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Media depict "oppressive" church WASHINGTON(CNS)- u.s. an issue "supported by all people secular news media portray the of good will," it said. church as "conservative, oppresIn overall reporting, "sources sive, and out of touch with the supporting the church were in the modern world," says a study of minority on the broad range of television and print coverage of debates involving sexual morality the church over the last three and church authority that domidecades. nated the coverage," the study The study, "Media Coverage of said. the Catholic Church," was released Coverage grew increasingly negin Washington March 26 and was ative over the decades as "official commissioned by the Knights of . church teachings were promoted Columbus and the Catholic League less frequently and were challenged for Religious and Civil Rights. more often when they did appear," It was' conducted by S. Robert the study said. Lichter, Daniel Amundson and The study found the church Linda Lichter of the Washington- depicted as "a beleaguered authorbased Center for Media and Pub- ity struggling to enforce its tradilic Affairs, a nonpartisan, non- tions and decrees on a reluctant profit organization. The center constituency." analyzes scientifically how the The 93-page study said repormedia treat social and political ters often covered religion as if it ' issues. were politics and. treated controvThe study found news media ersies "as conflicts between the have emphasized criticism more church hierarchy, on one side, and than support of church teaching lower-level clergy, lay Catholics when reporting on Catholic issues. and non-Catholics on the other." Findings were based on a samSex was the leading controverpling of "CBS Evening News," sial topic in every time period stuTime magazine, The New York died and in coverage by every Times and The Washington Post. outlet except The Washington Post, Analysts studied coverage in thrtee where sex came in second to power five-year blocks, 1964-68, 1974-78 struggles. . and 1984-88. Time magazine was the "most "On most controversies," in- preoccupied" with sex, it said. cluding birth control, priestly celiTime and The Washington Post bacy, role of women and minori- gave significantly heavier emphaties, and dissent, "the church came sis to pe.ople opposed to church out on 'the losing side of the issue teachings on sexuality than did debate," the study said. The New York Times and CBS. The exception was ecumenism, The effect overall was "to present the debate over sexual morality as which the news media treated as
a split between the church hierarchy and everyone else," the study said. The'study found a shift in treatment of abortion. In the 1970s when the coverage centered on _the U.S. Catholic bishops' response to the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, most "published statements supported the church," the study said. By the 1980s, "t he amount of debate had nearly doubled; opinion was now slightly opposed to the church," it said. It attributed the change to secular groups campaigning for abortion rights and coverage of the controversy surrounding a 1984 New York Times advertisement seeking a change in church abortion policy. News media gave "heavy cover-_ age" to power and authority issues too, and "opinions in news stories consistently favored decentralizing power," the. study said. Such coverage increased in the 1980s, "largely due to discussions of academic freedom and dissent connected to such high-profile figures as Father Charles Curran and Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen" of Seattle, and "the push for greater theological orthodoxy" by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, it said. "Church decisions were rejected Turn to Page II
DOMESTIC HUNGER: Some 2,500 people line the sidewalk outside a Chicago church awaiting a food giveaway. (CNS/UPI photo)
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PARTICIPANTS IN A recent conference held at Stonehill College, North Easton, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, papal encyclical on the condition of the working classes, were, from left, Dorothy Shields, director Department of Education AFL-CIO; Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, professor of ethics and international relations at Georgetown University; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Rev. James Hennesey, S.J., professor of history of Christianity at Canisius College; Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, pastor of St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro; and Rev. Bartley MacPhaidin, C.S.C., president of Stonehill College. The diocese of Fall River'and the Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Institute for Law and Society at Stonehill College cosponsored the conference. (Bauman photo)
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Fifty years after Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in part of the promise to solve the nation's hunger problem, the United States has 20 millio~: people unable to feed themselves regularly, according to a recen" congressional committee report. ~l Othe~istatistics. part of the results . of a tnree-year survey released March 26, show that one in everyeight of the nation's children goes to bed hungry. Proposals for tackling such domestic hunger issues are part of a far-reaching bill soon to be introduced in Congress. It would borrow from Roosevelt's vision with recommendations seeking to eliminate many of the barriers to self-support for the nation's poor, as well as revise how U.S. poverty funds are-spent abroad. Its domestic price tag is estimated at $1 billion. The Freedom From Want Act, sche'duled for introduction in the House after lawmakers return from their two-week Easter recess, includes: - Sweeping changes to existing
programs such as eligibility restrictions for food stamps; - New incentives to encourage communities to work on eliminating hunger; - Projects to make it easier for poor people to save money and to start small businesses; - Programs to study and reduce infant mortality, according to a fact sheet on the proposal being prepared by the House Select Committee on Hunger. Much broader in scope than recent anti-hunger bills, the Freedom from Want Act also addresses how the United States spends its assistance money abroad. according to committee spokesman Neal Flieger. It would initiate new human rights policies as a requirement for receiving U.S. food and medical aid; increase funding for child survival programs and for the Migration and Refugee Assistance Account; and develop environmental sustainability standards for agricultural programs. Many of the measure's proposals echo efforts by such groups as Turn to Page II
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lreland ,observes. "Easter Rising" anniversary DUBLIN, Ireland(CNS) -Ireland staged low-key celebrations March 31 to mark the 75th anniversary of the bloody Easter Rising that launched the country on the road to nationhood. In a short ceremony, dignitaries paid tribute to the nation's founding fathers outside the Dublin General Post Office, scene of the hopeless five-day revolt that turned .its leaders into martyrs. The 15 Easter Rising ringleaders of 1916 were taken out and shot for their roles in the revolt. One had been so badly injured in the fighting that he had to be tied to a chair for his execution. Their deaths roused Irish naPLANNING FOR the Diocesan Council of Catholic tionalism to new heights, leading Women's annual convention are, from left, Adrienne C. to the war of independence startLemieux, coffee hour chairman; Lillian Plouffe, decorating - ing in 1919. The Irish Free State chairman; Madeline C. Wojcik, DCCW president and conven- - was established in 1922. Official celebrations were muted tion presider; Martina Grover, luncheon chairman; Mary since the anniversary is also marked Vieira, hostess; and Emma Andrade, convention chairman. by the Irish Republican Army, the Not pictured: Madeleine Lavoie, convention registrar. outlawed guerrilla group fighting The convention will begin at 9 a.m. April 20 at St. Ann's to oust Britain from Northern Ireparish center in Raynham. The keynote speaker will be Dr. land in what it considers "the unfinished business" of 1916. Lois A. Wims, assistant professor, administration of justice Ireland's industry minister, Des department, Salve Regina College, Newport, RI. Bishop O'Malley, said it was vital to "avoid Daniel A. Cronin, the guest of honor, will celebrate a noon any drum-beating or flag-waving Mass at St. Ann's Church, and a musical program will be about 1916, lest it offer any comfort or misguided endorsement to presented in the afternoon. (Lavoie photo) today's IRA murder campaign." Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, canceled four Easter Rising parades in Northern Ireland as a mark of respect, after two girls ages 17 and 19 and a 29-year-old man at a mobile candy store were Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and 14 Education, Sisters Elaine Heffershot dead by a lone masked Prodiocesans will participate in the nan, RSM, and Eugenia Brady; testant gunman. _ New England Interministry Fam- SJc. The March 27 killings were Also, Patricia Staebler, director ily Perspective Training Conferamong the most gruesome in the ence April 9 to II at Mont Marie of Attleboro Catholic Social Serembattled province in the 21-year vices and her husband, Al Staebler; Conference Center in Holyoke. fight against British rule. A 14year-old girl was forced to witness The workshop will discuss im- Edna Donoghue of the Diocesan plementation of the national Office for Catholic Youth Ministhe execution of the man, who bishops' document" A Family Per- try; and John E. Kearns, J r., of the rushed to the scene to help after spective in Church and Society: A Diocesan Office of Communicahearing the first shots. Manual for All Pastoral Leaders." tions. Parish priest Father Tom Mc- Also, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Guinness told thousands of weepBishop Cronin will be among diocesan chancellor, and Father's ing mourners at the funeral of the New England bishops attending John A. Perry of Our Lady of Victhree young Catholics, "I would the first day of the conference, tory parish, Centerville; Thomas ask the ordinary people of Northwhich will include "The Christian C. Mayhew of Our Lady of Mt.Carern Ireland to spew out the men Vision of Family Life," a presenta- mel parish, Seekonk; and John J. and women of violence." tion by Dr. David Thomas, advi- Oliveria of St. Michael parish, He described the violence which sor to the National Conference of Fall River. _ has cost almost 3,000 lives in Catholic Bishops' Committee on The conference is cosponsored Northern Ireland since 1969 as Marriage and Family. and presented by the National "this cancer in our society." , Others attending from the Fall Association of Catholic Family Father McGuinness condemned River diocese will be, from the Life Ministers and the NCCB Diocesan Office of Family Minis- 'Committee on Marriage and Fam- the "senseless slaughter" and urged ily Life at the invitation of the people not to retaliate, a plea echoed try, Rev. Horace J. Travassos and Family Life Offices of the dioceses by the families of the dead girls, Scottie and Jerry Foley; from the of Fall River, Boston, Springfield, who feared the Irish Republican Diocesan Department of Pastoral Worcester, Providence, Bridgeport, Army might be drawn into a Care for the Sick, Rev. George C. Norwich, Maine and New Hamp- renewed spiral of "tit-for-tat" Bellenoit and Sister Shirley Agnew; killings. from the piocesan Department of shire. Protestant Primate of All Ireland Robin Eames condemned the murders. "They have no mandate to do this. They are acting on their own. They have to be shunned and Hospice Outreach, Inc., a Uni- bereavement coordinator, will fa- put a way from society at large," he said. ' ted Way agency of Fall River, will cilitate the sessions. The violence has spread beyond , present a six-week series on grief Hospice Outreach also offers a ' and loss 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays April bereavement support group.-Day- Ireland's borders. On April 2, a Dutch court sen9 to May 14 in Clemence Hall at time sessions meet 10:30 a.m. to St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. noon on alternate Tuesdays in tenced- a suspected IRA member and acquitted three others for the The series will focus on a differ- Clemence Hall. The next sessions murder of two ,Australian tourists are April II and 25. ent aspect of grief each week and The support group offers griev- in the Dutch town of Roerinond. explore _ways of coping. Topics The three acquitted may be exing family members and signifi~ill be: Grief: a Natural Response tradited to Germany, where authto Loss; The Grief Process; How cant others the opportunity to Do We Cop~?; Getting Through share, offer mutual support, and, orities want to try them foroffenses committed against British subjects the Anniversaries, Holidays and better understand their feelings. in Germany. Sessions are informal and faciliDifficult Times; Practical ConThe' IRA admitted, the Roercerns after a Death; and Living tated by a bereavement counselor. mond killings but said it mistook For information on either proThrough Grief and Beyond. the two Australiaans for off-duty gram contact Hospice Outreach at Pat Potter, Hospice Outreach 673-1589. British soldiers.
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AMONG THOSE preparing for the 50th annual diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal which has Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, center, as honorary chairman, are, at left, Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault, pastor ofSt. Mary's parish, North Attleboro, and Attleboro area assistant CCA director; and at right Rev. John J. Steakem, pastor of St. Mary's parish, Norton, and Attleboro area director. (Hickey photo) .
CCA Special Gift phase begins April 22 The Special Gift phase of the diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal will begin Monday, April 22, and end Saturday, May4. The Appeal, now in its 50th year, helps support diocesan apostolates, including works of charity, mercy, education and social service. The Special Gift campaign is conducted al1)Ol)g fraternal, prQfessional, business and industrial, organizations in southeastern Massachusetts. Since the Appeal aids all, regardless of creed, these groups regard their support as a community endeavor. The cities of Fall River, New
Program topic is pastoral care for cancer patients The pastoral care department of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, in conjunction with the American Cancer Society, will present a twopart educational workshop, "Pastoral Care for the Cancer Patient," this month. Part I, to take place from I to 2:30 p.m. April 10 in the Mooney Auditorium at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, will be an' overview of cancer symptoms and treatments by Susan O'Brien-Matthews, RN, MS, clinical coordinator of the Harold K. Hudner Oncology Center at St. Anne's. Part II will take place II a..••. to 2:30 p.m. April 18 in the Nannery Conference Room at St. Anne'S. Linda Valley, LSW,' executive direct'or of Hospice Outreach of Fall Rivet, will speak on psychosocial implications of cancer. Brunch will'be served. Chaplains, clergy, pastoral care volunteers and students are encouraged to attend the program, designed to provide a better understanding of selected aspects 'Of cancer, the cancer patient, and the pastoral care response. Registration information may be obtained from Dot St. Laurent at St. Anne's Hos'pital's pastoral care department, 674:'5741 ext. 2060.
Bedford and Taunton and surrounding communities as well as the Attleboros and Cape Cod and the Islands will be reached by over 300 solicitors who are expected to make some 2,500 contacts in the Special Gifts phase of the Appeal. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, honorary Appeal chairman, has sent a personal letter to each solicitor and many responses have idready been received from those willing to seek funds in their areas of the diocese. "It is hoped that an increase in giving will highlight this year's campaign," said Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan Appeal director. Deacon Claude A. LeBlanc, 1991 Appeal chairman, has requested that Special Gifts solicitors make their reports to area Appeal headquarters as soon as possible. The final report date is Saturday, May 4; but 'workers are asked to make returns to area headquarters on a daily basis. .
Dominican Laity set conference, parley Very Rev. Pierre E. Lachance, OP, prior of the Dominican community at St. Anne's parish, Fall River, will speak' at a conference for leaders of Dominican Laity chapters in New England. The program, to continue from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 20, will be held at 280 Fish Road, Tiverton. Father Lachance will discuss evangelization at a morning session of the conference and secular humanism in the afternoon. Laurie Anne Biszko, hostess for the April 20 program, has also announced that a regional meeting of Dominican Laity members is scheduled for June' I in West Springfield. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
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Bishop says Iraqis not understood PITTSBURGH (CNS) - The U.S. government failed to understand the Iraqi mentality during t~e recent war, according to a bishop now serving in Iceland who spent five years in Iraq. Bishop Alfred J. J olson, an American Jesuit who has'headed the diocese of Reykjavik, Iceland, since .1988, spoke of his experien~ ces with the Iraqi people during a recent stay in Pittsburgh. He said Western leaders may have avoided the Persian' Gulf conflict if they had understood the Iraqi mind-set and exercised more patience. "Even President Saddam Hussein is not crazy," he said. "He is an Arab, a politician, a dictator and .an evil man, but not crazy." BIshop Jolson, who taught in Iraq in 1952-55 a.nd again in 196264, said Iraqis love to haggle and they view with scorn the one who pays the first price. He said it is important to understand this for business and politics. The bishop said the Iraqi people respect strength, especially physical strength. He hinted that American attempts at conciliation were seen as concession and weakness. But he said he thought the Iraqis were demoralized by the massive allied assault. "They're not a great come-from-behind people," he said. "They're not lacking in courage, but there is a tendency to 'lose heart." Bishop Jolson said there were rumors that Saddam was considering allowing the Jesuits to return to his. country, when the Persian Gulf crisis began. He said he'would ret.urn to Iraq ifhe had the opportunity. The bishop is a Connecticut native whose grandfather emigrated from Iceland to the United States in 1907. His diocese comprises the entire island of Iceland. Of its 251,000 inhabitants, only 2,300 are Catholic.
Clean show works for Catholic comic PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) - In an era dominated by what he calls "g~rbage-mouth comics," Royce Elhott of Peoria believes that his success is "because I do a clean show. " Elliott, a 54-year-old Catholic, works from 160 to 190 nights a year at business conventions, major league sports banquets, roasts, fund raisers, dinners f~irs and concerts and doing re~ glOnal and local television and radio commercials. "I guess I come from the old school - I never thought it was necessary to use bad language to get a laugh," he told The Catholic Post, newspaper of the Peoria diocese. Elliott recently signed as an opening act for country entertainer Barbara Mandrell and is a regular performer in Las Vegas, Reno, Nev., and Atlantic City, N.J. He recently opened for the, Smothers Brothers at the Peoria Civic Center Theater.
Christ in You "Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you who lives your life, who helps the poor, who tells the truth, who fights the battle, and who wins the crown." - Phillips Brooks
vided by the Holy Redeemer Guild and the Association of the Sacred Hearts. Father Brennan is survived by a brother, Anthony, in England, and two sisters, Gertru.de and Winifred, in Ireland. .
North Dakota governor vetoes abortion law
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Father Brennan dies at 80 Sacred Hearts Community provincial Father Richard McNally, SS.CC., was principal celebrant March 27 of the Divine Liturgy of Christian Burial at St. Joseph's Church, Fairhaven, for Father John J. Brennan, SS.CC., who died March 25. Father Brennan, a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary for 46 years, was assigned to the Fall R~v:r diocese for all of his priestly minIstry except for a year spent in his native Ireland. Originally he studied for diocesan priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary in Kentucky, where he heard Father Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SS.CC., the great apostle of the Sacred Heart, preach a retreat. As a result he felt called to join Father Crawley-Boevey's community, and ~e professed vows in the congregatlon on Sept. 14, 1944. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1950. In 1955 he became the first pastor of Holy Redeemer parish, Chatham, where he had been acting pastor since 1952. In 1964 he left Holy Redeemer to become pastor at St. Joseph's, Fairhaven, returning to the Chatham parish as pastor in 1974. In 1984 he became parochial vicar at Holy Trinity parish, West Harwich, then retired in 1990 to the Sacred Hearts Provincial House in Fairhaven. Born Nov. 15, 1910, in Corrintra, County Monaghan, Ireland, he was the son of the late Frank and the late Sarah (Macklin) Brennan. He came to the United States as a young man and worked in New York City as an engineer. He carried that skill into his priestly ministry, in which he oversaw several building projects in the diocese, including St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, and at Holy Redeemer, where he supervised building the parish mission and enlargement of the church itself. During his years of service to the diocese, he served on the Diocesan School Board and was Pro-Dean of the New Bedford Deanery, the only religious priest to have served in that position. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin noted in his Chrism Mass homily March 26 that at the same time as the Mass, the wake was being held for Father Brennan, who had been a regular participant in the Chrism Mass. A memorial Mass for Father Brennan will be celebrated at 7 p.m. April 29 at Holy Redeemer parish. Father Matthew Sullivan, SS.Cc., will be eulogist and the parish choir will sing. Refreshments will-fol!ow in the church hall, pro-
BISMARCK, N.D. (CNS) North Dakota Gov. George Sinner April 1 vetoed what would have been the nation's strictest abortion law, and the state legislature in action the following day failed to override it. Sinner, a Catholic, said that although he agrees with the church teaching that abortion is wrong, "the issue here ... is the role of law." The bill would have prohibited abortions except in cases of rape or incest that were reported to police or if the woman's life was in ,danger. "History is full of accounts of the misuse of governmental power, often for a 'good' cause," said Sinner, a Democrat, "Such abuse must be resisted on both sides. Government must not overstep its bounds. It must not play God." With a 63-43 vote, the House was eight votes short of the 71 needed to override the veto. North Dakota's two Catholic bishops, Bishop John F. Kinney of Bismark and Bishop James S. Sullivan of Fargo, said they found Sinner's arguments misleading. Efforts to categorize abortion as only a religious issue "cloud the issue when moral values in the abortion debate actually come from natural laws that predate Christianity and that are embodied in the United States Constitution:' said a statement from the North Dakota Catholic Conference, the bishops' policy arm. North Dakota Right to Life said Sinner had "coldly turned his back on thousands of unborn children who will continue to needlessly die in North Dakota." Sinner did sign another bill . requiring women to wait 24 hours and receive information about risks and alternatives before having an abortion. Existing North Dakota law reI quires minors to get parental consent or a judge's approval to have an abortion; requires a married w?~an to have her husband's permission for an abortion; and prohibits use of public money for abortions.
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the moorins.-., Catholic,Schools: A Sign of Hope This week Massachusetts and its Catholic community in particular welcomed to the capital city some 30,000 delegates to the annual congress of the National Catholic Educational Association. To some, it was just another convention; to the biased and suspicious, it was a threatening event; but to many it was an encouraging sign that Catholic schools are alive, well and continuing to carry out the teaching mission of Christ. It must be said, however, that here in our.own state there are many who put down Catholic schools at every opportunity. Few media give us the time of day, never mind media time, while a large segment of officialdom refuses even to acknowledge our existence, except to criticize us. But those in public service who engage in Catholic school bashing should remember that the parents of the children in those same schools help pay their salaries. They should also consider that our schools exemplify the democratic ideal of free choice. For over a century the Catholic school system has also been and remains an important contributor to the education opportunities available to immigrants, giving thousands of new Americans a key to success. Few challenge the fact that Catholic schools excel at teaching, fulfilling their purpose of providing the unbeatable combination of quality education rooted in church and Gospel eNS photo values. Thus motivated, our schools, colleges and universities "Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, actively seek the disenfranchised, working with society's nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them." Matt. 6:26 downtrodden in inner-city areas and, despite the present economic climate, doing a better job at lower cost in ghetto schools than do equivalent public institutions. Public officials and the secular media pay little attention to CRS has made poverty loans to han, D-Ohio, and Sen. Dennis WASHINGTON (CNS)-'--While such initiatives but the reward of those engaged in them comes in the form of seeing the successful lives of uncounted members Congress agonizes over trillion- DeConcini" D-Ariz. Rep. Benjamin 30,000 Third World people over the years, he said, The most recent of minori,ty groups who have passed through Catholjc schools. dollar deficits, half a world away Gillman, R-N. Y.,,is a cosponsor. effort with AI D has lolitned money loans of as little as $50 or $100 The measure ,~ecifies that. $25 "It ,is true, of course, that much mO,re could be done, but whatis from an assortment of V ;S: govern- million ofthe mic'roellterprise bu~ to 1;500 womeiiiriThililand and being accomplished is being done well. " , get' be allocated t,o organizations 800 in Senegal at a repay merit rate 'ment, private and Catholic Relief .What Catholic schools are doing is quite evident; what they Services programs are helping turn lending sums of $300 Qr less to the of 100 percent, according to Yanoare, especially in America, is another question. There is little the poverty cycle around' at the mO,st destitute of the w'orld's poor. vitch. With hundreds of other loans made in Bolivia, Togo and Peru, The balance would be used. for doubt that on the university level there are in-house tensions, most basic level. the repayment rate in the pilot One beneficiary, a young Bang- larger-size microenterprise loans. especially in regard to Vatican guidelines; but this is, after all, ladeshi woman, wants to become programs averages 97 percent. <;::RS has a long history in "pov.an ongoing struggle to seek truth. How this is done, who does it less of a burden on her impover- erty lending," said Karen Dono. "The reason it's so successful is and what process is involved form the real crux of the diffi- ished father. Although she has no van, associate program director , these are people who are so desti'culty. ,We must remember, however, that it, is through the husband, a child of her own and for the age'ncy's congressional tute they havevery little opportunity," Yanovitch said. "They get ' struggle of the spirit and the restless mind that objectivity .is no marketable skills, a special bank relations staff. very excited to be' eligible for a gives her a loan to buy unhusked Some programs are as simple as 'achieved. .' ' r . loan and they don't want to blow rice, a rooster and a hen. She ekes a "reVOlving' cow fund," through Slavish conformity does not aid an individual seeking for out a small living by milling and wbicti K~nyan vill~gers recejve a it .... What sponsors find 'appealing meaning in life', even though everyone needs guidelines "and selling cooked rice. milk cow, but must "pay back" the about such programs is, that the Within five years, by managing , calves for other local families to signposts. Providing them is among the responsibilities of any relatively small amount' of money carefully, Shaheeda is able to exuse, Ms. Donovan said. Elsewhere, ," ' , . truly Catholic school. , ' . is invested in individual improvepand her flock to 32 birds and now CRS helps set up village banks, As Catholic educators came together in Bostonthis week to earns a small income from selling w,hich issue ,small loans at low ments and in poor nations, a very share ideas and exchange information, their determination to eggs and poultry, raises goats and interest rates, empo~ering".poor little bit of money by American standards goes'a long' way. ' remain a driving force in educational excellence was rekinpled., a milk ,cow. By now,,~s,~e grows people to improve ~heir lives. vegetables on her roof to feed her It was this sort of. exp~rience For example; the average loan Indeed, Catholic schools are a ray of hope in a nation where family,:and sells the excess pro- that CRS brought to the feder~1 size in the CRS project in Thai~ecular education seems t~ be retreating into heartbreaking duce. She makes payments on a gove,rnment's M Icroe'n!erprise land is $80, he said.'withthat sum, intellectual darkness. housing loan, has some money the recipient, pro.bably lit woman, Program in 1987. The combination of hope" enthusiastic support and dedi-, saved and is a part of one of the mighrbuy a '}Jig,.Ore 'chi~kens and In congressional' testimony. most successful and little known some mulberry leaves to feed to Lawrenc'e Yanovitch, director of cated leadership will ensure that as America moves into th~ Small Enterprise Development for ,silkworms., S,he'll make money third millennium Catholic schools wiil be alive, well and ready ':foreign assistance ·programs. A recent congressional hearing CRS, sai~ that poverty .loan 'pro- [rpm the eggs a.n4 selli~g the to face whatever challenges arise. featured testimony by CRS, the g~ams typicaliy benefit women who ~ni'mals' Offspring and perhaps
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V.S. bishops' overseas relief and development figency, about its $5 million Small Enterprise Develop,ment .loan program: .. V nder a matching grant program through the lJ .S. Agency for International Development. it has established systems in five countries for lending money to the destitute, enabling them to generate enough income io survive and improve their living conditions. Fort!,!coming legislation in the V.S. House wo'uld finance the microenterprise program under an $85 million authorization bill. Previously it was funded as part of a larger appropriation. The bill's principal sponsors in the House and the Senate are Catholics - Rep. Edward F. Feig-
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'process fine fabric from' the silkwprms' 'coco<?ns.' " , , , . Yanovitch said once the w.oman paid off her short-term loan, she would be eligible for'a larger loan in proportion to he~ savings. Once ;her business developed beyond the Jimits· of the poverty loans, she might be eligible for similar microenterprise loans, intended for people with fewer t·han 10 employees. Similar poverty loan and microenterprise programs are operated throughout the world by public and private organizations. One of the most successful is that of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, with more than 770,000 members, loans of more than $235 million annually and a repayment rate of 98 percent.
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Fri.. Apr. 5, 1991
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The statement called the assisted done to restore the patient to consuicide of Janet Adkins, who was sciousness," it said. in early stages of Alzheimer's disBoth of these opinions, the ease, by retired Detroit patholostatement said, "accept the inviolST. PAuL, Minn. (CNS) - A gist Jack Kevorkian "a violation ability of human life and the oblibiomedical ethics commission of of t·he most fundamental princigation to sustain life by suitable the arc,hdiocese of St. Paul and ples of medical ethics." means. Both attempt to apply these Minneapolis, while opposing assistto legalize physician1nitiatives principles conscientiously to a difed suicide and euthanasia, says ficult case." Sunday's Readings: Acts 4:32withdrawing a feeding tube from a assisted suicide and euthanasia as have been proposed in California Withdrawing a feeding tube from 35;1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 permanently unconscious patient and Washington state "pose a grave a permanently unconcious patient Modern Christians might get an can be morally permissiable. danger for the future of our coun"may plausibly be viewed as the inferiority complex if they take A statement issued by tite comtry:" the statement said. withdrawal of disproportionate or today's Acts passage literally. "The By FATHER ROGER mission, which includes represenRespect for human life "also extraordinary means," it said. community of believers were of tatives of the fields of medicine, KARBAN implies an obligation to sustain one heart and one mind," Luke philosophy, ethics,specialized life by ordinary or proportionate appeared to be. His divinity kept writes. "N one of them ever claimed health care to the elderly and pashirrl from being totally involved in ,toral care, was published in a, means," it said. anything as his own; rather every"There is no obligation to use our world. , thing was held in common." He recent issue of the Catholic Bulmeans which are excessively burThis false concept is behind goes on to mention the great respect letin, archdiocesan newspaper. densome or relatively useless" for John's strange statement: "Jesus Mon. . Sat. 10:00 . 5:30 P.M. they received from others, and The statement was included in a a particular patient, it said. Christ it is who came through how, because of their exceptional column by Archbishop John R. GIFTS Some think that a feeding tube water and blood - not in water, Roach of St. Paul and Minneapogenerosity, no one among them for totally and permanently unonly, but in water and in blood." was ever needy. lis on the morality of withholding CARDS Though opinion on the exact me~n Do any Christian communities or withdrawing artificial feeding conscious patients is "useful and ing of "water and blood" is divided, today even come close to such from people judged to be perman- obligatory in such cases because it can sustain life indefinitely," the all commentators agree: John uses standards? Jesus' more recent folently unconcious. statement said.. 673-4262 lowers are frequently indistingui- the terms to show that Jesus is He cited the well-known case of "Others think that the feeding both totally divine and totally shable from those who have no Nancy Cruzan, whose parents took 936 So. Main St.. Fall River tube is not useful enough to be human. faith in the Lord. their battle to stop her feeding to obligatory. since nothing can be Since the Lord dealt with the Thankfully most Scriptures the u.S. Supreme Court, as well as ordinary things of life, we also scholars believe Luke's picture is the current case of a Missouri must be concerned with them. We more ideal than real. He paints a woman whose father wants her cannot use Jesus' other-worldliness flawless portrait of the earliest moved to Minnesota for evaluaChristian community so that mem- as a reason to ignore the situations tion and perhaps removal of her , bers of his flawed third generation and people of this world. feeding tube. Of course, it is one thing to community will have a model to "T 0 regard decisions in cases imitate. (To glimpse an actual early teach that we must work on creatsuch as this as absolute or easily ing perfect communities, but how Christian community, read the last arrived at, is to ignore the comdo we practically go about it? half of I Corinthians II.) plexity of the moral issues," said Aftertwo thousand years, Luke'~ , John, once again, gives us an the archbishop. . problem still remains. How do we insight. Praising the commission's stateToday's gospel pericope contains take the faith Jesus gave us out of ment, Archbishop Roach said it the resurrected Jesus' first words our head and embody it in our would not please those "who move everyday life? Because we think so to his community. After the cuscomfortably with the notion of tomary "Peace be with you" greetmuch about doing the right things, euthanasia" nor those "who feel ing, the Lord gets down to essenwe often delude ourselves into that any concession made on the believing we are actually doing tials. "As the Father has sent me," food and hydration question is, at them. Sadly our external actions , he proclaims, "so I send you ... Releast, the beginning of a slippery are quite different from what is.in ceive the Holy Spirit. If you forslope le~ding to euthanasia." give people's sins, they are for~ our head. He said he had aS,ked his bioJohn faces the same issue in his given them; if you hold the,m bound" medical ethics commission to draft community. Everyone is "believ- they are held bound." a statement that would serve as a Though we often use these'lines ing" Jesus, but few are "living" basis for teaching on the subject. Jesus. They love God, but hate as a proof text for the Church's The commission responded with their neighbor. The evangelist- power to grant or refuse sacrastatement that said, "Human a mental forgiveness, this does not turned-letter-writer teaches that we dignity implies the sanctity and seem to be John's reason for putcannot have one without the other. inviolablility of innocent human "We can be sure that we love God's ting them in his resurrection nar- .life." rative. This passage is more a children," he declares, "when we "Neither suicide nor euthanasia, love God and do what he has warning than a bestowing of power. even with the consent ofthe patient, Jesus always forgives. To the commanded. The love of God concan ever be an acceptable solution sists in this: that we keep his consiernation of his enemies, he to a medical problem." it said. consistently pardons even those commandments..." "Euthanasia, includ~s not only Some in John's church were . whom organized religion has "held active mercy killing but also the bound." Why would he .grant his teaching that Jesus was not comomission of, treatment when the pletely human. They believed that church a power he himself never purposes of the omission is to kill uses? since the Lord was God, the human the patient," it said. Within the context of the whole things he did were not real. They Jesus here appears to be gospel, only seemed to happen. According to this strange belief, he was never reminding his disciples of a power hungry or tired or thirsty. He only they already have; warning that they had better forgive, else they will never truly become the community he intends. . CAPE COD FALL RIVER NEW BEDFORD ATTLEBORO Perhaps we have not yet evolved into Luke's perfect community be261 SOUTH ST. 783 SLADE ST. 59 ROCKLAND ST. 10 MAPLE ST. cause we have not yet taken the HYANNIS P.O. BOX M - SO. STA. first essential step of forgiving one 997-7337 226-4780 771-6771 674-4681 another.
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Are teen mothers bad role models for their peers?
I encouraged my girls to try to be like "Miss A," and a year ago "Miss A" attended her prom wearBy ing a maternity dress! This summer three more girls in our neighborhood became mothDr. JAMES & ers, all keeping the babies and raising them with their parents' help. MARY My daughters are eager to babysit the new babies. They share conKENNY fidences with me: "It's so much better having a baby when you are a teenager and full of energy instead _ of when you are older and too tired to keep up with a baby." Dear Mary: I am concerned How do I handle this? How do I about teen pregnancy and its effect _ on my two daughters, ages 14 and make sure my daughters don't fol16. I know several young mothers low the enticing leadership? -Illinois no older than my daughters. The first shock was "Miss A," a I doubt that your daughters are model child who was always the drawn to the life of a teenage mother. Most young women have young leader in Scouts and church.
By FATHER
JOHN J. DIETZEN
Q. We are parents who need insights about cults or fundamentalist sects. Our area has had things happen that really disturb and worry us, not only with collegeand teen-agers but even younger children. Do you have any answers or suggestions? - New York A. From my own experience with families in this kind of crisis. and from research of others, it seems there are two essentials for pa'rents to consider. These may
many ambitions and goals. They recognize that becoming a mother limits or ends many of those ambitions. Your communication with your daughters appears to be excellent. Build on it. When they ask your honest opinion, tell them as you did in your letter. Do not be afraid to tell your daughters you do not have all the answers. The surest way to end communication with a teenager (or anyone) is to assure them that you know all the answers and to proceed to indoctrinate them to your way of thinking. You might point out some of the difficulties teen mothers face, such as: I. Teens need to draw away from their families of origin, to
think their own thoughts and try their own ways of doing things. Then they can rejoin the family on a new adult level. Teen mothers, who depend on their parents for help in caring for their child, have great difficulty completing this step of development.
nancy as a condemnation of teen sexual activity. As you and your daughters both know, sexual activity and pregnancy are no longer inexorably linked.
2. While the teen mothers are fortunate to have a loving family to support them, they do not experience the joys and trials that bind parents together in the joint task of raising children.
You might condemn premarital sex because it is not linked to a loving and permanent commitment between two human beings. -But when you condemn those teens who become mothers, you target only those who l!-t great personal cost have taken responsibility for the lives of their children.
Like other single parents, they do not have a spouse to share the joys and problems. Being a single parent is always difficult. Being a very young single parent is doubly so. Be careful about using teen preg-
Continue to talk with your girls honestly. If you are willing to talk and listen openly, you may find that they tell you not only what they find good about teen mothers, but also the difficulties and problems they recognize.
Faith foundation can keep children from cults provide at least a base for your deliberations. First, children need a solid spiritual framework for their lives. Cults or fundamentalist evangelicals who successfully recruit par- ticipants are often filling a spiritual vacuum in those who become adherents. Beingcertain our children "know the truths of the faith" is not enough. We must, at every stage of their development, talk over what their faith means to them in the daily business of living, how it helps to bring sense to their routine personal crises and challenges. This requires that they be well introduced to the Gospels and are beginning (-or are wel( along the road) to be aware of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ: It is especially when these are lacking.
that cults or sects find fertile ground for their message. A frequent mistake is to assume that such spiritual movements are happening in our children simply because_ they go to Sunday Mass and attend Catholic school or religion classes. Essential as these fundamental practices of faith are, they cannot produce a vibrant and significant faith life unless that life is actively and consciously nurtured at home. What do our children believe? What do prayer, church, Christ mean to them? If we don't bring them to ask themselves those questions, eventually somebody else will. All this irpplies, of cours'e, that wt: have developed a level of serious communication with our children, which'takes us to No.2.
Part of the lifeblood of such cults is a high degree of secrecy. They depend on total control of their adherents, far beyond that of other religious organizations. Therefore, they must attempt to control what their members hear and -read and think. Adherents must be insulated as much as possible from outside influences that might introduce doubts. Concealment of their tactics, their plans, even their membership' thus becomes a major strategy. Jonestown was one of the more vicious examples of this type of religious movement. But others less grievous have been, and are, nearly as destructive of peoples' lives.· What this say.s is, we urgently need,· habits 'of trusting openness with-our children. If we have-from
early on become accustomed to discussing faith and God and religion with them, we have a big headstart. When we perceive that they are becoming withdrawn about certain religious conversations or experiences or when they consistently avoid the subject, it is time to be concerned and do something about it. Nothing healthy or good is happening when children, of any age, feel this need to be furtive. Clearly, such openness between parents and children cannot begin at the age of 16 or 14, or even 10. So both of these suggestions tie -closely together. Let me know what insights your group discovers. Questions may-be sent to Father _Dietzen at Holy. Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St:, Bloomingdale, 111,61701.
A recapitulation of last night's fabulous feast By DOLORES CURRAN
I'm collecting answers for a light book on effective parent responses to children's repetitive questions and statements like, "It's not fair," "I hate you," "Make him stop," "It's not my fault," "Because ... ," "All the other mothers ... ," "How come I have to ... ," and "What's the big deal, anyway?"
So, if you have any you are willing to share, please pass them on. There's a wealth of experience out there we can use and haven't tapped. Consider your contribution a ministry! I asked parents for the most annoying questions and comments they hear from their- kids. A top one was, "What's for dinner?" That one never bothered me. I simply replied, often truthfully, "I don't know." How could they respond with other than worry? The specter of getting nothing is worse than getting eggplant. However, other mothers tell me it drives them crazy when kids ask what's for dinner because they
must defend their choices and irritation ensues. "The worst is when I say we're having leftovers," one mother said. "They all react with ·Yuck. Not again.' " But one woman responded, "When we're having leftovers and they ask what's for dinner, I say, •A recapitulation of last night's fabulous feast.' It stops them short because they don't know whether recapitulation is a vegetable or a new recipe." A friend shared with me a wonderful idea she uses to get rid of leftovers: Foil Packet Night. She puts leftovers in single serving foil packets and tosses them in a freezer
without identification. When she gets twenty or thirty packets, she announces Foil Packet Night and the kids are delighted. _ She places the heated packets on a platter in the middle of the table. Each diner draws three; If they don't like 'what they draw, they pass it to the right. If no one takes it and it comes back to the owner, it's theirs to eat - no protests allowed. They also barter packets. If someone's lucky enough to draw three macaroni and cheese packets, she can trade one for pancakes or leftover pizza or a drumstick. The law of supply and demand is dramatically experienced as all
.kinds of values are assigned to particular packets. The Foil Packet dinner is the most popular she serves and her children's friends beg to be invited. - All of us have developed responses to annoying situations. One of mine was, "If you whine, you don't get it." One hot day, I heard my seven-year-old and a friend plotting to persuade me to take them swimming. As they approached my office, Steve's friend began with a whine, "Mrs. Curran ... ." My son stopped him with, "No, Tom, that doesn't work." I felt gloriously effective as a parent. My rule worked. Now, let's hear about yours.
Poverty increase a shameful reflection on society By ANTOINETTE
BOSCO
In the neat and comfortable small New England town where I work there was a commotion recently inthe park area near a river. Police had found a body. Being a newspaper person, I' stayed on top of what hl!-d happened. But when I learned the cause of death, I was emotionally disturbed. The man, in his 30s, had died of
what the police said was hypothermia. In the old days we would have called it what it was - freezing to death. The temperature the night before had been in the teens. I kept thinking of that night. 1 had left work fairly late. I remember seeing a slender man with a beard, carrying a plastic bag, crossing the street in the direction of the park. Several times in the past few years young, homeless men have knocked on my office window seeking information about shelters, and always they carried a plastic bag with their belongings. I had wondered if that man had a place to stay, but never thought about him again until I heard that a man had frozen to death that night. - I do not know if I saw the man
who died. But what I do know is that poverty has hit huge numbers of our fellow Americans. The New York Times' recently carried a front-page story saying, "Rich Got Richer in '80s; Others Held Even." There probably was not room to add, "And Some Got Miserably Poorer." I got disgusted looking at the Times statistics and even more so when I saw the line, "Surveys by the Federal Reserve Board suggest that 1 percent of all households hold one-third of, all personal wealth." I also found disturbing the statistic that while the median wealth of all households was $43,280 for whites, it was disproportionately low for othcrs - an unbelievable
$4,170 for blacks and $5,520 for Hispanics. Poverty as reflected in the homeless and the hungry in the United States is a tragedy. It is also shameful that our political poliCies have changed us as a society, turning us into one where the rich got richer. and the poor po~rer. We can't keepblamingthe victim, either. Our homeless and hungry are often not bums, but the working poor. They are people, as my brother Joe says, "who have too much month left at the end of their money." He should know. He has worked for years helping to develop and stock a regional food bank in Albany, N.Y. This week my brother was telling me that they used to budget $50,000 a year to feed the hungry.
Now they need $50,000 every two weeks. That is a sign of"poverty. It has become a contagious disease.
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LONDON (CNS) - A recent survey made by MARC Europe, an ecumenical Christian research and training organization, has found that Catholics account for more than one-third of all church attendance in England, more than Anglicans, members of the nation's official Church of England. Catholic attendance, however, as oflast October numbered 1,304,600, a 2 percent drop from a similar survey in 1985, but far less than the period from 1979 to 1985, during which there was a 12 percent drop.
THE ANCHOR -.Diocese of.Fall River ing persons who fit into medically known "high-risk" groups. He suggested forming "suicide contracts" with those who express a desire to kill themselves. The contract, he explained, is a vow by the person to go to the nearest hospital emergency room if he or she ever feels they are going to hurt themselves Such contracts "save lives," he said. Kenney advised participants to become familiar with local services and support groups dealing with suicide, unplanned pregnancy, sudden infant death, grief counseling and other concerns. Familiarity with area facilities will help a priest or other counse-
Costly' drugs Dear Editor: On March 8 [Saluting Seniors page] you ran an article re the exorbitant charges of pharmaceutical houses. . I was so impressed. I sent the clipping to Senator Ted Kennedy. pointing out that his family always helped the insignificant folks, and I asked his help in this sUbject. To my disappointment, "his Lordship" did not deign to reply. I appeal to you to use your clout to give impetus to this subject. As you already know, the Catholic church has always given succor to the old and poor. As a Catholic, I know you will carry· the torch. Fred M. Lindahl West Yarmouth
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Apr. 6 1977, Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippendale, Retired, Pastor, St. Patrick, Wareham 1980, Rev. Lorenzo Morais, Retired, Pastor, St. George, Westport' . 1987, Rev. Msgr. William D. Thomson, Retired Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis Apr. 7 1976, Rev. James A. Dury, Chaplain at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro Apr. 8 . 1988, Rev. Alvin Matthews, OFM, Retired, Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford Apr. 9 1919, Rev. Cornelius McSweeney, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Fall River 1965, Rev. Edward·F. Dowling, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Fall River Apr. 10 1944, Rev. John P. Doyle, Pastor, St. William, Fall River Apr. 11 1914, Rev. John F. Downey, Pastor, Corpus Christi, Sandwic~' Apr.n 1909, Rev. John Tobin, Assistant, St. Patrick, Fall River
Stonehill College The following area students have been named to the dean's list at Stonehill College, North Easton. East Freetown: Danielle M. Berche, Monique B. Doherty and Gina L. Medeiros received honors. Fairhaven: Cherie L. Pisz, honors, and Kellie-Ann Quilligan, high honors. Fall River: Highest honors to Lynn M. Martin. High honors to Daniel Corey, John Tavares, Karen M. Vieira, Renee M. Bernier, Stacy A. Lafleur, Tracy L. Rebello and Tracy L. Watts. Kelly A. Hargraves and Kevin P. McRoy received honors. Somerset: Karen S. Beaulieu, highest honors, and Kerry L. Fitzsimmons, high honors. Kare~ L. Vincent and David M. Viveiros, honors.
Overcoming Anxiety "The stronger our consciousness of ourselves, the more we can take a stand against and overcomeanx~. iet~." - Rollo May
AMONG ALUMNAE of the former Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River, meeting recently to plan an August 3 reunion for all classes were, from left, Joyce (Flynn) Michaud, '50; Marjorie (Foley) Fayan, '46; Vivian (Souza) Souza, '60; and Mary-Ellen (Vieira) Andrade, '69. (Hickey photo)
OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) - Be upfront and honest with those in crisis, a priest-psychiatrist told nearly 200 clergy, chaplains, deacons, pastoral ministers and others at a recent seminat in Omaha. "Being subtle and underhanded is not fair. You need to be open to influence them," said Jesuit Father Edwin H. Cassem, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and chief of psychiatry at Massachusetts General . Hospital in Boston. He spoke at a daylong seminar ~n. "Minister:ing to Families in Crisis," held at,st. Joseph Center for Mental Health in Omaha. Father Cassem said that if a woman were to come to him and say she wants an abortion, the woman, knowing she has come to a priest, probably also has a preconception of what his response will be. "I think they quite often come to . hear a point of view and hear all the reasons behind it," he said. "Y ou're probably more helpful by letting the person know where you stand." Those at the seminar were also advised to recognize the difference between depression that results from loss and the harmful depression resulting from guilt. Omaha psychiatrist Dr. Emmet Kenney talke,d about suicide and described a scenario of a priest opening his mail to find a signed letter, neatly typed and dated, in which the writer complains that "life just can't go on," that this is "the end." Is the writer on the edge of sui- . . cide? Probably not, says Kenney. "People ready to commit suicide are out of energy - they're bankrupt," he said. . Kenney, a member of the St. Joseph's Center medical staff and associate professor of psychiatry at Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, said suicide notes are often handwritten, undated, unsigned and scribbled so . poorly they seem to drift toward the bottom of the page. "You get that kind of letter," Kenney said, "you don't walk. You run to the phone and get some kind of help." Kenney said that if a mental health professional has never lost a patient to suicide, "you haven't been in practice long." ,"If you're going to be working
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"THIRTYSOMETHING" PRIESTS ENJOY WORK Most U.S. priests in their 30s f.e~1 generally well prepared for their . - - - - - - - - work and 90 percent say they are happy. Other findings -Satisfied with work of a nationwide survey -Would enter priesthood of priests ordained "all over agai nil five to nine years:
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Priests in their 30s say they're happy WASHINGTON (CNS) - Most路 Scripture, moral theology and U.S. priests in their 30s say they pastoral counseling. ..:...- They expressed moderately are happy in their work and encourage others to become priests, high satisfaction with their peraccording to a nationwide study of sonal health, spiritual life, psycho-; Catholic clergy who have been logical well-being and living a celibate life. But they felt there should ordained five to nine years. They generally thought semin- be fuller, more open and more aries had prepared them well for realistic discussion of celibacy in their work in most areas, espe- the seminary. - They thought seminaries cially in theology, Scripture and should do more to encourage creapastoral care. Few, however, felt well prepared tivity and strengthen collaborative to work with minority groups such skills and should give seminarians as Hispanics and 'blacks. Most more exposure to the real world. - Most had supervised field reported taking post-ordination training to compensate for the work as part of their seminary lack of seminary formation in that formation and found it somewhat to very helpful. area. - After ordination, however, They also said seminaries did not prepare them well for adminis- less than one-third had a formal, trative duties or for working with mentoring program on their fist assignment. Those who had such a adult converts. "The overall findings are in sharp program felt much more prepared ' contrast with many reports of low for priestly challenges. The study was based on a survey morale .among Catholic priests," said Father Robert Wister, execu- sent in 1990 to U.S. priests o'rdained tive director of the National between 1980 and 1984. Of 2,442 Catholic Educational Association's priests surveyed, 1,5) 9, or 62 per,Seminary Department, which con- cent, responded. Sixty-five percent of the 'respondents were diocesan ducted the study. . Other highlights, of the study priests and 35 percent belonged to religious orders. included: Chief researchers were Father - Most priests surveyed felt they had been ,prep-ared well for . Eugene Hemrick, research direccollaborative ministry and for tor of t,he U.S. Catholic Conference, and Dean Hoge, a socioloworking with women. - Assigned rectory living was gist at the Life Cycle Institute of one of the chief sources of dissatis- The Catholic University of Amerfaction. Most would prefer to ica. Father Hemrick said the study choose their own living arwas "significant because it calls rangement's. - They cited evangelization, into question numerous claims that working more closely with lay the morale of the priesthood is people and responding to the priest extremely low." shortage as the most important Ninety percent of the respo,ndents said they were happy. The challenges in their ministry. - They were most comfortable same percentage said they had no in celebrating the s~craments, least problems working side by side comfortable with the governance with sisters and lay leaders. Eighty percent expressed satisof the church and with its moral faction with their work and said teachings. ' - Most felt their seminaries that if they had it to do over again, had done an excellent job teaching they would enter the priesthood.
, Among diocesan priests, those working in education expressed a higher degree of job satisfaction than those in parish work. Those' who were older when they were ordained reported higher job satisfaction and were more definite about entering the priesthood if they had'to choose again. Most of the respondents were aged 34-40, but the range of ages went from 30 to 81. Older voca~ tions have accounted for an increasing percentage age at ordination from about 27 in the 1960s to 3 i or more since the mid-1980s.
Questions raised, on spiritual life The study suggests that receritly ordained priests have a strong eucharistic and biblical spiritual- , ity, but tend to ignore such traditional practices as regular spiritual direction, frequent confession and daily prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours. Of more than 150 questions the priests were asked for the study, about 20 directly or indirectly addressed issues of priestly spirituality. One key finding was renewed emphasis on Scripture in the respondents' priestly ministry and their personal spiritual life. Father Robert J. Wister, director of the NCEA Seminary Department and author of one of several ,commentaries at the end of the study, said the responses reflected the wide efforts to improve Scripture studies in seminaries since the Second Vatican Council. "A striking percentage of respondents (93 percent) reported that they felt they had been 'very well' or 'well' prepared in Scripture by their seminary.... The impact of the renewal of scriptural studies is further confirmed by respondents who felt that they
were most helpful both 'in their priestly ministry and in their personal development," Father Wister said. ' The integration of Scripture as an important focus in both ministry and personal life was evident in a variety of ways in the survey. When respondents were asked to rate a list of 18 pastoral activities in terms of how central they were to the priesthood, three of the four that were ranked as a strong or primary ideal by more than 90 percent of the priests focused directly on Scripture. "Preaching the Gospel consciously through personal witness" was cited by 98 percent as one of their strong or primary ideals. Ninety-four percent placed high emphasis on "being a herald'ofthe word by preaching and encouraging the faithful to study and meditate on the Scriptures," and 91 percent ranked "practicing the prophetic role of the priest by interpreting God's word for the faithful" among their top priorities. In a series of questions about their personal spiritual practices, 45 percent of diocesan priests and 51 percent of religious said they read the Bible daily or several times a week outside the context of the liturgy and the Liturgy of the Hours. About a quarter of each group said they read the Bible about once a week, and a little more than a quarter read it only once a month or less. Closely linked with the word of God was celebration of the sacraments, especially the Eucharist. More than five out of six respondents agreed that, whatever else he does, the most important thing about a priest is that he "proclaims God's word and provides for sacramental encounter with God in Christ." . , I More than half said they feel "most a priest when I am saying Mass and hearing confessions." On the other hand, some practices traditionally considered an important measure of a priest's spirituality are not a regular part of the life of many of the priests surveyed. Although church law says that ordinarily a priest is to pray the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours every day, 20 percent of religious and 26 percent of diocesan priests said they substitute another spiritual exercise or do not recite it at all. , Among diocesan priests, 37 percent said they recite all or some of the Divine Office several times a week, 25 percent said they pray at least part of it daily, and only 13 percent said they pray the whole office daily. Twelve percent of religious priests said they pray the whole office daily, 40 percent said they pray at least part of it daily, and 29 percent said they recite all or some of it several times a week. Only 5 percent of diocesan priests and 2 percent of religious said they go to confession weekly. Another 19 percent in each group said they receive the sacrament monthly. About one-third said they go to confession."every couple of months," and 44 percent said they go "once or twice a year" or ,"never." Bishop Daniel M. Buechlein of Memphis, Tenn., one of the commentators on the study, said the lack of frequent confession and daily Liturgy of the Hours were elements in the study that "concern me most." He said Christian conversion has to be every priest's "first prior- ' 'ity," and "daily prayer and the sac-
rament of penance" are among the "fundamental means to and sup'port for Christian conversion." Another commentator, Father Richard W. Burton of the Washington archdiocese, viewed the "ambivalence" of the priests regarding the Liturgy of the Hours differently. "This seems to indicate that the whole notion of the 'office' for the diocesan clergy needs to be rethought," he said. In other survey questions relating to spiritual life: - Nearly half said they get together with other priests for renewal days or support groups weekly or monthly, the other half less frequently or almost never. - About one-third said they read books on spirituality daily or several times a week. More than a third said they do so about once a week or once a month. Fewer than a third said they do so less than once a month. - On average, the priests indicated they spend about as much time during the week on personal prayer and meditation as they do on administrative work. Average time spent each week in worship or leading worship and preparing homilies was higher.
First impressions lasting, they say Recently ordained priests today are generally happier than their counterparts 20 years ago, but a bad first assignment may hurt their morale for years, says the stuqy. A key lesson for future church policy in the United States could be the study's finding that many priests who reported morale problems'several years'after,ordin'ation described their first pastoral assign'ment after ordination as detrimental or not very helpful. Those who had formal mentoring programs after ordination and those who had helpful first assignments were far more likely to be happy and satisfied with their work several years and assignments later. The high morale figures among the young priests contrasted sharply with wide speculation in recent years that the growing priest shortage has sapped the spirit of today's priests. , It also contrasted with morale findings in a 1970 national study conducted for the U.S. bishops by sociologists Richard Schoenherr and Father Andrew Greeley. The new study repeated three key morale questions asked in 1970 and compared the results. "On' all three the levels were higher in 1990 than in 1970," Hoge and Father Hemrick reported. In 1970 only 23 percent of priests ordained five to nine ye;us,earlier described 'themserves ",as "very happy." Those who said they were "not too happy" dropped sharply, from nearly 20 percent in' J970 to less than 10 percent in 1990. in the 1990 study 57 percent of diocesan and 59 percent of religious said they would, "definitely" enter the priesthood again if given the choice. In 1970 the comparable figures were 35 perce~tof diocesan priests and 42 perce~t of religious. Those who said they definitely would not seek ordipation again dropped from one out of 20 in 1970 to one out of 100 in 1990. Hoge and Father Hemrick said the survey did not reveal the. reasons for differences in morale between 1970 and 1990, but they speculated "the year 1970 was a Turn to Page Nine
. Continued from Page Eight particularly bad one for morale" because of the wide turbulence in the church after the Second Vatican Council and the high numbers of priests resigning at thanime. Ironically, some factors connected with the priest shortage today could be contibuting to higher morale. A lack of priests means younger priests are given greater responsibilities and promoted more quickly. Both the 1970 and 1990 studies found substantially higher morale among pastors than among associate pastors, and in 1970 Father Greeley cited frustration that their abilities were underutilized and lack of prospects of promotion as important factors in dissatisfaction among parish priests. The 1990 study found that 24 percent of diocesan priests ordained five to nine years were pastors, while in 1970 only 9 percent of the diocesan priest with the same years of experience were pastors. While the researchers did not evaluate whether increased responsibilities and more rapid promotions were factors in the higher morale reported by priests in the 1990 study, Father Hemrick said in an interview that this inference might be valid. In evaluating the relationship between a good first assignment and later morale, the authors said the survey was not conclusive, but "patterns in the data" suggest strongly that there is a clo'se relationship between the quality of a priest's first assignment and his happiness and satisfaction five to nine years later. They said priests who reported bad experiences in their first assignments had more morale problems Jiv.eto nine years later, were less. likely t<? favor rectory living and had poorer relationships with other priests, bishops and superiors. When asked why their first assignment was good or bad, those surveyed focused mainly on their relationship with the pastor they were assigned to. Those who reported a good experience described their first pastor with terms such as patient, open, listening, encouraging, flexible, generous, fun, sharing, pastoral, practical, a good teacher and a hard worker. Those who reported a bad first experience described the pastor with terms such as non-communiti've, autocratic, a' weak or nondirective leader. Some said the pastor did not want a newly ordained associate or viewed him as competition. Several said their first pastor was' an alcoholic or suffered personality dysfunctions.
Keep it simple urges bishop VATICAN CITY (CNS) - I f the church wants more people to understand .lind follow its teachings, it m.~st use simpler I~ngl!age in church documents, an Austrian bishop said. People' don't agree with the positions of the church mostly because understanding of doctrines is made difficult by complicated language, said Auxiliary Bishop Florian Kuntner of Vienna. The bishop commented during a symposium on Pope John Paul II's new encyclical "Redemptoris Missio" ("Mission of the Redeemer"), Vatican Radio reported. Bishop Kuntner said that fre-' quently even a bishop must read a church document three times to understand what it means.
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Primordial tongue? I grew up, like most Catholics of who lives in New York and Jermy vintage, learning the great sto- usalem. ries of my faith from Bible histoMozeson's 31O-page coffee table ries or classroom readers like the book lists the Hebrew origin of Cathedral or. New Ideal school- 22,000 English. words, demonbooks of my early grades in my strating his thesis that the biblical parish school. origin of our language has been Our Bible histories were Read- hidden from our eyes in most coner's Digest versions of the long and temporary dictionaries. repetitive language of the Bible Don't worry "if you've never itself, and we learned the stories heard a Hebrew word," the author well. Though we lacked knowl- writes in h·is foreword. "You will edge of each tale's proper chapter soon know that you've 'never heard and verse, we could find those in a word that wasn't Hebrew." our Sunday missals, if we desired. Curious, I checked my favorite All the Bible histories of my American Heritage dictionary for childhood have flown, probably the origin of the word "babble." passed along to my younger siblings Wouldn't you guess its root as the until they lost their covers and (Tower of) Babel? Not so. Its root resale value. So I borrowed one is Middle English: "babelen." from the rare book collection of . Then I checked what "The Word" my local seminary library. . had to say. Linguists'do not conB. Herder's "ll1ustrated Bible nect it to Babel, it says, but to History" by Ignatius Schuster had Swedish, Latin and Sanskrit. "The a 1922 imprimatur, just my era. It took 12 lines to tell the stoy of the Oxford English Dictionary prefers Tower of Babel which says, among to give babble an 'origin unknown' designation....Those who have forother things, that all people once gotten their Bible have forgotten spoke the same language. that the English-speaking world Like the gene research which grew up on Scripture." claimed, several years ago, that all Mozeson puts forth a number of of us are descended from one woman, like Eve, a book has just explanations for his challenge to modern linguists who deny the been published claiming that the age-old concept of a universal, Genesis story is true: Our very first primary language. "Hebrew was ancestors spoke biblical. Hebrew spoken long before there was a and all the world's languages are just scrambled forms of human- Judea or an Abraham," he writes, "but Hebrew was too much assokind's original tongue! ciated with Jews to be tolerated." Appropriately enough, the book The logic that explained lanis· called simply "The Word," but guage varieties as coming from its subtitle tells all: "The Dictioncenturies of gruntings from differary That Reveals the Hebrew ent families of apes is described by Source of English." The author is the author as consistent with much Isaac E. Mozeson, a gifted writer, Bible criticism. lecturer and teacher of English
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By Ron Pollack If somebody in your family has been sick recently, you know about the skyrocketing costs of health CASSERLY care. That's why you'll be interested ·in how a woman named Penny Woodburn fought back "If the Babylonians and other against overcharges at the drug peoples (including American Instore. dians) all have a flood myth, then Penny Woodburn is a neighthe Biblical flood must also be a borhood activist in Cincinnati. Her myth from an older source... 1t was story began in 1987, when Penny out of the question to think that and a few other active seniors were Noah's flood was a fact, and that trying to bring together a new coaonly the Godgiven Bible got the lition of seniors' groups: the WIN facts right..." Senior Action Coalition (WINMany peoples are said to have SAC). Penny - as'S" self"invented the myth" of a primordescribed "very young 64,': known dial tongue, he writes. Hebrews for energy and directness - had are the "only surviving human previously organized social and entity, however, to preserve that educational activities for the language and to study its bound-neighborhood seniors group of less, superhuman profundity and which she was president. Now, she engineering with lifelong joy." wanted to go beyond socializing That joy permeates this remarkand get to work on some of the kable report on the aftermath of serious problems seniors face. the Tower of Babel. Mozeson WINSAC started by surveying reveals his debt to computers, members of the 20 local senior transistors and word processors citizen organizations that were part when he says: of the new coalition. And the sur"The original computing lanvey showed the high cost of presguage in our random-access cription drugs at the head of the memories has been scrambled in list of concerns. So Penny and the the output stage by the Master other members of the steer,ing Programmer. Whether you speak· committee decided to launch a English or Arabic, you are still drugstore consumer campaign. thinking Hebrew. The tongue of First, the group developed a list .God, the kiss of our Creator, of 15 drugs commonly taken by remains within our lips." seniors: for example, Dyazide, "The Word," from Shapolsky Lasix, and Aldomet for high blood Publishers, 136 West 22nd St., pressure, Procardia and PersanNew York, NY 1000 I, is available tine for chest pains. beta blockers at Jewish bookshops, but ChrisLopressor and Inderal, and insulin tian booksellers may soon have it. for diabetes. Then, Penny recalls, Copies may be ordered by calling "we went to different drugstores 1-800-288-8889. Mozeson is also and asked ifthey,would quote priavailable for lectures and slide ces. Seniors took the drugstore in presentations. their own neighborhood." The seniors explained they were doing a comparison survey of prices and services. They gave the pharmacist forms to enter prices for name brands and generics, to note business ho·urs, and to list the services they offered, such as free delivery or providing information on possible drug interactions. Most pharmacies cooperated fully. After all, they saw this as free advertising! "The first time you go out, you feel scared," Penny remembers, "but the important thing is to keep going." . S18 or S27 for Same Drug Within a few months, WIN SAC printed up the information in a fold-out chart. Now consumers could see at a glance. for example, that price for 100 tablets of Dyazide ranged from $18 to $27 at area pharmacies. Or, that they could save about 50% by choosing generic Ibuprofen to combat the pain of arthritis rather than the brandname product, Motrin. In March, Penny and her group went one step further: they asked for a 15 percent discount for senior the age of 105 when she was citizens from Kroger, a locally admitted to Marian Manor. based supermarket chain with 27 She counts music and her pharmacies around the Cincinnati area. Kroger representatives flatly family as her greatest refused. But about that time, a pleasures. member of the WINSAC steering In photos above: Mrs. Mar- committee spotted a (incinnati cotte with her 1906 wedding Post article on Kroger's annual portrait and with daughters stockholders' meeting, where the big news was pharmacy sales. The Lucille Arcand, left, and Mar- article said that sales at Kroger's guerite Dennison. pharmacies had almost doubled BERNARD
Marian Manor resident celebrates 106th birthday Marian Manor, 33 Summer Street, Taunton, hosted a special party on March 17 for resident Maria Marcotte's 106th birthday. Mrs. Marcotte is Taunton's oldest resident and is the oldest resident among the four diocesan nursing homes. A native of Quebec, she has been a Taunton resident for the last 99 years. She is the widow of Alphonse H. Marcotte, who was a Taunton firefighter.
The couple had six children: Theodore Marcotte of Orlando, Fla.; Doran Marcotte of Cumberland, RI; Mrs. Stanley (Lucille) Arcand and Mrs. Matthew (Marguerite) Dennison, both of Taunton; and the late Ernest Marcotte and the late Mrs. Armand (Claire) Caban. Mrs. Marcotte has 18 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. She lived in her own home on Washington Street 'until
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since 1985, reaching $200 million in 1987. Kroger attributed the increased pharmacy sales to -you guessed it - the growing numbers of senior citizens! WINSAC then took its case to the public. Newspaper and local TV news shows picked up the story . .one WINSAC member, , Margaret Sanders, talked to the press about the issue of fairness: while she couldn't afford to buy the $200 worth of medicine she needed each month, pharmacies were making huge profits. WINSAC continued its negotiations with Kroger. As Penny put it, "we started at the lower level and worked our way up to the big boss." On June 27, Kroger officials came to a WINSAC meeting and announced a new 10 percent discount program for all people age 60 and over. And they pledged to freeze prices for six months! The drugstore campaign was a big win for WINSAC. And the campaign helped Cincinnati seniors learn they could get together to protect themselves. Dozens of people sent in the WINSAC membership blanks printed at the bottom of the drug cost chart, or joined after seeing a story about the campaign on TV. The group became known as. a force to be reckoned with. Since then, Penny and WINSAC have gone on to tackle other problems - such as the high cost of tele,. phone service and management problems with the city's senior bus service. All Over America Cincinnati isn.'t the only place where senior citizens have fought back against .the high cost of prescriptions. Groups in Montana, Indiana, and Iowa fought for and won discounts for seniors. A New Orleans group concentrated .on educating consumers about lowercosting generic medication. A Rhode Island group agitated to get a "walking distance" pharmacy located in downtown Pawtucket, where many seniors live. In Connecticut. senior citizens conducted a 1960s style "sit-in" at the state capitol to persuade the legislature to helpout with pharmacy bills. In Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont. seniors fought successfully for state prescription drug subsidies. The campaigns were different, but they all had one thing in common: they got seniors together to fight back against skyrocketing costs of keeping healthy. All around the country. our parents and grandparents face chronic conditions - and need regular medication to survive. In fact. about one third of all the prescriptions filled in the U.S. are for people over 65. That comes to more than $9 billion a year: a lot of valuable business for pharmacists. and - as Penny Wood burn learned - a lot of consumer' power for older Americans. . /fyou want to get in touch with a senior organization near you that is working on this issue. whte to Ron Pollack. Families USA Foundation; /334 G Street. N. w.. Washington. D.C. 20005. (c) 1990. Families USA Foundalion
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Catholic Relief Services, the V.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency, and mirror legislative proposals that have been supportf;d by the U.S. Catholic Conference. Introduction of the act, expected to have a lengthy course through Congress, will come hard upon publication of a briefing paper on fighting hunger released in March by the same committee, headed by Rep. Tony P. Hall, D-Ohio. it draws a distinction between reasons for hunger in developing or war-torn countries and the problem in the United States. Unlike drought-ridden Ethiopia,war-battered Angola or Latin American countries crippled by debt and civil unrest, Americans suffer from "food insecurity," the briefing paper says. "It is difficult to understand, how hunger - how food insecurity, the lack of consistent access to food from conventional sourcescan exist in a country that produces food in such massive quantities," it said. It noted 21 million Americans use food stamps and 20 . million rely monthly on a food bank or soup kitchen to supplement their diets. The paper said the root cause of this food insecurity is poverty, with 31 million Americans living below the official poverty line. Another 13 million live in "real" poverty, although their income exceeds "the outdated official poverty measurement," it added. Publication of the paper coincided with the release March 26 of a three-year, million-dollar survey of U.S: ho-useholds, showiilgone in every eight children does not get enough to eat. That study, by the Food Research and Action Center, a nutrition advocacy group, showed that 5.5 million children have inadequate diets and that shelter costs consume as much as 60 percent of their families~ household income. According to the congressional report, hunger-related problems in the United States cut across a wide range of areas, from an inability of low-income people in poor urban or rural communities to buy affordable, nutritious groceries to the high rate of infant mortality. The United States ranks last among 21 industrialized nations in infant mortality, a trend that the committee report said can be aided by providing better prenatal care, including more nutritious food, to high-risk pregnant women. Several U.S. programs address hunger in terms of maintenance, offering food to the hungry, for example, but don'. deal with the causes and so "fail to prevent someone who is hungry today from being hungry again tomorrow," the paper .said. ' The report noted that "hunger riots" by destitute veterans and the unemployed jn' the early 1930s helped bring Franklin Roosevelt' into office. 'In 1941, Roosevelt envisioned 'a post-World War II America of four freedoms: Freedom from fear, freedom of expression, freedom of religion and free-' dom from want.' "Fifty years later, Roosevelt's vision remains unfulfilled," the paper concluded. "I n a country where 20 million people are unable to regularly feed themselves, there is no freedom from want."
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RUNNING FOR THE LORD: Los Angeles Archbishop Roger ~: Mahony, ~enter, meets with runners, mainly priests and religIOUS, plannIng to take part in a Los Angeles marathon. To the right of the archbishop is Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Carl A. Fisher, who ran with the group. (CNS photo)
Going the distance for God LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Their neon green T-shirts emblazoned with a cross, 63 priests, men and women religious and seminarians ran the recent Los Angeles Marathon as part of a team encouraging vocations. Cheered on by Serra Club members and busloads of Catholic school children, the "Run for Vocations" group prepared for the 26.2-mile race with a carbohydrate-
heavy dinner and a Mass the night before. World-class runner Alberto Salazar, five-year holder of the Boston Marathon record, spoke at the Mass about his faith in God. The vocations run was organized three years ago by archdiocesan vocations director Sister of Charity Kathleen Bryant. This year's support included pledges of prayers for vocations from 12,000 sponsors.
Depict "oppressive'" church Continued from Page One or criticized in 63 percent of all opinions," the'study said. /. On'church:staterelations,news media showed the church in a positive light w'hen it ,presented the church's anti-war positions, the study said. However "few sources supported church involvement in political affairs" when the issues were domestic matters, such as public funding for private schools, abortion legislation and other "perceived threats to separation of church and state," it said. In social cont'roversies, CBS stories "were consistently more favorable to the church's teachings" than the others and were least likely to "use judgmental language, which tended to depict the church in a negative light." By contrast, Time, which has analytical and regular coverage of the church by a religion writer, "paid the most attention to dissidents and focused most heavily on conflict," it said. At a March 26 press conference, Russell Shaw, public information director for the Knights of Columbus, said the study showed evidence of a new form of antiCatholicism as journalists focus on the church's internal debates. "The media have taken sides," said Shaw, and "tend to side with those who challenge traditional teachings." It's different from the old antiCatholicism, which was marked by' "unqualified, hostility" to the church, he said. Lichter said the tone of recent coverage of the church may have less to do with the media's image of the church than with changes in journalism and society. Journalism has moved into interpretive and a "socially engaged" reporting and tends to be "egalitarian" rather than respectful of institutions, he said. He also questioned journalists'
WASHINGTON (CNS) - A March 20 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that employers may not ban women of child-bearing age from jobs that may expose fetuses to health hazards drew kudos and criticism. The decision has been called one of the most important sex discrim, ination cases in years. Mark Chopko, general counsel for the 'V .S. bishops, in a March 20 statement called the ruling "a good thing ... to the extent that this decision emphasizes the importance of the rights of women in the workplace." The U.S. Catholic Conference, Chopko said, "has long supported equal employment opportunity for all individuals." But he said equal employment opportunity shouldn't come at the expense of threats to future generations: "For this reason we are concerned about the consequences of workplace and products hazards and protection of the environment:' he said. "I am disappointed that the court did not include the safety of unborn children -- our future - as a legitimate consideration" in civil rights law, Chopko said, adding his hope that in the future "courts and legislatures can find ways to accommodate both of these concerns." The Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion held that so-called "fetal protection" policies violate civil rights laws forbidding discrimination against. women.
understanding of Catholicism and said a survey he conducted on'the religious affiliation of national jou~nali~ts found that only "I to 2 percent were Catholics, who attended church." Half the journalists said they had no religious affiliation, he said, which made them "a profession with more difficulty in coming to terms with Catholicism."
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Justice urged SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Catholic message against deep social injustices must be preached "forthrightly" even if it makes many Americans "uncomfortable and even angry," said San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn in an address at the University of San Diego. "It is time that we launch a major effort to bring the search for justice and peace into the mainstream of Catholic life in the parishes of the United States," he said.
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The case stems from a refusal by Johnson Controls, a Milwaukeebased car batte'ry manufacturer, to allow women who might someday bear children to hold jobs involving exposure to lead. Lead, which is harmful to fetuses, can remain in the body for more than five years. The ban prevented not only pregnant women but any women capable of someday bearing children from the lead-related work. Judie Brown, president of the American Life League. based in Stafford, Va. in a March 20 statement called the ruling "deplorable." The courT. she said, "has decreed that a woman's paycheck - her economic role in society - is more important than her natural role as wife and mother." A statement from the' Detroitbased United Auto Workers hailed the decision as a "major victory for 'working women and women's rights." The UA W's 1984 suit against Johnson Controls led to the high court ruling. The USCC, in a friend-of-thecourt brief filed at the high court, had declined to take a firm positive on either side of the case, but said employers are "properly obliged to protect broadly workers and the public, including future generations, from substantial and foreseeable harm." The brief noted that "for most members of society, work life constitutes the greater part of the day."
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Need to overcome social ills is pope's Easter topic
"Transitional" pope left, major, legacy VATICAN CiTY (CNS) - On, Feb. 20, 1878;aging Italian Cardi-' nal Gloacchino Pecci was elected pope by 61 of his peers on the third ballot. It was widely expected that the new pope, justa few days short of his 68th birthday, would be a transitional pontiff, buying some time for a temporally weak church in a politically troubled era. But the white-haired pontiff did not pass quietly and quickly into the shadows of history. As Leo' XIlI he carried the church chronologically and intellectually into the 20th century. His papacy lasted 25 years. His legacy was an ability to read the liigns of the times, combin.ing Catholic thought with practical insights on current problems to, produce the foundations of modern church social teachings. This year marksthe 100th anniversary of his social encyclical, "Rerum Novarum,",on the condition of the working class'. To celebrate, Pope John Paul 'II has' declared 1991 a special year to deepen the study and spread of church social doctrine. He' also plans to publis,h his own social encyclical updating Pope Leo's thought. "Rerum Novarum" marke'd a' new approach to social thinking at a time when the church needed a new approach to' make an impact ,on society. The papacy was politically anemic. It had been stripped of its temporal power in 1870 when italian unification troops captured , Rome, making the pope a prisoner of the Vatican. Pope Leo became ,the first pO,ntiff in centuries not to ,inherit a kingdom along with his papal robes. It meant the' end of the papacy as a major power broker in European politics. The era was also a time when secular, often anti-clericill governments were springing up throughout Europe, challenging the cozy church-state relationships traditionally enjoyed by Catholicism. The Industrial Revolution was in full stride, trampling the established economic"political and labor systems. Fighting for the allegiance of the new and.fast-growing urban working class were Marxist and socialist movements opposed to the church. Pope Leo moved into this tangled web ofcircumstances after a church career that combined diplomatic missions and decades of pastoral experience. He had been the archbishop of Perugia, Italy, for the 32 years prior to his election as pope. Before, as papal nuncio to Belgium from 1843 to 1846, he saw firsthand the emerging industrial Europe and the 'political changes sweeping the continent. He had to battle alongside the bishops to prevent state encroachment of church educational rights. His success earned government ire and pressure for his reassignment. Pope Leo's pontificate was an effort to find pastoral answers firmly rooted in Catholic teachings -,-- to these new situations. The pope opposed, in theory, the divorce from Catholicism by secular states. Yet, he encouraged
cally and intellectually into the 20th century. (eNS photo) Catholics to accept and participate in the new, more democratic forms of government then emerging, since Catholics still had an obligation to work for the ,com'" , mon good. Pope Leo also believed that the divisions in Christianity were a major factor in the lessening of church authority in public life. 'His study of problems dividing Catholics and Anglicans resulted in a decision'that Anglican ordinations could not be"accepted as valid by the Catholic Church because the Anglican hierarchy could not be traced back to the apostles. The 1896 decision is still a major obstacle in Anglican-Catho,Iic relations. What firmly ,took root and flourished was his social teaching. To establish a doctrinal foundation for examining modern problems, Pope Leo turned to St. Thomas Aquinas, the 13th-century philosopher who was one of the first Catholic thinkers to systematically study questions of social ethics, often relating them to the principles of justice and law. Pope Leo supplemented this with
the advice of contemporary Catho-, lic social scientists and analysts. The result is a social teaching that takes to task Marxism and laissez-faire capitalism, the prevailing political ideology that held the state must not interfere in the regulation of economic matters and labor-management relations. "Rerum Novarum" supported the right of workers to unite, a highly controversial issue at odds with the laissez-faire philo'sophy. It further criticized the laissezfaire approach by saying the state had the obligation to intervene through laws in economic and labor matters to preserve justice and the common good.. But it opposed the Marxist concept of class struggle as the motor of historical progress. It said the common good was the result of a working together by all sectors of society, each sector with the right to collectively defend its interests. Throughout, "Rerum Novarum" defended the right ofthe church to be involved in social issues and affairs. Pope Leo's successors have kept the trend alive.
Pope visits workers on St. Joseph day VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II's first pastoral visit outside Rome in four months involved a lot of work. On most of his Italian trips, he visits a local industry but because his trip to the Marches region of Italy was on the feast of St. Joseph, the patron of worker~, local factories hosted more papal events than local churches. The pope used the occasion to talk about the 100-year-old encyclical of Pope Leo XIlI, "Rerum Novarum," on work and workers' rights. Pope John Paul was doing what he has asked Catholics throughout the world to do: celebrate the centenary of Leo XIlI's encyclical often pointed to as the first major explanation of Catholic teaching on social justice issues. Thus he went to the workers and workplaces on St. Joseph's March 19 feast day. He watched a refrigerator being assembled at an Ariston factory and paper being made by Cartiere Miliani in Fabriano. He might also have seen fi'ne men's suits being sewn for Armani, Facis and Bloomingdale's, but he would have had to look quickly after entering the Gruppo GFT plant in Matelica. About two dozen workers were chosen to work at their sewing machines while the pope walked by but once he entered the workroom they quickly abandoned their
stations to shake his hand, kiss his ring or take his picture. They gave him 14 meters (about 15-and-a-half yards) of white material for cassocks, which will go to his tailor in Rome. Things were more orderly at Cartiere Miliani a Fabriano factory, world famous for its fine paper. The pope walked the length of an automated machine which begins with a vat of pulp and ends, more than 150 yards later, with a huge role of n'ew paper. Miliani makes paper for books and office use, but also "secure", paper for money, passports and other' documents which require unusual characteristics to prevent counterfeiting. The workers showed the pope how they make paper by hand, following a method not much different from that used by Fabriano's first paper-makers in the 13th century. " They gave him a large box of handmade stationery with his image as the 'watermark, essentially a translucent water stain. The pontiff praised their "delicate" art. "Thanks to paper, human beings have the possibility of having between their hands an instrument of easy communication - the book - which still has a great market and largely remains competitive in respect to other, more modern means of information," he said.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Christ's resurrection must inspire Christians to work harder to eliminate war, promote democracy, and grant justice to "oppressed peoples," said Pope John Paul II in his annual Easter message. The pope read his messl!-ge March 31.from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after celebrating morning Mass in St. Peter's Square. The annual message is called "U rbi et Orbi," Latin for "to the city and to the world." The message culminated the pope's Holy Week activities, a liturgically busy time when he washed the feet of 12 priests, heard confessions, led a revised version of the Way' of the Cross, and baptized and confirmed 26 people, ranging in age from 8 to 58. The Easter message alluded to the Persian Gulf crisis "when a choice was made of aggression and the violation of international law; when it was presumed to solve the tensions between the peoples by war, the sower ~f death." If you believe in the resurrected Christ "you will vigorously prevent the exploitation of the poor," the pope, said. "You will say no to the lucrative arms trade." he added.' The pope supported "the longignored aspiration of oppressed peoples, such as the Palestinians, the Lebanese, the Kurds, who claim the right to exist with dignity, justice and freedom.'" Also supported were the independence struggles ofthe Soviet Baltic' republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. "From the Baltic to the Mediterranean: and itt other areas of the world, there rose in vain the voice of the peoples, yearning for respect for their own identity and their own history," the pope s~id.
The p.ope complained that "not everything was done to 'face the inexorable threat offamine which has afflicted wh~le peoples in Africa," especial)y Sudan and Ethiopia. Little was done "to stop. in that same continent,' particularly in Angola, Mozambiq!le, Liberia and Somalia"wars and guerrilla actions which try, peoples already in a precarious state," he added. The pope also pleaded for greater religious fre,edom and praised the "dear Catholic community ,of Albania, who have remained faithful to the gospel of Christ" despite decades of harsh communist rule. The pope also wished Happy Easter in 56 languages, a new record. His previous high was 55 in 1989. The pope's Holy Week activities included presiding at a revised Way of the Cross at Roine's Colosseum on Good Friday. , Several of the 14 stations lacking biblical support were replaced by others, said Msgr. Piero Marini, Vatican official in charge of papal liturgical ceremonies. Dropped were the three falls of Christ, his meeting with his mother and his meeting with St. Veronica. Added were the agony in the garden. the betrayal of Judas, Peter's denial of Christ, Christ's promise of redemption to the good thief, and Jesus o'n the cros~ as his mother and St. John watched from below. Msgr. Marini said the revised Way of the Cross is an alternative and the old stations are still valid. On the night of Holy Saturday, the pope presided at Easter Vigil ceremonies in St. Peter's Basilica. This included baptizing and confirming in the same ceremony 26 people from eight路 nations and celebrating Mass.
War showed media power VATICAN CITY (CNS)Coverage of the Persian Gulf War illustrated how the media can help people and societies or harm them, Pope John Paul II said. While the media helped people keep informed during the conflict, "we have also seen that where respect for the truth is lacking they can be a powerful force for injustice," he saio to members of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications who met last month at the Vatican. The council's president is U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley. , "T~ reporting of war, and the dramatic scenes of human suffering and material destruction which accompany it, ought to spur us to pray unceasingly for the advent of ajust peace and lasting reconciliation between all the parties involved in the Middle East crisis," the pope said. , "The instability which war necessarily leaves in its wake should move all believers to implore more intensely still from Almighty Gild the gift of that peace which the world cannot give," the pope said.
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-.' ~H,{} A REAL MAN: Father Bob Stiefvater, an avid motorcyclist, holds the "Real Men Wear Black" T-shirt given to him by parishioners at Our Lady'of Guadalupe par~sh in Milwaukee, WIS" where he is pa~tor. He got the T-shirt as part of a vocations awareness program. This month Father Stiefvater will travel by motorcycle to Mexico to serve one month in a pastoral exchange program. (eNS photo)
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,Oh darling How strong is love supposed to be Surrounded by fire and magic we long to be free It's heating, heating up Down on the streets of shame To be strong enough To fly with our love like a phoenix from the flame We've gotta have faith To work it out Faith and hope Without a doubt Give us strength to make a start Put a song in our hearts We're never gonna break down walls And build a prison with the stone 'Cause you and I know what love is worth We're gonna build a heaven on earth We're running in the wheels of fortune Turning water into, wine We're gonna make love the bottom line We're gonna find peace in our time Find some peace in our time Sweet, sweet darling When there is lightning in the sky When rivers are rising and trouble rolls in on the tide I'll keep on keeping you 'Till all your tears are dry Come out of the storm and into the warmth Of the healing 111 supply You gotta have faith And get it fast Faith and hope And let it last Give us'strength to reach the stars Put a song in our heart At the sign of the dove Love is gonna shine, shine, shine On a wing and a prayer Yeah we'l be fine, fine, fine Sweet, sweet mama , 'Do you believe in what you see The fire and the magic have faded a chance to be free We'l keep on keeping on As long as dreams are true When cities are dust it's heaven or bust In shape of me and you We're gonna have faith The road has been long Now there's hope To carry us on We'll have strength we'l never go wrong With this song in our hearts
St. Julie's youth play on Celtics' turf many prizes offered by Easter Seals Father Steven Avila of St. Julie to participants in a statewide Billiart parish, North Dartmouth, basketball shoot-out fundraising and eleven parish youth traveled effort for the organization, which to Boston Garden March 20 for a basketball clinic hosted by the . aids the disabled~ St. Julie's youth group and altar Boston Celtics' Kevin McHale. boys hosted a basketball shootI nclusion in the clinic was one of
FATHER STEPHEN AVILA and youth of St. Julie Billiart parish, No. Dartmouth, at Boston Garden for the Boston Celtics-Easter Seal basketball clinic. on March 20.
EDDIE MONEY'S "Peace in Our Time" has a great sound and offers us much to think about. The song is an extra on his album, "Greatest Hits of Money." The words of "Peace in Our Time" could refer to the way we live. Consider the impact on our world if we choose to live out the lyrics which say that because "you and I know what love is worth, we're gonna build' a heaven on earth.... we're gonna make love the bottom line." To do this, "we're gonna have faith to work it out, faith, and hope without a doubt." We need God's help and we pray: "Give us strength to make a start, put a song in our hearts." Living with faith and hope requires both a decision and a willingness to take action. It means looking over the choices we make in daily life - making choices that show love is our bottom line. I offer readers three ideas that could apply to all of us, no matter what our age or lifestyle: ,I. The church is now celebrating the season of Easter, an appropriate time to practice being a hopeful person. When life circumstances are upsetting or challenging, refuse to think the worst. Look at any current' problem as an opportunity for growth and change. 2. Earth Day is celebrated this month. Another way to demonstrate the fact that love is your bottom line is to decide upon'specific actions you will take to respect the Earth's en- vironment. 3. Make a commitment to give two hours a month to some group in our human family that needs help. Your decision and actions toward faith, hope and love as "the bottom line" turn the dream of "peace in our time" into reality. Your comments are welcomed by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635 o~t on Feb. 10 in the Bishop Stang , High School gym. Each participant had three minutes to sink as many baskets as possible. Money was raised on a pledge per basket basis, or through donations. In the hour and a half allotted the 67 participants raised over $5,219, the fourth highest total of any Massachusetts group. The proceeds will fund services in the Greater New Bedford area. Easter Seals invited the top 100 ~.oney ~aisers statewide to partICipate 10 the Celtics' basketball clinic. Among those attending from St. Julie's were Stephen Medeiros, one of the state's top 10 fundraisers with a,total of$450. Others attending were Phil Massano. Matthew Morgan, Chris Gardner, Brian Fraga and Jesse Picinisco. ~Iso, Rick Sylvia, Kelly Cordelro,Jay Viera, Eric Livingstone and Kate Toomey. Father Avila noted that Kevin McHale and his teammate Dee Brown offered basketball tips in a patient and often humorous vein. The self-described die-hard Celtics fan also noted that he enjoyed not only the success of the parish youth's first-time effort but a ' handshake from Me,Hale as well.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Theresa Watson, daughter of Westport, which received more Supremt; Court has agreed '10 reDr. and Mrs, William Watson of. than $150 in proceeds. C-C chaplain view whether prayers can be part Taunton and a sophomo.re at Father William Boffa is director of of public school graduatiori cerCoyle-Cassidy High School, the boys' summer camp. emonies under the Constitution's Taunton; has Been named the Frank Ritchie took his third, . separation of church arid state. school's representative to the 1991 Lamb Memorial Scholarship R'oad ' The case, Lee vs. Weis,man, cenMassachusetts H ugh O'Brian Race title on March 24. ' ters on objections by a Providence, Youth Leadership Seminar. R,I., man to prayers by a rabbi at The eighth annual race, sponShe is one of 200 sophomores his daughter's graduation from a sored by the Coyle-Cassidy Athletic from eastern Massachusetts who , pu blic junior high school in Association, attracted a large field will attend the June 6 to 9 con- of competitors despite cold temProvidence. ference at Bentley College in The man, represented by the peratures and grey skies, Waltham. Rhode Island chapter of the, Ritchie finished the five-mile Students from Coyle-Cassidy are American Civil Liberties Union, race in a time of 24:36, nearly two competing against ~ther area high WINNERS OF a "You Are Chosen" poster contest for won two lower court decisions. minutes ahead of second place school students in the Massagrades I through 8 CCD students at St. Thomas More parish, Attorneys for the U.S. Departfinisher Reggie Torrey. Jane Erdchusetts Mock Trial Tournament, Somerset; sponsored by the parish Vocations Awareness ment of Justice, arguing on behalf man, a Boston University law stua competition sponsored by the of school officials who want to dent, took third place with a time Team, are (front row, from left) first place winners Sam Reidy, allow Massachusetts Bar Association in the- prayers, said that "the Justin Kenney, Erik Bryan and Andrew Cichon. Standing with practice under assault is noncoerwhich students assume the roles of of 28:32. Money raised by the event funds attorneys and witnesses in mock Father John M. Sullivan, left, and Msgr. Henry T. Munroe are cive, ceremonial acknowledgement scholarships given to the most cases tried in actual courtrooms. second prize winners (from left) ChantelleMayrand, Karin of the heritage of a deeply religious outstanding male and female senior Members of the C-C team are people." Cordeiro, Mike Burton, and Jackie Diogo. Jennifer Moniz, Matthew Falco- athletes at Coyle-Cassidy. The More than 100 students submitted to the contest posters neiri, Marie Foley, Patrick Sweeney scholarships memorialize Jim and Helen Lamb, friends and beneshowing how they thought God might call them to the priestand Tom Hughes. Also, Shawn Grenier, Melanie factors of the school. hood or religious life. Each first place winner received a $50 Recent box office hits Morris, Matt Moniz, Ann Giosavings bond and each second place winner received a wall vanoni and Richard Domingoes. 1. The Silence of Ihe Lambs, , cross. They are coached by social The following diocesan students A-IV (R) at Bishop Connolly High School, studies teachers William Tranter 2. New Jack Cny, 0 (R) Fall River, are among' seniors and David Casavant and are 3. Sleeping wnh the Enemy, named students of the Month by assisted by Attorney Mark Reilly A-III (R) Have you ever wondered how a of Taunton. handled operating room apparathe Greater Fall River Elks Lodge: 4. Class Action, A-III (R) Throughout the tournament, Doberman pinscher's x-ray com- tus, observed heart monitors and Paul Charette (January), Bren'da 5. The Hard Way, A-III (R) each team tries the same hypopares to a poodle's? McCarty (February), and Jodie even saw what a CAT scan looks 6. The Perfect Weapon, A·llI (R) thetical case, the prosecution of a like. Medeiros and Philip Tavares Children from local elementary 7. The Doors, 0 (R) 17-year-old defendant allegedly in- (March). . "We look at Children and Hosischools had the opportunity to 8. D~nces Wrth Wolves, volved ina felony. Charette, son of M r. and Mrs. find out as they viewed x-rays like tals Week as an opportunity to A-III (PG-13) High school teams are vying for Paul Charette of Fall River, is these during the celebration of introduce children to the health 9. Home Alone. A·II (PG) the county championship in order coeditor of the Connolly newspaper Children and Hospitals Week at care system and the many services 10. Guilty by Suspicion, to reach the state playoff trial on and a member of the yearbook St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. and programs available. These A-II (PG-13) April 26. staff and the speech team. National Children' and Hospi- types of activities provide educaAt the recent regional science Miss McCarty, daughter of Mr. tion a~ well as ease any fears childtals Week, March 17 t'o 23, focused fair at Bristol Community College, and Mrs. John McCarty of West- on making children aware of what ren may have about hospitals," Amanda Terra won third prize in port, is a member of the Connolly goes 6n in a hospital setting. Ele- , said .paul Connolly, acting presithe senior division for her project chapter of Amnesty International, dent at St. Anne's. mentary students from St. Anne's, "Piaget's Theory of Cognitive the choir and the drama society. As the area's only center for Espirito Santo and Davql schools Development." She also received, M iss Medeiros, daughter of M r. pediatric services, St. Anne's Hosin Fall River received tours of St. the Fall River Educators Assoand Mrs. Leonard Medieros of Anne's Hospital's radiology, oncol- pital has established a reputation ciation Award. Fall River, is a member of the ogy, emergency, pediatrics, physi- for its state-of-the-art equipment Jeffrey renney won the Marine basketball and soccer teams. She cal therapy, and cardiac rehabili- and its outpatient clinics in, cardiScience Award for his project, has been active in the foreign tation'departments during the ology, neurology, endocrinology, Recent top rentals "Do Different Colored Lights language club, yearbook, and week. They walked on treadmills, , growth and nutrition, 'and orthoUpset the Circadian Rhythms of student government. pedics, staffed by speCialists who 1. Flatliners, 0 (R) Drosophila and Kalanchoes?" Tavares, son of Mr. and Mrs, rotate to Fall River on a monthly 2. Arachnophobia, A-II (PG-13) Manuel Tavares of Westport, is a Senior Melanie Rodriques, a basis from the New England Med3. Air America, A-III (R) member of the school's community member of the National Honor During Holy Week, students ical Center and New England Bap4. Death Warrant, 0 (R) service program, and program Society, the photography club, and faculty of Dominican Acad- tist Hospital, both in Boston, and 5. Pump Up the Volume; director Michael Cote, chairman ,Amnesty International, ski clu/>, 'emy, Fall River, gaihered in the Lakeville Hospital. A-IV (R) of the school's religion department,. drama club and the track team. He school chapel each day for prayer. '6. Darkman, 0 (R) have been',invited by the volunteer is also an Eagle Scout. Students read Gospel passages, 7. The Exorcist III, A-IV (R) bureau of the United Way of Also named students of the psalms and petitions and sang songs 8. Die Hard 2, 0 (R) Greater Taunton to participate in month were <;:ara.M c Dermott, of praise to,commemorate Christ's 9: The Two Jakes, A-III (R) a panel discussion on topics that (January), and Eric Hatfield journey to Calvary. concern young volunteers. . The Parent and Friend Steering , 10. Navy Seals, A-III (R) (February). ' O n Wednesday of Holy'Week The workshop, intended to access Preparations are underway for stude-nts dramatized the Stations Group of Holy' Family~Holy Name or initiate, student volunteer Connolly's seventh annual, Post of the Cross, and' on Thursday a School, New BedforQ, will hosta' workshop on successful parenting ·programs,will be held April 26 at Prom party to be'held May 17 to seder meal was shared by faculty Morton Hospital, Taunton. 18. Bishop Connolly 'was among , ,and s'tudents. Matzos, apples, bitter, 7 p.m. April 8 in the school gym. The Coyle-Cassidy community the .'{irst schools in the area to· ", 'herbs: spices and grape.juice were " Topics to be addressed include play, communication, behavior service program involves more than spoJlsor a chemical.-free graduatioQ ,eatenafter thesedh'blessing, and List CQIItesy 01 Variety 60 seniors in various agencies celebration and in 1987 the school· ,students learned about the Passover management and health. The pro~ gram will be presented by Karen General ratings: G-suitthroughout the Taunton area. received a state' award' in rec-' Meal that Jesus shared With the . Four pairs of competitors were ognition of its effort to provide .' ,disc!Q!e; a~ his -Last Supper. ' " Cassidy, a cO'nsultant to schools able for general viewing; PG-named champions in the sixth ~tudentswithan e,xciting,chem~- , '.:Also:'during Holy, Wee~, s~u'- . and former special 'needs teacher. 13-parental guidance strongFor information contact the school annual Coyle-Cassidy two-onctwo Ical-free celebtatl,on as ,an al- dent's', made, crafts for a craft sale ly,suggested for children under at 993-3547. basketball tournament. After elimternativeto privately-hosted PQst· which raised $275 toward a free' 13; PG-parental guidance The Glee Club will meet on ination rounds played in the course prompartiesa~'which,alcohol w.~s meal for the hungry and poor'" of three days, seniors Mike Simp-, served. suggested; R-restricted, .un'. ." : served at the Rocking Hor~e Res- ' April 9, 23 and 30 'to prepare for the "Disney Magic" show to be son and Dave Cleary emerged as ,Events planned for this year's tau rant in Fall River on Easter. suitable for, children or young' champions of the boys' junio'rPbst Proiniriclude an "African The DA H orne and School As-' h~ld in May. tee'ns. . ~ drug awareness workshop'for senior division, while Greg Napier' Big Game Hunt," "cinema horse sociation will sponsor a dancefrom Catholic ratings: AI-apgrades'5 through 8 will be held and Ryan Powers. captured the, racing," a "ju,ngle challel!ge," and '6:30 to 9:30 p.m. tomo'rrow in the proved for children and adults; A~r~1 II. ' boys' fres'hman-sophomore title. a'senior slide show. A dawn break- school auditorium. In the 'girls' divisions, Tara fast and a prize'for a pair of lu~ky, Students will jump rope for the', A2-approved for adults and ,''', The Beginning Emond and Erica Ploude were couples will top off the festivit,ies: " American Cancer Society during ad'olescents; A3 -approved , ' gym classe's next week. ' junior-senior champions ,and "And so let us always meet each for adults only; A4-separate Jessica Wronski and Laurie Poyant Hazards of the Job Kindergarten and first through other with a smile, for a smile is the classification (given films not were top freshman-sophomore com"If w~ are intenc;ied for great third grade students will attend a beginning of. love, and once we morally offensive which repetitors. ends, we are called to great productiop ofTlie Wizard ofOzat begin to love each other, naturally The biggest winner, however; hazards.," - John Henry Cardinal quire some explanation); 0the Zeiterion Theater in New we want tO"do something.': was St. Vincent de Paul Camp in Newman Bedford April 12, Mother Teresa morally offensive.
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O;L, V.ICTORY, CENTERVILLE . LaSALETTE SHRINE, Applications for OL V/ OL H ,Guild ATTLEBORO Vincent & Rose Curran and Father Movement-Dance Workshop with Sister Patricia Curran, SND, 10 Tom McMorrow scholarships may be obtained at OLV parish office a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13, Good News and Barnstable H.S. guidance office; Room. Participants will I~arn to they must be returned to parish express praYer through gesture and dance. Sister Curran, who resides in . office by April I I. "Managing the Jamaica Plain, is a teacher and cho- Teenage Years: Who's in Charge?" workshop for parents of teens and reographer and founder of Extenpreteens 7:30 p.m. April II, parish sions and The Liturgical Dance center. OLV/OLH Guild meeting Company. Preregistration is rePUBLICITY CHAIRMEN CHRIST THE KING, MASHPE~ noon April8, parish center. Mass of quired. Ire alked 10 submit news Ilems for Ihll Catholic Women's Club meeting Thanksgiving for completion ofOper"Bringing Healing into Relacolumn 10 The Anchor, P.O. BOil 7, Fall 7:30 p.m. April 10, parish hall; rides: RIver, 02722. Name of clly or town should tionships" workshop 10 a.m. to 5 ation Desert storm 5: 15 p.m. Sunday. Lecky Tolchinsky, 428-1290. be Included, a. _lIa. full date. of allactivp.m. April 20, Good News Room. ST, MARY, N. ATTLEBORO llI.s. Pl......nd news of future ralher SACRED HEART, NB Led by Sister Philomena Agudo, than pastev.nts. Note: We do nol normally Healing service and Sunday Mass Catholic Charities Appeal recepcarry n.ws of fundralslngactlYltles. We are FM M, PhD, the program will help with Father William T. Babbitt 2:30 happy 10 carry nolle.. of Ipiritual pro- . tion for past solicitors and those willparticipants learn to develop more p.m. Sunday. gram., club meetings, youth prolectl and ing to help this year 7 p.m. April 9, effective relationships and to deal similar nonprofit acllvilies. Fundrailing ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB parish hall. If attending give name to with relationships that have resulted prolects may be advertised at our regular First communion children will be rates,.obtalnable from Th. Anchor buslFather Clement Dufour or call parin animosity, rejection and emotional nail offlce,lelephone 875-7151. measured for robes at April 8 class. ish office 993-1204. wounds. Information: 222-5410 beOn Slearing Polnls Items FR Indlcat.. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN tween 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Fall RIver, NB Indicates N.w Bedford. CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Grade 2 "Celebrating New Life" Healingservice with Father Andre . Women's Guild meeting and pot- . liturgy 9:30 a.m. Sunday, followed Patenaude, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday. ST. PATRICK, FR luck supper 6:30 p.m. April 10; husby parent meeting, church hall, and Women's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. bands and guests invited. Guest ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET April 8, school hall. Guest speaker speaker will be Joe Vaudo. . Women's Guild meeting and din- coffee and donuts. will be from St. Vincent de Paul ner 7 p.m. April 9, parish center. ST. ANNE, FR ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Society; all invited. Girl Scouts reading program and First year confirmation candidates ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FR SECULAR FRANCISCANS and adult advisors will conduct "A Exposition and veneration of sleepover at St. Anne's school toSt. Francis of Peace prefraternity night. Cub Scout committee meeting Loving You, Loving Me, Banana Blessed Sacrament after 8 a.m. Mass of W. Harwich meeting 2 p.m. April 7 p.m. Sunday. Blast," a lock-in retreat for grades 7 today until 5:45 p.m. First Saturday 14, Holy Trinity Church, W. Harand 8, 9 p.m. April 13 t09 a.m. April devotions to Blessed Mother after 8 K orc wich. Father Edward Healey will 14. a.m. Mass tomorrow. Knights of Columbus membership celebrate Mass and speak on "St. drives to be conducted this weekend: ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Francis' Approach to Peace." A Council 9444 at Corpus Christi Adoration of Blessed Sacrament Women's Guild monthly meeting roundtable dialogue on prayer will parish, Sandwich; Council 82 at St. following 8 a.m. Mass and conclud7:30 p.m. April 17, parish center. follow. Information: Dorothy WilJoseph's parish, Taunton. Open ing with 7 p.m. Holy Houreach First Members asked to bring vase or liams, 394-4094. houses for prospective members Friday. small basket for flower arranging Sunday: Bourne Council, 2 t04 p.m. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S activity. Vote will be taken on by.ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON at Buzzards Bay headquarters; FR CLUB,NB law revision. Maryknoll Father Larry Burns Council 86 I to 5 p.m. at Council Annual Bishop's Night 6:30 p.m. will speak at Masses this weekend. TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL Home, 1492 Columbus Dr., FR; April 10, Wamsutta Club, County Planting trees, painting and genCATHEDRAL, FR Falmouth Council2 p. m. at Council St., NB. eral cleanup of patient greenhouse is Purgatorial Society monthly Mass hall, Brick Kiln Rd. Falmouth scheduled for April 21. Youth and 9 a.m. tomorrow. Council blood drive 3 to 8 p.m. April environmental groups seeking an 234 Second Street 16, COllnr.il hall. WIDOWED SUPPORT Earth Day community service pro, • Fall River, MA 02721 N B . widowed support group HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO ject are invited to participate. Inmonthly meeting 7:30 p.m. April 8, • • Web Offset Liturgy board meeting 8 p.m. April formation: Sandy Epstein, director St. Kilian rectory basement. InNewspapers 9, of volunteer services, 824-7551 ext. formation: 998-3269, 992-7587. • Printing &Mailing 127.. ST. JULIE BILLIART, , (508) 679-5262 Attleboro area meeting 7 tonight, • N. DARTMOUTH St. Mary's parish center N. Attleboro; ·CAPE IRISH CHILDREN'S Mass of anointing for sick. Father William Babbitt will celebrate PROGRAM handicapped, elderly 3 p.m. April A few openings are left for famiMass. A silent auction will follow. 14;. a meal will foilow. Meal reslies to host a child from Belfast, VINCENTIANS, CAPE c)m ervations by April?,. Transportation First Class Second Class Northern Ireland for two to six Cape Cod and Islands District available; call the rectory, 993-2351. weeks this summer. Information: First Class Presort Carrier Route Coding Council annual communion dinner Claire Watts, 477-0055, or Elaine 5:30 p.m. April 27, O.L. Cape ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR· Third Class Bulk Rate Zip Code Sorting Mazerolle, 888-3337. Church, Brewster. Reservations: Paul St. Anne's Hospital will host a Third Class Non Profit List Maintenance Saint, 896-5546, by April 15. CATHEDRAL CAMP, reception in honor of the late Dr. All TO USPS SPECIFICATIONS E. FREETOWN Wilson E. Hughes noon April 12. ST. MARY, MANSFIELD St. Patrick, Falmouth, youth Nannery Conference Room. A Catholic Women's Club meeting Cheshire labeling on Kirk·Rudy 4·up ministry retreat today through plaque will be erected recognizing 7:30 p.m. April II, parish center; labeler. And Pressure Sensitive labeling Sunday. Tres Dias men's retreat Dr. Hughes' contributions to the program will be spring concernt by April 11-14. Inserting, collating, folding, Fall River medical community and Mansfield H.S. choir. Elaine Jackson proclamations from the offices of metering, sealing, sorting, addressing, ST. JAMES, NB heads the refreshments committee. Governor William Weld and Mayor sacking, completing USPS forms, CYO will meet in church parking Mass with sacrament of anointing Daniel Bogan will be presented. direct delivery to Post Office lot 2:30 p.m. Sunday to travel to of the sick for shut-ins, sick and ... Printing . .. We Do it All! production of "Oliver" at New elderly II a.m. April 20. A dinner sr. THERESA,S. ATTLEBORO Bedford H.S. CCD children's Mass will follow in parish center. InDeacon Robert Pelland will Call for Details (508) 679-5262 9:30 a.m. Sunday. formation: 339-2981. conduct "Free To Be Me," a nine week series on self-esteem and selflove, to meet 7:30 t09 p.m. Thursdays beginning April II. Sign up sheets at church entrances.
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ST. STANISLAUS, FR Holy Rosary Sodality meeting I: 15 p.m. Sunday, school. High school youth ministry meeting after 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Application dead-. line for Women's Guild scholarship is May I; information: school office, 674-6771. Father Robert Kaszynski will preach during services at Temple Beth EI 8 p.m. April 12 and Rabbi William Kaufman of Temple Beth EI will speak at evening prayer at St. Stan's 4 p.m. April 14; reception will follow in the school. All invited to bot h services. ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Parish council meeting, 8 p.m. April 8. Application deadline for Women's Guild scholarships April 15; information: Marion Linhares, 759-3320; Bunny McKenna, 5637365. 5 p.m. Sunday evening Mass has been discontinued .. ~ NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, FR Women's Guild supper 5 p.m. Sunday; entertainment by Four Hands Round square dancers. ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Holy hour 7 tonight. Coffee social after all Masses Sunday. Youth Mass II a.m. Sunday followed by bowling party. Youth ministry board meeting 7 p.m. Sunday. ST. DOMINIC SWANSEA The first of four classes for adult confirmation preparation will be held 7 p.m. April 8. Holy hour 7 tonight. HOLY NAME, NB Parish council will host muffin social after 9:30 and I I a.m. Masses Sunday. .j
ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, ATTLEBORO St. John Evangelist School alumnus Attorney Dan Blake will speak on "Wills, Probate and the' (New) Health Care Proxy" at Ladies' Guild meeting 7 p.m. April 10, school meeting room. Question-answer period will be included. The public is invited. SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS FR area meeting 7 p.m. April 9, O.L. Grace Church, Westport. Speaker will be Dorothy Levesque. NB area meeting 7 p.m. April 10. Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth; Father Mark Hession will speak on annulments. Information: Father Matthew Sullivan, 993-2442; Becky Camire, 998-5153. Attleboro area meeting 7 p.m. April 14, St. Mary's parish center, N. Attleboro; information: 695-616 I. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Ladies' Guild supper 6:30 p.m. April 9, parish center. Business meeting including election of officers will follow. Vincentians Harvest Sunday April 7. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Volunteer appreciation luncheon Sunday.
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V ATICAN CITY (CNS) - The church "energetically condemns" political violence and drug trafficking in Colombia, Pope John Paul II told the country's new ambassador to the Vatican. "The unavoidable problems and challenges of the present moment are surely obstacles not easy to overcome," he said last wee'k at a ceremony to receive the credentials of Hernando Duran Dussan. "Frequent attacks and crimes continue leaving a sad sequel of suffering and death in mlJ.ny Colombian homes," the pope said. The pope condemned "terrorist and guerrilla violence, torture and kidnappings, abuse of power and the impunity of certain cdmes, drug use and the abominable crime of drug trafficking." Current constitutional reform efforts to stabilize democracy should enshrine "ethical principles which are the patrimony of the
Christ ia n conscie nee of the· Colombian people," he said. "We cannot forget that many social and political problems have their roots in the moral order," he added. Colombia is a main center of cocaine production, much of which is smuggled to the United States. The huge sums of money generated from the illegal traffic have made drug barons powerful figures with their own militias that have carried out abductions and killings. Shortly before the pope spoke, on March' 19, 34 people died throughout Colombia in political violence. Also on March 19, Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo of Popayan, Colombia, was kidnapped and released by guerrillas. He had been trying to mediate·. between the government and the rebels.