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By Father Kenneth J. Doyle VATICAN CITY ~C) - Pope John Paul II has urged a group of U.S. bishops to give special priority to the sacrament of pen ance, including making it avail able during all the days of Holy Week. In recent years, some bishops have adopted a practice of not scheduling confession periods on Holy Thursday, Good Friday or Holy Saturday, in order to es tablish a "liturgical quiet" for contemplating the death and resurrection of Christ. The pope spoke to 23 bishops from eight dioceses in New York and from the military ordinariate on April 15. It was the first group of U.S. prelates to make their "ad limina" reports to the pope, required every five years so bishops can report on the status of their dioceses. During April 14-15, the, pontiff spent several hours meeting in dividually with each of the 23 bishops before addressing them together in a 20-minl!te talk which focused on reconciliation with God through penance. The pope invited the bishops Ii

,/77." ,L'~t THE HOLY YEAR cross enshrined at St. Mary's Cathedral designates it, like seven other diocesan churches. as a place where the jubilee indulgence may be gained. (Gaudette Photo) .. '\t.J

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Recons:ecration

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Responding to the wish of Pope John Paul II that the Holy Year of Jubilee now in progress be marked by renewed devotion to our Lady, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced a dioce san-wide Marian program to be implemented next month. Writing to priests of the dio cese the bishop said: "Through out the history of the diocese of Fall River, profound devotion to our Blessed Mother has char acterized the faith and the Cath olic life of bishops, clergy, reli gious and faithful laity. As a further manifestation of this devotion, I am writing to you today to announce a diocesan-wide program which will be implemented next month. "In May, the month of parti cular devotion to Mary, I am

The pope no~ed that the "to go in search' of those who have sinned, so as to invite them themes of the current Holy Year to return to the fullness of the and of the forthcoming Synod father's love" and said that the of Bishops focus on reconcilia hierarchy should "concentrate tion. "We are truly called to pro the attention of the faithful on claim the reconciliation of hu the person of Jesus the redeem er, who personally forgives and manity with God. This means reviving a sense of God, of his reconciles each individual." The faithful should be en· word, of his commandments couraged to confess their sins of the need for accepting his will during Lent in advance of the as the real criterion for human sacred triduum as a spiritual action," he told t.he bishops. This'means "reviving a sense preparation for the final events of Holy Week and in order "to of sin among our people," he diminish the heavy pressure on added. "Proclaiming reconciliation," confessors," the pope said. "Nevertheless, I would ask the pope continued, means in that bishops urge their priests sisting on the greatness of God's to do everything possible in their pardon and on his compassion pastoral generosity and zeal to ate love." The pontiff also asked the make confessions available also during the last days of Holy bishops "to help ensure that the norms" on general absolution Week," he added. "There will inevitably," said ,and on first confession be "un· the pope, "be people who, in derstood and properly applied." The Vatican requires that spite of everything, will need children be taught the meaning this opportunity of grace." On Good Friday of this year, of the sacrament of penance Pope John Paul for the fourth and offered the opportunity to year in a row heard confessions receive it before making their for an hour and a half in St. first Comunion. It also requires Tum to Page Seven, Peter's Basilica.

calling for the reconsecration of our diocese and of each and every parish within the diocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. "In doing so, we shall be re sponding to the example and in vitation of our beloved' Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, who just a year ago traveled to the Marian Shrine at Fatima and consecrated the Universal Church to Mary's Immaculate Heart. "Many good people, reflecting their devotion to our Blessed Mother, have spontaneously prayed for a resurgence of de votion to Mary, the Patroness of the Universal Church and of the Church here in our country. "We here in the diocese of tum to Page Three

Comp,~ters not WASHINGTON (NC) - Peo ple are more important than machines, Mary Ann Banta told Catholic educators, but she said she's watched some teachers en shrine computers in the class· roomrooms "like May altars." At a workshop at the recent National Catholic Educational Association convention in Wash ington, Ms. Banta, president of WATCH (Washington A'ssocia ,tion for Television and Children) spoke on "The Effects of Elec tronic Media-Games on Child ren." Ms. Banta jokingly described new technology as "those things developed after you were born." Teacher may react to something new by einshining it, fearing it or trying to ignore it but Ms. Banta believes that people con cerned about their children's fu ture must address new tech nology as it develops. "If those of us who are con cerned about children leave the decisions to others, we can't complain about being served up garbage. We did that with tele vision; don't do it with com

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puters," she said. Television has been con trolled by people for whom the bottom line is money. "Our bot tom line is the successful de· velopment of young children," Ms. Banta said. The key question now is who will have access to information. When the printing press was de veloped children were cut off because the oral tradition faded in favor of reading, something they couldn't do. With the new electronic technology children without access to computers will

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be even more shut out. "We're going to have information-rich and information-poor children," Ms. Banta said. Because of the overwhelming amount of infonnation becoming available, teachers "are going to have to stop being providers of information .. . and help children sort out and develop a sense of wisdom," she said, a task more difficult that just doling" out facts. Another change Ms. Banta sees is that computers are blur ring the lines between work and play. "Now at last we have a machine that is playful, a rna· chine that is patient," and this makes computers ideal for chil dren. "All of us are playing with the machines now but I think children today will grow up with it" and move beyond the play stage, while some adults and adolescents may stay fixated in the play stage, according to Ms. Banta. The children will lead us," in the new technology, Ms. Banta concluded.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 22, 1983

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The diocesan office of Cath .while individual and group olic Social Services has a branch counseling was provided to 55 widowed persons. on Route 132 in Centerville of fering a wide variety of pro Catholic .Social Services is grams to ~ape Cod residents. among diocesan agencies assis A counseling ~ervice reached ted by the annual Catholic 47 individuals, 25 couples and Charities Appeal, now in its 18 families during 1982, while Special Gifts phase, which will 49 adoptions were handled last continue through April 30. year. Joseph F. Gromada of Fall River, diocesan 'lay chairman for Over 400 requests for informa tion . and referrals to other the appeal,· has reported that agencies were processed in 1982. Special Gifts volunteers are making encouraging returns. They included matters of hous . ing, food, financial aid, camp Eight hundred and fifty such placements, assistance to the workers are contacting 4,250 unemployed and handicapped, fraternal, professional, business day and home health care, nUrs and industrial groups in south ing home and legal information, eastern MassachusettS. and queries as to the availability The Special Gifts phase will of support groups. be followed by a parish house-to Forty-two unmarded parent house campaign, beginning Sun day, May I, and concluding cases were assisted and 14 ba bies were placed in foster care, Wednesday, May 1 I.

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AFTER THE KICKOFF meeting there's time for a sip, a bite and good fellowship in the Bishop Connolly High School cafeteria. (Gaudette Photo)

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall ~iver-Fri., April 22, 1983

Centenary

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Sisters of St. Joseph at 2501 South Main Street, Fall River, commemorated the hundredth anniversary of their congrega tion, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, with special cere monies last weekend. Rev. Thomas Paris, M.S., chaplain, was celebrant of a liturgy at which Rev. Maurice Jeffrey was homilist. A social hour and luncheon followed. In 1974 the Sisters of St. Joseph of Fall River merged with the S'isters of St. Joseph of Springfield. The centennial com memorates the congregation's establishment In the Springfield Diocese in 1883. Sisters of St. Joseph serve in the dioceses of Springfield, Wor cester, Fall River and .Provi dence and in missions in LouisI ana, Texas, and Kenya, Africa.

Sr. Hortense Mary Funeral services were held yesterday for Sister Hortense Mary, SUSC, 75, at Sacred Heart Church, 'Fall River. The former Dorothy M. Phelan, daughter of the late Wj1liam and Mary (Gorman) Phelan, she was born in Easton, Pa., and entered the Religious of ·the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts at Fall River in 1926. She taught and was principal in schools staffed by her com munity in Taunton and Fall River as well as in New Jersey, Maryland and New York. Retir ing in 1979 after 50 years as a teacher, she made her home at Sacred Hearts Convent, .fall River. She is survived by three broth ers, Robert, Joseph and Vincent Phelan, all of Baltimore; and two sisters, Mrs. Helena Glaze of Baltimore and Mrs. Angela Per retta of Scotia, N.Y.

What To Do "People ask: 'What can I ac tually do?' We can, each of us, work to put our own inner house in order. The guidance we need for this work cannot be found in science or technology, the value of which utterly depends on the ends they serve; but it can still be found in the traditional wis dom of mankind." - E. F. Schu macher

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April 25 Rev. John J. Wade, Assistant, 1940, Sacred, Heart, Fall River Rev. Raymond J. Lynch, Chap lain, Catholic Memorial Home, 1955, Fall River April 27 Rev. Francis J. Bradley, D.O., Rector, 1925, Cathedral, Fall River Rev. ~omeo D. Archambault, 1949, St. Anne, New Bedford April 28 Rev. ~tanislaus J. Goyette, Pastor, 1959, St. Louis de France, Swansea

Stop handgun violence

RESIDENTS AT Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, enjoy a visit from "The Great Dantini," otherwise Michael Grello, Winnie Hutchinson (right) and her 9-year-old son Chris, all members of St. Dominic's parish, Swansea, who staged a magic show at the home. Welcoming them, from left, are residents Ellen Coughlin, Dora Nasser and Mary Boulds. (Torchia Photo)

Boxing reforms asl{ed'

After Kim's death last Novem WASHINGTON (NC) - Rep. ber, in the 14th round of a WBA James J. Florio (D-N.J.), Chair man of a House subcommittee lightweight championship bout, with jurisdiction over sports, has the WBC ordered that all title fights be shortened from 15 to 12 attacked boxing as an unregula ted big bu'siness responsible for rounds, but the WBA has yet to follow suit. scores of needless deaths' and in juries and called for reform of the sport. "The long history of tragedies in the ring, the most recent be Continued from page one ing the death of (South Korean boxer) Duk Koo Kim, makes this Fall River have, as I have sug an issue that Congress can no gested, long maintained special ·Ionger ignore," Florio said at a devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and I have a good deal of joy news conference. "We have a non-system for and consolation in calling for dealing with this big-business the implementation of this pro enterprise," he said. "That's not gram here in our midst. satisfactory." "I am calling for the recita Last month the American tion of the Act of Consecration Medical Association called for a of a Parish to the Immaculate ban on boxing, saying there is Heart of Mary in every parish. no way to prevent brain injuries On Tuesday, May 31, at the con in the ring. clusion of the Marian month, I Florio did not call for a ban shall celebrate the noon Mass on boxing, but said he hoped the at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the A'ssumption. That day is hearing would lead to the estab the Feast of the Visitation. lishment of a commission to in vestigate the sport and recom "On that occasion, at the cul mend reform legislation -to Con mination of the program which gress within six months. will be finding expression in all Such reforms might include of the parishes during May, I national regulation of the sport, shall reconsecrate the diocese a comprehensive system of of Fall River to Mary's Immacu late Heart." health monitoring, tighter proce dures for licensing promoters and In general, the bishop noted, a requirement that specialists he feels that diocesan obser such as ophthalmologists be vance of the Holy Year "has be present at all prefight medical gun in a very auspicious man hearings, Florio said. ner. I am grateful to all," he said, "for the evident enthusi At present many boxing stan dards in the United States are asm which was manifested at determined at the state and local the Mass celebrated on the Feast level, with the World Boxing of the Annunciati<:m at St. Mary's Council (WBC) and the World Cathedral," Boxing Association (WBA) re Bishop Cronin added that he sponsible for broader overviews. has heard of a variety of Holy Year programs planned in par "The lack, of uniform regula tions, particularly in the medical ishes and that he is encouraged area, has grave implications for at the participation of both further needless tragedies," priests and laity in such obser vances. Florio said.

Governor Michael Dukakis has declared April 18 through 24 Stop Handgun Violence Week in Massachusetts. The observance is intended to raise public awareness of the alarming amount of handgun violence in today's society and to highlight methods of preven tion. Nationwide, statistics show that handguns kill over 20,000 persons yearly by murder, sui cide and accident, with over 40 percent of accident victims being children under age 14. In Massachusetts handguns claim over 100 lives yearly, say officials, noting that every other western democracy but the United States has enacted tough controls on the weapons. A fact sheet on handguns sup plied by Jeff Hoyle, district co ordinator of Citizens for Hand gun Control, lists the following' facts: • One in five Americans has access to a handgun. • One in nine Americans has already been threatened or at tacked by someone wielding a handgun. • One in eight Americans has ha'd' a member of their family attacked or .threatened by some one with a handgun. • One in five Americans has had a close friend threatened or

attacked by someone with a handgun. • One in four Americans has had themselves, a member of their family, or a close friend threatened or attacked by some one with a handgun. • There are an estimated 55 million handguns in civilian hands today. • Each year, the handgun in dustry pumps an additional two million handguns into circula tion. • A new handgun is sold every 13 seconds. • At the current rates of pro . duction, our handgun population will be 100 million handguns by the year 2000. • There alie some 170,000 commercial handgun dealers in this nation - as many as there are gas stations.

Proof "We who lived in concentra tion camps can remember the men who walked though the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. : . . They offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Victor Frankl

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 22, 1983 ,

themoorin~ Central American Reflections Few would deny that Central America is fast becoming an appalling muddle of internatiqnal interferences. Claims and counterclaims of political slogans are far removed from the harsh realities that struggling people must face each day just to survive: The murders, imprisonments and injustices committed to uphold a particular regime can never be condoned as a process of legitimizing a government. Outside agencies in favor of imposing a particular way of life on a p~ople have spun a web 'of verbiage. to hide the true realities of the revolution. Central America has indeed become a pawn in man's ceaseless struggle to dominate his fellow man. , AJI this said, one must still try tounderstand the interest of the United States in Central America. ' Historically we have always been more than interested in the activities Qf our neighbors to the south. Unfortunately it seems that most of our interest has stemmed from ecollomicexploita tion. ' . With such a background, it is important for the, American people to be very wary of the sudden rash of do-gooders who have made Central America their particular personal cause. It seems that hardly a day goes by but that some vote-seeking congress person makes a supercilious comment on American policy or involvement in Central America. So popular has this cause become that it almost seems a shuttle service has been inaugurated between Washington and the capitals of the region under fire. Outside of such antics by publicity-thirsty politicians, NC Photo what is even more farcical is the attitude of the national media. Some days one would think that the television news 'Th~n shall all the trees of the woods reioice before the face of the Lord.' services were controlled by the Havana and Moscow gov I Ps.95:12-13 ernments rather than basking in the freedom guaranteed by the American Constitution. ', Even more obvIous is the slanted reportage given the conflicts in Central America by the various media forms sponsored by the Public Broadcasting System. One feels they should seek their support not from the American tax stands guard around the sum By Father Eugene Hemrick monument area. Dusk had set ~C News Service payer but rather from the far left ideologUes they seem to mit of perfection we seek. Per in. The rustic autumn setting, I represent. ' Why would a priest who has haps it is the pain of a torn the red sky and the beams of This observation should not be misconstrued as saying run 10 marathons want to run body. But. it might be the psy light that formed columns that the American media must represent a particular an 11th?: Especially if he already chological pain of making a dis· around the Washington Monu American political viewpoint. What is being said is '~hat the knows about the excruciating tasteful decision. Whatever, it ment were breathtaking. "Gusto of life" is' the only vast amount of media "coverage of Central America has pain it takes to complete the 26· always hurts., ,Because of pain, we know way to describe the feeling I get , been in many cases warped and less than iQ1partiai. ,... mile 385Lyard ordeal? when we are approaching our It would be well if those who seek to eradicate ' I believe, as Jonathan Swift best. It is a teacher. It gives whilenmning, knowing my body is in good condition, that I'm in inJ'ustice in Central. America would be cO'nsl'stent l'n thel'r did: "no: wise man ever wished true marks ,and is the true test. a beautiful setting with a good to be Y01inger." No' matter what 'attitude towards all incidents in which the rights of man exercises: we do, the clock can Moreover, .it is part of. . the as ·friend. no value cetic instinct. There is But exuberance comes in pain , n o t be tut:ned back. Nor should are denied. . ' " in anything: we get cheaply. The ful moments: also. At the 23· t British injustice. in N~rthern I~eland, the righfs of' the it! ' ·more the effort and hardship, mile mark of the marathon I be· The French speak of a "third Palestin.ia.ns, the struggles c of the Polish I, wor,kers,: the plea,s gan to hurt a lot in my joints. age." There is the age of the the greater our: appreciation., for re1IglOUS f reedom emanating from 'the Sovjet' UnIon,

l' recognized this 'particular pain 'The bodily' pain I suffer when th student, the age of the worker , e l cont~,nu~d conflicts ~n the Ind~chin~~e area - all deserve and the third age --that of those running a marathon is a' reo and knew it didn't'mean I had a con~ern notably lacking in the halls of politicai Wash,.· .. ready tol enjoy the fruits pf ,minder that there is no easy to quit: altogether. 'But I began to wond~r' whether' ''I w6UltJ ihgton..

study an~ work. This is the age road to achievement. A mara .i . ,,' I' :' One Isuspects 'that those who limit their lamentatiorls,i' of the master. " .thon gives definition' to why we finish. I'~ ~p6tted' ~,nothe.r ,gentleman continue to -push' on throughout I do not run.-marathoIlS to b~.· solely' to the: stafe of tfVii' rights in. Central America ,are' in similar pain.', Together ,we , th )'ttl t' d . h'" , , '. come younger. I enjoy the' bene· life. ';,~" more an a. 1 e. lOge Wit, opportunism.

fits of growingo'lder and hope Marathons have made my life talked ourselyes to the -finish ~ I~ the media really want to serve the people of Central 'one day to reach the age of the definitely more interesting. My line. ,Even greate,r than the tri , Hfestyle changes':radically in pre· umph of finishing. was the heart Amenca their workers should sense that stabilization is the master. *ecess~ry pre~mble to peaceful chan~e and ,act aI;ld ..r~po.rt"

No, I h~ve n:O,desi~e to return , paring 'for .them. Eating, ,habits felt camaraderie experienced'. accordlOgly. ' . " - : to my tU,rbulent youth.. Today are .',adjusted for carbohydrates As I now limp away from

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one of my 'gr~at joys is reread ing philosophers who were not understan4able to me when I was·younger. Masterpieces' which once seemed a, ,bore now have becqme a ~elight. As I experience more of life and encounter death on occasion, the writings of the ' saints and: the breviary take on ' new and cherished meaning. ' Although I hate to suffer, I do not deSpise pain. All of us have personal high goals we wish to achieve: But often pain

rather than taste. Late retiring becomes impossible. Special ex ercisesbecome .a. daily routine and innovative running,: routes are sought, lest practice become too routine. When preparing for a' ni'ara thon; I find'my feeling of'exuberance is heightened and comes at surprising 'moments. One such moment came a week be fore the most "recent marathon. My partner and I were' running through the WaShington;' D.C.,

writing this article, my knees feel like breaking apart and the blisters on my feet cry out in agony. Will I run the 12th marathon? Why not?

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 22, 1983

Family Night

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A weekly at-home program for families

sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry

OPENING PRAYER

ACTIVITY IDEAS

Lord, there's so much we want Young and to tell you, there's so much we Middle Years Families want to share. We want to praise PRAYER BOX Find a large you, but find it hard. Lord, we shoe box and· cut out and glue want to thank you, but we don't on it pictures from magazines know how. Lord, we want to that in some way praise God. ask you, but feel embarrassed to Together compose three prayers have to say "help." Lord, we of praise from the family. Begin: don't like to say, "I'm sorry, "Lord, we praise you . . . " forgive me," because we don't Place these prayers in the box. like to have to admit we might Decorate the lid of the box and be wrong. Lord, we do want to write the name of each family pray; teach us. 0 Lord, teach member on it, our family to pray. Amen. Adult Families Read together Psalm 145:1,2 and Psalm 148, parts or all of it. The prayer of praise rings Then each write a prayer of music to heaven from our hearts praise; share these at prayer and it opens a floodgate of joy time or plan to use one each to our hearts. When we say night as part of the mealtime prayers of praise, we end up in prayer. laughter and smiles, feeling all SNACK TIME good inside. What we give God Try creating some unusual ice in praise is poured back upon us like many ripples that come from but a single pebble drop ped in a pond. That's what the prayer of praise does to each of us. Yet the prayer of praise is difficult for most of us. When we say the prayer of praise our focus is on God, not ourselves.

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cream sodas. Bright colored sherbets mixed with Sprite or 7-Up are terrific. It's fun to have a different family member in charge of serving and prepar ing the snack each time. Record the names on the family calen dar so everyone knows when his or her turn is coming.

ENTERTAINMENT 1. Take a walk outside and

have each family member point out at least five signs spring. 2. Sing songs indoors or play a game of body tag out doors. Whoever is "it," while trying to tag some one else, has to hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.

SHARING Each, family member praise three qualities in each of the other family members.

CLOSING PRAYER Lord God, we sing your praises. Your presence in our family is sure a'nd everlasting. We give you all glory and honor, now and forever. Amen.

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likes her subject and teaching. That's what I wanted because I'm not taking the course for a tration in 30 years and it was degree or certification but to traumatic. I confess that when learn more about the work I'm my daughter complained already doing. My course is call about her twice yearly registra ed "Small Group Dynamics" and tion process, I had found it diffi deals with being a better par cult to dredge up much empathy. ent educator. We are learning After all, what's so hard about about people who come to choosing a few courses and turn classes and meetings: who they ing in a check signed by par are, their fears and expectations, ents? why they behave the way they Everything. First, there are the do, how we can better meet their lines. Lines of lines for every needs, and how we bring ex thing from proving one's exis perience and expertise out of the tence to getting a picture taken group rather than just lecture for the student card to obtain from our limited knowledge. ing a parking sticker. I believe ' My fear' that everyone in that purgatory must consist of class would be 18 was unfound waiting in lines. ed. We split just about down the I finished a chapter of The middle with half the ~lass al Third Wave while standing be ready working in some pro tween two sets of friends talk fessional area of parenting and ing about skiing in line. I now the other half preparing to do so. know that the ski lift lines at I enjoy both the freshness that Copper Mountain are shorter the younger classmates bring than those at Keystone but that a nd the experience of my peers. In reflecting, I believe that the spiced wine is better in Breckenridge. Toffler didn't have taking an occasional class like much to say about either in The this is exciting and renewing, Thlrd Wave but somehow I even if it is work. It updates one and gives fresh insights. synthesized it all. My next anxiety came from After just one class, I felt more images of the professor - what positive and hopeful about the to expect. As flexible and open work I already do because of the interaction with others in as I beli~ve myself to be I wor various fields of family life edu ried that I would draw a preco cious 19 year-Old in jeans and cation. And as far as self-esteem goes, beard ra~er than a comfortable tweedy type who remembered just surviving the, registration the Korean conflict. In luck, I process gave me renewed confi drew a woman about my age dence. From now· on, my kids __

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greatly flattered in the Soviet Union these days. After decades of trying to sup press and destroy it, the Soviets are now establishing rituals in . forms that blatantly imitate its rituals. The Soviet Republic has in stituted elaborate socialist rites for life's milestones, from birth through marriage and death, ac cording to a report in the New York Times. The Soviet state, in other words, is taking over the tradi tional functiQns of religion and using them to make the state appear mightier than it is. Everything familiar to reli gious tradition is there: a cele brant in robes, usually a woman wearing a badge of office on a broad chain around her neck; candles lit from an eternal flame; and exhortations, such as the Ceremonial Registration of the Newborn (the imitation of baptism): "Let this star light the path of your son as the star of October lights the path for the whole world." The rituals also have organ music; altarlike tables and foods associated with church feasts, like sweet Easter cake (kulich) now called spring cake. Icons have been replaced with portraits of Stalin, Lenin and Andropov. Even the Ten Com mandments have been somewhat cloned, becoming the Moral Code of the Builders of Communism. I was reminded of a meeting I had with the late philosopher and psychologist Eric Fromm about .15 years ago when I covered a talk he gave college students on "Is God Dead?" Fromm said that when people

attempt to find a deep satis faction with "fake reality," they have only the "destiny of aliena tion" to look forward to. Somehow the communist imi tation religion seems to fit into Fromm's category of fake real ity. For while customs, cere monies and, rituals can be de creed by the state, these are only external signs, not the es sence of religion. The state is the state and no amount of trying to substitute it for God can give it the power of religion to fulfill our yearn ing to be part of the grandeur, the motion, the unknowns of the universe; to nourish the hunger in us to understand existence in terms of eternity. That same night I had parked behind a car with a bumper sticker saying, "Maybe your ~ God is dead, but mine isn't," The sticker may have been stating a universal truth that partly explains why the Soviets had to bring back some form of religion, albeit an imitation. No one, not even the com munists, has been successful in "killing" God permanently. The experience of history is that the quest for meaning and the need to acknowledge a life force greater than oneself are some how basic to the human condi tion. Religion can seem to be killed - by a state, but the death is temporary. Rebirth follows. Jesus once gave some good advice to the Romans. The So viet Union might do well to heed it: "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's."

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Fed eral budget cuts made the plight of the poor worse, and the gov ernment is not fulfilling its re sponsibility to help them, Auxi liary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan .of Brooklyn, N.Y., recently told the Senate subcommittee on nu tri~ion.

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Testifying as a member of the board of the National Conference of Catholic' Charities, Bishop Sullivan said that recent studies "demonstrate strikingly that in the midst of economic difficult· ies striking hardest at the poor, the 'changes in our laws have favored the rich and greatly harme<:f the poor." The bishop concluded by say ing, "It is our contention that justice demands that the federal government make the poor its priority."

Rosary and Benediction: 7 p.m. Sunday. Corifirmation I teachers will meet at 7 p;m. 'Tuesday in the religious education office. A fol lowup program will be held in ,the church hall from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, not in homes as originally announced. . Ladies' Guild: annual banquet, May 11, Dugdale's restaurant. Prospective choir members: contact Phil Spindola, 997-8379. Men's voices especially needed. D of I, ATTLEBORO

Alcazaba Circle meeting 7:30 p.m. May 5, K of C Hall, Hodges St: making of May baskets, nom_ inating committee report. CATHEDRAL,FR

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Catholic Women's Guild: in stallation banquet May 11, 6 p.m. Theodore Landing. ST. JOSEPH, NB

Pilgrim Virgin statue at church following 4:30 p.m. Mass April 30 through May 7. Devotions nightlv following 7 p.m. Mass. All welcome; Holy Year plenary indulgence available. ST.ANNE,FR

Special Mass honoring Fred eric Ozanam, founder of the St. Vincent de Paul Society: 10 a.m. Sunday. All welcome. 7 ·p.m. Monday: organizational meeting for parents and Little Leaguers, school. . 7:30 p.m. Thursday: general' meeting, Home and School As sociation. ST. RITA, MARION

First communion: 11 :15 a.m. Sunday, May 15. ST. JAMES, NB

Vincentians' 150th anniver sary Mass: 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Meeting 7 .p.m. Monday, rectory. Parish Council: meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, rectory. O.L. ANGELS, FR

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Confirmation: 7 p.m. Wednes day, May 4. Charities Appeal workers' meeting: 7:30 p.m. Monday, par ish center. (Sec also page 16.)

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good will, desire peace. Most people support an "immediate, bilateral" verifiable agreement to halt or curb the testing, production, and deployment of new nUclear weapons system." A .loud. vocal, small minority ,of bishops (not florn New England)' an4 the Writtr,of a' letter in 'the April 8 Anchor are naive. Webster defines naive as show~ ing II lack ot informed judgment. Peace isa two-way street. America controls the freedom of the free world Decause of our $trOng defense. You cannot have it both ways, an American superpower disarmed and a peaceful Russian Bear continuing to build, test and explode nuclear weapons. I sleep well at night knowing the Pentagon is in charge of the security of our country and not" a few of our elitist pacifist clergy. Richard T. Saunders New Bedford P~S. Maybe those 47 Russians expelled from France recently ,were on their way to Lourdes to:.pray for another piece of the world.

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alone are not enough" when it comes to promoting equality of women in the church, Bishop Sylvester Treinen of Boise said in 'a pastoral letter on women's issues. In fact, he added, "rather than 4iscriminate unfairly. church leade~ should actively promote and welcome approved roles for women everywhere in the church."

Titled "An Elusive Search:' 'the pastoral. released in March. cited statements of Pope John Paul n, Vatican Council n and U.S.- church officials in recognizing the rights of women in society and in the Catholic Church. Bishop Treinen also noted that the eEl~on of women from the priesthood poses a major problem for many women 'and some JD:\'D. 'But he offered no direct opinions on the issue. saying the discussion is likely to continue.

Flood damage (UNDATED) (NC) - Heavy rains and flooding earlier this month caused an estimated 1200,000 in damage to church ,property in the New Orleans Archdiocese. according to John E. Lawson. of the archdiocesan IDsuranee Commission. Lawson .-td approximately 60 buildings are invQlved in claims. More than b~ of the estimated $200.000 will go to hard-hit Immaculate Conception Parish in Marrero. La.. Lawson said. The parish grade school. high school and church buildings were all , damaged.

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HOLY FAMILY freshly painted gray barge. ST. PAUL. Minn. (NC) "Hungry. cold but good." is how sporting colorful flags and thEl RELIGIOUS David Lozinski of Holy Re- banner "Catholic Relief services GIFT STORE deemer Parish in Marshall, - 40 Years Touching a Hungry Minn.. summed up his feelings World," bobbed on the chilly fm--STATE lOAD ~ one of 500 YQung people waves' of the Mississippi River, WESTPORT MA sending off a barge loaded with which it would travel to DavenL1IceIl •• • $64.000 worth of goods for Cen- port, Iowa; St. Louis and New flU 11ft U. ._.111ft. tral American refugees. Orleans to gather more dona.. The send-off was the culmina- tions before reaching its des~ RICHARD CUMMING : i 'f-:."E. ~ \ TEL 636-8482 tion of nearly six months of tination of Gulfport, Miss. Young people from seven dioIPEII .000 ~I: 1100 work by youths in about 50 parishes in Minnesota. It took ceses across the United States place on a brisk and breezy have shipped their collections to afternoon at the Packer River those ports; in GUlfport the cargo will be loaded onto the Terminal in South St. Paul. Ship of Hope and transported In addition to collecting food. to Honduras. where CRS will The Rhode Island College clothing, medicine, garden tools distribute the goods among Chamber Singers and Chamber and seeds for refugees in HonONIW 1k."AltWs Orchestra. conducted by Edward duras, the project included Star- refugees. ·.c.....O ••••• Markward. will be heard in con- vation Awareness Day, a fast to Suzanne Wallace. a high FUNERAL cert at 8:15 p.m. Monday at St. commemorate the world's school teacher from the New SERVICE Mary's Catheclnd,Fall River. hungry. which the youths had Orleans Archdiocese. reminded the group that Starvation a:ighlighting the program will begun the day before. Awareness Day began "in one be theWbrld premier of "My BeLozinski and Shelly Neu- little classroom," her o"'n. 'five, l:I_rd C. 'DoIne Sr, Gordon l. Homer loved Is Mine" by Richard Cum- decker said they looked for- years ago. HoWard. C, DoIn. Jr. Rollert l. Studley ming. with text from the Old ward to a potluck dinner at The idea reached the ArchIMtlI , ....... ' . .·2211 Testament Canticle of Canticles. Holy Spirit Parish in St. Paul. ....iclI ,.,. 4J2-415U The composition was cotnmis- serVed after the barge's depar- \ diocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis through a letter to Archbishop sioned by the Chamber Singers. ture. The Holy Redeemer youth John R. Roach. w.ho asked Bev Also to be heard are "Regina group had spent the night in the Quintavalle, coordinator of archCoeli" by Mozart and "Singet parish gym. plaYing games to diocesan youth programs. to dem Herro ein neues Lied" by make the fasting hours go by steer participation. Ms. Quintamore quickly. ' J. S. Ba<:h. valle came up with the barge OUtSide ,the warehouse. a idea and the two projects were The Chamber Singers, estab102 .Shawomet Avenue blended. lished in 1973. number about 30 Somerset, Ma.. Bishop Edwin Broderick, exmembers and specialize in music for S1Dall ensembles. They tour Tel., 674-4881 ecutive ,direc;tor of CRS. overextensively and most recently ACCRA,cOhana (NC) . seas aid agency of U.S. Cath3th rotII .alllt 4Yz",......._ " were heard at the Knoxville Father Vincent Kwabena. Dam- olics. told the young people that World's ,Fa4 and w~re the fea- uall. :52, ~ a ,Pliabef,of the there~ they were saving Inchllies lIeat, 110•••r, Itew ,... tured, ensemble-"at the St. Dun- ruling PmYiaiOJ:rai" Na~' De- would '-''h4t,e. a ,SE!,Pe, of hope trlpr.r lid .1Inte.... 1II'fIce. stari.~; ...o ;'tfege Cotlferenee' on fense, CouDen in, Ghan'.."has", 're- given to them by yt>u. You touch Sacred, MUsic. .' ,, signed,· from the Catholic a hungry world and you identify Dr. MarkwaMis director ot Church to organize the Atrik- yourself willh your tess fororch,estral and choral activities ania religion. He calls it an old tun~te brothers' and sisters in at Rhode Isl&n4 College, and African traditional religion the Dllme of Jesus Christ." After prayers blessing the sistant conductor and chorus which has been ignored. He master for the Providence Opera wants to update it "so that it barge, tlu! youth released about Theater. can take its rightful place among 200 balloons. Then. with a blast the major religions of the of a tugboat's hom, the barge Cumming is composer in resi- world." Bishop Sam said he re- was on its way. dence at Trinity Square Reper- gretted the priest's action. comtory Company in Providence. He menting. "The church' will con679-5262 has composed some 200 songs tinue to pray for him to reand 70 scores for the~ter, film scind his decision." Continued from page one and television and has received LEARY PRESS awards from the National Enthat general abSOlution be limitdowment for the Arts and the ed to special circumstances and National Federation of Music not be' used as a substitute for ONlY fUll-liNE RtllGlOUS Clubs. WASHINGTON (NC) - 'When private confession. GIFT STORE ON THE CAPE I All are welcome at Monday's .the teaching' of Christ becomes General absolution observed • 4PEJl: .... Set; •• S:3I concert for which there wilt be fused with the cultural express- the pope, has an "exceptional • OPEN 7DAn no admission, although donations ion of just one ethnic identity. character" to it and "is not enM:3I will be accepted. the power of the Gospel is dis- visioned solely because of large sipated and blunted. A'uxiliary numberS of penitents assembled Bishop James P. Lyke of Cleve- for a great celebration or pilland told educators at the Na- grimage:" Sullivan's Of the first confession. the VATICAN CITY (NC) ::..- The tional Catholic Education Asso,Religious Goods ciatitn convention in Washingpontiff said: "The treasures of joint Vatican-Italian commission 428M~in St;61anms Christ's love in the sacrament of studying the ties between the ton. 775-4180 Too often in the past trans- penance are so great that chitbankrupt Banta Ambrosiano , John & Mary Lees, Props. dren 'too must be initiated into and the Vatican bank plans to mission of the faith has been intake its inveStigation to Latin extricably caught up with the them.... America and the Caribbean. said history of Western civilization. Father Pierfranco Pastore, assis- Bishop Lyke said in a talk titled tant director of the Vatican "Catechesis in the Black ComPress Office. April 5. confirming munity." lta1i~ press reports. Such catechists. he declared, for Personal Loans A key issue in the investiga- must teach a Christ who exerLow Savings Bank Rates ,lion is if the Vatican bank is cised leadership by commg not SIl'IC8 liable for any of the bad loans. to be served but to' serve and several of which were to Latin they 'musi be committed to 1851 _ G) American concerns. made by the action that liberates in the pracBanco Ambrosiano.Xhe loans tical order. dealing" with "the , 4 CONVENIENT LOCAnO~ ~..::led to the collapse of the Italian basic ineqUitable distribution 'of bank. The Vatican owned health and power between the 4 sa lIiII,SLl335 S*d 11•.1578. . . . It/.......... PfI2a ,...... slightly over 1 percent of Banco minority blacks and the majority • .' . whites in America." Ambrosiauo stock.·

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Executive Director's Report The President's Report Sr. Mary Patricia Sullivan, a.p. Provincial President of St. Anne's Hospital Corporation The focal point of the year just past was, of course, the new St. Anne's Hospital buildings. That which the community had heard and read so much about visibly took shape. Years of planning and construction reached its culmination on December 2 when the new facilities were officially dedicated by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. The interest of and commitment from the large number of people who made the new hospital possible was epitomized by the tremendous turnout at the dedication ceremony. The crowd served to make us all aware of the multitudes of people who directly or indirectly made the task of building a new hospital possible. I would like my annual message to make "Jpparent that it is people who give character to an institution. We at St. Anne's Hospital are fortunate to be blessed with fine people and as a result are blessed with excellent character. Everyone associated with St. Anne's Hospital, and there are thousands, is important and has played an important part in the success we have achie'red. And so ... Thank you to the Greater Fall River community. Your acceptance and support has been immeasurable. 1982 was a year of achievement for you as well. Thank you Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. The guidance with which you have blessed us will keep us strong in the years ahead. Thank you St. Anne's Hospital Board of Directors. 1982 was indeed a year of challenge. The demands of completing our project on time and on budget, the dramatic changes brought about by Massachusetts reimbursement . legislation (Chapter 372), and the multitude of other challenges were faced head .on and dealt with magnificently. Thank you St. Anne's Hospital employees; your patience and steadfastness are to be commended. The day-to-day work pressures were taxed by the business of construction and the ma'ny changes that a new facility present. Thank you for making St. Anne's the warm and caring place it is. Thank you medical staff. The care which you delivered throughout 1982 was truly done so with excellence. The public's confidence in St. Anne's Hospital is testimony to your excellence. Thank you Friends of St. Anne's. Your continual efforts on behalf of the Hospital are gratefully recognized. You are an integral part of thp Sot Anne's Hospital legacy. The focal point of your efforts, the Candlelight Ball, was, as always, a splendid accomplishment in 1982. Thank you Volunteers for GIVING unselfishly of time and talent. Yours is a resource that we could not survive without. Thank you financial supporters of St. Anne's Hospital. Individuals, businesses, clubs and the many other philanthropic groups are today, more than ever, a necessary and important resource of St. Anne's. We appreciate your help in allowing us to maintain our mission of caring. Thank you builders of St. Anne's Hospital. The new St. Anne's will not only do its practical duty well but will be graceful and pleasing in doing it. Thank you Hospital Administration for your day-to-day guidance and efforts. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. Enjoy your accomplishments. i Thank you Dominican Sisters of the Presentation for your devotion and the spirit of caring which you help bring to St. Anne's Hospital. Thank you to all who have a special place in their heart for St. Anne's, we too have a· special place in ours for you. , . . When saying thank you in writing, the danger: of oversight is ever present. Be assured that our gratitude is extended to all associated in any way with St. Anne's Hospital. May God bless each and everyone of you.

Dear Friends of Saint Anne's Hospital, The publication of the Annual Report of Saint Anne's Hospital provides me with an opportunity to express. a word of profound gratitude to all who have collaborated during the past year in the apostolate of pastoral care and healing which is conducted at Saint Anne's Hospital. In this regardl I must call special attention to the devoted Dominican Sisters who bring to the care of the sick a unique sense of dedication which makes tangible the healing love of our Blessed Savior for those who bear the burden of. illness. I am grateful, as well, to Directors, staff members, profeSSionals in the delivery of health care, nurses, employees, and the countless friends of Saint Anne's Hospital in our community, all of whom have made significant contributions to the Hospital during the past year.

We have witnessed, in 1982, the dedication of a m,gnificent new facility, a significant and joyful moment in the long history of the Hospital. As Bishop of Fall River, I can a9Sure you, it was the source of great consolation to bless this modern, efficient structure, and I am sure that the opening of th~newfacilityconstituted an occasion of pride and joy for all who love Saint Anne's Hospital. My prayer is that in the coming year, and, indeed, for I many years to come, Almighty God will continue to endow :Saint Anne's Hospital and all who are associated with it in the healing ministry with a full, rich and abundant measure of His choice graces. Devotedly yours in Christ,

Bishop of Fall River

St. Anne's Hospital Financial Review Summary of the 'Financial Activity For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30 (unaudited)

1982

St. Anne's Hospital Comparative Statistics For Fiscal Year 1982 ' .

1981

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(in thousands.) . Fiscal Year

REVENUE Daily Service Charges Cov'ering Nursing Care, Meals, Etc. Ancillary Services Ordered by Patients' Physicians Such as Laboratory and x"Ray Total Patient Care Revenue Less: Free Care Given and Contractual Allowances with Blue Cross and Medicare Net Patient Care Revenue

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Medical/Surgical Pediatrics Total

tl,404 20,154

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(3,373) 19,423

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Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues over expenses

., Inclucln Podi Rev. 76 " Includes Podi Exp. 136 .J Includ.. V..ollon '"Sick Poy 139

MedicaliSurgical Pediatrics Total

35 77

16 256

LENGTH Of STAY

496

411

Medical/Surgical Ped.iatrics Total

608 20,031

683 17,464

EXPENSES Salary, Wages and Fees * J Employee Benefits (includes Soc. Sec., Group Life &< Health Insurance, Pension Plans, Workmen's Compensation, Unemployment Insurance and Employee Health Service) Supplies Depreciation and interest on Hospital Property Clinics Total Expenses

49,419 6,903 56,322

5-1,323 8,033 59,356

4,495 1,869 6,364

4,549 1,967 6,516

11-0 3.7 8,9

11.3 4.1 9,1

1,299 3,747 5,046

1,375 3,657 5,032

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OTHER REVENUE

Contributions Interest - Net Other (Cafeteria Receipts, Clinic Grants and Miscellaneous) Total Other Revenue Total Revenue

1981

PATIENT DAYS

8,750

12,972 22,949

1982

OPERATIONS 11,146

9,877

Major Minor Total

• RADIOLOGY 1,619 5,207

1,473 4,943

1,465 455

600 380

Diagnostic Exams Radioisotopes X,Ray and Radiation Therapy

19,892

17,273

139

191

LABORATORY TESTS ElECTROCARDIOGRAM PHYSICAL THERAPY PULMONARY SERVICES EM£RGENCY ROOM ONCOLOGY VISITS GJ.•D. CLINIC VISITS

44,243 2,073 9,684

47,726 2,393 9,576

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~86,215

10,141 9,492 29,223 21,466 6,092 1,627

10,516 . 10,056 34,206 22,838 5,622 1,602

Alan Knight, Executive- Director , 1982 could aptly be described as a year of change, or more accurately, as a year of changes. Number 795 Middle Street looks vastly different in 1982 than it did in 1981. That difference was of course the most visible change. There were, however, many others, including legislative changes that will significantly alter the way Hospitals in Massachusetts provide services to the communities they serve. Wit.h the building project, spring saw the demolition of the original Hospital and completl0.n of the Service Building, the North Addition, and the Entry Addition; also, constructIOn of the West Addition - the final phase of new construction. Our attractive modern fa~i1ities inclu'de new Emergency, Radiology, Cardiac Testing, Pediatrics, Dietary, and Matenals Management Departments. Major renovations in other Hospital areas added to the completeness of the new look. Most appropriately, the newly renovated Chapel came out of the shadow of the 1906 building and has now become the focal point of the Hospital. The layout of our new Hospital is not only attractive but also efficient. A streamlined int~rdepartmenta.l layout allows for a smooth flow of activity and a swift response to patient emergenCIes. Updated and increasingly sophisticated, diagnostic equipment adds to the overall effectiveness of patient care. Also,' new systems of food processing and distribution and a npw m.;>t ..ri::oJ.: ","h"6crncnt "ph::1J1 hdve l:reared more efticient support services to the nursing staff. Anew player has emerged as a dominanfforce influencing the future course of health care ..:... big bU~iness. The Massachusetts Business Roundtable successfully lobbied for passag~ ofa bill known as Chapter 372. The essence of 'the Bill involved a systematic reduction over the next three years of real dollars paid for Hospital services. The new law repla~es the cha<:>ti~ system of reimburseme~tand financial planning with a more rational but highly restnctlve system. For St. Anne s, Chapter 372 meant having to tighten our belts and implementing significant change. That change center~ around the challenge to work harder at controlling costs. We must look at more creative and efficient ways of delivering health care. In this year of changes, St. Anne's charged ahead with plans that will result in future physical changes. In January, plans were filed for the construction and equipping of a new, modern oncology center; This new center will allow cancer patients to receive modern st~te-of-the-art care in a quiet, rrivate office setting, while still retaining the advantages of bemg part of the main Hospita and its support network. It is a major commitment to the . area's cancer treatment needs. As the view on Middle Street changed, so too will the view of the Hospital o~ South Main Street. In July, approv~1 was given to .tear dow~ the old Rosenthal bt:tildings ~o make way forbadl}' needed parkmg. Construction of a link between the mam Hospital and . Clemence Hall is also part of this project., Physical changes aren't the only ones for which the Hospital has planned. The Hospital's Radiology Department will be changing an old radiographic/fluroscopic machine for a new one. By doing so, the final remaining old piece of equipment will be replaced. A joint effort with Charlton Memorial Hospital was also initiated. This effort is aimed at bringing full-body CT scanning capabilities to Fall River. . Two new services were also part of the change within the Hospital in 1982. First, the Hospital now' has a fully equipped Electroencephalographic Department, with a new renovated area and a state-of-the-art 20-channel EEG machine. This new service allows the Hospital to diagnose brain function disorders. Second, the Hospital initiated Project H.E.L.P. This program, made possible through a grant from Bristol County Home Care for the Elderly provides qualified people, yarticularl y the frail elderly, with a transmitter that can be activated in the event of medica crisis or oth'er emergency. This would sound an' alarm in the Hospital Emergency Department and a neighbor or the police would be dispatched to the person's home. This service, available at no charge, affords people who might normally have to be institutionalized, the opportunity to live independently. . ' As is true every year, we remain deeply committed to our role as a Catholic community Hospital. In the past year'multi-disciplinary committees worked to strengthen ~he Hospital's philosop~~ anCl mission st~tements. These statements wil.l pro~ide guidance m the day-to-day activIties of the Hospital and help assure that care IS delIvered in the . Christian tradition. The charisma of· the Hospital's founding Dominican Sisters of the Presentation also remains an integral part of the Hospital's mission. St. Anne's Hospital looks ahead to 1983 with both cautiousness and enthusiasm. As previously mentioned, the most formidable task will be to develop a strategy to deal with the next two years of Chapter 372. Hospital leadership will continue to be active on the le~i~lative front to try to i.nfluence health care policy in a way that. will help to preserve its ab~ltty t.o.carry out the mis~ion of a <;atholic, c.ommunity Hospital. Of particular concern at thiS wntmg, IS the potential for a bill that Will severely tighten up the Determination of Need process. Other, more pleasant tasks that lie ahead, include the completion of the Link, and Parking project, and the anticipated ground-breaking of the new Oncology Center. Finally, the Director would like to personally thank Sister Mary Patricia, the Board, the Administrative. Staff, the Medical Staff, Employees, the Friends of St. Anne's, and Volunteers. It is their commitment that has allowed St. Anne's Hospital to continue to provide quality Catholic health care to the fall River community. .

THE ANCHOR-Diocese' O"f Fall River-fri., April 22, 1993

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About homosexuality By Dr. James and Mary Kenny

Recently we wrote a column on homosexuality in which we Dal Y: . : •• made a distinction between ~THE - A LS0 ual preference and sexual beCATERING TO WEDDINGS havior. We noted that some peoAND IANQUm pIe, through no fault .of their Rte. 28, East Falmouth own, have strong homosexual - C LOll • • 0 A Tinclinations. \.lIIIclt111• • I •• 1:10 • • • Hosts _ Paul & Ellen Goulet People with homosexual in.,....., 111ft " . . . cI inations are not immoral. D " - ....., , • • 11•• P.II. 548-4266 or 548-4267 . ~~@8esgIP"'eilr~"~2.~·,a'e"83'8a:i~~~88~~i!88~8a:i~~~.· Morality involves what people ~ do, whether they are homosexuals or heterosexuals. We received much mail in response to that column. Half was hateful. The other half was from pe0ple who have suffered from society's cruelty. We were particularly touched by two letters one from a mother and one from a young man. We are publishing them without furtlier comment as eloquent expressions of the pain involved in this situation. Dear Dr. Kenny: I am a male Members Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. adult and I am bomoseawaL I am 'not proud of this and I would do anytbiDg 'to ebange it. I have prayed until I am blue in the face and It hasn't changed things one bit. I bave gone to one of the .best doctors in this field and he was not able to help either. The ROUTE 6-between Fall River and New Bedford one thing he did, bec-.e I

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were living under' the same roof, but considering a sePeratioo. I. took the full brunt' _ _ \:J' thOPght my heart woUld breaJL'·.. Later I sbared it wltb.... oldest son.' It \yaSD't e8syl.,,· him, but his l~ for ... ~, er erased aD the upset. We both' knew be J1eII!ded our love and support. 'J1u'ouIb.the years their relatlonsblp lias remained a loving one. I sought counsel from my family doctor. My doctor said, "Margaret, accept your SOIl a.s you have aeeepted othef pfIysleaI ...... emotional tact. in ~..

Dear Dr. Keany: When my SOD . shared with me that he was a ebI1dreb." ' .• ". ' homosexual, I was stuDDed. As I eouId not have askeld for a be poured his heart out to me, I more gentle, warm aDd ldad SOD could feel his pain. than tie. To all my sons are He thought of taking bls life Goers ebildreu, speeial ill his rather thaD hurt me. As be talkaDd my eyes too. J ed, I -~-Id onlY see the f.ace 0 f eyes I know my SOD bas many .plt~ the SOD who brought me break- faDs ahead. I only lmow I wlll fast when I was m, who helped always be proud to call hila IDV with the ebores, who played son. i' with his brain-injurecI youIIger brother. 1'he young man who ODe So dear parents, let's just love day said, "Mom, when I get -them and aeeept them as Go4's married I am going to have chil- special eblldren. I wouId·.DOt dreD." cbange him as be is the ·best AD these thoughts raced young SOD any mother wouhI' be through my mincL I eould only proud of. - Florida embrace blm and tell him bow Reader questions on family much I loved him. and chlld eare are lDvitecl Ad11Ie most difficult part was dress The Kenny., Box 872, St. that I could not &bare it with .Joseph's CoIlep, ReIIII.elaer, my busband. At the time we Ind. 47978.

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Joba Maher Watergate," Reynolds saltt."','to WASHlNGTON (NC) - ABC- be a politician was' to be a TV News Anchorman Frank crook." Many younger reporters Reynolds told Catholic educa- particularly saw their role as -tors that' they and he "have a finding out what crimes poliwere committing, he common obligation . . • to tell ticians said. "Journalism had to go the truth as we see it." Addressing a general session through a growing up process." "A certain cynicism developof the National Catholic Educational Association convention in ed that was bad for our instituWashington April 6, Reynolds tions, bad for our country," , discussed ·the difficulties tele- Reynolds said. the other hand, he said, On vision reporters and editors face as "we try to jam in what we many people in the United think is significant" in the short States do not understand a free press. "No public official.has the timealloted. "I am troubled "by our cover- right to be free from criticism, age of the situation in EI Salva- or analysis or examination." The president and other pubdor," he said, and added that he wondered how teachers discuss- lic officials do "have the right ed EI Salvador in the classroom. to give a speech without being Because technology has made interrupted." he said, noting that it possible to broadcast from the U.S. ambassadOr to the Unianywhere on earth "does' not ,ed Nations, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, mean the qU;ality of reporting has improved," he said. Among-, the obligations of news personnel, he listed: "to be certain; to be truthful; to be faotual; not to be demagogic. "You have to impart an understanding of a diversity which, in many respects "runs counter to the ancient tradition of the church," Reynolds told the teachers. "I have to pick out the nec:e$sary kernel of information People should have." "We give coverage to the pope," he said. "We can't show millions cheering him when we know millions do not subscribe to his position on birth control, even on abortion, when there are CatholiCS who do not." Journalists, Reynolds said, "feel an ob-' ligation to show the other side." FRANK REYNOtDS "In this city for a while after

being 'ac~rtiect ttitt right on some campuseS. The responsibility to report the news, to decide what information should be presented, to report bad news is a grave o~e. Reynolds said. But "If we grdhiary mortals don't make these decisions," someone else will, he jJaid noting that in commuriist countries the governmet1t decides what news people can read and see. He noted that The New Ye>.rk Times list of the top 10 books is filled with books about "loSing weight. making money, expanding sex." . "We have to make youngpeopie see -that there's more to. it than sensual gratification." be said. ''I would not presume to' cast tnyself as a teacher:' Reynolds said, "but YOl1are. Therecari be nothing more: precious, 'more, impo~t than those yoUng minds, and you have a<;cess to them!' Reynolds credited Pressident Reagan with contributing to ". resurgence of Civility" in the cOuntry. "He's a difficult man to hate," he said. "He dOes not inspire ,the kind of hate that was in' evidence in the country a few years ago." . Reynolds told the audience, which included many priests and Religious, "I tty, believe me, not to undo your good work. and' I hope you will continue to watch us in your chapter rooms." Concluding, he said, '~I will use all my influence with ABC, which is not much, to see that repeats .' of 'Thorn 'Birds' are scheduled at a somewbat different time!"

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 22, 1983

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Increase the calls to your service' WASHINGTON (NC) - Vocations to the priesthood and religious life exist for a specific mission "which is not to be confused with any other purely human ideal, however noble," Pope John Paul II said in his message for the 20th annual World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which will be observed Sunday. "Vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life exist in the church and for the church in accordance with God's plan which in his love he has willed to reveal to us," Pope John Paul said, "Therefore they exist for a specific mission of their own, which is not to be confused with any other purely human ideal however noble." In his message the pope also reminded all Catholics to work to foster vocations. "God calls whom he wishes out of free initiative. But he also wishes to call through us ... One should not fear to suggest directly to young or

not so young persons the call of the Lord," he said. The pope prayed: "Lord Jesus, in this Holy Year. through your spirit, increase the calls to your service: you read human hearts and you know that many are ready to follow you and work for you; give to many young and not so young people the generosity needed for accepting your call, give them the strength needed for accepting the sacrifices that this entails, give them the joy of carrying the cross that goes with their choice, as you were the first to carry it in the certainty of fhe resurrection." In a note accompanying the release of the papal message Auxiliary Bishop Anthony F. Mestice of New York, chairman of the bishops' Com mittee on Vocations called the day of prayer "a time of reflection and of prayer for the vocations of special consecration: to the priesthood, to the religious and missionary life, to the secular institutes, and to the permanent diaconate."

Dominican Siste:r,s have variedministrie,s

The Dominican Sisters of the the whole family as well as the patient and many families find Presentation of the Blessed Vir gin were founded in 1696 at comfort and strength through the ministry of our sisters in Sainville, France, by Marie Pous sepin. An apostle burning with Pastoral Care. zeal for the glory of God and As an outreach of the hospi the salvation of souls, our tal's ministry into the local com foundress was also a pioneer in munity, a sister is involved in the work of sO'cial improvement. the hospice program for the She and her sisters answered Greater Fall River area. Another the call of the Church and reo sister serves in the Catholic sponded to the critical needs of Deaf Apostolate of the diocese, the poor in 17th century France. ministering to the deaf of all ages who have fQr so long been They untiringly, devoted them neglected by society. ' selves to the people of god, es pecially to the care of the sick Marie Poussepin always insist poor, to the education of young ed on the sister's participation country girls, and to involvement in their local parishes and in the in the parishes in which they education of youth. In fidelity lived. to these ideals, a sister is teach Marie Poussepin had a keen, , ing religion at Taunton Catholic almost prophetic sense of the Middle School, and others are fundamental human rights of involved in religious education each person and of the Church's programs in St. Anne's parish, duty to help secure and guaran Fall River, St. Peter's, Dighton, tee those rights for all God's and St. John of God, Somerset. people. From the earliest days Our Congregation has also an of our Congregation's history swered the call qf the church be down to the present day, the yond the Fall River diocese.. sisters have followed our found Dominican Sisters of the Pre ress' prophetic vision and dedi sentation are active in the apos cation to the work of social jus tolate to the Hispanics in the tice and human promotion in dioceses of Providence, R.I., and their missionary and apostolic ,Brownsville, Texas, and the endeavors. archdiocese of Washington, D.C. In the diocese of Fall River, Our convent in' Washington is the Dominican Sisters of the Pre also a house of studies where sentation continue the tradition of Marie Poussepin, and her first sisters.' Our sisters can be found caring for the spiritual, physical, and psychological well being of the people of God. At Marian Manor in Taunton and Madonna Manor in North Attleboro, the elderly of our diocesan family can spend their last years in dignity, in an at mosphere of love, friendship, and spiritual richness which the sis ters foster and maintain by their involvement at every level: ad ministration, health care, pas toral care, and social services. St. Anne's Hospital is the fo cal point for the ministry of many of the sisters. Here also, in keeping with the charism of our fOU1'~dress, we care for the 'whole p€;rson, not just for ailing bodies. Sickness often strains The Dominican symbol

young women from many parts of the world find a home. In the missions of India, our sisters work with the poor, bringing the Gospel of Jesus and his healing love through their ministry in health care, education, parish involvement and evangelization. Whatever our ministries or apostolic involvement, every Dominican Sister of the Presen tation seeks above all to know and to reveal Jesus Christ and his mysteries. To this end, we

give a high priority to personal and community prayer and to community life lived in charity, simplicity, and humility. We strive to live the Gospel

in the spirit of St. Dominic and of our foundress. We are sent to bring God's love to the world through apostolic service rooted in and ever supported by prayer.

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The' Cross of Lorraine worn by the Sister of St. Joan of Arc is a constant. reminder of her three loves: Jesus, Mary and St. Joan. , The sisters commit themselves -to living the love of the Sacred Heart Qf Jesus for priests. They consecrate their lives "through him, with him and in him" in a spirit of reparation to Mary, Queen of the Clergy and to St. , Joan. ;' , Like! Mary at Nazareth, -the sisters .want to be a discreet and devoted presence as they serve :in rectories, religious SISTER FLORINA, superior of the Sisters of St. Joan houses, i bishops' residences and of Arc at the residence of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in Fall homes for retired priests. Like St. Joan, they strive to excel in River, serves the bishop and Msgr. John J. Oliveira. 'courage~ generosity and joy in the accomplishment of their vo cation. : Sisters of St. Joan of Arc, col laborating with the apostolate of priests, offer a spiritual ser . vice co~sisting of personal and liturgicarl prayer and sacrifice, consecr*ting each day to the Uniting contemplation with action we dedicate our lives to Sacred Heart for the labors of the service of Christ in His priests through Housekeeping priests throughout the world. I tasks in rectories, Bishops' houses, homes for retired priests, Sisters may join the com munity 'from age 18 to middle etc. Also, secretaries, sacristans, etc. age, with older candidates con FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, 'CONTACT: sidered ;on an individual basis. Some knowledge, of French is Vo~ation Directres's' Sisters of St. Joan of Arc needed by applicants and oppor ST. ANSELM COLLEGE MANCHESTER, N.H. 03102 tunities ; for learning the 'lang ,~age are offered.'

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Candidates spend some time with -the sisters to learn about the community lifestyle, then as postulants live in a commun ity in the United States or at the Canadian motherhouse in Sil lery, Quebec, for six months to a year to familiarize themselves with the St. Joan of Arc apos tolate. A two-year novitiate follows

be{ore temporary vows are made for a period of three to nine years. Perpetual profession is the last step in the process of be coming a full-fledged sister. The community was founded in 1914 by Father Marie Clement Staub, AA. At present it has 225 members serving priests in 38 residences in New England and Canada.

,Deacon total rises WASHINGTON (NC) - The ,other U.S. diocese or archdio Catholic Church in the United cese. Thirty deacons are administra States had 5,886 permanent dea cons as of Oct. 31, 1982, 711 tors of parishes or missions and more than there were in 1981 and 12 are among the heads of the 134 'diaconal training programs 1,230 more than in 1980, accord ing to statistics compiled by the in the United States. Of the 2,349 diaconal can4i Bishop's Committee for the Per-, dates, 202 came from a lay min manent' Diaconate. 45 had once been However, the number of can· istry program, members of a religious institute, didates for the diaconate de 112 had been seminarians, and creased 'slightly in 1982, follow six had received minor orders. ing a trend that began in 1980. Most deacons and candidates are aged 41 to ,60, married and white, the statistics reveal. There are 749 Hispanc deacons, 260 black deacons and 62' of some other racial-ethnic background. Six deacons are age 81 or older. . The Archdiocese of Chicago has more deacons; 430, than any

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 22, 1983

One person is of mor·e' value than a world

If you happen to visit St. Francis de Sales parish in Rox bury you may catch sight of Sister Mary Hart surrounded by a group of youngsters involved in a serious discussion or a hil arously good time together. You may run into Sister Te resa O'Leary working with par ish leaders and VOlunteers, train ing and enabling parishioners to provide social and human ser .vices to their fellow parishion ers. Or perhaps it is Sister Lor raine you may meet, out on a trip with some of the young girls entrusted to her care as Director of the diagnostic pro gram at Madonna Hall in M.arl boro. There is a good chance you will hear of Sister Helene Hayes who, as deputy project direc'tor, is working to. establish a shelter for homeless youth in Boston, called "Under 21." If you happen to drive up north you'll get Vlind of the ex citing new Pelleti~r Family Life Center staffed by three Sisters who are offering professional service, a growing array of ac tivities and fresh hope to th~ youth and families of Lowell. On your way home from work some night you might be caught in the same traffic jam with Sister Joanne McGovern who is returning to Roslindale from her job as a social worker with the State Department of Social Ser vices, offering hope to troubled teens; or Sister Joanne West water returning from her day spent in consoling, counseling, understanding and gently guiding the people who come to her seek ing hope and help with their personal and family problems at the Family Counseling and Guidance Center in ,Braintree. Who are these women? They are Sisters of the Good Shep herd whose special mission is one of rcvealinng thecompas

sionate love of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, to those who are lost, abandoned and without hope. With a willingness to go wherever people are in crisis, to view no situation as hope less and with a true faith in the immense value and dignity of the human person, the sisters live out their mission of recon ciliation. Their tradition is not new. Back in 1867 five sisters arrived in Boston at the invitation of Archbishop Williams to work among the people of the Arch diocese. They shared the belief of their foundress, St. Mary Eu phrasia, that "one person is of more value than a world." For over 100 years the Good Shep herd Sisters served young girls and women in ne~d with a spirit of welcome, kindness and under standing. A particularly exciting ven ture is the creation of the Pelle tier Family Life Center in Low ell. This program occupies the talents, energies and zeal of three Good Shepherd Sisters who rerently moved to that city 'in response to the needs of youth and families in need of services. The three, sisters Jane Mc Veigh, Ellen Powers 'and There-. sa Munger, spent some time in evaluating the social service needs of the parish which serves sections of North Chelmsford and Lowell. They realized that increased fragmentation and economic pressures are the primary causes of stress in families today and observed that people are seek ing greater meaning in their lives. . The goal of the Family Life Center "is to put people in touch with God." The sisters hope to assist parishioners in discover ing life's meaning as well as deepening their interpersonal re lationships.

Pelletier Center services in clude individual and family counseling, parent support groups, Bible study groups, ser vices for the elderly, advocacy for those in need. Future services will be developed as needs are identified, such as those of s~ngle parents, the separated and divorced, the terminally ill, those in grief and youngsters needing guidance and support. In addition to her work in the parish, Sister Jane is a coun selor at Life Options Associates in Lexington and is a certified alcoholism counselor. In Marlboro, at Madonna Hall, the Good. Shepherd' pro grams have also diversified. In addition to a long-term residen tial program for teenage girls, the sisters conduct a six-week diag nostic program for 12 girls and a day care center for children of working parents. No matter what their ministry, the sisters find the support and love they experience in com munity living a source of strength and encouragement. The com munities in Roslindale, Lowell and Marlboro feel one with their neighbors and hope by their communal'presence to be a sign of God's presence and his con cern for his people. Their personal relationship of love with Jesus is nourished by their life of daily prayer, en abling them to strive to become more and more like Jesus the Good Shepherd..

The Good Shepherd Sisters are also sustained by their special fourth vow "to spend their lives in zeal in the $ervice of the most needy." This vow unites 7,500 sisters who serve in 60 coun tries. Zeal is at the heart of a Good Shepherd vocation, compelling the sisters to seek after the lost, to bind the wounded, to make

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of F~II River-Fri., April 22, 1983 , ly' held: at the Massachusetts -.'

State House He was chosen by 'his clas$mates last October to attend the annual all-day session which gives·students a hands on expetience of state govern ment. : Also at Feehan milsicians and singers are prep'aring their an nual spring concert; to be pre sented at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1. to be featured are con cert and; jaz~ bands, directed by Joseph Taylor, and adult and student I choruses, directed by Elaine Saulnier. The student chorus' also has on its s~hedule a May 5 and 6 trip to Portland, Maine, to re turn an: exchange concert with McAuley, High School. A 10-mile walkathon is i>lan~ ned for Wednesday, April 27, be ginning and ending at the Fee han chapel. Prizes will include a red Renault "Le Car" as the ~ap aw¥d and proceeds will benefit ~hool activities.

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By Cecllla Belanger

A 17-year-old gid recently told me she has lost friend after friend because she could not go along with their, lifestyle. She was serious about school 'work; they were not. She. was serious about ethics and morals; they were not. This is not the first' girl w1th such a story.. And there are boys with the same problem. Many young people wish to be pure but the pressure is on from a dozen direction~ and they need support. Said the young lady: "How come there are support groups for everything else und~r - the sun, but none for young people who wish to remain virgin?" We are concerned about water and 'air, yet how many really care about purity? Young sters don't want to be thought "different," but what a wonder ful way to be different! If only the media would focus on that difference and make it as attractive as they try to make the erotic display of the body! Books written by the coarse-minded, films and TV, shows made by the same, are the most popular and make the most money. They tell us they mirror society. Who needs to have it mirrored? I blame the people in control of the media for not being up front with _responsible leader ship. Youngsters just entering their teens,are coming around a very difficult comer today. They're visible and they're vul nerable.

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Old values are Indeed -disap pearing, and what is replacing them? A grandparent wrote, "I . feel that society is deliberately trying to break and tear down all the good things centuries have built up. I don't think we are any longer worthy of the good earth God created for us.... Youth are caught between several fires. Many long to be liberated from an easy moral code that is ruining their lives. They are oppressed, sometimes by their peers. But the op presssors need 'liberation too.

Bishop Connolly

Stang

Seniors are looking forward to their prom, set for Thursday, Students and faculty are pre May 5, at the Coachmen restau paring for a pastoral visit Wed rant, Tiverton. It will be pre nesday by Bishop Dan,iel A Cronin. The Connolly Chorus ,ceded at 6 p.m. in the Stang gymnasium by the traditional will lead singing at a concele brated Mass at which members "present~tion" of attendees, to of the Acolyte Society will serve. which family and friends are Honor cards were recently welcome. On FIlday, May 6, all seniors distributed to outstanding stu and underclassmen who attend dents, 'while among scholar ed the prom will be excused ships awarded to seniors ·have been a Notre Dame grant to from classes. A Career Awareness Day for Donald Fleming and a Clark juniors and seniors is planned University grant to Steve Belanger. I ' . A debate, on the merits, of a nuclear freeze was. reCently con ducted by two social studies ,classes with Mr. Gerry McKeon, SJ, as moderator ' Seniors Denise Rogers and Pat Cavanagh have been nominated by faculty vote to cOhtend for: the title of Elk Teenager of the Year.

Bishop Feehan Junior Sergio Pedro represent edthe Attleboro· high school at Student Government Day recent-

for Wednesday, May 4. Fresh men and sophomores will have no school.

Coyle-Cassidy

Featured in the production, directed by Joanna Alden, will be 32. drama club members. Major roles will be taken by Robert Perry, Christopher Alden, Kathleen Roster and Christine Place.

The' C-C drama Club will pre sent "Bye Bye Birdie," its third Stage manager will be Joseph annual Broadway musical, at 8 Coelho, assisted by a ,large com p.m. tomorrow and at 2 p.m. mittee. Sets designed by him and Sunday at the Taunton high . Mrs. Alden are being built by school's auditorium. Addition students and backdrops designed ally an open dress rehearsal for by Kathleen Roster and Kath youth groups and senior citizens , leen Alden are being painted by will be staged at 2 p.m. tomor them and other cast members. row.

the right love relationship. J3ut the song confuses love and ro, mance. , "Lying on the sand watching seabirds fly" might be great for a vacation, but it does little in achieving goals - including the goal of love. I suggest that the best way to find love is to love. To focus on the search for romance alone By Charlie Martin may lead to frustration. Love given as a free gift of i IT MIGHT BE YOU concern for another is always I Time within a person's power. No I've beeD passing time watching trains go by matter what our age or situation, All of my life we can decide to love. Lying on the sand watching seabirds.fly Many people yearn to meet Wishing there would be someone waiting home for me someone with whom they can

I Somthing's telling me that It might be you share a unique relationship. The

~t:s telling Die that It might be you best .way to build such a possi·

'All of my Ufe" ' , bility is 'to develop the ability to

Looking back as lovers go walking past love. If romance also resultS, it

NI of my life ' . is most likely to happen freely

Wondering how they met and what makes it last and naturally. , In found :the place would I recognize the face People need to live their lives ~ome~lng's telling me that It might be you as fully as possible. Too often So many quiet words to take . they concentrate their efforts on So many dreams' to wake ' finding a special love: l ' And we' have so much love to make , But concentrated efforts to I think that we're going to need some time' latch orito rO,mance often scare Maybe all we' need is time a person away. Also, such con· It's tellIng me it might be you centration can keep people from An of my life . . . ' exploring and' enjoying other I've been saving' love songs and lullabies' sides of' their personality and And there Is so inuch'more , interests. . ~ ,No one's ever heard before 'People are attracted. to those Something's telling me that it might be you who seem very alive. The best Ws telling me that it must be you .' way to enhance attractiveness And I'm feeling that it will just be you is' ·to interact with many people All my life ;and pursue a variety of interests. I ' ', ' " 'Life presents very few <lead ends Sung b~ Stephen Bishop, written by Dave GroshI', Marilyn imd for those who seek out creative Alanl Bergman, © n982 by Gold Horizon Music Corp., BMI ways to use it. . : and Golden Torch Music Corp., ASCAP. Your comments are welcome• I Address Charlie Martin, 1218 S. STEPHEN BISlHlOP'S "It Might popular film with Dustin Hoff Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Be You" is the~ song that doubled man. a:;; the th'eme for "Tootsie," the The lyrics speak about finding Ind. 47714.

FATHER GEORGE HARRISON, Father Peter Grazi ano and principal Thomas Donahue confer before opening of Social Awareness Day at Bishop St~ng High Schoo~, North Qartmouth. {ather Harrison is Stang chaplain, Father Grazianp, diocesan director of Catholic Social Services, de livered the dl:\y's keyitote (Gaudette Photo) , . - . .. address. -

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AMONG ACTORS in "Kiss Me, Kate," recently pre sented by the Bishop Feehan Theatre Company were, seated from left, Michael Dillon, Peter Collin; standing, Ray Cord, Tim Dillon. '

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By Bill Morrissette

portswQtch St. Anne Cheerleaders Runners-Up The St. Anne parish cheerleading squad of Fall River took second place in the New Enghind senior CYO cheerleading competition held in Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, Conn., last Sunday. St. Francis Xavier of Acushnet was third. The senior CYO champions of the Fall River Diocese finished with 264 points, only two points back' of champion Mount Carmel of Waterbury Conn., which put on a flawless performance. Winners of several tournaments the St. Anne cheerleaders have been coached by Carol Ann Nagle and Celeste Marcis·

zyn for the past three years an,d have won several awards, in eluding one as the most original and creative unit in the Western Massachusetts CYO tournament last February in Grafton. In that tournament Carol and Celeste, who previously coached the Bishop Gerrard High School squad to several tournament crowns, Including New England titles, were given awards as super psyche coaches. The cheerleaders, 15 to 19 years old, practice 20 hours a week 11 months of the year, May through the next April.

St. George Race Tomorrow The 6.2 mile road race for the benefit of St. George's School in Westport will be held at noon tomorrow, starting and ending at the school on route 177, ad jacent to Lincoln Park. There will be four divisions: elementary, eighth grade and younger; high school; open, post high school through 39 years of age; and masters, 40 years of age and o.l~er.. Gift certificates will be award ed to the first three finishers in each division and, in addition,

the first 50 to cross the finish line will receive running caps. There wiU be water stations, timers on the course, and re freshments after the race. Com· puterized timing and results are being provided. The entry fee, payable before the race, is $5 for the open .div isions, $4 for the high school division,$2 for the elementary divsion. The race is- held on the feast of St. George in conjunction with the church festival.

Priestly Tourney Champions Champions were crowned last Sunday in the Fall River CYO's Sam Priestly Memorial Tournament. Sparked by Chris Nasiff, who scored 18 points, Immaculate Conception defeated Holy Name by the score of 50-33 in the Division B tournament final. Steve Pontes contributed 12 points in the Immaculates' vic· tory and Mike Herrin's 19 points for Holy Name was the game high. In the Class C competition Kevin Riley set the scoring pace with 19 points as SS. Peter and Paul defeated St. William, 31.20, in the final. John Pacheco was St. William's top scorer with seven points. The final for the Priestly championship went into over· time in which St. Stanislaus outscored Our Lady of Health, 8-4, for a 60-56 victory. Jim Medeiros's field goal with 13 seconds remaining in regulation time for Saint Stanislaus tied the score at 52-52 and forced the contest into overtime. Chris Holden scored 15 points, Brian Gibbons 14 for the champions, Jerry Nientemp 14 and Mark Medeiros 13 for Our Lady of Health. The tournament honors the memory of Sam Priestly who for many years was director of CYO activities in the Anawan Street building. Gilbert Santo Christo, a 156-

pounder who fights out of the Fall River CYO, is at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where he will have the opportunity to dis play his ability and, hopefully, be picked to join one of the United States international teams. American Boxing Federation and Golden Gloves champion of Southern New· England, Santo Christo is the third Fall River CYO boxer coached by Ron Comeau to get an invitation to the Olympic training camp. Preced ing him were Chris McDonald and Dave Gauvin. In consideration of the sue cess he has had with his pro teges Comeau has been invited to be one of the coaches in the Olympic trials and he will leave for Colorado Springs on May 3. A tie score in a track meet? Not very likely and certainly not very often but it does happen and it did happen last Monday afternoon at John Harrington Field, Diman Yoke High School, where Bishop Connolly High's Cougars and the Warriors of Coyle and Cassidy High tied 72Y2 to 72Y2 in a Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Div ision Three dual meet. A high point in this unusual meet was the dead heat for first place in the mile run in which Connolly's Tim Duffy and Coyle's Chri6 Lamb were both clocked at 4:57.

THE ANCHOR Friday, April 22, 1983

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NOTE Please check dates and times of television and radio programs against local list ings, which may differ from the New York Jretwork sched ules supplied to The Anchor. Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewingj PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; -A4-separate classification (given to films ·not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis . and explanation); O-morally offensive.

New Films "Max Dugan Returns" (Fox): A long-absent father (Jason Ro bards) turns up at the home of his daughter (Marsha Mason), an impoverished widow with a teen·age son (Matthew Broder· ick). He's burdened with mortal ity - he only has six months to live - remorse, and also more than a half-million in cold cash of dubious origin. This bland, contrived comedy, written by Neil Simon,. is mildly amusing thanks to the skill of its per formers. There is mild verbal vulgarity and a fuzzy moral stance on stealing, but since the picture is so innocuous, it is rated A2, PG. "Monty Python's The Mean ing of Life" (Universal): This latest Python outing - John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin - is a throwback to the group's early sketch format but 'it breaks new ground in terms of grossness for its own sake. There are some funny moments, but sequences on organ trans· plants and gluttony are so vile they are almost unwatchable. The Python humor remains surprisingly toothless, the prod· uct of bright boys who lack sufficient education and pass ion to zero in properly on their targets. Because of attacks on formal religion,graphic nudity, and thel grossness already noted, this film is rated 0, R. Films on TV Sunday, April 24, 8 p.ol. (NBC) - "Going In Style" (1980) Three senior citizens, George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Stras berg, decide to augment their retirement income by robbing a bank in this sentimental comedy which is more senti· mental than comic and has a difficult time dealing with a sub· ject, bank robbing, that is not especially amusing these days, Mediocre. Some vulgar and pro· fane language and a blurred moral focus. A3, PG Sunday, Aplrl 24, 9 Porn. (ABC) - "Melvin and Howard" (1980) - A supreme American loser and a supreme American winner forge a bond based upon mutual respect in this touching comedy

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about a gas station attendant who discovers he is one of How· ard Hughes' heirs. This is the kind of movie that can't help but make you feel a little better about this crazy country of ours. Because of incidental nudity and some profane and vulgar lang uage, this movie has been classi· fied A3, PG. Monday, April 25,9 p.m. (NBC) - "How to Beat the High Cost of Living" (1980) - Three housewives decide to pull off an intricate robbery to solve their financial problems. Some sexually oriented humor and some brief nudity· that may be cut for television. A3, PG Religious Broadcasting - TV Sunday, April 24, 10:30 a.m. Diocesan Television Mass. "Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Gra~ ziano, diocesan director of social !iervicesj Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Islandj and Rabbi Baruch Korff. This week's topic: The Jewish View of Messiah. "The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci. 7:30 a.m, each. Sunday, Channel 27. "MarySon," a family puppet show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m.· each Thurs day, Fall River and New Bed· ford cable channel 13. "Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m. each Monday, cable chan· .nel 35. Sunday, April 24, (ABC) "DI· rections" "Reporting the News: Ethics and Responsibili ties." Sunday, April 24, (CBS) "For Our Times" - "Genetic Fron· tier." On Radio Charismatic programs are heard from Monday through Fri· day on station WICE 1210 AM; Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Edward McDonough, 8:15 a.m.; Father Real Bourque, 8:45 a.m. Father McDonough is also on WMYD from 1:30 to 2 p.m. each Sunday.

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Dolores Del Rio NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. Dolores Del Rio, 77, a screen star in both Mexico and the United States from 1925 until the 1960s, died April 11 at her home in Newport Beach, Calif. She had been in failing health. Miss Del Rio, a member of Our Lady Queen of Angels par ish in Newport Beach, received the last rites of the church from Father James Dunning, associate pastor. (NC) -

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 22, 1983

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Continued from Page Six SACRED HEART HOME, NB

Dames Patronesses: annual meeting and tea 2 p.m: Sunday. All welcome. New members in vited. SS. PETER

& PAUL,FR

Grade three -parents are in vited to a performance of "The Magic Piper" at 7 ,p.m. Thursday. CCD report cards should be returned Monday. Charities Appeal workers will meet after 11 'a.m. Mass Sunday. Tuesday meetings: Spiritual Life Committee, 7 p.m.; Activi ties, 8 p.m., both in rectory. Postcards to legislators con cerning tuition tax credits will be distributed at all Masses this weekend. ST. STANISLAUS, Fit

Supportive prayers are re quested of parishioners for Fa ther Robert S. Kaszynski,pastor, attending 'a national conference of bishops' liaisons to the charis matic renewal in San Antonio, Texas. BL.SACRAMENT,J[R

Vincentians will 'attend 10 a.m. Mass Sunday, observing their 150th anniversary. A brunch will follow in the church hall.

O.L. GRACIE, WESTPORT

A Mass ofthanksgiv.ing at 4 p.m. Sunday, lYIay 15, followed by a testimonal dinner at 6 p.m. at White's restaurant, West port, will honor Father Edmond R. Levesque, pastor for 10 years, now transferred to St. Theresa's parish, South Attleboro. Susan Broadbent, president of ,the Council of Cathol'ic Women, is chairperson of the testimoniai, aided by presidents of other par ish 'groups. Informa,tion: 678 8656, 674-6527, 676-8355. FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N.DARTMOUTH

Engaged Encounter Weekend starts tonight. Diocesan Department of Con tinuing Education: meeting, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. CARE program, St. Dominic, Swansea: Wednesday. ST.ANNE,NB

The 75th anniversary of the parish will be celebrated next October. A preparatory planning meeting will be held Tuesday. All welcome. Among anniversary projects will be cup plates bearing the image of the ,original church 'and a parish cook>bookand his tory miscellany.

, IMMACULATE N. EASTON

CONCEPTIO~

New Iofficers of the We the Parish 'Association are Roni Herlihy; vice-president and Gre Messler, secretary. They will be linstalledat 7 p.m. Mass' Saturday, May 21. A dinner dance will follow in the parish hall. The association will sponsor a baccalaureate Mass for parish 'high sc~ool graduates at 11 :30 a.m. Sunday, May 29, under the chairmanship of Kay Fulcher. First : communion: 10 a.m. Mass Sunday. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN

Paul :Bromley, 'a researcher associated w.ith recent studies of the Holy Shroud, will speak at 7:30 I p.m. Tuesday in the church ~all. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANS~A

Parish council 'elections will be held lit all Masses this week end. ' . Vincentians will attend 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, honoring their fo~nder, Frederic Ozanam.. I

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET

First ,communicants: rehearsal 11 a.m. :Saturday, April 30. The Women's Guild 'is spon soring Ithe Father Waldron Scholarship for a student enter'; ing college. Applications at the rectory. 1

BREAD ;OF LlIFE PRAYER GROUP

Meeting 7:30 ,tonight, Blessed Sacrament' Church, Fall River. Teaching by Father John Gomes, witness, ,liturgy, healing and prayer ministry.

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Sister Yvette Beford, SSA, will conduct a day of centering prayer from 10 a.m. to 4' p.m. tomorrow. Information: 222 5410. A healing service is scheduled for 2 .p.m. Sunday in the Peo ple's Chapel. Father Andre Patenaude, MS, will speak on "A Suffering God and the Eas ter Experience," and there will be laying on of hands following the Eucharistic liturgy.

Meeting: 7:30 ,p.m. Monday, St. Louis de France School. Open to 'all ,bereaved parents. Information: 676-8458.

Peace in Namibia WASHINGTON (NC) - The US. government should make a "constructive contribution to peace" in Namibia by supporting a cease-fire, withdrawal of South African troops and the holding of UoN.-supervised elections, said the Administrative Board of the U.S.. Catholic Conference. The board added that negotiations for the independence of Namibia, also known as South West Af rica, should not be tied to other issues in southern Africa.

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First communion: 9:15 a.m. Mass Sunday. Junior Youth Group: meeting 10:30 a.m. tomorrow; roller skat_ ing 1- to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Susan Tracy of the parish se nio Girl ,Scout troop, is repre senting the diocese at a confer ence on religious awards for Scouts and Camp Fire members in McKeesport, Pa. .

The 50 bishops who make up the board said they based their recommendations on a statement that the Southern African Cath olic Bishops' Conference issued last May.

WIDOWED, C~'PE COD

The Widowed Apostolate will meet 'at 3 ,p.m. Sunday in the lower 'hall of St. Francis Xavier Church, 347 South St., Hyannis. Discussion topic: "Ye Shall Be Comforted." The group will not· meet in May but will join the Cape Cod Conservatory June 6 for a trip to a Boston Pops con cert. Information: 428-7078.

South Africa's white minority government has ruled Namibia since the end of World War I under a League of Nations man date. In 1966 the United Nations withdrew the mandate and in 1971 the International Court of Justice declared South African rule illegal.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET

Holy Ghost observance: Quar ta Dominga, home of Affonso Oliveira, 102 Wellesley Dr., Somerset. Rosary at 8 p.m. nightly, with priests of parish on Friday, April 29.

Father Bruce Ritter

SWEET TALK You won't like what you ~re going to read. Before ' you let your children read this article, make sure you feel it is appropriate for them todo so. What follows I ' , is a verbatim transcript of a taped conversation one ormy kid~. had with areally rotten pimp, known on the streets as Sweet Talk. I've changed the names and cleaned up his filthy language and edited the text only where necessary to clarify its meaning. Every y~ar, thousands of girls like Margie, and thousands of boys, run away from pimps like Sweet Talk, fleeing for their lives-and hundreds of these kids end up at our UNDER 21 center. If you ever wond'er why our doors stay open 24 hours a day why I will fire any staff member who turns a child away and why I insist that our en trances be patrolled day and night, seven days a week by .armed guards, this transcript will make it totally clear.

New York City Police Department, a Mid-Manhattan Precinct, today's date is 8-16-82 and the time is fourteen hun dred hours. This investigation is being conducted under rna· jor case 04128 on complaint number 5847. The following isa recording of a telephone conversation between the complai nant, Margaret Steward, and the subject, Jerome Thatcher a.k.a. Sweet Talk. My name is Margaret Steward and I live at 874 W. 29th , Street. I was born on April 6, 1965. The following is a telephone 'conversation being recorded by Police Officer O'Brien. This recording is being made with my knowledge

and I hereby consent to such a recording.

Margie: "Yes, can I speak to room 190"

Sweet Talk: "Hello?"

Margie: "Hello." .

Sweet Talk: "Hey, Margie, what's happening? Where you

at?" Margie: "At the home." (our UNDER 21 center) Sweet Talk: "Why'd you call?" Margie: "Because." Sweet Talk: "You had me thinking that you wanted to come back to me ... .1 want to know why you called?!" Margie: "Cause I'm scared to come back." Sweet Talk: "Why's that?" Margie: "Because look at all the stuff that happen ed to me. You broke my cheek, and Father Bruce RitteiJ,r OFM Can v., /s the founGer anG Pres/Gent of Covenant Housel NDER 2.1, which operates crisis centers for homeless and runaway boys and gIrls.

screwed up my teeth...and you don't think

I'm seiued of you? If I come back, are you

. gonnet' send me to work? You know I'm'

, sick. I just got out of the hospital...It's not

worth; it. I;m out here busting my tail for you and you just act like you don't care." Sweet Talk: "You Know I do, I don't know why you even , , say th~t." "If you care, why are you always running Margie: up to hte and grabbing me? And why are you always threatening my momma?" Sweet Talk: "Hey, I'm gonna tell you, girl, you ajn't seen nothing yet. I'm telling you, you done got me . to the point, girl, where Ifeel like riding to your ,momma's and killing everybody in the house. Because I told you, next time you leave me you gorma pay, or somebody in your family's gonna pay. Itake this too serious, girl. You un derstand what I'm saying! You went into the 'hospit~1. You came out, and now youjustgot ta go to work! Point blank! What more can I tell YOll?Now it's time for you to sell your tail." Margie: "You'r'e starting to make it one of those 'pimp/hooker' relationships. I mean you're'starting to whip me and things like that. I h-tean, if you really cared about me, you wouldn't be sendin' me" out in the 'streets'to do that stuff." Sweet Talk: "I just Want you to get through your mind that this ain't no cat and mouse game, girl. You know I'm a pimp and I know you're a whore. You know wha,t I'm saying. Hey, I'm thinking about coming to pick you up, OK?" "I'm alteady in the building, they ain't gon Margie: na let me out." Sweet Talk: "Damn iit, if you wanted to come out of there, you'd come o'ut of there! Now don't go han ding m~ this crap across the phone! You hear me?" Margie: "I can't leave now! Security's out there, and because..." Sweet Talk: "Hell with security. Just tell them you're going home t6 your momma. What're they gonna do, tell~ou no you can't go!?" "No, they're gonna tell me to wait. And Margie: they're:gonna call her 'cause, these peo ple up ,here are scared to let me go out side." Sweet Talk: "You don't want to be with me now?" Margie: "I don't know, I gottago."

I feel almost like washing my mouth out with soap. I decided to Iet Sweet Talk speak for himself. I mean this really happens every day to hundreds of kids all over the country. It's not a myth, a fantasy, or an episode of some late night TV drama. There are, this morning, a half dozen other girls in our centers who have also escaped from this incredible type of slavery. Margie made this tape-that is, she cooperated with the police in order to get Sweet Talk arrested. Because the word on the street was very simple and very clear: Sweet Talk was going to kill her. He's in jail now, thanks to the Pimp Squad of the NYPD. I hope he stays there for a long time. It took alot of courage to do what Margie did. I'm hap py to say she's back home now, reconciled with forgiving and loving parents. Because of you we are able to be here for Margie and the thousands of other kids-boys and girls, young men and young women-entrapped and enslaved in this vicious in dustry. . More than anyth ing else I need your'prayers for my kids, my casually heroic staff, and for myself. We also urgently need your continued financial help. I think you now know why we need both so desperately. I guess, too, I should ask you to pray for Sweet T-alk. I don't want to pray for him...but I'll try. We pray for you and your'kids all the time.

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