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NEW ORLEANS (NC) - The family, what one speaker called "the church in miniature," is a key element in the success of Catholic schools, educators were told at the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) convention in the New Orleans Superdome. Several ~chool principals from the Fall River diocese were among convention delegates. The contingent was headed by Father George W. Coleman, director of the Diocesan Department of Education. Family members make sacrifices for schools, evangelize one another, support the handicapped and when parents are sexuly happy they provide a solid source for religious learning by their children, speakers said. The areas of pastoral ministry - evangelization, initiation and ongoing growth - are most often found in the family, which is the "church in miniature," Christiane Brusselmans said. In a family that is c.onscious of its mission to evangelize, "all its members evangelize and are evangelized. The parents not only communicate the good Turn to Page Four
Permanent deacon candidates and their wives from the Fall River diocese will participate in panels and workshops at an allday meeting of the New England Regional Diaconate Assembly, to be held Saturday, A'pril 26, at St. Bernard High School, Uncasville, Conn. Mrs. Anne J. Meloni, St. Mark's parish, Attleboro Falls, will speak on "The Deacon in My Life" at a panel to be presented by wives of deacons and candidates; and Leo and Marguerite Racine, St. Joseph's, New Bedford; Matthew Schondek, St. Paul, Taunton; and Maureen Walsh, Holy Trinity, West Harwich, will offer a workshop on Diaconate Family Life. The keynote speaker will be Sam Taub, a deacon who is a staff associate for the Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate. His topic will be "The Deacon: Who Is He?" Other presentations will" include an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the deacon programs in the dioceses of Norwich, Springfield, Pr:ovidence and Worcester. Deacons involved in refugee Turn to 'Page ~our
'Mohawk Lily' b~atification Vatican City (NC) - Pope John Paul II has approved beati. fication of Kateri Tekakwitha, the U.S. Indian known as the "Lily of the Mohawks," and of four other North and South Americans. It is believed the beatifications will take place in Rome June 22. The others to be beatified are two Canadians, Bishop Francis de Montmorecy-Laval, first bishop of Quebec, and Sister Marie of the Incarnation (Marie Gyart), foundress of the Canadian Ursuline nuns; a Brazilian, Jesuit Father Joseph de Anchieta, and a Guatemalan layman, Peter de Betancur. ,Kateri TekakWitha, daughter of a Mohawk father and Algonquin mother, was born in 1656 in the Indian village of Ossernenon,(Auriesville, N.Y.), and Turn to Page Four
MEMBERS OF the second class of perm anent deacon hopefuls to be adn;litted to candidacy surround the altar of St. Mary's Cathedral at ceremonies held last Sunaay. Nineteen men are in the class. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photo)
'The needs, of the least' For the first time in its 39year history the diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal has set a goal to be reached by special' gifts volunteers and door-to-door collectors. At the annual kickoff meeting, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin asked that workers aim towards a goal of $1,250,000 in order to "meet the needs of the least" and counteract the impact of inflation and soaring costs on diocesan agencies and apostolates. Last year's appeal garnered a records~tting sum of $1,119,483. The bishop explained that "virtually every area of our apostolic pastoral outreach anticipates the need of increased funding." He said that Catholic Social Services, for instance, has expanded its Cape Cod facilities and has opened a new office in Attleboro; and that the Depart-路 ment of Pastoral Care for the Sick would require increased funding. The prelate spo~e of his desire to present a substantial gift
to the "beloved Rose Hawthorne Lathrop apostolate," which cares for terminally ill cancer patients; and to fulfill one-third of a threeyear commitment to give $300,000 to St. Anne's Hospital for improvement and expansion of facilities. He gave special mention to the newly established Diocesan Office of Family Ministry, noting that he was "especially hoping for healing outreach to hurting families in this Year of the Family," and also listed the Catholic Youth Organization, the Hispanic apostolate, the Nazareth schools and the work of St. Vincent's Home as undertakings in need of strong support. In 'urging the cooperation of Appeal volunteers, the bishop recalled the words of Christ to his . followers, that they would find him in the least of their brethren. "Respond to the needs of the least of the brothers and sisters," said the bishop. "In doing so, you will render loving service to the risen Lord himself."
Also addressing the nearly 1000 Appeal participants at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, was Joseph B. McCarty of St Paul parish, Taunton, diocesan lay chairman for the Appeal. Father Adrian Van Kaam, C.S. Sp., Ph.D., an internationHe told the audience that his parents, both in their late eigh- ally known writer and lecturer, ties, are residents at Marian will be guest speaker at the- annual convention of the Fall River Manor, Taunton. "On a daily basis, I haye the Diocesan Council of Catholic opportunity to observe the com- Women, to be held Saturday, passionate care they receive April 26 at Coyle-Cassidy High from the concerned nuns and School, Taunton. Father Van Kaam, born in staff. My parents attend Mass Holland, studied psychology every morning and say their there and in the United States. rosary each afternoon in the chapel. Care of our souls is as He was awarded his doctoral essential as care of our bodies, degree with honors at Case whether we are 20 or 90. We Western Reserve University. are blessed to have this fine The convention speaker's priCatholic facility for our Golden mary interest is in the psycholoAgers and it was realized gy of spirituality and he is presthrough the Catholic Charities ently director of the Institute of AppeaL" Man at Duquesne University, McCarty pointed out that while .which offers an academic and an individual may be able to practical program for religious accomplish very little to help men and women responsible for the needy, "with Christ's help, the spiritual formation of memo Turn to Page Two bers of their communities.
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themoorin~ Beacon of Hope Consider for a moment the social condition of the sacrament of marriage. On the surface, it seemingly hasn't got a chance. Recent divorce statistics are more than appalling, single parents are now becoming fashionable, family life has been reduced to a media joke and the decision to have children is purely socioeconomic. Many sociologists are burning the proverbial midnight oil attempting to figure out why marriage American style has become a fiasco. Their reflections float for the most part in purely materialistic and naturalistic realms. Very few people attempt today to view marriage as a sacrament. The result is obvious. Few social institutions deal with marriage as something sacred. Indeed, the reverse is true. Courts grind out divorces, many hospitals are abortion centers, social services are often mere babysitters. The only real hope for restoring sanity and sanctity to marriage is to be found in the church. She alone seems to have survived our current upheaval still believing in the sacredness of matrimony. When speaking of church, however, one must distinguish between the sacramental churches and other patterns of belief. Some of the latter, unfortunately, in many situations encourage an exaggeratedly liberal attitude towards divorce, abortion and remarriage. Those elements of religious life which tolerate and permit such permissiveness in these matters certainly have removed themselves from the sacred. The Catholic church for all practical purposes is the outstanding beacon of hope in the confusion and madness of the current marriage situation. But she has critics, even within her, who would say that her attitudes are narrow and antiquated. These critics would have the church jump on the bandwagon that would allow marriage to be a mere . trial balloon. Fortunately, such individuals are not only smallminded but small in number as well. The mission of the church, even more obvious in this Year of the Family, is to restore the sacred and remove the profane. In many areas it is now undertaking renewed efforts to meet this challenge. The wor~ of our own fledgling Office of Family Ministry has already met significant success. This work must be encouraged and fostered in each parish in our diocese. It is imperative, for instance, to help the engaged to begin their life together in Christ. Fortun;. ately, both our Marriage Preparation Program and the Engaged Encounter Movement路 are expanding their efforts in this direction. To those already married, who are searching for ways to strengthen and revive their lives together, certainly the Marriage Encounter experience offers a means of establishing firm footing in today's pagan waters. No less must the church's ministry to divorced and separated Catholics become an ongoing effort to help those hurt by such catastrophic experiences. The church in this decade must continue to reach out to her sons and daughters, helping them -find the joy, beauty and holiness of the vocation .of marriage while at the same time supporting those of her children who find themselves brokenhearted and in personal conflict as a result of embracing that same vocation.
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'There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited and his disciples, to the marriage.' John 2: 1-2
A Wedding Blessing May Almighty God, with his Word of blessing, unite your hearts in the neverending bond of pure love.
May daily problems never cause you undue anxiety, nor the desire for earthly possessions dominate your lives.
May your children bring you happiness and may your generous love for them be returned to you many times over.
But may your hearts' first desire be always the good things waiting for you in the life of heaven.
May the peace of Christ live always in your hearts and in your home. .
May the Lord bless you with many happy years together, so that you may enjoy the rewards of a good life.
May you ha~e true friends to stand by you, both in joy and in sorrow.
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May you be ready and willing to help and comfort all who come to you in need. And may the blessings promised to the compassionate be yours in abundance. May y~u find happi~ess and satisfaction in your work.
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Engaged Encounter Weekend By BUI and Judy Martin
On November 3, 1978, the first Engaged Encounter Weekend in the.Fall River diocese was held . at Sacred Hearts Seminary in Wareham; we chose the seminary because of the warmth and homey atmosphere provided by the brothers. For us, it was a trial weekend. We are an offshoot of the Boston area. We wanted to see how much interest could be generated in this area for future weekends. The response was somewhat encouraging, but quite late in coming. As of October 28, with just seven days to go, only four couples had sent in applications. With the seminary booked, the team couples and a priest scheduled, supplies bought, and, most importantly, four anxious couples waiting who very much wanted to experience the weekend, panic was quickly becoming our normal state. But thanks to an overflow of couples who could not get onto weekends in the Boston area and many sleepless nights filled with prayers, we managed to
Until they began the weekend, marriage had seemed quite ordinary to many of the participants (after all, almost everyone gets married), but the late Saturday afternoon our couples were finding the idea that God was calling them to a vocation more and more exciting.
KENNY CHACE and Jean McEvoy register for an Engaged Encounter weekend at Sacred Hearts Seminary; Wareham, with Bill and Judy Martin. (Rosa Photo)
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Marriage-S worry about filling the weekends as we did in 1978 and early 1979. Now they are booked far in advance, not by couples from Boston and Providence area, but by those from our own diocese.
A Saturday evening rap session is an important part of the weekend. Couples submit questions and topics for discus.sion and are invited to get involved as a group to talk about religion, sexual morality, c.ommunication, or whatever else the question box suggests. The priest and married couples add their experience and clarify the teachings of the church.
Our dream, and we're sure the dream of all those involved in the ministry to the engaged, is to ensure that all couples about to enter the sacrament of matrimony have a better understanding of each other, a better understanding of their sacrament and a clearer understanding of how to live out their matrimonial spirituality, whether through the Engaged Encounter weekend, evenings for the engaged, or the pre-cana conferences. We see marriage preparation as a definite need in today's society, where there are far too many broken marriages and far too many broken children.
The weekend ends early on Sunday afternoon with a Mass • and these lovers leave the weekend changed. They are closer to God and to each other, determined to make their marriage a good one. Engaged Encounter is effective and is spreading over much of the U.S., Canada and other countries as well. Couples from the Fall River diocese play an important national role in the movement. 'Bill and Shelley Meehan from Easton and Father Raymond of Stonehill College, North Easton, coordinate Engaged Encounter from Maine to Virginia. And Steve and Celeste Marciszyn, a young Fall River couple married less than two years are the financial secretary couple for the same eastern area. Not only do these five handle all the responsibility of coordinating and finances but manage to find time to serve on weekend teams in our diocese. Our present list of diocesan team couples is small but growing. Ray and Phyllis Antune from Assonet and Ralph and Rachel L'Heureux, Wareham are giving weekends and will soon be joined by David and Maria Carreiro, New Bedford; by ourselves, Bill and Judy, Sagamore Beach, and Father Marc Bergeron, New Bedford. The weekends are supported not only by the teams but by the entire family of the Fall River diocese: Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Father Ronald Tosti of the Family Life Ministry, Father Bergeron, who helps coordinate diocesan weekends, all who serve in the ministry to the engaged and the many priests and families who refer engaged couples to the weekend all have a role. The hosting couples of the Marriage Encounter community who give unselfishly of their time and energies are also a great help. At the beginning of each weekend, these caring people greet the engaged couples, carry luggage to rooms and help put the young people at ease. The hosting couples are visible throughout the weekend, serving meals, running errands and cleaning up after the weekends are over. Meanwhile, Ray and Kathy Blais, from Sagamore Beach, are constantly sharpening their pencils to keep our finances in line. Our weekends have grown from the one trial weekend in 1978 to eight scheduled weekends for 1980 and hopefully 12 for 1981. Thankfully, we don't
Each engaged couple has a dream. Its fulfillment depends upon their relationship but also upon us, the Church, to help in turning their dream into reality. A wedding is a day. A marriage is a lifetime.
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couples, docile to the Church's voice, must remember that their Christian vocation, which began at baptism, is further specified and reinforced by the sacrament of matrimony. By it husband and wife are strengthened and as it were consecrated for the faithful accomplishment of tlleir proper duties, for the carrying out of their proper vocation even to perfection, and the Christian witness which is proper to them before the whole world. "To them the Lord entrusts the task of making visible to men the holiness and. sweetness of the law which unites the mutual love of husband and wife with their cooperation with the love of God, the author of human life." The church in her infinite wisdom does indeed care about marriage and therefore reaches out to young couples preparing to receive this sacrament. The Church realizes that since you have' come to know and love one another, each of you has experienced a new purpose in life. Actually, this person whom you love has called you to enter an intimate relationship. This is why we say your marriage is a vocation. You are called, not just to be married, but to be married to this particular person who shares with, you the vision that God is committed to this relationship with you. Christian marriage is a holy vocation because it is rooted in faith, hope and love: faith which clearly states that- God calls each through the other; hope in the assurance that God will be faithful to the relationship; and love in that God is love itself. One might say that God invites each of you to help the other come closer to God's very self. These are just some of the reasons why the diocese of Fall River invites you to make a true preparation for your life together by spending time with each other reflecting on the deep religious implications of the sacrament of matrimony. The world in which we live puts little value on this aspect of your preparation for marriage and indeed distracts many young couples by all of the socalled necessary frills that surround socially acceptable events. Be that as it may, let Christ be the head of your household; let your faith in him and your living response to that faith be the guiding principle of your lives. Then you can truly enter into a covenant, a permanent and abiding relationship that will give purpose and meaning to your married life here on earth and will fulfill your every hope hereafter. .
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Personal Renections Like most priests who are approached by a couple for marriage arrangements, I take the ministry to them very seriously. The first visit to the priest in the rectory office is a teaching moment for all concerned. The priest may be meeting the couple for the first time. They may be new to the parish, or new to attendance at Mass and other events. The meeting with the priest should be warm and friendly, open to the sharing that must take place. The priest's understanding of the couple's situation, not weighted down with sternness or overcorrection, and the couple's honesty with the priest can resolve many problems and tensions very quickly. Attleboro Program The doors of St. John's School cafeteria open 15 minutes before the 7 o'clock starting time on Sunday nights. I am usually there to welcome each couple. Booklets and many printed handouts are part of the pro-' gram and these are displayed and available at each session. Father Raul Lagoa, who presently assists me in the program, is also on hand to facilitate late registrations if the desired preregistration was nor possible. No one is ever turned away! Refreshments, too, are ready to help relax the couples and to stress the welcome we seek to . offer. Many audiovisuals are used in conjunction with our local program. On the opening night we use a series of slides and recorded commentary, "Mariage: The Sacrament of Love," by Novalis in Canada. Christian love, the "language of marriage," is presented in the second part of the opening night's program, with reflections on readings from St. Paul used for the wedding Mass. St. Paul spells out the special qualities of Christian love. We stress that these qualities must be made real in the love that the parties already feel for one another. Father Richard Chretien, who formerly worked in the A:ttleboro program, started a word play that we still use. He suggested that when couples could read St. Paul's letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 12,31-13,8), substituting their own names for the word "love," they would begin to understand what love must be in the sacrament of marriage. The setond session involves the assistance of married couples. Jed and Karen Fournier, St. John's parish in Attleboro, and Marty and Carol McCann, St. Theresa's parish, South Attleboro, have contributed much to the program for several years. Jed and Karen start by asking one member of each couple present to share with the other
for five minutes, without the other person saying a word. Then the roles are reversed. A great deal of humor usually results from this and the good feeling is sustained by a questionna'ire each is asked to complete. Basically dealing with g.ood communication in marriage, part of the questionnaire is quite light, part serious. Upon completion, the questionnaires are exchanged between the couples as Jed points out that there is no One set of correct answers. Marty and Carol's talk includes many thoughts on financial planning within marriage, and other elements of good domestic life. The McCanns present a breakdown of typical budget headings and ask the couples to pick out those they rate most and least important. With it bit of humor, the couples begin to shape up their own working budgets. Carol shares with them some of the surprises that can upset any good budget, often involving children's wants and needs. The Fourniers and the MeCanns share a great deal about themselves with couples, discussing their changing roles as husband and wives, as fathers and mothers. Both couples add a great deal of warmth to the program and are frequently sou,ght out long after the program is over by couples who still have questions or who find their new marriage a little rocky. The third session deals with medical and moral questions in marriage. Assisting me is Dr. Harold J. Thompson, a urologist on the staff of Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro and . a member of St. Mark's parish, Attleboro Falls. I present the church's position on family planning and contraception, basing my remarks on "Common Policy of New Jersey" a marriage preparation program used by the many dioceses of that state. Besides the obvious subject matter and 'a review of Pope Paul VI's letter, "Humanae Vitae," I share from the "Common Policy" some thoughts on the formation of conscience based on prayer, moral convictlions, and other necessary considerations. We also discuss and distribute information regarding Natural Family Planning and the " programs available at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, and St. Mary's Center, Seekonk. The final marriage, preparation session deals with the rite of marriage. Today there are many possible options within the ritual as well as other extras that can be used to make the ceremony reflect a couples own convictions. A basic guide is "Together for Life," a ritual and commentary by Rev. Joseph M. Champlin. A filmstrip by the same author is used to show a marriage cere-
mony involving the best ele· ments of the church's liturgy. Practical suggestions are made in regard to music, use of lay participants and the position of other clergy in the ceremony. It is true that minor points as to what is permitted in the marriage ritual may differ from parish to parish but inquiries as to these matters are easily made.
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By Father John Dietzen The following summary of the church's present marriage laws should go far in answering .questions about many specific cases, as they would apply normally to our country. 1. Any person baptized a Catholic must be married before a priest in order to be truly, that is validly, married. The only exception is when the bishop himself gives a dispensation for a Catholic to marry elsewhere, such as in a Protestant church, before a civil judge, etc. Without such dispensation, any marriage involving a Catholic that does not take place before a priest is not valid in the eyes of the church. 2. If neither marriage partner is Catholic and both are free to marry (for example, if neither one has a previous valid marriage), the Catholic Church recognizes the union as a true, valid marriage. Thus, contrary to what many people still believe, the church considers the marriage between two Hindus, for example, or two Baptists, or Lutherans, as real marriages. 3. Furthermore, if both nonCatholic partners in a marriage are validly baptized Christians, the Catholic Church views that marriage as a Christian sacra· ment. They receive the sacrament of marriage and have what we call a sacramental marriage. Because they are Christians, their marriage carries with it that special reflection of the covenant of love and faithfulness that Jesus has for his people, his church. As the Second Vatican Council put it, "Christian partners are strengthened, and as it were consecrated, by a special sacrament for the duties and dignity of their state . . . The spirit of Christ pervades their whole lives with faith, hope and love." This unique character of all Christian marriages has special significance in our marriage laws as the next point makes clear. 4. While the church docs claim authority to dissolve certain marriages "in favor of the faith," it considers any sacramental marriage, in the sense explained above, entirely beyond its reach or power to dissolve. T~us, if it is certain that two people in a valid marriage were truly baptized in any Christian church, there is no possibility of the church's dissolving that marriage to allow either of the individuals to marry again. (Remember that "dissolving" a mar. riage is different from an annulment, which is a declaration that there was never a valid marriage at all.) #' Please remember that any time someone who has been married before wishes to marry someone else in the Catholic Church, all pertinent facts such as baptism, previous marriages and divorces, etc., must be sub· stantiated by appropriate documents and, if necessary, by testimony of people in a position to know. This is one way the
church attempts to assure that individuals do not enter a new situation that will hurt them again, perhaps even worse than before. Dissolving a Marriage If one of the partners in a valid marriage is not baptized wherever that marriage took (place - in a church, before a justice of the peace, and so on), such a marriage may be dissolved by the church so that a later marriage may be true and valid. This procedure is based on a passage in St. Paul (I Cor. 7, 1215) in which Paul discusses marriages and remarriages of new converts to Christianity. For' at least 1,500 years, the church has interpreted this teaching as giving it the right to dissolve marriages of unbaptized people "in favor of the faith" - that is, for the good of their faith. Such procedures are of two kinds: Pauline privilege, named after St. Paul. This method is used to dissolve the valid marriage of two non-baptized persons when one of those partners wishes to become a Catholic and marry a Catholic. These cases are usually decided by the marriage tribunals of the local diocese. Privilege of the faith. Through this approach, the church dissolves a valid marriage of a baptized person who is a nonCatholic with a partner who is not baptized. In this instance, and in the case of the Pauline privilege, one spouse is baptized a Catholic at the time of the
second Catholic marriage. Normally, privilege of the faith cases are reserved to the decis·· ion of the pope who dissolves the marriage by means of his power as vicar of Christ. . Annulments Finally, a word about annulments, which are formal declarations that what seemed even for many years to be a val!d marriage was never really a marriage at all. Note carefully that this is different from dissolving a marriage that is truly already in existence. In most annulment procedures it makes no difference whether the people involved are Catholic or Protestant, baptized or not. What must be proven i's that some condition was present in the marriage that made real marriage promises impossible. One example of such a condition would be one of the spQuses intended that there should never be any children born from that marriage. Another example would be an emotional or psychological instability so serious in one of the partners that he or she simply was incapable of genuine, full commitment to the kind of life together that marriage involves. Please remember that procedures involving a previous marriage of one of the partners may require many months, in some instances well over a year. Whenever one of the partners has been married before, therefore, no marriage date should be aontemplated even tentatively until after the couple has talked to their parish priest.
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Religious education ,linl~ed to fulfillillg marital life New Orleans (NC) - Father building aspects, with the role of Andrew Greeley told Catholic religious being much more valueducators in New Orleans that able than lay persons' efforts," the quality of marital satisfac- Father Greeley said, tion, including sexual intimacy, Other teaching tools, such as is directly. related to religious CeD, didn't rate as high on the education mfluences of spouses survey, and Father Greeley beon each other and on other lieves this is because they don't family members. . involve the students and family Father Greeley, study director together enough. of the National Opinion ReHe also said his survey showsearch Center in Chicago, said ed "a direct correlation with the his most recent studies have positive image people have of found that "the family unit is Mary and the quality of their the primary educator of religious sex life. This was true even for values . . . non-Catholic respondents. "Improving the quality of fam"The quality of love between ily relations and sexual relations husband" and wife is living testiis, in fact, Catholic education," mony that God is a loving perhe said. son," he continued. "Even secular families. live He saw parochial influence, esout basic religious values as they pecially as promoted by the pardeal with problems of life and ish priest and other religious death, and the way they handle persons, as much more importthese events shapes the religious ant than official proclamations imagination of the family mem- from the church. "I don't want you to go away bers and sets the stage for acceptance or rejection of all thinking I am in disagreement other doctrinal propositions," with the church hierarchy," Father Greeley said. Father Greeley said. "I'm just Basing his findings on an an- reporting on the facts that came alysis of 2,500 responses from out of this study and how young adults (Caholic and non- people rated influences on their Catholic) commissioned by the own religious development." Knights of Columbus, Father Catholic schools are imporGreeley spoke to National Cath- tant in helping people return' to olic Educational Association the church, "as the time of (NCEA) members meeting in New greatest alienation seems to be Orleans. in the 20s. He rated the parish, priest "There is a bottoming out efand quality of the Sunday ser- fect, then a rebounding back to mon as the next most important the church and the survey shows elements in influencing religious that the. more years one had values. spent in a Catholic school the Then came the parochial more one was likely to come school, whose most important back to full participation in the influence was "in its community- church after this difficult crisis
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Another appreciated feature all of the sessions. His interest, 'involved in the program. With the early 70s came a of the program is the call to the like that of the host couple, deeper insight into the meaning young people be more than serves to assure the young of the sacrament of matrimony usual, the call to be extraordin- people of the Catholic church's through the deliberations of the ary as spouses and lovers that is love and concern for them and Second Vatican Council. These given by the team as a result of their future marriage relationinsights were shared with the its own heightened appreciation ship. It also demonstrates to of the sacrament of matrimony. them how the sacraments of Pre-Cana couples. When Father Dufour became All involved in this program are matrimony and holy orders compastor of St. Michael's parish, well aware that they are helping plement and support each other. Swansea, direction of Pre-Cana prepare the young participants Among married couples who became my responsibility. At this for a lifetime sacrament, not just have recently hosted the Entime a new approach to marri- for a one-day ceremony. gaged Evenings are Bob and In 1979 several couples and Cathy Hall and Roger and Luage preparation had been pioneered in Fall River by Father priests piloted the "Evenings for cille Peloquin. They have been Maurice Jeffrey and some of his the Engaged" of Worldwide Mar- joined by Father Joseph Viveiros dedicated lay assistants, who riage Encounter. This pilot pro- and Father William Babbitt. . generously trained the clergy and gram was so successful that it . In this program too the evallay ministers of our area in this is now an accepted part of the uations of the engaged couples New ,Bedford .Marriage Prepara- have been most positive, while new method. What was most different about tion program. contact with them has proved Today, an engaged couple a real support to the ministry of the new method ·was the fact that the engaged couples were from the New Bedford area both the married couples and the given much encouragement and may choose the program des- priests involved. direction in personal sharing crjbed above, now given in an Together we set out to help with each other. The program, eight-hour, one-day session un- the engaged couples who come expanded from three to four der the direction of Father Tom to us to realize the full beauty evenings, called for a presenta- Grannell, 5S.CC. at St. Joseph's and dignity of matrimony and tion by a couple or a priest and school in Fairhaven. This is the to respond to the divine call to . a couple ona topic. Following basic "Mosaic" pattern' tailored be a sacramental couple. this, the engaged couples were to a one-day approach primarily We set out to give our engiven specific questions to an· for those who work nights and gaged couples a beautiful exswer with and for each other are unable to make use of the perience. We want to expose \from a printed guide called other program options, which them to good marriages, good "Mosaic." . are the Evenings for the En- husbands and wives who care Some of the topics thus pre- gaged and the Engaged En- for each other and treat each sented include marriage today, counter VVeekend. other with openness and honcommunications, sexuality, finThe Evenings for the Engaged esty. ances, the sacramentality of are presented as a six-session We want our engaged couples marriage, and the marriage cere- series. A new series hegins at to see the forgiveness and healmony itself. least once a month and an en- ing power of Jesus' love for the At the end of the marriage gaged couple i:- expected to at- church through the love that preparation sessions, the young tend all six meetings. Schedu- happily married couples have for couples participating are asked ling of each series is arranged each other. to answer an anonymous evalua- as far as possible to meet the We know that our greatest tion of the program. Most are convenience of the couples who gift to them is the sharing that very positive. People who have will attend. This program allows is offered by our married people come simply to fulfill a require- the married couple who present and priests. ment or with very negative feel- it to share their love experience We set out to motivate couples ings will display a complete and their vocation in the church to spend a married lifetime change of attitude once they with the engaged couple in the reaching beyond survival, beyond have lived the experience. environment in which the sac- settling down, beyond even a Several who confessed. that rament is actually lived, i.e. good marriage. We challenge they initially wanted no part of their own home. them to reach for the full' foy, the experience have written that Here too presentations by the closeness and happiness that "all engaged couples should be host married couples are follow- Jesus promised when He said, forced to undergo such an ex- ed by private time for one-on- "Love one another as I have perience." Couples seem most one sharing by the engaged loved you." pleased that the married couples couples on the topic, prsented Should you be willing to help who speak simply share their through the use of guiding ques- in this work, I invite you to own experience rather than pre- pons. eontact me at St. Anthony of senting themselves as experts. A pr)est is present for some or Padua Rectory, New Bedford.
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Taunton program By Father Arnold Medeiros "The proximate preparation for marriage calls for ministry for engaged couples, who should be encouraged through their engagement period to deepen their commitment to creative fidelity and sacramental marriage." The foregoing quotation from the U.S. bishops' Plan of Pastoral Action for Family Ministry expresses. the goal of the Taunton Marriage Preparation Program. With the assistance of the wider Christian community, individual Christian engaged couples are made more aware of the realities of everyday marital life. In the time allotted, of course, every aspect of marriage cannot be discussed in depth. However, time is given for reflection on adapting, communication, children, money planning, Catholic teaching on sexuality and understanding of the sacrament of matrimony. The program also includes celebration of Mass and an engagement ceremony. In the past year over 150 couples have participated in the program, primarily from Taunton and the surrounding towns of Dighton, Raynham and Easton. With continuing support from parish priests and parents, it is expected that participation in the program will continue to grow. Many people in the Taunton area are involved in Marriage Preparation, with Mr. and Mrs.
John Schondek of St. Paul's parish the coordinators of their efforts. (Mr. Schondek is a candidate for the permanent diaconate, anticipating ordination in June.) The Schondeks are responsible for recruiting married couples to address the engaged on the practical aspects of matrimony. Dr. Thaddeus Figlock, a Taunton gynecologist and obstetrician and a member of St. Joseph's parish, speaks at the program's session on human sexuality, while Ms. Barbara O'Brien of St. Ann's parish, Raynham, offers counsel on budgeting and money management in general. A home economist with the Bristol County Extension Service and a newspaper columnist, she is often heard and seen on television and radio. Co-directors of the program are Father Hebert Nichols of St. Joseph's parish, who speaks on the sacrament of matrimony; and Father William Boffa of Immaculate Conception parish, Easton, whose topic is Catholic teaching on sexuality. My own topic is that of communication between couples. Especially in 1980, the Year of the Family, we of the Taunton area marriage program are committed to our ministry to the families of the future.
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The more one studies interpersonal relationships, the more one realizes the importance of communication. If people don't talk to each other, misunderstandings fester, doubts and suspicions deepen and darken, and tensions build to the point of explosion. ,In a relationship as intimate and constant as that of man and wife, communication .by word and act is essential. Communication involves many factors. Two of the most important are loyalty and mutuality. Both are stressed in St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians. In the section on wives and husbands it begins on what seems a rather jarring note: "Wives should be submissive to their husbands as to the Lord" (Ephesians 5.22). But translation of the biblical languages into modern English is difficult. Often it is impossible to find one word that will express all the connotations of the original. The present text is a case in point. The word translated as "be submissive," as in English, rather, it connotes something like "to stand behind someone with one's. whole heart," that is, to be lovingly supportive. The analogy with Christ and the church makes this clear: "As the church submits to Christ, so wives should submit to their husbands in everything" (5.24). But the author goes on to insist that the relationship between Christ and the church (that is, between Christ and us) is one of mutual love and fidelity. not of despotism and abject servitude. The next verse takes up this theme and underscores the aspect of mutuality; "Husbands. love your wives. as Christ loved the church. He gave himself up for her" (Ephesians 5.25). In fact. the author seems more anxious to impress the husband with his responsiilities than the wife with hers. This is understandable in view of the fact that he was writing to people who had but recently been converted and were still immersed in a pagan cultural milieu where male dominance was taken for granted. Thus St. Paul must insist on the revolutionary new Christian attitude: "Husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Observe that no one ever hates his own flesh; no. he nourishes it and takes care of it as Christ cares for the church - for we are members of his body" (Ephesians 5.30). The frequent references to the analogy between the Christian' marital union and the union of Christ and his church indicates that there is a unique dimension to such a marriage. It is a sacrament in the radical sense of a sign. The love and communication between man and wife are a sign for all to see, a sign of Christ's loving relationship to his members.
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Others are primarily concerned about the physical side effects of the contraceptive pill and the abortifacient LV.D. Still others are very attracted to a natural life style and are increasingly reluctant to rely on technological solutions." And one couple expressed a common reaction when they said "Finding and using NFP has made us feel relieved and
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It is possible to use natural family planning with the attitude that is is just another method of birth control. But that is not the intent of this program. The object of NFP is to take the couple beyond the contraceptive aspects of family planning to experience the joy of being open to life. "For a couple desiring to conceive this is accomplished by a conscious decision to cooperate with God in the creation of a new life.
"Parents can better understand their role in the divine act of creation. They can then better appreciate existing life. especially through children. for what it essentially is. a precious gift from the Lord of life." Doctors. priests and married couples themselves agree on the advantages of NFP. Father Manus Duffy, OSB of Morristown, N.J. notes: "I have been increasingly aware, pastorally. of the dilemma many of our married couples face in regard to family planning. Many have a pressing need to practice an effective and safe method of family planning. yet are not satisfied with current contraceptive practices and phil. osophies. "Some feel morally compelled to heed Pope Paul VI's teaching expressed in Humanae Vitae.
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Continued from page one news to their children, they atso receive the same Gospel in"re'turn as their children live it. "Such a family becomes the evangelizer of many other fami~ lies and the neighborhood ·Of. which it forms a part," said the professor of pastoral catechetics at the University of Louvain, Belgium. Another part of Catholic education with family roots, seminary training, was discussed by Bishop Richard J. SkIba, auxiliary of Milwaukee. Today's seminarians are experiencing an identity crisis, he said. "We are all facing an uncertain future. We live in a very changing world. What kind of church is going to exit from that tunnel? We do not know, but the church bas to reflect and relate to those people coming out of that tunnel and that makes the work we do in the seminary very pivotal indeed," he said. Norbertine Father Alfred McBride calleo on religious educators to develop a systematic religious teaching, "with a beginning, a middle and an end. There is too much improvisation and too many electives in catechesis.
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Appeal for rights ROME (NC) - In a sharply worded appeal" the heads of 650 women's religious orders have asked co.mmunist countries in Eastern Europe "to restore the civil, human and individual rights" denied for years to men and women Religious. In a public statement issued Dec. 12, the women superiors declared that "thousands of Religious are daily denied their fundamental human rights in many countries behind the Iron Curtain."
Deacons Continued from page one resettlement, youth, prison, marriage preparation, divorced and separated and handicappe~ ministries will also direct workshops and a closing liturgy will have Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Norwich as principal celebrant and diocesan diaconate directors as concelebrants. Two archdioceses and eight dioceses of New England will be represented at the day.
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Speaking on teachers' unions, John Augenstein, superinterident of schools for the Youngstown, Ohio Diocese, said there are no simple, clear-cut solutions. "Administrators and teachers must continue to wrestle with and develop ways to implement the church's teachings on social justice in our school communities of faith" he said.
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May 2· Rt. Rev. M. P. Leonidas Lariviere, 1963, Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River
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Father Walsh, executive director of the National Catholic Office for the Deaf, said the handicapped are "members of the church family who are not to be pitied, but to be recognized for their unique contributions to the church." .
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Redemptorist Father David Walsh told NCEA participants that there are an estimated 34 million handicapped people in the United States and "about 8 million of these are Catholics whose handicaps keep them from enjoying the fullness of their faith."
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May 5 Rev. Leo M. Curry, 1973, Chaplain, .Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River
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May 6 Rev. Thomas P. Elliott, 1905, Founder, St. Mary, Mansfield May 7 Rev. Raymond P. Levell, S.J., ,1958, Professor, Spring Hill Coliege, Mobile Ala.