A time for prayer The attempt on the life of President Reagan should occasion prayer and reJ1ection, said diocesan and national Catholic leaders in reacting to last Monday's near-fatal tragedy. 'Bishop Daniel .A. Cron::n's office issued the following statement~
"Bishop Cronin learned with great sorrow of tJle tragic assassination attempt on the life of President Reagan. "He prays for the p:resident and for those wounded in the assassination attempt and requests the prayers of all for their restoration to health. "The bishop prays further that our country will be blessed by Almighty God with peace and justice and that violence will be eliminated
from the fabric of our society." 'Following the early favorable reports on President Reagan and the other shooting victims, the chancery office added: "The bishop was very happy with the news on March 31 that the president and those in his entourage who were severely wounded are recovering. Bishop Cronin urges continued· prayers for the victims of this tragedy." Archbishop John S. Roach of S1. Paul-Minneapolis, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, said "The attack upon President Reagan deeply saddens and disturbs me, just as it does all men and women of good will. "As in ·so many other cris-
es, it is a time for prayer and reflection," he added. In addition to urging prayers for the recovery of Reagan and the others wounded in the shooting, Archbishop Roach also called for prayers for the wives and families affected ·by the incident. Joining other international leaders, Pope John Paul II cabled President Reagan to express "my continued prayers for your wellbeing, for the recovery of the other victims and for the welfare of the American people. "As I assure you of my sentiments of solidarity and support, I join in denouncing all manifestations of violence and terrorism and every act that violates human dignity in any individual," added the pontiff.
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
SERVING ••• SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
t eanc 0 VOL. 25, No. 14
20c, $6 Per Year
FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1981
say,s VATAICAN CITY (NC) - In two public statements Pope John Paul II has sternly opposed external interference in Polish affairs. He urged the Polish government and independent union movement, Solidarity, to resolve their tensions with "understanding, dialogue, patience and perseverence" on the basis of the principles established last year in Solidarity-government accord under which the independent union was established. In a message to Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski of Warsaw, primate of Poland, the pope called for "internal peace." He also warned against excessive confrontation politics in the struggle for union rights, saying. that the voices of workers reaching him from his native Poland "emphasize the will to work and not to strike." And last Sunday the pope appealed to the Soviet Union and other nations not to interfere in the ·"internal socio-economic difficulties" of Poland. The Polish people "have the will and ability to overcome them" by themselves, he said.
Ledare Sunday
The pontiffs Sunday comments were his strongest public remarks to date against international interference, suggesting to observers that he was warning particularly against Soviet intervention. The statements came while troops from the Warsaw Pact
were undergoing training maneuvers in Poland and Moscow was referring to .1he crisis as a "pre-insurrectional" situation. "Public opinion recognizes that the Polish people have the undeniable right to overcome their internal socio-economic difficulties with their own efforts. They have the· will and ability to overcome them," the pope said. He saw the Polish crisis as a threat to European peace and security. The current conference in Madrid, Spain, on security and cooperation in Europe "must work so that its labors lead to guar-
pope
anteeing and consolidating peace on the European continent, with full respect for the rights of all the nations, along with the rights of man and his fundamental freedoms (among which the Holy See underlines especially the religious freedom of conscience)," he added. "The church prays unceasingly for this intention. It prays for peace and for all initiatives that can serve peace in Europe and throughout the world," he said. Pope Paul mentioned that the 1975 Final Act of Helsinki reaffirms the principle that "the participating states will abstain Turn to Page Six
K of C to honor Bp. Stang Members of James A. Healy Province, Distriot One of· the Fourth <Degree Knights of Columbus, will honor the memory of Bishop William Stang, first bishop of the FalL River diocese, by exemplifying the fourth degree to a class of selected candidates at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport. Membership in the Four.th Degree, the patriotic division of the Knights of Columbus, is the highest honor bestowed on a knight. Bishop Stang is considered an exemplar of the virtue of patriotism. Faithful Navigator Herve R. FOrcier and officers of Bishop Stang Assembly are cooperating
in plans for the exemplification. Bishop Daniel A. Crol}in is honorary chairman for the occasion with Anthony DiChiara as general chairman and Msgr. John J. Oliveira and Forcier as cochairmen. Subcommittee chairmen are John T~nor, arrangements; Joseph Freitas, Jadies' tea and entertainment; Paul Duddy, flowers; Dominick Maxwell, publicity; Richard Duddy, reception; Armand Raiche, candidlj,tes. Roland Pare, ushlilrs; Adrien Pelletier, dinner ticliets; Henry Berube, bishop's ai(ie; Joseph Arena, master of degree. All Knights of Columbus are invited to attend the exemplification.
2
THE ANCHORThurs., April 2, 1981
Editor opposes non-profit ~ees NASHVILLE, Tenn. ~C) A Catholic editor said charging non-profit organizations fees for community services, proposed in Nashville . and already applied in some other cities, is "opposite longstanding views in the phil路 osophy of our government." Father Owen Campion, editor of The Tennessee Register, the Nashville diocesan newspaper, addressing the Nashville Association of Ministers East, also warned the clergymen to be aware of the ffects of secularism. A committee appointed ,by Mayor Richard Fulton of Nashville recommended that nonprofit organizations in the city be charged fees for the use of certain civic services. The editor said opponents of the fees should remember that the traditional exemption of religious organizations from taxation recognized a constitutional right, that of freedom of worship. He said that religious institutions were theological result of persons acting together in pursuit of common beliefs. Warning against secularism, Father Campion called it the "heresy of this time." He said it was subtle in its manifestation, . confining religion first to church buildings, then to sacristies, in always more narrow dimensions. ~ And he warned' the clergy to be alert to the effects of church wealth. "I hope we will not toy with our purposes. With our considerable holdings and investments, are we not also in the marketplace?"
N.C. motorists must go it alone WASHINGTON ~C) - North Carolina cannot publish a prayer on its official state highway map even if the prayer would promote highway safety, the Supreme Court has ruled. The high court, without comment, left intact a federal appeals court decision last September striking down publication of the prayer, which has appeared on state highway maps since 1964. "In this country, it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayers," the appeals court said. "By printing a prayer on the official map, the state is placing its power an dsupport behind a particular form of theological belief." North Carolina had appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that government should be free to use a prayer to promote nonreligious aims such as highway safety.
The secret "True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself." - Chesterfield
Dear Editor: The religious articles sent by your good readers we:re of immense help in my work for the Lord. They were shared by many missionary priests and sisters. May I request your readers to send us more rosaries, statues, scapulars, med!lls, Christmas and Easter religious cards (used and unused), used magazines, used clothes etc. for the missions. Please send them to: Fr. Paul Cruz Our Lady's Church Kannanalloore P.O. 691-576 Kerala, India
Salient issues THE RETIRING CHAIRMAN of the Catholic Communications Foundation, l3ishop Andrew G. Grutka of Gary Ind., receives the foundation's Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his service to the communications apostolate of the U.S. Catholic church. From left, CCF board members Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Bishop Anthony G. Bosco, new chairman; Fred F. Rottman, Catholic Knights of America president; Bishop Grutka; Mrs. Mary Terrien, Catholic Order of Foresters treasurer; Bishop Kenneth J. Povish, Lansing, Mich. The CCF is supported by nine Catholic fraternal benefit societies.
Church to get satellite NEW YORK (NC) - A planned National Satellite Communications system is not an effort to compete with the electronic church, but rather simply a new method of accomplishing the existing mission, Catholic communicators were told at a workshop. "The satellite system we have proposed is not intended to go around or over the local church," said Richard H. Hirsch, Secretary for Communication of the .U.S. Catholic Conference (US CC).
<
be in the spring rather than an earlier mentioned date of January, or, as hoped at one point, the end of this year. The system will be used for a variety of purposes, including the transmission of television programming, photographs, written material and telephone conversations. The system will pass through several stages before it reaches its full potential. Initially it will operate only five hours a day Monday through Friday. Operation 24-hours a day every day
of the week and advanced uses such as the routing of telephone conversations will come later, according to the plans. The step to be taken now, workshop participants were told, is for those dioceses which want to participate in the system at the start to state their intention. The preliminary plan calls for a minimum of 75 dioceses to participate initially by building earth stations capable of receiving signals from the satellite. Each earth station will cost between $17,000 and $25,000.
Hirsch said the system "will be under the control and direction of the dioceses. "I cannot stress this enough at the beginning," he said "It is simply another distinction between our use of satellite technology and that of the electronic church." He said the Catholic model of church "is indeed a complex one." "It begins and finds its meaning in the parish structure - . with the people where they live," he said. Hirsch spoke at the opening session of a workshop titled "Communications in the 80's," March 25-27, the first of four regional gatherings. The schedule called for others in San Francisco April 1-3, Chicago April 5-7 and New Orleans April 2224. Auxiliary Bishop Norbert Gaughan of Greensburg, chairman of the USCC Communications Committee, reported that the Administrative Board of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops had approved moving ahead with the system, long in the planning stage. Plans call for the system to begin operating sometime next year. Hirsch said it likely would
Dear Editor: In your issue of March 12, the salient issues of our times are as usual mentioned. I have no fear of the fragmentation of our Church when reading Pope John Paul's remarks about thermonuclear war or the publicity given by the Vatican to views in Rome opposing the death penalty. I am strengthened in the Church's magnificent role with regard to the war in El Salvador. It is clear that Stanley McMahon's letter indicates that he has not read the books of Graham Greene. Their human aspect and historical reference to those days in Mexico are of a nature that no one should ignore. Many people have found their way back to the Church through the charismatic groups and for that reason alone they should be treasured. However, the right to dissent is Catholic, in the true sense of the word, and we have the responsibility and the choice of preserving a great many lives on earth, as well as of opposing human injustices. Surely all the prayers in the world are of little use, unless our energies support those prayers. Arthur Hartog Vineyard Haven
Enriching liturgy Dear Editor: I recently had the privilege of participating in the 4 p.m. liturgy with the St. Pius X community in South Yarmouth. Having participated in it in the past, I noticed a stronger sense of community of the young, middle-
,
~ ~::~e~n~:I~~:~~:~;~=iJ;~ " ''%!
JOAB CHOPIN, 9, carries a sign bearing the name of another 9-year-old, one of the murdered Atlanta children, at a memorial march in Marerro, La. (NC Photo)
/~~eS~:~~~ ~~::~~s~'he
median age of U.S. Catholics demands that the church direct its attention to the elderly and their needs. From my background and experience, one of their greatest needs is to be involved. I congratulate Msgr. Munroe and his associates for their participation in the development of such an enriching liturgy which incorporated the elder commentators, lectors and the organist, who stimulated a congregational response with such perfection, grace and reverence. Sister Marietta Walsh, RSM Cumberland, R.I.
Jl~_.~ster Gift 'For You
A funeral Mass was celebrated last Friday at St. Joseph's Church, Attleboro, for Father Rene O. Sauve, MS, 66, who died unexpectedly March 24. He was the founder, first superior and director of ,La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, when: he also initiated the Christmas illuminations that annually dra:w thousands of visitors to the Route 118 site.
. ".~s.t. :~if'!,~
Specially blessed in the HOLY SHROUD CHAPEL IN TURIN, ITALY this Holy Card with Meditation and Prayer' is YOURS FREE
A Fitchburg native, Father Sauve was the son of Joseph and Exarie Sauve. He entered the La Salette high school seminary in 1928 and subsequently studied at seminaries in Quebec and Rome and at his community's major seminary in Attleboro. He was ordained May 30, 1942. IFollowing ordination, Father Sauve was a professor of philosophy at the Attleboro seminary until 1950, when he wa.s assign. ed to the Enfiled, N.H. La Salette seminary. There he founded a shrine before returning to Attleboro in 1952 to orga.nize the shrine there. Father Sauve was among provincial administrators of his community from 1951 to 1973. In 1976 he was named director of La Salette Retreat Center, East Brewster, and last July was assigned to the La Salette Mission Bureau in Southbridge. He is survived by two brothers, Lionel of North Attleboro and Raoul of LeominstE!r, and by four sisters, Irene Caissey, Eva Gagne and Rita Babine:au, all of Fitchburg, and by Sister -Germaine Sauve, a Sister.of the Presentation stationed in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Amo:ilg nieces and nephews is Fat:iter Rene Caissey, the present superior of the Attleboro shrine. Officials said that donations in his memory would' be used to erect a memorial in Attleboro.
Sr. Bernadette Funeral services were held last Saturday at St. A'nthony Church, New Bedford, for Sister Bernadette M. Pinard, CSC, 68, of St. Anthony Convent, who had been a parish sa<:ristan for 25 years. A native of Manchester, N.H., she pronounced her first religious vows in 1939. She had lived in New -Bedford the past 30 years. Her survivors include two brothers, Armand and Rosaire, both of Manchester, N.H., and two sisters, Lucy Audet of Quincy and Sister Lina Pinard, CSC, of Suncook, N.H. Interment was in Montreal.
THE ANCHOIL (USPS·545-l120) Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass.
Published
every
Thursday
at
410
Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the [ilocese of Fall River.
Sub~cription
3
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur.; April 2, 1981
Father Sau.ve, shrine head
price by mali, postpaid
$6.00 per year. Postmasters send addres. ;hanges to The Anchor, P.O, Box 7, Fall River. MA 02722
PASTORAL COUNCIL meets with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. New members, standing, are, from left, Very Rev. John P. Driscoll, Joseph Gromada, Miss Mary Elizabeth LaRoche, Joseph Murray, Mother M. Cecilia, O. Carm.
Pastoral Council Since its org~nization in 1977 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, the Diocesan Pastoral Council has met several times yearly for discussion and consultation with the Ordinary, addressing topics affecting many facets of pastoral care and ministry. The council consists of the bishop, three priests, two sisters and 10 lay persons, representing the five deaneries of the diocese. Present members are Father John P. Driscoll, St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford; Father William McClenahan, SS.CC., St Joseph parish, Fairhaven; Father Ronald A. Tosti, director of the Diocesan Apostolate for Family Ministry and administrator of St. Francis of Assisi parish, New Bedford; Sister Rose deLima, R.S.M., administrator of St. Vincent's Home, Fall River; and Mother Mary Cecilia, O. Carm., adminstrator of the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. Also Raymond Lambert and Carla LaPointe, from the Attie-
boro area; Joseph Gromada and Claire McMahon, Fall River; Atty. James Quirk and Margaret Noonan, Cape and Islands; John Finni and Mary Elizabeth LajRochEj', New Bedford; Joseph Murray and Emma Andreade, Taunton. Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan chancellor, is council secretary. Councillors serve three-year terms. Founding members, recently replaced by new appointees, were Father John J. Smith, Sister Thomas More, O.P., Miss Dorothy Curry and Gilbert Oliveira. Since its inception, the council has had evangelization as a principal concern. Other topics discussed at meetings have included liturgy and the family life and Parish Project programs of the U.S. Catholic Conference. Councillors have represented the diocese at regional meetings and have frequently participated in cathedral ceremonies.
At this holy time of the year, when we remember the death and Resurrection of Christ, you are invited to share with us the great wonder and mystery of the Holy Shroudof Turin. The Holy See has stated on numerous occasions that the Shroud is worthy of the highest veneration. Paul VI thought it was "the most important relic in the history of Christianity." Scientific experiments on the Shroud suggest that the man wrapped in it had been scourged, crowned with thorns, his wrists and feet pierced with nails, and had been stabbed in the side. All details that agree with the description of Jesus' death. . The Holy Face of the Shroud has been reproduced many times. But the lovely free Holy Face Card offered to you here is very special. Not only was it expressly designed to celebrate this Easter season, but it was blessed in the Ho· Iy Shroud Chapel in Turin where the Shroud is kept. Inside the Card is a brief history on the Shroud, with Meditation to the Holy Face and Prayer fora Peaceful Death. The Card is ours alone and cannot be obtained'elsewhere. So whether you have already visited the Chapel in Turin, or plan to visit it, or feel you may never get the opportunity, this Holy Face Card specially blessed near the precious Relic of our Lord will be your spiritual keepsake. The Card is Free, and there is no further obligation. Just send the Coupon below. If Coupon is removed, please write to Father Norman, Missionaries of the Holy Apostles, Cromwell, Connecticut 06416. ;--~-:"F~th;;-N~;;;;;~;-Mi~-~-i-';~'~;i-~-~--';f-'th;-H-';iy'Ap~~ti~'~:--'-"'-'---'-" Cromwell, CT 06416 Please send me free, without further obligation, your Holy Face Card that has been specially blessed near the Holy Shroud in Turin.
H_A_N_
My name
City _-.,-1
6
phant Man," "The Great Santini" "Ordinary People," "Touched by Love," "My Brilliant Career" and "Best Boy." Award winning TV specials include "Playing for Time," about singer Fania Fenelon's incarceration in a Nazi death camp; the NBC White Paper "Gambling in America;" the ABC News Closeup "Can't It Be Anyone Else," about children suffering from Lukemia; and the PBS-WNET "Christmas Special with Luciano Pavarotti." "We look for works which affirm the highest values of the human spirit, exhibit artistic and technical proficiency and attain a significant degree of public acceptance," said Father John Ca· toir, Christophers director, in announcing the 1981 winners.
8
9
10
11
12
13
_ 14
Portugal ..... •
NEW YORK (NC) The Christophers have honored 33 books, films and TV specials with 1981 Christopher Awards, presented to forms of the mass media which inspire constructive social change. Books honored include "War Within and Without" by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, a compilation of Mrs. Lindgergh's World War II letters and diaries; "Helen and Teacher" by Joseph P. Lash. the story of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy; and "Catholicism" by Richard P. McBrien. Children's books include "All Times, All Peoples" by Milton Meltzer, a look at slavery; and "Son for a Day" by Corinne Gerson, about a lonely child. Films honored are "The Ele-
_
State _ _ Zip
2
~
Christophers give 33 awards
--=--
Address _ _--'-
~tII1"'OYO;·Il. _11 __ ~
..
"A Land of History and Hospitality"
Lisbon, Eltorll, Fatima, Busaco, Colmbra, Estremoz, ~ Evora, Algarve. . Profes.l~nally Escorted
11.Day Deluxe Tours.
~
The following departure dates are available May 7, June 11, July 16, Aug. 6, Aug. 27, Sept. 17, Oct. 8 and Nov. 12.
from '1319 to $1439*
,
* DependIng on Departure Date
FOR RESERV ATIONS AND INFORMATION
.-Lt
~_ ~
....
__
ME'mbe'~
.~~~ 7'taUd l)~ A~ricon ,~ICTION X>c,tl'Y of Travel A9tlnt<
883 N O ' • MAIN ST. FALLRIVER
675·6331
OR CALL YOUR OWN TRAVEL AGENT
1~
4
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., April 2, 1981
the living word
themoorin~ Cbronic Criminals One of the most difficult and disconcerting personages to deal with in today's American society is the chronic criminal. Seemingly we do not know what to do with him or her. The public is under constant threat and indeed attack from such a one; the police cannot or' are unable to prosecute this type of individual; the courts are hopelessly tied up in so much red tape; cases are backlogged for months while jails ate fast becoming advanced institutions for the fostering of criminal arts. Just think: every 24 minutes a murder is committed in this land; every 10 seconds a house is burglarized; every seven minutes a woman is raped; arson, muggings and general mayhem occur second ,by second. And no one, it seems, can do a' thing about it. Even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court cries out for help. In a recent address he warned of the reign of terror ~it' our cities and, asked "Are we not hostages within the borders of our own self-styled enlightened, civilized country?" As a result of officialdom's inability to cope with the curse of violence Americans are arming themselves, building home arsenals. They are buying guard dogs, burglar alarms, locks and bolts to afford themselves at least a hope of protection. As in the so-'called Dark Ages, men have taken to their fortified towers, raising their drawbridges, waiting for today's Vandals, Visigoths and Huns to attack. No longer is the city the sole playground of the chronic criminal. The suburbs too are prime targets for the dependent drug user and addict who needs quick cash for a quick fix. As more and more drugs are pushed into the arms and bodies of those who already have long criminal records, so does brutal attack upon the defenseless become commonplace. If crime is to be at least somewhat contained, it is obvious that as a nation we must tackle the problem of the chronic criminal. First and foremost, the police need help. Cut the fat from city halls, not the police stations! Those who represent American law and who must stand in the front lines to combat crime must .have support, help and understanding. To date the criminal has been the darling of those would-be reformers whose main ambition seems to be to tum jails into publicly funded country clubs. Police need education and training to combat the advanced criminal expertise of the chronic offender. The public should support them not only with funding but also with the moral reenforcement they need to do their jobs well. In addition, the judicial system should be completely overhauled and investigated to determine why it cannot cope with the savages that roam our land. Procedural delays, court overloads, lax bail standards, p~or working' relationships between judges and police departments, over-liberalized laws, crowded prisons, plea bargaining, inept lawyers and sloppy legal methodology: all are areas in need of immediate judicial intensive care. The horrendous events of this week, the insanity of presidential assassination attempts, a recurring plague on our house, but reflect the madness that walks our streets. Perhaps this latest bloody tragedy will be a catalyst to give civilization a chance. . If it is not, then may God help us. The criminal will certainly rule our land.
theanc
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER 410 Highland Avenue Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.
EDITOR
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan
Rev. John F. Moore ~
Leary Press-Fall River
\
iiJ\,
THREE-YEAR OW MICHELLE COTNOIR ENJOYS FORSYTHIA AT LA SALETIE SHRINE, A~LEBORO
'Winter is now past, the flowers have appeared in our land, the vines in flower . yield their sweet smell.' Cant. 11,12, 13
Church priorities outlined . While the Catholic Church has a universal mission "to serve everybody, without exception," the poor and the needy deserve special attention as the church sets priorities for its programs and institutions, Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference told the National Pastoral Planning Conference last month. . The bishop included among the poor and needy of the United States those who are disadvantaged economically, refugees and newcomers to America, the elderly, the handicapped, blacks, and - in a special way - Hispanic Americans. He also called for wise use of路 the church's human resources and attention to the role of the laity in church affairs as the number of priests and Religious declines, for programs and study of priestly vocations, for planning and coordination at all church levels, for increased involvement in "witness, advocacy and community outreach of variius kinds," and for more use of modern communications media. But he tied his suggestions on programs and institutional activity to the church's overall re- , ligious mission. "All our efforts must be constantly assessed and be assessed in light of the church's enduring and instrinsic commitment to evangelization and conversion, to catechesis and mature faith, to spirituality and holiness," Bishop Kelly stated. .
Terming conversion, holiness and mature faith "priorities of goal," the bishop;"added that "the church does not set these absolute priorities and cannot change them. They arise. from what the church is." Through the church's programs, institutions and activities, he said, "we must strive mightily to create and sustain the conditions in which, humanly speaking, it will be more or less possible for God's grace to effect conversion, mature faith and holiness. That is a sufficiently large and difficult challenge." Local churches must themselves determine how the poor in their areas are to be 'specifically served by the church, Bishop Kelly said. But he stressed meeting the special needs of Hispanics. . "Their spiritual and material needs clearly merit a high priority in our planning and progamming," he said. "They deserve the attention and sympathy of the church for many reasons - not the least, I believe, because as they enter an alien culture, their religious indentity is subjected to strong challenges and pressures." Catholics' involvement in their church is another priority, he added. "Beyond question, the most important resource for the churCh is people," the bishop said. He predicted continued problems due to declining num-
bers of priests and Religious. In 1970 there were about 59,000 priests in the United States; by 1980 there were 58,600, with the number of seminarians and nuns falling also and the average age of priests increasing, he said. Although growth of the permanent diaconate is a "bright spot," the diaconate cannot be expected to compensate for the drain of priests and religious, he said. Programs to encourage, foster and nurture vocations "clearly must have high priority," he stated. So too must efforts to enhance the role of lay people, he added. Moreover, as the church's material resources are reduced, the church locally and nationally must "rethink" the role of its institutions and plan effectively, without overlooking new developments, he stated. Among the latter is the church's growing activity in mass communications. Once the Catholic press was the mainstay of church communication, noted Bishop Kelly. Now, in addition to use of the press and usual forms of broadcasting, the church is "on the verge of a major new breakthrough - the creation of a National Catholic Telecommunications Network" using cable TV and satellite to bring programming to homes around the nation. He said the system may be functioning "within a matter of months."
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., April 2, 1981
Family prayer One morning when I came to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for our youngest child, I found notes from his two older siblings, both of whom left for high school at .a dark unholy hour and prefer:red feeding themselves to smiling at me. One year, one even had lunch hour at 9:30! Anyway, the 'first note read, "Mom, ple;ase pray for me during third hour. I have a big biology exam." Underneath, in a different hand, wa~: written, "While you're at it, Mom, pray that I find my keys." When they got home' I asked how their day went. They looked at me with accusatic1n, "You didn't pray hard enough." In many families, this is the acceptable role stl'Ucturing. Mom will get us through the spiritual stuff, dad the financial worries, and kids the social dimension. Well, according to gospel accounts, it doesn't work that way. We don't get to know God through someone else. We have to establish a personal relationship. There's no such thing as salvation by proxy. Prayer, this week's gospel value, belongs to everyone: kids, dads, moms, grandparents, aunts and uncles. It's one of God's greatest gifts to the: family. When things get whil'ling fast
and out of order, I ask families to consider Luke's words: "Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it is opened." It seems simple. Yet even the apostles had to ask "Lord, teach us how to pray." Today, because so many families are asking the same thing, I'd like you to ponder the most common kinds of family prayer and look at your family's prayer style. Petition prayers: These are the most popular - they ask for something from God. It can be a job, a better marriage, a spot on the cheerleading team, or a bike. One study found that 90% of our prayers are petitions. Thanksgiving prayers: These are those little prayers after we get ~hat we asked for or just an ongoing thanks for daily blessings. Desperation prayers: These are the ones we say when we realize the toddler has wandered away, when we see the blinking light in our rear view mirror, when we're afraid to tell mom and dad what happened, or when things go bump in the night. Rel~tionship prayers: These help us know God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit more intimate-
Reagan~s
By DOLORES CURRAN
ly. This is the prayer we "talk" while we jog or drive. It may be a meditative prayer or just pil-low-thinking about the meaning of the world and Who had to be around to create it and us. This week, ask for examples of each kind of prayer in individual lives the past year, "I remember when it was icy and this car was coming right at me ... ",
Finally, write a family prayer that you will pray together weekly and that the children will eventually take away from home as part of the family legacy. I offer you one of ours. "Thank you, God, for an ordinary family with ordinary problems and joys. We don't seek the model marriage, the brightest children, or the best neighborhood. We are content with the gifts you have sent us - healthy children, a good marriage, and satisfying work. For these gifts, we thank you. Let us always 110 your work and let your light shine through us. Amen."
The Kung problem It was at first a Catholic joke - or, more precisely, a joke among Roman Cath-' olics - to say that Hans Kung has all the makings of a great Protestant theologian. Dormant in that slightly waggish 'remark, however, lie both the riddle and the answer to what has been more or less recognized as the problem of Hans Kung himself in conflict with the magisterium (or formal authority of the teaching Church). Let the reader take note that the commentator, in proposing an answer to the Hans Kung case, speaks for himself alone. First, there is Kung's latest work to onsider, "noes God Exist?" (Doubleday, N.Y., 1980). an extensive treatmeht of a vast and inexhaustible subject. Its original purpose was to tie up some of the loose ends that the professor of Tubingen felt had been left over from "On Being a Christian," the opus previous to this one. In any case, it makes fascinating reading and. one must surely marvel at the :range and order of Kung's thought. The answer to Hans Kung's title, by the way, is given modest but glorious prominen.ce in the succinct dedication: 'Ad maiorem Dei gloriam' (To the Greater Glory of God), the motto of the Jesuits. Between the dedication and the last page of "Does God Exist?" we have before us all the argument and exposition of mind and method that have made Hans Kung a famous and controversial figure in the world of Christian theology.
An even casual perusal of these pages provokes what one might want to enter as 'yes, but' notes on the margin. For example: "Nevertheless, these negative experiences with religion, however much they discredit Christianity at all. Hatefulness toward Jews, though sinfully practiced by some members of the Christian churches, is neither a teachable ~octrine nor an explicit instruction of Christian belief itself and therefore cannot discredit it as such. Here's another example of Kung at large. But the very fact that God can be called 'father' in the pagan religions should make us cautious about using this title (p.672). Comment: This shouldn't have to make us cautious at all, since there is something tremendously compelling in the fact that the urge to call God 'father' is universally inherent 'in human society. Hans Kung is a highly personal and speculative theologian as distinguished from a strict definer of terms and advocate of the magisterium. There is nothing that says an advocate of the magisterium has to be a mere clerk, however, and cannot be a creative, salubrious, and wholly clarifying theologian. This is where our little joke comes in - the one about Kung having all the makings of a good Protestant theologian. The problem or dilemma is how to reconcile the freedom to think with the legitimate demands of the teaching Church. The solution ought to be something like this: Let these deep
By THOMAS McDONNELL'
\
., .
.-.
thinkers think themselves out in their published works, and then let the Vatican theologians be specific on their points of ob· jection. Let them indicate, for instance, that such a point' is not to be regarded as the teach· able theology of the Roman Catholic Church. To do otherwise, I think, simply has' the effect of throwing out all of Kung, or Schillebeeckx, or Teilhard de Chardin, whereas there is much in each of them that is valuable, retainable, and even teachable.
[necrology] April 6 Rev. ,Lorenzo Morais, 1980, Retired Pastor, St. George, Westport Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippendale, 1977, Retired Pastor, St. Patrick, Wareham April 7 Rev. James A. Drury, 1976, Chaplain, Madonna Manor, No. Attleboro April 9 Rev: Cornelius McSweeney, 1919, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Fall River Rev. Edward F. Dowling, 1965. Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Fall River
baffling style Could there be a better place to be on St. Patrick's Day than the Irish Embassy? Ronald Reagan didn't
5
By MARY McGRORY
Monica sang in a voice as sweel as the pipes a sad Gaelic song about a lost love. The gathering was pretty well awash in Celtic nostalgia when the president gal think so, and he greatly enup and made a series of highly hanced a gala occasion by giving appropriate personal remarks it a touch of history. He declared about being one of them. a new U.S. policy toward NorthHe opened with a vignett~ ern Ireland, and announced, out from his morning on Capitol Hill. of the green, so to speak, and to His friend, Sen. Paul Laxalt, had the evident astonishment of Sechanded him an "honorary Irishretary of State Haig, our new man" button. The president turnambassador to Ireland. ed it down. ,For the Irish ambassador, "I told that son of a Basque. Sean Donlon, the occasion was 'I'm not honorary, I am.' " a triumph. He heard the presiHe told of his appreciation of dent of the United States praise him for his "efforts at peace" in the genealogical scroIl he had just received. His grandparents his native country. had died young, he did not know "Your efforts will have the full backing of the American presi. the family history. He got a dent and the people," the presi· standing ovation when he announced that the newly formed dent said in responding to the toast of Irish Finance Minister Friends of Ireland, the Four Gene Fitzgerald, who flew in es- Horsemen's answer to Biaggi's Ad Hoc Committee, represented pecially for the affair. All present knew that Donlon the views of the' White fi,ouse, hact almost lost his job for "his and another wh~n he made his efforts at peace" -and his unexpected and· irregular an. adamant refusal to come to terms nouncement that Bill McCann, a with Rep. Mario Biaggi, leader New Jersey life insurance execuof a group of congressmen who tive, would be going to Dublin have expressed sympathy for the' as our envoy. When the cheering and the IRA. . toasting stopped, the president "Best diplomat in Washington," muttered House Speaker went over to a smaIl table and Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., one of the carefully picked up his scroll, Four Horsemen who tried to the Belleek basket of shamrocks stop the flow of U.S. money to and the silver bowl for the First IRA coffers, "as I had to con· Lady and headed out. He had vince Haughey at 2 o'clock in made a hit. He had also done his bit to stop terrorism in his the morning." ancestral land. Charles Haughey, Ireland's' Then he went back to the prime minister, planned last Sep- White House and met with a tember to send Donlon to the, Latin American dictator, who U.N. and replace him with some- presides over a regime of offi· one more compatible with Biaggi cial t,errorism. He sat down in and company. O'Neill and Sen., the 'Oval Office for a cordial chat Edward Kennedy burned up the with Gen. Roberto Viola, Argentranslantic wires on the rescue tina's new ruler. effort. Three weeks ago, Gen. Viola's Kennedy and O'Neill were at forces arrested Argentina's most the president's table, Kennedy at prominent human rights acth'his right hand and O'Neill just ists. Just previously, security across. forces picked up and briefly de"I suppose," the president said tained 68 relatives of "disapjocosely to Kennedy, "that you'll peared" Argentines. He pledged, go back up the Hill and bash me before his election by three repon EI Salvador." resentatives of the army, navy O'Neill had just come down and air force, not to conduct any from the Hill, where he had de· official inquiry of the notorious clared to the press that the presi- "antisubversive" campaign cardent in his budget cuts was "go- ried out by the armed forces, ing down the wrong road." If Ronald Reagan saw any conBut great gusts of hearty male tradiction between the Irish laughter swept Table One from lunch and the Argentine meetthe smoked salmon through the ing, we do not know it. He Irish coffee. makes one policy that holds the The president was piped into promise of decreased violenc~. the embassy by Tomas O'Can- He makes another that points at ainn, Ireland's finest piper. In renewed· repression. the living room he was offered That's the way he is, doing th~ a bowl of 'jeIly beans arranged right thing and the wrong thing in the green, white and orange in bewildering sequence, but genof the Irish flag. The piper play- ial throughout - which is why ed a piercing lament, "The Black- every politician who heard him bird and the Thrush," which at the Irish Embassy believes caused a certain Irish mist to that he will get away with more rise. More came when the am- longer than any of them could bassador's 17-year-old' daughter ever hope 10.
THE ANCHORThurs., April 2, 1981
6
Pope to meet with worl(.ers
Infanticide
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II, a long-tim~ advocate of fair pay for workers, reo cently averted a protest march by Vatican lay employees by agreeing to an April. 6 meeting with workers' representatives.
CHICAGO (NC) Infanticide is not a horror coming with 1984. It is already a practice in Western countries, including the United States, in regard to newborn handicapped children. That was the message given by doctors speaking at an international conference on Infanticide and the Handicapped Newborn, sponsored by Americans for Life, in Chicago.
A 39-member delegation will meet with 'the pope to present demands for improvement of salaries, pensions, working hours and cost-of-living allowances. Shortly after the audience was set up leaders of the 1,500-member Association of Vatican Lay Employees said they had cancelled plans for an April public demonstration t6 protest the lack of Vatican response to longstanding proposals by the quasiunion.
SUN·PLEASURE TOURS (R) SAO MIGUEL, Azores Includes Feast of Santo Christo 9 DAYS LEAVE MAY 18
$899:;'
It would have been the first worker protest march within the walls of the world's smallest city·state.
SAO MIGUEL, Azores MADEIRA, LISBON, FATIMA Includes Feast of Santo Christo 15 DAYS LEAVE MAY 22
$1,270"~
ALSO JUNE 26 & SEPT. 11 LISBON, MADEIRA And Northern Portugal 15 DAYS LEAVE JUNE 27
$1,369:;'
"@MrtiTillljt'Wm'" " K:')t-.;¥.. <7 ' . '} BISHOP CRONIN discusses the 40th annual Catholic Charities Appeal with Father Gerald T. Shovelton, its newly appointed Taunton area director. The Special Gift phase of the appeal will begin April 20, continuing through May 2, and will reach fraternal, professional, business and industrial organizations of Southeastern Massachusetts~ Some solicitors are expected to make nearly 5000 contacts in this period.
Let Poles alone, says pop'e
OLIVEIRA TRAVEL 265 Rivet Street New Bedford, Ma. 02744
Tel (617) 997-9361
••• for. your little angel ••• TIle Littlest Anlel crafted In Sterlinl Silver on I 14 Inch Sterllnl Rope chaIn. PreclDus. Just like ,aur little anlel.
ONLY $14.95
plus $1.00 shlpplnl Ind handllnl!. Shawn Ictual liz•• Name_......••..._•._ Street Apt._ Clty_ State_
_ _
_ _
: __ . _ _ _ _ •._ Zip
.
~.
HOLY LAND & LISBON 15 DAYS LEAVE JUNE 27 • SEPT. 5 FROM $1,599* Other 1 & 2 Week Tours Available CONTACT:
\
t1 i.'i.'
:>"lpt:' i,. y
f··
Continued from paRe one from any intervention, direct or indirect, individual or collective, in the internal or external affairs that enter into the internal competence of another participating state." The Soviet Union signed the Helsinki accord. In his message to Cardinal Wyszynski the pope also ex· pressed concern that the Polish crisis be resolved without foreign interference. But he focused chiefly on what is needed
within Poland to resolve the crisis. "The voices that come to me from various parts of Poland," he wrote, "express the position of vast throngs of working men, who see the necessity for a full commitment in their activity as indispensable to overcome the economic situation in which the country finds itself. They emphasize the will to work and not to strike." The pontiff also backed the continued existence of Solidar-
ity and the rights guaranteed to it by the government last year. "Together with the whole church in Poland," he told Car· dinal Wyszynski, "I pray that an accord is reached between the state authorities and the representatives of the labor sectors (independent and self-governed labor unions) to strengthen internal peace i~ the spirit of the renewal, prinCiples of which were established by common accord last autumn." .
_ _
_
.. _ _
The Vatican employees want increases in wages, which now average 500,000 lire a month (about $500), and a decrease in the working week from 42 to 36 hours. Pope John Paul has often backed workers' rights, especially during his trips abroad, and has been a strong supporter. of the independent trade union movement in his native Poland. On March 19, feast of -St. Joseph, the pope told steelworkers in Terni, Italy, that the church backed workers' rights to "a fair salary and a certain participation in management." The trip coincided with the Vatican employees' announce· ment of the planned protest march.
Jesse Furtado Father Steven R. Furtado, associate pastor at St. John the Baptist Church, New Bedford, was principal celebrant of a funeral Mass this morning for his father, Jesse Furtado, 58, who died last Sunday. The Mass at Espirito Santo Church, Fall River, was concelebrated by many priests of the diocese. Mr. Furtado, a Fall River native employed as a press operator, is survived, by his wife, Mary (Lopes) Furtado, and a son, Peter, in addition to Father Fur· tado.
SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDEI TO,
ADVENT DESIGN DEPT. A-2 121 RADCLIFFE AVE. PROVIDENCE, R.t. 02908 Money Back If Not Delighted
Workshops set in two sites
FOR SALE SEASONAL COTTAGE ON WESTPORT RIVER Furnished. Guest House adjoining. (Ideal for Children) $25,000 Cash. Immediate Occupancy. Call Martha McGinn at Leary Press, Fall River' for details. 679-5262. LEASED LAND -
ONE ACRE
--
TRAILERS PROVIDE shelter for residents of Castelgrande, Italy, made homeless by .last November's earthquakes. About 250.000 people are still in makeshift housing and Catholic officials predict prefabricated dwelling units will not be available until late summer. (NC Photo)
The Diocesan Department of Education and Benziger Publishers will cosponsor religious edu· cation workshops from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at St. Mary's parish, New Bedford; and from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday. April 10, at St. Pius X, South Yarmouth. Irene Murphy, a religious education consultant and vice-president of Benziger, will speak on Creative Teaching at both sessions. All area religious educators are invited to attend.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., April 2, 1981
TtfEBy Father John F. Moore
Permanent Diaconate lDireetor This series of articles is offered to our readers to t'urther a responsible view of the married cleric in today's church as reflected in the permwllent diaconate. As we stated in last week's article, many problems, regarding acceptance of de2Lcons by priests stem from a lack of understanding of the concept of married clergy in the Roman Rite. Also often not fully grasped is the idea that family and job commitments must take priority over diaconal ministry. Another consideration often raised with regard to the effectiveness of a deacon's service is that he is limited by his training and formation. Such a criticism would be valid if one expected the deacon to be a professional theologian with years of graduate study to his credit. But it must be kept in mind that three or four years of diaconal formation canr,ot equal the ecclesiastical training offered the priest. It is impossible nor should it be expected to cover all basics in depth in a six-semester course of t.wo evenings weekly. This must be admitted by both priests and deacons. What is expected is that the diaconal formation program should lay a foundation on which the deacon can build future theological expertise. The initial course of studies, strEmgthened and enriched in the crucible of experience, is seen as an introduction to the theology of today's church. It is important to realize that the diaconal course dOt~s not reflect studies mandated in preVatican II seminaries but is a positive attempt to summarize current theology bearing on Scripture, Christology, basic principles, church history, liturgy and rites. Diaconal candidates are merely introduced to these subjects. No claim is made for expertise, yet even such training is seen as a threat by some opposed to the very concept of the permanent diaconate.
Suit settled WASHINGTON (Nc:) - An $8.6 million copyright. infringement suit by FEL Publications Ltd., an interfaith church music company based in Los Angeles, against the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the U.S. Catholic Conference (NCCBUSCe) for songs copied illegally from FEL songbooks has been settled without any admission of liability.
Once ordained, however, deacons are committed to a postordination program that includes a mandated course of studies, again indicating the emphasis placed on education. But there is another area of growth and development that permanent deacons bring to their ministry: their lifetime experience in their chosen profession. The average deacon candidate brings to the formation program 30 or 40 years of expertise in whatever his career may be. From doctor to mechanic, from salesman to postmaster, from executive to military man, he comes to ministry with his own depth comprehension of life and its problems. Within the framework of his formation and ordination, he must use his unique talents. His job priority, rather than limiting him, can in itself be an opportunity for ministry to his workday peers. ' The life experience of a deacon should not be viewed as a challenge to the priest but rather as a testimony to the effectiveness of firsthand understanding of the needs and difficulties of people and as a means of extending the message of Christ to those otherwise unreached by ministry. By sharing theological knowledge and job experience the deacon and the priest, working together as brothers in Orders, can give the church a dynamic previously unavailable to her.
FATHER ROBERT C. DONOVAN, associate pastor at S1. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis and Geraldine Boles, also of S1. Francis Xavier, will offer workshops in pastoral m,usic at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at S1. Patrick's parish hall, Wareham. Historical background and liturgical planning techniques will be presented, with emphasis on the entrance rite and liturgy of the Word, followed by discussion and a social hour. The ,program is sponsored by the newly organized diocesan chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Telephone registrations will be accepted at 771-3062 for the Cape area; 252-4304, Fall River and Attleboro; 993-5077, New Bedford; 822-9823, Taunton. All are invited to attend "The Seven Last Words of Christ" by Theodore Dubois' at 2 p.m. Sunday at S1. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Directed by Glenn Giuttari,
the Lenten presentation will have as soloists Ron Rathier, tenor; Birgitta Ackerblom, soprano; Rev. James O'Brien, baritone. The orchestra will include Ann Danis, Ruth Trexler, John Beaulieu and Rev. Richard Whittington.
tion of 10 million people, mostly Catholics, the bishops called on their 4,000 parishes to establish centers for family counseling. "Although the primary responsibility rests on the bishops, all the people of God, that is the whole church, must share in caring for the Christian family, particularly those engaged in education, health and family services," they said.
Divorced concern Portuguese. church
The key field for proper action is youth, the pastoral letter said, since rejection of traditional Christian marriage is predominant among young people, even in countries with strong family traditions.
LISBON, Portugal (NC) - A pastoral letter of the Portuguese bishops said that divorced Catholics who remarry cannot receive the sacraments but that the church should tend to them "with special concern and charity." Recognizing a general deterioration of family life in this na-
There are no published figures on divorces by Catholics or remarriage of divorced Catholics in Portugal. The bishops said unmarried couples "living together" also need pastoral care and "should not be neglected but treated with charity."
CAN'T DANCE?? 8 WEEK DANCE COURSE BEGINNING TUESDAY, APRIL 7th 8:00 - 9:00 P.M. LEARN BALLROOM SUCH DANCES AS FOX TROT, CHA.CHA, WALTZ, SWING, RUMBA, TANGO, ETC.
JESUS MARY CONVENT RECREATIONAL HALL ST. JOSEPH STRE~T (OFF EASTERN AVENUE)
FALL RIVER, MASS.
TO REGISTER CALL
674-3925 BETWEEN 4:00 AND 6:00 P.M. (DAILY) OR REGISTER AT HALL TUES. EVENING APRIL 7th
Price Per Week Per Couple $4.00 YOUR INSTRUCTOR -
AL TREMBLAY
DATES AVAILABLE FOR CHURCH GROUPS
The Ready falllily would appreciate your patronage. We sell fine h0111e furnishings and oriental rugs. (During the Lenten season all purchases accomptmied with this ad will have a donation of 10% in your name to the Catholic Charities.)
South Shore Ethan Allen Gallery .
7
Members Interior Design Society
44 Granite Street (Rte 37) Open Evenings to 9 Braintree , MA ~ mile north . of So. Shore Plaza Owned and managed by the Ready Family 3 Generations of Fine Retailing
8
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., April 2, 1981
aP~::::::::~ti,za'a;';~::;;~~~~
--f5j
, LUNCH - DINNER
'~ ~ ~,
THE
COCKTAILS
.•
A LS0 CATERING TO WEDDINGS AND BANQUETS
BIG \ FISHERA1EN
Route 28 East Falmouth
SAT. DINNER 5.10 SUN. - 12 TO CLOSING
Hosts· Paul & Ellen Goulet
548-4266 ·or 548-4267
'Hard labor' for • ,prISOne:r By Liz Schevtchuk
TUES - FRI - LUNCH 12·2:30 WASHINGTON (NC) DINNER 5·9:00 <Z'""i!nznzzzzza:niandQ'ZZrk».>'nu.NZunZ:Zz'~ Kay Stine, a pro-life
(li#\~lIE'S OIL(O.,IN(. "HOM( 1IAJ116 COUIICIl MEMIER"
• FUEL, OIL •
2·WAY RADIO
OfFKf
~6
FOI PflOMPT 24 Hour Se""~
Charles Velaza. Pres,
OAK GROVE AVE.• fAll RIVEI
- Mary activist, knew her baby was about to be born. But she reported at 5 a.m. to the jail in Alexandria, Va., March 6 anyway to serve a oneday sentence for demonstrating at an Alexandria abortion clinic. Her jail term was cut short when she went into lahor. Her son Benjamin was born that night - but not in prison. Hastily pardoned by the local sheriff when her condition created consternation among inmates and guards, Mrs. Stine, 39, was released at about 7 p.m., in time to enter Arlington Hospital, where her son was born at 9:51 p.m. A few days later the mother of six was laughing on the telephone about the event and the "interesting" time she had in jail. "It was quite a surprise," she said of Benjamin's quick arrival. "I was due pretty soon but figured I could spend 24 hours in jail before he was born. In fact, after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the court case involving the sit-in lit the Alexandria Women's Center in which Mrs. Stine and other pro-lifers had participated she sought to go to jail immediately. However, that took a few days because the jail was full. So she and her friend and prolife colleague, John Harris, en..-tered the jail on a Friday, ex-
MRS. STINE AND BENJAMIN pecting to complete their sentences early the next morning. Benjamin's imminent appearance, however, changed their plans. "It was a very interesting experience" to be jailed, Mrs. Stine said. She said the other women inmates were very concerned about her condition. They also encouraged her pro-life activities. "They were so supportive," she said. "They all said, 'We think you're doing the right thing.' " Once she started to go into labor, with pains about five minntes apart, the jail staff "was anxious to get rid of us," she added. "It was very amusing, really, the whole time," After being freed the prolifers were unable to reach Mrs. Stine's husband, Larry, immediately. So the Harrises took Mrs.
Stine to the hospital, where Stine joined his wife in time for Benjamin's birth. Mrs. Stine's other children range in age from sever: to ] 8. The family lives in Herndon, Va., where they attend St. Joseph's Catholic Church. With other prolifers in Virginia, Mrs. Stine has been active in protesting abortion at local clinics. Among the ] 2 arrested with her for the September ] 979 sit-in were David and Jeanne Gaetano, who served their one-day jail sentence in ]980 accompanied by their six-month-old son, John Paul. Mrs. Stine said she hopes the need for anti-abortion demonstrations is soon over. "That was my fourth arrest," she stated. "Let's hope we soon have a human life amendment and don't have to do these things anymore,"
Priest urges U.S. aid for Amerasian children By Doug Jackowlch
We're Better Together 'Durfee
Attleboro ......-III Falmouth National Members Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
SPOKANE, Wash.· (NC) "Behind, in Korea, there is nothing for them," said Maryknoll Father Alfred Keane in a speech at Gonzaga University. He spoke of the Amerasian children born of American fathers and Korean mothers - with whom he has worked for 22 years. Father Keane was on a U.S. speaking tour to draw attention to the children's problems in South Korea. He hopes to rally support for legislation now before Congress that would recognize Amerasians as the children of Americans, a status that most of the 5,000· 8,000 Amerasian children do not enjoy. "Amerasians are not wartime kids," said Father Keane. He added that approximately 44,000 American military men are still stationed in South Korea. "Legal recognition would simply recognize them as kids of Americans," Father Keane said. "Recognition would allow immigration. It would cost the American government and taxpayers nothing. The only require-
ment would be that an Amerasian have a sponsor in the United States," The priest said many people are shocked to learn that Amerasians are not American citizens. Under the present laws, the luckiest Amerasian child is one whose American father reports his child's birth to the American embassy, he said. Then the child is issued a passport and American citizenship. Most American fathers, however, do not do this, Father Keane said. His slides of the children for' whom he cares in the South Korean missions show beautiful children: some with sandy hair, tawny skin and wide blue eyes; others with black or brown hair, dark skin and large brown eyes. What is their plight? Father Keane said that Korea is an ancient land and that the people' follow the teachings of Confucius. "It's a system of moral ethics to bring about harmony. There's an emphasis on duty, responsibility and loyalty. Then, everyone is taken care of." In Korea, a father must name his child and provide his ances-
try. This is recorded in a family record - similar to an' American birth certificate - and becomes the child's access to education, employment, marriage and other elements of life. But if a child is Amerasian, people believe he belo::lgs to America. Consequently, when an American abandons his Korean mate and their child, that child grows up as a "non-person," called such names as "Iovechild," "halfbreed," "child of a whore to an American," A woman disowned by her family, with no means to support her Amerasian child, will resort to prostitution, usually near American military bases, only to give birth to more Amerasians, he said. Many women finally bring their children to Father Keane's mission, hoping they will be adopted by Ameri: cans, other tots are simply abandoned. "Let's give our kids a chance," Father Keane urged. He wants Americans to write their congressmen in support of the recognition legislation
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., April 2, 1981
Hotel for the poor
nm~~14"'C"O"NVENIENT
By Jo-ann Price
NEW YORK (NC) - Layers of dirt had covered a century of living at the Beechwood Hotel, one of Manhattan's earliest apartment buildings. Now the former $4 a night hotel is St. Francis Residence, a horne for the poorest of the poor. The Order of St. Francis and its supporters purchased the sturdy, single-roam-occupancy hotel for $550,000 last September to be used by former street people and mental patients. Many who now live thel'e once survived by staying in the doorways and cheap hotels CJf New York. Some receive $301 monthly welfare checks, but have difficulty functioning in hectic city surroundings. The residence is the newest of St. Francis of Assisi Church, project of the out reach ministry known for its 50-year-old 6 a.m. breadline for the homeless and hungry. The friars have not missed a morning giving sandwiches and coffee. to those in the lineup, in any weather. Last Christmas, with the temperature at two degrees Fahrenheit, Franciscan Brother Albert Aldrich added a pair of warm gloves as a gift to all (:omers. The line has increased to about 330 daily - reflecting economic conditions and an inl:reased number of ex-mental patients released from state institutions. As many as 41 shopping-bag women sleep at night in the large women's room of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station and line up for the breadline.· "We decided to do something about the situation," said Father John McVean, St. Francis outreach director, who has quietly been ministering to street people in three rooms at the Aberdeen Hotel, near the church, for almost a decade. "Our people are homeless, helpless, potentially fragile and easily ripped-off," he said. Over the years the Aberdeen has been a tiny haven for an eS':imated
9
LOCATIONS •
CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK
4 So. Main SI./335 Stafford Rd./570 Robeson SI./Somerset Plaza (Rte. 6)
f····~···················~··~············~············
.
D & D SALES AND SERVICE, INC.
I-'RIGIDAIRE -REFRIGERATION APPLIANCES AIR CONDITIONING 363 SECOND ST. FALL RIVER, MASS.
..... ........ ................. .. . ...
.......~.
ANDERSON & OLSEN INDUSTRIAL and DOMESTICI
Hotel for the poor. 30,000 virtually homeless men and women. When the Aberdeen announced it planned to upgrade facilities to a Class B tourist hotel, "the handwriting was on the wall," the priest said. The Franciscans launched a fund-raising campaign. They bought the Beechwood, recruited and contracted for carpenters, painters, plasterers and plumbers. Tenants have been moving in floor by floor. They pay up to $140 a month rental, 25 cents for breakfast, 50 cents for lunch and have something left over for other meals and amenities. "Mostly we've given them back ther dignity as human beings," Father McVean said. "It isn't just housing - well, look at these paintings." He pointed to several modern oil paintings brightening the dining room. Throughout the residence are fresh, brightly-colored paintings
done by street people who have attended art sessions and visited local galleries, led by Jane Couch of the State Council of the Arts. Tenents of the Franciscan residence can relax before a television in a small lounge and have access to social workers and psychiatrists. They have ·assisted in refurbishing the facility, painting the rooms, tiling bathrooms and putting brighter lights in the halls. A sense of new life pervades the place as the rooms, averaging 17 by 12 feet, are made ready and filled, floor by floor. "What's the secret?" asked Franciscan Father John Felice, superior at St. Francis of Assisi Church. "I guess it's the human atmosphere. It's what we have as Franciscan friars in a community. Our people sense it." Louis, a former street dweller, agreed. "Their gentlemen are doing a fine job," he said.
I)etroit see has new head The new archbishop moves VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has named Polish- from a small, largely rural dioAmerican Bishop Edmund Casi- cese and the smallest See city in mir Szoka of Gaylord, Mich., the the United States (population 3,000) to the fifth-largest city in new archbishop of Detroit. In a highly unusual move indi- the United States and an archcating that Archbishop Szoka ·diocese with a See city of more was his personal choice, the pope than a million people who are called the new archbishop to almost complelely urban and inRome to m~et with. him March dustrialized. Total popuuation of 28, the morning of the announce- the Gaylord Diocese is about ment, and to convey the uppoint- 400,000; total population in the ment to him in person. Detroit Archdiocese is 4.4 milArchbishop Szoka, 53, suc- lion. ceeds Cardinal John Dearden, 73, The last two archbishops of who laljt July resigned as arch- Detroit have been cardinals, makbishop of Detroit but has con- ing it likely that Archbishop tinued to administer the arch- Szoka, too, will eventually rediocese while awaiting a succes- ceive a red hat. sor. Archbishop Szoka was asked
about the reasons for the pope's unusual personal meeting with him to announce the appointment. "He didn't tell me why he was doing it this way. I think it was simply because Detroit is a large and important archdiocese," answered the archbishop. Vatican observers could not recall another instance in which Pope John 'Paul had conveyed in person a diocesan appointment . to a new bishop. The Grand Rapids native was ordained a bishop by Cardinal Dearden on July 20, 1971. He was the first bishop of Gaylord, which had been made a diocese a few months earlier.
HEA TING-PIPING and AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS 312 Hillman Street •
•
•
•
••
~
~ ~
~
~ ~ ~
~.
~ ~
~
~ ~
~,
~
~ ~
~.
~
~
New Bedford ~
999-4411
•
I
Color Process
Year Books
Booklets
Brochures
American Press, Inc. OFF SET -
PRINTERS -
LETTERPRESS
Where The Entire Family Can Dine. Economically FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE (617) 675·7185 or (617) 673-0821
10
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., April 2, 1981
Disciplining young adults
Montie Plumbing & Heating Co.
HALLETT
By Dr. James aI1Id M.ary Kenny
Over 35 Years of Satisfied Se,rvice Reg. Master Plumber 7023 JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR.
Funeral Home Inc. 283 Station Avenue South Yarmouth, Mass.
Q. Dear Dr. Kenny: Last month our I8-year-old son, a high school senior, ran away from home to visit a college he hopes to attend. We had forbidden him to go. He was also truant from school for two d~ys. His grades are good, he is nice to his brothers and sisters and he is working hard at two jobs. If only he would obey us. How can we get him to follow our rules? (Chicago) A. Your son sounds almost too good to be true. He is achieving good grades, is kind to his siblings and working hard. At the same time he is exhibiting a spirit of independence that will be necessary in his adult life. Why are you trying so hard to get him to be submissive? Things change legally at 18. Officially your child becomes an adult able to leave home if he wishes, enter into contracts, marry and go off to war, He has probably already passed two other hallmarks of adulthood: his first job and his driver's license. He is a young ,man, his own person, and your disciplinary response to him should reflect this change. I don't understand how you
432 JEFFERSON STREET
Tel. 398-2285
Fall River
675-7496
LINCOLN PARK BALLROOM ROUTE 6-between Fall River and New Bedford
One of Southern New England's Finest Facilities
Now Available for
BANQUETS, FASHION SHOWS, ETC. FOR DETAILS, CALL MANAGER -
636-2744 or 999-6984
F. L. Collins & Sons, Inc.' Contractors •• Engineers Inc. 1937
Est. 1928
;
.~
:
GOYETTE'S INC.
!
926 CHURCH STREET - NEW BEDFORD
:
NEW· REBUILT· USED
•:
NEW· USED IN STOCK INSTALLATIONS
: •
AUTO PARTS AUTO GLASS INSURANCE
: AUTO 6- TRUCK
• RADIATORS:•
·:~: :~ . :
Full Service Shop - -Sales and Repairs : ...-:",
(.'-'.
:l
•
_
~.,
TELEPARTS SERVICE
:
MASS. TOLL FREE TELEPHONE
~
•
lB.
•• : :•
must learn to face his own music. This does not mean he can do anything he wants and that you can set no rules for young adult children. ,The focus of the discipline must change. From now on rules must reflect the needs of the household for peace and harmony rather than what you believe to be his best interests. He will have to be the primary judge Of what is best for him. He will make mistakes, and he will learn from his lumps. House rules for young adults might include curfew t:mes, prohibitions against drinking and 'driving, and no overnight guests of the opposite sex. If he fails to abide by reasonable house rules, it may be time for him to move. When children become adults more than your discipline should change. Your basic attitude toward them should change as well. Instead of trying to control them, you might support· their efforts and welcome the day when, as -independent adults, they become yo~r friends. Questions on family Jiving and child care are invited. Address to the Kennys c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall Riv,er, Mass. 02722.
I(ids kibosh creativity
FALL RIVER, MASS.
•5 • •: • :
can refer to him as a runaway. While you may have disagreed, he does in fact have the right to make his own decisions. ,While obedience is a virtue, it is not so primary at age 18 as it might have been at age 5. Frankly, I would value virtues like self-reliance, self-control and independence in young adults. He will need all the self-assurance he can muster to face the world. Don't try to drive it out of him. It is absurd to force him into submission until he leaves home and then expect him to function well on his own. If you have made all the decisions for him up t,o the day he leaves, he is likely to be lost without you. Be glad your son has the spunk to be rebellious. His rebellion is more indicative of your failure to accept his adulthood than his lack of virtue. Young adults face the sternest discipline of all. They must face the consequences of their behavior. I assume your son had to pay for his trip. I also assume he had to answer for his truancy. Part of growing up means he has to face these issues of money and responsibility on his own. He needs your moral, support and encouragement but
CONV:~J~~~L~4~of~T:~ TO 9 9 5 • 2 6 2 3 or P.T.L.
••: •:
turous spirit because 1m positive my son will hear an urgent call to McDonald's that night. All in all, my creative instincts may have to be shelved until my youngest offspring heads for college. I just hope by that time I haven't forgotten that there are dishes other than macaroni and cheese. One area in which my son will venture experimentation is desserts, hopefully I can successfully serve this easy cherry cobbler without derogatory comments. Cherry Cobbler 1 21-ounce can of che~ry pie filling , teaspoon fresh lemon juice
I cup all-purpose flour Y2 cup pecans YJ cup butter, room tempera· ture l,4 cup firmly packed brown sugar ~4 teaspoon cinnamon l,4 teaspoon allspice Vanilla ice cream for topping I) Combine pie filling and lemon juice in a .I-quart shallow baking dish. Mix all ingredien~s except ice cream in a medium bowl and sprinkle over pie filling. 2) Bake until top is brown and cherries are bubbly in a 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes. ,Serve warm, topped with ice cream.
.
..
1-800 642-7548 :
By Marilyn Roderick My favorite magazines are those that feature recipes. I enjoy nothing more than discussing recipes and my dream is to have one of those marvelous homey kitchens with warming over;Js in the fireplace and rows of gleaming copper pans. Those pictures don't indicate, of course, that the cost of that kitchen would prob. ably send a kid to Harvard for four years and then on to medical school. However, it's fun to have a hobby of this type and dream of what you would like to realize someday. There is only one fly in the ointment of someone who enjoys trying the exotic, unusual and often experimental in the way of foods. That's a I5-year-old son who finds even chicken a foreign dish. Meat and potatoes, meat and pasta, meat and a salad are as innovative as he will get. II did break down this week and bought the ingredients for a stuffed squash recipe that looks just great. Of course, I hope my husband will share my adven-
VOLUNTEERS - Cambridge, MA Experience Christian Community and voluntary se:rvice to the poor. Open to single Catholic men (18-30 yrs.) For more info:
Oblate Summer Program Box 825 Plattsburgh, NY 12901
CAST MEMBERS of "Were You There?," a contemporary passion play, await rehearsal. The play will be presented at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 5 and April 12, at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro. From left, top, Pauline L'Heureux, Norman Quinn, Yvonne Boivin, Fred L'Heure~x, Joseph Corkery, Denise Fortin, Lorrie Prest, John LeVIS, Don Lacasse, Mike O'Brien.
THE ANCHOR-
[,leering pOlnl,],·Thurs., April
uestlon corner By Father John Dietzlm
Q. In a recent eolmnn in response to a question abollt annulments. you said in part:: "If ODe spouse proves to have an emotional deficiency 51) serious that a true married Iife was and is psycbologieaIIy imp)Ssible lor him or her, the marriage tribunal would be required to declare that no marriage ev'e1' existed, even though the couple went through the marriag.~ ceremony, lived together for f1everal years, and had several children In the meantime." Why don't all the so-eaI1ed Catbolie periodicals get together and submit a proposal to Rome that the phrase, "I take y'ou for richer or poorer, lor better or worse, In sickness and in health," be eliminated fn:m the marriage vowtfl (pennsylvania)
A. It is clear from my mail that you are only one of probably many thousands of Catholics who are confused about the meaning of an annulment of a marriage. It is precisely becaUlle the church considers those marriage vows so serious and so essential that it requires couples who enter marriage not only to 'be sincere but to have at least II minimum ability to know what the words mean and be able to live by them. A 12-year-old girl or bo~, many love someone very much and be quite sincere in wanting ,to get married. The church says:, however, as do most StatE!S and countries, that no matte:r how sincere such a child may be, he lacks the experience of me and the emotional and psychological maturity to realize the implications of those words. He therefore lacks ability to comm.it himself to a genuine community of life that we call marriagl~, 'even though he may say the words clearly and beautifully. Surely you are awar'e that such immaturity and hiCk of capacity for commitment are quite possible in someone considerably older than 12 or 14. These defects, however, lue not always easily discernibl.~; they may in fact only be evident some time after the couple begins to live together as husband and wife. It will help, perhaps, if we recall that religious orders of men and women are allowed to call a candidate to final pE!rpetual vows not only when that candidate has reached a sufficient age, but also only after some years of thought, study and prayer - and after a good while of living the responsibilities that life will require. ' Yet we regularly accept young couples for marriage whl~n they have known each other but a few months, and almost nothing is known about whether or not either of them really understands ~r knows what marriage is all about, or can livll up to responsibilities that marriage entails. 'I'm certainly not' suggesting
trial marriages; in my opinion there is no such thing. Nearly every diocese in the country, in fact, provides an increasing variety of helps to assure a young couple that they are prepared as much as possible for a valid, honest Christian marriage. I only suggest that, given the fact of our upset and confused culture today, we should not be surprised, or for that matter even scandalized, that some number of couples were simply incapable of marriage with each other, and that this fact becomes inescapably clear through proper investigation. While most annulments in the Catholic Church today derive from this sort of psychological incapadty, other reasons are also possible. Among these would be a crear intention by one of the partners contradicting an essential value of marriage, such as permanence, fidelity or openness to children. One last remark. I strongly urge you and everyone else to resist the temptation to harsh .and fast judgments about annulments and those who receive them. Believe me, annulments are no "easy way out." Behind every one lies a sad story of tragedy, broken hopes, defeat and heartbreak. ' But there is another story of a faith, love and deep concern for what is right th,at is able to sustain the individuals involved through the long and often painful annulment process. God is the only one who knows our hearts and he is, after all, the final judge. Questions lor this column should be sent to Father Dietzen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, FaIl River, Mass. 02722. .
Propagation (NEW YORK (NC) - The Society for the Propagation of the Faith will hold its quinquennial meeting in Rome April 22-26 with diocesan directors from across the United States. The society's national director, Msgr. William J. McCormack, said the meetings, held every five years, are designed to bring the Propagation of the Faith family together for study, prayer and liturgy. The program is expected to include an audience with Pope John Paul II. A tour of mission areas of Africa will follow the session in Rome.
Pope to Scotland IEDINBURGH, Scotland (NC) - A papal visit to Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, is being planned for the early summer of 1982, according to Scottish church authorities. The visit would be part of a 'trip to England, Wales and Scotland by Pope John Paul II. There are 820,000 Catholics in Scotland out of a total population of five million.
ST. LOUIS FRATERNITY,
ST. FRANCIS OF THE CAPE FRATERNITY, POCASSET Secular Franciscan novices will be received at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at St. John the Evangelist parish center. Mass will be celebrated and an instruction on "Franciscan Fraternity a.s Community" will be given. Prospective members are welcome.
CHARLES R. MORRILL of St. Mark's parish, Attleboro Falls, has been named personnel director at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. He holds degrees from Siena College, Londonville, N.Y., and the University of Rhode Island and was previously in personnel work at Roger Williams General Hospital.
Frank Callahan The "caretaker who always took care" is dead and St. Joan of Arc parish in Orleans has lost a friend. The funeral of Francis J. Callahan, 80, of Orleans, for 15 years on ,the parish staff and for 17 years previously on the staff of Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, was held March- 25 at St. Joan of Arc. Nine priests concelebrated his Mass with Father William J. MoMahon as principal celebrant. In his homily Father McMahon called Callahan. "the caretaker who always took care -of thousands of children who enjoyed the facilities at Cathedral Camp; -of hundreds of priests who made annual retreats at the camp; , -and of many seminarians who worked at the camp in summer." At St. Joan of Arc Callahan worked a 10-hour day answering the door and telephone, did many errands and was head usher for the Saturday vigil Mass. He held the diocesan Marian Medal. He is survived by his wife; Ella Callahan; a sister, Mrs. Rose O'Connor, and a brother, Lawrence, both of Taunton; and a brother, Paul, of Dallas.
Opus Dei parish ROME (NC) - Cardinal Ugo Poletti, papal vicar for Rome, has turned over administration of St. Eugenio Parish in Rome to Opus Dei priests. The move was made at the "express desire" of Pope John Paul II, a long-time supporter of Opus Dei, according to an announcement by the organization. Opus Dei, founded in 1928 in Spain, has about 80,000 priest and lay members. Its purpose is the promotion of Christian values.
ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA First communion candidates will attend a workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday and parents will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday. A mini-retreat will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings of Holy Week by the priests' of the parish. ST. ROCH,
FALL RIVER The Council of Catholic Women will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the parish center.
'11
WEAR
FALL RIVER
Secular Franciscans will -attend Mass at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. A meeting will follow, to which all are invited.
2, 1981
Shoes That Fit liTHE FAMILY SHOE STORE"
JOHN'S SHOE STORE NEW LOCATION 321 Rhode Island Avenue Fall River 678-5811
REBELLO'S NURSERY
INC.
"On The Cape" "WE BEAUTIFY OUTDOORS" Evergreens, Flowering Shrubs, Trees Lawn Fertilizer - Loam • Annuals Landscape Design 958 MAIN SI. - RYE. 28 EAST FALMOUTH
548-4842
LEMIEUX HEATING, INC. Sales and Service ~ for DD.mestic and Industrial ~ Oil Burners
995·1631 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE NEW BEDFORD
DOMINICAN THIRD ORDER, FALL RIVER
Third Order members will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St., Fall River..
Cornwell Memorial Chapel Dignified Funeral Service
,
BLUE ARMY, FALL RIVER DIOCESE
WAREHAM
Members will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at Our Lady of Fatima Chur~, New Bedford. LEGiON OF MARY, FALL RIVER DIOCESE
Legionaries will hold a retreat Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30, at Sacred Hearts Seminary, Wareham, with Father Roger Charest, SMM, as retreat master. Reservations may be made at telephone 995-2354. Overnight accommodations are limited but daytime attendance is unrestricted.
295-1810
PICKUP TRUCK
~
VALUED AT $3,778
SOLD FOR $250. MANY MORE BARGAINS AVAILABLE FOR SALE THRU GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS.
Call 602-941-8014 EXT. No. 6543
(See also page 16.)
Eastern Television Sales And Service
Fall River's Largest Display of TVs Sullivan's
RCA· ZENITH - SYLVANIA
Religious Goods
1196 BEDFORD STREET
'f 428 Main 51.. Hyannis
,II John
775·4180
& Mary Lees, Props.
673-9721
WAL~WALL
A COLLECTION OF HELPFUL FLOOR HINTS BY 'AL' GARANT
GARANT FLOOR COVERING 30 eRAWFORD ST.
FUNERAL SERVICE s••••". lit f •••• , s......,.
(Runs parallel to South Main behind Ray's Flowers)
FALL RIVER • CARPETING • CERAMIC TILE
• CONGOLEUM • ARMSTRONG
674·5410
Howltd C. DOiIne Sr.
Cordon L. Homer
Howard C. DOiIne J,.
Robert L. Studley
HYANNIS 775·0114 South Ylrlllouth 311·2201
N.rwlclt 'ort 432.05.3
12
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of 'Fall River-Thur., April 2, 1981
II For children II A cathedral parish. By nan Morris When we told good friends of ours in the Northeast that we had accepted a job in Oakland, Calif., the first thing they said was, "Have you been to the cathedral yet?" Little did we know then that we would shortly become something like adopted members of that parish. St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in the Oakland diocese has become something of a center for liturgy students. Visiting priests from all over the country show up incognito and borrow ideas for their own parishes. For six years .the parish has been led by Father Donald Osuna, justly acclaimed an expert in liturgical affairs. When he arrived, said administrator Father Michael Galvin, "there was no community." Led by Father Osuna, the parish staff poured its energies into the Sunday liturgies. The choir is superb, readings are clear and understandable. Homilies are bright, addressed to people's lives and remarkably brief. But parish life is路 more than Sunday-deep. A kind of liturgy of ministry and concern and sup-
II
By Janaan Manternach One day St. Paul and Barnabas were preaching in Lystra, a town that no longer exists today.
port ties the parish into a unique Christian community. Father Osuna, Father Galvin, and other members of the cathedral staff agree that the community was drawn together through the Mass. Now, however, the Sunday celebration also reflects the life of the cathedral's community. St. Francis de Sales is in a low-income, multiracial part of downtown Oakland, yet affluent, not-so-affluent, black, white, brown, married, single, older and young - all are found in the parish, attending from suburbs as far as 40 or 50 miles away. Activities include a complex ministry to the aging program, a prison ministry, prayer groups, adult education classes and an active St. Vincent de Paul group. Parishioners also recently joined with a neighboring Baptist community to sponsor refugees from Argentina. St. Francis also' has days of recollection and retreats for ushers, lectors, ministers of Communion, acolytes and choristers. "My own experience is that there is a special at-homeness here," said Father Galvin. "People are accepted as they are."
There was a man in Lystra, lame from birth, who was listening to Paul. Paul looked straight into the man's eyes and realized that he had the faith needed to be saved. Paul called out to him in a loud voice: "Stand up! On your feet'" The lame man jumped up and began to walk. The people were astounded. They began to shout excitedly in their native language, which Paul and Barnabas did not understand, "Gods have come to us in the form of men!"
Sin is not private By Father John J. Castelot
fined to just a little section of the batch of dough; once added In First Corinthians, Chapit will make the whole loaf rise. ter 5, St. Paul had to deal with The mention of leaven also a messy case of incest in the Christian community. Having suggests to Paul's Jewish mind lftsposed of that, he now turns the Passover custom of throwing to something which disturbs him out old leaven, a symbol of coreven more: the attitude of the ruption. The use of unleavened community toward the incident. bread through the following week signified separation from Early in the chapter he allud- evil. ed to this: "Still you continue to With this practice in mind, be self-satisfied, instead of By Father Philip Murnion Paul urges the Corinthjans: "Get grieving, and getting rid of the Jesus was attacked for conoffender!" Now he returns in rid of the old yeast to make of sorting with sinners. But he inyourselves fresh dough, unleavdeadly earnest: "This boasting sisted he had come for those who ened loaves, as it were." To of yours is an ugly thing. Do you not know that a little yeast has stress the urgency of the situa. needed salvation. A great many people have its effect all through the dough?" tion, he adds: "Christ our Passover has been sacrificed. Hurry difficulty with this notion. ReFor Paul, there is no such thing as a "private;' sin. Every up! Passover has already come . member the older brother of the and gone! U we are going to Pfodigal son who complained action of a Christian affects the celebrate, it must be with the about his father's generosity to whole community for good or unleavened bread of '-sincerity his repentant younger brother. for ill. The community is an orand truth." The story is a reminder: God has ganic body; one cannot have. Once more his converts seem the most needy in mind. "just" a toothache or "just" an upset stomach. In either case the to have misunderstood him. He Parishes -and their people face whole body is miserable. had written an earlier letter .a common danger. They can beThat is why he uses another (now lost) telling them not to come all too ready to complain illustration, that of the action of associate with immoral people. about those they feel are not measuring up. Turn to page thirteen yeast. That action cannot be con-
The church is for sinners
know your faith --,
Priests are criticized for spending too much time with troubleyouth suffering families or those whose lives are in a human or moral tailspin. Again, in a time of church renewal such as the present there is a danger that zeal will turn inside out, that people who do not give evidence of really 'profound commitment to the church will be regarded, somehow, as not real members. This danger can even appear among participants in very good movements. Marriage Encounter, Cursillo, the charismatic renewal and other movements have contributed greatly to the ch~rch. They have helped people to make lasting commitments to the Lord and to others. But danger arises if those in such movements suggest, however unintentionally, that nonparticipants are lesser members of the church. The church challenges people but at the same time it is a community of reconciliation where they should always be able to experience the patience and love of Christ. In the center, the line between urging people on to Christian Turn to Page Thirteen
The people began to call Barnabas by the name "Zeus." Paul they named "Hermes." In their religion, Zeus was the greatest of their many gods. Hermes was the mess.enger god. Since Paul did most of the preaching, they thought he was Hermes, the spokesman for Zeus. There was a nearby temple to Zeus. Its priest brought oxen and garlands to offer sacrifice to Barnabas and Paul, believing they were in fact Zeus and Hermes in human bodies. At first, Paul and Barnabas did not understand what was happening. When they did understand, they tore their clothes violently. This was a gesture of strong disagreement and protest. "We are only men," they shouted. "The good news we bring you can turn you from these foolish beliefs about many gods. There is only one god," Their gestures and words impressed the crowds but they still believed that somehow Paul and Barnabas were divine. "The one God made heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them," Paul shouted. "We can come to know God through his gifts. He fills us with food and with delight," The people listened. But they felt only their gods could make a crippled man walk. So they still wanted to offer sacrifices to Barnabas and Paul.
Empowerment " He gave power unto the sharp thorns to enter and most cruelly wound his divine and trembling head; 'he empowered the bonds and bitter cords to bind his feet unto the pillar and tie his hands together; he gave unto the hard nails power to pierce and enter his tender feet and the hands wherewith he had given light unto the blind and hearing unto. the deaf; he empowered the lofty cross that' it should bear him on high; he caused the vinegar and hyssop to make bitter his mouth; he caused the lance to enter and p~erce through his divine side and heart," - Angela of Foligno
d>
GOD'S ANCHOR HOlD'
A Verda,de E A ,Vida DlriPIa peIo Rev. Edmoad Rego
o
Dinamismo Da Esperan9a <::rista
Ha em Roma uma congrega9ao para a defesa da fee Existe entre nos uma maquina instintivamente montada para alertar os responsaveis, logo que al'guem diz alguma coisa que nao pa~ece de acordo corn a integridade da fe ou toca alguma das verdades. Nao conhe90 zelo identico ern favor da esperan9a. E 0 numero de desesperados aumenta: pa::::iencias que se esgotam desanimos, vidas arrastadas sem sebtido e sem impulso, suicidios. t pena que, neste contexto, nao haja mais gente a expor, a quem 0 pedir, as razoes da sua esperan9a. A historia crista assinala de esperan9a nada atraentes: ~ A esperada felicidade do ceu alimentou muita ausencia da terra; Foi muitas vezes invocada como consolo para as dificuldades presentes como lenitivo para 0 sofrimento; Serviu para convidar i calma, i nao-interven9ao; Adormeceu muita gente ou, na expressao de K. Marx, serviu de "opio do povo". Tais desvios, contudo, nao obstam a que a esperan<;.::a possa ser mola de empreendimentos notaveis e de abnega<;.::ao exemplar. Sabemos ho~ie que 0 verdadeiro fundamento da espE~ran<;.::a nao e a serie de coisas que 0 homem nao tern e procura obter recorrendo a Deus, mas e 0 caracter projecto do homem. Apesar dos milhoes de anos andados, a humanidade nao logrou mais do que ensaios de homems e mulheres. Andamos i procura de mais e melhor. E nesta procura se encpntram irmanados crentes e nao-crentes, povos, classes sociais e sistemas. Nisto, somos todos iguais. o cristao partilha a condi<;.::ao dos demais humanos: a'dor e 0 gozo, a vida e a morte, as fracassos e asansias de justi<;.::a. Como tal, cabe-Ihe 0 dever de se alistar, corn seriedade, na constru<;.::ao do mundo, no intuito de conseguir novo,e mais agradavel ensaio humano. A originalidade da sua contribui<;.::ao de crente esta precisamente na referencia explicita de Jesus Cristo. Ele acrecita que Jesus, mais do que um ensaio qualquer, foi uma boa realiza<;.::ao de homem. . Jesus v:i:-veu a condi<;.::ao humana,conduziu-Se de modo transcendente na vida quotidia~a e, pela ressurrei~ao, atingiu a plenitude de vida intulda,is apalpadelas 1 por todos. Mais: 0 cristao acredita que 0 itinerario de Jesus, compreendendo a passagem da morte i vida, e nao so exemplo de seguir, mas tambem garantia segura(porque divina, ela era Deus humanado} de que isso mesmo esta reservado enos e oferecido a todos como dom de Deus. Isto esta-nos assegurado pela entrada na familia de Deus, obtida por meio da ac<;.::ao de Jesus, "Primogenito de muitos irmaos." Na verdade, se somos filhos, somos igualmente herdeiros herdeiros de Deus e co-herdeiros de Cristo.
•
Iteering pOint, "A CRISIS OF TRUTH," PROVIDENCE Charismatic leaders Ralph Martin and Father Michael Scanlan will present "A Crisis of Truth," a series of talks on con~ temporary church issues, Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11 in Providence. Friday sessions, to be held. in the auditorium of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral,. will be open to ordained clergy only. Saturday sessions, open to all, will take place in Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Further information is available from Ralph Martin Conference, 85 Ravenswood Ave., Providence, R.I. 02908. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, FALL RIVER AREA Vincentians will meet for Mass at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7 at St. Thomas More Church, Somerset. Father Peter Graziano, diocesan social services director, will speak on refugees.
For sinners Continued from page twelve commitment and making the church an elite church is more difficult to draw. Efforts in these matters require considerable wisdom. In fact, the most powerful demands we experience are those from people who have first demonstrated their own love. After all, the expression of love places demands on those who receive that love. I think parishes and their people can pose a challenge to those who need a challenge by first demonstrating the love of Christ. As St. John said, "It is not that we love, but that God has first loved us." . The love shown through Christ was not shown because we had already been redeemed. It was for our redemption. Undoubtedly, the best way for us to ensure that the church remains a community for sinners is to realize that we are all in that number. '
Not private Continued from page twelve They had very conveniently concluded that this was impossible. They would have to resign from the human race. Paul agrees, but insists that he was referring only to immoral members of the Christian com· munity. What outsiders do is not the business of the Christians; God will take care of them. But the conduct of fellow Christians is very much their business. The community is supposed to be a haven where mutual support provides an atmosphere of freedom and true humanity. Such a community will also be a beacon inviting a distraught society to come and find peace. The Christian community cannot fulfill this vocation if it is itself imprisoned in the same value system as society.
ST. RITA, MARION A parish renewal weekend will begin tomorrow at the rectory. BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER A film, "Born Again," will be shown at the regular prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. A Mass will follow at 9 p.m. All are invited. A seder supper will be led at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, by Rabbi Norbert Weinberg. Reservations will be limited to 200 people. Parents, sponsors and confirmation candidates will meet Mon4ay, April 6, for a talk by Father Neylon on the sacrament. A special Mass for the candidates will be celebrated at 11 :30 a.m. Sunday, April 12. ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER "Lenten Love Song," a coffee house program sponsored by the parish music ministry and previously erroneously announced for April 15, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the church hall. Religious and secular, music will be featured.
THE ANCHOR Thurs., April 2, 1981
BROOKLAWN FUNERAL HOME, INC. ROGER A. LA FRANCE CLAUDETTE A. MORRISSEY DANIEL J. SULLIVAN C. LORRAINE ROY
FUNERAL DIRECTORS 15 IRVINGTON CT., NEW BEDFORD 995-5166
O'ROURKE Funeral Home 571 Second Street Fall River, Mass. 679-6072 MICHAEL J. McMAHON Registered Embalmer Licensed Funeral Director
JEFFREY E. SULLIVAN Funeral Home 550 Locust Street Fall River, Mass.
672-2391 Rose E. Sullivan William J. Sullivan Margaret M. Sullivan
ST.. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN IFirst communion' will be received at noon Mass Sunday, April 26, and, Snuday, May 3. Confirmation will be administered at 7 p.m. Monday, May 11. OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Catholic Charities Appeal workers will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the parish hall. Confirmation candidates will receive the sacrament of penance at 3 p.m. \. "'day. Members : the Holy Name Society will attend 8 a.m. Mass Sunday. A breakfast meeting will follow. ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FALL RIVER. A hospital Remembrance Prdgram affords opportunities to memorialize the deceased or to honor friends or relatives on the occasion of birthdays, weddings or other special events. Further information is .available from Bette Belanger, 'hospital development director. ST. JULIE BILLIART, NORTH DARTMOUTH As part of a Lenten series, Father Thomas lMayhe~ will speak on "Building Family Relationships" at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Music wlll be by Denise Morency and Philip Spindola and refreshments will be served. FIVE·HOUR VIGIL, FALL RIVER DIOCESE A five-hour vigil held monthly in various churches will take place from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow at St. Francis Xavier Church, Acushnet, beginning and ending with Mass. A holy hour and rosary will also be included and there will be a 10 p.m. coffee break.
13
THRIFT STORES 306 COLLETTE STREET NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 1150 JEFFERSON BLVD. WARWICK, R.I.
(Rt. 85 ·South· Airport Elit)
....
14
THE ANCHOR Thurs., April 2, 1981路
CoyIe-Cassidy Drama Club members will present My Fair Lady at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the school auditorium. Directed by Mrs. Joanna Alden, with choreography by Maureen and Judy Kiley, the musical comedy will have as leads John-Michael Rogers as Professor Henry Higgins, Donna Hoye as Eliza Doolittle and David Cormier as Alfred P. Doolittle. Other major roles will be played by Thaddeus Figlock, Julie Boynton, Peter Murray, Renee Rodrigue, Christine Place and Robert Perry. Coyle-Cassidy Folk Group Singers will augment choral numbers. Congratulations go to Ann Lamb for being named to attend a Youth Leadership Seminar sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Hugh O'Brien Foundation; to cheerleaders w.ho attained second place in a recent contest held in Spencer; and to Lynn Brindle, Richalie Enos and Sue Tosti, nominated for "Miss Cheerleader."
Bishop Connolly "Who Are My Brother and My Sister?" a social awareness day to be held Wednesday, April 8, will bring 22 speakers to Fall River's Connolly High. Representing social service agencies from the Fall River and Providence dioceses, they will discuss a wide range of problems with students.. Among diocesan speakers will be Father Robert S. Kaszynski and Father Maurice Jeffrey, both Fall River pastors, and Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services. The keynote speaker will be Father Dan Lewis, SJ, and homilist for the day's Mass will be Father James O'Brien, former Connolly principal and now director of secondary education for the New England Jesuit province. Making the day "a microcosm of old and young," said Father Paul Carrier, SJ, will be the presence of elderly people with whom students work as members of the Connolly Community S~r颅 vice Program and 7th and 8th graders from Notre Dame School, who will lead singing at Mass. Also present will be students from Nazareth Hall and St. Vincent's Home. In preparation for the program Connolly seniors attended a daylong workshop at St. Dominic's Church, Swansea, conducted by Father Carrier, Father Paul . Hayes, SJ, and Mr. Paul Murphy, NSJ. In other activity, National Honor Society members plan a bloodmobile Tuesday, April 28, and the annual induction ceremony Wednesday, May 6. Student Government officers will sponsor a talent show Saturday, April 11, while social studies students will attend a court session at Bristol County Second District Court. Also in April, biology students will travel to Provincetown for a whale watch boat trip and to Boston to the New England Aquarium. .>
Freedom By cecilia Belanger Some time ago I attended a convention at which the keynote speaker was a professor of law. He began by saying that he lacked the gift of faith and that miracles had no reality for him. But he respected the Bible. As an anthology of tales, plays, verse, history and census records, he felt it was a "virtual 'universe," in no need of authentication. He was astonished .at the sheer vitality of the characters in the Bible. In his opinion they matched the creations of Milton, Dickens and Shakespeare in their uniqueness of personality. The best of literature's young men could not overshadow a Joseph. As the archetype of young womanhood, Ruth can hold her place with anyone. And who would argue that the tragedies of Hamlet and Lear are not surpassed by that of the Hero of the Gospels? To many, God is an off-stage character, a disembOdied presence, a voice, a cloud, a pillar of fire. The Bible poets knew, said my professorial friend, that the product of imagination can exceed in awesomeness anything given shape by an author. COYLE AND CASSIDY student Michael McClellan receives the Eucharist from BishThe desired effect is a tremor op Daniel A. Cronin during the prelate's annual visit to the Taunton high school. Represent- down the spine, a feeling of ing the student body and faculty, Peter Bartel presented the bishop with a gift in honor of dread across the scalp, but the thing itself is never brought his 10th anniversary as diocesan Ordinary. (Tabak Photo) forth. The reader must supply its image. The Problem of Free Will THIS SONG'S STORY is simA question always asked by ple: Boy lives lonely life, boy. students is: "Why did God give meets girl, both find "everything" us our freedom?" One answer is they need to be happy in their "Because he loved us," another relationship. The relationship be- "It made things more interestcomes so powerful that it ful- ing for him!" Still another "This fills not only needs, but fanta- was God's sense of humor." sies. Had Eve rejected the serpent, When we think that our every history might have been an endneed or fantasy is being fulfiiIed less succession of sunny days by one other person, we can be and cool nights, their even tenor sure that infatuation and not unrippled by vexation, deficiBy Charlie Martin love is guiding our love relation- ency, ambition or thought. The ship. serpent having prevailed, history We need to realize that happi- has a focus. EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD ness has many causes. Others The details of its outcome are Overnight scenes, dinner and wine Saturday girls' may contribute to our happiness. unclear but we have Christ's But happy people are people who word as to the final scene, the I was never in love value themselves and are wil.1ing last inning. Never had the time to work with their own situation Our main concern is that we In my hustle and hurry world in life, whatever that situation should make something out of Laughing myself to, sleep might be. our moral freedom. The taste of Waking up lonely Everything may not work out Eve's apple is ineradicably in I, I needed someone to hold me oh. in life as we hoped, but each of our mouths. Given our collective us possesses the ability to make intelligence and physical capaciIt's such a crazy old town the best of what does occur. ties, to what use will we put our It can drag you down till you run out of dreams People who are happy in a knowledge .of good and evil? So you party aU night to the music and lights The Bible sets forth the prob路 love relationship are those whose But you don't know what happy means lives were happy before they lem of sin and its solution: trustI was dancing in the dark with strangers entered the' relationship. If you ing God and obeying his word. No love around me long for someone to love, re- That solution is bound up with member: Do not make this your law, said my professor, not just When suddenly you found me oh. 'only interest in life. The best that of the legal profession, but Girl you're ev'ry woman in the world to me way to find a love relationship the law by which free men and You're my fantasy is not to work at it compulsive- women limit their freedom. We You're my reality ly. I\s we pursue our personal are free to be our own censors. Ev'rythlng' good, ev'rything fine interests and take action to fur- The trick is to use our power ther our own abilities, we often wisely. That's what you are come into contact with people So put your hand in mine who share our interests. And together we'll climb as high as the highest star God made us so that we can I'm living a lifetime in ev'ry minute that we're together grow in many ways. One way' is And Pm staying right ~re forever oh. in happiness. When we explore life's opportunities, and as we Sung by Air Supply, Wrl~ten by D. Bugatti, F. Musker, share more of life with others, (c) 1980, by Pendulum Music, Ltd, Published in U.S.A. we are taking action to increase by Unichappell Music, Inc. our happiness.
THE ANCHOR -
•
By Bill Morrissette
portswQtch Connolly Ba!ieballers Start Saturday The Bishop Connolly High Cougars, under first-year varsity coach Don Chouinard, open their season Saturday at 10:30 a.m. when they meet the host school in the opening game of the Old Colony Regional High School Baseball Tournament. New Bedford High and Greater New Bedford Voke-Tech will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the other tournament encounter. The winners will meet at 2:45 p.m. Sunday in the tournament's <:hampionship final. A consolation final pairing Saturday's losers, is scheduled for' 11: 15 a.m. Sunday. Most schools will start baseball next week. Diman Voke against Connolly next Thursday and Somerset at Case the next day, April 10. Durfee High, which opens its
season on April 14, will be without a home field for the third season. The Hilltoppers will play six of their 10 home games at Somerset High's Hanson Memorial Field, where they will host Bishop Stang High on April 18; Brockton, April 25; Middletown, May 2; Dennis-Yarmouth, May 12; Attleboro, May 19; Somerset, May 28. Sargent Field, New Bedford, may be the site of home games against Barnstable, April 23; New Bedford, May 5; Taunton, May,9; and Falmouth, May 21, but definite decision is awaited. The Southeastern Mass. Conference schedule opens on April 21 with full four-game cards in all three divisions. The Hockomock League's season gets underway on April 13.
eya Hockey The eighth annual Father Donovan CYO Spartan Scholarship Fund all-star game was an unqualified success, in attendance as well as quality hockey. The Seniors won the game, 5-4, on Jeff Colbert's goal 43 seconds into the sudden-death overtime period, and now lead the series, five games to three. Three top stars were selected from each team: for the Seniors, George Pedro, Steve Sullivan and Colbert; for the CYO team Rory Couturier, Peter Lariviere and Jamie Coleman. In other CYO hockey action, New Bedford and Fall River
South will meet at 9 p.m. Sunday in the Driscoll Rink in the second game of the best-of-three final in Bristol County CYO Hockey League post-season playoffs. New Bedford, the regular season titlist, defeated Fall River South, the runnerup, 2-0, in the series opener on a pair of lastperiod goals. Joining the school's administrative staff, Bill Hart has reo signed as head football coach at Bishop Stang High School, a post he has held for the past four years. However, he will continue to coach girls' softball.
More Bockomock All Stars Among Hockomock all-star teams announced are: Gymnastics - senior Kathey Firth, No. Attleboro; sop:nomore Joanna Dunham, senior Val Evans, Franklin; sophomore Marilyn Jenkins, seniors Maureen Cavanaugh, Kathi, Chiavnoli, Mary Cullinari, Stella Lagadinos, and junior Nancy McCarrick, all of Canton; and freshman Lisa ,Peckham, Sharon. Hockey - s~niors Larry Olsen, Steve Rooney, Tom Martin and Dave Short, juniors Dave Rooney, Dan Jenkins and Paul Dowling all of Canton; seniors Tom Cornetta and Jerry Langevin, junior Bill Marchand, all of Franklin; seniors William Fairbarn and William Brandt, Stoughton; senior Dave Short and junior Shaun Harkbs, Oliver Ames. Finishing first in footbEdl, field hockey, ice hockey, indoor track and gymnastics, Canton High School won the Hockomock League Winter All-Sports Trophy, with an average of 7.250. Next in order were Oliver Ames 6.188, No. Attleboro 6.163; Foxboro 5.922; Stoughto::l 5.580,
Sharon 5.250, King Philip 4.636, Mansfield 4.500 and Franklin 4.409. Oliver Ames was first in golf and boys basketball, No. Attleboro in girls' cross country, Foxboro in soccer' and girls' basketball, No. Attleboro, Foxboro and Stoughton tied for first place in boys' cross-country. Points are awarded on the basis of 10 for a first-place finish and prorated according to finish to one for last place.
3 anniversaries WASHINGTON (NC) -The National Convocation Commemorating the Anniversary of the Social Encyclicals will be held at the Catholic University of America May 14. This year marks the 90th anniversary of "Rerum Novarum" by Pope Leo XIII, the 50th anniversary of "Quadragesimo Anno" by Pope Pius XI 'and the 20th anniversary of "Mater et Magistra" by Pope John XXIII.
15
Thurs., April 2, 1981
tV,illOVle news
·ORTINS PHOTO SUPPLY
Symbols following film reviews indicate with government and church both general and Catholic Film Office leaders, including Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas and the ratings, which d~ not always coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for gen- late Ita Ford, one of the murderal viewing; PG-parental guidance sug- ered Maryknoll nuns. gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for Tuesday, April 7, 4-5 p.m. children or younger teens. (CBS) "Misunderstood MonCatholic ratings: AI-approved for sters." A little boy, shunned by children and adults; A2-approved for his playmates because he's so adults and adolescents; A3-approved for . small, meets some fabulous creaadults only; B-objectionable in part for tures who prove that outward everyone; A4-separate classification looks aren't as important as in(given to films not morally offensive ner feelings in a program comwhich, however, require some analysis bining live action with anima· and explanationl: C-condemned. tion.
New Films . "Atlantic City" (Paramount): Lou, an aging mob hanger-on (Burt Lancaster) living in penury in Atlantic City, is involved with a young woman named Sally (Susan Sarandon) when her ne'er-do-well husband turns up and, unknown to her, enlists Lou in a scheme to sell stolen heroin. Gangsters kill the husband, leaving Lou with the proceeds from the sale and means to dazzle Sally with a show of wealth before the killers come looking for him, also. This is offbeat adult entertainment with fine performances by Lancaster, Miss Sarandon and Kate Reid and Hollis McLaren as a gangster's widow and Sally's waiflike sister. The heroin is merely incidental to the plot, but its presence and the dubious morality of most of the principals make this adult fare, rated A3, R. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (paramount): James M. Cain's bleak, Depression-era tale of passion and retribution has been turned into a rather slowmoving and uninvolving movie, with most of its energy devoted to the sadomasochistic sexual relationship between the two principals. As Cora and Frank, adulterous lovers who conspire to kill Cora's Greek immigrant husband, Jessica Lange and Jack Nicholson are miscast. Miss Lange isn't earthy enough and Nicholson is too cold and too old. Because of the graphic display of sex the picture is rated
B. Films on TV Sunday, AprilS, 7 p.m. (ABC) - "The Magic of Lassie" (1978) - This latest Lassie film gives the' celebrated collie James Stewart, Mickey Rooney and Alice Faye as co-stars. AI, G. Tuesday, April 7, 9 p.m. (CBS) - "Gator" (1976) - Burt Reynolds stars in and directs this story of an undercover agent's attempt to send the Mr. Big of a corrupt Southern county to prison. Mediocre entertainment, the film veers from slapstick to violent melodrama to soap opera. Violence makes it adult material. A3, PG. On TV Monday, April 6, 10-11 p.m. (PBS) "EI Salvador: Another Vietnam?" Filmed in the midst of that country's political violence, this documentary examines the present explosive situation and presents interviews
Religious Broadcasting Sunday, April 5, WLNE, Channel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass celebrated by Father James Lyons, whose homily topic will be "New Life and Lent." Sunday, March 29, (NBC) "Guideline" (radio) continues its series on alcoholism and American society. Father Joseph Fenton interviews a member of Alateen, a group for young relatives of alcoholics. Check local listings for time. , Monday, April 6, Channel 27, 5-5:30 p.m., and Channel 12, 7:30-8 p.m., of a six-part Lenten series on the Apostles' Creed given by Father Benedict J. Groeschel, OFM Cap.
Prolife is .reaffirmed WASHINGTON (NC) A statement renewing the call for a constitutional amendment "in defense of the unborn human life," has been issued by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' administrative committee. The 45-member body, which conducts NCCB activities between annual general sessions, said it is reaffirming its position on a constitutional amendment on the basis of 1974 congressional testimony in which NCCB argued that an amendment is "the only feasible way to reverse" court decisions facilitating abortion. The committee also said there have been positive increases "in the level of public awareness of the humanity of the unborn and the inherent cruelty of abortion; in the level of involvement of so many persons providing competent and compassionate care for the woman who is pregnant and in need, and in the growing number of legislative actions and judicial decisions favoring the unborn." But the committee was unanimous in expressing its conviction that a constitutional amendment is the only action which will reverse the Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decisions and "provide some constitutional basis for the legal protection of the unborn child."
Infallible Sign "Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God." Leon Bloy
Leica - Nikon • Bolex • Hasselblad Ampex - Sony - Panasonic
267 MAIN STREET FALMOUTH - 548-1918 ARMAND ORTlNS, Prop. ~
Want To Be APriest? OVER 30? Write ICall Collect FATHER NIGRO, S.J. Gonzaga University Spokane, WA 99258 (509) 328-4220
OUR LADY'S RELIGIOUS STORE 936 So. Main St., Fall River - - - CLIP THIS AD - - -
For F R E E RELIGIOUS CALENDAR 11 :00 To 5:30 Sunday Thru Saturday
Tel. 673-4262
SHAWOMET GARDENS 102 Shawomet Avenue Somerset, Mass. Tel. 674-4881 31fz room Apartment 41fz room Apartment Includes heat, hot water, stove, refrigerator and maintenance service.
Religious Gifts & Books for every occasion . .. Baptisms First Communions Birthdays Confirmations Weddings Anniversaries Ordinations
ID
-
OPEN DAILY 10:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M.
La Salette Shrine T R
Park Street - Route 118 Attleboro. Massachusetts
IDEAL LAUNDRY 373 New Boston Road Fall ,River 678-5677
""
16
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., April 2, 1981
Iteering pOintl HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Maximilian Kolbe Guild members will attend their annual communion breakfast following 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, April 5. The event will be heard at Polish Hall. HYACINTH CIRCLE, DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA Members of the New Bedford circle will attend 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. James Church Sunday, April 5. Breakfast, for which reservations will close Wednesday, will follow at Thad's Steakhouse. MOTHER CABRINI CIRCLE, DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA Members of the Upper Cape organization will meet Monday, April 6. Catherine H. D. Bowen, regent, and Florence Carey, viceregent, with other area officers, will attend a state D of I meeting scheduled for Sunday, April 26, in Wellesley. ST. LUKE HOSPITAL, NEW BEDFORD Sharon Cambra, RN,'tl visiting nurse associated with St. Luke's Hospital, is a "crib death" coun· selor for the New Bedford area with the responsibility of counseling parents of babies lost to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syn-
drome). She stresses 'that such deaths are not at present medically preventable and that parents should not feel guilt at their occurrence. Mrs. Cambra can be contacted through the hospital for further information. BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORERS, FAIRHAVEN Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take place tomorrow following 8:30 a.m. Mass until 9 p.m. at Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven. ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD
The Couples' Club will meet at 8 p.m. Sunday in the rectory
basement. welcome.
New
members
night accommodations following either program should call Jack and Evelyn Janerico, Falmouth, telephone 540-4891. An information evening for couples of any denomination in·' terested in making the Marriage Encounter will be held at 7 p.m.. Sunday at St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth. Further information is available from Ralph and Sue Carter, 385-3611. ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA Lenten mission will take place at 7 o'clock nightly Tuesday tttrough Friday of next week. Speakers and subjects will be, for Tuesday, Rev. John R. FoIster, "Crosses We Carry;" Wednesday, Rev. Bruce M. Neylon, "Church and Far.1i1y;" Thursday, Rev. Jonn J. Oliveira, "Forgiveness and Penance." The program will conclude with a Friday night penance service.
are
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER, CAPE COD Two Community Nights are scheduled for couples of any faith and religious of the Cape and Islands area who have made Marriage Encounters. A program. is planned for 8:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, preceded by a 7:30 p.m. parish Mass which couples are invited to attend. A similar program will be held Friday, May I, at Our Lady of the Cape Church, Brewster, beginning at 8 p.m. with Mass. Island couples in need of over-
SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Noella Bileau will demonstrate cake decorating at the Women's Guild meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday in ~he school cafe· teria. The public is invited to attend a concert of sacred music at 3 p.m Palm Sunday, April 12. Choristers from the Second Church, Newton, will perform work!? of periods ranging from the Renaissance to the present under the direction of David Carrier, from 1967 to 1977 the organist at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.
HEALTH FAIR, FALL RIVER A community health screening program will be held at Harbor Mall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday under sponsorship of St. Anne's Hospital and the Fall River Evening Lioness Club. Free walk-in tests will include screening for cancer, anemia, diabetes, glaucoma, tuberculosis and high blood pressure. Tests will also be offered by appointment at the Community Development Service Center, 102 County St., Fall River, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 11. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will meet Monday evening in the church hall. Mrs. Yvette Riley will be coffee hour hostess. ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER A parish retreat will take place in the shrine at 3 and 7:30 p.m. today. Mrs. Florence Dore has been named parish chairperson for the Catholic Charities Appeal. St. Anne's kindergarten would appreciate donations oL nursery toys no longer needed by parish families. Mr. and Mrs. Roland pumas will be hosts for S1. Anne's ultreya, to be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the church basement. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER The Social Concerns com· mittee will meet at 7 tonight in
the .Father Coady Cenler. Women's Club members will hear a Diman Vocational High School chef speak at ~heir meeting at 8 p.m. Monday. Mass will begin the 7 p.m. CYO meeting slated for Tuesday. Parish Cub Scouts are seeking uniforms. Those wishing to sell or donate equipment may con· tact Helen Medeiros, 672-4866. ST.. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER A penance service will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday with Father Maurice Jeffrey as' homilist and other visiting priests assisting the parish priests in hearing confessions. Also on Sunday Christian Living students and their parents will meet at 9 a.m., the Holy Rosary Sodality at 1:15 p.m. and the Men's Club at 8 p.m. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER Three parish CYO basketball teams have won first place in their respective divisions: Junior and Senior As and the Prep team. The Junior As, coached by Jeffrey Medeiros are also city champs. The Women's Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the school hall. A calendar party will be featured. FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, FALL RIVER . Boston City Counc:llor Lawrence DiCara will speak on Proposition 2 Y2 at a meeting to follow 6 p.m. Mass at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River.
MISSION Notre Dallle de I~ourdes EAS'TERN AVENUE (Flint Section) FALL· RIVER
..
APRIL 4 -10. 7:00 P.M.
CHILDREN'S MISSION APRIL 6- 7- 8- 9-10 8:30 A.M.
.~
PREACHER - FR. BERTRAND DEMERS, O.M.I. 'TOPIC - RE-AWAKENING OR RE-BIRTH