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Holy Spirit to be focus of meeting

Casino stand is explained by bishops

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope John Paul II asked all Catholic bishops' conferences to send representatives to Rome for Pentecost, June. 7, to "entrust to the power of the Holy Spirit the church and her mission among all nations of the world of today and tomorrow."

The invitation was contained in a papal letter to bishops marking the 1,600th anniversary of the First Council of Constantinople, which defined the divine nature of the Holy Spirit, and the 1,550th anniversary of the Council of Ephesus, which proclaimed the divine motherhood of the Virgin Mary.

The 21 page letter stressed the importance of the ancient councils for such contemporary issues as ecumenism, church renewal and the vocations cri!!is.

"These great anniversaries cannot remain for us merely a memory of the distant past," Pope John Paul said. "They must take on fresh life in the faith of the church."

The pope said Pentecost celebrations - with ceremonies in St. Peter's and St. Mary Major basilicas - will allow the entire church to renew together "the inheritance that we have received from the Pentecost u.pper room in the power of the Holy Spirit."

He urged each bishops' con路 ference and each patriar<:hate and metropolitan province of the Easter-Rite Catholic Church to send one or more representatives to Rome for the servi<:es.

The pope expressed hope that the councils of Constantinople and tphesus, "which were, expressions ~f the faith taught and professed by the undivided church, will make us grow in mutual understanding with our beloved brothers in the East and in the West, with whom we are still not united by full ecc:lesial communion."

But he said the Catholic Church would not abandoJll its special veneration of Mary, which has sometimes been an obstacle to ecumenical pro~:ress.

The Second Vatican Council, the pope said, "summarizes in felicitous words Mary's unbreakable relationship with Christ and with the church."

He slJid the effect of the Holy Spirit on the work of renewal initiate<l by the Second Vatican Council is crucial for internal church unity, for the flourishing of vocations. to the priesthood Turn to Page Six

The Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts - Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston; Most Reverend Bernard J. Flanagan, Bishop of Worcester; Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River; and Most Reverend Joseph F. Maguire, Bishop of Springfield have issued the following statement on casino gambling: During the past few months, the issue of casino gambling in the Massachusetts towns of Adams and Hull has gained a great deal of attention. We are certain that the same issue will continue to be a topic for lively discussion during the months to come both in the media and at the state legislature. For this reason, we are deeply conscious of a serious obligation to the citizens of Massachusetts, to our own parishioners and to the legislature to communicate our views on this complex issue.

From the very outset, we should state that simple games of chance done primarily for amusement are not immoral in themselves nor are they categorically forbidden by the teachings of the Church. However, we do believe that there is a major diff-erence between these simple games of chance and casino gambling.

We are familiar with the arguments proposed in favor of casino gambling: the possibility of increased jobs for local residents and the possibility of increased tourism in the areas in which the casinos are located. However, we are not impressed by these arguments inasmuch as we have received reliable information prompting serious questions about the alleged benefits.

Many responsible surveys show that whatever gain in tax revenue may be achieved is purely speculative. In some places where casino gambling has been permitted the rate of unemployment among local people actually increased. Moreover, predictions concerning the 'rise of tourism are not only purely speculative but also vary widely.

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In point of fact, we are more persuaded by the argument brought forth against casino gambling. Every grqup making a study of this que!!tion recognizes the danger o~ organized crime involvement and the potential for the corruption of public officials.

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Moralitv. of • energy Issue is explored

NC project opposed by newspapers WASHINGTON (NC) - The creation of a Video-Audio News department at the National Catholic News Service was announced by Richard W. Daw, Director and Editor-in-ehief. Opposition from members of the diocesan press immediately surfaced.

Daw said the new department, funded by the Catholic Communications Campaign, will enable NC to extend its activities into the television and radio fields while maintaining its primary role of serving newspapers.

The diocesan press, however, through Msgr. John P. Foley, chairman of the Catholic Press Association-NC liaison committee, strongly criticized the NC project.

In a letter to Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Msgr. Foley, editor of the Catholic Standard and Times of Philadelphia stated that . the CPA~NC liaison committee voted 5-2 in March to oppose NC's expansion into radio and TV and that he and the other committee members were caught unaware by the news, less than a month later, that NC was going ahead with the new department without further notice. ·According.· to Msgr. .FoleYi reasons. for liaison ..committee 'disapproval are: 1. "NC is a self-supporting agency of the' USCC which receives its funding in large partin fact almost entirely-from the payments made in proportion to circulation by newspapers which subscribe to the service."

2. "The CPA-NC liaison committee and many editor-members of the CPA have a long history of opposition to NC involvement with electronic media becauseas weekly newspapers particularly-diocesan newspapers are not eager to see materials from the service they are supporting and to which they previously had exclusive rights to publication being supplied to competing media.

Pilgrimage Fall River pastors need not worry·if they see and hear some 40 young people at their church doors in pre-dawn hours of Good Friday. CYO members of Espirito Santo Church, Fall River, led by Father Edmond Rego, associate pastor, are making a penitential candlelight pilgrimage of 14 Fall River churches, beginning at midnight Holy Thursday.

A brief service of prayer and song will be held at each church door, said Father Rego.

The pilgrimage route will extend to Santo Christo church on the west, St. Jean Baptiste on the south and St. Anthony of the Desert on the north: At its end the young people will return to Espirito Santo for breakfast.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. bishops have published a major new statement, "Reflections on the Energy Crisis," calling on policy-makers and Catholics to address energy issues "with moral insight and commitment."

The statement treats the entire range of energy issues, including plusses and minuses of various energy sources, just distribution of energy, and moral dimensions of energy policy.

SCHEDULE for HOLY WEEK SERVICES for 1981 at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption PASSION SUNDAY, April 11-12, 1981 The Solemn Blessing of Palm, Procession and Mass will be celebrated at- 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 11, 1981.

MASS OF CHRISM, Tuesday, April 14, 1981, 4:00 P.M. This is an especially appropriate occasio n for all members of the Presbyterium to join in concelebration with the Most Reverend Bishop. Every priest who wishes to concelebrate at the Mass of Chrism is asked to bring amice, alb, cincture and stole and to assemble in the Bishop's chapel in sufficient time to form the procession.

Holy Oils may be obtained in the Cathedral Vestry following the Mass of Chrism and from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 15, 1981 at the Cathedral Rectory.

HOLY THURSDAY, April 16, 1981 The Mass of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated at 7:00 P.M. GOOD FRIDAY, April 17, 1981 The Celebration of the Lord's Passion will be held at 3:00 P.M. HOLY SATURDAY, April 18, 1981 .The Vigil Service and Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 7:00 P.M. EASTER SUNDAY, April 19, 1981 Bishop Cronin will be the principal celeb rant of the Mass on Easter Sunday begining at 10:30 A.M. on WLNE, Channel 6.

CONCELEBRANTS The Palm Sunday. liturgy to be celebrated at 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral will be offered by Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin. The concelebrants will be Msgr.

Thomas J. Harrington and Rev. George W. Coleman. The deacon will be Gerard Hebert, with Eugene Orosz and Frank Mis as deacon chaplains.

Msgr. Harrington will read the part of Christ in the Passion with Deacon Hebert as narrator and Father Coleman taking the other parts of the narrative.

The Chrism Mass, to be offered at 4 p.m. Tuesday, will have Bishop Cronin as principal celebrant and diocesan clergy as concelebrants. Deacon Hebert will serve and John Schondek and Manuel Camara will be deacon chaplains.

Deacons Leo Racine and John Cwiekowski will be Bearers of the Oil of Catechumens; Rev. Edmund Fitzgerald and Rev. Thomas Lopes will be Bearers of the Oil of the Sick; and Msgr. Henry T. Munroe and Very Rev. John J. Smith will be Bearers of the Chrism.

Designated concelebrants will include jubilarians Clarence D:Entremont, 45 years; Rev. Joseph O'Donnell and Rev. Lucien Jusseaume, 40 years; and Rev. Gerald Shovelton, Rev. Bento Fraga, Rev. Armando Annunziato, Rev. James Clark, Rev. Paul Connolly and Rev. Paul McCarrick, 25 years.

Other designated concelebrants will be Rev. William Davis, SS.CC., Rev. Cyprian Sondej, O.F.M. Conv., Rev. James J. Doherty, C.S.C., Rev. John Foley, S.J., Rev. John Bavaro, O.F.M. and Rev. Thomas Paris, M.S., representngreligious order priests.

Also Rev. Timothy Goldrick, chairman of the Priests' Council; Msgr. Luiz Mendonca, vicar general; and Msgr. James Gleason, representing retired priests of the diocese.

Bishop Cronin will celebrate the Holy Thursday liturgy with Msgr. Harrington and Rev. Jon-Paul Gallant as concelebrants. Deacon Hebert will serve and James Meloni and Benjamin Nogueira will be deacon chaplains.

The bishop will preside on Good Friday with Msgr. Harrington as celebrant, Deacon Hebert serving and Paul Metilly and Eugen e Orosz as deacon chaplains.

For the reading of the Passion Msgr. Harrington will take the part of Christ, Deacon Hebert will be narrator and Father Gallant will take the other parts.

For the Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Bishop Cronin will be principal celebrant and Msgr. Harrington and Father Coleman will be concelebrants. Deacon Hebert will serve and John Schondek and Maurice Lavallee will be deacon chaplains.

Master of ceremonies for all. Holy Week services will be Msgr. John J. Oliveira.

"The threat of war, the danger that scarcity poses for the poor - such considerations are reason enough for the church to take part in the national discussion of energy," remarks the statement. "Further, energy is one ·of those touchstone issues like arms control or the limits of federal power whose resolution will profoundly affect society in the 21st century.

The statement was developed by the bishops' Committee on Social Development and World Peace and was approved for distribution by the Administrative Board of the U.S. Catholic Conference. :; . , Seeking to "arouse sensitivity to human considerations which are often ignored," the statement lists six moral principles that ought to govern development of energy policy.

-The right to life. While acknowledging that no energy strategy will be risk free, the statement urges energy planners to do all in their power to safeguard human life. "They must especially avoid exposing people to danger without giving them the opportunity to accept or reject that danger," the statement says.

-Responsible stewardship of the environment. "There is no question that, in our present state of knowledge, we cannot obtain adequate energy supplies without imposing some costs on the environment," the statement remarks. "But surely our response should not be to alienate ourselves from nature."

-Accepting necessary sacrifices. The statement urges that if sacrifice for the common good is necessary, it should be accepted in a Christian spirit.

-Striving for a more just society. The statement notes that the energy debate is not about abstractions but about "war, famine and suffering." It also notes that public discussion of energy policy has been sharply polarized and wonders how a more just social order can result when advocates for one position or another refuse to consider opposing arguments.

-Special attention to the needs of the poor. The poor and those subject to discrimination must have an adequate energy supply, the statement says.

-Participation in decisionmaking. The statement says a broad spectrum of groups and individuals should take part in formulating energy policy.

Sacred Heart concert set.

Sacred Heart paris::l, Fall River, will sponsor a public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the church. Choristers from the Second Church of Newton, directed

by David Carrier, from 1967 to 1977 organist at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, will be heard in a program ranging from Renaissance to contemporary sacred music.

Carrier is a graduate of the New England Conservaltory of Music, from which he holds degrees in organ and choral conducting and where he studied under Yuko Hayashi and Lorna Cooke deVaron. While at the Conservatory he was assistant conductor for Mrs. deVa,ron and also conducted the school's Repertory Chorus.

He has been heard in recitals in Boston and New York. At present he Serves on thE! faculty of the All-Newton Music School and Choral Society and the choir of Mt. Ida Junior College.

Madeleine Grace, choir direc. tor and organist for Sacred Heart, will be organist for Sunday's concert, for whic:h there will be no admission charge.

Victims got last rites WASHINGTON (NC) - Last rites were administered by a Viatorian priest to the three men wounded in the attack on President Ronald Reagan at a Washington hotel March 30.

Father Joseph Donahue, 76, described as a long-time member of the Building and Contruction Trades Department of the AFLCIO, gave the last rites to. Timothy J. McCarthy, 31, a Secret Service officer; Thomas K. Delahanty, 45, a Washington police officer, and James Brady, 40, Reagan's press secretary, shortly after the three were gunned down.

Father Donahue could not be reached for comment. He is' assigned to the Viatorian provincial center, Arlington Heights, Ill., in the Chicago Archdiocese.

McCarthy belongs to St. Francis parish, Arlington, Va., Delahanty attends St. Joseph's parish, Washington. He also received the last rites in the hospital from Father R. Joseph Dooley, a chaplain for the Washington police and fire departments. Brady is Episcopalian.

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MSGR. JAMES E. GLEASON, former pastor, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Father James A. McCarthy, present pastor of 81. Patrick's parish, Falmouth, from left, at banquet following 50th anniversary Mass of thanksgiving. (Poisson Photo)

St. Patrick, Falmouth, marks 50 years "For the wonderful way in which this parish community has responded to the Word of God . proclaimed here over these many years, for the wonderful way in which you have allowed the sacraments to transform your lives, we give hearty and humble thanks today to Almighty God," said Bishop Daniel A. Cronin to the people of St. Patrick's parish, Falmouth, gathered March 22 to celebrate the church's golden jubilee.

The bishop was principal celebrant of a Mass of thanksgiving at which retired Msgr. James E. Gleason, St. Patrick's pastor from 1953 to 1977, was among concelebrants. Also concelebrating were Father James A. McCarthy, present pastor, Father Francis X. Wallace and Father Columban Leonard, OFM, associate pastors, and many priests of the diocese.

The Mass was followed by a jubilee banquet.

Parish History Circumstances surrounding the foundation of St. Patrick's, if not unique, were at least unusual, notes a history book issued in· connection with the jubilee.

In 1928 the parish of St. Thomas, Falmouth Heights, was established because Bishop Daniel P. Feehan, then Ordinary, did not wish to upset the late Father Thomas Kennedy, whose parish included all of Woods Hole and Falmouth, by raising the then St. Patrick mission to parish status.

Eventually, however, practical considerations prevailed and in 1931 St. Patrick became the parish and St. Thomas became its mission.

At that time Father James Coyle was named, the first pastor of St. Patrick, succeeded in 1938 by Father John J. Kelly.

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By 1949 the parish had grown to the extent that it was necessary to double the church's seating capacity. At the same time the sanctuary was enlarged and a basement was constructed to serve as a parish hall. The new facility was blessed' by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy on May 15, 1949.

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Again the sanctuary was renovated, bringing it into conformity with conciliar liturgical directives, while religious education classrooms were provided. for . the parish hall.

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Head and Heart Together It is becoming more and more obvious that a pressing need and want in today's church is adult education. The need exists because so many Catholics do not know even the rudiments of good theology.

There might be more people going to prayer groups and encounter sessions. However, in many cases, their grasp of fundamental church teaching, especially in biblical areas, is overpowered by emotional responses that sometimes appear to be substitutes for that teaching.

Frequently, the more faith tricks you appear to perform, the bigger the crowd you can pack into a church. Much of this situation, of course, is due to those who brought the atmosphere of the oldtime tent revival to television. What is emerging in some areas is an Elmer Gantry atmosphere of conflict and confusion occasioned as far as Catholics are concerned by a plain lack of good sense and truthful theology.

The very fact that people are seeking the Lord in various ways is indicative of their thirst. People hflve a need. More and more do we see men, women and young adults reaching out for the Lord and often finding only an illusion. .

For a time, a Disneyland Jesus can seem to' satisfy one's longing, but fantasies soon shatter in the face of life's reality. The head must be fed as well as the heart. Between the two there should be a blend and a balance. At present, it seems that much work remains to be done to effect such a union.

In the practical order, fulfillment of spiritual needs and wants must be accomplished where people live, work and pray. For too long have many in the church community dreamed dreams of adult education that were in reality idealistic nightmares. Great schemes, drafts.and proposals have been put forth to uplift the level of faith knowledge.

Unfortunately, they have been so far removd from what is needed that they have ended in a heavenly heap.

If the need to know is to be met, it must be done within the framework of pastoral ministry. All the diatribes of speculative theologians and church divines have little effect on a population that is neither reading them nor listening to them.

Support must be given to the grassroots efforts seen in many lay ministry programs. If there is one area that offers more than a remote possibility of bringing the Good News to the people of God, it is that of proven and dynamic lay ministry programs.

Yet in themselves these programs have little effect on the majority of Catholics unless they are implemented on their home turf, the parish. It is in the parish that adult education will find its greatest challenge and its greatest hope.

All the training programs in the world will be futile unless they are geared for and implemented in the neighborh~ds where people have their hearts and homes. In today's SOCIal order people are trying to combat spiritual dehydration. They yearn for the waters of faith.

Development of lay ministry training programs on the parish level would indeed bring together the gifts of head and heart, leading the. faithful to the Easter waters of joy to be found in the Savior's fountain.

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF .fALL RIVER Publis~ed weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 .

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Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.

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EDITOR Rev. JOhn F. Moore

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'Swing back doors, higher yet; reach higher, immemorial gates to let the King enter in triumph! Who is this great King? It is the Lord of Armies that comes here on his way triumphant!' Ps. 23:9-1

The vocation

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Without a doubt, one of the greatest problems facing the church is that of the world-wide vocation crisis. It is hard to speak of God calling men and women to the priestly and religious life when there are so many other voices that compete for our attention. Most articles concerned with the vocation crisis go to great lengths in determining the severity of the problem and in pointing to a variety of causes.

Often we confuse causes with symptoms. Obviously, parents become the first factor to consider. Parents spend hours taking their youngsters to rollerskating, ice-skating, dancing, sporting activities, school events, music and art lessons and scout meetings, all to make sure the children are well-rounded in their interests and well-adjusted to their peers.

When any of these activities conflicts with religious education or a church-related event, there is no question that the former take precedence. Priorities are far out of focus and there is little wonder that youngsters are growing more and more distant from the church.

There is a false sense of prosperity prevalent in today's parochial life. Catholics have achieved much financial success in the suburbs and parochial school closings in these prosperous

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unites all efforts to assist the areas have slowed.

Many of the faithful have de- . parish in ministering to its peovoted long hours to helping their ple. Prayer may not pay the bills schools directly through ser- but it makes what is being paid vice or indirectly through fund for worth the effort. raising.

The strength of an organizaParishes have been able to tion can never be determined meet the growing burden of fuel solely by its financial position. expenses in the same manner. The wealth of the church is in However, no combination of its"'Sustained ability to keep the bingo, tax exemptions or tuition sense of eternity alive in the tax credits can .hide the fact hearts of men. that there is a crisis upon us of The number of youth willin8 unprecedented proportions. to devote themselves fulltime to Financial success can never the task of keeping alive that be equated with spiritual suc- sense .of eternity is a surer sign cess. Catholic schools in them- 'of strength or weakness than a selves do not asSure a strong financial position.

Catholic Church for tomorrow.

Each culture and age hflve facBishops and priests must work tors either conducive or nontogether to see that these conducive to the promotion of schools are not Catholic in name that mission. only. Religious sisters and CathThe abundance of choices olic laity must see to it that the open to our youth can be almost sacrifices made by the faithful overwhelming; and if parents do· reap a fruitful harvest. not encourage prayer in the famThe key factor, in my opinion, ily, nature will seek to fill the is prayer. There is little use in vacuum. Those not fortunate speaking of God's call if no one enough to discern their calling is listening. Prayer should be the through prayer may find their central factor that keeps the lives consumed by the pursuit of family and the Catholic school passing pleasures. both together and Catholic.

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WIIO cares?

I sat in a small group listening to a police officer from our community teU about .~he rampant loneli:ness he finds in suburbia. "nlere's this older couple that calls us about once a month at 10 or II o'clock at night because the:, hear a prowler. They don't l"llally hear one but they haven't got anybody else around to talk to and they just get lonely. We go through the motions of checking around with our flashlights and then they ask us if we'd likEl a cup of tea.

"If we don't have any pressing calls, we sit and talk for 15 minutes. The only other people they see are those at the grocery once a week. They don't have any real problems but they need to know that somebody in the community cares about tht!m."

This column on the gospel value of caring about others isn't going to take families to the Third World or even to the Catholic Worker House. Rather, it's going to force us to look at deep human needs in our own neighborhood, our own community.

"Tell them not to send me flowers. Tell them to come and talk with me," says the mIddle-aged heart patient whose s:Jdden retirement from an active 路working life is harder on him than his angina.

"I appreciated your c:olumn on relieVing trapped young mothers occasionally but what abaut

those of us with elderly at home.

What a pleasure it would be to have just a half-day a month to shop, to visit a friend or just do nothing. But nobody offers to babysit the old," writes a reader from a small town.

"Do you know of anybody who will offer a home to an unwed pregnant 16-year-old?" asks a school counselor.

"The Meals-on-Wheels people are out of drivers."

"We're in desperate need of foster homes."

"Who can care for my first grader till I can get home from work?"

"My son is on drugs and it's ripping our marriage apart."

"Will somebody drive me to church?"

On and on the verses go. A chorus of human needs - right in our own neighborhoods. U's so much easier to admire Mother Teresa than to listen to the ramblings of the pre-alcoholic housewife down the block or to invite an obnoxious youngster over because his single mother is working and won't be home for three more hours. Not nearly as romantic as selling everything and serving the poor but a lot more realistic and just as valid in the fabric of life.

The people in our communities may not be physically needy but many are spiritually hungry, others emotionally starved. They are ,our needy and we can be

A truly cold war David Stockman m:ay unwittingly be doing the R,eagan administration'a disservice by talking so much about his philosophy of government. Some of his statements are so conservative they make even Calvin Coolidge look like a liberal.

People are not "entitled" to any federally funded !locial service, Stockman said during a recent appearance on "Issues and Answers." "I don't bEllieve that there 'is any entitlement, any basic right to legal services, or any other kind of services. . .

The idea . . . that almost every service that someone might need in life ought to be prc)vided, financed by the government as a matter of basic right, is wrong.

We challenge that. We reject that notion."

If Stockman's hard-nosed ideological p~'Onouncement accurately reflects the thinking of the new administration, it's going to be a long cold winter fOl' the poor and the disadvantaged. Stockman has bluntly put them on notice that the administration is prepared to eliminate any federally funded social program in order to balance the budget.

While it is true Stockman is prepared for now to pUll a "safety net" under the "truly" needy, his statement indicates he does not believe even the truly needy are "entitled" to路 such protection.

Many church-related social agencies have already expressed their djsagreement w::th Stockman's coldblooded social philos-

ophy, charging that the administration's approach to budget cutting lacks compassion.

Their criticism shouldn't surprise Stockman. As a former Yale Divinity School student, he must know the majority of religious authorities in social ethics disagree with his philosophy, holding that citizens are entitled to certain essential services from their government in cases of necessity.

Pope John XXIII summarized Catholic tradition on this issue in the encyclical "Pacem in Terris": "Experience has taught us that unless these (government) authorities take suitable action with regard to economic, political and cultural matters, ine.qualities between the citizens tend to become more and more widespread, especially in the modern world, and as a result human rights are rendered totally ineffective and the fulfillment of duties is compromised."

The encyclical points out that governments must "make efforts to see that insurance systems are made available to the citizens, so that in case of misfortune or increased family responsibilities, no person will be without the necessary means to maintain a decent standard of living."

The majority of Protestant and and Jewish social ethicists agree.

Church social agencies do not oppose federal budget cuts in principle; they understand the need to trim the budget and curb

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God's Samaritan to them in an otherwise impersonal society.

It's important to remind ourselves that our language presumes two meanings in the phrase, "to care for." It means both love and physical care.

Caring isn't a passive verb but one that means doing as well as loving. That's why the ultimate put-down is a snide, "Who cares?" That's why the gospel tells us love without action is not love.

This week's assignment: 1.

Who are the people in our square block area who a) are lonely and would like to have us visit or would like to come here? b) need to be needed? c) need after school child care? d) have elderly at home and need occasional relief? e) need someone to drive their children to activities after school? f) need to be relieved occasionally as young parents? g) are afraid to go out after dark? h) don't have a ride to church or shops? 2. If we can't answer, how can. we go about finding out? 3. What person or family will we be God's presence to this year?

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inflation. They argue, however, that many of the proposed cuts will cause the poor and disadvantaged undue hardship.

Church groups are not about to get involved in a partisan controversy with the administration. But if Stockman's philosophy prevails in the administration, the chttrch agencies will have no choice but to break with the administration and stand up for the rights of the poor and disadvantaged. They will not repudiate their own social philosophy for the sake of currying favor with this or any other administration.

Having already declared their political independence regarding the El Salvador crisis, I would fully expect them to do the same with the administration's budgetcutting proposals.

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My pal Lizzie has been dieting, which means that a coat, worn with leather pants, small black cloud has de-路 fur-cuffed boots and a fur hat scended on our small office. rammed over a face scarf. Very Low calories cause low spirits.

She has, as usual, been working the crossword puzzle, and telling me what I am doing wrong, which she considers her gravest responsibility. But her heart has not been in it. Still, in the interests of cutting a svelte figure at her daughter's law school graduation, she was slogging on, morosely munching apples, drinking diet soda, sighing until, that is, she saw the New York Times Sunday Magazine fashion report from Milan.

"I'm suffering so I can look like THIS," she stormed.

I could see, what she meant. 'l'he picture was of a model peering out of swaddlings of wool, mohair and leggings. She looked, for all the world, like a Mongolian yak-herder.

"A wide-shouldered sweater over pleated balloon pants," the caption reverently informed us.

I tried to be noncommittal.

She might be, I pointed out, the only mum at the graduation to show. up in a Mongolian yakherder's outfit. On the other hand, she might not. Either way, I suggested, she would establish herself as a trendy, and perhaps spark off a discussion of animal husbandry in Asia in the ranks of the proud parents.

Another sketrh showed us Mariucci Mandelli's puffy kneelength pants and rounded-sleeve kimono jacket, over floral-print jodhpurs. It was the very thing, obviously, if you wanted to be taken for a Japanese female . wrestler heading for the bridle path on her day off. Lizzie had had in mind a black and white print, with ruffles at the neck and sleeves.

The New York Times kept up the bulletins from Milan, but almost every day brought to us more evidence that Italian couturieres were chipping away at her motivation. As Lizzie said, as each new picture showed a layered, padded, bunched, rounded-hip silhouette, she had already achieved it.

The pregnant-porcupine look, I guess you would call it, almost drove her back to french fries: a mohair sweater, voluminous around the waist, coming to a halt in mid-thigh, and worn over leg-warmers that bagged around the ankles.

"My ankles," wailed Lizzie.

"The only thing thin about me."

On another day, we found a picture of pleated knickers worn over leg-warmers and a wafflestitch cardigan the perfect thing, obviously, for a golfing weekend at the polar ice cap.

But a graduation?

Then there was the sheepskin

spiffy for a guard on the Afghanistan border, but the graduation is in Boston and Lizzie had been thinking of a picture hat.

I have been trying to figure out what it all means. Some years ago, at the height of the Che Guevara craze, the New York Times had a picture of a fashionable woman wearing a jungle-camouflage jumpsuit, with a bandolier of live bullets draped over her shoulder. It was a cocktail-party statement of support for leftist risings.

Perhaps terrorism has invaded the ranks of Italian high-fashion?

Frankly, I had been looking to Secretary of State Alexander Haig, who can usually be depended on to inform us immediately of Soviet infiltration of any area. If he had told me that the Red Brigades had taken over alta moda, I would have doubted him.

You don't have to be a CIA agent to figure it out. Western women will be dressed like bag ladies. Men will shun them. Procreation will fall off sharply. The Soviets will bury us with their birth rate.

But since nobody in authority will confirm this theory, I am toying with another. I tell Lizzie the Italians may know something we don't know. I think they think nuclear war is inevitable - as indeed a man from the White House hinted the other day. If you look at their creations more closely, you will see that for bomb-shelter apparel, they make all kinds of sense. If you're padded, layered, rounded, you won't have to worry about grabbing extra clothes as the siren shrieks. You could definitely come as you are. You would be completely outfitted for lying down on a concrete floor until the all-clear sounded, if it ever did. The Italians, not for the first time in their long history, are opting for survival.

I tell Lizzie that she should not completely close her mind to the yak-herder ensemble. On Capitol Hill, people are talking about taking old folks to National Guard armories during the cold weather. If, in years to come, she can't pay her fuel bill and has to take shelter with the Guard, she will probably be the best-dressed woman in her row of cots.

On the diet, it could go either way. She's at a crossroads now, brooding about macaroni and cheese and scallope(i potatoes.

"Why not?" she asks. Looking at the latest from Milan "voluminous medieval capes wrapped over swinging leather shorts" -- I don't have an answer.

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Bishop cites papal support NEW YORK (NC)--Bishop Arturo ,Rivera Damas, apostolic administrator of San Salvador, EI Salvador, said at the start of a one-week visit to the United States that Pope John 'Paul II has encouraged him to continue his efforts for "mediation and dialogue" among the wamng forces in his country.

"Military. aid from outside our country cannot assist in solving our internal problems," the bishop said at a press conference at the CathoHc Center in New York.

He stressed that ,the pope was "satisfied" with the Salvadoran bishops' efforts to seek political" dialogue.

Since Jan. 10, he said, the Democratic Revolutionary Front, which previously had refused to work with the government which came to power in 1979, has "seen the necessity of seeking a political solution by means of

dialogue and mediation," A recent list of alleged subversives issued by EI Salvador's armed forces--including at least eight priests and two lawyers working for a Catholic agencywas described by the prelate as representing a "very intransi c gent" viewpoint and one which "would not bring about peace," The church is asking for mediation because civil war can only result in "the shedding of blood," he said, and the church wants a solution "with the least tbloodshed possible."

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Human dignity and freedom are essential for peace, Pope John Paul II recently told teachers and students of the Rome-based NATO defense college.

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C~A kicl~off The traditional kickoff meet-· ing launching the annual Catholic Charities Appeal will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. The appeal funds maintenance and expansion of diocesan charitable endeavors.

In his 11th year as appeal chairman, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be the meeting's keynote speaker and also to be heard are Msgr. Anthony M.

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Gomes, appeal director, and V. Vincent Gerardi of New Bedford, 1981 lay appeal chairman.

Opening and closing prayers will be offered by Msgr. Luiz J. Mendonca, diocesan vicar general, and Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan chancellor.

Audience singing will be led

by Kenneth Leger and the Buddy Braga group will provide band music. A social hour will follow the program.

Casino stand Continued from page one Inasmuch as the action in casino gambling is hard, fast, and nonstop, it occasions a marked increase in compulsive gambling intensified by offers of credit to players who run out of money.

There is a considerable amount of data indicating the negative effects on the poor and elderly who often are forced out of their homes to make room for the construction of casinos or who find it necessary to relocate as prop-

Holy Spirit Continued from page one and religious life, for growth in the lay apo~tolate and for ecumenism.

The pontiff urged bishops to preach about the tWQ anniversaries on Holy Thursday, April 16, and on other occasions "in order that in every local church and every community of the church they may similarly be recalled and lived as they deserve," In connection with the letter the Vatican announced. that Pope John ;Paul had asked rectors of ecclesiastical universities in Rome .to organize an international theological Congress on Pneumatology, the study of the Holy Spirit.

Thelogians of other Christian denominations will be invited to attend the meeting, the announcement said.

erty values are affected because of the presence of casinos. . Finally, we are familiar with many other studies indicating the harmful effects of casino gambling on the social fabric of communities. These include the stimulation of illegal gambling, an increase in the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the introduction of prostitution.

In light of the above, it is our firm conviction that the introduction of casino gambling in anyone of our Massachusetts communities will result in the shift of control from local people to control by the gambling industry. We contend that rather than solving a commun· . ity's economic problems (a real temptation in these days. of Proposition 2Yz), casino gambling would result in higher prices, higher taxes for local residents and businesses, an increase of crime, an influx of negative elements into the community and a displacement of the elderly and the poor. We are convinced that whatever new jobs might be created, few would be for local people.

We, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts IJ,re alarmed by numerous negative effects casino gambling woul~ have upon the citizens of the Commonwealth. For that reason, we voice clear and categoric opposition to any attemp~ to lega~ize casino gambling in this state.

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FATIlER JOHN OZUG, fact that m~ new deacons St. Anthony's parish, East are quite unaware of the inner Permaaeot -Dtaconate DIrector will speak on div~ Falmouth, workings of what might be term- .

CLOSED SUNDAYS ed clerical Hfe as it now exists orced and separated Cath'I1ds aeries _o'artleJes Is offerDaily Deliveries to Otis, Ba~nstable County Hospital, ed to' Qat ... reactera to further a in most areas of ~ Ro~n rite: olics at the annual convenTobey Hospital, Falmouth Hospital Not· -,,"to labor the point,it tion of the Diocesan Council ~.vlew of the: married 12 McARtHUR BLVD. BOURNE SO. ROTARY, BOURNE should'be taken into considera-' clwlc hi todaJ'iI cbuieh as. reo . of Catholic Women, Saturfleeted .In tile ~ dill- tion by all in·,~ churc:b,. that, Tel. 759-4211 and 759-2669 conate.. ' like it or not, priestsb$-fe de- day, April 25, at C~~ sidv Him School Taunton. ./ veloped .a ~nicw.e life. style.

It would 1» foolish toet;im' ·By force "of .the.fi: c1eric8I celithat a e:Utanddrled diaeonal formation.. 9J'Ogram':coukt;. ,qteet bacy, theY .~. ··ll1Jtlle .natEFFECTIVE,APRIL 1, 1981 everY ...eea· of the o~t1'ea­ ural plus.' .~~:;"··Signs of bachelorhOoC1 OPQie"pUtely·psycon. No program can give;. deaIf y~u've been watching annuities, perbaps it's time to con all that he really needs' to chologicallevel, this is to be ex. be effective in' all areas of his pected~ consider, or at least take a moment to compare them In addition, this life style has witness, once ordained. to the CAPITANN! In this diocese, for .~xample, aspects peculiar to. rectories. the program for the 1982clas8 Many priests, often rightly, ANNUITY ACCUMULATION 14% - 1 YEAR of deacons bas already been guard their privacy of the rec12.5% - NE'XT 4 YEARS modified as the result of an hon- tory, not because they seek to est evaluation of the effective- hide from reality but because SURRENDER ACCUMULATION 11 % - 5 YEARS ness of the original program. reality has made them, for so MINIMUM GUARANTEES: 5.5% YEARS 6 - 10 New and needed courses have much of their time, such public 4 % THeREAFTER people. been added, others have been At first, upon encountering Annuity interest rates are edging downward and perhaps it's time to try eliminated. The program has and obtain competitive annuity interest rates coupled with long term been extended by four months, such situations, a deacon might and tax deferred interest accumulation. while the approach to minister- be a bit taken aback, feeling that 1 .guarantees .--.- __ ial assignment has been com- he is being cut off or that he is not really a brother cleric. pletely renovated.

But deacons should realize that FOR FREE INFORMATION This is as it should be. A diaALTERNATE INSURANCE CONCEPTS priests have, over the years, deconal program should constantly FILL IN ATTACHED COUPON P.O. BOX 367 evolve, otherwise it will fail to veloped their own clerical "sysOR CALL 993:,195.

FALL RrVER, MA. 02720 give the church the best possible tem." The new men must have patience and understanding as candidates for ordination.

NAME. Please Check If Interested Many areas of development for the first time they see some Please Print of the more difficult aspects of , need particular attention: for in- DISABILITY INCOME ADDRESS . stance, that of homiletics. As clerical life in a new light. ·········sirelii·and··Numblir·· - JUVENILE LIFE "INSURANCE preachers of the Word, deacons -- MORTGAGE INSURANCE CITY. . must not only be steeped in the Through Neighbor -- RETIREMENT INCOME STATL . .. ..... ZIP COOL Word itself but must be effec-- BUSINESS LIFE INSURANCE "It is through our neighbor YOUR AGE ...... '" PHONE .. tive in passing it on to their that we ought tQ love God and - 1I0SPITALIZATION YOUR OCCUPATION ... .- IRA RETIREMENT ANNUITY brothers and sisters. that we will show that we love Some deacons will excel in him." - St. Catherine of Siena their public delivery of sermons, others will preach best at a bed" side alone with the dying. Whatever their capabilities, they must also be aware of their limitations.

A problem that may develop with the newly-ordained, be he a 26-year-old priest or a 46-yearold deacon, is that of enthusiasm.

Some deacons feel they are the saviors of their church. Fresh in spirit and primed with updated knowledge, they could become (During the Lente'n season all purchases accom. insufferable, bearing witness mainly to a personal ego trip. have a donation 10% panied with this ad Fortunately, this reaction has been minimal among deacons.' in your name to the Catholic Charities.)

However, where -even slight manifestations of such tenden.cies exist, the church is not well served. .

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A longtime resident of Fall River, she retired .from work in the garment industry and was active in senior citizen organizations.

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church grows ROME (NC) - The Catholic Church is thriving in the Ukraine and other parts of the Soviet Union despite continued persecution by the communist government, according to Cardinal , J~sip Slipyi, the exiled 89-yearold archbi-shop of Lvov in the Ukraine.

The Ukraine is one of the 16 republics in the Soviet Union.

In a lengthy report published in the current edition of, the newsletter of Aid to the Suffering Church, a private 'organization which sends funds to Cath- . olics in Eastern Europe, the cardinal said there are about 4 million CathdHcs in the Soviet Union who remain faithful to the Vatican.

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At Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in New Bedford, for instance, a Portuguese-language program on the theme of family harmony, prayer and love was video-taped arid shown in segments on cable TV over a 10-day period, thus sharing it with thousands in addition to its original audience.

At, St. John ,the Baptist, New Bedford, another Portuguese program was interpreted, in sign language for the hard of hear- : . ing; while at St. Joseph's, also : New Bedford, many parishioners were found to be living in nurs- • ing homes and Vincentians ar- : ranged transportation for them : to the Advent program.

And at St. Mark's parish, At- ~ tleboro Falls, where an evangelization program was already underway, We Care/We Share nevertheless turned up 140 families not previously on the parish rolls, while 64 persons asked for a meeting with a priest.

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An especially rewarding part of We Care/We Share, said Father Goldrick, was the number of persons encountered who wanted help in untangling mar· riage problems. And many unbaptized child!:.en have received baptism as a result of the home visits, he said, citing 27 children who received the sacrament in ~ one parish alone. Also discovered have been many homebound elderly, now being visited by members of pa~ish Legion of Mary units and Eucharistic min- : isters as well as by priests.

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The report carried photos of the 10 bishops who were imprisoned by the Soviet government in 1945 and have since died, but it gave no further information on the other deaths.

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"We have priests, monks, sisters, numerous vocations and a clandestine hierarchy," Cardinal Slipyi said. "The athei~tic system has not been able to destroy

By Pat McGowan the faith.", ' A key sign of the church's vi· Remember that Sunday last tality is the large number of vo- November when thousands of cations, especially among young volunteers blanketed the diocese, doctors, engineers and lawyers, clutching pink report sheets, St. the cardinal said.

Francis prayer cards and census He quoted from a Jan. 8, 1980, envelopes? letter received from a bishop in Aiming to ring every doorbell hiding: "Soon I will ordain the in Southeastern Massachusetts, new priests who study theology they were participants in the by mail. Our nuns take written mammoth diocesan We Care/We questions to the candidates and Share outreach program. then take back the answers. The And they did a superb job, oral examinations take place in says Father Timothy Goldrick, spring or summer, outdoors. the intense young architect of Then the ordinations follow."

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The report also describes the "It couldn't have been more life of a young priest named efficient," he says.. "It was all Father Mykola, who was ordain- we hoped for." ed in 1975 with 11 others in the But what's been done about the basement of the home of "truststatistics gathered, the contacts _"! ,worthy people." made on that sunny afternoon?

At the ordination, each new Did they go into a giant compriest received a case resembling . puter, emerging as a neat printa shaving kit which contained out now gathering dust on a diliturgical equipment - a small ocesan shelf? glass, a colored ribbon to use as By no means, says Father Golda stole, and tiny bottles contain· rick. "Computenzation would ing water and wine. have taken the infOrmation away When Father Mykola cele- from the parishes, where it bebrates Mass, the report said, longs," he said. each Catholic arrives with a Instead, he ran the entire prosmall piece of bread, wrapped in gram from St. Lawrence parish a napkin: in New Bedford, where he is asBut when the young priest is sociate pastor as wen as wearnot performing priestly duties, ing a couple' of other hats as "he returns to being a simple So- president of the diocesan priests' council and an advocate for the viet worker."

Cardinal Slipyi warned against marriage tribunal.

At St. Lawrence,·truckloads of believing t"at the communist governmem would 'assist the Uk- We Care/We Share materials destined for distribution through-_ rainian. Catholic Church.

"Within the communist sys- out the diocese were initially tem, there is no place for· t~e stored in three unused rooms of church," he said. "We cannot the former Holy Family High expect the true good of the School. church from a regime which by Father Goldrick collated par'ish leaders' kits, callingolt\,the its nature must fight God."

We Care/We occasional assistance of a sister, Mrs. Dennis Pelletier, and who,ever else "came at the wrong time."

So frugally was the operation run, he said, that out of the three roomsful of materials barely a shoebox full was left over.

Only one glitch occurred in the printing and distribution phase of the project, he said. That came when a New Jersey printer, seeking to deliver envelopes to Father Timothy Goldrick at St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, wound up in' Lawrence, Mass., looking for St. Timothy's Church.

And, for a young man uninterested in statistics at the outset of We Care/We Share, they now roll trippingly off Father Goldrick's tongue. Some 165,959 visits were made by 10,130 visitors on that November afternoon, w~th 99,141 census cards deliver~ ed.

Seventy newspaper ads in '13 papers explained the campaign, as did 292 radio stations recorded in both English and Portuguese by' Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Arid 35,000 colorful bumper stickers, still visible on nearly that many cars, spread the mess· age throughout and beyond the diocese. The bumper stickers, in· cidentally, have been responsible for several out-of-state queries about the program.

A whopping 59.73 percent of homes visited turned out to be Catholic and only 3.75 percent of all homes in the 1,184 square mile diocese were .unreached, said Father Gildrick, indicating, he noted, the persistence of visitors. And in a typical parish St. Mary's 'of Seekonk -,.Where

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Goldrick, parish cooperation in It was during that year, he the campaign was an unbeatable said, that the original idea of a 100 percent. census broadened to include How did Father Goldrick get evangelization - reaching out in his daunting assignment? Act· friendship and concern to both ually, he said, "it wasn't too Catholics and non-Catholics." burdensome. It took a lot of And once We Care/We Share hours, but they were spread out publicity began, ecumenical reover a long time and never inter- sponse to the project was most fered with my fuiltime parish encouraging, said Father Goldwork." rick.

He said he had always been A special mailing to area interes.ted in evangelization and clergy explained what was going had closely followed the work on and one of the coordinator's of Paulis Father ~lvin Illig, most rewarding moments came, coordinator of the U.S. bishops' he said, when he escorted a New Evangelization Committee.

Bedford rabbi and his students "But you can't minister if you on a tour of St. Lawrence don't know how many people Church. are involved and where they are," "He had no idea 1 had anything he said. Hence, as an associate to do with We' CarejWe Share, pastor at St. Margaret's parish, but during the tour he saw a Buzzards· Bay, he 'began explor- poster about it and carefully exing the visitation aspect of parish , plained to his students what it outreach. was and what a good idea it "When Bishop Cronin was was. I was overjoyed!" looking at ways to celebrate the Other ecumenical gestures in75th anniversary of the diocese clueled an invitation to Father in 1979 he thought about door' Goldrick to explain the program to door visitation," expla1r;ted at a Council of Churches meetthe coordinator. "And Father' ing and a' discussion of it on an· Ronald Tosti, in char.ge of ju- interchurch radio program. And bilee planning, had hl'ard . about the theme., was picked up by a "Followup is of critical immy work in Bl.lzzards Bay and Mattapoisett Congregational portance in convincing people asked me if' I'd be interested in church when it acknowledged a that We Care/We Share was working on a dfocesan census. donation frpm St. Anthony's par- more than a one-shot effort," "Initially, it seemed an enor- ish, Mattapoisett, to its window 'noted Father, Goldrick. mous task - to visit every home fund.

In a way, .he's doing some in Southeastern Massachusetts "You cared, you shared," followup himself. We Care/We - but when we started break- wrote the church members in Share has convinced him he ening it down into parts it became their thank you note. joys statistics and research to more manageable.

An important part of We the extent that he's embarked "To begin with, I met at least Care}We Share was an Advent on - a genealogical study of the monthly for a year with a 'think' program held by each participa- Goldrick clan.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Q. Dear Mary: I read your column about reaching OIlt to other people. I thiDk that is Dice in a neighboihoocl, but it is not the c;oneem of, the ehurcb.

A. You remind me of a dear friend, Linda, who is a model for reaching out. Widowed with Ask for Creed at your favorite Jeweler's, three children, Linda copes with Religious Shop or Gift Store. the challenges of her rather difficult, life by giving to and ceiving from others.

Often she invites <; ~ple to her .home. When she needs help such as baby sitters for her children, she calls those who have In a Chrlst-cen~ Ccmrrmm'ty offered to help.

Shan! LOVE With The ••• She is the prime mover behind a local:'club for singles, widow• poor ed and divorced persons. She • )'OUDI has taught Die much about the • elderly condition of widows and about ~. lonely • opImlUed reaching out to others.

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Hospitality differs from entertaining others. We entertain to repay social obligations, impress others, develop social ties or simply to enjoy. Hospitality, on the other hand, means sharing what we have wiij) others in a spirit of love.

Hospitality does not demand a return for our generosity, yet it graciously allows the other to share whatever gifts he offers in return. ~tertaining often means overwhelming the guest to demonstrate our affluence or largesse.

Viewed in this light, the obstacles to hospitality virtually disappear. ''These are inflationary times," some' might say_ "We're struggling to feed our own family."

Yet hospitality involves sharing what we have. It does ,not require steak and lobster but thrives on soup or stew or even bread and cheese lovingly shared. Those two great models of hospitality, Dorothy Day and Catherine de, Hueck, shared watery soup, but they senred it day in and day out with dignity and love. ' "There is no time," others object. "In our family the adults work aD(~ the children have so many activities that we simply can't find time." Nonsense.

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ter of selecting priorities. If hospitality is important, it deserves high priority. Make time for it by dropping less important activities.

In trying to practice hospitality, start small. Perhaps there is one neighbor, one fellow parishioner, one family 'you want to know better. Invite them for a meal.

Perhaps a neighboringCQuple has no, relatives in the area.

Make their children. welcome and offer to house the children for a night or weekend if the need arises.

Let's not forget our children's fpends. Most children are hospitable, eager to have friends over. Too often we begin to regard their friends as a nuisance. Let us encourage and support, our children's hospitality. Instead' of criticizing, let us see their efforts as a'mQdel for, greater generosity in ourselves.

Hospitality means, putting a welcome sign on our homes and our hearts. Relieving loneliness.

Getting to know others better so that we might love them more fully. Sharing what we have ina spirit' of love. Giving without demanding a return. Hospitality means' living and loving as a Christian.

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During the past week I was the commentator for two fashion shows that included young people and once again I realized that there certaiIily are a lot of nice kids around.

The second show featured a great deal of prom wear and it was great fun to watch the youth get just as excited'ADout dressing up for that very special night as we did a long tiqle ago.

Today, of course. the boys make almost as st~ .. pic-

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ture as the' young ladies a~d I gather that they are every bit as fussy as to color and style of formal attire as are their feminine counterparts. One unusual touch this season for the young man who likes just the touch of drama will be a matching cowbQy hat (watch out, J.R.).

'The evening gowns for young women are just about as pretty as can be, complete with ruffles and bows. Materials are those of summer dreams-pique, eyelet, dotted swiss-and, like sugar candy, they spin themselves into beautifully simple j3owns.

Many have spaghetti straps of self material or of contrasting ribbon, others float off the

shoulders with tiny pleated ruffles forming an old-fashioned neckline. Lavender, lilac, orchid and a dozen· in-between shades are colors of choice.

There are times in life, even for the strongest ERA supporter, that call for romantic looks with all the trimmings. Proms are one of those times.

I'm sure most of us remember with great nostalgia our first prom dress. Well, today's dresses are just as lovely, even more so, because they're more natural looking, and it's retlly delightful to see our young people have a few romantic even.ngs before the realities of life encompass them.

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Iteering路pOintl ST. RITA, MARION The Light of Christ prayer group will meet at 8 tomorrow night at the rectory.

Vincentians will meet at 1. p.m.

Saturday. Sunday meetings are the senior high discussion :group at 7 p.m. and the parish council at 7:30 p.m.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER All CCD students through 8th grade Will participate itt t~he Palm Sunday ,H~urgy 'and should meet in the church at 9:4f, a.m.

The Women's Guild is offering a scholarship to a senior high school student whose mother has been an active guild member for the past five years. AppliC:iJtions are available at high school guidance departments and mu.st be submitted by April 24..

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA -Parish youth will meet tonight to plan a May dance, a May dinner for older parishioners and a June weekend in New Hampshire.

DEAF APOSTOLATE, FALL RIVER DIOCESE Diocesan chapter members of the International Catholic Deaf Apostolate will celebrate their 15th anniversary with a banquet Saturday, June 13.

The chapter's Easter Mass and social will take place at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday at St. Mary's Church, South Dartmouth. Festivities will include an Easter egg hunt and an Easter parade.

A captioned movie, "Blackbeard's Ghost," will be shown at 2 p.m. Saturday in the cafeteria of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River.

CARDINAL MAURICE ROY, 76, has resigned as archbishop of Quebec, Canada's primatial see. HE~ will be succeeded by' Auxiliary Bishop Louis-Albert Vachon of Quebec.

Cardinal Roy, archbishop of Quebec for 34 years,. is also military vicar for Canada.

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SECULAR FRANCISCANS, NEW BEDFORD Our Lady Queen of Angels Fraternity will meet at 10 a.m.

Sunday in Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St. Mass will follow a formation and' business session. New members are welcome.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NEW BEDFORD Altar boys will rehearse Holy Week services at 9 a.m. Saturday.

DIOCESAN COUNCIL, FALL RIVER DISTRICT Reservations for a bus from the Fall River area to the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women convention to be held Saturday, April 25, at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, will close Thursday, April 16. Further information is available from Mrs. Rudolph Ouellette, 674-4050.

ST. JAMES, NEW BEDFORD The Ladies' Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Arts and crafts will be on display and Louise Freeman of Bristol County Agricultural School will show slides on patchwork and quilting.

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A parish that works together

By Sister Barbara An:o Mayer

At Most Pure Heart of Mary Par. ish, Topeka, Kan., nearly 1,000 volunteers, one-third of the adults, help in parish programs: - A teachers aide in the CCD program says she feels it is important to show children that adults do have faith.

- A man thinks it is "rewarding to know you are part of all the things happening in the church."

- A woman got involved with Birthright to help pregnant women find alternatives to abortion.

- A young man taught a Scripture class because he wanted to share his theology background.

- A couple heads the marriage and family life committeeas their contribution to parish life.

'Parishioners are lectors, cantors, organists, liturgy planners,

ushers, greeters, catechists, clerical helpers, phone volunteers, . visitors of the sick, sacristy helpers, publicity designers and committee members.

"There are more than 35 people involved in the various Sunday eucharistic celebrations alone," Father Thomas Culhane said. "The parish just couldn't survive without volunteers."

How do so many people get路 involved?

Each year in August, the parish holds a Volunteer Sunday, emphasizing that everyone has talent and is called to serve.

People are asked to take a two- . year commitment to serve on one of eight committees.

Personal contact is a key to the parish's success. "There are so many things drawing people that unless they ~re told they are really needed, they probably won't volunteer," observed Father Phil Winkelbauer. "Many

don't feel they have the expertise, so we give them training," added the associate pastor.

Robert Bacic, religious education coordinator, emphasized the importance of giving volunteers specific tasks. "It's devastating to ask people to serve and to provide no follow-through," he said.

For the parishioners' part, they indicate that as volunteers they provide services and in return are given an outlet for their talents.

A senior citizen, for instance, who takes communion to nursing homes, said, ~'God's been goo'd to me and I want to do something for him. I hope my visits make the residents feel they are still part of the parish."

At Most Pure Heart of Mary, staff and parishioners communicate the feeling that they can meet most needs if they work together.

Life-sustaining communities

By Father John J. Castelot St. Paul reacted rather negatively when he heard that some Corinthian Christians were filing civil against other ChrisToday's Good Samaritan might be found delivering tianslawsuits of their community. groceries for the elderly.

The more one reads and reflects on Paul's letters, especially First Corinthians, the more one is struck by the supreme importance he attaches to the idea and reality of Christian comBy Father Philip J. MumioD then, perhaps parishes should provide support so that people munity. No matter what specific The parable of the Good Sam- will not feel they are alone problem he may be treating in . aritan contains Jesus' basic les- when they reach out to their his parishes, the underlying conson on caring for others but its neighbors. cern always seems to be that of point is often missed.

It seems to me that people do . community.

After describing the two neg- want to help one another but Christians are not just a group ligent passersby and the Sam- fear often restrains them from of like-minded individuals who aritan who helped a man who following their best intentions. happen to get together for dialhad been beaten and robbed, Fear can even keep family mem- ogue and common effort. They Jesuus asked, "Who was the . bers from reaching out to each are united in a person, Jesus neighbor?" .

Christ. They become, in a very other.

The Samaritan became the Another obstacle to caring for real sense, a corporate person. neighbor by getting involved in others can be lack of informaThe unity of Christians is thus the victim's situation,by finding tion. People often do not know not accidental or simply funcout what the victim neeaed. This what needs other people actually tional; it is organic, life-giving, is what parishes do when they have. What a difference it can life-sustaining. reach out to their own members make when people see for themChristians don't so much form and to others in their communi- selves the needs that exist. community, as tlte community , ties.

A third obstacle. can some- forms them. This has obvious Once members of a parish times be found in the growth of implications for their mutual, staff were asked to list known agencies..Sometimes people feel interpersonal relationships. Its obstacles to fostering a sense of that they are already helping implications for the relations of community among parishioners. meet needs through their taxes. Christians to society at large, One said, "People do not under- They may also feel that pro-. while not so obvious, are no less . .stand what Christian charity fessionals are better equipped to real and serious. help the needy. means."

It is a community that ChrisOn the other hand, anyone tians demonstrate in a fragmentSomeone suggested that this implied the staff should work on familiar with agencies' knows ed world that people united in teaching what charity means. how limited their help can be.

Another staff' member said, Nothing can replace personal "People simply will not reach care. Parishes should counterout to help neighbors who are act this idea that all the charity that is needed in society is availhaving troubles."

Why so, the group was asked. able through- professional agen"Because they are afraid," a cies. Many parishes nowadays priest responded. "People do not monitor agencies to make sure know whether they will get in the intended services are proover their heads. They also fear vided. And they are helping make their offer to help may be re- people aware of the help available to them.. sented."

Caring for each other is cenI find this exchange quite illu-. minating. For it seems that fear, tral to the Christian wOy路 of life.

1. A surburban Minnesota parrather than a failure to understand the meaning of charity, ish is involved in bail hearings can be a major obstacle for al- in city courts. most anyone. To overcome fear, Turn to Page Thirteen

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Christ Jesus really can live together in love and understanding, peace, harmony and mutual support.

If Christians fail to give this witness, they are not fulfilling their Christian vocation; if they give a contrary witness, they are contradicting their very reason for being.

These considerations help us to appreciate Paul's reaction to the situation he faces in First Corinthians, Chapter 6. It has

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come to his attention that some community members are filing suits against fellow Christians in the civil courtS,!'I. ' ".:' Today we may find nothing unusual about this - it is the accepted thing. But Paul was not of our culture and so viewed matters rather differently.

He may have had in the back of his mind the little Jewish communities scattered throughout the empire. These communiTurn to page thirteen

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By Janaan Manternach

Some Jewish enemies of Paul followed him from Antioch and Iconium to Lystra. They arrived shortly after Paul cured the crippled man. They could 'hardly believe that the people of Lystra wanted to worship Paul and Barnabas as gods.

"This man Paul is not the god Hermes," they told their friends in Lystra. "And that fellow Barnabas is certainly not your god Zeus."

"How can you be so sure of that?" the Lystrans asked them.

"We saw them cure a crippled man before our own eyes."

"They are tricksters, troublemakers," the hostile visitors answered. "People in Antioch and

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Iconium became so angry with Paul and Barnabas that the two were driven out of the cities.

In fact, at Iconium they escaped just in time. The leaders of both the Jewish and Gentile communities were ready to stone them."

The whispering campaign against Paul and Barnabas was successful. Gradually t.he people of Lystra turned against them.

One .day a mob surprised Paul and his disciples in a city street, picked up rocks and began to throw them at Paul.

Stone after stone struck llim.

His disciples could do nothing to protect him. Finally Paul fell to the ground but people continued to throw rocks at his still body.

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A Paixao Do Senhor A entrada triunfal de Jesus em Jerusalem, narrada pelos quatro evangelistas, para todos constitui motivo de admira9ao: sendo costume de Jesus f~­ gir a qualquer publicidade e explosao do entusiasmo popular, permite agora que 0 povo, que viera a festa, lhe preste uma ruidosa homenagem as portaE da cidade santa. 0 que realmente tera acontecido, torna-se dificil de saber.

Joao sugere que a manifesta9ao se dilui pelo Monte das Oliveiras, enquantc Lucas apresenta Jesus a entrar deste modo na cidade ate ao temple. Seria isto possivel? ~ sintomatico que 0 .Sanedrim, tao afa.noso em buscar indicios de provas contra Jesus, nao aludisse a este facto na acusa9ao perante Pilatos Dos relatos evangelicos deEreendese tratar-se de: uma manifesta9ao popular em que Jesu.s e aclamado como Rei e Filho de David, as portas de Jerusalem, em virtu.de do entusiasmo nascido do prodigio da ressurrei9ao de Lazaro, ou da cura dos do~s cegos de Jerico. As aclama.90es do povo serviriam para definir 0 caracter da manifesta9ao, mas as diferen9as neste ponto entre os evangelistas nao permitem deduzir uma uniforrnidade de ideias. Na men te do povo, 0 sentido damanifesta9ao nao era bern claro; teria urn matiz mais profane: Jesus foi aclamado como Messias nacional, como libertador do povo. Os proprios apostolos nao compreenderam a inten9ao de Jesus ate depois da Ressurrei9aCl do Senhor.

Na inten9ao dos Evangelhos, a manifesta9ao tern claro sentido messianico. A narra9ao de Mateus, de acordo com a orienta9~io fundamental do seu Evangelho, est~l preocupada com 0 cumprimento das profecias por parte de Jesus. Nessa preocupa9ao, recordada tambem pelo quarto Evangelho, cita a profecia de Zacarias, a que a tradi9ao rabinica e unanime em atribuir sentido messianico. 0 Rei Messias faria a sua entrada em Jerusalem como pobre, montado sobre tm burro, animal rr.ontado pelos primeiros reis de Israel, humildes~ 0 cavalo, pelo contrario, tinhase convertido no simbolo dos reis orgulhosos e belicosos de Israel. A exclama9ao "Filho de David", frequente em Mateus, mais evidente torna 0 sneti do messianico Cia manifest9ao, tal como a viu a Igreja primitiva.

A entrada de Jesus em Jresalem, se gundo a narra9~io de 1 a teus, e a apresent9ao do Messias na sua Cidade, mani festando 0 seu caracter de defensor do pobres, dos hmlildes, mostrando-se como abilidor do desprezo pelos fracos, da soberba e da violencia como criterios de valor.

A celebra9io litGrgica deste acontecimento tern a finalidade de apresentar Jesus Cris1:0 como Aquele que cumula as esperan9as do Antigo Testamento e vern ao encon1:ro das aspir90es intimas mais urgentes de cada pessoa, ao aparecer cbmo Deus acessivel, que nao se orienta pela violencia fisica e moral dos crterios abusivos deste mundo, mas proclama os criterio de Deus.

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Life-sustaining Continued from page twelve ties tended to be quite self-contained, following their own laws and customs, and even judging cases in their own courts according to their own law code. They did not hang their dirty linen out for the whole world to see.

In any case, Paul is aghast once more. He appeals to them, not without a touch of irony, by alluding to a popular Old Testament belief that the "saints" would judge the world. If that is true - and with their native conceit the Corinthians are all too willing to believe that they will judge even "the angels" then surely they should be competent to handle their own everyday disputes.

The Corinthians boast of their wisdom. Well, then, "Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a case between one member 'of the church and the other?" Paul exposes a really raw nerve with the next question: "Must brother drag brother into court, and before unbelievers at that?"

Christians are supposed to transform society, not scandalize and disillusion it. If they really were living the gospel ideal, they would shun vindictiveness in the first place, "turn the other cheek," forgive and forget.

"Why, the very fact that you have lawsuits against one another is disastrous for you," Paul says. The Christians are supposed to have abandoned the standards and procedures of the

For children Continued from Page Twelve When they were convinced he was dead, they dragged him through the city gates and left him lying outside the walls.

Paul's disciples gathered .around him. They noticed that he was still breathing and they washed and bandaged his wounds. They all prayed to God for Paul's life.

After a while, Paul regained consciousness. He was in great pain. Barely able to stand at first, he slowly recovered strength. He did not seem to be seriously hurt.

His friends praised God for sparing Paul's life. They led him back into the city through back alleys so no one would see him.

They hid him in one of their homes.

Paul slept well. By the next morning he felt strong enough to travel.

Barnabas joined him and they set out for Derbe, a city some 60 miles to the east.

Some time later Paul looked back at how much he suffered in Lystra, Iconium and Antioch.

Writing to his friend, Timothy, he recalled those painful days.

"Timothy," he wrote, "you saw how strong and patient I was, how faithful and loving, whe~ people persecuted me at Antioch, Iconium and Lystra.

You know how the Lord saved me from them all. Anyone who follows Jesus can expect to suffer. But God is always with us to save us."

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pagan world. Christians have "washed, consecrated, j'ustified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God." , This is the ideal toward which the Christians should be striving.

Paul is realistic enough to know that the ideal is not attain· able overnight, but, in the meantime the least people can do is to settle their inevitable squabbles among themselves and give witness that a community can maintain love and harmony despite human tensions.

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4. In Little Rock, Ark, teenagers are involved in peer ministry to other teenagers in jail.

5. A Louisiana parish has numerous couples who help younger engaged people prepare for marriage.

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Holy Family The student body of New Bedford's Holy Family High sang the Lourdes hymn and officers of the Marian chapter of the National Honor Society led a candlelight procession into the auditorium as 23 juniors were inducted into the organization: Sister Eugenia Margaret, moderator, welcomed the new members and Very Rev. John P. Driscoll, HF director and pastor of St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford, spoke on leadership, character, scholarship and service, the requirements for NHS membership.

William Lacey directed music for the pJ;'ogram al\d Kenneth Kramer, assistant principal, pre. sented NHS pins to the inductees.

Two new members, Richard Tetrault and Robert Yergeau, were also recogriized for their acceptance into Science Seminar, an Air Force Academy summer program.

• Lisa Da Silva, a senior NHS member and active in the De· Rosa Band, recently merited first place in a statewide accordion contest held in Boston. She will compete on the national level in July.

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These are the words of a child seeing God from a child's point of view. How do we see God? Do we see him more clearly as we get older? Are we better as we get older?

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The story goes that a little girl was very disturbed when her father read her the Old Testament story in which God commanded Saul and hLo; army to smite the Amalekites and wipe them off the face of the earth. men, women and children alike.

"Daddy, God grew better and kinder as he got older, didn't he?" said the little girl.

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Confirmation Gifts

By Cecilia Belanger

Later the father read a New Testament passage that depicted the Almightly in different terms: "God is love and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him."

CoyIe-Cassidy Students of the Taunton school selected to all-star teams are Barry Greaves and Mike Strojny, DiVision III basketball and Tom Neville and David Borges, Division III hockey.

Named as a champion juggler was Andy Kirouac.

Ahout Jesus

STRENGTH OF A WOMAN You've ~n so quiet lately Sometimes I wonder has the cat got your tongue You seem to be a thousand miles away Don't look me in the eyes And say.it's OK Don't lie.

11 got his funny feelin' baby Th~t it's gonna be that time again When you have the need for someone else I know you better than you know yourself.

Sometimes it takes the strength of a woman To understand the weakness of her man It's gonna take ~s strength of this woman To keep fightin' for the lovin' of her man.

And darlin' when you've been satisfied And it isn't new to you no more Think of me I'll be here alone Waltin' for you to find your way back home.

Oh I know how hard you tried to hide all this from me But if you keep a silent heart I can't give you what you need So hold me elose and hold me tight Let's say goodnight let's never say goodbye.

Sung by Eloise Laws, Written by PhylIis Brown and Juanita Curiol, (e) 1979,.by Colgems-EMI Musie Inc.

STRENGTH and weakness are themes of this song. It tells of the woman's strength because she understands the man and his weakness in wanting another lover. The woman's strength flows from her ability to over· come jealousy. She believes the man will return to her, and she wants him to do so. Her attitude says something about love. For love doesn't give us control over another person's wishes or decisions.

Society, in a very romantic way, for example, often suggests that there must always be a "one and only" in our lives. But realistically, no one person can fulfHl all our needs, no matter how deep our love is. Vibrant people form relationships with many persons.

And sometimes society seems to equate love and sex. But sex and love are different dimensions of life for us.

Real love involves commit· ment. As we form different relationships, we need to be sensi· tive to all those we love.

Remember, however, authentic love never abuses another. And it remembers that there is commitment of a special kind, and it shapes or helps define our other relationships.

It is not a weakness if we need several people in our lives who are important to us. Love enables us to respond to each person with dignity, appreciation and respect. Love is the strength that empowers our commitment t:> others.

One wrote, "We must live' in mutual concern if we are to live . fully." Still another, "there should be enough love to go around but I find it concentrated in some places more than in others."

Christ the Lord "Christ" is not. a personal name, although for us it is associated with Jesus. It is the Greek equivalent to the Hebrew "Mess.. iah" and means "the anointed one," the "messenger of God." .

The title infers that Jesus is the revelation of something profound and intrinsic to the ultimate natllre of reality.

Just as in the physical sciences we use various instruments to determine the properties of certain substances, so Jesus is an instrument that reveals to us the nature of God and the purpose of life. ."Lord" simply means master, one having authority over others.

It is the Old Testament title for God. When we say that we accept Jesus Christ as Lord we are saying that we believe that Jesus of Nazareth has the authority to give us orders for our lives. We are directed by Christ to understand people who can be cruel and cold and dead in their relationships to others.

We are called to fight for justice and to accept the fact that all human beings are children of God and therefore worthy of respect. If we wish to abide in God we must stop stereotyping people.

At the heart of things, we must see that Jesus and his Father are one. Jesus' is the image we must emulate, not that of a presi· dent, an athlete, a movie star, a pop singer, a politician or a millionaire.

By Bill Morrissette

portswQtch .COri~olly Is Tournament Champion In an auspicious debut for new varsity coach Don Chouinard the Bishop Connolly High Cougars captured the Old Colony Regional Vocational High School Baseball Tournament with a 10,·3 victory over New Bedford High Sunday afternoon in the tourney final.

Connolly defeated the host school, 6-3, and New Bedford eliminated Greater New Bedford Vocational High School, 11-9, in the tournament opening semifinals Saturday afternoon. Old Colony defeated Voke-TE~ch in the consolation final.

Jeff Palmer, who pitched a five-hitter against Old Colony Saturday and picked up the win in relief in Sunday's game, was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Connolly resumes pre-conference action this afternoon with

a non-league game against Diman Voke at Lafayette Park, Fall River. The Cougars meet Durfee Monday at Lafayette Park and visit Diman next Thursday. ... Among non-league games this afternoon, Holy Family is home to Dartmouth, Apponequet at Wareham, Fairhaven at Old Rochester. Tomorrow Somerset is at Case and Saturday Old Rochester is host to Nantucket and Wareham to Middleboro.

The Hockomock League opens its season next Monday with Stoughton at No. Attleboro, Franklin at Mansfield, Sharon at Canton, King Philip at Foxboro.

Oliver Ames has the bye Monday but hosts No. Attleboro next Thursday when Canton is at King Philip, Stoughton at Franklin and Mansfield at Foxboro.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: Al-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive Which, however, require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

On Television The birth of Christ's church as described in the Acts of the Apostles is vividly re-created in "Peter and Paul," a four-hour miniseries airing Palm Sunday, April 12 at 8-10 p.m. and Tuesday, April 14 at 9-11 p.m. on CBS.

The dramatization starts with the stoning of Stephen a few years after the crucifixion and ends with the martyrdom of Paul and then Peter in Rome around 64 A.D. The record of these three decades tells the remarkable story of how a handful of dedicated followers of Jesus brought his word from Judea to the Ilnternatiol1al" Boxing Upcoming world.

Ron Comeau, boxing d.irector the program will support reWhat comes across most at the Fall River CYO, a,nd his search and new methods of eye forcefully in this TV production assistant, John Almeida, are pre- treatment. He also noted that is the total vulnerability of the paring for an amateur boxing funds raised will be matched 10- , early church in simply trying to show to benefit the Lions' Eye to-l by the federal government. survive persecution.

Research fund.

Last year, the Lions Eye ReWith Anthony Hopkins in the The program, at 7 p.m. June 6 search Fund and matching gov- central role of Paul, the script is in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, ernment funds raised nearly $7 translated to the screen with drawill pit 11 amateur Ca:nadian million. matic authority. Hopkins does fighters, including several OlymFall River CYO boxers have his characterization with spiritpic hopefuls, against selected made notably successful appear- ual intensity. Robert Foxworth New England amateurs, includ- ances 'in Montreal and St. Johns as Peter has much less to do exing CYO fighters,' in the first over the past year. Fight for cept be steadfast amidst the conannual International Fight for Sight is an outgrowth of the fusions of the time.

Sight. good relationships developed durThe adaptation, faithful to the Comeau, a Lions' Club mem- ing the CYO fighters' appear- epistles, deals rather well with ber, said that monies raised from ances north of the border. such complex issues as Christianity's relation to Judaism or New Bedfcnd CYO Hoop Champ the priorities of faith and iove.

New Bedford, the regular sea- and Paul Hogan scored for But the emphasis is upon the son titlist, nipped Fall River South. Hogan's second goal of critical formative years of this South, 4-3 last Sunday night in the game early in the last period new religious movement and the spiritual motivations and interior the Driscoll Rink to complete a knotted the count at 3-3. conflicts of its leaders. sweep of the best-of-three final Concern for epidemic teen-age ,In CYO Diocesan basketball in Bristol County CYO Hockey pregnancies inspired Paulist League post-season playoffs. championships St. Mary of New New Bedford won the series Bedford defeated Fall River's Productions to make "A Girl on opener, 2-0, and clinched the Holy Name "A", 74-64, in the the Edge of Town," a pro-life playoff crown on Troy DeMoran- Kennedy Youth Center, New television drama about a pregville's game-winning goal at Bedford, Sunday night in the nant girl, its executive producer 11:40 of the last period. Two opener of the best-of-three se- said.

"A Girl on the Edge of Town" goals by Pete 'Lariviere and one ries for the diocesan senior

by Mike Cassidy in the first pe- crown. Holy Name "A" got a is "the story of a high school riod gave the Whaletowners a forfeit victory when its Taunton girl who gets pregnant and of 3-0 lead going into the second opponent failed to field, a team her reflections on getting herself pregnant. The girl in question is period, in which Dan Nobrega in the Junior division. very much the liberated woman, very much the feminist and it's from the context that her deCardinal1~anning cision is made," Paulist Father British in 1681 as a leader of the Elmwood Kieser, the producer, VATICAN CITY (NC) -- Pope John Paul II has named Cardinal "horrid popish plot," which the said in an interview.

Timothy Manning, the Irish-born British said was a conspiracy to The hour-long syndicated proarchbishop of Los AngE~les, as aid a French invasion. He was gram will be shown in 95 perhis personal delegate to celebra- beatified in 1920 and canonized cent of the country during prime tions marking the third centen- in 1975. time in April, according to Fathary of the martyrdom of St. er Kieser. The program was writOliver Plunkett. ten by Jim McGinn, directed by The Danger Mike Rhodes and includes actThe celebrations are scheduled "How great is the danger and ress Patty Duke Astin. for July 5 in Drogheda, Ireland. the shame of knowing that we Films on TV St. Oliver Plunket, archbishop are loved and of not loving in of Armagh and Primate of All return." St. Catherine of Sunday, April 12, 9-11 p.m., Ireland, was executed by the Sienna (ABC) - "Convoy" (1978) -

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Kris Kristofferson plays a freespirifed rebel who leads a group of fellow truckers in a violent protest against police harassment in a muddled and pretentious movie with casual sex on display. B. Thursday, April 16, 9-11 p.m.

(NBC) - "Family Plot" (1976) This below-par Hitchcock thriller is about the efforts of a not-quite-bogus medium (Barbara Harris) and her not-toobright boyfriend (Bruce Dern) to match wits with a pair of diabolically clever kidnappers (William Devane and Karen Black). The movie is peppered with profanity and unwitty double entendres, put in, it seems, in an attempt to give it some life. A3.

Religious Broadcasting Sunday, April 12, WLNE, Channel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass celebrated by Father Ronald Tosti, whose homily topic will be "Toward Mount Olivet."

"Confluence," 8 a.m.. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. each Tuesday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father ,Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; and Rabbi 'Baruch Korff.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., April 9, 1981

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ST. THERESA, SOUTH ATTLEBORO A Lenten mission conducted

by Father Haurice Proulx, MS, and Sister Virginia Sampson, SUSC, will conclude at 7:30 tonight. Its theme has been "The Parish: A Family Who Calls God 'Our Father.'''

ST. JOHN BAPTIST, WESTPORT

DIVORCED & SEPARATED, NEW BEDFORD AREA April meetings, held at 7:30 p.m. each Sunday at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St., New Bedford, will be as follows: April 12, Mass, followed by coffee and conversation; April 19, first meeting of an eight-week beginners' course for newcomers and, for regular members, a group discussion on "How to Survive the Loss of a Love;" April 26, "Counseling a Couple Going Through Separation," address by Patrick McCarthy, area director, New Bedford Catholic Social Services.

Information is available at the chapel, 996-8274, on forthcoming events, including a June retreat and an August regional conference for divorced and separated persons.

Parishioners will join members of other Westport churches in walking the Way of' the Cross at noon Good Friday, April 17.

Participants will meet at the religious education center, 926 Main Road, progressing south to the cemetery and paush)g at each of the 14 stations for prayer and meditation.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER Nominations to the parish board of education are being accepted by Mrs. J. Brodeur, 6781510. They will close Monday and elections will be. 'held the weekend of April 25 and 26.

Little League tryouts and registration will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Knights .of Columbus will receive corporate communion at 8 a.m. Mass Sunday.

ST. MICHAEL, SWANSEA A Tenebrae service will be held at 10 p.m. Holy Thursday,

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS First communion will be received Sunday, June 7, at 9:30 a.m. Mass in Eastham and at 11 a.m. Mass in Orleans.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER Confirmation candidates will receive the sacramen.t at 7 p.m.

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ST. JULIE, NORm DARTMOUTH A Seder Service will be celebrated by Rabbi Bernard Glassman of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, New Bedford, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the church hall.

Rabbi Glassman will explain the Passover tradition.

All area residents of whatever faith are invited to this program.

Preregistration is requested by calling 993-2351.

Services will be held at 7 p.m. each night of the Sacred Triduum, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

Masses of healing will be cele路 brated Wednesdays, April 15, 22 and 29, followed by a prayer meeting. A novena to the Holy Spirit will begin after 7 o'clock Mass tonight and will continue for nine weeks in preparation for Pentecost.

Senior citizens will meet Thursday, April 23, as will the parish council. 'Council elections will be held the weekend of June 6 and 7. Membership is open to any parishioner 18 or older, as is membership on the parish school board.

An art fair will be held in the .school hall from 6 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, April 30.

COUNCIL OF CAmOLlC NURSES, FALL RIVER DIOCESE SACRED HEART, Catholic nurses will meet from NEW BEDFORD 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 25, A Tenebrae service will be at St. Mary's Church, New Bed- held at 7 p.m. Good Friday with ford. Marcy Smith of Cape Cod . music by the chapel choir direcCommunity College will speak ted by Joseph Scammons and on "Burned Out and Enlightened Martha Jenkins.

Within" and Father Edmund The 45-voice choir will also be Fitzgerald, diocesan director of heard at the 7 p.m. Easter Vigil pastoral care for the sick, will Mass on Holy Saturday and at celebrate Mass. A scholarship 10 a .m. Mass on Easter Sunday drawing will be held and CEUs in selections from the works of have been applied for.

Peloquin, Haydn, Mozart and路 Handel.

FRIENDS OF ST. ANNE's HOSPITAL, FALL RIVER The organization has provided ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, the pediatric ward playroom NEW BEDFORD A parish mini-retreat is in prowith a' set of wooden blocks made by students at Nazareth gress with sessions held daily at Hall. A hospital lobby bulletin 10:30 a.m. in French and at 7 board displays art work done by p.m. in English, with confessions pediatric patients as well as ex- following each session. Today's plaining a pre-hospitalization program will be on "Parents and puppet show used to introduce Children Who Care" and tomorrow's topic will be "The Chrischildren to hospital routines.

The Friends request book cart tian in the World." The stations donations of magazines not more of the cross will conclude each than three months old. Contri- session tomorrow. butions may be left at the hos- IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, pital information desk.

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ASTHMA CLUB, ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL A nine-week Asthma Club for children ages 6 to 14 and their families will begin at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6, at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. It will aid patients and their families in attaining optimum life styles.

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ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH The Women's Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, with a picture presentation on the Holy Land offered by Gertrude Callahan following a business session.

Guests are welcome.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FALL RIVER Parochial school parents will meet at 7 tonight to discuss pre路 paring children to celebrate Holy Week. Ms. Mary Tyrrell will be路 gin a mini-course in typing on Tuesday for 7th and 8th graders.

This year's first communicants will participate in ~he Holy Thursday procession at 7 p.m.

New schedules for altar boys, lectors and special ministers are posted in the sacristy.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER The 10:15 a.m. Mass on Sunday will begin in the school, where palms will be distributed. The .congregation will then process into the church.

Rice bowl donations will be collected on Holy Thursday.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, 'SOMERSET The concluding talk in a series on the sacraments will be given at 7:30 tomorrow night in the CCD center by Father Daniel Freitas, pastor.

Parents of first communicants will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the parish center; Holy Name Society members will meet at 7:30 p:m. Tuesday in the rectory; and the Women's Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the center..

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ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD A computer learning center will be installed in the parochial school, a first for both the diocesan and New Bedford elementary school systems.

The school girls' basketball team has won the city championship and will continue to diocesan finals.

Women's Guild members will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Boulevard Tire and Battery Co. on Ashley Boulevard, where a car upkeep demonstration will be given.

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER A planning meeting for the Espirito Santo feast will takeplace at 7 p.m. Monday. April 27, in the parish hall.