister and disturbing aspect in the tendency, ever more widely shared, to interpret ... crimes against life as legitimate expressions of individual freedom, to be acknowledged and protected as actual rights."

He calls it "a perverse idea of freedom" and a "surprising contradiction" to deny the very right to life in the name of human rights and freedom.

Woven through and through with reflection on Scripture, the new encyclical is divided into four main chapters, each developed thematically around a key story or passage from the Bible.

Chapter I, "The Voice of Your Brother's Blood Cries to Me From the Ground," reflects on the Genesis account of Cain's murder of Abel.

It sees in God's question to Cain - "What have you done?" - a call to people today to confront the reality of attack!. on the sacredness of human life and resensitize their consciences IlO the evil of "crimes against life."

In Cain's response - "Am I my brother's keeper?" -- it sees today's basic issue as an individualistic view of freedom divorced from truth and responsibility toward others.

"Freedom," the pope says, "negates and destroys itself, and be-

comes a factor leading to the destruction of others, when it no longer recognizes and respects its essential link with the truth.... To claim the right to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia, and to recognize that right in law, means to attribute to human freedom a perverse and evil significance: that of an absolute power over others and against others. This is the death of true freedom."

Chapter 2, "I Cam~ That They May Have Life," focuses on the Christian conviction of the unique value of human life that emerges from the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures.

"In Jesus' own life, from beginning to end, we find a singular 'dialectic' between the experience of the uncertainty of human life and the affirmation of its value," it says.

To the question of why life is good, the pope says that from its earliest pages the Bible gives "a powerful and amazing answer" that the human person "is a manifestation of God in the world, a sign of his presence, a trace of his glory."

After tracing various Bible passages on God's personal involvement in the creation 'and development of each person, the pope asks: "How can anyone think that even a single moment of this marvelous process of the unfolding of life could be separated from the wise and loving work of the Creator and left prey to human caprice?"

He closes the chapter with a meditation on the profound new meaning that Christ gave to all human life by his death on the cross. "It is the yery life of God wnic!l'i's how 'sliareq' with' m'a'n..'..

From the cross, the 'source of life, the 'people of life', is born and increases," he says.

Pope John Paul introduces Chapter 3, "You Shall Not Kill," with the words of Jesus from Matthew, "If you would enter life, keep the commandments."

In this chapter he reaffirms in detail the church's teachings on abortion, on euthanasia, on embryo and fetus experimentation, and other key issues of human life.

But he stresses that behind the "strongly negative" form of the commandment against killing is "a positive attitude of absolute respect for life."

"God's commandment is never detached from his love.... The Gos~ pel of life is both a great gift of God and an exacting task for humanity," he says.

He concludes Chapter 3 with an extended analysis of "the necessary conformity of civil law with the moral law" and the "need to recover the basic' elements of a vision of the relationship" between the two.

In Chapter 4, "You Did It to Me," Pope 10hn Paul calls for a new preaching and witnessing of the Gospel of life by all of Christ's followers.

"We are the people of life," the pope says, "because God, in his unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of life and by this same Gospel we have been transformed and saved.... We have become a people for life and we are called to act ;iccordingly."

The chapter calls for a revival of witness to the sacredness of life and the dignity of each person in Catholic catechesis, education, family life, political advocacy, community action and volunteer work, professional and work life,

marriage, health care and care for the elderly.

"The cultural change which we are calling for de:mands from everyone the courage to adopt a new lifestyle, consisting in making practical choices -- at the personal, family, social and international level - on the basis of a correct scale of values: the primacy of being over having, of the person over things," the pope says.

In a note to women who have had an abortion, the pope says the church recognizes "the many factors which may have influenced your decision."

"Certainly what happened was and remains tl~rribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope.... The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace in the sacrament of reconciliation. You will come to understand that not,hing is definitively lost and you will also be able to ask forgiveness from your child, who is now living in the Lord," he says. ' He asks such women to make "a commitment to life" in caring for others and to "become promoters of a new way of looking at human life."

New encyclical "cry from heart" VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope 10hn Paul II's latest encyclical is both a cry from the heart and a laying down of the moral law, a twofold approach aimed at stemming the tide of anti-life practices such ;is abortion and euthanasia.

From the heart, the pope pleads and reasons with his potential readers, trying to awaken consciences to what he calls the "sinister" mentality that would justify attacks on , the unborn and the dying.

From the throne of Peter, he brings the weight of papal authority in confirming these practices as gravely sinful, making clear that this moral injunction, as a direct expression of natural law, extends to doctors, nurses, legislators, population planners and even those in the mass media.

In the end, it is this combination of personal fervor and a broader call to obedience that makes "Evangelium Vitae" ("The Gospel of Life") much more than another pro-life statement from the church hierarchy.

Addressed to "all people of good will," the 194-page treatise is deliberately calculated to provoke and animate disinterested lay Catholics, who may think pro-life issues are not their thing, and the wider circles of social and civil leaders who may consider this encyclical an intrusive tap on the shoulder.

Perhaps the boldest example is the pope's insistence ,- he states it twice - that laws allowing abortion and euthanasia are not morally binding, and in fact require "conscientious objection" by the faithful.

The pope realizes his message will challenge people who feel uncomfortable: applying moral absolutes to the often-painful decisions involving the unborn and the dying.

But halfway through the encyclical, he steps back and says in simple language why he wrote it: "We need now more than ever to have the courage to look the truth in the eye and to call things by their proper name, without yielding to convenient compromise."

THE'ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 31,1995

Plain language and a surprisingly familiar tone are hallmarks of"Evangelium Vitae." The text is less concerned with mustering theological arguments than with engaging readers' consciences through human images and biblical lessons.

For example, in appealing to potential mothers who may face the choice of abortion, the pope asks them to consider the innocence of the unborn. He personalizes his argument by evoking the first cry of life.

"He or she is weak, defenseless, even to the point of lacking that minimal form of defense consisting in the poignant power of a newborn baby's cries and tears," he says.

For families trying to deal with an elderly or terminally ill member, the pope questions the "misplaced compassion" that would lead them to view euthanasia as a humane solution and reminds them that unless they can see a value in suffering, they do not understand Christ's sacrifice.

To those indifferent to abortion or other threats against society's weakest, the encyclical persistently recalls God's rebuke to Cain, who in the Bible account asked after killing Abel: "Am I my brother's keeper?" Yes, the pope replies, and he wants that answer to keep echoing in the reader's mind.

But the encyclical will no doubt make its greatest immediate impact in the social sphere, where the pope has identified a wider "network of complicity" in attacks on life.

Some of the papal teachings, if followed, could have serious repercussions in the medical profession.

That is particularly true where the pope spells out a "grave and clear obligation" to employ conscientious objection to oppose laws that allow abortion and euthanasia.

The entire range of health care workers, he states, must be guaranteed the opportunity to refuse to take part in the phases of consultation, preparation and execution of any acts against life. Moreover, these conscientious objectors should be protected from legal penalties and from any negative effects on their careers.

In a clear message to Catholic and other political leaders, the pope rejects the argument that pol.iticians should separate their private consciences from public conduct, saying there exists an objective natural law that must not be eroded by majority vote. He appeals to legislators not only to remove unjust laws but to improve family policies, particularly to help mothers.

The pope's words are bound to sting population planners, who are warned against relying on contraception, sterilization and abortion to deal with demographic problems. In a reproachful analogy, he recalls the pharaoh of the Bible who ordered every male child born of Hebrew women to be killed.

"Today not a few of the powerful of the earth act in the same way" out of fear that "'the most prolific and poorest peoples represent a threat for the well-being and peace of their own countries," he said.

The broad scope of "Evangelium Vitae" is seen in its closing call for a "great campaign in support of life." The pope envisions his encyclical as the campaign's

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kickoff, sparking new efforts at every level of society.

He emphasizes that this will not be easy. The faithful, he declares, should not fear "hostility or unpopularity" and must reject any' ambiguity on basic life issues. He hopes they will be impassioned and uncompromising, as is "Evangelium Vitae."

"Witness to life" praised by pope WASHINGTON (CNS) - In his new encyclical on life Pope 10hn Paul II does not just condemn the "culture of death." He also offers praise and encouragement for witnesses to the value of human life.

The value of human life is inestimable "because it consists in sharing the very life of God," he said.

He said he would be giving "a one-sided picture, which could lead to sterile discouragement, if the condemnation of the threats to life were not accompanied by the presentation of the positive signs at work in humanity's present situation."

"Unfortunately," he added, "it is often hard to see and recognize these positive signs, perhaps also because they do not receive sufficient attention in the communications media."

So he devotes six pages at the end of the encyclical's first chapter to singling out examples of men and women working to foster, protect and improve human life.

Among his examples of such countercuJtural witness to life, the pope. cites: - "Many married couples who, with a generous sense of responsibility, are ready to accept children as 'the supreme gift of marriage.'''

- "Families which, over and above their everyday service to life, are willing to accept abandoned children, boys and girls and teenagers in difficulty, handicapped persons, elderly men and women who have been left alone."

- "Centers in support of life ... which, with admirable dedication and sacrifice, offer moral and material support to mothers who are in difficulty and are tempted to have recourse to abortion."

- Medical researchers and practitioners who devote their lives to improving and saving the lives of others.

- International aid and development agencies which "bring quick relief to peoples affected by natural disasters, epidemics or wars" and work to improve health in poorer countries.

- "Movements and initiatives to raise social awareness in defense of life" against campaigns around the world to make abortion and euthanasia legal and socially acceptable.

- "All those daily gestures of openness, sacrifice and unselfish care which countless people lovingly make in families, hospitals, orphanages, homes for the elderly and other centers or communities which defend life."

- "The spread, at many levels of public opinion, of a new sensitivity ever more opposed to war as an instrument for the resolution of conflicts."

- "A growing public opposition to the death penalty."

- "The growing attention being paid to the quality of life and to ecology, especially in more developed societies."

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Students at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, New Bedford, appear in multiculturalfashionsfor class presentations on various countries.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel NEW BEDFORD --: Students in preschool through grade 8,took part in a month-long multicultural project. as part oftheir social studies program. Each class selecte'd a different country and researched its history, geography and culture. Findings were presented at a lively program on Feb. 17. ' The auditorium was ablaze with 'color. Each class set up a table with displays of posters, artifacts, pictures, and some food 'samples representing the country they had. studied. Students and parents were invited to visit each table and ask the students for information. ' . Each class,gave a presentation on stage using songs, dances, poems, and skits. Costumes were colorful and rich in tradition.

The preschool class was led by their teacher, Brooke Burgess, in a demonstration of the Irish Jig. Kindergarten students danced ,with their teacher, Carol Bonneau, in a circle to a Portuguese folk song. First grade. teacher Margaret McCormick led her spunky class through the melodies of "Kookaburra" and "Waltzing' Matilda," They also displayed hand-drawn pictures of animals and boomerangs.

Angela Newell's second grade class studied Holland.

They were dressed in costume and demonstrated a sack race. The third grade class introduced themselves by saying their names in Japanese. Then their teacher, Mary Ann Trahan, recited several words in English which her students translated into Japanese. , Fourth grade students also became familiar with some words in a foreign language when they studied Mexico.

Krista Cecchini assisted her students in presenting a short pl,ay spoken in Spanish and English. They filled the stage With a splash of color as they danced to the Mexican Hat Dance and threw some candy from a "pinata" to the children in the audience.

Togas were abundant in grade 5, Isabel Dean's class. If one looked hard enough, Pan was seen complete with goatee and hooves Medusa close behind. Grade 6 studied Egypt. Ann DeFrias' students were well-prepared to an~wer questions on the history and culture. HieroglyphiCS enhanced their display of diagrams and posters.

Rhythms. filled the air and raised a dead mummy from his to.mb while the students danced "Like an Egyptian" with King Tut. Michael Bernier's seventh grade class pr~sented a skit, worked on reports, and drew maps representing China.

Janice Brightman's eighth grade class studied Russian history, cultur.e, cosmona~ts, a~d political leaders. They concluded their presentatIOn With a Russian folk dance.

P.rincipal Rosemary da Silva said the time spent on this project was well worthwhile, because it brings history and geography to life. "This activity was one way of taking ?ur students on a world trip. It gives them the opportunIty to learn about and appreciate cultures different from their own," she said. '

Bishop Connolly High FALL RIVER - The Connolly Cougars varsity basketball team finished the regular season in style, earning a share of Eastern Athletic Conference championship play with a thrilling 70-63 win over Attleboro to close with a 10-2 season record. The team persevered to the State South Sectional semifinals before falling to Dedham ' 82-75, to finish with a final record of 18-5.

Among season highlights were a 61-51 win over state basketball powerhouse Durfee High School and Rich Sisson's breaking the 1,000 point barrier and going on to become the school's all-time leading scorer. ' Outstanding performances were also turned in by start-

ers Frank Hill, Jason Chapman, Kevin Studders and Matt Palumbo as well as sixth man Matt Stiles.

Kevin Donnelly of the boys' varsity winter track team placed seven~h with a time of 4:39 in the All New England Track and Field 1,600-meter championship race at Harvard University. The junior was also an EAC all star for the winter season. ' Junior Peter Arcieri, a pitcher and first baseman for the, Cougars varsity baseball team, will represent the, United States as a member' of the East-West Ambassadors, an international baseball organization which will ~our Holland for three weeks this summer. The trip will Include.a week of training in Vero Beach, FL, baseball games In Holland against Holland and international teams, sightseeing and meetings with local officials.

Art Awards Jane.Torphy of Littie Compton, RI, earned a silver key award In the Bos,ton Globe Scholastic Art competition.

Honorable mentions went to Megan Burns of Middletown, RI; Hayley Capodilupo of Portsmouth, RI; and D~mon,Godinet of ~all River. Gold and silver key award Winners work was dIsplayed at the State Transportation Building in Boston. , Students Erik Gent, Jodie Rene PietruSka and Jennifer Lyn.n Rezendes and teacher Timothy Watters received certificates as nominees in the Tandy Technology Scholars Program, which recognizes academic excellence'in mathematics, science and computer science. Nominees' are eligibl~ for 100 student scholarships oUI ,000 and 100 .teacher prIzes of $2;500.

Miss ~ietrus~a a~d Miss Rezendes were recognized, a~ graduatmg senIors In the top two percent of their class.

Gent was n?minated as anoutstariding math/ science/ computer SCIence student, and Watters as an outstanding teacher of those subjects.

Chairman of the Campaign for, Coyle and Cassidy Frank Tosti (left) and headmaster Michael DOltly announce that the campaign fora, co'",munications wing and performing arts cent~r hqs reat;hed $1 millioll.

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TCMS TA UNTON - The school celebrated a "Random Acts, of Kindness Week" Feb. 13 to 17, and principal Kathleen Simpson recaps: ' " Vf.ere y~u aware of. it? Did you notice it? Did someone gIft you with one? H6w'jirtil:ny times did' it happen to you?

I must admit that I ~as not consciously thinking about Random Acts of Kindness Week most of the time, but orice in a while, especially when I would check my school calendar for a date, I would notice "RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK"...

It was at those times that ,I would make myself a mental note todo something nice for somebody. It was just little things like taking a lunch down to the refrigerator or giving one class a free choice period when the computer lab was unavailable. I gave a' student some money to buy a flower for his mom on Valentine's Day, when he had forgotten his own.

They say when you give, you receive, twice. It's funr~y but it's true. I received the good feelings of ~elpIng someone and then I was gifted; two smiles Instead of one.

Mrs. Williams' class invited me to see a wonderful play that they produced from startto finish. I mean they wrote it, ~ta~ed it, designed the backdrops: . sang, acted out In Silhouette. It was titled Cupid and Psyche and it was truly wonderful to see how imaginative and talented our students can be.

Then there was Nicholas Duarte, whose mom baked a delicious bread and sent it to school with him. I shared it with my family at suppertime and then, more smiles and random acts of kindness. Now this was really getting to be easy!

There were lots of other random acts of kindness ~ike compliments on work done or friendly smiles Instead of blank stares or frowns but most of all the c?nscious awareness of someone doing something mce was the best gift of all.

Students also m~de charitable donations in February: $425. went to a family who suffered loss of life and property In a ~re, and $311 to Our Daily Bread, celebrating its IOthanmversary in Taunton.

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St. Mary's School .NEW ,B~DF?RD - A team of St. Mary's students ,WIll participate In the Brain Quest Challenge at Barnes and Noble bookstore, North Dartmouth, at noon tomorrow. The team members are third-graders Jennifer Benoit and Nathan Carvalho, fourth-graders John Pepin and Jenna Reilly and fifth-graders Timothy Flinn and Amanda DaSilva, Winning awards at the Region III Science Fair'this mo~th were Jonathan Darling, first place; Paul SanguinettI, second place; and Erin Dubois, third.

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TAUNTON:- Coyle and Cassidy High School has reached a major milestone in its Capital Fund Drive for a new high-tech communications wing and performi ng arts center. Announcing with headmaste'r Michael Donly that the campaign has reached the $1 million mark, general chairman Frank Tosti commented that the total twothirds of the ca~paign's $ 1.5 'million goal "is due 'to the dedication and commitment of our cam;aign committees, workers and volunteers."

Contributions have come from alumni, parents of students past an~' pre,sent, corporations, foundations, large and small busIness'es, professionals and, the clergy. Donly noted that faculty. and staff have pledged in ex(:ess of $80,000.

The campaign is now entering a phonathon phase to contact alumni, who 'liVe in all 50 states and several foreign countries. t The school 'addition, to ,feature a new.auditc1rium rstilte-of-the¡art-co'mputer lab,' newlibraifarid new class~ " rooms, as well as renovations and improvements to the present building, "will be a beautiful facility to serve our students and address present and future needs," said academic principal Dr. Donna Boyle.

History Day Winners Freshman Scott Wenson of Bridgewater won first pri.ze at the district National History Day contest, held at ~ndge.w~terSta~e.Co~lege ~arch 4. His historical paper, Practicing MediCine In NaZI Germany: Ethical Conflicts ,and Moral Compromises," took home a blue ribbc'n and will be entered into the state competition to be held in ' Springfield in April.

In the group project category, Kathleen George of Taunton and Joanna Gately of Middleboro finished with a third place for "The Battle of Ignorance: Salem Witch Trials, 1692."

Receiving certificates of achievement at the l:vent: Nicole Saccone and Cara Giovanoni for their historical p~pers; Da,vid Mackiewicz and Brent McCarty for indiVIdual proJects; and Karen Read, Brianna LaCllance, Kathryn Souza, Steven Matos, Brian Fernandez and Scott Nogueira in the group project category. â&#x20AC;˘ The Coyle and Cassidy Foreign Language Department celebrated Foreign Language Week (March 6-10) with many different events.

Most foreign language classes celebrated with parties , ~nd studie~ different aspects of culture. Flags and proJects wer~ dIsplayed thro~ghout the building. Portuguese classes dmed on authentIc Portuguese cuisine 'at a local ~estaurant. During the week, morning prayer and greetlOgS were delivered in the four languages taught at Coyle and Cassidy. ' ' .:'

St. Joseph's School NEW BEDFORD - Eighth-grader Nicholas Ptnira and ~eventh-grader Daniel Skypeck earned honorable mentIOns at the regi.onal science fair. Skypeck's project ?n ,cha":le.le,ons received the Dr. Levine Award for the JUDlor diVISIOn project most interesting to the public, . Seven~h-g,raders have been making Lenten crosses With t~eIr klOdergarten "buddies," and coloring Easter eggs will be their next joint project. Eighth-graden: will pres~nt a Living Stations of the Cross for the schoo.! and public 9 a.m. Holy Thursday, April 13.

Bo~h grad.es recently h~ard a guest speaker frorn S1.

L.uke s Hospital on the tOpiCS of healthy eating and eating dIsorders. ,

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 31,1995

By Clulrlle Martin

STRONG ENOUGH' Godl I feel like hell tonight Tealrs of rage I cannot fight I'd be the last To help you understand Are you strong enough To be my man?

Nothing's true And nothing's right So let me be alone tonight YOtil can't change The way I am Are you strong enough To IDe my man?

Lie to me I promise 111 believe Lie to me But please don't leave I have a face I cannot show I make up the rules as I go It's try and love me If you can Are you strong enough To be my man?

When I show you Thllt I just don't care When I'm throwing punches In the air Wlnen I'm broken down And cannot stand Will you be strong enough To be my man?

Written by Sheryl Crow/Bill Bottrell/David Baerwald/Kevin Gilbert/David RickeUs/Brian Macleod. Sung by Sheryl Grow (c) 1993 Warner-TamerlallIe Pub. Corp./Old Crow Music (BMI)/Ignorant Music (ASCAP)/Zen of Iniquity, Admin. by Almo Music Corp.

(ASCAP)/WB Music Corp./Canvas Mattress Music (ASCAP) /48/11 (ASCAP)/Third Stone From the Sun Music/Rambling .

Blah Music (BMI) IMAGINE THIS situation.

You feel that you are in love with someone, !?ut the person's behavior prevents you from growing closer. How would you respond to this situation? I would say that the fellow addressed in Sheryl Crow's latest release, "Strong Enough," faces this dilemma.

This cassingle, by the way, follows up on her debut hit,

"All I Wanna Do," both off her "Tuesday Night Music Club" CD. The woman in the song wants to know if this fellow is strong enough to be her man. Yet, she treats him in ways that make it difficult to know what she needs.

Sometimes she reacts with tears of rage; other times she's "throwing punches in the air."

She wants to "make up the rules

as I go," and thus, it's "try and love me if you can." She wants him to tell her lies, presumably about her unpn~dictablebehavior. Most of all, she states, "Please don't I(:ave."

Staying in such a dating relationship is less a matter of strength than of unhealthy dependency. When one person treats another with confusion and disrespect, real strength has more to do with confronting the behavior and asking for change.

Each of us brings our own problems into our relationships.

Consequently, if love is to survive, a degree of tolerance and forgiveness will be needed.

However, when a person is consistently treated unfairly, or when moment.s of clarity are the exception rather than the norm in the relationship, we must stand up for ourselves.

Consider these suggestions for doing so: . . I. Speak to the other person about the confusion, anger or disrespect that. you experience.

Do not judge the other, but speak honestly. Describe the behavior that is contributing to your feelings.

2. Ask the person if she or he 'is willing to find help for changing the behavior. Encourage the individual to do so as a way of giving care to the love shared between the two'of you.

3. If the person will not seek change, consider the costs of continuing to date each other.

Explore these questions: What are you gaining by staying? Why do you choose to stay? How could you practice more respect for yourself?

4. Look for support from others. Ask someone you trust to think these questions through with you. Don't ask that the person tell you what to do, but listen to his or her input.

Caring about someone means being strong enough to discuss what is occurring in the relationship. Nothing will be gained by hiding out in lies of denial or self-deception.

Ask God to help you to love with compassion, but also with honesty and truth.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, RR i,-Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.

Youths complete Peer Ministry Sixteen high school students recently completed a Peer Ministry Training Program offered for the first time by the Diocesan Offlce for Youth Ministry Services. Sessions were held one weekend a month in January, February and March at the Cathedral Center of Renewal, East Freetown.

The training was designed to prepare participants to minister effectively to their peers in a variety of ways, according to their gifts and interests. Components of the program were community-building, personal growth,catechesis and ministerial skills.

Peer ministry provides teens with faith-building experiences as well as the challenge ofassuming responsibility for ministry. As young people share and wit.ness their faith with others youths, their own faith is confirmed and strengthened.

A t the concl usion of the training, the high school students made a one-year commitment to ministries of their choosing, among them

retreat work, youtll group leadership, CCD, getting other teens involved in ministry to the elderly or poor, hospitality, visiting sick youths, and evangelization with original videos.

"As the director of this program," said Bud Miller, coordinator of youth services, "I shout loudly that it was a pleasure journeying with these. teenagers and the three young adults who were support staff throughout the first three months of 1995, and I look forward to gathering with them in the coming month~ and years."

Student particip/ints were Anastatia Marie Quirk, 'Varmouthport; Sonia and Patricia Abreu, Fall River; Keith Gilchrist, Raynham; Ryan Reeves, Seekonk; Justin and Julie Young, RehOboth; Jason Gleghorn, North Dartmouth; Marie Rodriguez, East Wareham; Lois McCormick, Dighton; Robin Rider, Wareham; Rochelle Cruz and Vivienne Gomes, New Bedford; Julie Sadeck and Barry

Trai~il)g

Amaral, East Freetown; and Cate Marcille, Somerset.

Adult leaders were Katie Zanello, Mashpee; Doug Rodrigues, Somerset; and Sergio Rodrigues, Providence, RI. The Peer Ministry Training Program will be offered again in the fall.

By Amy Welborn

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I was startled recently when Mark, a senior who looks about as clean-cut as they come and makes almost perfect grades, came to class sporting a Nine Inch Nails T-shirt. NIN, as they're called, is one of the latest sensations in "alternative music."

In fact, this music is so alternative that it can't be played on the radio, and the lyrics can't be printed in a family newspaper.

Mark has a lively faith in God, and isn't afraid to share that faith publicly. I tossed a quizzical glance at his T-shirt, and he answered my unspoken question.

"I went to the concert last weekend."

"How was it?" I asked.

"Oh, it was pretty cool, although I wondered when he (Trent RanlOr, the lead singer) came out with an upside-down cross on," Mark said.

Indeed. So I asked Mark and his classmates, all responsible students and regular churchgoers, why they like this kind of bad music.

The first question is, of course, what constitutes bad music.

Most of them admitted that there was such a thing as music with unhealthy messages they'd define as "bad" - music advocating violence, degradation of women, exploitative relationships and satanic worship.

"So why bother with itT' I asked.

"Because it lets us express the darker side of our personality without truly being bad," Mark quickly answered.

Another student agreed. "When I'm really mad, I listen to a certain kind of music - gangster rap.

Stuff that my mother hates. It helps me get over being mad."

"Isn't it better," said Mark, "to just listen to music about that stuff and get it out of your system, rather than go out and actually do itT' "Well, I guess so, if you believe

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that the music actually doesn't affect you. Does it?"

Mark thought for a minute. "It can," he admitted, "but not if you're strong and have good morals."

I pushed Mark a little harder.

"Is there any music you won't listen toT' He responded that there was a song on the Nine Inch Nails album called "Heresy," proclaiming the death of God. "I don't listen to that one. It personally offends me," he said.

"OK Mark, let's get this straight," I said. "A song about the death of God offends you, but a song called 'I Want to - You Like an Animal' doesn't?"

A couple of students insisted that it was ridiculous to say that music affects a person. "I don't listen to a song about murder and then go murder someone," one said. "It just reflects the lives of the people who write it."

Mark disagreed. "No, it's true," he said. "You can begin to get desensitized. Even if you know in your head that it's just a song, it can still get inside you."

"How do you know if you've crossed the line?" I asked.

"When you get swept away by it," Mark responded. "When you forget that it's just music and not real life, not any eternal truth."

And so the beat goes on. It's that endless conversation between youth and adults about "dangerous" music that's been going on as long as there's been rock-and-roll.

But even the kids admit that the tone is different in today's "cool" music. It's more violent, brutal and amoral. And of course it affects you.

The most enlightening thing that these truly good kids said that afternoon came in response to my question about their parents. Did their parents have any idea of the content of this music? The answer: "They don't have a clue!"

Parents, are you listening?

Camp director attends conference Sister Joseph Marie Levesque, OP, director of Cathedral Camp in East Freetown, recently attended the Americ,in Camping Association/ New England Section Spring Conference in Manchester, N H. The American Camping Association is a national nonprofit organization whose membership of 5,000 encompasses all segments of the camp environment including non-profit agencies, entrepreneurs, religiously affiliated organizations and public/ municipal agencies.

SERVANTS of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Anne Carroll assists students in a computer lab at St. Andrew's School in Newton, PA. Her order marks 150 years in education and evangelization in the Americas this year. Education is the congregation's primary mission. (CNS photo)

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Mar. 31,1995

PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of tuture rather than past events. . Due to limited space and also because notices of strictly parish affairs normally appear In a parish's own bulletin, we are forced to limit Items to events of general Interest. Also, we do not normally carry notices of fundralslng activities, which may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business olllce,telephone'(508) 675-7151. . On Steering Points Items, FR Indicates' Fall River; NB Indicates New Bedford.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR The parish seeks a piano; information: Father Stephen Fernandes, 676-8463.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Father Thomas Reddy of the Missionary Association of Mary Immaculate will lead parish mission at 9 a.m. Masses and at 7 p.m. April 3-6. John J. Leone is the recipient of the Men's Club Member of the Year Award.

ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Penance service 7 p.. m. April 5.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Penarice service 7 p.m. April 4.

Parish Vincentians will serve a meal at soup kitchen at First Baptist Church, FR, April II; donations of home baked goods are welcomed.

HOLY NAME, NB Mass for repose of soul of Father William O'Connell II a.m. Sunday.

ST. JAMES, NB Lenten mission retreat on "Con~ version," presented by Father Thomas McElroy, SS.Ce., 7 to 8 p.m.

April 2-6 with penance service April 6.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH Lenten program, "The Sacraments: Our Encounters 'with Christ," continues 7 tonight with topic Holy Orders; Fathers Brian Harrington 'and Jim Medeiros and Deacon Bruce Bonneau will speak and renew their ordination vows. Anointing of the sick will take place at 7 p.m. April7.

FlRST FRIDAY CLUB, FR Father John e. Ozug, pastor, will celebrate 6 p.m. Mass April 7, Sacred Heart Church, FR; meal will follow in church hall' with speaker Dr. Jean K. Ashba, specialist in pulmonary medicine at Rhode.Island and St. Joseph's hospital and graduate of the University of Alexandria, Egypt, who will present slides of Mt. Sinai. All area men are welcome.

Information: Paul A. Dumais, 673-7,675.

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SACRED HEART, FR Penance service 7 p.m. April 5.

"Long Life Directions for Men and Women in Their 60s, 70s and 80s," a workshop in spiritual and personal growth led by Sister Ann Marie Phillips, S USC, a consultant for' Mid-Life Directions, will be offered 9:30a.m. to noon Wednesdays April 26-May 24; explanatory fliers are available at church entrances.

ST. JOSEPH, NB .

7th annual Rosary Novena for Life will be held following 8 a.m.

Mass Saturdays April I-May 27 to pray for three pro-life intentions: unborn babies, pregnant mothers, and the softening of the hearts of abortionists and their supporters.

VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON Monthly Mass 7 p.m. April 3, St. Mary's Church, Taunton; meeting will follow in church hall.

CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUB Singles group April Fools dance 8 p.m. to midnight tomorrow, K. ofe.

Hall; Hodges St., Attleboro; line dance lessons 8 to 8:30 p.m. Social gatherings 7 p.m. April 2, Darling's Restaurant, Fall River Ave., Seekonk, and 6:30 p.m. April 23, Ruby Tuesday's, Silver City Galleria Mall, Taunton. Information: 824-8378.

RENEWAL MISSION, MARTHA'S VINEY ARD St. Augustine, Sacred Heart and St. Elizabeth's parishes will present a renewal mission April 2-6 at St. Augustine's Church, Vineyard Haven. Services are as follows: At 7 p.m. April 2, Bishop Sean O'Malley wil lead prayer service on "Faith"; 7:30 p.m. April 3 Father Dan O'Connell will lead service on "Prayer"; 7:30 p.m. April 4 Father John Sessoni will lead penance service; 7:30 p.m. April 5 Father Frank Conroy will lead service on "Church"; 7:30 p.m. April6 Sister Ann D'Arcy will lead service on "Eucharist."

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ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Scripture study of Acts 19-21 7 to 8:15 p.m. April 7, parish hall.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Healing service with Mass celebrated by Father pick Lavoie, MS, 7:30 p.m. April 5, information: Sue, 432-4934. Seder meal 5:30 p.m. April 9, parish center; reservation deadline April 3. Information: rectory, 385-3252, or Jo Ann Bennett, 8965659. Nonviolence Group will meet 3 to 5 p.m. April 2, parish center. '.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS St. Francis of Peace Fraternity monthly Mass 2 p.m. April 9, Holy Trinity Church, W. Harwich, with celebrant Father Cornelius Kelly, o FM, who will speak on "The Good News of Good Friday." Father Gerald Shovelton, pastor, will speak at following business meeting on St. Fancis of Assisi statue purchased for an outdoor shrine at the church. Rosary recited 1:30 p. m. for end to abortion.

Information: Dorothy Williams, 394-4094.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Msgr. George Coleman will install Father John J. Steakem as pastor at 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday; reception will follow in parish center. Penance service 7 p.m. April 10.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN , Penance service 7 p.m. April 4.

Holy hour 7 p.m. April 6.

NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY A family day themed "Parents, Kids and MS: Will Humor Help?" will be held 9:30. a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

April 22 at Stonehill College; N. Easton. Program will include 'workshops and presentations by humorist Loretta LaRoche and Drs. Janice Schwartz and Robert Shuman, coauthors' of"U nderstanding Multiple Sclerosis: A Guidebook for Families." Registration deadline April 14; information: 291-2169. MS Walks will be held April I and 2 at several Massachusetts sites, including Attleboro, Hyannis, Westport and Boston. Information: 1-800-493-WALK. FOOD STAMP OUTREACH Persons who are out of work or who are working but can't make ends meet are encouraged to inquire about food stamps at 1-800-645-8333.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Stations of the Cross with theme "Calvary, Yesterday 'and Today," 7: 15 tonight. chapel, led by Brother David'Dumaine and Father Raymond.Moquin. LaSalette Shrine Christian Action Group will sponsor second "Choose Life" weekend April 1-2 with topic capital punishment to be discussed at 4:30 p. m. Mass and 6:30 p.m. talk tomorrow, repeated at 12: lOp. m. Mass and 3 p. m. talk Sunday. Shrine Pastoral Counseling Center staff members George Brennan, D. Min., Sister Peggy Donnely, OSU, and Wallace Gober, DA, will lead "Forgiving When You Just Can't Forget" 10 a.m. t04 p.m. tomorrow, theater. Alan Bessette of Norton will be featured artist lit Coffee House 6:30 p.m. tomorrow: cafeteria. Seder meal, hosted by Brother Dumaine and LaSalette Youth Group, 7: 15 p.m. April II, cafeteria; reservation deadline April 7. Information: 2225410.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Lenten vespers 4 p.m. Sunday.

CCD students will enact Stations of the Cross 7 p.m. April 7. 24-hour Adoration of Blessed Sacrament following 7:30 a.m. Mass April 7 until 7:30 a.m. Mass April 8.

OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE PRA YER GROUP, FR Father Paco Anzoategui of Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, Holliston, and Father William G. Campbell, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, FR, will celebrate a healing servi,:e tonight following 7 p.m. Mass and Stations of the Cross at St. Patrick's lower chapel. Father Anzoategui, a native of Mexico and liaison to the Boston archdiocesan Charismatic Renewal, has been in healing mini'stry at the shrine for three years.

TAUNTON STATE HOSU'ITAL Volunteers needed wee:<ends in the psychosocial activity program; information: Sanford R. Epstein, 824-7551 or(617) 727-7978 ext. 127.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEB()iRO Healing service and Sunday Mass with Father William Babbitt 2:30 p.m. April2. First Friday Adoration of Blessed Sacrament following 7 a.m. Saturday. Information: Joan Provost, 699-2430.

ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA Lenten retreats continue' 7 p.m.

April 4 with Father Bill Baker, parochial vicar ofSt. Mary's Church, Seekonk, on topic "Compas:iion and Hope in the Cross." Recon,:iliation available at 6:30 p.m.

Mark Hoyle race set for May 7 The eighth annual Mark G. Hoyle Memorial Road Race{ Walk will kick off from Cardi's Furniture, Swansea, at 9:30 a.m.

May 7. The three-mile raGe, memorializing the Swansea teenager who died in 1986 of AIDS contracted through treatment of hemophilia, benefits the Mark G. Hoyle 'Memorial Trust Fund, which distributes funds for college sGholarships, AIDS research at Brown University and other educational p~rpRse~. More than $44,OPO has been awarded to date.

Swansea's elementary school is named for Mark, and his story is told in a book written hy his father,,Jay Hoyle, a teacher at St. John the Evangelist School, Attleboro.

Runners, joggers and walkers are invited to participate in the race. Trophies and $300 will be awarded to the male and female overall winners, $150 and trophies to second place winners and $50 and trophies to third place wi nners.

Trophies will also be awarded to the top three male and female finishers in age categories: l:l and younger; 14-18; 19-29; 30-J~; 4049; 50-59; 60-69; and 70 and over.

Special prizes include $100 Cardi's gift certificates, to the top boy and girl finishers 13 or younger and top male and female finishers over 50; trophies to the top male and female finishers from St. John the Evangelist School; and the first annual Hank Chapman Memorial Award to thefirst male and female finisher from JosC;ph Case High School, Swansea, which Mark attended. The Chapman award is named for the late Swansea educator and Case cross (:ountry coach, a big supporter of the race since it began in 198~:. Its recipients will receive a plaque.

Race T-shirts will be given to - the first 750 prere'gistered participants. Jones and Joan from WSNE-FM radio will partici.pate in the race and announce prize winners at a following raffle for entrants.

Applications are available from race director Jayne Wilson, 17 , Circuit Drive, Swansea 02777, 678-5801. Requestsshould include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Businesses are invited to do nate raffle prizes; for information I:ontact Barbara Hoyle, 673-6525.