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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The third draft of the U.S. bishops' war and peace pastoral opened to generally, but not entirely, favorable reviews in the days after its April 6 release.

But initial response to the draft pastoral also brought a mild rebuke of the Reagan ad­ ministration by two top officials of the bishops' conference after the administration said that the new draft "explicitly endorses" many of the objectives of current U.S. defense policy.

The two bishops - Archbishop · John R. .Roach of St. Paul- Min­ I neapolis, president of the Na­ tional Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago, chairman of the pastoral letter's drafting committee - said the draft, · rather than endorsing current , policies, is still "explicitly criti­ cal" of many of those policies.

Meanwhile, several critics of earlier drafts of the pastoral, such as Bishop Edward W. 0'· Rourke of Peoria, Ill., and Cath­ olic social commentator Michael Novak, said the new version was j a vast improvement.

But initial reaction was not all favorable. The president of the American Catholic Philo­ sophical Association, Germain ; Grisez, a professor of Christian 1 ethics at Mount St. Mary's Col­ c lege in Emmitsburg.

Md., said he 'would giye the third draft a · grade of D "at best" and maybe I an F for its moral acceptance of < deterrence policy.

The new draft is scheduled for discussion and possible final vote at a special meeting of the bishops in Chicago May 2-3.

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42 years of caring

Once a year, at its kickoff meeting, the 42-year-old Catholic Charities Appeal becomes highly visible.

The IBishop Connolly High School auditorium fills with vol­ unteer workers, priests and sis­ ters, mainly veterans of many a campaign.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, CCA director, expla'ins the well­ oiled Appeal techniques.

Bishop Daniel A.. Cronin speaks words of encouragement and wen-deserved gratitude to people who have proved them­ selves in years past and, if ihis­ tory repeats itself, will go out this year and once again break all previous Appeal fundraising records.

Just as the astronauts are the most visible and deservedly rec­ ognized component of the na­ tion's space program, so the men and women who make the Ap­ peal possi-bleare its most impor­ tant members. ·But, just as last week's new­ est astronauts depended on their

. backup team on earth, and took

pains to point this out, so the

CCA workers depend on a effi­

cient backup team, in this case

located at Catholic' Charities

headquarters, 410 Highland Ave­

nue, Fall River.

There a three-woman team, di­ rected by Msgr. Gomes, works throughout the year to ensure

the smooth functioning of the many pleasant meetings with old friends.

Appeal. in its 42 years, the Appeal has Or, as Msgr. Gomes puts it, . had but two directors, Msgr. in the 'language of his beloved Notre Dame football team, "I Raymond Considine from 1942 call the plays, they execute to 1966 and iMsgr. Gomes from 1966 to the present. The drive them." began as a one-shot affair, said Since 1957 Helene Hargraves Mrs. Hargraves, to raise funds to has been on the CCA team, build 'Fall River's Catholic Me­ joined in 1963 by Fern White morial Home. It was so success­ and in 1981 by Rosann Patota, ful, raising $150,781 in unin­ who had, ihowever, previously flated dollars, that it was deter­ worked for many years at rush mined to continue it on an an­ seasons. nual basis.

They work together with the Nowadays, said Mrs. White, ease of long practice and al­ work on the Appeal begins the though today's CCA totals (last day after the ,Bishop's Ball, the year's was $1,344,844) far out­ office's other major annual proj­ strip the figures of early years, ect. At that time supplies are Mrs. Hargraves says things are ordered and the state permit for easier now. a fundraising drive obtained.

Throughout the year pledge re­ "We used to type lists of con­ minders are mailed and during tributors with seven car­ bons," she recalls. ··What a mess the drive Mrs. Patota handles if we made a mistake!" Also special gifts from businesses and typed were newspaper releases other organizations, while Mrs. and lists of parish workers, while White keeps track of parish do­ mailings were folded an dsealed nations. by hand. The hands became Everything isn't serious, how­ pretty weary, she said. ever. Once an unexpected do­ nation of cartons and cartons of Today mimeographs and copi­ rubber hot water bottles kept ers, folding and sealing ma­ office staff hopping as they the chines make life easier at 410 distributed the largesse to dioce­ Highland Avenue, but the 'per­ sonal touch has not been los't. .In san nursing homes. On another a small diocese such as Fall occasion the gift was hundreds River, Ithe CCA staff knows most of pairs of shoes. Msgr. Gomes, of the Appeal volunteers and the confided Mrs. Patota, spied a yearly drive 'is brightened by Turn to Page Ten

from "halt" to "curb" in its call for an end to the arms race, said he favored sticking with "halt."

Bishop ·Bernard J, Flanagan of Worcester, Mass., who reached retirement shortly after the third draft was completed, said halt "is a stronger word" and more appropriately represents the message tillat should be rec­ ommended to the leaders of government.

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_Bishop's statement Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has issued the following' statement on the U.S. bishops' proposed pastoral letter on war and peace: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops has courageous­ ly addressed the complex moral issues surrounding the question of peace and war In our day.

I am gratified that the bishops have attempted to offer DlOral guidance· In this extremely im­ portant mat'1er, particularly since there Is the ever-present threat of nuclear war if the' con­ ditions of peace and Justice are not encouraged everywhere in the world.

I am lookllllg forward to the debate on the Pastoral Letter which will be hend on May 2-3 at the meetlngof the bishops in Chicago. I expect that the dia­ logue among the bishops which will be, contin111ing at that gather­ ing will be crucial in refining the final form In which the Pas­ toral Letter willI be issued.

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WASHINGTON (NC)-The State Department has called a memorandum allegedly detailing a plan to influence a papal election and contribute to destabilizing Poland "a clear forgery." The Soviet secret police, the KGB, al1eges that' former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, Zbiegniew 'Brzezinski, developed the plan, which included persuading U.S. cardinals to vote for Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Cracow, Porand, now Pope John Paul H. The State De­ partment's 'deputy spokesman, Alan Romberg, denied that the mem­ orandum drafted by Brzezinski and said' the Soviet al1egations were "absurd and an insqlt to the Roman Catholic Church." ~ (UNDATED) (NC)---"In an' open letter 'to' President Reagan Bishop John J. Fitzpatrick of BrownsviIle, Texas, has asked him to grant amnesty to all Salvadoran and other Central American refu­ gees awaiting a solution to the military and pontical upheaval in their countries. Bishop Fitzpa,trick also called f9r an end to mili· tary, economic and social aid to Central American countries "so that -those nations may 'be self-determinate in their pursuit of free­ dom and human dignity which will lead to national recovery and peace, much the same as we American people did over 200 years ago."

ROME (NC)-The process for the beatification of Pope John XXIII is entering its final phase and could be completed during the 1983-84 Holy Year, according. to an article in the !Italian weekly magazine, Oggi. The article said no miracles credited to the inter­ cession of Pope John have been accepted as valid by archdiocesan beatification tribunals.

HARARE. Zimbabwe (NC)-Zimbabwe's army has killed and maimed hundreds of innocent people in a "reign of terror" in the southern province of Maiabeleland, according to that country's Catholic bishops. "Violertt reaction against dissident activity has, to our certain knowledge, brought about the maiming and death of hundreds of innocent people who are neither dissidents nor col­ laborators," said the bishops in the strongest public condemnation of the military since Prime Minister Robert Mugabe began anti­ rebel operations last January.

DES MOINES. Iowa (NC~Less than two weeks before it was to open, the interfaith Church of the Land, built to mark Pope John Paul II's celebration of Mass in Iowa in 1979, was destroyed in a fire believed set. Damage was estimated at $200,000.

"We wiII see a new church built here again. It is a symbol of the ecumenical good will and unity we have achieved; It also recal1s our responsibility to be good stewards of the land," said Bishop Mau­ rice Dingman of Des Moines, whose see city 'is headquarters for the National Catholic Rural Life Conference.

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VATICAN CITY (NC)-The Guatemalim ambassador to the Holy See left his post April 6, six days after the Guatemalan govern­ ment formal1y removed him from office.

Guatemalan Ambassador Luis Valladares y Aycinena, 79, had continued to attend functions as' head of the diplomatic corpsac­ credited to the Holy See even af.ter his formal rem~val by the Gua­ temalan government April 1.

The new dean of the diplomatic corps is Ambassador Joseph Amichia of the Ivory Coast, who has represented his country at the Holy See since May 1971. ' WASHINGTON (NC)-A group of anti-pornography and reli­ gious leaders, including Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, Su­ preme Knight Virgil Dechant of the 'Knights of Columbus and Jesuit Father MOl'ton A. Hill, president of Morality in Media, have urged President Reagan to enforce anti-pornography laws.

"If they simply enforced the laws on Ute books, this could break the back of the pornography industry," said Cardinal KroI. The president was "totally sympathetic," the cardinal added.

LONDON (NC)-Archbishop Denis Hurley of· Durban, South Africa, president of the Southern African Catholic' Bishops" Confer­ ence, ha$ given his SUPPOl't to the controversial South African Coun­ cil of Cllurohes as "a p'ioneer and pace-setter in the matter of Chris­ tian social concern." The archbishop expressed his support in testi­ mony before a South American government commission investiga­ ting the Council of Church's affairs and finances and its alleged connection with illegal anti-government movements.

Catholic Charitie's

1982 Appeal· Report 1.

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$1,344,844;70

Total Received, Net Proceeds 1982 Appe'al

II. Disbursements Made or Allocated, Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 1982

A. Social Service and Child Care i. Catholic Social Services ii. Saint Vincent's Home (debt service)

$280,000.00 150,000.00

iii. ,Diocesan Special.Apostolates

60,000.00

iv. Saint Vincent dePaul Camp

75,500.00

v. Catholic Youth Organization

87,500.00 653,000.00

B. Health Care

i. Pastoral Ministry for Sick ,

$150,000.00

ii. Saint Anne's Hospital (allocated on pledge)

"100,000.00 250,009.00

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C. Educatioltl i. Diocesan Education Center

$125,000.00

ii. Nazareth Apostolate

55,000.00

iii. Scholarship Aid Program

50,000.00 230,000.00

D. Pastoral Endeavors i. Catholic Charities Office

$48,000.00

ii. Family Life Ministry

60,000.00

iii. National & State Conference Membership and' Associations iv. Permanent Diaconate

47,281.00 . 30,000.00

v. SMU Campus Ministry vi. Miscellany (Ecumenics, Vocations, Communications, etc.)

13,000.00

18,150.17 216,431.17

DISBURSEMENTS,' Made or Allocated

$1,349,43[17

III. Excess of Disbursements over Revenues $1,349,431.17 1,344,844.70 $

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Re­ jecting criticism that he is strong on rhetoric supporting tuition tax credit .legislation on Capitol Hill but weak on a<:1ion, President Reagan told Catholic educl!tors that "like Teddy Roosevelt, I'm going to charge up that hill" to work for pass­ age.

GRAND KNIGHT William Higgins of George C. Shields Council of the Knights of Columbus greets Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as honor guard members look on. The bishop spoke at the Knight's breakfast following a Mass at St. Mary's Church, Mans­ field, at which he was principal celebrant and homilist. (Rosa Photo)

Msgr. ·Hoye DCCW speaker

Msgr. Daniel Hoye of Taun­ ton, general secretary' of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, will be keynote speaker for the annual convention of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.

Call to Adulthood will be the theme of the convention, to be held Saturday, April 23, at Msgr.

Thomson Hall of St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis.

The day will begin with regis­ tration at 8:30 a.m. Prayer led

by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan DCCW moderator, will open the formal program at 9:30.

After welcoming addresses, the conventioJ;1 business meeting, including the council's biennial election of officers, will be con­ ducted by Miss Ethel Cr.owley, DCCW president.

Three concurrent workshops beginning at 10:30 will have as topics Child Abuse: Causes and Remedies; the Bread for tile World program; and Are You Listening: Recipe for Growth/ Improving Council Image.

A concelebrated Mass with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, the convention guest of honor, as principal celebrant and homilist. will be offered at noon and in­

stallation of newly elected offi­ cers will follow.

The afternoon program, fol­ 'lowing a 1 p.m. luncheon, will begin at 2:30. The newly elected council president will be intro­ duced and Msgr. Gomes will speak prior to the address by keynote speaker Msgr. Hoye.

Concluding the program will be remarks by Bishop Cronin and closing prayer led by Very Rev. Edward C. Duffy, pastor of St. Francis Xavier.

A large convention committee is headed by Mrs. Charles P. Russell, general chairman.

Worcester bishop retires

WASHINGTON (NC) - Bish­ op Bernard J. Flanagan, 75, who has been an outspoken opponent of the arms race and who ap­ pealed 11 years ago for amnesty for opponents of the Vietnam war, has resigned as bishop of the Diocese of Worcester.

He will serve as apostolic ad­ ministrator of the diocese until his successor is named. . Bishop Flanagan, who has headed the Worcester Diocese for more than 23 years, has ad­ vocated an expanded role for women in the liturgy, opposed the death penalty, and ~ssed for retention by the church in the United States of special laws easing marriage court proce­ dures.

the world to "promote respect Last Aug. 6, the 37th anniver­ sary of the dropping of the first for the sanctity of life as a God­ atomic bomb at Hiroshima, given gift."

Japan, Bishop Flanagan recalled Bernard Joseph Flanagan was that nuclear war "has been con­ born in Proctor, Vt., on March demned as utterly immoral by 31, 1908. the Catholic Church."

He studied at Holy Cross in Writing in his diocesan news­ Worcester, the North· American paper, The Catholic Free Press, .College in Rome and. the Cath­ he urged a halt in production of olic University of America. He nuclear weapons and "a system­ was ordained a priest on Dec. atic reduction and eventual mu­ 8, 1931. tual elimination of them."

On Nov. 30, 1953, he was In February 1976, Bishop Flan­ named first bishop of Norwich, agan issued a statement oppos­ Conn., and on Sept. 24, 1959, he ing restoration of capital pun­ was named bishop of Worcester. ishment in the United States. He called the death penalty "brutal" and said its restoration would be counterproductive to the ef­ forts of the church throughout

He introduced no new pro­ posals but outlined the educa­ tion package now in Congress.

The current proposal includes tax credits for up to half of the tuition parents pay to send their children to non-public schools.

Reagan spoke in the final min­ utes of the 80th annual National Catholic Educational Associa­ tion convention in Washington April 7. NCEA officials estimated that more than 10,000 Catholic educators attended the meeting.

In his address Reagan said he would "get to the heart of what I know the National Catholic Educational Association is In­ terested in . . . We need tuition tax credits."

Last year's tax credit pro­ posal made it only through the Senate Finance Committee.

fATHER WILUAM L HOFFA, the newly appoint­ ed director of St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport is a native of New York City.

He prepared. for the priest­ hood at St. Mary's College, Kentucky, and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, and was ordained May 10, 1975,

by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. He has served as as­ sociate pastor at Our Lady of Grace parish, North Westport, and Immaculate Conception, North Easton, where he is now stationed.

The president also mentioned Education Savings Accounts that would give tax breaks to parents who save for their child­ ren's college education and a proposa'l to allow local school districts to establish an educa­ tional voucher system using fed­ eral school aid for the poor.

Reagan also had appeared at last year's NCEA convention in Chicago, where he unveiled his proposal for tax credits.

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Our ResponsibDlity to Charity This week the diocese launched the 42nd annual Catholic Charities Appeal. In 42 years this appeal has raised over $25 million for the many works of charity that are the shared responsibility of the diocesan church.

From a multitude of social services to the very special efforts made to help the exceptional, the CCA has reached, ' positively and lovingly, tho.usands of people in Southeastern Massachusetts, regardless of race, color or ethnic origin.

Its record is unsurpassed. _ Yet this year's ~ppeal takes on a new urgency peculiar to our times and the unique needs that have developed in our social order.

The,re can be little doubt that the private sector is having great demands placed upon its charitable efforts as a result of government cutbacks.

Hardly a day goes by when the effects of recession do not create a new need in someone's life. The unemploy­ ment statistics of our own area bear glaring witness to local economic difficulties and individual problems have a strange way of becoming collective. The unemployment percentages for minorities and blacks reflect this process.

But these groups by no means stand alone. Many who th'ought themselves secure because of their education or their civil service status have found themselves in dire straits as a result of Proposition 2~, government reductions in social programs and changing career opportunities.

Nor should one think that our social woes are only economic. The rapidly disintegrating state of family life has placed a tremendous responsibility for care and concern upon our charitable resources.

In today's world the church seems to be the one sure and firm guardian of the family. 'As such she is ready to develop needed programs in this crucial area.

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The ongoing expansion of diocesan-supported family life services may be seen in our wonderful Family Life Center. This facility, acknowledged 'a national model, has brought new inspiration and vitality to people, of all ages and conditions from - high school students, and, -engaged

By Father Kevin J. Harrington couples to the widowed. And this work 'is funded hy, the There is something very hu­ people of the Fall River diocese who respond to 'the, man in our need to be story­ Catholic Charities Appeal. . , tellers. All of us have had child­

The wonder of Res'urrectio'n

No one in: this diocese should view the efforts of the ,CCA lightly. To be sure, on the parish level the drive requires time, effort, people and the often' tedious task 'of co~rdinating these elements.

But such demands should be viewed not merely as a, necessity but rather as an opportunity. The parish aspect of CCA should be seen as work for the common good and as a means of performing the corporal works of mercy.

In spite of the national mood of "me-first" and the current lack of abundance of material goods, we Catholics are still bound to live the Gospel message. By supporting the efforts of the CCA we are sharing in the mission and charge of our diocese to make charity a living reality in our midst.

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER ' Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River , 410 Highland Avenue .

Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 __ PUBliSHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, 0.0" SJ,o.

EDITOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR !lev, John F. Moore 'Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan . . . . I.eery Press-Fall River

'ren ,beg us to read stories to them. They often prefer the same old tales and will be quick to correct you if you devi­ ate one iota from the original plot. Children, however, give us a splendid example of' the gift of wonder.

The Resurrection narratives are filled with that childlike wonder. Amidst the confusion of Jesus' disciples, there is evi­ dent an overwhelming need to share their own experiences of the risen Lord.

One can only dimly imagine the sense of wonder that accom­ panied Peter and John on their race of love to the tomb. Mary Magda!lene's garden encounter with the risen Lord was no less marvelous.

Cleopas and an unnamed dis­ ciple rush back from their origin­ ally sad walk to Emmaus filled with wonder and joy as they told how their hearts burned within them as they walked with Jesus and how they later recognized him in the breaking Of the bread.

All these stories reflect not only the ecstasy but also some­ thing of the commotion and con­ fusion which must have accom­ panied . the post-Resurrection days.

The very word Resurrection is filled, with profound meaning.

But there is a danger that as we hear and rehear the Resurrection narratives we will !lose that sense of surprising joy that seized those eariiest disciples.

Scientific explanations have robbed the original sense of richness from many of our be­ liefs. Grace and sin are words too easily explained away by social scientists and psycholo­ gists. But, our renewal of bap­ tismal promises on Easter Sun­ day reminds us that there is a spiritual dimension to our strug­ gles. The powers of Satan and the lure of his empty promises are squarely renounced as we profess our faith. .

Those early disciples could have ignored their encounter with the risen Lord. Apart from their testimony, there are no proofs that Jesus rose from the dead:- Through the ages, the ma­ jority of Christians have come to believe by encountering Jesus through the sacramental life of the church.

Our faith is not based upon memories of eyewitnesses; hence the church's memory of its Lord is not something that slowly and sadly faded with the centuries.

In the yeatly unfolding of the Resurrection narratives we find not just memories but the eter­

nal Word. In the breaking of the Eucharistic bread we see more than a pious reminder, we have the opportunity of recog­ nizing Jesus truly present.

When we hear the words of absolution in the sacrament of Penance, we are not simply be­ ing consoled by the words of "a priest, we are receiving, for-' giveness from Christ himself.

When we receive the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Con­ firmation, we are not merely reo calling that first Pentecost, we are sharing in the experience of the apostles as they were strengthened for their task. , Each Easte. as I see Mass at­ tendance swell, I pray for the grace to communicate my love of the risen Lord present in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Priests have the awesome re­ sponsibility to be like Cleopas and the unnamed disciple who returned from Emmaus with their hearts burning to share the wonder and joy of their en­ counter with the risen Lord; Every Mass is an opportunity to share with believers, weak or strong, our faith in that Lord as we give praise and thanks to the Father for his great love for us. We are not merely cele­ brating the greatest story ever told, we are truly proclaiming Christ gloriously alive among us.

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Family Night

A weekly at-home program for families

sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry

OPENING PRAYER Jesus, you are present with us. We want to grow in love for others, those in our family and those we meet and play and work with each day. Your life showed us how to be true friends, even to the least and most needy persons. Help us to follow in your footsteps. Amen.

TO THINK ABOUT True friends are God's special gifts. There are principles of friendship which Jesus so power­ fully taught us. This Family Night we can spend some time discovering what it means to be a friend and to express gratitude for the friends we have. You might want to invite some fam­ ily friends to join you for this Family Night.

can be friends to other people and what ruins friendships. Have each person write a poem about his or her special friend.

of friendship. Write a note or letter to a special friend.

SNACK TIME Hot chocolate with marsh­ mallows, cookies or candy kisses would taste good.

Middle Years Families The Book of Proverbs is· filled with good advice regarding friendship and human relation­ ships. Beforehand have someone write the following proverbs on slips of paper: Proverbs 13:20; 17:17; 18:24; 22:24. Then cut them in half. The family activity is to match the proverbs and then discuss their meaning. Ap­ ply these proverbs to your friends.

ENTERTAINMENT 1. Put new words to a fami­ liar tune expressing your thoughts about friendship.

2. Make paper bag puppets and put on a puppet show about friends.

SHARING - Share a thought about the best friend you have ever had.

- - Share a time when you were a friend in need to some­ one else.

- Share a time when you felt lonely and friendless: - - - Share a time when you and a friend had great fun.

Adult Families Read 1 Samuel 18:1 describ­ Ing the friendship of David and Jonathan. Discuss the qualities

ACTIVITY IDEAS Young Families

CLOSING PRAYER

Give each person two minutes to name a special friend and tell what makes this friend special. Then talk about how we

Compose a prayer of friend­ ship following this format: For friends who . . . we thank you, Lord.

Adoptive parents

"I didn't know anyone could be so happy," the 30­ year-old mother beamed, looking down at her newly adopted infant. "Since we got Sandy, our whole lives have changed. Every day we thank God that this baby's mother didn't abort her. Why don't you write something for mothers-to­ be who wonder if they should abort their babies, keep them, or put them up for adoption?"

It's a timely subject. In my state alone, nearly 25,000 babies were aborted in 1980. At the same time, couples who are eager for a baby are waiting longer to get one. Love pours out of adoptive parents, not just for their baby but for the whole world and their joy in­ fects those around them.

I was speaking in a parish a year ago when a young couple learned that they were finally getting a baby. Everyone was excited for them, and it made a joyful sense of community.

What's gone awry in a so­ ciety that can't get its unwanted babies together with those will­ ing to give a loving life to these children? 'Why haven't we stress­ ed the wonderful future of these potentially aborted lives in our pro-life efforts?

I recel1t1y interviewed a coun­ selor who works for a private adoption agency. She told me that the phenomenon of unwed teenage mothers keeping their babies is not all positive. "These girls - and that's what they are - want their babies for a

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couple of years, when they're cute and cuddly," she said. "But when they get to be two or three and start saying 'NO' and behaving like typical two·year­ olds, the mothers come to us and say they want to put them up for adoption. Then nobod~ wants them because they aren't babies."

She sighed. "We had a couple in last week who tried to bribe us. They were willing to pay $2500 for a baby but they wouldn't consider taking a two­ year-old for free. Don't they realize that a baby turns two, too?"

Her frustration is understand­ able. She believes that young unwed mothers should be made aware of what toddlers are like before they make a decision to keep their babies. "They think that babies are like dolls, some­ thing to play with. Then when they want to go out or when the child gets an ear infection, they say, 'I don't want this. I want a life of my own.' " The majority of adopted in­ fants come from unwed mothers under 18. Yet a whopping 80 percent now keep their babies, for a couple of years, at least.

I would like to see a real effort made to expose young unwed mothers to couples who have already adopted to show them the kind of life and love these parents have to offer babies. A fHm or TV documentary on the pleasure a baby brings to child­ less couples might be one of the best anti-abortion efforts we could sponsor.

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A stint in a nursery school working around toddlers during pregnancy should expose teen­ age mothers-to·be to the reality of children after infancy and make them reflect on whether it really is best for them and the child to keep their baby. A visit with mothers who have kept their babies might also be an eye opener.

Our church could accomplish this if we're willing to go be­ yond anti-abortion rhetoric into viable efforts proving that we believe. life is precious after birth as well as before. Adoptive parents can and should be in the forefront of such a ministry be­ cause, of all people, they best understood the joy and respon­ sibility that children bring.

Sharing "If we would not share the

little we have, we would not give although we had everything at our command." - William Blake

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control, abortion or other mat· ters relating to the private lives of Catholics.

"Bishop O'Connor came to passage about the Reagan arms every meeting with 40 pages of buildup in the third draft of suggested changes," said one their pastoral letter letter on distinguished priest. war and peace?

Sensitive as they may have Last November, in their sec- \ been to Whit.e House disapproval, ond draft, they had called for a the drafters may have been even halt in the production, deploy­ more so to pressure from Rome ment and testing of new nuclear and a militantly anti-communist weapons. This week it was the Polish pope. John Paul '11 sum­ more equivocal "curb," a word moned Bernardin and another that has been seized upon by member of the drafting com· liberals as evidence that the mitte, Archbishop John Roach bishops have lost their nerve ­ of Minneapolis, to Rome in Jan· or at least their opportunity de­ uary to "consult" with bishops cisively to influence the out­ from Germany and France, who come of next week's House de­ were in a state of panic and bate on the nuclear freeze. outrage at the mad course being "It's a long story," sighed the pursued by the Americans. cardinal, the gentle, buffeted "It was all very brother,ly," chairman of the drafting com­ one observe::- said ruefully. "But mittee. there W21S no mistaking the The pressures from the drift. " White House, where the bish­ A report on the consultation, ops' efforts to make nuclear war­ called "A Va~ican Synthesis," fare a moral question is regard­ contains circumlocutions like ed as ecclesiastical effrontery, this: "Is it preferable to address have been visible and heavy. In the practical choices in more November, the president's na­ nuanced and tentative ways us· tional security adviser, William ing hypothesis and indicating the P. Clark, sent a long letter to limiting conditions?" This tran· the bishops' conference in which slates to "no specifics." O'Con· he angrily accused its members nor is said to have used the let­ of misreading the Reagan posi­ ter from Rome to good purpose tion on arms control and mis­ within the committee. leading the public.

The pope is against nuclear Then the mood was of cheer· war and all that, but he has in· ful defiance. The bishops seemed stitutional concerns. He did not to be headed toward confronta­ want a document that would tion with the "Peace Through split the church.

Strength" doctrine of the ad­ The fears of the French and ministration. They seemed about to endorse the freeze, condemn German hierarchies are echoed first use of nuclear weapons and in American parishes, .although challenge the morality of the 82 percent of American Catholics favor a freeze. Writing in Roil­ "deterrence" theory, which jus­ ing Stone, William Greider re­ tifies the possession of an enor­ ports the firestorm of opposi. mous nuclear arsenal. tion encountered by Bishop After studying the Clark Walter SulIivan of Richmond, manifesto, Bernardin calmly told Va., as he tried to explain to his a press conference, "We will "the gross evil of nuclear flock see who is misleading whom." destruction," which he said "ob­ Tuesday, at a meeting of the literates the traditional - in· National Catholic Education deed, church-condoned, ra­ Conference, where the cardinal tionale for military conflict." explained the new draft, it was One of the congregation yell­ all quite different. "We were very sensitive to White House ed "Russian propaganda" at him: another said that Catholics IQok comments," he said, as he fend­ ed off charges that the document to bishops for "our moral values, not for our national security." was a backdown.

Those elements' within the It is no secret that obe mem­ ber of the drafting committee, church will be appeased by the Bishop John J. O'Connor, former "nuanced" third draft. But it chief of chaplains of the U.S. could open up a division on thp. left. Some half of the 300 U.S. Navy with a rank of rear ad­ miral, vigorously represented bishops have endorsed a freeze, and might try to write it back the Pentagon point of view in­ side. It was at his insistence that into the draft that the entire "halt" was reduced to "curb." U.S. conference will vote on in He pressed for a vote on it and Chicago in May. But it would be too late for the hotly contested won. He also lobbied hard to de­ lete all references to "first use." House vote. The White HOUSe He lost, but the· passage that has privately expressed satis­ appears allows for individual faction with the "more flexible" interpretation by men of good version that has so disappointed will - a latitude not afforded in those who had been hoping for, church pronouncements on birth a moral thunderclap.

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Past leaders honored At a supper and concelebrated Mass earlier this month at St. John of God parish, Somerset, the Fall River District Council of Catholic Women honored past district presidents and Miss 'Margaret M. Lahey, a past dioce­ san president and for years the council's liaison to the annual Bishop's Charity Ball.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, dis­ trict and diocesan council mod­ erator, was principal celebrant of the Mass, concelebrated' by 15 area and parish moderators.

Following the Mass he and Mrs. Manuel Nogueira, district council president, presented past president pins to 13 of Mrs. No­ gueira's predecessors. ' Receiving the pins were Mrs. Anne Tuttle, 'Mrs. Rose Sasso, ,Mrs. Gertrude O',Brien, Miss Helen Chase, Mrs. Claire Mc­ Mahon, . Mrs. Madeline Coady: Miss Clorinda Ventura.

Mrs., Doris Poisson, Mrs. Mar. garet Leger, Mrs. Annette Gag­ non, Mrs. Claudette Armstrong, Miss Claire O'Toole, Mrs. Doris Thibault.

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Husbands of the district coun­ cil officers prepared the supper preceding the Mass, for which music was provided by the St. John of God choir directed by Tobias Monte. ' Past presidents offered the prayer of the faithful and were lectors and members of the offer­ tory procession.

The homilist, Msgr. Giles Si­ mard, moderator of the Boston province of the National Coun­ cil of Catholic Women, told his RUTH W. WEAVER welcomes Bishop Daniel A. Cronin to the annual Bishop's Night hearers that their mission 'was ' of the New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club as Mary Elizabeth LaRoche, president (left), to bring the good news of .Christ and Eileen Cyr, vice-president, look on. (Rosa Photo) to the contemporary world. He noted, quoting Pope Paul VI, that ','modern ~an listens more to the witness'es of the Gospel . than the teachers."

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The moderator warned against activism, stressing that apos­ tolic works are ineffective unless ~ccompanied by' prayer.

Jubilarian Sister Vivi'enne Viens, a Fall River native and the daughter of Omer and the late Rose De Lima '(Gagnon) ,Viens, ,was among four members of the Sisters of Providence. who' marked 'their 25th anniversary in religious , .life at services last Sunday at . the community's mother house ,in Holyoke. ' An occupational therapist at Sunshine'Vi:llage, a Chicopee fa· cility serving the mentally reo,' tarded, Sister, Viens is a grad­ uate of Cardinal Cushing Col­ lege, Brookline.

She served in the novitiate and accounting departments and as assistant treasurer general of , her community and as an ac­ countant at several hospitals be­ fore becoming an occupational therapist.

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Continued from page one Referring to differences be­ tween the positions taken by the pastoral. and ~'current U.S. .policy," Cardinal Bernardin and Archbishop Roach said: "These include, for example, advocacy of a policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons' and support for early and' successful 'conclusion of negotiation~ on t,he Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty."

(necroloCiY) April 16 Rev. Arthur E. Langlois, On Sick Leave. 1928, Denver Colo­ rado April 18 Rev. Hugh B. Harrold, Pastor, 1935, St. Mary. Mansfield Rev. Rt. Rev. John F. McKeon.

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April 20; Rev. Edward F. Coyle. S.S., 1954, St. Mary Seminary, Paca St., Maryland ·Rev. James E. O'Reilly, Pas­ tor Emeritus, 1970, Mt. Carmel, Seekonk April 22 Rev. 'James L. Smith,' Pastor, 1910, Sacred Heart, Taunton , Rev. Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Pastor, 1954, .St. Mary, Nan· ·tucket '

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The pastoral letter's moral crit-­ que is directed not just to issues. of the moment but to issues with a long history in our national life."

the prelates .emphasized that the war and peace pastoral "d~als with .issues anc~ policies w.hich have been central to the policies of every administration

''0/A()HINGTON (NC) ~;r.he gern;!ral secre~ary .of ,the V,S. Catholic Conference has· called for passage of an immigration reform bill by the 98th Congress, which is currently considering such legislation: "Enactment of comprehensive, equitable immigration reform legislation is long overdue." said Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye.

Outlining possible legislation, Msgr. Hoye said the USCC favors "a fair and generous legalization program undocu­ , mented (illegal) aliens," giving legal residency' to all such per­ sons in the United States as of Jan. 1, 1983.

The conferE!nce "opposes bar­ ring legalized aliens from federal financial assistance programs which base participation on fin­ ancial need;" "opposes impos­ ing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented aliens;'" and backs "an immediate increase in visa allocations for lawful im­ migrants from' . Canada . 'and Me~dco." . . It supports establishment of "an independent immigration appeals board" appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate; and op­ poses attempts to turn a' pro­ gram for admitting' temporary workers into a "massive, irtsti· . tutionalized" guest \\!,orker pro­ gram.

SISTER PATRICIA ANN WEIR recently pronounced final 'vows as a Franciscan Missionary of IyIary at her community;s chapel in North Providence.

April 19 A fonner Anny nurse who Rev. Msgr~ Leo J. puart, Pas~ served in Europe, Vietnam tor, 1975, St. Peter the Apostle, ,and o'n' the .islands of the Provincetown

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Recollections "Sometimes when the soul least thinks of it and it least de­ sires it, God touches it divinely, causing certain recollections of himself."

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liturgical change, a personal quarrel with a priest or parish staff member, conflict of con· science be1ween lifestyle and church principles and the im­ personalism of large parishes.

No room

for bigotry Dear Editor: As a committee formed to promote healthy standards and to discourage attitudes and be· havior that would be detrimental to the positive direction of Fall River we were, like everyone else in this are, shocked and dis­ mayed by the abhorent incident alledged to have taken place re­ cently in Dan's Cafe in New Bedford.

VVhat has added to our con­ cern, in addition to the pertinent issues raised by many groups who have expressed their out­ rage over this debacle, has been the unfortunate backlash that has hit the Portuguese commun­ ity both here and in New Bed­ ford.

The extensive publicity in­ volved in this case has given those who would promote bigot­ ry and prejudice an excuse to forward their own private ha­ tred onto a cultural group that has provided much to our city.

The ,Portuguese community is an integral part of Fall River, and we are proud to have their culture, their language, and their industriousness with us.

Community attitudes' go hand in hand with community stan­ dards. Only thr.ough mut\lal understanding and respect can a healthy climate be facilitated.

There can be no room for bigotry or prejudice in Fall River if we expect to have the kind of com­ munity which brings out the best in its citizens.

The Fall River Community Standards Committee

Moriarty gets Lux et Spes award The Lux et Spes Award, the highest honor of the Stonehill College, North Easton, went to Edmond N. Moriarty Jr., execu· tive vice-president of Merrill Lynch Stockbrokers, at a New York City banquet Wednesday.

He was honored for personal and professional achievement and contributions to higher edu· cation.. In conjunction with the award, Stonehill College has es­ tablished a scholarship fund bearing Moriarty's name.

It will offer a minimum of .four scholarships annually in the field of business adllninistration, two of them earmarked for the children of employees of the New York and American Stock Exchange.

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"Cathollics never become in­ active for purely theological reasons," Father Illig said. "The human factor plays an extremely high role."

There is a hopeful side to the picture, he continued. "Many individualls are waiting for an invitation to' teturn to the prac­ tice of their faith, to take 'an­ other look.'" This program is "one attempt to extend this· in­ vitation to our inactive brothers and sisters," he said.

FATHER ILUG (center) with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Father Horace A. Trav­ assos, diocesan liaison to the Committee on Evangelization, at a 1978 conference in Hy­ annis.

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"Another Look"

WASHINGTON '(NC) - The National Catholic Evangelization Association plans to launch a new program of outreach to in­ active Ca~olics on July.l, Paul­ ist Father Alvin Illig, director of the as~ociation, has announced.

Father Illig said the program, called "Another Look," will have four major purposes: - To make the 51 miJ.lion active U.S. Catholics, more con­ scious of the. 15 million inactive Catholics so that they will pray and work for their return to the church.

- To prepare material to be distributed among the relatives and friends of those who are no longer active in the Catholic Church..

- To assist some of the 19,000 Catholic parishes in the United States to set up a minis­ try to inactive Catholics.

- To invite inactive Cath· olics to take "another look" at the Catholic Church.

The first step in establishing th~ program will take place within the next month, Father Illig said. He plans to send about 180,000 persons on the associa­ tion's mailing list a letter asking for the names of friends and relatives who are inactive Cath­ olics. The 180,000 will also be asked to pray for the success of the new project and to make suggestions for effective out· reach to the inactive.

Father Illig said the associa­ tion will write to these inactive Catholics three times a year to invite them to take "another {ook" at the Catholic Church.

Requests that a person's name be taken off the mailing list will be honored and the identity of those submitting names of inac­ tive Catholics will be kept in confidence.

"It is easy to come out against general social injustice, against the exploitation of the poor, in This initial effort will be fol­ favor of pacifism, ethical vege· lowed by campaigns in the Cath· tarianism or other isms. But it is a thousand times harder to olic and secular press also aimed tackle problems of hostility, at those knowing inactive Cath­ coldness or injustice in the re­ ·olics.

Reflecting on the need for this lationshins with those with whom yqu are in contact every type of outreach, Father Illig said a recent Gallup poll "found day. It i~ also much less spec­ that 26 percent of all baptized tacular." - 'Karl Stern

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in a dissenting opinIOn in that case, the late Justice Hugo L. WASHINGTON (NC) - An Black spoke of ·the "same power­ official of the Catholic League ful sectarian ,propagandists" for Religious and Civil Rights who "carryon propaganda look­ has accused the Supreme Court ing toward complefe dominance of basing its decisions on state of their particular brand of re­ aid to non-public schools on a ligion." false and unfair view of Cath­ Another dissenter, the latc olic schools.

Justice William O. Douglas, Father Peter M. J. Stravin­ Father Stravinskas said, that skas, East Coast director of the, principals and teachers in Cath­ league, said the majority opin­ olic schools, who are usually ions in several school aid de­ priests and nuns, wou,1d select cisions implied that teachers in textbooks with the object of Catholic schools could not be "advancing their creed." trusted to obey the law and thilt In the Lemon v. Kuftzman they would use secular subjects case in 1971, the court rejected as vehicles for religious indoc­ a Pennsylvania plan to permit trination. state payment of part of non· "It is a major contention of public school teachers' salaries, mine that Catholic schools have Father Stravinskas said. "Al­ "been sterotyped and unfairly so," though the district court found said Father Stravinskas in an ad· that teachers of secular sub­ dress to a session of the Na­ jects did not necessarily bring re­ tional 'Catholic Educational As­ ligion into the subjects," he said, sociation convention in Wash­ the justices expressed concern ington. "It is a further conten­ about potential abuses. tion that the court has relied The priest said any govern­ for information on Catholic edu­ ment program is subject to po­ cation on sources inimical to tential abuse.. . Catholic education."

The justices also expressed Father Stravinskas cited the concern, he said, about "political 1968 Board of Education v. Allen divisiveness" and said .having case in which the Supreme Court states or communities divided on upheld a New York program issues 'related to state aid 'to under which the state loaned non-public schools would "draw' secular . textbooks free to all attention away from more urgent ,. children in grades 7 through 12 issues." ."BERGER'S BASIC message ... 'was that 'you cannot trust Catholic school teachers.'"

In the Meek case in 1975. in public and non-public schools. ,.. that Justice WiIliam Rehnquist school teachers."

Speaking for the majority in Justice Potter Stewart expressed the possibility is there."

Chief Justice Warren Burger called the dec;ision "an ex cathe· The court accepted, Father that case. Justice Byron. R. the majority opinion that the White said. "This court has long direct loan of instructional Stravinskas said, the argument ,wrote a dissenting opinion in dra pronouncement" because the that parochial equipment' has a 'principal pur­ of Paul -Berger of the American that case. Father Stravinskas district court found the facts to recognized, schools pursue two goals: reli­ said. T,he ,"melancholy conse­ . 'be opposite to, H:c Supreme pose of advanf:ing religion, _Association of School Adminis­ quence" of the Meek decision, Court's conclusion. ­ gious education and secular in- , Father Stravinskas said. The trators that "laboratory equip­ "The court apparently be· ment could be used in teaching Burger wrote. was to force par­ structiPn," Father Stravinskas majority opini9n. he said, in­ recalled. The priest sai,d 'the cluded a statement that "the a religious view of the world ents to choose between a reli­ Iieves," Rehnquist ~aid, "that the court ruled that the loan of likelihood of inadvertently around us." giously oriented education and Constitution throws the courts secular textbooks does not ad­ fostering religion may be less in Berger's basic message, helping their children to over­ on the side of those who believe vance religion. remedial arithmetic than in a Father S~ravinskas said. was that come learning handicaps. , our society should be a purely Father, Stravinskas said that medieval history seminar, but "you cannot trust Catholic Father Stravinskas said also secular one."

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Church opinions differ

Giving sanctuary: good or had?

By WilUam Bole

ReUglous News Sevlce

WASHINGTON (RNS) - The fast-growing movement among churches to give sanc~uary to illegal Salvadoran refugees has run into obstacles in the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy.

The illegal movement, which began last year in a Presbyterion church in Tucson, Ariz., has spread to 42 churches in 25 to 30 cities, says the Religious Task Force on Central America in Chicago, which is helping build the movement. Four of the 42 churches are Catholic.

Some 500 churches have en­ dorsed the actions and more in Los Angeles and other cities are also expected to declare them­ selves as sanctuaries, in demon­ stration against U.S. aid to El Salvador and Guatemala as well as deportation of the refugees to those countries, where they contend they face torture and death.

But in two cities where Pro­ testant churches recently open­ ed their doors to refugees Cath­ olic leaders have discouraged imitation by Catholic parishes.

The first public expression of disapproval by high-level reli­ gious leaders came from Wash­ ington's Archbishop James Hickey, an outspoken opponent of U.S. policy in Central Ameri­ ca, and Minneapolis-St. Paul Archbishop John Roach, who is also president of the U.S. Cath­ olic Conference, the social action arm of the church hierarchy.

At Archbishop Roach's re­

quest, the urban affairs com­ mission of the archdiocese can­ celed an earlier endorsement of a sanctuary provided by St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Minnetonka, a Minneapolis sub­ urb. Archbishop Roach said while he was sympathetic on the question of human rights in 'Central America, he was "ab­ solutely convinced that we make progress by changing laws and not breaking them."

Instead, in an action which echoed calls by the nation's bishops, the archdiocesan com­ mission called for an end to U.S. aid to El Salvador and passed a resolution calling on the U.S. State Department to grant "ex­ tended voluntary departure status" to the refugees, who are considered illegal because they have been designated by the U.S.. government as "economic" refugees, not political ones. Har; boring an illegal alien carries a penalty of five years in prison or a $2,000 fine., So far, no churches have been prosecuted for their acts.

Meanwhile in Washington, amid much publicity surrounding the opening of a sanctuary for the refugees in a Lutheran Church a few blocks north of the White House, Archbishop Hickey said that this was not something he would like Cath­ olic churches to imitate and that he would instead continue to lobby Congress, the State De­ partment, and the Immigration Service to grant the refugees legal stal!s.

"While my position is to fol­ low more traditional methods . '.. I do not want this view to be interpreted as questioning the motivation of those who use other methods to protest these unjust policies," he told re­ porters.

An aide at the U.S. Catholic Conference said the church leaders were concerned that the difference in views on sanctuary might "create tensions between people who are basically trying to do the same thing - change U.S. policy in El Salvador." He added that local Catholic dio­ ceses already provide assistance to both legal and undocumented refugees through church resettle­ ment programs.

In addition, Archbishop Rem­ bert Weakland of Milwaukee last December personally welcomed refugee families into a Catholic church there, citing the church tradition of providing sanctuary to those fleeing authorities. The, archbishop has also endorsed the movement in Seattle, al­ though bishops' aides say their opinions on this do not repre­ sent those of the hierarchy.

Leaders of the sanctuary movement, however, have down­ played differences ' with th.e Catholic hierarchy. "It's foster­ ing some good debate," said Dan Dale, of the Religious Task Force in Chkago. Asked if he believes opposition by the Catholic Church, given its leading role in the Central America debate, could limit the growth of the

movement, Mr. Dale said, "It's mushrooming all over the place.

I don't see healthy debate hurt­ ing it." He added that, at least in Chicago, 30 Catholic parishes have endorsed such actions by churches.

In declaring themselves sanc­

tuaries, churches invoke an an· cient custom dating to the Old Testament times when Hebrews created cities of refuge to pro­ tect strangers feeling persecu­ tion. The principle is also sup­ ported by Roman Catholic canon law.

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42 years of caring sponse to our plea have ~een put. ceived for our capital investment Continued from. page one "A record sum was attained: in this project. pair of black shoes in his size "In undertaking this commit­ $1,344,844.70.

We have literally and wondered if anyone would ment, I have taken a risk in spent EV~RY PENNY. Our di­ object if he took them. pledging diocesan suppor-t, how­ He changed his mind when ocesan apostolates and institu­ Mrs. 'Patota's daughter pointed ,tions, our works of social ser- . ever I am confident that my out that they were disco shoes, vice,child care, health care, action is not rash. II know that the people of God of the diocese complete with black lucite soles education and our pastoral en­ of Fall River recognize the need and heels to pick up the strobe deavorshave continued to re­ spond to the legitimate needs of which we confront and will reo lights beloved of disco fans. spond with the generosity which Not quite -the thing for the thousands of folks.

"We have expanded operations has come to be characteristic to Bishop's. Ball, decided the mon­ in such areas as family ministry. enable us to take on this new signor.

Mucl} appreciated during the Avoiding ex~ggerations, we have responsibility, and to continue. busy Appeal days is the volun­ .met our diocesan obligations for at the same time, in our other teer assistance given the office such long-term programs as debt works of social service, child staff by accountant Frank service at Saint Vincent's Home care, education and pastoral so­ and the payment of our pledge licitude for those who are' sick Plichta, who puts in hours check­ and suffering. to the renovations and new con­ ing figures and totals. Plichta' "With confidence, then, I is among special guests at a struction at St. Anne's Hospital.

"I think it is quite accurate to seek your .cooperation in the Saturday morning champagne breakfast that traditionally puts 'report to you, dear friends of 1983 Catholic Charities Appeal. the period on th~ year's Appeal. Catholic Charities here in the Hearkening back to that 'recol­ With the bubbly goes sweet Diocese of Fall River, that the Ilection of the celebration of the bread, a nod to Msgr. Gomes' warmth and brightness of Christ . Easter Vigil, I remind you of one important item. Each' member Portuguese neritage. And with illuminated many cold, dark cor­ it goes also a good feeling of ners of ·the diocese during the of the congregation received his or her light from the Paschal accomplishment, of another job past year 'because of the co­ well done in cooperation with operation and generosity of those Candle, from the Light of Christ.

"However, the flame was hundreds of diocesan volunteers. who responded to our Appeal passed through the congregation, a year ago.

Bishop's address "Now it is time to look ahead. as one person ,took a candle and Tradition also attaches to ,the Needs continue to exist, and I held it there for his neighbor. public- opening of the Appeal. can honestly assure you that in When the light had passed on to For many years- it has included th~ coming year people will con­ nearpy folks, each worshiper the national anthem, led by Ken­ tinue to require the outreach of found that his own. candle con· neth Leger; band music, often our social service programs, our tinued to burn brightly. Nothing by the Buddy Braga Orchestra; child care apostolates, o1,1r many was lost! Y~t, wondrously, the or entertainment from diocesan pastoral end~avors. Sick people entire church gradually bright­ school students; and addresses by in our area hospitals will need ened. .Msgr. Gomes; the year's lay the services of" 01,1r chaplaincy "One aftet' another, candles chairman, this year Joseph F. programs. ,,"oung people must were lighted as folks shared the Gromada; and Bishop Cronin. light. In the end, a warm glow share in our edu~ational endeav­ The bishop, recalling how: at ors. ·Preliminary budget requests pervaded the. entire gathering. t~e.Easter vigil.service the light from agenCies and institutions ~~'If, through the ·vehicle of' our of the paschal candle was spread funded by our '\Budget Account," Catholic Charities Appeal,,· you to ipdividu!ll candles throughout that is, our Catholic Charities make a generous gift to help the cathedral and each diocesan Appeal acCount, indicate that ,someone else in need, you'll ex­ church, likened. the proc;ess to more resources will be needed. perience no loss. Share a bit of that of the "caring, sharing and That certainly comes as no sur­ God's gifts to you with another giving" asked by' the Appeal. prise. We are all anxious to person, a neighbor, and you will "I am appealing to you," he maintain, indeed, to improve, our see how the brightne!!s, and Diocesan services, and simply to warmth of God's love gradually said, "to help make the bright­ ness and warmth of Christ dQ this, I mus.t ser:iously plead grows in our midst. spread throughout southeastern this evening for clergy, religious "The Catho~ic Charities Appeal and faithful laity to expand upon is one very good, very tangible Massachusetts, from the AttIe­ boros to the tip of Cape Cod. last year's record result. way of translating the rich sym­ "But, 'dear friends, I foresee bolism of our Easter celebration Share the Light of Christ which you have with those who are the necessity of moving beyond :into' everyday life. Please help a modest increase in the 1983 us." your neighbors. "'I ask you to do this through Catholic Charities Appeal to Lay Chairman generous, enthusiastic support of provide ,the needed assurance of In his remarks, lay chairman the Catholic Charities Appeal. maintaining existing' programs.

Joseph F. Gromada stressed the You see, there are many folks I am hoping for a substantial in­ among us who, in one or an- . .crease, a significant improve­ .need for campaign workers "to other way, shiver in some cold, ment. In fact, in expectation of be especially convinced of the true apostolate which we en· harsh circumstances of Hfe or your generosity,' ~ have author­ gage in," saying that their en­ tremble in anxiety and fear in ized the preliminary but definite steps for an important diocesan thusism would r~b off on those some dark moment. whom they contacted. . "If you have been enriched by undertaking . .'. the construc­ "Our diocese, though small some share in the Light of tion of expanded facilities. at· Christ, then I am asking you to Coyle and Cassidy High School according 'to geographic -stand­ ards, has the reputation of being be willing to turn to someone in Talinton.

"Locally, among alumni and a diocese with a very large nearby and to give to him o,r to her a spark of light. Please (riends of the school, an effort heart,". declared the chairman. do- .so in this, o1,1r 42nd such ·to help meet ·the cost of this new "Our response to mission ap­ Catholic Charities Appeal here construction will be undertaken. peals as well as various local . However, as bishop, I have needs bears proof of that truth. in the Diocese of Fall River. . "Annually, at this Kickoff, I pledged to provide a substantial The Charities Appeal should be like to present to all who are part of· the money needed. I for us the one great hour of gathered a report of the way iri plan to allocate a portion of the sharing in a manner that is ex­ proceeds of the Catholic Chari­ traordinary. It is this constant which the gifts of our parishion­ ers and the friends of Catholic ties Appeal for the coming year willingness to resporid that has and over !l period of time to seen the final total of each ap­ Charities in business and indus­ try here in the Diocese of Fall meet this pledge.~. peal mount higher and higher...

"It ;has been rightly said: you ",I can assure you that the im­ River to the annual Appeal have been disbursed. Such a report provements are much needed and can give without :loving, but you is being presented ,this evening. that significant benefit will can't love' without giving. We .

Frankly, the figures for the 1982 come to our young people. You pray God that this year's Appeal Catholic Charities Appeal tell may rest assured that specifica­ will .bear out. once again the quite cleBlrly of your generosity tions are being closely studied, proof of the great love in the and of the good uses to which that bids will be scrutinized and hearts of those who form our the proceeds of Y01.!r kind reo that appropriate value will be reo diocesan family."

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Father O'Neill, 34, is a native of Butte who was ordained in 1975. He became seriously ill I~t Thanksgiving, and was diag­ nosed as having infectious hepa .. titis in early December. On Feb. 28 doctors in Helena discovered that the illness, which was caus­ ing the priest's liver to dis­ function, was terminal.

After discussions with Bishop Curtiss, other diocesan coll­ eagues and his family, Father O'Neill decided to seek a liver transplant.

The transplant surgery, which took seven hours, was in itself successful, but time is still need­ ed to determine if the priest's system will accept the new or­ gan. Initially he was listed as stable and improving.

By Nancy Frazier VATICAN CITY (NC) - For the first time since Lithuania became part of the Soviet Union, communist officials have aIlow­ ed Lithuanian, bishops to visit the Vatican.

Four bishops left Moscow for Rome April 6 to report to Pope John Paul II on the state of their dioceses.

The previous such visit occurr­ ed 45 years ago, before Lithu­ ania was absorbed by the So· viet Union.

Notably absent from the group was Bishop Julijonas ~ .~ Steponavicius, 72-year-old apos­ " , '~~ tolic administrator of the Arch­ '_'_. __ ." i ,_ 1 pdiocese of Vilna.

A SEDER SUPPER was a highlight of the Lenten season for members of Immaculate Bishop Steponavicius, who many people believe is the car­ Conception parish, New Bedford. From left, John Mello, Father Arthur DeMello, Rosa dinal named in secret by Pope Fonseca. (~~sa Photo) .

John Paul In 1979, feared to leave Lithuania. ' "The Soviets probably would SHAWOMET have given him a visa to come, GARDENS but he would not have been allowed to return," said a Lithu­ 102 Sha~omet Avenue

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- "impeded from exercising his cern and 'support for a young morning prayer services for him. authority. priest who underwent a liver A spokeswoman for the dio­ Once a dependent nation, transplant in late March. cese said that except for the Lithuania has since World War Father Michael O'Neill, asso­ Easter weekend, people had II been part of the Soviet Union, and its Catholics have suffered ciate pastor of Cathedral of St. taken shiftS praying for Father Helena parish, was in critical O'Donnell every day from 8 harsh persecution. 'er Person Per Hltt 0111. Dec. (Fri. & SIt. HIJ/Ite <:ondition in P,resbyterian" Uni­ 95 95 Onl,) Min. 2 Hit.. Rete Eff. ~In. 28 tbru June a.m. to 10 p.m. in the cathedral, .The Soviet news agency, Tass, 2S Hollda, Perloda :r 3 H~t... Laat pq. allllltl, .' reported the bishops trip saying versity Hospital in Pittsburgh, beginning March 4. bllbar. suffering from a terminal liver that its aim was "to pay a tradi­ In addition, even' though dio· have an indoor pool, saunas, color TV and We tional visit to the Vatican, ailment, when doctors performed cesan officials decid~d against an unforgettable dining experience that sets us transplant surgery. which is made once in five sponsoring fundraisers for medi­ apart. From 3 egg omelettes to succulent, years." The report made 1\0 men· Father Robert O'Donnell, dio­ cal expenses, Father O'Donnell blushing prime rib, our 8 COMPLETE meals per tion of Bishop Steponavicius nor cesan chancellor said that mem­ said that as of April 6 "several couple and our unique, private B.Y.O.B. lounge of the 45-year gap since the bers of the diocese had held thousand dollars" in unsolicited with live entertainment and dancing, make

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A consumer mentality toward babies?

By John Maher WASHINGTON (NC) - Jes­ uit Father' Richard McCormick, a member of a presidential com­ mission taking testimony on bio­ ethical questions, told a session of the National Catholic educa­ tional Association convention that he has noticed in the coun­ try "the growth of a consumer mentality toward children," an attitude of wanting only a cer­ tain kind of child.

There is today, too, he said, "increasing sophistication of fetal diagnosis," making it possi­ ble to find out the sex and de­ fects' of unborn children, and "public acceptance of abortion."

"When the consumer mental­ ity toward .children combines with sophistication of fetal diag­ nosis, there is the possibility of a real blaze," Father McCormick said April 6.

To say that every couple ha's the right to a healthy. child is absurd, the Jesuit said, because "it implies the right to discard the unhealthy."

"What has brought us," he asked, "to think in terms of only a healthy child or a dead one?"

Father McCormick, professor of Christian ethics at George­

town University's Kennedy In­ stitute, spoke on current and fu­ ture bioethical problems, at the Washington convention. He said that disagreement on the rela­ tionship between church author­ ity and the experience of church members underlies discussions of some bioethical problems.

He used the issue of steriliza· tion to discuss the relationship of church authority to bioethical questions.

The offical church teaching ex­ pressed in various documents is that direct sterilization is ab­ solutely forbidden. But, he said, he and other theologians "argue that the rf;!productive capacity is given to us for the good of the person" and that there may be rare times when direct steriliza­ tion is permissable.

"We have a divided church on this matter," he said, and be­ neath the disagreement are two views of the relationship of church a~thority to the experi­ ence of the faithful. The two views, he said, are that: - The experience arid reason­ ing of all the faithful ought' to be taken into account, but it is up to legitimate authority to de­ cide on the truth.

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Bishops who hold the first view, he said, 'see themselves as telling people what is righ't. while bishops who hold the sec­ ond view see themselves as dis­ covering what is right.

In response to a question, Father McCormick said his first reaction to the case of Dr. Bar· ney .Clark, the Utah dentist kept alive through use of an artificial heart, was that "this is a mis­ use of our technology."

He compared the Clark case to keeping 85-year-old stroke victims in intensive care. "They don't belong there," he said.

"Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent on Barney Clark," Father McCormick' said, when there are counties in the United States without a physi­ cian.

His other reaction to the- case. however, he said, was: "This is precisely the way progress is made in medicine." Hospitals today are treating 1,000 gram babies who 20 years ago would have been dead, he noted, and doctors say that it won't be long before they can treat 700 gram babies.

With regard to the care of the dying, Father McCormick sai4, "Our major moral challenge is not to solve the .problem cases,. but to reduce the human dimin­ ishments· which accompany dy­ ing.~' .

The ter.minology of "extra­ ordinary" apd "ordinary" mean;; of health care is misleading; he said, because it is "so relative to the circumstances of the pa­ tient that what would be extra­ ordinary in some circumstances would not be .in others."

Referring to the Baby Doe case in Indiana in which an, in­ fant with Down's syndrome and other complications was allowed to die, Father McCormick said the surgery required for that in­ fant was not extraordinary. It was a· case of discrimination against an infant with Down's syndrome, he said.

Bioethical problems are quite simple in their structure, 'Father McCormick said at the beginning of his discussion. Outlining the structure, he said _it includes: - A basic human value.

- A structure of policy to protect and promote that value.

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Expectations may have been set too high when the revised rite of the sacrament of recon­ ciliation or penance ",was intro­ duced 10 years ago, but the evidence is that it is by no means a failure. Questions on Ameri­ can acceptance of the new rite and its future possibilities are addressed by Father Joseph M. Champlin in "The New Rite of Confession: Where We've Come, Where We're Headed," in the April issue of St. Anthony Mess­ enger magazine.

From his experience as a par­ ish priest hearing confessions, letters from his newspaper col­ umn readers about reconciliation rooms and a poll by U.S. Cath­ olic magazine on attitudes to­ ward the sacrament, Father Champlin draws the following conclusions:

Finding God "To be sure, our mental pro­ cesses often go wrong, so that we imagine God to have gone away. What should be done then?

Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. Learn to behave thus even in deepest dis­ tress and keep yourself that way in any and every estate of life.

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- The sacrament of reconcU­ lIation is more alive, and the attitude of of American Cath­ olics toward it more positive, than we may have judged. The poll cited 68 percent of the re­ spondents rated confession as "an important sacrament in my life;" 72 percent expressed a preference for the new rite; 77 percent judged their approach to the sacrament a mature one, not merely an extension of methods they used as children.

- The number of annual con­ fessions continues at about the same level as in pre-Vatican II days, but the frequency of "de­ votional" confessions has drop­ ped drastically.

- Many factors have brought about the decline in the number of confessions, but the new rite of penance does not seem 'among them. Father Champlin notes that the trend away from fre­ quent confession started before Vatican II. Reasons include con­ temporary loss of a sense of sin; doubts about - objective morality; the conviction "it's best to go to God directly with­ out any intermediary"; the in­ herent unpleasantness of admit­ ting our shortcomings; confusion about, preoccupation with and rejection of guilt in any form; false teachings that the sacra­ ment is no longer needed or

valuable and will eventually dis­ appear.

- Reconciliation rooms are accepted or preferred, by a ma­ jority of penitents and have drawn negative comments from only a small minority.

- During Advent and. Lent, communal penance services are celebrated In most parishes with many participants. In a minority of parishes they are al­ so celebrated at other times with fewer people.

- General absolution has been introduced in a few loca­ tions, has been extremely Popu­ lar but has raised serious legal, theological and pastoral ques­ tions. "The number of people (participating is) impressive," comments Father Champlin, "but some (theologians) are begin­ ning to entertain a few doubts about what this means in rela­ tion to the sacrament itself and to the positive values of individ­ ual reception of Penance."

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tents, but where achieved with proper education and sensitivity, has received encouraging sup­ port. , Father Champlin offers a few suggestions on further improve­ ment of the rite: clarify the rela­ tionship between objective and subjective morality; identify and respond to people's inner strug­ gles; train secure, sensitive and wise confessors; foster fuller and more frequent use of the sacra­ ment; promote the positive ex­ periences of reconciliation rooms; and examine and explain the nature of true and fcvse guilt and their relationship to sacramental forgiveness and professional therapy.

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" The 'politicaI science dei>art~ ment of Stonehill 'College, North Easton, is becoming. very fami­ liar with the publishing world. . So far this year the depart­ ment chairman and two alumni, both political science majors; have had books published. . Professor Richard B. Finne­ gan, department chairman and director of the Stonehill Inter­ national Studies Program, is the author of "Ireland: The Chal­ lenge of Conflict and Change," a profile of a nation tom be­ tween forces for' change and reverence for traditional values.

In the book, Finnegan analyzes the political, social and econ­ omic pressures felt by Ireland as a developing member of the European community. . Alumnus James B. Piscatori, . a research fellow at England's Royal Institute of International Affairs, is the editor of "Islam' in the Political Process,".,10 case studies of the political role of the Islam religion in yarious historical, cultural, social and economic circumstances.

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Also at Stonehill, future au­ thors may be in the making in the . college's Gene~al Studies Program, which requires stu­ dents to write a great many papers as part of their work for courses in philosophy, literature, fine arts, scientific inquiry, social institutions and foreign studies.

"The writing program be­ lieves," says Father Eugene Green, writing skills coordina­ tor, "that it, is possible to create a, climate wherein the ability of a person to write can be foster­ ed." Part of the climate at Stone­ hill is a Writing Center, staffed by faculty and volunteer stu­ dents; which offers assistance at aU stages 'of writing a paper, paying particular' attention to usage, spelling and' grammar.

The goal of the center, notes Father Green, is to make writ­ ing not only something that students do because it is re­ quired but also because "they

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Twenty-four new members were inducted into the Marian chapter of the National Honor Society 'at Holy Family High, New Bedford, by Sister Eugenia Margaret, SUSC, at a recent ceremony which included an ad­ dress by Very Rev. John P. Dris­ coll, school director, and music. by the Glee Club and Encore groups, directed by William J. Lacey.

NHS officers are Lynn Fra· zer, president;, Gayle Mullin, vice-president; Judith Barboza, secretary; Annmarie Almeida, treasurer.

The ceremony was followed by presentation of awards, to Matthew Govoni and Ronald Quintin, champions of the school chess teams.

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school. Joining previously noti­ fied Ann Lamb is Toni Jane Sil~ veira, a senior' honors student.

She is among the top 3.00 stu­ 'dents in Notre Dame Univer­ sity's 1765-member incoming freshman class and' is entitled to 'preferential treatment for schol­ arships and financial aid pro­ grams.

Bishop Feehan The Feehan Theatre Company will present the musical "Kiss Me, Kate," at 7:30 tonight in the auditorium of the Attleboro high school. Two previous per­ formances were given last week­ end. '

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life and her conscience was aroused. When the (:lisciples reo turned, they ~ were·, astonished, marveling that Jesus would speak to a Samaritan woman.

By Cecilia Belanger Through faith we too can How many wellsides do we create Jacob's wells by witness.. see these days? And when we ing for Christ. We do not have do see one dO we recall what to travel to the Holy 'Land, for happened·, at, a particular· one. faith is Olivet, love is-Galilee.

2.000 years ago? Do we wish. that· A' student' ,once asked, "Did we could' find someOne there Jesus~ver feel Joy?" Of course who had' the power to quench he did. In this' instance where our thirst forever from that pu~e he succeeded in healing a spirit­ fountain, the well of living' ual disease, where he enlighten­ water? ed a dark mind, he must have The story goes .that Jesus ap­ experienced great joy. The worn· proached Jacob's well, situated an repented. He was the shep· in a picturesque setting of olive herd rejoicing over finding the and mulberry trees. He waited ~ lost sheep. At the well the weary there while his disciples went one gave rest to the heavy laden. into -town .to buy bread. In those The quiet work of, Jesus de­ days people traveled 'a long dis­ scribed throughout the New tance for drinking water, some­ Testament is more important to times from a fountain miles the world than that of any war· away. So it is not surprising that rior or statesmen. The wellside the woman in the story left her 'talk iIlustrates the habit of city and went to the ancient Christ's life: his most vital well. Jacob's well had a repu­ teachings were given, not in tation for good water. elaborate sermons, but in con· He who· thirsted as we thirst versations. sought water at this well. But r-.:::===:::::::==~::::::=-::;:::::::=:::, he also opened a well of living water and shared it with a Samaritan woman with whom others would have no dealings.

VVhen Jesus announced to the woman that he was the fountain of life it is not difficult to pic· ture her sneering "Art thou greaier than our father Jacob?"

However, the eyes of Jesus pierced her through and through.

He saw her sins; he counted them out to her. There was com­ passion in his voice and mien.

For the first time she had re­ vealed to her the central idea of

Jacob's well

Bishop Stang Thirty Stang students were recently inducted into the Na­ tional Honor Society:, four sen· , iors, one junior and 25 sopho­ mores. Also on the scholastic front, Jane Hendricks, having scored in school and regional contests, is one of eight students from across the nation in con­ tention for a Walt Disney scholarship in the annual Cen­ tury III leadership program, Other recent student achieve­ ments include: - David Roth, invited to be­ come a member of the 1983 racing squad of the Connecticut Yankee Bicycle Club; - Shirley Rego, fiHh placer in an international invitational roller skating contest,' held re­ cently in Groton, Conn. She will, continue to regional competi­ tion.

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Fall River, and a freshman at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, has been named to the institute's dean's list for academic' excellence.

Coy le.Ca~sidy A second Notre Dame Schol" ar has been named from the senior dass at the Taunton high

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You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends Spllll In the middle when the troubles begin Take It nice and easy and always pretend That you're cool, so cool, so cool. ' Say I'm alone and I'm wild and I will not be pained Talk like a jerk or an educated brain Be an old girl' driving the, young boys insane Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter Refrain: Everyone needs· a hand to hold onto Everyone needs a hand to hold onto Don't need to be no strong hand Don't need to be no rich hand Everyone just needs a hand to hold onto Having good luck with your financial situation Play the ponies, be president of the United Nations Go to work and be a Hollywood stud .

Drive your four-wheel drive right into the mud.

And then those hours when you're alone And there's nobody there except yourself I know)t " , Yo~ warma pick up the phone And say talk to me, talk to me Somebody please t,alk to me yeah.

Sung by John Cougar, Written by John Cougar Mellencamp, ,© 1982 by Riva Music Ltd.. .

No matter who or what we are, everyone needs the support of others. . Society seems' to be changing its image of what makes a strong

person.

Fierce independence used to be the model but society no longer seems caught in that trap of self-sufficiency. All of us "need a hand to hold onto,"

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Sometimes our efforts an~ met by rejection, making us feel unlovable and,. unlikable. When people's feelings are hurt, they tend to pull back from ot,hers rather than risk more pain.

The choice, however, is not how to avoid all pain but rather how to work constructively to overcome painful feelings. For example, why should you judge yourself by the way one person treats you?

Perhaps you have had your day ruined .by one person reo acting negatively toward you.

Others, may feel down on them­ selves even though 10 people have responded favorably to them.

Too often people generaliz~ about, others without having all the facts in hand. When this happens, they need not conclude that something is wrong with them.

Perhaps the other person is projecting his or her own pain or loneliness, and may need for­ giveness and kindness. Such a person may even be re!lching out for help.

We find and bring healing for life's hurts by touching others with our support, love, and care.

Whose hand do you need to hold onto?

Your comments are welcome.

Address Charlie Martin, 1318 S. Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714.

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Connolly in Tourriey Final Darrin Rioux's two-hitter sparked coach Don Chouinard's Bishop Connolly High Cougars to a 2-1 victory over host Old Colony Regional High School last Saturday in the semi-finals of the Old Colony Invitational Baseball Tournament. ·In their season opener the Cougars scored singletons in the third and fourth innings on the way to the victory that moved them up to the championship final against Greater New Bed­ ford Voke-Tech. That game was scheduled for I p.m. last Sun­ day but rain forced its post­ ponement until I p.m. tomorrow.

Old Colony and Dartmouth will meet at II a.m. in the consola­ tion final.

Walks to John Alfred· and Rioux and a two-out single by Tom Dion in the third inning

gave Connolly its first run. A walk to Scott Wilkinson, singles by Paul Hebert and Ron Dumont produced another Con­ nolly run in the fourth.

Rioux, who struck out eight and walked four, gave up a single to losing pitcher Ed Davig­ non and is!:lued three straight walks to force in Old Colony's lone run.· Voke-Tech's Ken Pedro pitched no-hit ball as that school nipped Dartmouth, 4-3, in the other semifinal on Jim Mello's two-run double in· the bottom of the seventh inning; The Artisans were trailing, 3-0, going into the bottom half of the seventh, and last, inning.

With· two out Wayne Silvia singled in two runs and Mello followed this up with his game­ winning two-run double.

St. Vincent Hoop Tourney The St. Vincent Home spring basketball tournament will open at noon tomorrow in Bishop Connolly High School and will continue through April 23.

Play wiH continue from noon until 9 p.m. tomorrow and Sun­ day, from 5 to 9 "p.m. Monday

through Friday with the final set for April 23.

At this writing approximately 40 teams had entered the tourna­ ment in which play will be in three divisions: open, six feet tall and under, junior (14 years old and under).

Play Balli The Hockomock League opens its baseball schedule today with Mansfield at Attleboro, King Philip at Stoughton, Sharon at Canton and North Attleboro at Oliver Ames. Franklin has the bye on the opening card.

Next Tuesday's ga~s have Mansfield at Canton, Sharon at Oliver Ames, King Philip at Franklin and North Attleboro at Foxboro with Stoughton draw­ ing the bye. The same schedules will prevail in boys' tennis. The pairings are the same for varsity softball and girls' tennis except that the home tearns are re­ versed.

Highlights of the Hockomock schedule are the J. J. Kelley Re­ lays and the Val Mucato Relays scheduled for 10 a.m. next Satur­ day at Mansfield High School.

Dual track. meets next Wed­ nesday list Canton at Foxboro, Sharon at King Philip, Oli ,~r Ames at Mansfield, franklin at Stoughton.

The Southeastern Mass. Con­ ference opens its baseball sea­ son on April 26. Bishop Con­ nolly High,. the only diocesan school in Division One, will open at home to Somerset. Other games in that division are Barn­ stable at Attleboro, Dennis-Yar­ mouth at Durfee and New Bed­ ford at Falmouth. .Bishop Stang High will host Greater New Bedford Voke Tech and Bishop Feehan will visit Fail'haven in Division Two openers which also list Seekonk at Case "nd Dartmouth at Digh­ ton-Rehoboth.

In Division Three openers Coyle-Cassidy is at Bourne, Di­ man Voke at Holy Family and Wareham at Westport. Old Ro­ chester Regional has the bye.

Twelve-year-old Jon Connell, a seventh-grade student at Henry Lord Middle School in Fall River, will represent New England in the three-day Elks National Hoop Shoot Competi­ tion starting next Friday at But­ ter University in Indianapolis.

Jon swept through the Greater Fall River, the district, state and New England competitions on the way to his berth in the na­ tional competition.

Noting that he is "not very big at 4-11" Connell says he wants to be proficient at the foul line by the time he enters high school a couple of years hence.

He considers shooting from the foul line is one way his shots would not be blocked.

At every lev~1 of the competi­ tion he averaged 20 of 25 shots.

At Butler University he will compete against 12 youngsters from throughout the United States in the 12-13 age bracket.

He received a trophy recently as the foul shooting champion of the Milliken-Silva Junior Basket­ ball League's Class B. Jon would like to play basket­ ball under coach John O'Brien at Bishop Stang High School, where his father, Charles,was once head coach of football.

Charles was a basketball stand­ out at Durfee High School.

All in the family!

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NOTE Please check elates and times of television and radio programs against local list­ ings, which may differ from the New York network sched­ ules supplied to The Anchor.

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

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

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

New Fibns "The Black Stallion Returns" (MGM-UA): In this uninspired remake of "The Black Stallion," the horse's original owners spirit him back to Morocco with the greatest of ease, and, just as easily, Kelly Reno, now a teen­ ager, pursues them, stowing away on a Pan Am clipper and then making his way across the desert to reclaim his beloved horse. Corney, muddled, a col­ ossal bore. AI, PG "The Outsiders" (Warners): The S. E. Hinton novel, immense­ ly popular among teens, about rival "greasers" and "socs" in Tulsa, Okla, in the 60s makes it to the screen. The focus is upon the greasers, especially Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell), Dallas (Matt Dillon) and Johnny (Ralph Macchio). In a clash with the socs, the boys from the right side of the tracks, Johnny comes to Ponyboy's aid and stabs one of the socs. Aided and abetted by Dallas, the meanest and baddest greaser, they hide in an abandoned country church where they read "Gone with the Wind" to each other and recite Robert Frost. The violence in the rumble scene is very pro­ nounced. A3, PG . Films on 1V Saturday, April 16, 8:30 p.m.

(CBS) - "Every Which Way But Loose" (1978) - Clint East­ wood plays a truck driver-street­ fighter who pijrsues a reluctant Country-Western singer (Sondra Locke) in this violent, sleazy movie that tries to make slip­ shod do duty for carefree. 0, PG Monday, April 18, 9 p.m.

(NBC) "Breaking Away" (1979) - The winner of an Academy Award for best screen­ play (by Steve Tesich), this warm and appealing light com­ edy chronicles a summer in the lives of four 18-year-old In­ diana bOYS, one an avid bike racer, who are determined to hold off, at least for the pres­ ent, from taking on aoult re­ sponsibilities and doing some­ thing significant with their lives.

Amusing, heart-warming and topnotch entertainment. A2, PG Wednesday, April 20, 9 p.m.

(CBS) - "Avalanche" (1978) ­ Scorning all ecological consider­ ations, entrepreneur Rock Hud­ son builds a luxurious ski re­ sort on a Colorado mountain­ side, hoping to impress his es­ tranged wife (Mia Farrow, enough to effect a reconciliation.

Mature, of course, takes her re­ venge. A run-of-the-mill disas­ ter movie with ludricrous dia­ logue and shallow characteriza­ tions, "Avalanche" also has enough bedroom action and nu<;lity to rate KO, PG. Saturday, April 23, 8 p.m.

(CBS) - ''Matilda'' (1978) ­ Elliot Gould stars as a seedy promoter who discovers a down­ at-the-heels kangeroo act and with the help of sports writer Robert Mitchum steers it to a bout with the., heavyweight champion of the world. Perhaps the worst movie of 1978. A2, ·PG Religious Broadcasting - 1V Sunday, April 17, 10:30 a.m.

Diocesan Television' Mass.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday ·on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as pennanent participants Father Peter N. Gra­ ziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

This week's topic: Central Am­ erica: Church-State.

"The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a.m. each Sunday, Chanriel 27.

"MarySon." a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs­ day, Fall River and New Bed­ ford cable channel 13.

"Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. each Monday, cable chan­ nel 35.

Sunday, April 17, (ABC) "DI· rections" - Morality of medi­ cal technology.

Sunday, April 17, (CBS) "For Our Tbnes" - First of two re­ ports on the moral implications of genetic engineering.

On Radio Charismatic programs are heard from Monday through Fri­ day on station WICE 1210 AM;.

Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and II tol2 p.m.; Father Edward McDonough, 8:15 a.m.; Father Real Bourque, 8:45 a.m.

Father McDonough is also on WMYD from I:30 to 2 p.m. each Sunday.

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Parishioners interested in par­ ticipating in the New Bedford Growers' Market may call 762­ 7487 or 763-8443.,

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Confirmatibn candidates, pen­ ance service: Monday, April 25; rehearsal: Tuesday, April 26; re­ ception of sacrament: Wednes­ day. April 27, St. Mary's Cathe­ dral.

Rosarymakers' meeting, 7:30 p.m. Monday. rectory.

Women's Guild: Sorin~ Hat Contest, Mondav, April 25. En­ trants. call Karen Gendreau,

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,olumn to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River. 02722. Name of city or town should be included as well as full dates of all JC lovilies. please send news of future rather than. past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundraising activities such as pingos. whists. dances, suppers and bazaars.

We are happy to carry notices of spiritual

pro~rams. club meetings youth pro/ects and similar nonprofit activitIes. Fundra sing pro­ jp.cts may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, tele8hone 675-7151. n Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

OTIS AIR BASE

Residents in the a'ir base area are invited to attend ·an Evening of Song and Prayer with Father Pat at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, in the base movie theatre. The program is sponsored by the base chapel.

O.L. ANGELS, FR

Catholic. Charities Appeal so-. licitors will meet at 7 p.m. Sun­ day, April 24, to receive their contact cards.

First communion classes are held at 9 a.m. each Saturday in the parish hall.

ST.MARY,NB

Work on the parish Mary Gar­ den is underway in preparation for a blessing ceremony to be conducted by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin Sunday, May 15.

Bible. study: 7 to 9 p.m. each Tuesday 'in the rectory basement.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET

New parishioners are asked to fill out a census card, available in the church foyer, and give it to an usher or one of the priests. >

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Holy Week and Easter sanc­

tuary· banners were made ,by youth group members. The group also marked Good Friday with a successful penitential meal. \ Parishioners are encouraged

to volunteer services to Taun­ ton Birthright (tel. 822-2921) and the Taunton Volunteer Ser­ vice Bureau (,tel. 824-3985).

A1;)preciation is expressed to Jo Morrison 'and Millie Ste,pha­ naitis for serving as hostesses for the April deanery meeting of Taunton area clergy, held at Immaculate Conception.

672-6165.

ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTH

Youth' Ministry: meeting 7:30

p.m. Sunday.

CHAJUSM4.TlIC RENEWAL, NB DEANERY

Life in ·the Soirit seminar: be-' ,ginninlt 7:30 p.m.. Monday, Amil 25. St. Julie oarish hall, N. Dart­ mouth.

Information: Angelo Telesmanick, 995-733~.

DEAF APOSTOLATE

Easter Mass and social: 2:30 . p.m. Sunday, St. Mar~aret's Church. Buzzards Bay. Father Joseph Viveiros will leave ~rom St. Anth()ny of 'P~dua Cl-,,,"~h.

Fall River, 'at 1 :3D p.m., if Fall River members wish to follow him. He will stoo at St. James Church. New Bedford. for New Bp.rUord membprs wishing' to follow and 'a Holy Year pil­ grimage stoo will al~o be made at thp. church. A TTY ,teleohone att!lr.hment for the deaf will be 'raffled at the social.

Beginners' siltn language classes: 6:30 to 8:30 n.m. Tues~ day, April 19. throulth Tuesday, June 7, at St. Joseoh's Church center•. Taunton. Intermediate and advanced signing also 'available. .

SACRED lIIEART, OAK BLUFFS First penance: 11 a.m. Satur­ day, April 30.

Confirmation rehearsal, candi­ dates and sponsors: 4 p.m. Sun­ day, May 1. Retre.at for candi­ dates: 10 a.m. Saturday, May 7, parish hall.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Young Couples' Club: 5 p.m.

Sunday, parish hall. come.

All wel­

FAMILY UFE CENTER, N.DARTMOUTH

Teens Encounter Christ girls' retreat begins tonight.

CARE program for St. An­ ,thony's :parish, Falmouth: 4 p.m.

Wednesday.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FR .

Choir ·rehearsals: 6:30 .p.m.

ST. RITA, MARION

Confirmation candidates: re~' hearsal 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, confirmation 7 p.m. Thursday.

Wednesday in the church.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET

CATH. MEMORIAL HOME, FR

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Prayer group: 7:30 p.m. each

BL. SACRAMENT, FR

The resident council met yes­ Women's Guild: candymaking terday. demonstration, 7:30 p.m. Wed­ Many residents will appear nesday, parish center.

Holy Ghost observance: Ter­ . on the PM Magazine television program ina segment featuring a ceira Doininga, home of Eliza­ beth Medeiros, 173 Wellesley "grandparents" .project conduct­ Dr., Somerset. Rosary with ed with children of the Letour­ .priests of parish: 8 p.m. Friday, neau School, Fall River.

April 22.

BLOCK Fellowship group will show BUILDING YOU~HGROUP,TAUNTON "Brother' Sun, Sister Moon" fol­ This group of young ,people lowing 7 p.m. Mass Thursday. and adult leaders who meet All welcome. weekly at St. 'Jacques Church, Taunton, is sponsoring a concert ST. MARY, NORTON Norton Catholic Women's by the Jon Polce Band at 7:30 Guild: eorporate communion, 9 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taun­ a.m. Mass Sunday, April 24. ton. Information about the youth Breakfast at parish center, en­ tertainment· by Lisa Kelly group. group and the concert: 824~8378.

Monday, church hall. All wel­ come.

Catholic Charities: .pre-drive meeting Monday, April 25, for captains and workers.

XAVIER SOCIETY, NYC

Free .paperback books in -braille and large print -are avail­ able for blind and visually han­ dicapped people to read and keep in their own libraries. In­ formation: Xavier Society for Blin, 154 E. 23 St., New York, N.Y. 10010.

O:L. GRACIE, WESTPORT

Confirmation interviews are in progress. Appointments with Father William Baker should be made by the candidate, not by a parent.

Testimonial for Father Edmond R. Levesque, former pastor: Sunday, May 15, 4 p.m. Mass followed by reception and din­ ner at White's restaurant.

Adult Bible .study: 8 p.in.

Tuesday, April 26: Acts, chap­ ters 7 and 8.

ST. STANISLAUS,FR

Youth Ministry vs. Men's Club basketball game: 7:30 tonight, school auditorium, with f·ormer Red Sox catcher Russ Gibson as a p.uest performer.

New acolytes will meet at 2:30 this afternoon in the church.

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All welcome.

SACRED HEART, FR

Applications for the Rose E. Sullivan Scholarship, sponsor~d by ·the Women's Guild, are avail­ able at ·area high schools. Can­ didates' mothers must have been active in the guild for at least five years.

Senior group: Cape Cod trip Tuesday, May 3.

ST. JAMES, NB

Ladies' Guild meeting: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, lower church .hllll. Dem{l"~tration will follow ,business session.

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An eiWit-week Life in the Spirit seminar will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, in the monastery dining room. Infor­ mation: 222-8126.

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Faculty of the parish school held ·a day of recollection today.

CYO members have an­ nounceda Washington trip for next April.

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FR

. A marriage preparation pro­ gram ·for engaged couples will be held at the parish school be~ ,ginning at 1:30 :p.m. Sunday.

Children's choir 'l'ehearsals are'held on Monday afternoons.

New members may see Joanne Mercier, eathedral cantor, fol­ lOWing ·a weekend Mass.

LEGION OF MARY, NB

The monthly Legion of Mary holy hour will take place at 5:30 tonight 'at St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford. Participants may gain the Holy Year jubilee indul~ gence by attendance at the ser­ 'vice, confession, communion and prayer for the pope'e intentions.

All welcome.

Registration for next year's CCD program will follow all Sunday Masses.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN

First communion candidates will r£!hearse at 3:15 p.m. April 27, 28 and 29; confirmation can­ didates will rehearse at 7:30 p.m.

May 2 and May 9.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA

,Father Paul Carrier, SJ, will .pronounce final vows as a Jesuit at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at a Mass in the parish center. All welcome.

A first communion workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow.

ST. PETEll APOSTLE, PROVINCETOWN

CCD classes will meet at their scheduled hours. Choir prl;lctice will' follow in the church hall.

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SWANSEA

Confirmation candidates: day of recollection 1 to 8 p.m. Sun­ day, religious education center.

Ladies of St. Anne: meeting and £loral demonstration 8 p.m.

Wednesday, parish hall.

Parish council nominations due by Sunday.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR An eight-lecture series on the

treatment of sexually 'abused clfildren and their families will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday !n Clemence Hall. Speakers will be from the Family Crisis Treat­ ment Program at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Bos­ ton. Information: 674-5741, ext.

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Mass offered for Warsaw Jews WARSAW, Poland (NC) ­ Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw held a memorial Mass April 10 for the 65,000 Jews slaughtered in the 1943 Warsaw uprising against the German-occupation troops.

The Jewish fighters "did not want to die as animals led to the slaughter house," said Car­ dinal Glemp.

"But they did not hope to win, because they knew they would be killed. But they wanted to die as human beings," the car­ dinal added. .

The Mass, attended by 3,000 people, was held in St. Augus­ tine's Church, the only building in the old ghetto that escaped destruction by the Nazi troops in 1943.

When the three-week ghetto .uprising began on April 19, 1943, the ghetto popuhition was 70,000. About 65,000 people were either killed by Nazi troops or died because the Germans block­ aded shipments of food and medicine.

Prior to the uprisipg, thou­ sands of ghetto .resieJents had died in Nazi gas cha~bers. Of the 6 million Poles who died during the World War II German occupation, half were Jewish. .