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New Bible text seen as more gender-neutral WASHINGTON (NC) - A new Catholic translation of the New Testament is better suited for liturgical use than its predecessors, editors of the new version said at a press conference held to introduce it.

Liturgical use was "a high priority" in the new translation, said Franciscan Father Stephen Hartdegen, secretary of the editorial board and director of the U.S. Catholic Biblical Apostolate.

The new revision also tries to incorporate gender-inclusive or gender-neutral language wherever this would not do violence to the original text or to smooth English reading, the editors said.

The revised New Testament of the New American Bible was made public April5 in Washington. At a press conference April 3, its five editors presented it to report~rs and answered questions about It. Benedictine Father Claude Peifer ofSt. Bede's Abbey, Peru, Ill., said the question of sexually discriminatory language "was very ,?uch discussed indeed" by the editors, -Pi,tIt- by John Guo,i. {NC pIIoto) "probably more than any o~her GOOD FRIDAY single issue over the past eIght years." The revision began in 1978 Attend and see if there be any sorrow and was completed last year.

"An outside consultant on gender like. t()mYS()l'fQ\V language was called on f~r a~vice, said Jesuit Father FrancIs Gignac of the Catholic University of America, editorial chairman. She was Marianne Sawicki, who holds a doctorate from Catholic University and teache~ at ~exing.ton Theological SemInary In LexIngton, Ky. "We found her very helpReligious of the diocese met Mary Ann Donovan, SC, San ful " said Father Gignac, even th~ugh "we could not incorporate Sunday at Bishop Feehan High Jose Bishop Pierre DuMaine and School, Attleboro, for a workshop Sister Margaret Cafferty, PBVM. all of her suggestions." on issues facing religious who wish The meeting was "a very enrichThe new translation uses terms to change ministry or are preparing experience," said Sister Blu.te, like "one" and "human beings" in ing to enter retirement. modeling "a truly collaborative place of "man" and "men."

Conducted by Sister Philomena mode of men and women in the The 1970 New American Bible Agudo, FMM, of LaSalette CounChurch, seeking the development translation of Matthew 4:4, for seling Center, Attleboro, the workof religious and the growth of the instance, is "Not on bread alone is shop was described as very useful Church." man to live..."; the new transla- by those in attendance.

Archbishop Quinn, chairman of tion is "One does not live by bread Discussion at the meeting will a Pontifical Commission on Relialone." assist in planning future programs, gious Life which completed a threeThe old version of Matthew said Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, year consultation process last year, 5: 16 is "your light must shine before Episcopal Representative for Relisaid that U.S. religious life is healmen"; the new has "your light gious for the Fall River diocese. thy. "So many have been faithful must shine before others."

She said the workshop was organthrough so' much transition and Where Matthew 9:8 "praised ized by a diocesan committee on change," he declared. "There has God for giving such authority to Transition in Ministry that has been a decline in numbers but not men," it now reads "glorified God been meeting since December. in quality." who had given such authority to San Francisco Parley The archbishop described relihuman beings." gious life as a "witness of transThe new version does not, howIn other news from the diocesan cendence" and said that it is a mesever, use gender-neutral terms for Office for Religious, Sister BI!1te sage of hope to 'people ~ho a~e God or Christ. Nor does it resort reported that she attended the ansearching for a center III their to what the board in a press release nual meeting of the National conlives." called "inelegant circumlocutions ference of Vicars for Religious, Sister Donovan, professor of or neologisms" to avoid some of held late last month in San Franchurch history and systematic thethe male terminology in ordinary cisco and themed "Religious in the ology at the Jesuit School ofTheolEnglish.

Local Church: Yesterday, Today ogy, Berkeley, Calif., was the keyThus the translation uses "he" and Tomorrow." note speaker, tracing the role of and "him" as third-person singular Speakers included San Francisco ArchbishopJohn R. Quinn, Sister Turn to Page Six Turn to Page Six

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Violence marks papal journey BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (NC) - Pope John Paul II arrived in Argentina after a turbulent visit to Chile bringing a strong message of support for human rights and the South American nation's return to democracy.

"The full reestablishment of democratic institutions constitutes a privileged moment by which Argentines can be ever more conscious that all are called to responsible participation in public life," he said in his first day in the country.

Argentine President Raul Alfonsin was elected in 1983 after seven years of military rule, which human rights monitoring organizations describe as a period of massive rights violations.

Since 1983, top military officials, including three ex-presidents, have been found guilty of human rights-related crimes and received sentences ranging from four years to life imprisonment.

In ceremonies at the cathedral in Buenos Aires, the pope joked to ~ the crowd that "it's even hotter here than in Chile" but added "and that's only a climatic observation."

Several events during the Chilean leg of his South Americanjourney were marked by violent clashes between police and demonstrators which left more than 400 people injured.

The pope also spoke to diplomats April 6 and asked for greater efforts to solve the Third World's foreign debt crisis.

Argentina has one of the Third World's largest foreign debts, and the government has said it cannot meet interest payments. . Before arriving in Argentina, he visited Chile and Uruguay.

Visit to Chile The pope went to Chile to celebrate his success as an international mediator, but soon found himself embroiled in deep domestic divisions regarding the 13-year rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

The pope heard Pinochetjustify his military government actions as a defense of the "authentic values of the Christian West" against international Marxist subversion.

He prayed briefly with Pinochet and his wife in the chapel of the presidential palace.

During the April 1- 6 trip, the pope also met opposition political leaders, saw numerous antigovern- , ment signs at papal events and witnessed a bloody clash between demonstrators and police at a papal Mass.

Signs accused the government of murder, torture, kidnapping and being a dictatorship. Pinochet's reign also has been the focus of

stiff cntlclsm from the Chilean bishops and international human rights organiz!itions.

The pope did not offer to mediate. Instead, he outlined dialogue and reconciliation as the means by which Christian societies should solve their differences.

During his visit, he developed two major principles: respect for human rights and rejection of violence as the means to sociopolitical change.

The pope voiced the theme of nonviolence in Montevideo, Uruguay, his first stop, March 31, and repeated it at major stops.in Chile. .He gave tacit support to nonviolent opposition leaders seeking a quick return to elected government.

On April I, his first day in Chile, Pope John Paul listened as Pinochet described his military government as a bulwark of Western Christianity against a tide of Marxism.

The next day, the pope told Santiago slum dwellers that "active participation in public life" - including the "election of public officials" - is part of a Christian political society. Residents of the poor neighborhoods had presented the pope with their grievances against the government, citing high unemployment and barriers against political participation.

Prior to Pinochet's coup, Chile had 46 years of elected civilian rule under a multiparty system, a record for Latin America.

Banners accusing the government of torturing political prisoners were raised at several papal events. In Concepcion April 4, the pope spoke directly to the matter, saying the church "denounces the practice of moral.and physical torture."

Violence, however, became a part ofthe papal trip. At an April 3 Mass, police and anti-government demonstrators clashed, leaving more than 100 people injured. The incidents occurred about 160 yards from where the pope was celebrating Mass.

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INVITATION ALL ARE invited to attend the Mass oftheChrism at 4 p.m. Tuesday atSt. Mary's CathedraL At this Mass, chrism, a mixture of olive oil and balsam used at baptism, confirmation and ordination,is blessed by the bishop for use in the diocese throughout the year.

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Troubled CTNA gets new head NEW YORK (NC) - Father Bernard R. Bonnot, currently director of planning for the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America.

Father Bonnot, 46, succeeds Wasyl Lew, founding CTNA president, who resigned last December.

The satellite network was created by the U.S. bishops in 1981.

He assumes leadership of the network at a time when its future is being studied by a new committee of bishops headed by Archbishop J. Francis Stafford of Denver.

When the now financially strap- " ped network was founded in 1981 with $4.5 million in funding from the bishops, it was expected to become financially self-sufficient within three years.

It received another $2 million from the Catholic Communication Campaign in 1985. In March, the USCC announced that the "campaign had funded another $1.4 million "investment" in the network to'enable it to fulfill its 1987 goals while the bishops conduct the study.

Unda-USA, an association of church broadcasters, said in November that its members were "unanimously opposed" to subsidizing the network "now or in the future with funds" from the campaign without consultation with Unda.

Many Unda members direct the communictions campaign collection in their local dioceses.

Cardinal" Krol celebrates jubilee PHILADELPHIA (NC) Joined by fellow cardinals, priests, laity and an ecumenical delega-" tion, Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia celebrated 50 years in a "privileged" and "enriched" job: the priesthood. "There is no career so precious, so privileged, so enriching, and so valuable to the supreme interests of mankind as that of a priest," Cardinal Krol said at a recent Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul marking the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination.

An estimated 1,300 people, including church leaders and hundreds of priests and friends, joined the cardinal and 17 fellow golden jubiliarians from the archdiocese of Philadelphia and diocese of Cleveland, where the cardinal was born, for the celebration.

Just Call "Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."

- Rom. 10:13

HOLY WEEK SERVICES

MSGR. ANTHONY M. Gomes reminisces with the Appeal files. (Motta photo)

'CCA kickoff meeting set; files offer memories of previous campaigns "A yellowing newspaper photo of the late Bishop James E. Cassidy from the Fall River Herald News of April 23, 1942, carries a caption explaining that the bishop had just announced a diocese-wide charitable appeal to be held in June of that year.

The photo shows the bishop addressing diocesan pastors in Fall River's St. Mary's Cathedral.

45 years later, the diocesa1n Catholic Charities Appeal continues to maintain and expand apostolates of charity, mercy, social service and education.

A kickoff meeting to launch the 46th anl)ual Appeal is scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

The 1942 Herald News clipping is one of thousands of mementos filed at the Catholic Charities Appeal office in Fall River. Photographs and stories from the pages of newspapers including the Herald News, the New Bedford Standard Times, the Taunton Daily Gazette and The Anchor abound, as do samples of stationery and posters used in the Appeal's early years.

That first Appeal, according to the files, netted almost $151,000, compared with last year's grand total of$ I,779,775.78.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Appeal director, and office staffers Fern White and Rosann Patota, preparing for the kickoff meeting, took a moment out of a busy day to look over their files with The Anchor.

"I love to look at those old books," said Mrs. White, a CCA staffer since 1963. She pointed out that Appeal grand totals have increased significantly virtually every year since 1942.

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File treasures include a story about the Appeal's first lay chairman, Fall River's Harold E. Clarkin; radio copy informing area listeners about the thousands benefiting from the collection; and information about 1944 Appeal beneficiaries, including War Charity and War Relief.

The files reveal that the Appeal's first $1 million grand total year was 1976.

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Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be keynote speaker at this year's kickoff, marking his 17th year as Appeal chairman.

Over 800 priests, religious" and laity from every area ofthe diocese will hear George L. Agostini of St. Mary's parish, Seekonk, this year's CCA lay chairperson, stress the role of the laity in the campaign.

Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, diocesan vicar general, will offer the opening prayer, with Msgr. John J. Oliveira, diocesan chancellor, giving the closing prayer.

Kenneth Leger of Fall River will lead singing of the National Anthem at the opening of the meeting and will close the program with "God Bless America."

Fall River's Irene S. Monte will provide piano music.

The Special Gift phase of the Appeal begins April 20 and ends May 2. The parish phase is scheduled for Sunday, May 3, from noon to 3 p.m. when 20,500 volunteer solicitors will visit 330,000 diocesan Catholics. , Msgr. Gomes will be master of ceremonies at the meeting and will explain campaign techniques.

A social hour in the Bishop Connolly cafeteria will follow the kickoff.

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The Palm Sunday liturgy, to be celebrated at 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 11, will be offered by Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin. Concelc;:brants will be Very Rev. Barry W. Wall and Rev. Michael McManus; deacon chaplain . Deacon David Landry; liturgical deacon, Deacon Edward Healey. The Passion will be read by Father McManus, Christ; Deacon Healey, narrator; Deacon Landry, other parts.

At the Chrism Mass at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, Bishop Cronin will be celebrant with diocesan clergy as concelebrants. Designated concelebrants will be Rev. John Andrews, Rev. J.M. Bettencourt Avila, Very Rev. Barry Wall, Rev. William O'Reilly.

Rev. Msgr. Daniel Shalloo, V.F., Rev. Msgr. Anthony Gomes, Rev. Msgr. James E. Gleason, Rev. Joseph Martineau, Rev. Leonard Mullaney.

Rev. Arthur De Mello, Rev. Philip Davignon, Rev. Ronald Tosti.

Deacons Healey and Landry will be bearers of the Oil of Chrism; Fathers Neil Decker, SJ:, and Robert Donovan the Oil of the Sick; Fathers Richard Roy and Marcel Bouchard the Oil of Catechumens.

Deacon Healey will be deacon chaplain and Deacon Landry will be liturgical deacon.

Bishop Cronin will celebrate the Holy Thursday liturgy at 7 p.m. April 16, with Father Wall and Father Thomes E. McGlynn as concelebrants. Deacon Landry will be deacon chaplain and Deacon Healey will be liturgical deacon.

On Good Friday, April 17, the Celebration of the Lord's Passion will be held at 3 p.m. Bishop Cronin will preside and Father Wall will be celebrant. Fathers McGlynn and McManus will be chaplains, Deacon Healey will be deacon chaplain and Deacon Landry will be liturgical deacon. Father Wall will take the part' of Christ at the reading of the Passion, Deacon Landry will be narrator and Deacon Healey will take the other parts.

The Easter Vigil will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18. Bishop Cronin will be principal celebrant, with Father Wall and Father McManus as concelebrants.

Deacon Landry will be deacon chaplain and Deacon Healey will be liturgical deacon.

Easter Mass will be telecast at 10:30 a.m. on WLNE, Channel 6, on Easter Sunday, April 19. Bishop Cronin will be celebrant, with Deacon Healey as deacon chaplain and Deacon Landry as liturgical deacon.

Master of Ceremonies for Holy Week will be Msgr.

John J. Oliveira, V.E. Assistant Masters of Ceremonies will be Fathers Mark R. Hession, McGlynn and McManus.

Andy Warhol eulogized NEW YORK (NC) - The late in his own life cherished others."

He said Warhol, a Catholic, was artist Andy Warhol was lauded as a man who could transform the able to "take the very simple and ordinary into the extraordinary at ordinary objects of life and make a memorial Mass at St. Patrick's them truly extraordinary. He was Cathedral in New York April I. the Christian gentle man, the ChrisWell-known individuals from the tian gentleman." worlds of art, fashion, society and Others who spoke during the entertainment were among the Mass described Warhol as a man 2,000 at the Mass. with a strong spiritual side and a Warhol, a pop artist whose con- passion for the Catholic faith. troversial work gained worldwide The Rev. C. Hugh Hildesley, recognition, died Feb. 22 after a pastor of the church of the Heavgall bladder operation.

During the Mass, Father An- enly Rest, wrote a tribute pubthony Dalla Villa, assistant to the _ lished in the Mass program which cathedral rector, eulogized War- said Warhol made a habit of spendhol, calling him "a simple, humble, ing Thanksgiving, Christmas and modest person, a child of God who Easter serving food to the homeless.

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William Thomson St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, where he served as pastor from 1964 until his retirement in 1981, was the scene yesterday of the funeral Mass of Msgr. William D. Thomson, who died April 6. He would have been 81 on April 14.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant of the Mass, concelebrated by many priests of the diocese. The homilist was Father Frederick M. Halloran of the Providence diocese, a friend since Msgr. Thomson's seminary days.

Born in Taunton, Msgr. Thomson was the son ofthe late David J. and Mary (Curley) Thomson. He graduated from St. Mary's High school in that city, then attended Boston College for two years before entering St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore.

Ordained May 21, 1932, by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy, he served as associate pastor at St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford, then pursued studies leading to a master's degree at Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Returning to the Fall River diocese, he was associate pastor at Holy Name parish, Fall River, and at St. Mary's Cathedral until in 1948 he was named director of Catholic Charities for Greater New Bedford and Cape Cod, chaplain at St. Mary's Home, New Bedford, and chaplain for the Bristol County House of Correction.

He served in these capacities for eight years, then was appointed administrator at St. Mary's parish, Norton, remaining there until 1964, when he was named pastor in Hyannis.

In addition to his parish duties, Father Thomson at various times

MSGR. THOMSON was diocesan director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and an instructor at the former Sacred Hearts College in Fall River. He was dean of the Cape Cod deanery and in 1967 was named a domestic prelate.

Both in Norton and Hyannis, he supervised construction of parish centers, the Hyannis center being named for him at the request of parishioners.

Known as an outstanding homi-

list, he was honored at many testimonials, including a 1957 community-wide tribute in New Bedford; a "This Is Your Life" program in Norton on the occasion of his 30th ordination anniversary; and a reception at the Hyannis Armory marking his appointment as a domestic prelate.

Msgr. Thomson is survived by a sister, Mrs. Marion Leonard of Taunton.

Connolly campaign gets $100,000 boost The $1,550,000 capital development campaign currently underway at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, has received a $100,000 boost from Dr. Omer Boivin of Holy Name parish, also Fall River.

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Dr. Boivin is setting up a $100,000 trust to endow the Dr. Omer and Laurette Boivin Scholarship Fund. Grants from the fund will aid Bishop Connolly students in need of tuition assistance.

Dr. Boivin, 97, a practicing urol-

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ogist for nearly 40 years before his retirement, and the first member of his specialty to serve the Fall River area, has had a long association with Bishop Connolly High School. He was a donor to its 1967 building fund and is a charter member of its Century Club. Officials also noted he is a distant relative of Brother Roger Millette, FIC, an associate principal of the school.

In addition to providing financial aid, the Connolly fundraising campaign is targeted to augment art and music courses and expand outdoor athletic facilities.

The high school is operated by members of the Society of Jesus and the Brothers of Christian Instruction. With 692 students, it has a faculty of 23 religious and 36 lay persons. .

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SHOWN AT recent Diocesan Council of Catholic Women retreat at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, are, from left, Claudette Sykes, retreat chairman; Father George E. Harrison, camp director and retreat master; Claudette Armstrong, DCCW president. 44 women from the five DCCW districts participated in the retreat, which included Marian devotions and a seder supper.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope John Paul II has added a meeting with black bishops and black Catholics to the New Orleans stop of his Sept. 10-19 visit to the United States.

During his Sept. 11-13 stop in New Orleans the pope also will meet with elementary, secondary and higher education leaders and will attend a youth rally.

In announcing the addition to the schedule, Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans said that since papal meetings have been set up with Hispanic, Indian and other groups, "It became obvious to me that the Holy Father should speak to a group of black Catholics representing the whole United. States."

Archbishop Hannan was among bishops who met with Pope John Paul in Rome in March to plan the U.S. trip.

The archbishop noted that Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi have produced nine ofthe 12 black American bishops and that the tristate area has the highest ratio of black Catholics in the country.

Also New Orleans is a major black city, home to Xavier University, the country's only black Catholic university, he said.

A papal meeting with permanent deacons slated for-New Orleans has been shifted to Detroit.

"Unfinished agenda" WASHINGTON (NC)- American Catholics still confront an "unfinished agenda" on war and peace issues when it comes to selective conscientious objection, says aU .S. Catholic Conference official. Father J. Bryan Hehir, USCC secretary for social development and world peace and a principal assistant to the bishops who wrote the 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace, described the bishops' position as "a catalyst for further analysis" at a workshop on Selective Conscientious Objection at The Catholic University of America.

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.the mooril19..-., The New Church of Disney There might not be as many families at Holy Week services next week. This year the school vacation begins on Holy Thursday and extends throughout the following week. This long vacation is viewed by many as the opportune time for families to flee to the new shrines of American zeal and enthusiasm, namely Disneyworld for the East, Disneyland for the West.

Few realize that Disneyworld is fundamentally a capitalist dream come true. From a mere cartoon concept, an empire has been developed. In the best tradition of these United States, what was begun as mere entertainment has developed into a promotional enterprise of mammoth proportions.

Based on the idea of whisking a person out ofthe humdrum of daily life into a Never-Never land of make-believe, the Disney enterprises have succeeded as have no others.

There is absolutely no doubt that what Disneyworld stands for is considered as American as apple pie. Slick media promotion has made the Disney characters household words. From Mickey Mouse to Pluto, Donald Duck to Pinocchio, Snow White to Cinderella, the litany of characters is constantly recited.

Included in these are the all-inclusive Disney-promoted cruise to the Bahamas. For adults who want more than Mickey Mouse, a visit to Expo is a visit to the world. There is something for everyone and if there should be a void, it will be filled instantly. Keep the crowds happy, don't get too serious and above all leave them in a mood that will make them come back for a second salvation or buy into the new Disney cable television channel. If you've got the money, Disney is the place to be.

Some might think this is a backhanded slap at a wonderful organization that is trying to bring the best of entertainment to as many Americans as possible. In fact, it's a real effort to help us set our priorities in order..

Disneyworld is a fantasy that has motivated millions to sacrifice time, effort and monies to fulfill some real need in their lives. Is it a need to escape? Is it a fulfillment of the desire to~"stop the world, I want to get off''? Is it something that must be part of our lives or we are un-American?

It is in fact all of these and more. Many have actually made it a substitute for religion which, for many in this land, does not fire the imagination nor afford incentive or direction.

Some see religion as too abstract and removed from people's needs; and it does sometimes seem it has been made too practical, often lacking the sense of mystery and awe. Often, too, rites are poorly executed.

Disney seldom fails in this regard. It does not bore. It always entertains. All in all, it fills a void, no matter how secular it may seem.

There is no doubt we can learn much from the Disney phenomenon. However, it can never be a substitute for the real thing. As we prepare to journey through the wonderful happenings of Holy Week, it would be well to set our priorities straight.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if every Catholic family in this country could bring to their religious responsibilities the enthusiasm, wonder and drive generated for a trip to Disneyworld or Disneyland. Supposing these families sacrificed for their religious convictions in the same way as they do for a Disneyworld, Disneyland visit? Wouldn't we change the world for the betterment of airpeople if the fleeting good will enj oyed during a Disney vacation followed families into their daily The Editor living?

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A meditation on birds

By Father Kevin J. Harrington Who can forget the inspirational words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount: "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap and store in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. You are worth more than the birds!"

Learning of recent discoveries concerning the migratory habits of birds has filled me with wonder and delight.

Scientists have taken literally the behest of Jesus to "look" and have been rewarded with astounding new conclusions about birds.

Good grief, why is a priest writing about the migratory habits of birds in a religious newspaper?

Simply because people who downgrade science because it somehow demystifies nature forget that the hand of the Creator is visible in all his creation. Since time began, great minds have pondered the mysteries of nature from different perspectives.

In the Middle Ages people as various as the mystic Francis of Assisi and the scientist Roger Bacon found themselves closer to God as they marveled at the birds. Francis considered them his friends and derived satisfaction from them allegorically. Roger Bacon considered them as specimens and derived satisfaction from them scientifically.

Both took the words of Jesus

literally, both were gifted with the eyes of faith and both were rewarded for their efforts.

In the Middle Ages people studied the relation of nature to theology. Monasteries preserved the resulting books with a care motivated by love of truth.

Parenthetically, I often wonder how many books would be published today if the labor their production once required were still needed. Some critics say that never have so many thoughts not worth publishing been printed as since Gutenberg developed his press in the 15th century.

Indeed, far more has been written about nature in the last 500 years than about God. Our newfound knowledge of the natural world has not always led us closer to its Creator. This great divorce between the natural sciences and theology is predicated upon the mistaken belief that reason has priority over revelation and that only truths verifiable by the scientific method are worth pondering.

God's creatures are not the sole terrain of either the theologians or the scientists. Sadly, too few scientists are infused with the gift of faith when they. focus their Godgiven talents on their study of nature. I am neither a scientist nor a theologian, but I will attempt to consider our new knowledge about the migratory habits of birds from the perspective of faith.

Most of us were taught in school that birds use the position of the sun and stars to help them during their migration. After all, why should birds be different from the early explorers who used such means before development ofthe compass? Now, however, scientists believe that birds possess a sensory capability that we lack. They think that birds use polarized light to interpret the sun's position, others use scents as landmarks, while others, with sight radically different from ours, can actually see the pull of Earth's magnetic field.

From faith's perspective, why should it be surprising that birds possess everything they need for their survival? After all, we human beings possess a homing instinct in our souls that keeps us from being content with the passing pleasures of this world.

While we share physical hunger with the birds, and must satisfy that hunger by the sweat of our brows, we also posess a spiritual hunger and, again like the birds, have our own unique sensory capability, known as a conscience.

God's love should be as visible to our consciences as is the pull of Earth's magnetic field to the bird.

Just as God has given the birds all they need to migrate, he has given us all we need to be one with him in heaven.

After all, are we not worth more than the birds?

Toddlers at Mass I received a letter from a pastor recently asking my advice on how to deal with the

toddler situation during liturgy.

Being obviously caring and sensitive, he is reluctant to say anything for fear of offending but other parents are complaining.

Another pastor is concerned about the way which parents discipline young children at Mass.

"These kids aren't misbehaving," he said. "They're kids and they squirm like kids but parents slap at them or jerk them violently and it really troubles me. Shoud I say something?"

Yes. Yes. Yes. In both cases, something needs to be said for everyone's sake: pastor, parents, kids and us. If a parent in front of me slaps a three-year-old during the liturgy, it affects my experience of liturgy. If I am in the cry room and insensitive parents allow their children to run around and squeal so that I can't hear the prayers, it affects my liturgy.

Years ago, when my children were in the ankle-biting stage, I spent time in the cry room and wrote a column about it. Response told me it is an emotional and widespread issue.

For a church which deals with so many major issues, why is it we

have such difficulty dealing with young children at Mass? For starters, we have inherited a questionable belief that small children should attend with families. Other churches don't have this history, so they don't have the problem.

They assume, and I agree with them, that liturgy is for those old enough to sit still and understand at least some of what's going on.

Toddlers can't do this. Their development simply doesn't permit sitting still for more than three or four minutes. Even watching television, they squirm.

To expect toddlers to sit quietly for an hour is asking them to be abnormal. To punish them for normal behavior is not teaching them to love Mass but to dread it. I often wonder how many teens who fight attending Sunday Mass were victims of it as toddlers.

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the church are pouring into the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Laity as a result of a nationwide consultation.

At the top of the list is a d.esire for more spirituality through good liturgies, preaching, Bible study, help in prayer, the creation of small faith communities and trained spiritual directors.

The laity also would welcome help from the clergy on how to extend their spiritual life into the secular world, the consultation seems to suggest.

Although these desires raise no eyebrows today, they would have caused a stir not long ago. In an article titled "The Laity Within the Ecclesial Communion," Jan Grootaers reviews the history of the laity. He says that in the past they were excluded from a valid spirituality. The status of the married person once was considered inferior to that of a religious or priest, he adds, the secular life was viewed as basically sinful, with canonization for sainthood usually reserved for religious and priests.

The laity also were excluded from active liturgical life. They were subjected to a dead language, Latin, and did not have access to communion under both species.

Active participation during the Mass was almost non-existent.

Thanks to Vatican II, however, all that was reversed. The Constitution on the Liturgy extolled active participation of the faithful in the liturgy. The Constitution on Revelation encouraged much greater access to Scripture. The pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World encouraged an active presence within the world,

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Sundays with toddlers. Two Masses meant my husband and I couldn't worship together. One meant misery. The obvious answer is child care during Mass. Why we can't offer this in every church mystifies me. If I were the parish council I would set aside child care monies as first priority in liturgical budgeting.

If cbild care is offered and parents continue to force disruptive toddlers to Mass, then a simple note in the bulletin or announcement at Mass that some worshipers are having difficulty concentrating on the liturgy is in order.

Secondly, the liturgy is designed The same approach can be taken for the total worshiping commun- to clean up the cry room situation. ity. When children's - or parents' If specific parents remain i~sens!足 - behavior disrupts that commun- tive, then a personal approach IS ity, the liturgy is marred for many necessary.

But we shouldn't leave it to the other than parents. Parents have an obligation to the total com- pastor alone. It's our problem, not munity and ifthey don't fulfill this just his. Simply turning to a parent obligation, the community must and saying pleasantly, "May I take take steps to preserve the liturgy, him out for you?" might do the even if it means offending parents. trick.

Attaching this column to the I well remember the chaos of Sunday bulletin might also do it.

Tell me about the rosary

Q. I am a recent convert to the Catholic faith. I know the special place Mary has in our faith since she is the mother of Jesus. I also know from what I've read that some things said about her and some devotions are, I guess you would say, "far out" and rather suspect as far as the church is concerned.

But one I hear only good things about is the rosary. What is it and how does one pray it? (Wisconsin) A. You're right. The rosary is a centuries-old form of praising our heavenly Father, especially asking Mary to join her praise of petition to ours.

The name, incidentally; comes from the Latin word, "rosarium," a garland or garden of roses, seeing our prayers symbolically as flowers placed before God. Very simply, the rosary is a reflection on a series of events in the life of Jesus and his mother, with accompanying prayers.

The events are divided into five joyful mysteries: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Birth of Our Lord, the Presentation of Jesus By in the Temple and the Finding of , Jesus in the Temple.

The five sorrowful mysteries: FATHER while the constitution on the the Agony of Jesus in the Garden,.

Church stressed the fullness of the Scourging at the Pillar, the Christian dignity ofthe layperson.

EUGENE Crowning of Jesus With Thorils, When we contrast the past with the Carrying of the Cross and the the present it becomes apparent HEMRICK Crucifixion. that the lay movement has come a The five glorious mysteries: the long way. But how can it continue Resurrection of Jesus from the to progress and avoid a reversal?

Dead, the Ascension, the Coming I believe what is badly needed Today we have far too many angry of the Holy Spirit upon the Aposnow on the part of everyone in the laypersons, religious and priests. tles (Pentecost)", the Assumption church is respect and faith in each Polarization has paralyzed our of Mary into Heaven and the other. Unpleasant events over the ability to dream exciting dreams Crowning (Glorification) of Mary last few years in the United States about the future. It has frozen us in Heaven. have polarized many Catholics. into defensive stances and drained The praying of each (mystery) the entrepreneurial spirit of Vaticonsists of one Our Father, 10 can II. Hail Marys and one Glory Be to Many people today are hyperthe Father. The rosary usually sensitive but it is not the type of begins with the Apostles' Creed, hypersensitivity that causes creativthree Hail Marys and one Glory ity.

Be to the Father.

Aprilll If there is one topic that those Usually, but not necessarily, a 1914, Rev. John F. Downey, preparing for the synod need to of beads with a cross (called a set Pastor, Corpus Christi, Sandwich discuss it is how to unify the var- rosary) is used to count the prayApril 12 ious factions in the church. This is ers.

1909, Rev. John Tobin, Assistneeded if we are to be able to move The rosary has taken several ant, St. Patrick, Fall River forward as a church. forms through history and even April 14 How do we once again capture today differs a bit around the 1977, Rev. Cosmas Chaloner, that sense of working together and world. But the basics ~re the same.

SS.Cc., St. Francis Xavier, Acthe excitement of exploring new The above format is the one most ushnet possibilites that was so character- common now in our country.

1935, Rev. Louis N. Dequoy, istic of Vatican II and caused the Q: I have assisted some individPastor, Sacred Heart, North Attlelay movement to forge ahead? uals, divorced and remarried, in boro going to a priest to seek the possiApril 15 bility of an annulment. I especially 1908, Rev. Christopher G. am concerned about the fees that Hughes, D.D., Rector, CathedNOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC) some couples have quoted, as much ral, Fall River , Holy Cross Father Theodore M. as 5300.

Hesburgh, who retires this spring April 16 There was never a fee several after 35 years as president of the 1928, Rev. Arthur E. Langlois, years ago when I was involved in a University of Notre Dame, will on sick leave, Denver, Colorado similar case. Has there been a receive the university's Laetare Medchange? Would you please clarify this for me? (Oklahoma) 1II11I1I11I1I1II11I1I11II11II11UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, al May 17.

The a ward, presented since 1883 A. Dozens of hours of work, THE ANCHOR (USPS-S4S-020). Second to distinguished U.S. Catholics, often including considerable conClass Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. sultation with professional people Published weekly except the week of July 4 traditionally is announced on the and the week after Christmas at 410 High- . fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare (physicians, psychiatrists, psycholland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by Sunday. Father Hesburgh is the ogists and others) are required to the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall fourth priest to be honored since complete most annulment proRiver. Subscri~tion price by mail, postpaid eligibility, originally limited to lay cesses. $8.00 per year. Postmasters send address These procedures, with added changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall people, was extended in 1968 to priests and religious. overhead costs of the offices and River, MA 02722.

Synod on the laity As we move closer to next October's world Synod of Bishops on the laity, suggestions on what the laity want from

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DIETZEN personnel involved, can become very expensive.

All dioceses that I know of indicate a fee requested from individuals petitioning an annulment to help cover these expenses. Normally these fees do not cover the total cost, but they help a lot and make such procedures available for as many individuals as possible.

This is the reason for the "fees" you mention. It must, be added, however, that these fees are not a "payment" for a favorable decision in a marriage case. Nor are they even a condition for the com. . pletion of the case.

In most instances With which I am familiar, fees are normally collected after the decision is made and are, in fact, excused (or sometimes paid by the parish involved) if the individuals are too poor to afford the fee.

I cannot, of course, speak for every diocese but this is the procedure and policy in every place with which I am familiar.

A free brochure on confession without serious sin and other questions about the sacrament of reconciliation is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main. St.; Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

Protect weak, scribes told ANTWERP, Belgium (NC) Journalists should apply their"combativeness" to protecting the weak, including refugees, victims of injustice and the unborn, the Vatican's top communications official told Catholic press leaders.

U.S. Archbishop John Foley, head of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, said Catholics involved in news gathering can show "doctrinal integrity and journalistic objectivity."

He said church communications organs should emphasize their Catholic identity.

He spoke April2 at an Antwerp meeting of the International Catholic Union of the Press. The meeting marked the 60th anniversary of the organization of Catholic press and information associations.

The work of journalists, Archbishop Foley said, is not only to "comfort the afflicted but also to afflict the comfortable."

"We journalists can sometimes be rather contentious people, but I hope that such combativeness comes from truly caring about principles and about people, from defending the commandments of God and the rights of all God's children," he said.

That should especially include the rights of "those I~ast able to defend themselves: refugees. the victims of violence, injustice and persecution, the abandoned, the forgotten, the handicapped and the unborn,'.' he said.

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New Bible text Continued From Page One pronouns and "brothers" to translate the Greek "adelphoi," although' it is clear that the original Greek term meant both men and women when it was used to speak of the Christian community as a family.

the original words, style and language structure - the new version has restored some of the more "traditional terminology" that people had come to link with various scriptural passages: In the 1970 version, for example, St. Matthew's narration of the Beatitudes began, "How blest are the poor in spirit: the reign of God is theirs. Blest too are the sorrowing; they shall be consoled."

The 1986 version of the same passage, though newer, sounds more traditional. It goes, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is

The "overriding"concern, Father Gignac said, was that the translation be faithful to the original text.

The 1970 version of the New American Bible New Testament "is still the liturgical text," Father Hartdegen said, but the editors hope that the newer version will be adapted and approved for liturgical use within the next two years or so.

Msgr. Myles Bourke of St. JoPHILADELPHIA (NC) - One seph's Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y., of the first four members of the said the 1970 version "was objected to, I think rightly so, in liturgical Medical Mission Sisters, Sister use" because it was a translation Agnes Marie Ulbrich, 87, has died based on more creative or original in Philadelphia. methods. These methods, he said, Marie Ulbrich, a native of Luxresulted in "sometimes fortunate emburg, Iowa, trained as a nurse renderings" but also in "sometimes in Dubuque. She searched unsucidiosyncratic" translations that cessfully for two years for a relimight confuse hearers or readers. gious community that served the Father Gignac said that by using sick overseas when she heard that the more traditional method of Austrian doctor Anna Dengel was "formal equivalency" in transla- about to start such an order. tion - in which the translators try She and Anna Dengel were joinnot only to capture the meaning of , ed by another doctor and nurse the' text but also as far as possible Sept. 25, 1925, to become the

the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted."

The Old Testament translation of the New American Bible remains the one completed in four phases between 1944 and 1970. There are no immediate plans to revise it.

Eight U.S. publishers have been licensed to publish the revised New Testament, either alone or as part of the whole Bible. An edition published by Catholic Book Publishing Corporation of New York is already on the market.

SISTER PHILOMENA Agudo (left) and Sister Noel Blute at last Sunday's workshop. (Gaudette photo)

Pioneer nun dies founding members of the Medical Mission Sisters.

Sister Ulbrich spent two years at Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi, India, then returned to the United States to train postulants and novices for 23 years.

She spent an additional 30 years in administrative positions at community institutions, retiring in 1979 to the order's North American headquarters in Philadelphia.

Today the Medical Mission Sisters have 717 members in 23 countries.

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u.s. religious in the local church from 1780 to 1960.

"The framework of our story is the framework of American Catholic history," she said, in explaining the changing role of religious as Catholics moved from ghetto to mainstream status. She pointed out that American religious had for the most part to support themselves, in contrast to the European experience of patronage for cloistered congregations. .

What may lie ahead for religious was discussed by Bishop DuMaine as head of a new diocese and Sister Gafferty as past president of the Leadership conference of Women Religious.

The bishop noted the present practice of assigning religious to posts as individ'uals, not as groups and said that there is strong minis-

trial commitment among those with whom he has contact.

He added that what religious expect most from the local church is communication. "This has emerged as a serious source of concern. Many religious feel that their mode of living is not understood or responded to and they also desire joint planning with the diocese."

Sister Cafferty, who has worked in inner-city parishes and was involved with the national Call to Action program, spoke of religious' concern for their identity in a changing society and church, retirement funding for religious; and the role retired religious might play in teacher-training and oth~r apostolic activities.

"Each age has its need," Sister Cafferty said, "and the world needs our pastoral care and our witness" in the areas of justice and peace.

Papal journey

i SJmetime ago villagers, like this ,woman from North East India, heard .ilie Easter message for the first time.

The. ood News that]esus died and .rose saVe ' " A missionary broughtt1l1sm~s The villagers were so overjoyed they

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couldn't keep the news of God's _ .ve to themselves and began to sprea --it from one to another.

With Easter joy and gratitud ,for your gift of faith, won't you help spr' d the e of salvation in the ions! .

Give f ay 'of the Faith.'

Continued From Page One The pope, without mentioning Marxism, told Catholics not to be seduced by ideologies seeing "programmed class struggle as the dialectic solution to conflicts."

During his April4 visit to Punta Arenas, located on the Straits of Magellan and one of the southernmost cities in the world, the pope also criticized the arms race, calling it "scandalous to people engulfed in poverty."

During his brief stay in Uruguay, the pope commemorated the settlement in 1985 of the ArgentineChilean border dispute. In 1979 in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, Chile and Argentina signed an agreement formally asking the Vatican to mediate. The subse-

querit papally mediated agreement awarded the islands to Chile and established a commonly agreed maritime boundary.

Argentina and Chile had threatened to go to war before the pope intervened.

The pope ended his trip to Chile in Antofagasta April 6 with a prayer that God would "reconcile the great Chilean family, overcoming barriers, healing fractures, overcoming animosity and discord with the force of Christian spirit."

In an airport farewell to Pinochet, he said, "I hope your recollection of my apostolic pilgrimage will be one of a call to hope, an invitation to look upward, a stimulus for peace and living together fraternally. "

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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN meets with Father Claude Grou, right, superior general of the Congregation of the Holy Cross and diocesan native Father Leo Polselli, CSC. In the Fall River diocese, the Holy Cross community staffs Stonehill College and Holy Cross Retreat House in North Easton; S1. Joseph's Hall, North Dartmouth; and Holy Cross parish, South Easton. (Gaudette photo)

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ST. DOMINIC'S youth group adviser. Jen Fisher, at right, joined by group members, from left, Rick Sousa, Gina Leonardo, Kim Vaillancourt and Karen Beaulieu. (Motta photo)

Real unity at St. Dominic's, Swansea

By Joseph Motta "The consensus is tbat teenagers are not interested in God, that they're all into drugs and alcohol.

"That's wron,e."

So says Father William G. Campbell, pastor of S1. Dominic's parish, Swansea. A group of yaung parishioners prove his words in the form of a recently organized youth group, one of many which

will participate in World Youth

Day services Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Fall River.

Jennifer Fisher, 18, a department store salesclerk, is the group's adviser. She said that last fall, she and parish religious education teacher ·Joseph Dodge discussed starting the jroJJp, "just to do things and have fun."

Dodge is the organization's re-

source person, but is quick to nott that "the kids are running this, 1.00 percenl. They have real unity."

Jen, as youth group members refer to her, said that a membership drive was launched with a parish bulletin notice. Initial meetings were small, she said, but people "just kept coming." As weeks passed, more young people signed up, and now, barelyinto its sixth

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month, the group has 10 active members and several occasional participants. Continued growth is expected, Jen said. Membership is open to all high school age Catholics.

Kim Vaillancourt and Karen Beaulieu, both 15 and students at Fall River's Bishop Connolly High School, are happy th.ey joined.

"I thought it would be a good idea to get involved in something in the church," Kim said, "and I made all these new friends."

"We're not afraid to be open with each other," Karen added.

"We can trust each other."

The young people making up the organization are typical teen~ agers. Parttime jobs, music, fun, girlfriends, boyfriends and obtaining the all-important driver's license are among their concerns.

"You learn that you're not the only one that's religious," says Gina Leonardo, 16,a group member hailing from Swansea's nearby St. Louis de France parish. "It's n,ice to know that people have the same feelings that you do.

"We don't feel stupid going to church, or sharing Mass together," she said. Her statement re<:eived support from her fellow group member and boyfriend, Rick Sousa, 16. .

"Everybody's comfortable with everyone else," he said.

Other regular group members are David, Kenny, Wendy, Heidi, Dennis and Jenny. In their months together, the 10 friens's have enjoyed varied outings. A day of horseback riding at a Rehoboth farm included a nature walk, a cookQut _ank a group prayer S1:5-

sian. The young people have also gone bowling together, held adance and plan to lend a hand at an upcoming parish picnic.

A major excursion was a recent ski trip to New Hampshire's Mt. Cranmore, where they bunked at Father Campbell's family chalet in nearby Center Ossipee.

"Lots of personal problems were worked out on the trip:' Jen said, noting that group prayer was a very important part of the vacation.

The young people, she said, tO,ok the opportunity to share with each other the things for which they were thankful. That they had found each other and" managed to get the group off the ground" was mentioned, Jen said, as were the gifts of family, friends, and, of course. obtaining a driver's license.

Father Campbell celebrated Mass for the vacationers: he stressed how impressed he was with the maturity of their New Hampshire discussions.

"The kids," he said, "are interested in the parish, and the wider parish, the diocese and the church."

St. Dominic's Youth Group meeb at 8 p.m. Wednesdays in the parish center, behind the church on Route 6 in Swansea,

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SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK .

Palm Sunday: April 11, 12 The Solemn Blessing of Palms wll1take . place at the 4:00 PM: Vigil Mass.

Palms will be distributed al all the weekend Masses.

Monday: April' 13 7:00 A.M. and t2:1 0 PM Mass 7;15 P.M. Parish Penance Service Tuesday and· wednesday: April 14. 15 Masseswill be offered at 7:00 A.M. and 12:10 PM.

Hoiy Thursday: April 16 7:00P.M.

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ConceJebration olthe Lord's Supper. Adoration 01 the Biessed Sacrament will follow unlil midnight.

Good Friday: April 17 300 P.M.

The Liturgical Celebration 01 the Passion and Death of the Lord. It will inclUde the distribution of tioly .communion and Veneration of the-Cross, 7:00 P.M_ Stations 01 the Cross.

This is a day of Abstinence and Fast.

Melly saturday: Aprflla ',.' 3:0010'4:30 P.M. ConfessioM 7:00 P.M. Solemn Easter Vigil; BI~ing of the New Fire, Paschal Candle, Renewal of Baptismal Promises.

'Please Note ...;. This Vigil is tile most important Liturgical Service 6f the year. It is the only Mass offered on this day.

Easter Sunday: April 19 Mass will be offered at 7:30, 9:00, 10:15 and 11 :30A.M. in church and 9:00 and 10:15 A.M. in the school hall.

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By Dr. James and Mary KeDny Dear Dr. Kenny: I am .rraidto tell anyone, so I am wrtdog to you.

Please answer in a column as soon as you ran.

My l1eprather has been touchIng me on my breasts and otber print! parts when my mother is aut of the house. I am 12 years old.

This has happened about onee a week for one year. I try to stay out of the house or locked in the bathroom, but he still C8tches me sometimes. I hate him. I hate him.

He tells me that I should let him touth me, thld it's an rllht, he's only my stepfather. Then he tells me hell put me through the wall if 1 tell my mother. I haven't told Royone. but I'm about to explode inside. I have even thought of killing mYlielf. Whateanr do? - Ohio You are in a very difficult situation. Unfortunately, it is much t(,lo common todav. Divorces and blended families bring a lot more people into intimate contact with one another.

You have to tell someone. No matter how frightening that may sound, you need the support of other adults. If you keep it. secret, the situation you describe will continue.

all abused child

Whom should you tell? Sooner or later, your mother hilS to know.

You must anticipate whether your mother will be sympathetic and listen to you.

Of course, your mother is likely to be upset and shocked. Sometimes mothers are so upset, they cannot believe it. Some mothers have even blamed the child for being a troublemaker.

further purpose of procreation. It is a serious crime for an adult to touch the breasts and ienitlll area of a child in aD !lffectionate or a mean way.

You muSt know that, when you tell, the adults will stop the situation. Your stepfather will probably be asked "to leave the home for a time. If not, then you may be temporarily placed with relatives or in a foster home. It is obvious and proper that your stepfather be separated from yOll; until it can be certain that it will' not happen again.

If you think your mother will deny it or even side with your stepfather, then you should talk with your school counselor or someone else you trust. A common choice is the mother of one of your girlfriends whom you know and respect.

In most states this adult will be reqUired by law to report your problem to the Welfare Department or to the Child Protection Services. They will make an investigation and see that the touching is stopped. You may call the Wel(are DlCpartment yourself if you wish.

Charges of sexual abuse may be filed against your stepfather. That 'will depend upon the investigation. That too is proper and may be necessary to ~uarantee that he does not feel free to continue.

Remember, you are not at fault here. You must \ell someone older what is happeni路ng. .If your stepfather gets in trouble, that is because of what he did and not because you told. Be brave!

What you are telling me about is child abuse. No adult, and especially not a parent, has the rig!).t to exploit your body. Sex is a joy between adults, and it has the

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Parental leave bills were pro路 posed recently in both the Senate and the house. Opposition was immediately heard from several gnmps, including the Chamber of Commerce or-the United States, which said parental leave would be tod costlyf-or employers, primarily in finding temporary replacements.

Lest anyone get the idea that we're talkins about continuing to give a paychec~ to mothers who slay horne after giving birth, let's clarify immediately what the biJIs are about. All that is being asked is some job security. For example. the Senate bill introduced by Sen. Christopher Dodd, O-Conn., Sltn,pIy asks that a mother be able to take 18 weeks of unpaid "family leave" to care for a newborn or newly adopted baby or severely ill child. Businesses with fewer than 15 employees would be exempt.

The senator believes a woman should not have to choose between earing for her infant or her job. He got right to the heart of the maner. telling fellow senators, "If all o( us in the United, States are 'continue to depict ourselves as being pro-family. it is time we put QUr' words to action and consider this bill during the IOOth Cong~ess."

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Sen. Dodd hit a sensitive button when he used the term "pro-family."

We have. to admit that the United Statcs,- which talks a lot about family values r - ' is loath, in practice, to help parents, particularly mothen;. Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D-CoJo., who introduced a family and medical leave act in the House, 'pointed this out. She said, "If you printed III map or the world that showed only the coulJtr~eswithout parental leave, there would be only a handful - the United States, Upper Volta, the S odan and South Africa.

Sen.. Dodd's motivation for the bill he proposed is humane and practical. "Today, dose to half of

all mothers with infants under I year of age work outside the horne," he said. "And two out of every three women working outside of the home today are either the s~e providers for their children or have husbands who earn less than $15,000 a year." They need to have theassuran,ce that their job - n~')( a luxury but III necessity - will be waiting for them after they have launched their new infant.

Yet in40 states a working woman who takes some time off to have a baby faces the real possibility of losing her job. Only 10 states guarantee pregnant women some kind of leave arid reinstatement benefits - Connecticut, California, M ontana, Massachusetts, Hawaii. Kan-

sas,minois, New Hampshire, Ohio and Washington. ' The bottom line is that families have changed and the workplace has changed - but old attitudes about both haven't.

We k.now better, but we still revert to images of the nice family model wl;ter.e the mother stays home: has the babies 'and raises them while the father works on the job that pays enough to provide a good, comfonabk home. ' A parental leave bill is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the consideration that should be given to an American family, particularly an American child. But at least it is a start. It is long past time to be pro-family in ways that counl.

Hilda's household tips

By Hilda Young I don't know why but I've always been kind of a sucker for those helpful household tips columns.

Maybe it's because I'm fascinated by the kind of mind that would be able to figure out how to remove the s.mell of garlic from III cutting board. ' I w~nder about the person who searched through the house for days trying.to gel a stain out of a leather jacket.until disc'overing that dub soda works. And why would anyone boill~ftovertea bags to fi~e if the resulting liquid would be good,to clean hardwood floors?

I've always been bashful about sending in' my household tips.

Sho.uld I share my discovery th,at hooking a little' screwdriver to an electric drill can rewind one of the kids' cassetle tapes in a flash?

What's even better, nit happens to be music you don't lik.e, an extra second or two of drill tim'e can lurn that cassette into celluloid spaghetti. ~ Where is the best place to hide cookies so the kids won't eat them all before the next day? Seal them in airtight bags and stuff them

about halfway down the side of your dog-s 50路 pound food bag.

Do you have young students at home who fOrever wander off with your pens and pencils? Leave a spare in the scouring pad box: "fhey never look. there.

How can you make ugly leftovers more appealing? Save your burger boxed from fast food chains.

Serving leftovers in these guarantees they will be eaten by anyone between'the ages of 4 and 17, no questions asked.

Doell it seem that,the kids never clean the tub aDd the ring driVes you crazy? (nstan a sliding door on the tub and build anotberbathrbom for you.

Your husband loves raw onion but it doesn't love you? Take up chewing raw garlic. You won't notice the onion and you'll become even closer because you will rarely see friends.

You know what? I'm beginning to wonder less about the person who first used mayonnaise and avocado for a cream conditioner.

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"Funny Fathers" share their memories DETROIT (NC) - There's a new series, he's doing just that. new comedy series on television Hosting"Funny Fathers" is Fath-one with no script and no actors. er Donald Dacey, pastor of Our Just six priests telling some of the Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish in funniest tales of their priesthood.

Birmingham, Mich. "By default, I Titled "Funny Fathers," the pro- became the emcee," he said, noting gram airs three times weekly on it is more than 25 years ago that he the Catholic Telecommunications received radio and television trainNetwork of Detroit, which is car- .ing at the University of Detroit. ried on II cable systems in the A recent episode of the halfDetroit area. hour show featured anecdotes Credited with inventing the con- about the height of bishops' miters cept for the series is Father Clif- and a homemade Easter candle ford Ruskowski of Detroit's arch- that in two weeks started "looking diocesan Office for Pastoral Tele- like Vesuvius." communications.

Clergy who were guests on the In an interview with The Michi- show also told stories of birds and gan Catholic, newspaper of the bats that have entered their churchArchdiocese of Detroit, Father Rus- es and rectories, and attempts to kowski said he decided the stories shoo them away. he had heard priests tell about As the priests spin their yarns, their ministries were so humorous the taping crew "starts laughing so someone should put them on tape. hard it's impossible to keep our As executive producer of the attention On what we're supposed

to be doing," said Father Ruskowski.

He said a rotating panel of area priests appears on the show. "We've got a load of guys waiting."

More than just a good time for priests, "Funny Fathers" fills a valuable role, Father Ruskowski said.

It shows that priests are people too, he said. "We're not the stuffy, hands-folded type all the time.

We're fun people."

By "showing the priests in their more relaxed moments," the series promotes vocations to the priesthood, believes Father Dacey.

Father Ruskowski envisions the creation of "Funny Fathers" spinoff shows featuring nuns and lay people telling their own stories of humorous incidents in church life.

"Religion is, and can be, fun," he said.

Southern African bishops condemn government abuses JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (NC) - Southern African bishops have condemned South Africa's "serious abuse of power" and pledged solidarity with political detainees held under a state of emergency declared last June.

A recent open letter to detainees, signed by 13 bishops and other church officials, said South Africa has seldom "witnessed such a wave of repression and such an extensive denial of basic human rights.

"We condemn this in the strongest possible terms and accuse the present South African government of a serious abuse of power," the bishops' letter, written at a special meeting, said.

"This is evident in the number of people who are detained, in the failure to give them access to due process and most distressingly, the detention of children.

"We can find no justification for this continuing inhuman oppression, and we warn that it is a measure that does great damage for the present and the future," the letter said.

Among signers were the southern African Catholic bishops' con-

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ference president Bishop Wilfred Napier of Kokstad, Cardinal Owen McCann of Cape Town, and Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban.

In Geneva, a mid-March report released by the International Commission of Jurists said detained children as young as 14 were being

tortured by South African security forces.

"There appears to be wide use of electric shocks and tear gas," said the report, which added that as of Feb. 5 at least 885 children under age 18 had been detained under the state of emergency.

Suggests bishops write sex education books WASHINGTON (NC) - The head of Brooklyn's Catholic schools has urged the U.S. bishops to write their own sex education books if they want something good.

"Take the issue out of the hands of the publishers," said Msgr. Vincent Breen, Brooklyn diocesan superintendent of' education. "This issue demands the direct involvement of representatives of the bishops in the same way that a national catechism would."

Msgr. Breen, who heads a system of more than 100,000 students, spoke in Washington at. a March meeting on school-based health clinics.

It is "utterly critical" that the church develop better Catholic school and CCD sex education programs, Msgr. Breen said. "I have yet to find the sex education

program for use in Catholic schools or CCD that I find fully satisfactory....

"I would recommend to the bishops that they take charge through their staff for the development of new sex education programs," he said.

Msgr. Breen said the church also must work for good sex education in public schools.

Such programs should stress "the value and worth of the self and others," and a vision of sex as the "intimate expression of married love and commitment," he said.

"Let's take on the media," he added, and "challenge the leadership of the communications industries of this nation to raise their moral standards and change their programming policies."

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ARCIC issues justification statement LONDON (NC) An Anglican-Catholic ecumenical panel said there is no difference in the churches' view of justification, one of the most divisive theological issues of the 16th-century Reformation.

"We are agreed that this is not an area where any remaining differences of theological interpretation or ecclesiological emphasis, either within or between our communions, can justify our continuing separation," the AnglicanRome Catholic International Commission ARCIC said in a statement published during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

"We believe that our two communions are agreed on the essential aspects of the doctrine of salvation and on the church's role within it," the statement said.

The 1545-63 Council of Trent define justification as "the change from the condition in which a person is born as a child of the first Adam into a state of grace and adoption among the children of God through the Second Adam, Jesus Christ."

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Describing justification and sanctification as two aspects of the same divine act, the commission said: "God's grace effects what he declares."

"By pronouncing us righteous, God alsc make& us righteous," it said.

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ATTLEBORO native and Bishop Feehan High School graduate Kevin Birch will perform a free organ recital including workS by Bach, Franck and Durufle at4 p.m. Sunday at St. Anne's Church in Fall River. Birch serves as assist. ant college organist at North Easton's Stonehill College•

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NATURAL FAMILY PLANNIN G Couple to Couple League Natural Family Planning session 7:30 p.m.

May 7, St. Mary's parish hall, Seekonk; information: Pauline L'Heureux, 336-6349.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Women's Guild meeting with special Lenten program Wednesday evening, April 15, parish center; information: Bella Nogueira, 673-6145.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Vincentian meeting after 9:30 a.m.

Mass Sunday. The parish welcomes converts Cindy Plant and Lynn Wright. Parish school seventh grader Matthew Germano merited third place in a recent regional science fair.

HOLY NAME, FR The parish thanks all who contributed towards preparation for reception of the sacrament of confirmation in the parish.

ST. JOSEPH, FR New parishioners may complete a census card, which may be found on the desk in the rear ofthe church and drop it in the collection basket. Parishioners were recently mailed Lenten self-denial folders.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON Children's choir rehearses 5:45 p.m.

Mondays and II a.m. Saturdays.

Confirmation class retreat tomorrow at Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown. The parish thanks Barbara Januse for making a banner for World Youth Day services Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral; Mr. and Mrs. GregGIynn will be WYDchaperones.

ST. JAMES, NB CYO members will represent the church at World Youth Day services Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral; a business dinner-meeting will follow at Somerset Lodge restaurant, Somerset. Senior altar boys' installation at II a.m. Mass Sunday.

DCCW,NB Diocesan Council of Catholic Women District Two Bishop's Night April 30 begins with 6:30 p.m. Mass, St. John Neumann parish, E. Freetown; information: Annette Dwyer, 996-2618.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Adult Lenten Bible series in CCD center continues 9:45 to II a.m. Tuesday and 7:05 to 8:20 p.m. Wednesday with "Way of the Cross media presentation: tradition/ scripture."

Lenten penance service 7:30 p.m.

Sunday.

F AMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH Joy of Living Widowed Support Weekend April 24 to 26 for widowedmen and women of all ages, conducted by team of widowed persons and a spiritual director. Information: Imelda Vezina, 998-3269.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS St. Clare pre-fraternity Mass and meeting 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St., Fall River. All welcome.

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Penance service 7 p.m Friday.

Parish Poor Family's Supper 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, church hall.

ST. ANNE, FR Cub Scout Pack meeting 7 tonight.

HOLY TRINITY, W. HARWICH Good Friday ecumenical service noon to 3 p.m. April 17, church.

D of I, NB Daughters oflsabella meeting 7:30 p.m. April 21, VFW Hall, Park Street.

O.L. ANGELS, FR Catholic Charities Appeal soiicitors' meeting 7 p.m. April 26, parish hall. Parish council meeting 7 p.m.

June 15, hall. Blessing of autos I p.m. May 17, church parking lot.

Lectors needed; contact rectory, 6768883. Adults wishing to be confirmed may also contact the rectory.

SEPARATED AND DIVORCED, CAPE, ISLANDS Ministry for Divorced and Separated Catholics evening of reflection and preparation for Holy Week 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis; directed by Father Richard G. Andrade, chaplain. Babysitting available; information:. Patti Mackey, 771-4438.

HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO The parish thanks confirmation class teachers Bob Hoag and 'Paul Fournier for their efforts this year.

MADONNA MANOR, NO. ATTLEBORO Volunteers age 14 and over wishing to visit and/ or assist residents with crafts and other activities are welcome: information: 699-2740.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK Stations of the Cross in tableau by and for children 2 p.m. April 17, church; children interested in participating meet 10 a.m., church, for rehearsal; bring bag lunch and drink.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Elizabeth Furtado will be parish youth representative at Youth Day services Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral; Ann Kelley and Jim Towers will carry the parish banner.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Parish high schoolers are sharing a weekend retreat with students from Wareham and New York at Camp Lyndon. Women's Guild meeting Monday begins with noon luncheon; program features nutrition for women; all parish women welcome.

Parish high school seniors are eligible for the Father Tom Scholarship of the OLV Guild and the Vincent and Rose Curran Scholarship given by their daughter, Joan Murphy; applications available at high school guidance office.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR The names and confirmation names of the 31 parish confirmandi were listed in last week's bulletin; names chosen included Apollonia, Amadeus and Cyprian. Parish council meeting 7 p.m. April 14, rectory.

ST. PATRICK, FR Holy hour 2 p.m. Sunday, lower chapel.

ST. JAMES, NB Ladies' Guild calendar party follows 7:30 p.m. meeting April 22, church hall; refreshments.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Parishioners John and Irene Wrigley are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.

NOTRE DAME, FR CYO Easter Egg hunt after 10:30 a.m. Mass Easter Sunday.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Parishioners Joseph Wegman and David Stowe participated in Boys' ECH 0 134 last weekend. Vincentian meeting 7 p.m. Monday, rectory.

Food Pantry donations are needed.

ST. ANTHONY OF :rHE DESERT, FR Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8 p.m. April 16 to 8 p.m. April 17, St. Sharbel Chapel. Healing service and Mass 2 p.m. April 26, church;

principal celebrant: Father William T. Babbitt, parochial vicar of St. Mary's parish, N. Attleboro; all welcome.

CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME,FR Concert by Tiverton Senior Citizens' Chorus 2 p.m. April 22, auditorium. Coffee hour/birthday celebration for residents and visitors April 24, auditorium. Donna Massa, April Employee of the Month has worked in the priests' kitchen since October, 1984.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Apr. 10, 1987

ST. STANISLAUS, FR SACRED HEART, FR Parishioners Chester and Sheila "School's Out Vacatitm Camp" Charron are celebrating their 10th 6:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 17 to 24, wedding anniversary with a Mass of parish center; information and regisThanksgiving. An 8:30 a.m. Mass tration: Margaret Leger, 6l4-2157. tomorrow will memorialize the marWomen's Guild Rose E. Sullivan tyrdom of St. Stanislaus. A parish scholarship applications available mission conducted by Father Peter from high school principals and guiScagnelli will conclude at 7 tonight. dance personnel.

Three parish school students received recognition at the Massachusetts Region 111 Science Fair; Robert T. Pereira, water filtration, first prize, Tricia Carr, desalinization, third The Catholic Daughters of Amerprize; Eric Wilber, fiber optics, honor- ica has donated $50,000 to the able mention.

U.S. Catholic Conference to help ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO defray expenses of the September Religious books for a lending li- visit of Pope John Paul II to brary to be organized by the Religious Education Commission may America.

The l60,000-member organizabe left at the back of the church, or call Rose Lamoureux for pickup, tion has also contributed $20,000 226-1067. Special Way of the Cross to SOAR, Support Our Aging 7 p.m. Monday, church, followed by Religious, Inc., and $5,000 to the Council of Catholic Women meet- National Committee for Prevening, church hall; Mrs. Rejeanne Mar- tion of Child Abuse. quis will discuss a trip to Haiti.

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ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Father James W. Clark, pastor, Father Francis Connors and parishioners Michael LeBrun and Michael Deegan were among Boys' ECHO team members last weekend; parishioners Jason Kirwan, Jerry Melcher, Derek Dineen and James Ariagno were among candidates. Information on Women's Guild scholarship for 1987 high school graduates; Elaine Judge, 563-2973.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Parish council meeting 9 a.m. tomorrow.

SEPARATED AND DIVORCED, FR Greater Fall River Support Group for Separated, Divorced and Remarried Catholics meeting 7 p.m Tuesday, Our Lady of Fatima Church hall, Swansea; the group will also meet April 22, same time and place.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Information on Holy Week services and" A Very Good Friday Experience": 222-5410. Healing service 2 p.m. Sunday, shrine, led by Father Andre Patenaude, MS, with music ministry by Sister Lucille Gauvin, OP, includes teaching, liturgy and the opportunity for individuals to be prayed over; all welcome. "I Have a Friend Who Lost a Loved One" session 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, monastery; with hospital chaplain Father Paul Dalbec, MS.

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN The parish thanks those who assisted during its recent mission; a special thank you to Terry Furtado for providing music.

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Education children, as well as Youth Group)

PALM SUNDAY· (April 12th.) - MASSES7:30AM. (Portuguese); 9:00 & 10:30AM. (English) and SOLEMN BLESSING & PROCESSION WITH PALMS at 12:00 Noon (portuguese) HOLY THURSDAY

(April 16th.) - 7:00 P.M. -EVENING MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER with Washing of the Feet

GOOD FRIDAY (April 17th.) - 7:00 P.M. CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S PASS!ON EASTER VIGil (April 18th.) - 7:00 P.M. NIGHT WATCH OF THE RESURRECTION Solemn Services EASTER SUNDAY

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Masses: 7:30A.M. (Portuguese); 9:00 & 10:30 AM. (English) and 12:00 Noon (Portuguese)

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What's 9n your

By TOM LENNON

mind? .Q. How can you get through to a boy you really care about? How can you get someone to like you when you like him? (New Mexico) A. This is the.question that the mailman brings to my home most often. A really surprising number o( young people want- to know how to play this game of manipulation skillfully. . Most likely they do not see that they wish to manipulate someone, and therein lies a danger.

If they are successful in manipulating this special someone, they may extend their manipulative activities.

In time, they may earn for themselves the unflattering title of "the great manipulator." And if they achieve a high degree of skill, one day someone may refer to them as "con artists."

You may find it interesting to check out "manipulate" in your dictionary. Mine had this to say: "to manage or influence by artful or devious skill."

Now, with all the honeSty you can muster, answer (in the privacy of your heart) this question: "w ould you like anyone to manage you or to influence you by artful or devious means?"

If you realized someone was try~ ing to manipulate you, wouldn't you feel used? And wouldn't you at least feel mildly annoyed?

Take a tip from one who calls himself our friend - Jesus: Do for others what you want them to do for you.

Since you wouldn't want someone trying to manipulate you, don't try to manipulate them.

On the .other hand, there is nothing wrong with being sincerely friendly toward that special someone. We all welcome friendly gestures. There's nothing wrong either in being sincerely pleasant, generous, interested, kind, willing to listen, trusting - and, all the other things that are the mark of a good friend. As the motto suggests, "Do for others what you want them to do for you." . There's nothing 'Yrong in letting this special person know that you exist. But do this subtly; don't be boorishly obtrusive. . And there's something right in being always honest and sincere.

Keep in mind, however, that this person may neit care for you at all. Maybe the chemistry simply isn't there.

And maybe you'll have to accept gracefully the fact that this person is not going. to be your sPltcial someone.

This, to say the least, is disappointing. It may' hurt you very much.

But if you can let go of Mr. Right and, for a while, settle for the friendship of Mr. Just OK, perhaps after a time Mr. Right will sail into view and decide that you are Ms. Right for him.

Send questions to Tom Lennon, 1312 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

MEMBERS OF 51. Mary's cheerleading squad with coach/ adviser Laurie Martins, right, and assistant coach/ adviser Rhonda Amaral.

Parish cheerleaders win tournament The girls' cheerleading squad at St.' M!uy's parish, New Bedford, took first place in Div,ision One competition at the Webster Beavers'New England Dance and Cheer Tournament, ,held last month at Worcester's Clark University.

It was the only grammar school cc;mtingent among six competing in Division One, and it was chosen All-American squad from among the 25 groups at the tournament.

The squad is led by 23-year-old coach/ adviser Laurie Martins, a former St. Mary's cheerleader now a master's degree candidate at Boston College, where she is also a cheerleader.

Last year, the St. Mary's squad took first place at the St. George's regional competition in Shrewsbury.

All parish girls in grades 5 to 8 are eligible, but this year's squad is

As Easter draws near

By Cecilia Belanger As Easter draws near we find ourselves talking much about the Passon of our Lord. We talk about the power of his holy name, we invoke that name and we praise it.

Whenever we say that name sincerely and reverently we increase in our souls the virtues of faith, hope and charity. His name gives us strength to bear our trials and sufferings with more .patience and resignation than we had thought possible.

We discuss our Lord's fortitude, his daring, a daring that set the pattern of all martyrdom. He remained complete master of the situation throughout his trial.

Whatever words he spoke were essential to his mission, and were more solid than Gibraltar. . When we see newspaper stories of the great generosity of this' or . that particular person or group, we are reminded of the woman who cast the smallest of coins into the treasury, all that she possessed' for the needs of the day, and then went on her way. Her unselfish gesture did not go unseen. In the eyes of Jesus it was real munificence, for the true measures of generosity are the degree of sacrifice and lack of fanfare.

There are still the truly pious, those who go without and never

ask, who remain pure amidst all the corruption around them. There are still those for whom piety is neither ritual nor ostentation, but sacrifice and faith. From among those, the humble and the good, shall his kingdom be built up.

The simple woman of whom we speak was the living exposition of Jesus' great saying that to love God and neighbor is the sum total !rnd essence of all sincere religion.

She was invested with a glory which survives all the glories of many a temple and cathedral.

From the moment when Jesus saw her, he entered the temple no more. It was characteristic that his "last ~ct in'leaving the temple was' to recognize the beauty of a pure and quiet heart. . .

It was the final affirmation of the great truth which keyilOtes his: teaching: "God js a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and trut!t."

Fasting

"We fast in'o~der to place ourselves in solidarity with the poor and hungry. If the money we save does not somehow help the poor and the hungry, then our fasting can be empty and useless." Bishop John McGann, Rockville Center, N.Y.

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Somewhertout tbere beneath the pate blue ligbt Someone is thinking of me and lonng me tonight Somewhere out there someone'ssa.yinga prayer That we'll lindoneanotber In tbat big somewhere out there, ,. And even though I know how very,'ar apart weare It'hetps to think we might be wishinJoP the same brightstlr And whtn the nigbt wind starts to Sing a'lonesome lullaby It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky Somewhere out there if lOve tan see us through .

Then We'll be together Somtwhereout there. out whe,re dreams cOme true

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ration from those we love can be part of life. Best friends en¢oun~ ter separation if they choose to go to different schools. Even ~ou~ pIes in love sometimes choose ge9graphic (iistance. at least on a temporary basis, so that one or both individuals can pursue indi* yi(lUld goals. . , But some separations change people's lives.fOrever. In our society. where ,One ..of two marriages , , . ........... -

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Eighth graders Sheri Gentili and Katie Loveridge are captain and cocaptain; rounding out the 11member team are eighth graders Selena Crabbe, Monique DuPonte and Rochelle Fredette; seventh graders Sarah Constant, Katie Lacoste, Jill Loveridge and Caryn Marcotte; sixth grader Kristie Borges and fifth grader Nicole Camire. ends in divorce, a separation of lasting impact occurs when a teen no longer lives with both parents.

Since this hurt affects so many of today's young people, I want to offer a few comments on it.

When faced with divorce, both parents and teens are likely to experience all sorts of feelings. It is important to fin4 ways to talk about them. Yet the hurt and anger that one might feel tnake it tnore difficult to express feelings.

Further, both parentsand teerts might feel urtsure about where they stand with each other. Stat* lng this fear takes courage, but if you feel uncertain about the teenparent relationship it will help to sbare your feelings. ,Such communication enables teel1$alld pat'* eots to face tbeir feelings together.

Because of all the feelings involved in this type of separation. it can be helpful for everyone involved to., work with a trained counselor: This person can facilitate tbe type of honest dialogue ~eded. bet\~een parents and teerts. .

The sQng suggests that love can see people through the pain of s.epar~tion. I believe tnat the love between teenS and parents can survive the sbock ofa divorce.

Indeed, life will not be the same.

Yet, when both teens and parents continue to seek ways to reach out to eachotber. even the separatiQn caused by divorce can be overcome.

Youreomments are always wei. e.me.AddressCh,arJie Martin.

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

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing: PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); O-morally offensive.

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OVER 60 Young members of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, recently participated in a parish youth night, themed "You Are the Light of the World" (Mat. 5:14) and directed by religious education coordinator Kathleen A. Burt, assisted by parish school teacher Ann Walsh.

Participants, pictured above, prayed, discussed and took part in activities pertaining to their contributions to their parish and the church.

Typical of many in the dio.cese, the program was a response to a call for preparation for the World Youth Day services Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

On Sunday, a parish banner will be carried by Neal Belliveau and Jeffrey Mendoza and about 50 SS. Peter and Paul youth will participate in the services.

Stephanie Ciosek will be the .parish youth representative.

Please cheek dates and times of television and radio programs against local natings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

New Films "Blind Date" (Tri-Star) - Bruce Willis goes on a blind date with Kim Basinger but forgets to keep her away from alcohol. The con·sequences are traditional slapstick sequences of reckless abandon and comedic sight gags in this romance from director Blake Edwards. Jeal, ous ex-boyfriend John Larroquette supplies most of the genuine humor. Partial male nudity, casual treatment of alcoholism and some rough language keep this in the realm of adult comedy. A3, PG-13 "The Aristocats" (Buena Vista) - Story about a cat family which inherits the estate of a wealthy old

woman and the attempts of a greedy butler to take it away from them features a breezy jazz score and the voices of Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers, Eva Gabor and Sterling Holloway. Director Wolfgang Reitherman's visual mobility and witty, warm treatment should satisfy a new generation of youngsters. AI, G "Prettykill"(Spectrafilm) - An expensive New York call girl (Season Hubley) has her life threatened by a schizophrenic Southern charmer (Suzanne Snyder) she temporarily takes under her wing.

Miss Hubley's plight brings her closer to her longtime boyfriend, a police detective (David Birney).

Director George Kaczender's failed psycho-thriller plays more like a distorted caricature of a romance.

Partial nudity and an unwholesome mix of sex and bloody violence. 0, R Films on TV Friday, April 17, 9-11 p.m. EDT (CBS) "Table for Five" (1983). J on Voight stars as the estranged father of three children who tries to make up for lost time by taking them on a surprise cruise. This lengthy but sensitive exploration of the emotional aspects of reestablishing family ties depicts a shipboard affair which marks the drama as mature fare. A3, PG Saturday, April 18, 9-11 p.m.

EDT (CBS) "Christine" (1983). A demonic spirit inhabits a vintage 1958 Plymouth Fury and destroys everyone in it~ path. Director John Carpenter's vision of the

Stephen King novel is highly realistic while maintaining a sense of suspense and dread. Foul language and vivid scenes of violence made the theatrical version ofthe horror tale unsuitable for youngsters. 0, R

Religious TV Sunday, April 12 (CBS) - "For Our Times" - Extending the traditional Passover Seder to include the whole human family, Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of the American Jewish Committee invited representatives from the diplomatic community to share in the Seder and present readings from their own cultural literatures of liberation.

Sunday, April 19, 11 a.m. -noon EDT (CBS) - "Easter Special"CBS presents live coverage of the Easter liturgy from old San Felipe de Neri Church in Albuquerque, N.M., with Archbishop Robert Sanchez of Santa Fe as celebrant homilist.

Sunday, April 19, 9-10 a.m. EDT (NBC) - "Act of Faith: Easter Across America" - The meaning and message of Easter to Christians will be examined through excerpts of Easter services, including coverage of a Moravian community service in Winston-Salem, N .c., and a sermon and service held at the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn.

Religious Radio Sunday, April 12 (NBC) "Guideline" - Father Anthony Failla, pastor' of St. Finbar's Church, Brooklyn, is interviewed about his parish's commitment to run a shelter for homeless men.

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REHEARSING a Dance of the Resurrection for a Passion Play at Notre Dame parish, Fall River, ate, from left, Amy Bronhard, Jamie Givens, Jeffrey Thomas and Ryan Rheaume. The play's director is Claire Amiot. (Motta photo)

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HOLY WEEK MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY MASSES 7:15 and 8:00 A.M.

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THURSDAY 8:00 A.M. Morning Mass 7:00 P.M. Mass ofthe Lord's Last Supper (blessing ofbread) 8:30 P.M. Holy Hour at the Repository (Lourdes Chapel)

FRIDAY 3:00 P.M. Good Friday Passion Service 6:00 & 8:30 P.M.

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SATURDAY 7.00 P.M. Easter Vigil and Mass STAINED GLASS WINDOW OF THE CRUCIFIXATION IN NOTRE DAME CHURCH

EASTER SUNDAY 8:00, 9:00, and 10:30 A.M., 12 Noon

Dear Friends, My Easter Wish and that ofmy two Assistants is that your soul may befilled with the peace andjoy which comes from the Victory ofthe Risen Savior, who bears now and forevermore not wounds, but scars as pledges of love and forgiveness ..

A Blessed Easter to All,

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