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F ALL RIVER, MASS.

FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSmS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly

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48th "nnual Catholic Charities Appeal opens CCA Statement of 1988 Revenu'es and Expenditures, page 2.

On Wednesday evening at Fall River's Bishop Connolly High School, over 800 priests, religious and laity from every corner of southeastern Massachusetts,heard Bishop Daniel A. Cronin speak at the kickoff meeting launching the 48th annual Catholic Charities Appeal of the Fall River diocese.

Bishop Cronin's address follows: My brothers and sisters in the risen Lord, I welcome you warmly here this evening to the kickoff meeting for the 1989 Catholic Charities Appeal.

During this Easter season, we have gathered in our local parishes to hear recounted in the Acts of the Apostles the activities of St. Paul and his companions as they formed the early Church. Last Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, we heard these words: "1 have made you a light to the nations, a means of salvation to the ends of the earth... All who were destined for life everlasting believed in it. Thus the word of the Lord was carried throughout that area." (Acts 13:47-49) As we gather this evening for this kickoff meeting, we continue that same work within the diocese - of carrying the word of the Lord to others. As the modern day Church, we have the same responsibility that the early disciples had

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in making our Lord present to our brothers and sisters.

We do this daily by the lives that we lead - in very simple ways, living out the Gpspel message at home. at work, at school. among our friends and neighbors, and among those we meet each day.

What we say and do should bear witness to our Christian faith. Th]Js.

"u nder the hellish fire of bombardments and in the midst of unprecedented suffering of all the Christian people of Lebanon ... we beg you to launch a new SOS to the ... Christian world and the· free world," said 10 Lebanese Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant organizations in a telexed message to National Catholic News Service April 14.

It was sent by the Maronite League, the Lebanese Greek Orthodox League, the Syriac League, the Greek Catholic League, the Syriac Catholic Consultative

Keep warm and well fed,' but do not meet their bodily needs, what' good is that?" (Jas. 2: 15-17) In our diocesan family, the Catholic Charities Appeal was established to reach out to others and to minister to them through the various apostolates and agencies. Although the particular apostolates have changed over the years,

BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes with the 1989 Catholic Chariti~s Appeal poster. (Studio D photo)

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Lebanese Christians ask world's aid VATICAN CITY (NC) - As Christians in Lebanon have asked democratic governments and their co-religionists around the world for immediate help in stopping what they call Syrian aggression, Pope John Paul II has called for a cease-fire in the troubled country to allow civilians to receive humanitarian aid.

The appeals came as Lebanon entered the 15th year of a war which ,has fractured the nation into a mosaic of enclaves held by private militias and the Lebanese army.

we cO!1tiriue the work of evangelization by the way we live out our baptismal call each day.

We are also encouraged to be mindful of the needs of our brothers and sisters. In the Letter of St. James, we are told:"If a brother or si~ter has nothing to wear and no food for the day, and you say to them, 'Good-bye and good luck!

the underlying premise of the Catholic Charities Appeal has not: of making Our Lord present to one another in the various facets of our lives. The Catholic Charities Appeal has a rich history - a history really of evangelization - of spreading the Gospel of Christ.

The Catholic Charities Appeal is one very important way in which you and I, and the many hundreds of dedicated Appeal workers and benefactors cooperate to fulfill our Christian obligation to spread our gift of Faith.

In a recent address to the archbishops of the United States, our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, reminded the archbishops - and through them reminds all of us committed to the message of the Gospel - of this obligation. Here is what Our Holy Fathersaid: "We are the guardians of something given, and given to the Church universal; something which is not the result of reflection, however competent, on cultural and social questions of the day, and it is not merely the best path among many, but the one and only path to salvation: 'there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved' (Acts 4: 12).

"The People of God and those near and far must hear the name.

We are all - you and I - bound to make an examination of con-

.._-Operation Rescue comes to New Bedford clinic

Council, and the chief councils of

By Dale O'Leary the Evangelical League and the Assyrian, Chaldean, Armenian Last Thursday afternoon, in a Catholic and Latin-rite Cat.holic surprise appearance at the Wocommunities. men's Center of New Bedford, also The pope's appeal was contained called Alternatives, Operation Resin Vatican telegrams to the United cue pro-lifers succeeded in halting Nations and the Arab League. abortions.

The pope asked the United NaFive women reconsidered entertions to pressure for "an imme- ing the clinic, including one who diate and durable cease-fire" per- was taken to a pregnancy help cenmitting "all the people of Lebanon ter for a free pregnancy test. Anto receive the humanitarian aid of other, who was five months pregwhich they have urgent need." nant and scheduled for an abortion, The Arab League was asked to decided to have her baby and give work for "a rapid solution to the it up for adoption.

Lebanese crisis" by supporting "the About 209 rescuers and supportcessation of hostilities" as the pre- ers were present at this first weekliminary step. day afternoon rescue in MassachuThe Vatican appeal did not men- setts. tion the specific rivalries in the Among them, said Mary Ann Lebanese conflict nor attribute any Booth of South Dartmouth, an blame for the fighting. organizer for Massachusetts CitiThe current round of fighting zens for Life, were Father James began in March after Lebanese F. Greene, pastor of St. James pararmed forces under Gen. Michel ish, New Bedford. Also lending Aoun, a Christian, moved to prayer support were members of blockade illegal ports used by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Lebanon's many private militias. 'Joseph's parishes, also in New Constant shellings have caused , Bedford. numerous deaths and forced many At about 3: 15 p.m. the rescuers people to live in shelters with ~ began to enter the facility quietly. dwindling water and food supplies. , In all about 40 rescuers got inside.

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Four men moved to the center of the clinic arid chained themselves together at the neck. The purpose of the action was to delay their removal due to the difficulty of moving four people at once through doors.

84 rescuers were arrested and many were held overnight, including Mrs. Booth. She said she and the others were cited to appear in Fall River District Court on May 18. She said their defense would be based on the "necessity doctrine," which holds that.it is legal to go onto private property if necessary t<:> save life, in this case lives of the unborn. ' One man, Tony Doherty, was charged with injuring a facility worker, a charge the rescuers contend was fabricated. Two rescuers said they saw the allegedly injured worker before the rescue began and noticed that she had a large open wound on her nose. Once the rescue was underway, the same.... worker allegedly showed no signs of further injury.

Later, however, she left the center and returned with a large bandage over her nose, claiming it was

broken when the rescuers entered the clinic.

Upset over the charge of injury, Operation Rescue leader Bill Cotter insisted that members are totally dedicated to nonviolent, peaceful action and that even shouting or arguing with abortion providers is forbidden.

Carrying out their action, rescuers blocked the Women's Center's three doors and lay in front of or under a police van.

Some of those arrested complained of rough treatment and of receiving inadequate food and water. Most said they were held four to a one-person cell.

In Rome Meanwhile, in Vatican City Pope John Paul II on April 16 gave support to the Italian bishops' efforts to modify Italy's liberal abortion law.

The 1978 Italian law virtually allows abortion on demand during the first three months of pregnancy for women at least 18 years of age.

Photos ofthe New Bedford clinic demonstration are on page 6.

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Fri., April 21, 1989

Do you worrl that wearing it coultt choke you for life?

Some young men may fear that opportunity to discuss their goals the clerical collar pictured above with priests living at the residence.

After either the retreat expe- . could prove a choker. rience or time spent at the NeuIn fact, those considering the mann Residence, a young man priesthood have many concerns: may find that the clerical collar is a "What if I'm not a good priest?" perfect fit.

"What if I don't like the life?"

"What if I'm simply not able to Further information on either hack it?" next weekend's retreat or the There are ways to get answers to Neumann Residence is available such questions without making from Msgr. Smith at St. John the any sort of commitment.

Evangelist Rectory, 155 N. Main One is a vocation retreat for St., Attleboro 02703, telephone young men who think they may be 222-1206. interested in the diocesan priest- . hood. It will be held from 7 p.m.

Friday,. April 28, until Saturday evening, April 29, at Cathedral Camp retreat center, East Freetown.

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. (NC)-The informal experience is intended for high school juniors and When the Diocese of Buffalo seniors and college students, said started a program in which pariMsgr. John J. Smith, diocesan shioners identify and recruit likely director of vocations. He said the vocations, it increased its number registration deadlin'e is Sunday, . of new seminarians in one year April23, and noted that there is no from two to 20. participants in a recent two-day vocations confercharge for the retreat. ence in Ogdensburg were told.

Msgr. Smith also noted that Auxiliary Bishop Donald W. those considering the diocesan Trautman and Father Paul J.E. priesthood have the option of resBurkard. both of Buffalo. described idence at the Neumann Residence the diocese's "Called by Name" in Riverdale, the Bronx, N. Y. program to bishops and vocations Named for St. John Neumann, directors from New York State a 19th century bishop of Philadeland Ontario meeting at Wadhams phia, the residence provides living Hall Seminary College. accommodations for men considThey said that in parishes ering the priesthood. Residents throughout the western New York are free to attend any college or diocese. people are asked to send university in the New York area the bishop names and addresses of but have the opportunity to study men and women whom they conand pray with men who share their sider qualified for priesthood. concerns. They will also have the diaconate or religious life.

The bishop sends each nominee a letter of congratulations and refers them to the diocesan vocations office, they said. The office maintains personal contact with the nominees through regional vocations reprsentatives, monthly newsletters, discussion sessions and a yearly retreat to help them discern Fatima Prayer if they have a church vocation, mostHoly TrinitYc, Fathey said. ther,. Son andHoly Spirit, I Speakers throughout the conferenc:e emphasized the need for adore you profoundly, I personal ~ecruitment and encouroffer you th~ most precious agement to foster vocations. body, blood, soul and div"Let us treat our vocations as a inity of Jesus Christ,pre$vocation. not as a profession or ent in all the tabernacles of business." said Father Thomas Thottumkal. president of the the world, in reparationfor sel)1inary. the outrages, sacrileges and "A vocation is a personal call indifferences by which he is initiated by the Lord himself and offended, By the infinite realized in faith by the individual. merits of the Sacred Heart A vocation can never be self-initiated and self-authenticated." of Jesus and the ImmacuHe said businesses m~y wait for late Heart of Mary, I beg prospective employees to apply the conversion of sinners. for a job. but "that is the wrong approach" for vocations.

50 Democrats urge party change .abortion stance' ..

WASHINGTON (NC) - Ex"We, along with millions of our pressing "deep concern" over a feltow Democrats, believe that the "bad public policy," 50 Democrats principle and practice of abortion in the House of Representatives on demand is wrong," the letter. have urged their party to change said. "Consequently, we believe its position on abortion. the platform plank is bad public The group commented in a letpolicy. We, as good Democrats, ter to: Ronald Brown, the new simply cannot accept that plank as chairman of the Democratic Napart of our Democratic heritage tional Committee. and philosophy."

The letter-writers objected to "Moreover, it is also poor polithe party's official position on tics," the members of Congress abortion, as defined in the 1988 continued. "The Democratic Party party platform, which said that is seen more and more as the party Democrats "believe ... that the of abortion - a sure recipe for fundamental right of reproductive losing irretrievably a significant choice should be guaranteed, resegment of our traditional base of gardless of ability to pay." support."

"This plank not only defend5 abortion as a 'fundamental right" Public opinion on the issue is but also calls for the public fundnot likely to change and "this issue ing of abortions," said the letter is not going to go away," the letter from the House members. added.

Statement of Revenues and

"We therefore think it politically wrongheaded for our party to be on record as favoring the use of taxpayer dollars to fund an alleged 'fundamental right' which is so strongly opposed in conscience by millions of Americans and by ourselves," the House members added. "We sincerely urge you to take appropriate steps to alier the party's course."

Among 24 Catholic signers of the letter was Brian J. Donnelly of the II th Massachusetts District, comprised of Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties and part of the city of Boston.

Among 26 non-Catholic signers was Nicholas Mavroules of the 6th Massachusetts District, comprised of Essex and Middlesex counties.

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II. DISBURSEMENTS, Made or Allocated Fiscal Year Beginning July·l, 1988

1. SOCIAL SEi~ICE

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70,300.00

754,300..00

306,000.00 20,000.00

326,000.00

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I 3. EDUCA nON a. Diocesan Education Office b. Scholarship Aid Program c. High School Capital Expenses -Coyle! Cassidy 50,000.00 , -Connolly 60,000.00

190;000.00 50,000.00

350,000.00

110;000.00

4. PASTORAL ENDEAVORS a. Diocesan Family Life b. Memberships Conf. c. Chari'ties Appeal Office " d. Development Priestly Personnel e. Liturgical f. Permanent Diaconate g. Campus Ministry h.. Communications h,Youth MiQi~try. ' j. Persons with Disabilities k. Office of Religious 1. Misc. (Voc.~tions, Ecumenics, etc.)

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88,000.00 73,504.00 90,000.00 6,514.76 21,646.45 36,000.00 49,200.00 42,437.50 56,000.00 25,000.00 28,500.00 10,110.00 rOTt\L

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convenes tomorrow

The fourth annual Fall River diocesan conference for separated and! or divorced Catholics will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Saturday, May 6, at the diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Rd., North Dartmouth.

ried/ Widowed in the Providence diocese. _ Unfinished Business and New Beginnings: Sister Jane Hogan, OSF, associate director of The Listening Place, Lynn.

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ma<Ie in advance. Walk-in registrations will be accepted but organizers note that workshop space i,s limited and early registrants will have first choice. Lunch is an option for early registrants but wiII not be available for walk-ins.

Further information is available from the Family Ministry office at 500 Slocum Rd., North Dartmouth 02747, telephone 999-6420.

Rev. Andre Patenaude, MS, wiII be featured at the afternoon session of the 36th annual convention - Helping Children To Survive ofthe Diocesan Council of Catholic Sponsored by the Office of Divorce: Dr. Joseph A. Ryan, Women, to be held tomorrow at Family Ministry and hosted by the psychologist, Hyannis.

St. Mary's parish center, South Attleboro area Separated! Di- Dartmouth. vorced Support Group, the pro- The Annulment Process: Rev. Father Patenaude, singer, guitgram will offer six workshops: Gerard A. Hebert, JCL, of the diocesan Marriage Tribunal. arist and director of LaSalette - Spirituality for the Separated Shrine, Attleboro, will offer a Sales And Service or Divorced Catholic: Father Mark - Forgiveness...and Beginning musical program based on the Again: Sister Mary Rose Zaccari, MPV, associate director of religR. Hession, JCL, of the diocesan convention theme, "Lord, Make Riyer's Largest Marriage Tribunal.

Us Instruments of Your Peace." A ious education in the Worcester Display 01 TV diocesan native, he has presented - Walking through the Jour- diocese. many concerts in the area and has RCA· ZENITH· SYLVANIA ney of Loss to Life: Dorothy Sister Hogan and Dr. Ryan's recorded eight albums of his origiLevesque, director of ministry with workshops will be repeated and 1196 BEDFORD STREET nal compositions. the Separated! Divorced! Remar- there will be three workshop periFATHER PATENAUDE Tomorrow's convention is ex673-9721 ods in all. pected to draw some 400 women Convention registrars are Anne Registration for the day may be from the 92 DCCW affiliates in Andrade and Doris Poisson, Fall the Fall River diocese. After regisVATICAN CITY (NC) - Pop~ River District I; Stefanie Pabis tration and a coffee hour beginand Florence Pion, New Bedford John Paul II has formed three Vatning at 8 a.m., they wiII begin the COMPLETE LANDSCAPE SERVICES District II; Ann Franco and Mary ican interagency commissions to formal program at 9 a.m. and.hear help coordinate activities involvMoitoza, Taunton District III; a keynote address by Boston AuxLinda Hall and Mary Pestana, ing more than one curial departSERVING iliary Bishop Roberto O. Gonzalez Attleboro District IV; Chloe Black- ment. at 9:40 a.m.

One commission will deal with more and Hilda Dagenais, Cape Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will and Islands District V; Evelyn the naming of bishops in countries speak at 10:30 a.m., then present Hendricks, moderators and guests. with which the Holy See has speMargaret M. Lahey/Our Lady of Members of District II affiliates cial agreements regulating such FOR 15 YEARS Good Counsel awards to recipwill assist with coffee hour, lun- appointments; ~nother will handle ients representing each council discheon and hospitality arrangements issues relating to religious orders trict and exemplifying council and assembly of convention in mission territories and a third CALL: 398-8337 ideals. will deal with priestly formation; packets.

The bishop will be the principal celebrant and homilist at a Mass-at ,) 11:45 a.m. and luncheon will follow. The afternoon convention sesBabies are welcome at a course would use it themselves and recomsion will include reports from in the sympto-thermal method of mend it in their practices and prqcouncil commissions dealing with natural family planning (NFP) to fessionallives. :family affairs, church communi- be offered at Bristol Community Information on the Couple to ties, community and international College, Elsbree Street,.Fall River, ·Couple League and the Bristol affairs and organizational servi- from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tues- Community College course is ces. A legislative report will con- day May 2, June 6, July II and available from the Office of Fam4 ACCREDITED ORTHOPEDIC APPL ANCE FITTERS sider matters of council·concern Aug. I. ily Ministry, 500 Slocum Rd., -Complete Ostomy Supplies on the local, state and national The classes, to be conducted by North Dartmouth 02747, telephone -Private Fitting Room levels.

Rita Quinn, will be held in Room 999-6420, or from Mrs. Quinn at -Wheelchairs For Sale Or Rent 20 I of Building C on the college 676-1440. ~Complete Line Of Convention Committee campus.

Convalescent Aids Mrs. James Almeida is chairThe Couple to Couple League, -Surgical Garments man of the 1989 convention, assistwhich is sponsoring the course -Medicare· Medicaid ed by Mrs. Alfred Rock, recording through the diocesan Office of secretary; Mrs. Manuel T. NoFamily Ministry, is a nonprofit, JiMrii.-. .

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Mrs. Quinn is the 841 st qualiGENERAL CONTRACTORS PRESCRIPTION COMPLETE Liturgy preparations will be han- fied Couple to Couple League 55 Highland Avenue PICK·UP & DELIVERY FAMILY SERVICE PHARMACY dled by Father James F. Lyons, teacher. She joins teachers in 48 Fall River, MA 02720 moderator of New Bedford Dis- states and 13 foreign countries in 117 ROiEKL~~E AV·E. trict II of the DCCW. 678-5201 teaching a family planning method DARTMOUTH STREET, NEW BEDFORD, MA Convention publicity has been that depends on natural signs of released by Mrs. Raymond Lavoie fertility to regulate birth. and tomorrow's coffee hour is in The program is entering its third charge of Mrs. Walter Galvin. year in the Fall River diocese, said Luncheon and decorations chair- Scottie Foley, who with her husman is Miss Theresa Lewis; Sister band Jerry is a program director Eugenia Margaret, SUSC, and for the Office of Family Ministry. .FOR YOUNG MEN IN THE THIRD & FOURTH YEARS Mrs. James A: O'Brien handled She said several hundred couspecial invitations; and Mrs. ples have taken the course to be OF HIGH SCHOOL & THE COLLEGE YEARS O'Brien, Mrs. Aubrey M. Armoffered by Mrs: Quinn. A recent strong, Mrs. Anthony J. Geary, class of 31 persons, the largest yet Mrs. Michael J. McMahon and held in the diocese, included docMiss Adrienne Lemieux are hostors, nurses, pharmacists and bioOVERNIGHT TO THE FOLLOWING EVENING NO CHARGE FOR RETREAT tesses for special guests. Miss Helen chemists who expressed satisfacL. Stager is hospitality chairman. tion with the method, saying they CATHEDRAL CAMP RETREAT CENTER • EAST FREETOWN

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themoorin~ A Breath of Fresh Air So often the media either ignore the efforts of Catholic schools or are sadly biased in their reports on them. It was thus delightful to read cover stories in USA Today that viewed parochial education with objectivity as well as candor.

For at change, a riewspaper spotlighted some of the more cheerful news concerning Catholic education. Emphasizing the real and positive, USA Today pointed out some interesting and encouraging trends.

After 25 years of decline, many Catholic schools across the nation are experiencing a turnaround. Facts giving hope to those struggling to retain Catholic education as a viable option in a crass secular society include that enrollment in Catholic schools at the preprimary level has more than doubled.

More and more younger parents are seeking placement of their children in educational situations that are challenging, stimulating and safe. The latter consideration is becoming more and more important to those parents who feel that guns and knives ~o not belong in a classroom.

To be sure, there is a definitive swing to the right on all levels of educational life. Certainly the return to basics is an educational trend noticeable on college arid university campuses.

The headlong spree of educatiorialliberals did much to leave schools iO'shambles. From the now-dusty manuals of modern math to the now-enclosed open classrooms, all education is undergoing a shift in gears.

The dream world promised by the so-called experts just never came to fruition, despite years of unlimited funds and programs. Indeed, educators are waking up from a pedagogical nightmare only to face equally horrifying situations in many public school classrooms.

The fact that so many teachers and classroom aides are 'nothing more than baby sitters or a,re on guard duty has created an education crisis. Rather than progressing, students seem to be regressing, as evidenced by test scores and illiteracy rates. To say the least, the future is glum.

In some ways it is the combination of these factors and others that has revived Catholic schools. What in fact is taking place is a reaction to ever-changing situations in the church, the country and education.

Today there are fewer Catholic schools. In many areas the parochial school has fallen on hard times. Church and social circumstances in the late 60s and 70s have indeed wreaked their havoc.

Yet what is now emerging is meeting a need. More and more parents want a Christian environment for their children. They are willing to sacrifice to provide them with excellent Catholic '" educations.

And Catholic schools can indeed make a difference. In addition to quality education based on faith and discipline, they offer a value system desperately needed in our society.

Catholic schools are free to integrate tradition, religion and ethics into their programs. More and more younger parents are looking for'this in their family living. Value reinforcement is a real hunger in the secular state. To name only one area, its lack has contributed to the drug culture mentality now so out of control.

The trend must be nurtured, the entire church family must somehow share the support of Catholic edu路cation. We must try to give that which the world does not and cannot give.

Our school system stands as a historic hope not just for students and their parents but for the whole community.

This is the gift the church has given the nation. It's time for it to be appreciated by all.

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WOMEN AND CHILDREN AWAIT HELP IN A SUDANESE FEEDING CAMP. THE CAMPS RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF STARVING REFUGEES WEEKLY

"Barren .with want and hunger, they gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery." Job 30:3

Who should teach religion?

By Father Kevin J. Harrington How significant a role should Catholic schools or parish religious education programs play in the education of children in the faith?

Many contend that this is the parents' primary responsibility and that little can be accomplished outside the family context.

I strongly disagree. Parents also have the primary responsibility for their child's health but if the state did not intervene with mandates it is doubtful whether contagious diseases would ever be checked.

Home remedies are useful, but not a panacea for every illness.

Similarly, the chicken soup approach to religious education can have serious deficiencies when employed by well-meaning but incompetent parents.

Many parents' own religious education is lacking. Many have been victims of some dreadful postVatican II experimentation. Even those who had the advantage of a Catholic school education too often approach and continue to approach religion as less than a legitimate academic subject, frequently dismissing a child's low grade with a comment such as "Well, it's only religion." In such cases, a good religion teacher in a CCD program or a Catholic school can make a world of difference to a youngster.

In the good old days parents went to church every Sunday with their children and helped them

with religion because they sha'red to formal religious education the same Baltimore Catechism ex- should neither be squandered nor perience. Today, as one parent undermined. Great efforts must be told me, the two things with which made to avoid ambiguity when she could not help her children conveying the truths of the faith. were the new math and the new Greater emphasis upon essenreligion. tials is needed. Youngsters must The Baltimore Catechism was know the basics. Standardized testadequate for a day when Catholic ing shows that they are learning homes had a mother and father less and less about their faith, thus, who reinforced the lessons learned' despite heroic efforts, educators, at school or CCD. many of them volunteers, face an But most religious educators uphill battle. . would agree that the old catechism Great care must be exercised by would be woefully inadequate for pastors and Catholic school adtoday's youngsters. Yet religious ministrators in assuring doctrinal education plays a critical role in an orthodoxy and unswerving faithage where parents are not always . fulness among teachers. reinforcing its message.

Children need to know the realHowever, forces have been ity of right and wrong and realize unleashed in our contemporary their own gifts and responsibiliculture that have taken a toll on ties. They also need to know the today's religious educators. The sacraments and commandments classroom can become "a forum for and the essentials of worship and the so-called "hot topics" that prayer. dominate the talk shows and young - Most of all, students need a people are too often encouraged to believing adult who can help them articulate their opinions on every come to know Jesus, the always major ethical issue' of the day approachable, ever-loving, very real before they are capable of debat- God who offers eternal friendship ing such topics. on terms that respect our dignity Teachers with private agendas and his. can change a religion class into a When parents are either unwil"Donahue show" where they and ling or incapable of meeting this their students can engage in their challenge, the person with seconfavorite activity. Too often that dary responsibility for .this reliactivity is decrying the church as gious formation becomes parasexist, bashing the pope as too mount. As one religious educator conservative or criticizing one's told me, parents are the first paraparish' for its shortcomings. chute but if it fails to open don't be afraid to pull the ripcord!

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., April 21, 19895 By

While waiting in line at the "edly supported them in getting a .

DOLORES post of~ice recently I saw a couples' group off the ground.

Vibrant institutions are respondisplay reading, "Problem? Ito the people they serve. They CURRAN dea? Complaint? Compliment? sive actively seek their opinions, evaWrite it down and let us have it."

Attached were pens and forms for messages.

I reflected on the four categories and thought how useful they would be in churches, schools, hospitals and other institutions that serve . the public.

Imagine a parish which offered the same invitation on the weekly bulletin. People would feel valued for their opinions and ideas instead of fearing being labeled meddlesome.

We rarely ask parishioners for input and if they give it unsolicited, they are often made to feel defensive. An example is a couple who had enjoyed a couples' group in their last parish.

They approached the pastor with an offer to start a similar group in their new parish. Unfortunately they began, "In our last parish .. .': These words are a red flag to many native parishioners and clergy. His response was a curt, "Well, you aren't in your last parish now, are you?" They were hurt at being made to feel like interlopers.

"It's the' last time we did anything in that parish," they said and they searched out a neighboring parish where their ideas, experience and volunteerism were valued. The pastoral council there wholeheart-

luations, and yes, their compliments. I suggest that two or three times a year, a parish use the post office format in their bulletin.

It could read: "Problem? Idea?

Complaint? Compliment? We want them all. If you're having a problem with the liturgy, school, whatever, let us know. If you have an idea for a better parking scheme, we'd like to hear it. If you have a complaint, why not share it so we can address it? If you have a compliment, we'll relish it. Your input is valuable to us. And you don't have to sign your name."

Underneath, leave a blank space so people can snip the section and turn it in the following week.

Okay, I can hear parish teams saying, "Then what do we do with what we hear?" Acknowledge it in future bulletins and homilies. If a number complain about crying babies, speak on it and ask for volunteers to come up with some policies.

If there are complaints - and there are - print them so others can appreciate them. When parishioners feel listened to, they take more ownership of the parish and its problems.

Often people in leadership are unaware of problems in the pew because they aren't out there. A

A video plug Pope John Paul II is deeply" concerned about the power culture has either to create a happy future or to yield destruction. The repeated interest the pope has expressed in the many threads of culture - in education, medicine, the media or the arts, for example - marks this as a major theme of his pontificate, many observers believe.

The power of the communications media to transform ideas and long-established ways of thinking is one very important aspect of today's culture. At the Second Vatican Council, it was realized how effective the media can be.

One concern of the council fathers was that because we are living in an age of the information explosion, we could fail to grasp the overall picture or to arrange the barrage of contemporary ideas into an adequate synthesis.

Today it - is too easy to lose control over all the ideas and information that swirl around us.

Somet~mes it is difficult to know what one really believes in the midst of so many confusing ideas.

The power of the communications media in such an age, of course, can have positive or negative effects. Recently I had an experience, however, which made me realize how positive the effects ofthe media can be in communicating about our faith and making an impact on our culture.

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Some time back the Notre Dame Study of Catholic Parishes in the United States was released. News reports, seminars and a series of printed monographs were used to publicize the results.

Once thIs was accomplished, it was asked what more might be done to get the findings of the study across to people so that it might make the fullest possible impact. At that point, the decision was made to develop a video presentation.

This meant boiling the study down to its most essential findings,

April 22 1910, Rev. James L. Smith, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton 1954, Rev. Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Pastor, St. Mary, Nantucket April 25 1940, Rev. JohnJ. Wade, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Fall River 1955, Rev. Raymond J. Lynch, Chaplain, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River April 26 1982, Rev. Ubalde Deneault, Pastor Emeritus, St. Joseph, Attleboro April 27 1925, Rev. Francis J. Bradley, D.D., Rector, Cathedral, Fall River 1949, Rev. Romeo D. Archambault, St. Anne, New Bedford April 28 1959, Rev. StanislausJ. Goyette, Pastor, St. Louis de France, Swansea .... -

pastor new to a parish discovered that there was a dead sound spot in the church. People sitting in a certain" section couldn't hear because of the vagaries of the sound system. He heard about it when he asked for suggestions. He sat in the area during a subsequent liturgy and was appalled.

Apparently, everyone knew about it except the homilists and readers. The new pastor spoke about it and invited those with sound expertise to help. Six teenagers who understood music better than anyone or anything else resolved the problem.

Another pastor asks for annual evaluations and then delivers a "State of the Parish" address. In it he weaves ideas, complaints, problems and compliments. It is a wellattended parish session.

One of the premises of good adult educaton is that ·there are more solutions in any given group than in any single leaaer. But solutions remain hidden if we don't ask for them.

And for those reluctant to evaluate because of complaints and rejectio~, let me assure you that there are a lot more compliments out there than you think. Isn't it time you heard them?

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putting together a script and going into the field with a camera team.

It was time-consuming and very costly. For a 3D-minute video the cost was $1,000 per minute. But what an impact the final prod uct had!

Usually, when a research study is produced, it contains 50-60 pages of narration, with visual graphs and tables. Thanks to desk-top publishing, the visuals have.become exceptionally effective.

But contrast that with a wellorchestrated video. There is no comparison. Human images in action communicate such a compelling story.

If Pope John Paul II's concern about how faith can make the fullest possible impact on culture is to materialize, the church must speed up its delJelopment of quality video presentatio.ns. The time has come to think in terms of quality productions comparable to the educational programs produced by the British Broadcasting Corp.

It is time to put our best thinkers to work on this.

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Don't be a judge Q. Many of my closest friends have been born and raised Catholic.

Like so many people in my age bracket (25-30 years), they claim to be Catholic and yet seem to ignore many fundamentals of our faith, such as going to Mass every Sunday or striving to raise their kids as strong Catholics.

They also use birth control without the least bit of hesitation, or so it seems anyway.

How should this be handled?

Jesus often warned of close association with those who do not "follow" him. Just how do you determine the degree to which someone is following him?

I don't want to abandon my friendships, and yet while trying not to be judgmental it's hard to ignore their hypocrisy.

What obligation do I have to help them understand the church and, one hopes,not turn them off?

(Illinois) A. 1admire your zeal. But I have a couple of concerns I believe you might consider.

You say you do not want to be judgmental, but that's what you are when you call them hypocrites.

A' hypocrite is someone who deliberately does something his or her cQnscience says is wrong, and is pretending to a goodness that is not really there. You have absolutely no way of knowing whether or not that describes the inner souls of your friends.

You might ask yourself why you feel the need so strongly to determine the degree to' which your friends are following Jesus. To have concern for our neighbor's spiritual well-being is good, one of the spiritual works of mercy. To become overly concerned to ·the point where we need to feel personally satisfied with their personal relationship with God is something else entirely; we quickly may get into territory that is not ours and into water way over our heads.

You ask what obligation you have to help them understand the church and its teachings. A basic moral principle is that no one is obliged to anything that is useless, certain to be ineffective.

Thus, the first question to ask yourself is: Will whatever I say do any good?

As you describe the situation it seems likely you have made quite clear your disagreements with them and their lifestyles. Perhaps you will do more good in the long run and "help them understand" by your simple witness of a generous and charitable Catholic Christian married life.

This is particularly true since it is not likely you will be able to tell them anything about the church's teachings they do not already know.

Incidentally, you mention, and base your reactions on, mainly two particular areas of moral responsibility, Mass on Sunday and birth control. In no way do I minimize the significance each of these might have in a Catholic's spiritual life.

It is worth recalling, however, that"they do not begin to exhaust

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN the criteria by which we identify a true follower of Jesus Christ, criteria which include those he himself taught us in the Sermon on the Mount and elsewhere in the Gospels.

Q. In a response explaining circumcision, you said, "There is the possibility of an answer [that circumcision became an alternative tochiIdsacrifice) in what we havelearned from some ancient inscription discovered in the past few years."

May I hope you were referring to the Dead Sea Scrolls? When they were discovered they went underground to be translated. They have been heard of since. What has become of them? (Colorado) A. The inscriptions I spoke of were discovered more recently during archeological explorations in territories north of the ancient Hebrew cultures.

The Dead Sea Scrols were discovered southeast of Jerusalem after World War II. Years of skillful, patient and technical labor were required to unroll, study and translate them.

Today most of the scrolls may be examined in museums and Scripture study centers in Jerusalem and other parts of the world.

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Lukewarm WASHINGTON (NC) Czechoslovakia's ambassador to the United States was "lukewarm at best" to the issue of religious liberty in his country during a recent meeting with U.S. Catholic officials, said Los Angeles Archbishop Roger M. Mahony, head of the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee. The archbishop met with Ambassador Miroslav . Houstecky in Washington for what . was described as a follow-up to the U.S. bishops' November statement on religious liberty in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. "He just never responded to the major issues that are in the document," Archbishop Mahony said'.

Pro-life nuns get 030 days.

WASHINGTON, N.J. (NC)Municipal Court Judge Joseph Four Handmaids of Mary Immacu- . A. Dambach handed down the jail late, the order that staffs the Nation- sentence after the nuns declined an al Blue Army Shrine in Washing- alternative sentence of 30 days of ton, have been sentenced to 30 community service. days in jail for their participation "I'm not too brave and I'm'not in an anti-abortion protest. looking forward to it, but I'm putThey were among 44 people , ting it in God's hands," said Sister Mary Joseph Brech, superior of sentenced on trespassing charges the II-member order, duringa Feb. II Operation Rescue Sisters Brech, Mary Michael Eliablockade of entrances to the Women's Medical Care Center in son, Mary Margaret Kaminsky and Mary Francis Nagel were Woodbridge, N.J. sentenced April 4.

Sisters Mary Jacinta Piotrowski and Mary Gabriel Gulino, both novices, and Diana Hooper, a postulant, were sentenced to 30 days MANAGUA, Nicaragua (NC) of community service for their - Nicaraguan President Daniel part in the rescue.

Ortega said in March that 10 forThe sisters will go to jail when eign priests expelled from the there is space to accommodate country in 1984 would be allowed them in the Middlesex County to return and some restrictions on Adult Corrections Center. church media would be lifted in a Dambach fined most of the promove that deals with two of the testers $500 plus $25 in court costs Central American country's thornarid $35 as a 'violent crimes comiest church-state problems. pensation fee. Those who refused Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, to pay the fine were sentenced to who met with Ortega prior to the the county jail. recent announcement, said, "I am The judge made an exception very happy that we are trying to for the sisters because of t'heir vow remove problems." of poverty, offering to waive the Ortega said the meeting dealt fine in favor of community service. with "specific points concerning Initially Sister Brech agreed to the return of 10 foreign priests to the offer of community service, our country." but reconsidered.

He also said a confiscated church "I told the judge that I could do printing press will be returned to community service in the prison, church control "once it has comp- too," she said. She accepted the lied with the required correspond- service option for her novices and ing laws" and a banned radio pro- postulant so their religious formagram will be allowed back on the tion woul<1 not be interrupted. air.

The judge earlier sentenced The 10 priests were sent out of Father Robert Pearson, a married the country July 9, 1984, after former Episcopal priest, to 30 days being accused of planning to "pro- in jail for a January protest. He voke a controversy between the was initially allowed to serve his church ~LOd state." Their expulsion sentence 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday followed a march in Managua led through Friday but after being by then-Archbishop Obando Bravo released for a previous engagement protesting government allegations April 4, he came to the courtroom that a Nicaraguan priest, Father where the Handmaids and other.

Luis Pena, was engaged in sub- protesters were being sentenced. version.

The next day he learned that the The expelled priests an: four judge had ordered him to serve the Spaniards, two Italians, two Costa remainder of the sentence without Ricans, a Panamanian and a Cana- release. dian.

Ortega says ousted priests may return

LILLIANANN MOTTA, vice-president, and Theresa Lewis, president of New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club welcome Bishop Daniel A. Cronin to the club's annual Bishop's Night. (Rosa photo)

Deacons to meet in Buffalo The burdens and privileges of the permanent deacon is the theme of the annual meeting of the National Association of Permanent Diaconate Directors, to be held Mo~day through Thursday in Buffalo, N. Y. Deacons of the Fall River diocese will be represented by Deacon Michael E. Murray, assistant to Father John F. Moore, diocesan director of the permanent diaconate. Deacon Murray, who also serves at Immaculate Conception parish, Taunton, is a member of the national nominating committee of the diaconate association and represents Region I, consisting of New England and the diocese of Albany, N.Y., at national meetings. .

The convention will open with an address by Buffalo bishop Edward D. Head. The keynote address will be given by Rev. Michael Place of the archdiocese of Chicago, a research theologian.

Three presentations will be given

by Rev. David Knight, an author and retreat director, on the theme "Guiding Deacons into the Spirituality of their Unique Vocation."

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of New Orleans will report ~o members and candidates for NAPDD office will be presented.

Also on the convention agenda are a meeting of deacon council chairpersons, elections and regional meetings.

R.epresentatives of the U.S. Bishops' Committee for the Permanent Diaconate will address delegates and the convention will conclude with a presentation 'by Deacon Dan Foley.

CRS first U.S. relief agency allowed in Angola NEW YORK (NC) - Catholic Relief Services has become the first U.S. relief agency to receiye permission from the government of Angola to establish an office there, CRS Africa Director David Holdridge said April 13.

In an interview he said the agreement was remarkable because of the history of tensions between Angola's Marxist government and the church.

Michael A. D'Adamo, CRS desk officer for East and Southern Africa, said officials of the U.S. Agency for International Development had assured CRS that they would give serious consideration to requests for Food-for-Peace commodities to Angola this fall.

A CRS shipment of clothing, blankets and medicine was currently en route to Angola路 for distribution by Carita Angola, the central Catholic charities organization in the country, he said.

Holdridge said Angola's openness to allowing a church agency to work in the country and distribute aid through the Angolan church was related to accords, signed Dec. 22 at the United' Nations, providing for Namibian independence and withdrawal of 'Cuban troops from Angola.

He said he found many representatives of Western businesses visiting Angola as a result of the new openness. Angola remains socialist in its political commitment, he said, but differs from the "hard line" Marxism of Ethiopia.

Earlier CRS overtures to help in Angola had been turned aside by the government.

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The real winner You thought Abebe Mekonnen of Ethiopia won the Boston Marathon?

Wrong.

It .was Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, whose pastor, Father Edward J. Byington, 50, ran the course in four hours and 17 minutes, thus garneriqg $10,000 in pledges from parishioners and friends.

It was more money than anyone else made on the 92-year-old classic except for the top five men and top five women racers.

It's unlikely that any will spend his or her winnings as will Father Byington. , His earnings are dedicated to ridding Sacred Heart of termites.

At a surprise "kangaroo court" parishioners put on the night before the marathon, the priest was solemnly presented with a red T-shirt with a squashed termite on one side and "Sacred Heart, Fall River" on the other.

At the court, he faced a variety of accusations, including one from Father Francis L. Mahoney, pastor of neighboring Holy Name parish, who complained that the running priest shows up his less physically fit colleagues.

Church janitor Roger Vezina alleged that an overabundance ?f Christmas and Easter flowers In Sacred Heart fills the church with pollen. "You think people are crying because of your sermons, but it's really from the pollen," he charged.

One witness even spoke for the termites, saying that they had hoped to become Sacred Heart parishioners, but instead face extermination.

After being sentenced to run the marathon, Father Byington had the last word. Surveying his accusers, he said ''I'm getting rid of the wrong bunch of termites."

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Coma victim revives briefly ALBANY, N.Y. (NC) - A stroke victim diagnosed as being in a permanent vegetative state who was to have a feeding tube removed in mid-April by court order confounded doctors and the court when she awoke.

Carrie A. Coons, 86, ate some food, later told a doctor that she did not know if she would agree to removal of the tube, then lost consciousness.

Justice Joseph Harris of the State Supreme Court in Albany County revoked an April 3 order instructing doctors to remove, after a two-week waiting period, the feeding tube from Mrs. Coons.

Doctors had testified that she would almost certainly die within another two weeks after food and water . was stopped.

"I think judges in New York State will think twice before doing this kind of thing again," said Kathleen Gallagher, a legislative associate with the New York State Catholic Conference who has been following the case closely.

The moral and legal issues in the case were complicated by the fact that Mrs. Coons was not diagnosed as dying, but only as irreversibly vegetative and unconscious.

Since last November she had been tube-fed and in January her sister, 88-year~0Id Edith I. Gannon, went to court to have the tube removed.

In his April 3 decision, Harris noted that one geriatric specialist, Dr. Michael L. Wolff, had said her chances of regaining consciousness were "nil."

Harris said testirilOny by relatives provided "convincing evidence" that Mrs. Coons bad consistentlyopposed artifida.llife maintenance for irreversibly vegetative patient's.

But despite the doctors' predictions, Mrs. Coons began showing signs of consciousness a few days after the court ruling. Dr. Wolff visited her April 10, found her alert and discussed her condition with her.

He said that when he asked her wishes, she replied, "These are difficult decisions." Before the discussion could be carried further she lost consciousness, he said.

The ambiguity she expressed is expected to be a major factor in future decisions on her situation.

Mrs. Gallagher said she thought Harrill erred on several points in his original decision to order the tube disconnected.

For one thing, she said, the patients were dying in four of the five cases cited to show Mrs. Coons had previously expressed agreement with decisions o( friends or relatives to halt or not begin treatment. But "Mrs. Coons is not dying," Mrs. Gallagher added.

She also questioned what the judge meant in his original opinion when he said that removal of the feeding tube would allow Mrs. Coons to die "from her underlying pathology."

Since Mrs. Coons has no terminal illness, "I don't know what that is," Mrs. Gallagher said. The expectation, she said, has been that ifthe tube were removed Mrs. Coons would die of starvation and dehydration.

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W E D D A FRIEND consoles James Kilroy (right) during the memorial Mass in Brownsville, Tex., for his son, Mark.

Bishop lauds WASHINGTON (NC) - The .Texas couple whose son was among more than a dozen victims of a voodoo cult murder committed by drug smugglers in Mexico are a "great gift" to all (::atholics because of their exemplary faith, said Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston..

Bishop Fiorenza presided at the funeral Mass of Mark Kilroy, 21, April 15 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Hitchcock, Texas, where Kilroy, his parents, James and Helen, and his brother were parishioners.

"The parents and the surviving son have been outstanding in the way they have conducted themselves without bitterness, without revenge and with a "willingnes,s to forgive in this time of tragedy," Bishop Fiorenza told National Cath~ olic News ·Serv.ice in a telephone interview.

Kilroy, a University of Texas student, was abducted March 14 in the Mexican border town of Matamoros while on spring break.

Mexican police on a routine drug search April!1 found 12 dismembered bodies, including Kilroy's, on a remote ranch outside of Matamoros.

Police said the victims were killed at random for human sacrifice by

~,ilroy family a drug trafficking ring that believed rituals of murder and mutilation would keep authorities away from their operations and bring them luck.

Brownsville Bishop John J. Fitzpatrick also praised the Kilroy family for their strength, "uplifting au\tude" and their desire to pray for the suspects accused of the grisly murders, which have shocked the community.

On April 13, a memorial service for Kilroy and the other victims was held at St. Luke's Catholic Church in the bord'er town of Brownsville, where the Kilroy family had held daily prayer for a month prior to the discovery of the young man's remains.

Thepastorofthechurch, Father John Nicolau, told the estimated 1,200 people gathered for the service that it was a time for rejoicing amidst the sorrow of Kilroy's death.

"Those drug dealers, drug addicts, criminals, killed the body of Mark, but they were not able to kill his spirit - his soul," Father Nicolau said.

Kilroy's mother asked the crowd to "pray for the people who have donethese things ... that the Lord will enter their hearts and they will know w.hat they have done is wrong."

Jesuit broadcast ministry celebrates 50th birthday TORONTO (NC) - A Jesuit broadcast ministry has celebrated 50 years of operation, including 46 in Canada.'

Sacred Heart Program, syndicated from studios in St. Louis, airs programs on 800 radio stations in the United States,. Canada and overseas. It also has a television program, shown on cable outlets and the Eternal Word Television Network, and plans for another program this year.

In Canada, 17 stations from Newfoundland to British Columbia air the programs.

"Our goal is to educate and to inspire not only Catholics, but a wide variety of believers and nonbelievers with Christ's message of love and hope," said Jesuit Father Frederick Power, director of Sacred Heart Program Inc. in Toronto.

"Our consistent ,theme is the role of Christ and the work of the Catholic Church in today's society," he said.

Programs have received more than 50 national and international awards.

Father Power said the program started with mainly Catholic subjects but since then has broadened.

"We air timely, issue-oriented programs that probe social concerns and investigate personal growth and spiritual values," he said. ' "Lift Your Heart," a weekly program available in versions of 24 and 15 minutes, features interviews and commentary on current religious and social issues, as well as inspirational music segments.

"Contact," a weekly five-minute broadcast, includes highlights from "Lift Your Heart" documentaries.

"Pathways," a daily program offered in thought-for-the-day style, is in a 90-second format. It was designed to provide motivational and inspirational messages on a wide range of topics.

A 15-minute television show, also called "Lift Your Heart," fea· tures discussions of a wide range of religious and social issues. A new TV series, "The Jesuit Journal." will begin airing this year.

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48th annual Catholic Charities Appeal opens Continued from Page One $50,000 was allocated for the science about how we are fulfilling scholarship program for our dithe task, 'lest the cross of Christ be ocesan schools. $85,000 has been emptied of its power' (I Cor. I: 17). expended at St. Vincent's Camp, The true measure of our success $70,300 to the CYO, and $56,000 will consist in greater holiness, to the newly established Diocesan more loving service of those in Office of Youth Ministry. I am need, and the advancement of truth happy to report that $49,200 was and justice in every sphere of the appropriated to Campus Minislife of your people and your try, serving the many young men and women of college age. The' country." .As 1 have reflect>d on these sum of $84,000 was allocated to words of the Holy Father, I am Special Apostolates, $25,000 to more convinced than'· ever of the the Diocesan Apostolate for Perefficacy of the work of the Catholic sons with Disabilities, and in excess Charities Appeal as a vehicle to of $40,000 for communication exassist in the day to day work of evangelization right here in our own beloved diocese of Fall River.

For nearly haifa century, the many apostolates and agencies funded by the Catholic Charities Appeal have continued to make ------- oUf11sen'Lord p;resent in so ma~ areas and, in particular, to those most in need. ' Last year, the Catholic Charities Appeal attained a record sum of $1,934,497.05, an increase of $114,180.50 or 6.27 percent from the previous year. Although this is a sizable increase, for which we are deeply grateful, it barely keeps pace with inflation - and this serves as an impetus for us to redouble our efforts this year. lam happy to report that every single dollar collected was once again expended for the many worthwhile apostolates funded by .the Appeal, in fact, the Appeal experienced a slight deficit in making the needed allocations and disbursements to the wide variety of apostolates that depend upon it for funding.

Some disbursements are made for capital expenses: the ongoing debt service for St. Vincent's Home, allocations for capital improvements at Connolly High School and Coyle,Cassidy High School, as well as the first payment for the pledge to St. Anne's Hospital endowment fund. The greatest portion of the annual Appeal, however, goes to maintaining operational programs in social services, child care, pastoral ministry to the sick, education, and pastoral endeavors - all tangible examples of evangelization within our modern society.

We have been able to maintain the tra<iitional programs in this penses, including our Diocesan current fiscal year. $405,000 has Office for Communications and been expended by the Catholic the television Mass apostolate.

Social Services Department. HunA complete accounting of last dreds of people each year expe- year's Appeal is published in this rience the healing presence of the week's issue of The Anchor, our risen Christ through counseling diocesan newspaper, and copies of and the many oiher services of this that accounting are available to important apostolate. $306,000 has . you tonight. been allotted to the Pastoral MinMy summary, albeit brief, conistry to the Sick - an increase in veys the extent of the work that is expenditures of some 50 percent in accomplished each year due to the just three years! success of the annual Catholic Virtually every hospital within Charities Appeal It is apparent the confines of the diocese has pas- that the apostolates and agencies 'toral ministers caring for thou- have an important role in the sands of our sick brothers and sis- evangelization of people within ters each year. $88,000 has been southeastern Massachusetts. appropriated for the Family Life When one considers the thouMinistry which continues to assist sands of people who are helped not only those preparing for mar- each year by the work of the varriage but many others in every ious apostolates and diocesan offacet of family life. fices, we can be justifiably proud In this current year, $190,000 of these accomplishments. The was allocated for the Diocesan work of the Catholic Charities Education Department, which Appeal, indeed the overall work of serves as the umbrella agency for evangelization, however, can never Catholic schools, both grammar rest on past achievements - new 'and secondary, parish religious challenges and opportunities await education programs and continu- us now and in the future. We must ing education for the laity and rise to meet these challenges; we clergy. At th,e same time, some must strive even harder to ensure

the success ofthis year;s Appeal to carryon the good work that has begun.

I take this occasion to affirm publicly my own heartfelt gratitudeto Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes and to all of our benefactors and to you, my dear Catholic Charities workers, for the success of the 1988 Appeal. I know that many of you here present were responsible for the success oflast year's Appeal.

Tonight, however, we contemplate the Appeal for this year. The theme for the 1989 Appeal should serve as our inspiration: "It is in

giVIng that we receive." These beautiful words from the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi remind us of our great opportunity to serve Christ in the members of his body, the Church - and indeed in 'all of our brothers and sisters. When we give of our time, talents, and financial means, we receive the gift of serving Christ in others. "As often as you did this for the least of my brethren, you did it for me" (Mt. 25:40).

This is the challenge of our Appeal for 1989, to continue in the fine tradition which goes back to the founding of the Church: to proclaim the Gospel to the people of our own time so that all may know the name of Jesus and be saved.

To consider our personal role in carrying on the task of evangelization in our own time is a humbling challenge. Yet as I look around me here tonight, at our local Church assembled, I am filled with confidence that our Catholic Charities Appeal for 1989 will be successful.

To Msgr. Gomes and the many priests and people who assist him in the work of the Appeal; to Mr.

David L. Hautanen, who has generously agreed to serve as the lay chairman of this year's Appeal; and -to all of you gathered here tonight - I offer my sincere thanks of your response to the challenge. I am sure you share my confidence in our success'.

As I close tonight, the words of our Holy Father to the archbishops of our country as they were returning to their own "particular churches" or d,ioceses once again come to mind.' The ,words speak also to us, in our particular church, the Diocese of Fall- River:

"The source of our confidence is God Himself. But we are also deeply encouraged by the holiness and the willing service of so many of God's people: young and old, rich and poor, priests, religious and laity. You will go back to particular churches which are spiritually rich and already possess the resources for a renewed evangelization."

Tonight's gathering of representatives of our particular church here in the diocese of Fall River convinces me all the more of our own share of the spiritual riches about which Our HoJy Father spoke.

May our risen Lord love and bless you all!

Lay chairman Hautanen, a Cape Cod native, a member of St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth, and controller ofthe Cape Cod Times, also spoke.

His address follows: Several years ago, a good friend of mine asked why I was involved in the Catholic Charities Appeal.

My friend is also Catholic, so I knew the question was not of ,a religious nature. He went on to

make the point that \in almost every instance, all programs that were funded'by the Catholic Charities Appeal were already being offered by either state or federal programs...his point was there was a duplication of programs, perhaps unnecessary.

My answer to him at that time is not important since I have continued to work for the annual Catholic Charities Appeal and we ,are ,still good friends. What is important: What if there were more people who shared his opinion?

Where would we be now ifCatholic Charities had not continued to fund the necessary programs?

It has become increasingly evident that the state and federal governments are having trouble funding many of the necesS!l)' .. . --progfams~-Again~wherewourd we be now? More important, where would the needy recipients and worthwhile programs be? I shudder to think of the answer!

It is clear that the state is committed to level funding and in some situations, reduced funding.

It is therefore incumbent upon us to work toward a successful 1989 Catholic Charities Appeal so that we can insure that funds are available for the needed programs.

What can we do to make the 1989 Appeal successful? First, we must be sure the works of Catholic Charities are well known throughout the diocese. I feel an excellent job is being done in this area under the direction of Monsignor Gomes and the Catholic Charities staff.

Our efforts must be in the area of the fundraising itself, the actual canvassing of the businesses and homes by our volunteers. Herein lies the success of the entire appeal - the 'volunteers, in excess of 20,000 people, young, old, male, female, professionals, retirees. I could go on, but the point is our volunteers come from all the people in the diocese.

Why do these people volunteer to work on the Appeal? There are many, many reasons for volunteering, almost as many as there are volunteers. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in a 1983 article·in "The Washington Monthly" stated: "The essence of volunteerism is not giving part of a surplus one doesn't need, but giving part of one's self.

Such giving is more than a duty of the heart, but a way people help themselves by satisfying the deeper spiritual needs that represent the best in all of us."

Also, in a 1983 article by Shari Miller in The Humanist magazine, it was stated that "only through acts of unselfish service to others do we gain fulfillment." Also, "in this age of cynicism, we jump to the conclusion that people who are dedicated to serving others must have ulterior motives.... Authentic service is simply the act of car:ing, of letting someone some group of people outside your own egosphere become important to you. Their welfare becomes your welfare; their problems, hopes and joys are as real and as sharp as your own:' Yes, self-fulfillment is a large part of volunteering. How can we, as leaders of the 1989 Charities Appeal, channel these feelings of the prospective volunteer? The tried and true method is to ask the individual. While doing research for this presentation, I asked several of my friends why they were involved in volunteer -work. The answer that kept coming back to

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me was "someone asked me to do it."

They were not asked to volunteer to do something; they were asked to do something. There is a fine line between being asked to volunteer and being asked to do something specific as a volunteer, but there is a difference, especially for the volunteer. Onthe one hand, asking someone to volunteer requires the individual to decide ifhe or she is capable of wh'at is being asked; whereas being asked to do something as a volunteer presumes that the volunteer is capable.

As we start our organizing for this year's appeal, the most critical aspe<;t is the volunteer. If we are to be successful in obtaining enough volunteers, well1lJstjlsk ~~h--PQS. siblevolunteer on an individual basis. One other very important point: do not forget to ask last year's volunteers. Do not assume.

They deserve to be asked.

Once we have sufficient volunteers, they should be advised of their specific responsibilities. Never assume they know, or they can figure it out. And above all else, be generous with the thank-yous.

In closing, I would like to quote from the last line of the creed of an organization I belonged to when 1 was younger: the organization is the Jaycees and the quote: "Service to humanity is the best work of life." , Also at the meeting, Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, diocesan vicar general, offered the opening prayer and Msgr. John J.Oliveira, diocesan chantellor, the closing prayer.

Kenneth Leger of Fall River led the audience in the National Anthem at the opening of the meeting and closed the program with "God Bless America." The Montt Music Group provided pre-meeting music and a sing-along program.

The special gift phase of the Appeal begins April 24 and ends May 6. The parish phase is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7. At that time 20,500 volunteer solicitors will visit the homes of 330,000 diocesan Catholics.

Msgr. Gomes was master of ceremonies at the meeting and explained Appeal techniques and mechanics.

A social hour in the school cafeteria followed the meeting.

Family Ministry Speaking on behalf of the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry was Father Horacl; J. Travassos, its director. His comments follow: I come to you tonight to speak about the pastoral programs of the Office of Family Ministry.

Bishop Cronin appointed me director of the office, located in North Dartmouth, aHhe Family Life Center, on July 1st of last year. This is the first public opportunity that I have had to thank the bishop for his thoughtfulness and confidence in choosing me to direct this wonderful apostolate.

I succeeded Father Ronald Tosti whom Bishop Cronin had earlier appointed the founding director of the Family Ministry Office. Father Tosti opened the office in September of 1979 and guided it for nearly 10 years. He did a wonderful job and my work is so mU,ch easier because of his dedicated efforts.

It was just about a decade. ago

that the bishops of the United States saw the need for what they called a plan of pastoral action for family ministry. They encouraged a compassionate and pastorally centered approach to the serious needs of the contemporary family, saying "changing circumstances in today's world call for a new approach within the Church to pastoral service to families. The Catholic community is becoming increasingly aware of the central issues facing contemporary marriage and family life. In view of this, a plan of pastoral action is needed so that a genuine renewai might take place in the family ministry of the Church.

Our Office of Family Ministry was Bishop Cronin's response to ----.-I must confess, however, when Monsignor Gomes called to ask me to speak at this kickoff meeting for the Catholic Charities Appeal, I winced a bit. 1 told him: "I've only been director for a short time." His answer was: "Well, it's only intended to be a short talk..."

Well, who can say no to Monsignor Gomes? I accepted.

However, as I reflected on it, so many wonderful efforts have been made by the diocese in behalf of families over the last number of years - the last decade - and even in the last number of months.

Indeed, so many people have ex~ pressed, time and again, their appreciation of our many programs, that I am eager to talk and share with you about the Family LifeApostolate here in the diocese.

Our programs - a direct response to the bishops' "Plan of Pastoral Action for Family Ministry" - touch upon'the following areas of family life: marriage preparation, natural family planning, programs for divorced and separated Catholics, for the widowed and, bereaved and for parish family ministers.

1will briefly touch upon each of them.

Our marriage preparation program is perhaps the best known.

Its purpose is tQ help prepare engaged couples for the vocation of marriage: a lifelong union marked by faithfulness, readiness to give and forgive, a union which is open to new life - family.

A large number of dedicated married couples under the guidance of a wonderful group of priests comprise the many mar,riage preparation teams, in every corner of the diocese, which help prepare our couples for marriage. A goodly number ofthese programs are conducted in Portuguese.

Classes in natural family planning for both engaged and married couples are ongoing throughout the diocese. You may have seen the dates and times for these programs listed on the bulletin board at your parish church.

Just recently, one of our natural family planning programs was attended by several doctors and nurses who spoke very affirmingly of our program. This is indeed encouraging.

Another of our programs which is well known -and much appreciated is our support group for divorced and separated Catholics.

These groups, which meet in every area of the diocese under direction of a priest, attempt to express the concern of the Church for those whose marriages are experiencing difficulty or, sad to say, may have this,yeetf~----

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ended in civil divorce. They bring Catholic faith and Catholic teaching to these sad situations.

We know that these are times when separation and divorce have risen to an alarming degree. So many families are jolted by them.

Our support groups attempt just that - to support our Catholic people during the dark days which surround the pain and distress individuals and families experience when a- separation or divorce occurs.

A yearly conference is held on a diocesan level for the members of our support groups. This year it will be held at our Family Life Center in North Dartmouth. Once again, the Catholic Charities Ap~ IJ.e<l1 helpdUJld these programs One wonderful result of our support group was called to my attention just the other day. Our office had sent out notices about the annual conference. One gentleman returned his form with the good news that, through the support provided by one of our groups, he and his wife have reconciled. I am most pleased that our support group had a hand in this. If it had not been available, who knows what might have happened?

So many couples get caught up in the details of "the wedding."

Our programs seek to help engaged couples consider the deep spiritual dimension of the sacred union they are about to enter. ..a union established by the Creator himself and raised to the dignity of a sacrament by the Savior.

A good number of our engaged couples express their deep appreciation for our programs. At times, they are less than enthusiastic about attending. However, by the time that the program has conclUded, they are most often grateful for the day. They tell us that our marriage preparation program is something spiritual in the midst of the distractions of the details of wedding preparation, soinething that attempts to prepare them for their life together after the wedding celebration concludes.

I take this occasion to thank all those dedicated priests and married couples who give so generously of their time and effort in making our marriage preparation programs a teachable moment, a truly spiritual experience. .

I might add that more than 2,000 couples are expected to attend one or another of our programs in the course of this year.

Our Catholic Charities Appeal helps to fund these programs.

Another wonderful program sp9nsored by the Office of Family Ministry in conjunction with the Couple to Couple League and funded by the Catholic Charities Appeal, is our program of natural family planning.

As we all know, the issue of human life, the planning of families, has been crucial for many Catholic couples over the past years.

The purpose of this program is deeply spiritual: to help married couples plan their families in accord with the teachings of Holy Mother Church.

A portion of our marriage preparation programs is dedicated to this very important topic. Engaged couples are reminded of their responsibility to be open to new life - to create a family. Natural family planning is proposed as a way Turn to Page II

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If sex is fun and exciting and adult play, etc., why do we have to do it no matter what? Believe me, that is not fun. It certainly isn't exciting.

Men think sex is fun and exciting and important, etc., and women have to go along it with or they and their kids will starve. (Kentucky) -Youhave written a very forthright and 'expressive letter. You argue that your point of view is that of all women. While other women would dispute that claim, you highlight some basic differences about male and female sexuality.

Biologically, men and women are very different in their sexual experience. For a woman, sexual experiences include intercourse, pregnancy, birth, lactation and weaning, anyone of which may predominate at a certain period ?f her life. Sexual intercourse is but one aspect of an entire cycle of experiences.

Men, on the other hand, have only one sexual experience; namely sexual intercourse. Therefore, a

man of 15 or 60 expresses the same rather direct biological desire.

In addition, sexual needs and desires vary tremendously for each individual man and woman. Some women are more desirous than their men. Your generalizations about men and women 'are not supported by fact.

While me,n and women are different biologically, in other aspects they are similar. Emotionally, both men and women seek intimacy as well as physical contact.

Negative emotions like anger can make sexual union unattractive to a man as well as to a woman.

Fatigue and illness can alter sexual interest for a man just as they mighrfo-ra -woman. ------ --- - ---When you argue that men seek only physical contact, you are ignoring a man's hunger for intimacy and probably denying your own similar need.

I thank an Illinois reader for this perceptive quote, which she found "long ago tucked in the family Bible": "One of the most poignant paradoxes in the life of a woman is that when a man comes to her, he so often comes to recover his simple humanity, and to rest from being at his best.

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"She see his collapse into his home, accepts his need of collapse,

indeed receives him with every antenna alert, yet she may forgo his superiority with regret.

"She longs to see his greatness, but has to meet the claim of his smallness" (Florida Scott-Maxwell, "Women and Sometimes Men," Alfred A. Knopf Inc.).

Men might say the same about women. We both collapse into our homes, expecting family members to meet our needs while our own capacity to give love and support has been exhausted by the demands of the world outside.

- Your letter reflects anger and frustration yet, I suspect, a veiled hope that sex can and should be fulfillingjor wgIl1en ~s \V~L~s men.

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If you want to change your present relationshi'p, your reward could be many years of a fulfilling sexual relationship rather than a situation you "hate.... .

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I read a story about a poet whose poetry caused a trauma for his local grocer.

The poet was Pulitzer Prize winner James Merrill, scion to the Merrill-Lynch brokerage fortune, who published a work called "November Ode" in the New York Review of Books. The poem began with a line about "our dear, dim local grocery."

In the 68-line poem describing the family grocery business, Merrill referred to a "dead mouse and decimated shelves," He wrote, "The son picked to succeed him never lived up to the seigneurial old man."

Commenting on Merrill's poem, Ronald Albamonti, who took over Roland's Market from his now deceased father, said, "Why he would do spmething like this, I don't know." _ The grocer felt there was .no doubt who MerriIl was talking about in the poem because "I'm the last grocery store in town....

Albamonti was embarrassed and insulted. He believes the poem was a deliberate attack on the recent drop in quality at the market, which he attributes partly to the changing local economy.

The town lately has become "artsy" and affluent. People prefer gourmet shops and they snub the old market.

"When there's a snowstorm, I'm everybody's buddy, and when there's a hurricane threat, everybody loves me," Albamonti said.

"But the rest of the time they just stop by for a loaf of bread or something."

The poem was the last straw for Albamonti and he sold Roland's Market. Though he doesn't know

where he is going, he says he is leaving town.

According to the New York Times, "November Ode" has become one of the most widely read poems ever written in the little village where Roland's Market used to be.

Some residents believe the poem was meant to be sympathetic to the struggle faced by family-run stores.

Merrill defended the work. He called it a lament on the dissolution of older communities in general.

For Albamonti, however, it didn't feel like a generalized lament.

It had all the punch and power of a personal attack.

Who would have thought that a poem published in a literary review would hit someone this way?

It all makes me reflect on the nature of thoughtful compassion.

For starters, whether we're at work, in politics, in families or in some creative endeavor, we have to think two or three times before using another person for our own ends.

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By Hilda Young The third of our three sons has joined a Little League team. Now all three are playing on different teams with different schedules in different places.

One becomes philosophical. It's cheaper than therapy. It's also easier to schedule.

In this quest for philosophical tranquility I have spent a not insignificant amount of time over the years making keen observations of those serving Little League, notably the mothers who attend the games.

Clearly, the varied behavior of these mothers becomes the most archetypical when their sons or daughters are at bat.

- The smiler: This mother typically manufactures an impressive smile verging on a grin when her child comes to the plate. She becomes as conversational aSa head of lettuce, perhaps less.

Handing her a note to remind her to breathe is unnecessary. Note the sharp shots of air she sucks through her nose between pitches.

- The Stoic: A Stoic takes on the countenance of Henry· Kissin-

ger when her Little Leaguer picks up a bat.

- The gabber: As her hitter approaches the "on deck" circle, this normally easygoing person suddenly seems to be auditioning for a part in a speed-talking commercial.

-The deserter: Apparently to avoid committing some type of antisocial behavior like passing out or screaming at the top of her lungs, "I need this kid to hit the ball so we can live with him tonight," this mother disappears during her child's "at bat."

- The cheerleader: The cheerleader believes deeply in her heart that if she yells enough· encouragement in the general direction of the playing field, the ball will hear her and become convinced it should seek out her child's bat.

Those near her often wish she would seek out a different seat.

What am I? You might call me a smiling stoic who wrings her hands while yelling rapid-fire encouragement on the way to the car to commit antisocial behavior.

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48th annual Catholic Charit,res Continued from Page Nine of fulfilling that responsibility in a manner that is morally acceptable.

Another wonderful support group sponsored by our office and funded by the Catholic Charities Appeal is our outreach to the widowed. Support Groups for widows and widowers exist in every area of the diocese. Under the guidance of dedicated priests, religious and laity, these groups seek to help, the bereaved and their families through the sadness of the loss of a , spouse..

During the past year, in November, we had a very successful conference for the bereaved which I know was a source of comfort and encouragement to the more than 100 bereaved who attended. Many NC photo sent notes to thank us for this.

FATHER RITTER aspect of the Family Life Aposto- , late. , A final program, ongoing throughout the year but of which WASHINGTON (NC) -...:... Pres- many may be unaware, is Parish Family Ministry. ident Bush presented the Ronald Every parish in the diocese has Reagan Award for Volunteer Exbeen encouraged to send a married cellence April II to Franciscan Father Bruce Ritter, founder of couple to represent them and a the Covenant House programs for good number of parishes have youth, during a White House cere- responded.

These couples, called parish mony.

Bush called Father Ritter the family ministers, bring back to the "greatest" among 18 individuals parish ideas and suggestions which and organizations that received may help enrich family life at the the 1989 President's Volunteer parish level. Our office communiAction Award at the same cere- cates with these ministers throughout the year, sharing helpful ideas mony. relating to family involvement and "I was amazed. I was delighted.

It was a fantastic honor. I couldn't family enrichment. Suggestions believe it," Father Ritter told Na- may lead to such parish programs tional Catholic News Service in a as a marriage enrichment evening, telephone interview from his New a welcoming celebration for new families in the parish, an Advent York office.

Volunteer work is not "some- workshop to help enhance family thing you do in your spare time and parish celebrations of the because you're bored," but some- Christmas season, programs on ' thing ethical and moral beliefs parenting and many, many more.

At times, parish family minisrequire, said the priest.

Although Father Ritter knew ters call upon our staff to assist that Covenant House was one of them with parish programs relatthe 18 award recipients, he said ing to family life. Just recently, that the award for volunteer excel- one of our staff was invited to lence "was a very well-kept secret." assist a cluster of parishes inter- ' Covenant House, which helps ested in initiating programs of thousands of street kids in New baptismal instruction for young York and in other U.S. and Latin parents. The varied efforts of this American cities, "owes its exis- program are likewise supported by tence to the energy, dedication and the Catholic Charities Appeal.

I could go on and on.. .I could zeal of several Catholic college kids" who volunteered during the tell you of the many retreats, days early years "when I didn't have any of recollection and other gathermoney, I just had tons and tons of ings that take place every month at kids coming in," Father Ritter our Family Life Center - a wonderful place where parish families said.

He noted that sometimes volun- gather in a variety of groupings for teer programs are more effective enrichment and renewal.

However, I think that these rethan government efforts "because marks and illustrations should give the people know they are being you a flavor of the scope of the helped because people care about wonderful and exciting things, the them." deeply spiritual things, happening "But that in no way excuses the through the many programs spongovernment from providing for sored by the Office of Family the needs of its citizens," he added.

Ministry.

In January of this year, our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, issued a document entitled "The GOD'S ANCHOR HO'DS Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People." In that document, the

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Holy Father said these profound words: "Mending of the Chri:;tian fabric of life...wilI be possible if the lay faithful will know how to overcome in themselves the separation of the Gospel from life, to again take up in their daily activities in family, work and society an integrated approach to life that is fully brought about by the inspiration and strength of the Gospel.

This is the purpose of the programs sponsored by our diocesan Office of Family Ministry. This is the spirit in which it proceeds "to foster an integrated approach to life that is fully brought about by the inspiration and strength of the GospeL" Please God, these program!, will continue and increase, They certainly are needed more than ever so that the values of the Gospel may speak to every aspect of family life.

Please God, the Catholic Charities Appeal, which funds these many programs, will be blessed with succes~ once again this year so that these programs and those of our many other diocesan apostolates may be supported and, as needs arise, expanded.

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THE POPE shakes hands with soldiers and their families at a training camp near Rome. (NCj UPI-Reuters photo)

Military service: can it be a vocation for peace?

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - How does a pope who has preached nonviolence around the globe square military service with the Gospel's call to love one's neighbor?

That's what young recruits wanted to know when Pope John Paul II visited some 7,000 Italian soldiers at their training camp outside Rome in early April.

The pope, who usually spends Sunday at a Rome parish, for the first time in his papacy spent an afternoon with Italian soldiers, most of them youths doing oneyear conscription duty.

In an informal question-andanswer session after an outdoor Mass, 'the pope made some of his most extensive comments to date on military service and on why he sees it as a possible "vocation" for , peace.

It was an interesting glimpse into the pope's thinking on the topic, which has become a sensitive issue in Italy after a number of recent suicides among soldiers depressed by barracks life and military discipline.

The soldiers, who listened in quiet attention as the pope extemporized on ,a wooden stage, peppered him with questions that reflected ethical doubts and uncertainty about the value of compulsory military service in Italy.

"How can someone escape the misgivings felt by a man who is both Christian and a soldier every time he takes up a weapon, an offensive instrument and one that suppresses human life given by God?" asked one young recruit.

Another wanted to kno'w what the pope thought of popular Italian Catholic group's that present conscientious objection as the truly "evangelical, Christian alternative" tq military service.

The pope began by taking' a p!lge from' the Gospel, recalling that it was a Roman centurion' who first addressed Christ with the significant words, "Lord I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof." A number of early martyrs were good soldiers and good Christians, he added.

"There is no basic difficulty or impossibility in joining the two vocations," the pope said.

He went on to explain that, in his view, the positive side of military service can be "very worthy, very beautiful and very gentle."

At the center of the pope's remarks on war was the traditional justification of armies that act "in

the defense of the homeland" when peaceful means have been exhausted.

"The nucleus of the military vocation is the defense of good, of truth, and abo've all the defense of those who are unjustly attacked," the pope said.

"Naturally, such defense can cause death or damage to the aggressor - but in that case he is the guilty one," the pope said.

"Certain1y, one must do everything to limit damage to the aggressor," he continued. "But the one most exposed to damage and death is the one who acts in defense - in other words, the soldier and the army of the attacked nation."

The pope also had praise for the character-building effects of military life, especially in promoting "self-discipline," which he said was a quality sorely lacking in many .wealthy countries.

"A discipline man, a self-disciplined man, is a mature man," he said.

"Therefore military service can help not only you but also society and can produce moral benefits if well used."

He added that "military discipline should be in perfect harmony with that internal, spiritual discipline of the human conscience."

The pope's spiritual pep talk to the soldiers was deliberately simple. It stayed away from more ambiguous military situations such as operations in third countries, by treaty or against internal forces when the issue of self-defense if often unclear. : By contrast, his remarks to international policy-makers have emphasized the dangers any modern war brings to our complex, interdependent world. The pope has' repeatedly stressed dialogue and reconciliation as the only way out of devastating civil conflicts.

In 1979, the pope showed he was' not naive about the argument of: military self-defense during a talk to world disarmament leaders.

"It is always a question of defending oneself, of avenging violated rights, they say. And this is partly the truth. But how many lies are carefully disguised to trigger co!1flicts where the advantages and usefulness have been carefully calculated?" he said.

More generally, the pope said in 1982 that "the horror of warfare -whether nuclear or not - makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations."

Woman Episcopalian VATICAN CITY (NC) - A high-ranking delegation ofthe U.S. National Council of Churches, including a woman Episcopalian priest, met with Pope John Paul II and curial officials from April 10 to 14 for wide-ranging discussions on ecumenical, political and social issues.

The 13-member delegation, which included Archbishop J. Francis Stafford of Denver, head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, discussed developments in the Soviet Union and South Africa, joint Christian celebrations to mark the beginning of the third millennium, European unity, ChristianMoslem relations and other topics.

Rev. Patricia A. McClurg, a Presbyterian minister and president of the council, which includes most mainline U.S. Protestant and Orthodox denominations, addressed the pope at an April 14 audience. She expressed gratitude for "this opportunity to confess together what we share of the common apostolic faith" and to "pray that the day may be hastened when full communion among our separate ecclesial communities may be realized."

Among those at the meeting, the Rev. Julia Gatta turned more tha,n a few heads, including the pope's.

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Church of the Brethren was not "It seemed the pope looked over called the Church of the Sisters at me a few times as he spoke," she and Brothers. said after the NCC audience with "Melanie has heard that before, the pontiff. but she never expected to hear it Ms. Gatta is a member of the from the pope," Ms. Gatta said, , Faith and Order commissions of laughing. the World Council of Churches Despite the presence of women and the National Council of ministers in the delegation, the Churches and a lecturer in medie- â&#x20AC;˘ Vatican discussions did not touch val spirituality at Yale Divinity on women's ordination, the deleSchool. gates said.

The Rev. Arie Brouwer, a former She said she was impressed by Dutch Reformed executive who is the "gracious reception" she was accorded everywhere in the Vati- NCC general secretary, said the can, though there were a few delegation "was not entrusted by "double takes" as, in skirt and col~ the council's member churches to lar, she visited several curial offi- talk about women's ordination."

In part this is because'the Naces with other delegation members.

Ms. Gatta said it was a "great tional Council of Churches is privilege" to meet the pope. divided on the issue, with Orthodox "As a [female] Anglican priest, I and Eastern-rite churches particuthink I represented that possibility larly opposed. to the Catholic world," she added.

"Some of us" in the council "in a As well as by Ms. McClurg, she sense would not recognize somewas joined in the delegation by the one else's ordination whether a Rev. Eileen Lindner, a Presbyter- man or a woman. The issues here ian minister; and the Rev. Melanie are tremendous," said Ms. McMay, a minister in the Church of Clurg.

"What we have shared across the Brethren.

The women were together as communion lines, Roman Catholic ,they walked into the audience with and others, is the rich gifts of the pope, and Ms. Gatta- said she women to be brought. When we was "touched" when the pope re- get to the matter of offices, we ferred to all ofthem as "my sisters." have significant disagreements," When Ms. May was introduced she said.

Pope asks ~rayer, for vocations VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II asked continued prayers for vocations the day after the Vatican released figures showing priestly ordinations rose 7.6 percent last year.

Vatican figures also showed a 3.3 percent increase in seminarians and a 16.8 percent increase in permanent deacons.

Praying for vocations is "a very important initiative," the pope said April 16, World Day of Pray'erfor Vocations.

Prayers are needed "so that families, parishes and schools learn how to inspire and favor, in their environments, numerous vocations," he said at his Sunday midday Angelus talk from his apartment balcony window overlooking St. Peter's Square.

On April 15, the Vatican press office released the following figures for 1988: - 7,251 prie~tly ordinations.

- 90,424 major seminarians.

- 14,650 permanent deacons.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II recently told bishops of India that the church must be the "humble servant" of the poor and called for "fresh thinking" in evangelization. One Indian bishop' said that while people in his region are willing to use medical and edu, cational services provided by the church, they are unwilling to be evangelized.

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Ten years of speeches on the world stage reveal the pope as a peace pilgrim - exhorting, prodding and appealing against the use of military force.

His comments to teenage soldiers at their barracks, made with equal authority and confidence, showed a different side of the pope - as a chaplain, trying to reflect the difficult balance between hope and realism in church teaching on war.

Pope to attend international youth rally in spain VATICAN CITY (NC) - In a message for the 1989 World Youth Day. Pope John Paul II confirmed that next August he would travel to Spain for an international youth rally.

The pope also exhorted young people to become "apostles" who would challenge the secular world with the Gospel message.

The recently-released papal message noted that the ordinary celebration of World Youth Day was marked in local churches on Palm Sunday as it has been since 1984.

In addition. a_n internationalcelebration will take place,Aug. 19-20 at the sanctuary of Santiago de Compostela. Spain. The pope invited Catholic young people from around the world to join him the,re.

"The world of today is one great mission land. even in countries of longstanding Christian tradi~ion." the pope said.

"Everywhere today, neo-paganism and the process of secularization present a great challenge to the message of the Gospel."

But there is also a ",growing nostalgia" for things spiritual and sacred. he observed. and a need for "young and courageous" apostles willing to proclaim, the Christian message to others.

The discovery 9f Christ is "the finest adventure of your life." the pope told the young people. For such a discovery to the "authentic." it must also involve the "desire to ,bring him to others."

The Spanish sanctuary is one of the historic shrines of Europe. traditionally believed to contain the body of the apostle James. also known as St. James the Greater.

The pope said that for young people to fully benefit from the youth day. they must undergo spiritual preparation in their local dioceses. parishes. associations and movements.

This will be the second time the pope has marked World Youth Day in a city other than Rome. In 1987 the pope celebrated the day at a rally in Buenos Aires. Argentina.

In his message. the pope said new apostles are needed to evangelize the modern, world.

The first youth day celebration took place in Rome in 1984. culminating in a Palm Sunday procession by an estimated 250.000 young pe.ople.

After a second such gathering'in 1985. the pope established that World Youth Day would be celebrated.,e~ery Palm Sunday.

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Jewish'leaders hail· Baltimore designee WASHINGTON (NC) - Jewish leaders who recalled Archbishop William H. Keeler's central role in healing Catholic-Jewish divisions in 1987 hailed his appointment April II as new archbishop of Baltimore.

"I'm very excited and pleased ....

He's one of the great leaders in American religious life," said Rabbi A. James Rudin, interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee and chairman of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations.

The new archbishop "has made a notable contribution to Catholic-Jewish relations" and "was a major mediating factor" when Pope John Paul II's 1987 meeting with Austrian President Kurt Waldheim almost led to a cancellation of the pope's meeting with U.S. Jews in Miami later that year. said Rabbi Mordecai Waxman, who addressed the pope on behalf of the U.S. Jewish community at the Miami meeting.

"The atmosphere was charged and filled with controversy" at that time, but then-Bishop Keeler" was a very steady ballast who enabled both [sides) to find common ground," said Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, a leader in CatholicJewish relations for more than three decades..

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In a statement released in SeatWASHINGTON (NC) - Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal pronun- 'tle, Archbishop Hunthausen excio to the United States, has announ- pressed gratitude for Archbishop Laghi's announcement and for the ced that a Vatican commission work of the commission members. appointed to assist Archbishop "Both Archbishop Murphy and Raymond G. Hunthausen of SeatCatholic and Jewish leaders I acknowledge the trial the chur,~h described the work of 58-year-old tie has completed its work and has has faced over the past several Archbishop Keeler as one of the had its mandate terminated.

The three-member commission years, yet we are also able to vie:w decisive factors in bringing about the whole experience as a time of a crucial meeting between the pope was appointed by the Vatican in and Jewish leaders at Castel Gan- January 1987 to "assess the situa- grace," Archbishop Hunthausen said. tion" i'n Seattle and resolve the dolfo. Italy, on Sept. I, 1987.

"With the Lord's help," he said, controversy created after ArchbiThe archbishop, then bishop of shop H unthausen w'as ordered to the experience "will enable us to Harrisburg, Pa., and chairman of give final decision-making aut hoI'" offer our leadership to the churc:h the U.S. Bishops' Committee for ity over several areas of archdioce- . in western Washington in the years Ecumenical and Interreligious ahead with renewed dedication and san life to his auxiliary bishop.

Affairs, was the only bishop at the commitment to the Gospel and the The commission members Castel Gandolfo meeting who was universal church under our Holy Cardinals Joseph r..

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Chicago and John J. O'Connor of Father, Pope John Paul II." The meeting was called to clear Archbishop H unthause::J told reNew York and Archbishop John the air and restore interfaith relaporters April 12 that he hoped the R. Quinn of San Francisco tions after world Jewish leaders Vatican investigation and oversig~1t recommended that Archbishop were infuriated by the pope's meetof the archdiocese "would be a Hunthausen's authority be reing in June with Waldheim, then learning experience for the whole stored, that then-Auxiliary Bishop . being treated as a pariah in the church. These have been five-andDonald W. Wuerl be reassigned international political community a-half very interesting years." and that a coadjutor archbishop because of revelations that for At the Seattle prl:SS conference, be appointed. more than 40 years he had hidden he said he was "delighted" that the The commission was asked to his record as a Nazi military officer commission's work had ended. continue advising Archbishop "We're going to have a party." in World War II. Hunthausen and Coadjutor ArchArchbishop Hunthausen was Eugene Fisher, executive direc- bishop Thomas J. Murphy, who tor of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat was appointed in May.1987. Bishop asked about 1986 remarks from Archbishop Laghi which said that for Catholic-Jewish Relations and Wuerl was later named to head the "the Holy See considered him lackthe only other non-Curia Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh. ing the firmness necessary to govparticipant in the Castel Gandolfo The focus of work for the Seatmeeting, said that 'Bishop Keeler tle archbishops and the commis- ern the archdiocese."

"It's who I am," the archbishop played an important role in estab- sion members was concerns about told reporters. "It's my response to lishing a joint committee of the the archdiocese outlined in a 1985 my relationship with those unde:r U.S. bishops and the Synagogue letter from Cardinal Joseph Rat- my care. I don't know how to Council of America to improve zinger, head of the Vatican Con- change my response, my presence mutual understanding in the wake gregation for the Doctrine of the in the church," of the Waldheim controversy.

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Addressing the Vatican concerns Having Archbishop Keeler as Cardinal Ratzinger's letter came mainly involved restating Vatican head of the Baltimore archdiocese two years after the Vatican "is a perfect marriage" for the Jew- appointed Cardinal James A, and archdiocesan rules and guide:lineS, the archbishop said in an ish community both nationally and Hickey of Washington to conduct locally, said Rabbi Tanenbaum, an apostolic visitation of the Seat- interview with The Progrel;s, archwho lives in New York but comes tle archdiocese. The Vatican con- diocesan newspaper.

As for his personal plans, he from Baltimore. cerns included issues in the areas said, "if God allows me good health, Baltimore Catholics and Jews of liturgy, education of seminar- I have no intention of resigning." have a "long, very rich and solid ians, clergy formation, the mar- The 67-year-old archbishop was tradition" as pioneers in interfaith riage tribunal, and ministry to hospitalized briefly in 1984 after a relations, the rabbi said. homosexuals. mild heart attack, and he underwent cancer surgery in 1986.

Archbishop Laghi's April II He said that tradition dated Archbishop Murphy, who also from the Second Vatican Council announcement said the Seattle archbishops "will continue to address was at the press conference, said. in the early '60s, when Cardinal the issues which have been of con- that after almost two years workLawreoce Shehan of Baltimore led cern to the church in the archdio- ing with Archbishop Hunthausen, U.S. bishops in their support of a conciliar document on Catholic- cese of Seattle by implementing "I have learned a style of pastoral Jewish relations and "literally the charges in pastoral care of the care, a real sense of gracious min, transformed the scene in Catholic- archdiocese which have already istry, especially toward the voice, less, the poor." been initiated."

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ATPASTORAL visit to Bishop Connolly High School,' Bishop Cronin is principal celebrant of liturgy. Others, from left, all Jesuits, are Fathers Robert Levens, Stephen Dawber, George Winchester and Paul Sullivan.

Bishop Connolly High School Fall River Shrimp cocktail, gourmet sandwiches and lobster were on the luncheon menu at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, as students feted teachers at the annual Teacher Appreciation Day. Preceding the meal, flowers were delivered to each teacher. This year's event was coordinated by. senior class president Aimee Vezina.

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12 students" accompanied' by adult escorts, left April 13 for a week in Spain.. Their plans called f?r visits to Malaga, ~adrid, Seville and .Segovia: The 'trip was coordinated by faculty rnember Carole Cordeiro. "

.* * * * Preparations are underway for the school's fifth annual PostProm, an all-night chemical-free party following the juniorlsenio'r prom, scheduled this year for June I. .'

Students, faculty and parents organize the program, all at the school, to which promgoers must return by midnight.

It includes hypnotism, comedy acts, prize contests, dancing and lots of food, topped off with breakfast at dawn. The project merited a first place award in a Safe and ,

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CYO banquet set Father Jay Maddock, director of the Fall River Area CYO, has announced that Coach Rick Barnes of the Providence College Friars will be guest speaker at the CYO Awards Banquet to be held Wednesday, May 3, at 6 p.m. at McGovern's Restaurant.

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Alumna Elaine Turcotte '85 recently received the Frederic'Shepler French Award at Tufts University.

The award is given to a senior French major who has demonstrated high achievement in the study of French'literature. Miss Turcotte also received an Alumni A ward in recognition of outstanding le'adership, loyalty and service to Tufts. This award was presented to' 12 seniors of a class of 1000.

Miss Turcotte, who will graduate ,May 21,. will have completed a :. doubleJuajor, (BS jn Engineering and BA in Frenell)' five-year pro"gram in four years.

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Stang alumni Patricia A. Picard '86 and Paul J. Moses '76 will receive chemistry awards at Southeastern Massachusetts University.

The awards recognize outstanding academic performance by chemistry majors and also acknowledge the high school science teachers and others instrumental in motivating students to become chemistry majors. .

Mansfield student to get.award Holly Jean Tomase, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tomase of St. Mary's parish, Mansfield, will receive 'the Bernard Cardinal Law Youth Ministry Award for outstanding leadership in the archdiocese of Boston from Cardinal Law on May I. Ms. Tomase, a senior at Ursuline Academy, Dedham, has been involved in the Archdiocesan Youth Leadership Council, the National Honor Society; Glee Club, peer ministry, and many other activities. She has been accepted at Providence, Boston, Wheaton and Stonehill colleges.

I'ts comments on romantic relationships create mixed reactions in me.

I like the song's emphasis on faith in relationships. Without believing in the goodness of a ~elationship, a couple is likely to feel overwhelmed by problems.

Faith in each other and in the relationship is one way of telling the difference between infaBy Charlie Martin tuation and love. Infatuation rarely survives difficulties, but TWO HEARTS love can grow stronger by facing serious challenges, 'There's no reason to believe However, genuine love, That she'l always be there . doesn't lead to the song's cenbut if you don't put faith in what y~u believe in tral idea of "two hearts living in It's getting you nowhere just one mind." To be in love Because it helps you never to run does not mean to hold,the same Don't look down opinions, think the same Just look up ~houghts or share every interest.

How she's always there God made each of us unique To remind you ,nd special. Diversity of per.

Just to remind you sonality traits, ways of thinking Two hearts living in just one mind and personal background mirYou know it's tow his creative power; We need Two hearts living in just one mind not sacrifice such gifts to love There's no easy way to understand it another person.

There's so much of my life in her A couple should discover what Just like I planned it they hope for in life. Even where And it teaches you never to doubt there'is disagreement: each inThere's so much love you'l never know dividual needs to feel supported She can reach you no matter how far in working on his or her perWherever you are sonal g!Jals. Where an interest Refrain' . !: is shared; Doth people should Two hearts living in just oDe mind pull ~ogether t~ help attain what Bj!ating togetber till the end of time \'ou know it's . '.,,' .' , is wanted. ..'

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to .be living in a dorm. Find out what the neighborhood is like around the school. The more you know about your new life the better you will be able to deal with it when your family is back home,' Above all, begin now to focus your attention optimistically on the good opportunities rather than the "bad things" that might [only "might") happen to you.

As the "farm boy from Ohio" I suspect you'll fit in very well and All these letters and questions have a whale of a good time in the Q. I'm afraid of leaving my famprove that you are not alone. Plenty big city. Maybe there'll be a bit of ily next year for college. What of other young people on campus razzing now and then, but isn't should I do? (Iowa) Q.I am going to a college out of will have their own collection of that often a sign of friendship? state next year. I am very excited fears, bewilderment, loneliness and I suspect that growing up in a about going to this school, but I maybe homesickness. 'small farming community has am worried about how I am going What to do? equipped you to deal with people to fit in as the school is in a major Might you and your parents, or. very well, maybe even given you a Eastern city and I am from a small the entire family, plan a wee'kend good bit of shrewdness. farm community in Ohio. Could trip 01' a vacation in the .town of the most popular guys in you give me some advice which . where the school is .iocated this.''myOne college dorm was Bob, who summer? Go there and ro'am came from a large farm in Michiwould help me 'gain confide~ce?

(Illinois) around and become somewhat familiar with the one that is to be gan. None of the "city slickers" A. Several other letters on my your second home. could put anything over on him . desk are from young persons voicHe fit in very well. ' ing their various fears about going . Experience the town with your It's my guess that in America away from home to college. One family, so that you will have pleasays she canno~ imagine what it sant memories of them being with today '1~ity folks" and "country you there. folks" are not all that different. will be like to go to a school that 'Tour the campus thoroughly.

I think you'll fit in well without enrolls 40,000 students. She is 'ahalf trying. .Check.out security if you are going fraid she will feel "lost."

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By Paul Henderson I have just spent an hour with 14 retreat weekend he stayed aloof.

At the end of the weekend, at young people from various regions of the United States, discussing our final activity, he disappeared. issues touching their lives as Several of his peers, quite concerned, set out to find him.

Catholics.

Once they found him they tried As the conversation developed, they gradually came to focus to convince Tony to join us, and attention on needing the church to' after much coaxing he eventually be there for them not only in times did. Then he broke down in tears telling how this was one of the few of crisis, but each day., A question I have raised with times anyone had reached out to many youth is, What can young him in love.

Teens tell me thatfor this caring people do to be accepted and how can the church respond to them? .to happen, clergy and lay adults Their responses speak of a bonding need to be open to young people. between youth and adults.

Youth also need other teens.

Countless times I have seen Even more than caring, faith-filled young peo'ple introduce their adults, young people need to be parents and friends to adult leaders. accepted and supported 'by each You can see the special relationship other. which exists. These adults are the One of the strongest needs of presence of Christ to young people; young people is this acceptance by in them the ministry ofthe church peers. If parishes are to be accepting is expressed. welcoming of young people, teens, Retreats allow teens to ex- themselves need to model this perie,nce the support, warmth and hospitality. love of their peers and adults when Teens can do much for each their own world seems to be caving other. , in around them. The story oflony Paul Henderson is special assistis typical. ant for youth and young adults at Tony was perceived by many as the U.S. Catholic Conference.

Symbols following film rliviews new owner (Margaret Whitton) indicate both general and CCitholic will move the franchise to Miami Films Office ratings, which (10 not to win cushy perks for herself. always coincide.

When the players find out her General ratings: G--suitab Ie for plans, they go for the big win. The general viewing: PG-13-parental action is fun and funny and the guidance strongly suggested for chil- cast oflosers (Tom Berenger, Chardren under 13; PG-parental guid- lie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Wesley ance suggested; R-rE!stricted, un- Snipes and James Gammon) is top suitable for children or young teens. notch. Much locker-room language Catholic ratings: Al--approlled for and two implied sexual trysts. A3, children and adults; A2-apllroved R for adults and adolescents; A3TV Film approved for adults only; A4--sepaMonday, May 1, 9-10:30 p.m. rate classification (given films not EDT (PBS) "The Wannsee Conmorally offensive which, however, ference" (1987) - German dramrequire some ana'lysis and, explana- atization of the 1942 meeting at tion); O-morally offensive. , which the decision was made by Catholic ratings for television the Nazis to exterminate all Euromovies are those of the movie house pean Jews. A historical docdment versions of the films. filled with anti-Semitic statements.

Mature theme and treatment. A3 TV Program Sunday, April 30, 9-11 p.m.

NOTE EDT(ABC)"My Name Is Bill W." Please check dates and - Set in the 1930s, this Hallmark times of television and radio Hall of Fame drama tells the true programs against local list· life story of Bill Wilson (James ings, which may differ :rrom Woods), cofounder of Alcoholics the New York network sc:hedAnonymous. Also stars James ules supplied to The Anl:hor.

Garner as Dr. Bob, a physician and fellow alcoholic who with Bill developed a support group. for alcoholics, the model for AA. "Cyborg" (Cannon) - The exploits of venomous post-apocalypse JoBeth Williams costal's as Wilpirates led by a: blue-eyed sadist son's wife.

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ST. MARY, SEEKONK The parish will host the District Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at 6 p.m. April 22.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON Widowed Support meeting 7:30 p. m. April24, church hall; Women's Guild 7:30 p.m. April 25, church hall. All wishing to help make the parish float for Taunton's 350th anniversary parade are asked to meet in the parish center 7:30 p.m. April 24, to make flowers. Volunteers needed to help care for church flowerbeds.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Men's League meeting II a.m.

Sunday, church hall. Members will serve free'coffee and doughnuts after morning Masses. Women's League night of recollection 7 p.lli. April 27 with Rev. Bruce Cwiekowski, chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN , Those interested in Adult Forum classes for inquirers and non-confirmed Catholics are asked to see the pastor. Youth ministry team needs new members. Lectors' workshop 2 to 4 p.m. April 30, rectory. School advisory meeting 7:30 p.m. April 27.

CHRIST THE KING, COTUIT/MASHPEE Food pantry needs canned items for distribution to needy. Legion of Mary meetings 6: 15 p.m. each Tuesday, Queen of All Saints Chapel.

Dedication committee meetings 7:30 p.m. April 27, also at Queen of All Saints.

NEWMAN LECTURE, SMU Southeastern'Massachusetts University Newman Lecture Series talk, "Peru: The Land - God's Gift, The People's Right," by Father Paul Canuel; noon Monday, Board of Governors room, Student Center; information: 999-8224.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR ST. MARY, ATTLEBORO A parish directory is in the planLife in Spirit s~minary April 22, 23, parish center. ning, edited by Christopher Haponik.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, HOLY TRINITY, SWANSEA W.HARWICH New parish council representatives Respect for Life seminar 7:30 p.m. are Claudette Armstrong, Joseph April 24. Catholic Charities helpers Belanger and Paul Boyer. Ladies of needed. Information at rectory.

St. Anne meeting 7:30 p.m. April 26, Friendly Visitor service, information parish hall. Janine Bibeau will dem- Shirley Gomes evenings, 432-1431. onstrate silk flower arrangements.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, SACRED HEART, NO. DARTMOUTH N. ATTLEBORO Confirmation I investiture cereNew lectors are"needed. mony 7 p.m. April 26. First comO.L. MT. CARMEL munion for older students 6 p.m.

Joseph Rego and Aileen Cabral Mass April 29. Rosary and Benedicwill be parish chairman and secre- tion 4 p.m. Sunday. tary respectively for the Catholic Charities Appeal. Volunteers may ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Volunteers needed to repair and contact either of them. Santo Cristo clean altar servers' robes. Informafeast April 29 and 30. tion at rectory.

CAPE COD WIDOWED BL. SACRAMENT ADORERS SUPPORT Holy hour 7 p.m. April 24, St. Meeting 3 p.m. April 30 CCD Center, Christ the King parish, Theresa's Church, New Bedford.

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ST. MARY,NB Youth Group will attend a play at FAMILY MINISTRY OFFICE Fall River Widowed Support SMU Sunday. Bus leaves church at Group meeting 7 p.m. April 25, 6:30 p.m. Youth retreat April 26 and Sacred Heart parish hall, Pine and 27, LaSalette Center, Attleboro.

Seabury Streets. Information: Sister SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Ruth, 999-6420.

School advisory council meeting 7 p.m. April 27, rectory. Clover Club LaSALETTE SHRINE, members will sing at II a.m. Mass ATTLEBORO April 30.

Healing service 2 'p.m. Sunday, People's Chapel, led by Father Andre O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Patenaude, MS. Life in Spirit seminar May 6 and 7.

Information: Mary Farrell 896EMMAUS Retreat tonight through Sunday 3309. at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Confirmation 7 p.m. April 26.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON First communican,ts' day of recollection 9 a.m. to noon April 29.

Youth ministry meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, rectory. Newly confirmed young NEW YORK (NC) - The 1989 people are invited. Mary Ellen Figlock is parish chairperso!1 for the, Catholic Communication Cam- .

Catholic Charities Appeal. Basket- paign has awarded $1.35 million ball awards breakfast follows 8:30 to the Catholic Telecommunicaa.m. Mass April 30. , tions Network of America and ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, funded 42 other media projects POCASSET , with an additional $1.36 million.

Parish council meeting 7:30 p.m.

The grants are funded by an April 24, parish center. annual national collection and FathHOLY NAME, FR .

School career day, grades 6 to 8, er Harry Schlitt of the U.S. Catholic April 28. Parents' Appreciation Din- Conference Communication Comner 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Retreat renew- mittee said they'address many pastoral needs . . al 7 p.m. April 30.

"The people in the pews. who make these projects possible by their generosity. can expect many' more media tools to improve understanding of the Gospel message:' said Father Schlitt.

Media get $2.7 million in grants

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O.L. ASSUMPTION, OSTERVILLE Women's Guild communion luncheon at East Bay Lodge, Osterville, follows 11:30 a.m. Mass May 9.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, EASTON Vincentians will host senior citizens of the community at a roast beef dinner at I p.m. May 20. Transportation available. Information at rectory 238-3232.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Men's Club meeting 7 p.m. April 24. Golf pro Ted O'Rourke will speak. Youth ministry meets 6 p.m.

Sunday, religious education center.

Parish council meets 8 p.m. April 25.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Helpers are needed in liturgical ministries. Information at rectory.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E.FREETOWN Confirmation retreat, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro, tomorrow.

ST. JAMES, NB New Vincentian officers: Loretta Bourque, president; Christine Hayes, vice-president; Mildred Coyne, recording secretary; Sylvester Mitchell, treasurer. Food drive April 29 and 30, meeting 7 p.m. May 3, parish center.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DARTMOUTH Engaged Encounter begins tonight; Divorced/Separated, New Bedford area meet 7 p.m. April 24; Lamaze natural childbirth class Monday evening. '

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The award brings to more than $9 million the total amount of money approved by the bishops for CTN A. which the bishops founded in 198 J with $4.5 million . in hopes that it would be selfsufficient in three years.

Last year, a committee of bishops examined the financially strapped network and recommended that it receive an additional subsidy of about $3 million from the annual collection over the following two years.

Church hindered HONG KONG (NC) - Poor construction, corruption and bureaucracy are hindering the government-approved Catholic Church in China, said the director of a Hong Kong diocesan research agency. The. Chinese government must return church administration to the church, declared Anthony Lam Sui-ki, executive secretary of Holy Spirit Study Center in Hong Kong. In a recent article in Asia Focus, Lam noted that of 3,000 churches and chapels rebuilt or renovated in China between 1980 and 1988, about two-thirds were rebuilt by the government.

Medicare cuts hurt .DES MOINES. Iowa (NC) Federal cuts in the Medicare program have hurt hospitals. particularly rural facilities, which can least afford to lose services. said Julie Trocchio, Catholic Health Association government liaison.

She said that "in 1989 we expect 70 percent of our members to be losing money on Medicare ... and it's even worse among rural hospitals."

She spoke at a recent conference on Metamorphosis of the Rural Health Care Ministry.

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