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DCCW CONVENTIONEERS: top, council president Madeline C. Wojcik and keynoter Father Alfred McBride; below, Our Lady of Good Counsel Award recipients, front row, frorilleft Mary Furtado, Leonor Luiz. Back, from left, Mary Murray, Karen Bergeron, Rosalie Connors. (Hickey photos)

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BRATISLAVA, Czechoslovakia (CNS) - Pope John Paul II's blitz visit to Czechoslovakia April 2122 symbolized to observers the victory of spiritual values and the yearning for human freedom over a totalitarian ideology.

The country's playwright-president Vaclav Havel called the trip "a miracle."

The pope announced an unprecedented synod of bishops from Eastern and Western Europe, to be held soon to reflect on this "historic moment" for the religious and political life of the continent.

It was the pope's first trip to an East European country since the crumbling of communist rule, and he emphasized that rebuilding society "cannot be only a political and economic event."

To avoid new disasters, the building blocks must be forged with spiritual, moral and cultural values, he said.

The pope also praised the "shining testimony" of Catholics who remained faithful during 40 years of communist repression.

The symbolic tone of the trip was set April 21 at the Prague airport arrival ceremony where Havel- who six months earlier was taken prisoner as an enemy of the communist state - greeted the pope :- who six months earlier was barred from naming bishops because of government opposition.

- Havel greeted the pope, sayrng, '''The messenger of love comes into a country devastated by the ideology of hatred; the living symbol of civilization comes into the country devastated by the rule of the· uncivilized."

At a meeting later in the even-

ing, the pope told Havel, "Today we stand before the ruins of one of the many towers of Babel in human history."

Efforts to build society, culture and human solidarity "upon denial of the transcendent dimension create, as at Babel, division of hearts and confusion of tongues," the pope said.

During the trip, the Polish-born pope harshly criticized communist efforts to restructure society from an atheistic philosophy that considered religion an error of the past. He encouraged the population, especially the nation's Catholics, to find unity and spiritual strength to face their new challenges.

The pope announced the special synod for Europe after an April22 Mass in Velehrad, the country's most important religious shrine and pilgrimage site. ' The pope did not give a date for the synod, but said it would allow European bishops "to reflect more attentively on the importance of this historic moment for Europe and the church." he said.

During the trip, the pope outlined his views on what should be a reciprocal relationship between Catholics in Eastern and Western Europe.

Western concern for providing material help in rebuilding the institutional and intellectual life of Eastern Catholics should be matched by Western willingness to be "enriched" from the strength forged by the harsh experience of repression, he said.

Regarding overall contlict with the West, the pope issued a stern

warning not to lower moral barriers.

"The dangers which the regaining of contacts with the West can bring must not be underestimated," he said in a message to the Czechoslovakian bishops.

In three outdoor Masses attended by more than I million people and in addresses to bishops, priests and religious, the pope constantly praised the steadfastness of Catholics since World War II, especially those "living or dead, who suffered for the faith in prisons, concentration camps, in exile."

The pope also outlined current church problems after four decades of "paralyzing passivity" res\,llting from "imposed atheism."

A main task is forging unity among Catholics who had diverse approaches to their faith, ranging from clandestine activity to collaboration with the government, he said.

The pope made clear that such distinctions must cease so that a single church emerges. This includes accepting priests from the Pacem in Terris association, which collaborated with the communist government, he said.

Other principal tasks mentioned by the pope include: - Learning to work with bishops and understand their authority after "more than a generation" of many dioceses without ordinaries.

- Renewal of church intellectuallife based on the teachings of the Second Vatican Council and its emphasis on lay responsibility Turn to Page 12

Members urged to evangelize

By Marcie Hickey Keynote speaker Father Alfred McBride, O. Praem., urged members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women to become "missionaries of the Church" during his address Saturday at the council's 37th annual convention, themed "We Serve the Lord with Joy and Gladness."

More than 300 DCCW members braved inclement weather to attend the day's activities at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton.

Following welcoming remarks from DCCW president Madeline C. Wojcik, convention chairpersons Mrs. Richard Paulson and Mrs. Aristides Andrade, and host district president Martina Grover, diocesan moderator Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes offered the opening prayer.

Mrs. Grover's promise of a program "interesting, informative and enjoyable" was fulfilled in the presentation of Father McBride, who used anecdotes, Scripture ~nd song

to promote the need for renewed evangelization within the U.S. Church.

Today "Catholics are embarrassed, shy, or w~atever to share their faith," said Father McBride, citing that only two percent of the nation's 53 million practicing Catholics are actively involved in evangelization efforts.

One of the problems, he said, is that most Catholics fail to see . themselves as evangelizers.

"They think evangelization belongs to the Protestants" or to priests, he said.

Countering that notion, he referred to the experiences of Jesus' disciples, who preached the Gospel message following the Resurrection.

"Catholics had possession of evangelization before Protestants ever existed," he said, adding that the first evangelizer to spread the Gospel message of Easter was a woman - Mary Magdalene.

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AT ANNUAL kickoff meeting for the Catholic Charities Appeal, from left, Msgr.

Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Appeal director; Horace J. Costa, 1990 diocesan lay chairman; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Mrs. Barbara Costa; Rev. Daniel L. Freitas,' assistant Appeal director. Story, more pictures on page 9. (Studio D photo)

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By Pat McGowan with Catholic News Service reports The 87th annual convention, exposition and religious education conference of the National Catholic Educational Association, held in Canada for the first time and attracting a r.ecord 23,000 educators, was spectacular,. even by the standards of Toronto, a city well accustomed to conventions.

Attendees were scattered over 10 hotels, gathering at Metro Toronto Convention Centre for workshops, major speeches and inspection of the offerings of 363 exhibitors.

Vignettes included famed author Father Henri J.M. Nouwen, keynote speaker at the convention's. opening ceremonies, who could have been mistaken for a street person in need of assistance as he roamed' the convention centre.

Two kindergarten age youngsters sat on the floor absorbed in a brightly-colored book as their parents stood by, unwilling to disturb them. . "That's a nice sight," said a passerby.1t was also what the convention was about: bringing Catholic education to the church's youngest members. Theme of the gathering was "Catholic Education: Transforming Our World."

Then there were the sisters, many i~ full habits. "We have nuns here this week," said a waiter in a jampacked restaurant, explaining the unusual midweek crowds.

There was a poignant "Sidewalk of Toronto" walking tour, showing some 25 participants "the other: Toronto" of slumdwellers and street people who do not share the advantages of Canada's largest.city. .

And there wasCardinal'Basil : Hume, archbishop of Westminister .in London; England, patiently exp'taining at a press conference that the "demand.is not universal" for ordination of women and that "sharing in the priesthood is not a . constituent of equality." , In his formal convention address, "Transforming the World: A Pastor's Viewpoint," the cardinal said that the collapse of "power structures" worldwide has left many people clamoring for spirituality, a need that could be filled by Catholic educators. ': Cardinal Hume said those '~power structures concealed an inner emptiness" in the societies and left the people with a ".thirst for religious experience and for what one might generally describe as an inner spiritual life."

"New life, energies and ideas are needed to fill the vacuum," Cardinal Hume said. "Catholic education, that partnership of family, parish and school, has here a new and important task.

"It must not only feed minds but enliven, develop and sustain the

TWO of NCENS 87 cooperative doves are admired by, from left, Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton; 'NCEA president Sister Catherine T. McNamee; and Father Massey Lombardi, OFM, social action director for the Toronto archdiocese.

(CNS/NCEA photo) human spirit in its search for God," he said.

Catholic educators must be poised now more than ever to take on this role because history and the world's political changes have dictated this task, he said.

Father Nouwen, chaplain at L'Arche Daybreak community in Richmond Hill, Ontario, kicked· ofChis speech with a song led by 15 members of his community who joined him on stage for his talk, which was interspersed by other songs and brief plays on various topics.

Father Nouwen has served the

Daybreak community for mentally handicapped adults since 1986.

L'Arche - French for "the Ark" and a symbol of refuge - is an . international movement of communities for the mentally retarded.

A native of HoUand, he is known for his encouraging and uplifting speeches about the beauty of human beings.

In his speech before the NCEA convention he praised educators for choosing a vocation - not a' profession, he said -that is both wonderful and· very difficult because of all of the demands placed on educators:

Even the doves cooperated TORONTO (CNS)- How do you maintain organization with 23,000 Catholic educators in a foreign city?

Very carefully, according to John Fauteux, spokesman for the Metropolitan Separate School Board, which oversees 203 Catholic schools with 104,000 students in Ontario.

Preparing to welcome the educators to Toronto for the 87th annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association ~as probably more nerve-wracking than the convention itself.

It was the first convention outside the United States and the first time sessions' were held in French, as well as English.

Fautex said the Canadians wanted to impress the Catholic educators so they would come back, thus there were'many special Canadian touches to the convention.

There were the newly minted Canadian pennies with a true-to'life picture of Queen Elizabeth II. Organizers wanted to hand them out as souvenirs and ordered 4,000 of the pennies at a cost of $40.

They ended up paying $80 for timely shipping of the pennies, which had caused a controversy in Canada for bearing a recent picture of the queen, wrinkles and all, Fauteux said.

Then there were cookies in the shape of the Canadian maple leaf, seen on the Canadian flag, The cookies, which were donated, ended up costing an insurance company more than $15,000 - the cost of replacing an organizer's car crashed

into during delivery of the cookies.

And who could forget organizers' concern over the convention's ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Royal Canadian Mounties? Barbara Keebler, NCEA spokeswoman said there were last-minute fears that the policemen would appear for the indoor ceremony with their horses. Fortunately, they didn't.

There were other worries. The band scheduled to play' for the opening ceremony backed out a week before the convention. It was replaced by a Catholi<; school band, but the students had only a week to learn "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Then there were the 87 doves, one for each NCEA' convention year, that highlighted the opening ceremony. Mrs. Keebler said organizers feared it would rain and the bird act would be reduced to merely a good idea that didn't happen.

It didn't rain, but concern remained the birds would fly either every which way or not come out of their cage at all.

"Once the birds were released, they were on their own," Mrs. Keebler said. "We didn't know if they'd all bunch up and flyaway.

You couldn't script it. But they came out in a glorious array."

Fautex was. also worried about the birds, that instead of flying they'd "march around the pavement and pick up old corn."

But at the end he and Mrs. Keebler agreed the convention was a success because of its "spirit of collaboration."

He said the church sometimes does not fulfill the expectations of educators and they resent that the "church is not the source of safety, security and clarity that they want it to be."

Father Nouwen said this stress can lead to bumout, but he said introspection can relieve some of the stress.

"The greatest temptation is to say that we are not important," he said, "We.keep going around the world looking for affirmation. But you must believe you are someone, that you are cho!.en."

Before Father Nouwen's address, awards were presented to outstanding educators.

NCEA preside:nt Sister Catherine T. McNamee presented the Albert C. Koob Award to Norbertine Father Alfred McBride and the John F. Meyers Award to School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Ann Eckhoff.

Father McBride, who spoke last Saturday in Taunton at the annual convention ofth(: Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, is the spiritual director for the U.S. office of Aid to the Church In Need, which raises funds for the pastoral needs of the church in Eastern Europe and the Third World.

Sister Eckhoff is education superintendent in the St. Louis archdiocese.

The K.oob award was named after the NCEA president from 1966 to 1974 and the Meyers award after another past NCEA president. They are the NCEA's highest awards.

Honored at a banquet the opening night of the convention were the principal and a teacher at St. Mary's School, New Bedford: Dennis R. Poyant, principal, and· mathematics teacher Daniel P. Larkin.

Poyant was arlllOng 12 recipients across the nation of the NCEA Distinguished Principal Award and Larkin was the ,,'inner ofthe grand national award in a project-sharing contest for teachers sponsored by Today's Catholic Teacher magazine.

Delegates from the Fall River. diocese were ht:aded by Department of Education director Father Richard W. Beallllieu and included some 35 princiJ~als and teachers from diocesan schools.

Also a major convention speaker was Sister Nuala Patricia Kenny.

"Learning is ajourney, not a destination,;' said 'thl~ nun. a physician who is a Sister of Charity of Halifax and head of the department of pediatrics at Dalhousie University and at Izaak Walter Killam Hospital for Children, both in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Sister Kenny said the Catholic Church traditionally has seen science as somewhat of a threat to faith. . "For example, the church insisted for many ,years that the world was flat," she said. "The church has been afraid at times that certain' scientific advances are moving so fast that they threaten beliefs."

That's why many Catholic schools don't challenge creativity, but focus on students learning the basics well, she said.

Another reas,on why creativity is not fostered in many schools is that modern society has made people think that answers to their questions and problems must come easily and in a simple form.

"Look at our newscasts," she said. "The world in 20 minutes.

We try to package everything and just send it out."

When she was growing up in an

Managing editor named at Pilot BOSTON (CNS) - Valerie E.M: Elmore has been appointed managing editor of The Pilot, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Working under editor Leila H. Little, she will manage the newsroom, the reporting staff and -the weekly production and planning of the newspaper.

She formerly was assistant managing editor of the Digital News, an independent industrial paper, and was copy editor for the Boston Business Journal. She also had been co-owner and editor of the Nantucket Vacation Guide and Nantucket Soundings magazines and an editorial assistant in the sports department of the Boston Globe.

Ms. Elmore holds a journalism degree from Northeastern University, where she teaches parttime.

She is a member of St. Ignatius parish in Chestnut Hill where she is a lector and eucharistic minister.

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Irish Catholic family in New York, faith was very important in life, she said, but when she went to medical school, she realized that society was trying to replace God with science and that people today expect science to fix all that ails them.

"We live in a plop plop, fizz fizz society," she said. "We believe relief is just a swallow away."

Education must get away from that mentality, she said, noting that "my understanding of education for a long time was that I had to know the facts; but, really, learning is knowing how to get to the heart of a matter."

At the convention's closing session, Canadian-born journalist Robert MacNeil said the United States must make education its highest priority to change many of the poor American attitudes that have caused the nation to lose its competitive edge. . .

"Our world will not be transformed until there is a spiritual conversion that recommits America's enormous energy and wealth to a period of reconstruction with education the highest priority," said MacNeill of "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" on PBS. But educators must be prepared to fight for funding, he added, because the American population is growing older, younger Americans are waiting m,uch longer to have babies and they are having fewer children.

"An aging 'populati~n is less interested in paying high property taxes to educate the next generation's children," he warned.

"The needs and political influence of the aging population will clash with those' seeking ftinds at the state and fedetallevel."

Simplify "If we are dissatisfied with our identity, then we must reevaiuate our ideas. We are what we think.

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BISHOPS'STATEMENT THE ·BISHOPS of Massachusetts have released the following statement on the fiscal crisis in the Commonwealth:

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Bishop Daniel A. 'Cronin' was the principal celebrant Monday for the funeral Mass of Father Daniel E. Carey, 81, chaplain at the Catholic Memorial' Home in Fall River. Father Carey died April I~ , Born in Fall River Feb. 2, 1909, he was 'the' son of th'er'late Andrew and Margaret Curley Carey. After graduation from BMC Durfee High School, he'!mpared (or the priesthood' at St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., and St. Bernard's Semin~'ry,'Rocl1ester,NY. , He was ordained to the priest" hood May 26~ 1934: by the late ~~shop, James E.tassi~y and was associate p'asto'{at St: M'ary;s 'par_ ish, No'rih Attleboro;" Our Lildy of the A~sumption, 'Osterville; Corpus Christi, Sandwich; St. Peter's, Provincetow;n; Sacred Heart, 'Taunton; St. James, New Bedford; and Our Lady ofthe Isle, Nantucket.

He was then named ~dininistra­ tor of Our Lady 'of Mt. Carmel Church, ~eekonk, and in 1960 returned to NantUCKet as pastor, remaining until 1970, when he was appointed pastor at St. Dominic parish, Swansea. He served at that post until assuming the Memorial Home chaplaincy in 1980.

Father Carey's pastoral ministry also included service as an Army chaplain during World War II. While pastor in Nantucket, he was from 1966 to 1970 dean of what was then the Dukes and Nantucket deanery of the diocese.

He is survived by a brother, Andrew J. Carey of Honolulu, and three nieces.

Chinese dilemma HONG KONG (CNS) - China watchers say a small group of proVatican bishops might have caused some problems for the church by acting against Vatican advice and forming a new episcopal conference in China. The observers say the action might endanger delicate Vatican efforts to improve conditions for Catholicism in the communist state. However, a top Chinese religious affairs official has said he has no knowledge of a proVatican organization. He also denied the existence of an underground church loyal to Rome.

The fiscal crisis has virtually useful public purposes. A serious paralyzed the political process hearing must be given to the of the Commonwealth for the systemic weaknesses that may past several months. As the be present in the ways in which religious leaders of this state's services are provided to the 2.8 million Catholics and acutely people of our Commonwealth. conscious of the needs of the Reform is not easy and often total population, v./e wish to politically unpopular. However, add our voic~ to those calling in the final analysis, we are all for ~ise and courageous action called. to do what is right and from all our elected representa- , good. tives. There must be a speedy, If efforts to eliminate waste effective resolution ofthis crisis and to make government more for the sake of all our citizens efficient are, carried out in a and the common gdod of the conscientious manner, then the Commonwealth. "' , citizens will be in a position to There are many factors that look objectively at the real have contributed to creating revenue needs of the Commonthe current situation';including wealth. They whl be more ac- , the economic downturn in this cepting of the taxes necessary section ofthe country. Mistakes to provide for all of the people may have been made. Oppor- of Massachusetts. When' these measures are being considered, tuhities may have been missed.

- However, the time for nallle- .we trust that the legislators will calling and laying blame has to be particularly mindful of those come to an end so .that we can who are least able to, bear theJP. move forward together. CastThe Massachusetts Legisla", ing unjustifiable aspersions on ture has a proud I history of good public servants has no meeting challenges, no matter· place in a' healthy democracy how difficult. We 'plal;e ,oUr, ,where each of us has to assume confidence in our present legisproper responsibility for the lators, trusting ~hey will mea-whole. sure up to the's~~ndaJdsof their .

There is one aspect of'this predecessors. With all people of issue which as religious leaders good wJll we urge the honora-, we feel particularly"compelled ble members of t,he Senate and to keep"before the public arid the House of, Representatives -'the.legislature. It is the respon- to act co~rageously, to act forth:. sibility we ail haVe for the sick; rightly and to act now. In so .' thechiJdren, the elderly and the doing, they will'earn the respect • dis'abled who a'T'e s'uffeting be':: of their cons*,l,ltCffits~ the ap- " cause of a cutback of stat'ese~fvl ,proyaJofhtst~d the,J.Uessi"" . 'iees, Those'services are all too ing of God. +Bernard Cardinal Law often tlie only way they have Archbishop of Boston escape from a life Of misery, '" want arid despair. " ,+ ,". .+Most Reverend ,. , .. "Our public officiafs owe it to ,.Daniel A. Crpnin the citizens to make every effort ,.. Bishop of Fall R!V,fr to' find whatever savings are +M ost Reverend Still attainable in the Common';': Timothy J. Harrington' wealth's multi-billidn dollar Bishop of Worcester budget. Every aspect of state og5rations'~hould,b~ ,' s'crutih;; iMo$t ~~yerend"i I;z¢Q to eliminate waste and eri~ ',Josephf. Magu}te} sure that public money serves, .,Bishop?! Sp"ingf1eld

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Monks switch from making blocks to baking fruitcakes AVA, Mo. (CNS) - Trappist monks at Our Lady of the Assumption Abbey at Ava sold their concrete block business a few years back because the monks were getting too old for the heavy work.

Now they bake fruitcakes.

In their third year of production, the fruitcakes are selling well, according to Father Theodore Koster, who manages the operation. Some 6,500 were so'ld in 1988, 12,500 in 1989 and this year projected sales are 18,000.

Father Koster said the baking season begins in late January and ends about a month before Christmas, in order to allow the fruitcakesto age. The first shipments go out each year in March. , With fruitcake sales and making incense, Assumption Abbey meets its annual expenses of $80,000 for living costs and maintenance, the priest said. ' Assumption Abbey is one of four Trappist, mpnasteries that make fruitcakes. It got its recipe from Jean-Pierr~ Auge,,~, French chef in St. Louis who, he said, formerly ~as o'n .the ~taff of Duke of W{ndS 9L. , i' u . ,The 'Ill~.nk~ ':injec~ ~I)' ounce of rum" afte[ the fr.uitcakes are baked,

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They work about 20 hours a week on the fruitcakes, Father Koster said and spend about four hours each day in community prayer. ~ 234 Second Street

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Somerset parish prays for vocations Last Wednesday, the Vocation Awareness Team of St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, sponsored an evening of prayer and reflection for an increase of vocations to priesthood and religious life The team is made up of parishioners of all ages who meet monthly to pray, share and plan projects aimed at encouraging vocations. In the past two years members have sponsored a variety of programs, including guest speakers, prayer vigils, a renewal of vows and reception for Holy Union Sisters and a "prayer pen pal" project for seminarians and novices.

The Wednesday prayer service was in preparation for the 27th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be observed Sunday, May 6.

The day of prayer, said Bishop Elden F. Curtiss of Helena, Mont., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Vocations, "provides one intense moment in what must be ongoing prayer and reaffirms the primacy of faith and grace in responding to the Lord's calL" The vocations emphasis comes

at a time when the number of Catholic priests and religious in the United States is dropping, and the number of seminarians has dwindled.

The number of students in U.S. graduate seminaries for their final four years of study before ordination is 3,698, down 3.3 percent from levels a year ago and down 53 percent of 1968's alltime high, according to seminary researcher Benedictine Father Adrian Fuerst.

However, ordinations worldwide were up 10 percent in 1988 over the past year.

The number of ordained deacons in the United States has risen from 1,909 in 1977, the first year in which they were reported in the Official Catholic Directory, to 9,065 in 1989.

"The church concentrates its attention" on the World Day of Prayer for Vocations on vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, religious life, societies of apostolic life, secular institutes and missionary efforts, Bishop Curtiss said in a statement earlier this month,

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the moorin9-Catholic Schools: Striving To Survive April, as the poet says, is the cruelest month, the month of education's pink slips, the notice to teachers that their jobs have been terminated. This year, on all levels, pink slips are falling like confetti as public, private and parochial schools feel the fiscal pinch.

In many systems, the situation is more than critical, it's an educational nightmare. Come September, many schools will , experience major transformations due to cutbacks in programs, termination of jobs and changes in classroom size.

Public schools, no matter the shape they are in, will by force of law always be with us. However, this is not the case with private and parochial schools. Many will simply be forced to close their doors, while the parents of students in schools that manage to remain open will be doubly penalized. They will have to pay higher taxes for public education in addition to increased tuition and fees in the school of their choice.

It is precisely in this area that the total population will be negatively affected. For generations parochial schools have provided a living example of people exercising their basic constitutional right to educational choice. With erosion of this opportunity at a time when public education is struggling in the quicksand of social abuses, the crisis in American education is soaring to new heights.

Most parochial schools are struggling to keep their doors open despite rising salaries, taxes, utility costs, and insurance premiums. These are areas in which a school can exercise little or no control. Indeed, most schools depend on parish or diocesan subsidies to help them pay their bills and are also surviving by virtue of the time, energy and resources of parishioners.

Without such a nucleus of selfless givers, there would be few parochial schools alive today. Endowments, business subsidies and burses are, for the most part, nonexistent. Thusly, the main burden of parochial education support falls on parents who care and parishioners who share.

In a litigious age that insists on justice in'all areas of living, charity has a hard time. For the most part, generosity is either not understood or not appr~ciated by those who hold the values of the marketplace.

But it is imperative that we not only appreciate the sacrifices of the past but that we recognize the need of continuing them today. Church schools that depend on the freewill' gifts of devoted parishioners will depend on them more and more.

There is much that can be done to make people aware of the crucial importance of responsible giving and such 'efforts should be encouraged.

But such consciousness raising cannot be arrived at overnight. It takes time, especially in an era of lowering economic' indicators. It is said that people vote by their pocketbook and that they give in the same way. We can talk about justice, but when people are out of work, on a limited income and unable to pay the light and gas bills, such logic fails.

Nevertheless, as we struggle and seek new fundraising techniques, let's also sincerely appreciate the "widow's mite" freely given in love with no strings attached. If we lose this Gospel vision, then perhaps our schools are failing in the deepest ~ sense. ' These are precarious days for church schools; but if we continue to strive for excellence and dare to remain truly Catholic, such a winning combination will go a long way . towards convincing people that our institutions are sorely needed in a vacillating social order with diminishing educational horizons.

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Budget reflects U .S.values WASHINGTON (CNS) - Suggesting the federal budget contains "clear moral dimensions," two American bishops advised key congressional leaders to cut military spending but evaluate cuts in the capital gains tax.

The church leaders, Archbishop Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles and Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, commented in a recent letter to members of the Senate and House budget committees.

"As bishops, we see the federal budget as much more than a fiscal plan," Archbishop Mahony and BiShop Malone wrote. "It is a reflection of our real values as a people and a document with clear moral dimensions."

They continued, "We ask you to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first in determining the fiscal priorities for our na~ion." , The two churchmen chair the U.S. Catholic Conference Committees on International Policy and Domestic Policy, respectively.

Various committees of Congress are working on the fiscal 1991 budget, following President Bush's presentation of his budget plan Jan. 29. The 1991 fiscal year begins Oct. I. Archbishop Mahony and Bishop Malone noted that since the U.S. bishops adopted their 1986 economic justice pastoral, "we have urged greater investment in human needs; less spending on the military; and a closer look at how revenues are raised and whether they are adequate to meet the nation's needs."

In the latter regard, they added, "we question proposals which have the effect of lowering taxes for the wealthiest Americans. For example, proposals to lower the tax rate on capital gains, despite the economic goals of their proponents, would reduce revenue significantly over five years," they stated.

Such proposals, they continued, "should be evaluated in light of the

already regressive nature of the overall tax structure ... and the need to raise revenues fairly" to meet human needs and reduce the federal deficit. The capital gains tax is applied to the profit from sale of investments.

The two prelates also said the current tax system is deficient because it assesses taxes against the highest-income Americans at a lower marginal rate than against less-affluent citizens.

"The federal budget' is a practical statement of American values and national priorities," Archbishop Mahony and Bishop MaIone said.

They said that "in reducing the military budget, special scrutiny should be given to costly strategic programs, such as SOl, the B-2 bomber, the MX [missile] and other systems which many experts believe are of dubious or marginal strategic value and whose costs in the face of severe budget restraints impair our abil.ity to meet other needs, especially the basic human needs ofthe poor." SOl stands for Strategic Defense Initiative, the space-based weapons system dubbed "Star Wars'" during the 1980s.

The archbishop and bishop also said they. can "sl~e the tragic conse-

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quences of misplaced priorities" when they visit soup kitchens, shelters, hospitals, parishes and schools.

In order to mitigate economic hardship against those affected by cuts in military spending, Congress should seriously consider implementing economic development and adjustment programs to ease the transition to an economy less tied to military spending, they said.

Furthermore, "a major shift from military assistance to economic aid, properly conceived and administered, is essential if we are to meet our international moral obligations," Archbishop Mahony and Bishop Malone said.

They also suggested that forgiveness of some Third World debts could help without having a significant impact on the U.S. budget.

Outlining proposals, they suggested increased funds for: - Fighting homelessness, including efforts to develop affordable, permanent, low-income housing, and preservation, maintenance and improvement of existing hous_, ing.

- Alternatives to abortion, including Medicaid prenatal and pediatric care for all pregnant women and children with incomes below the government poverty line.

- Asbestos cleanup for all schools affected by the problem.

- Anti-hunger programs, particularly food stamps and the Women, Infants and Children program.

- Medicare funding to ensure that hospitals, especially those in rural areas and those serving a disproportionate number of poor patients, do not have to turn the sick away.

They also called for a major investment in child care, geared in particular to families with.the most needs and to parental choice, and full funding for refugee resettlement programs, such as social services, health care, English language classes and job training.

Where Christ'is I suppose some might call it coincidence but I prefer to call it the Holy Spirit at work.

Either way, on the day I received the following two letters, I visited a homebound 84~year-old friend who said, somewhat embarrassingly, as I was leaving, "Will you call or visit me again soon?

People don't know how lonely and depressed I get. You don't have to stay long."

I felt awful, of course, and promised to visit again soon. I also called mutual friends who promised to visit her soon and often.

When I arrived home after my visit, two letters were in the mail.

The first told how her 89-year-old mother "literally .aches to be remembered." The writer enclosed this poignant piece which she wrote as Christmas approached and the irony of relatives and friends who send gifts and cards to her mother but don't call or visit struck her.

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She said, "I got dressed up because I thought somebody might visit." And my heart hurt for her.

No one would come visit. No one ever visited. Her relatives and friends who were contemporaries had died. She was alone - so much. She waited.

I wondered why. With our increased efforts to live the Christlike life, to be involved in RENEW, to participate fully in church activities, I wondered why she was left so much alone.

word of God and supports one another by prayer together.

One or more priests are present so that at some point during this service individual confession and absolution are available.

Third is the rite for reconciliation of a number of penitents with general (not individual) confession of sins and absolution given by the priest to all at one time.

Your letter is not clear about which rite you are speaking of. If it is the third with general absolution, your priest is correct. This form of penance is not allowed as a general rule; it may be used only in emergencies or other clearly defined circumstances.

The second form, worship together with opportunity for private wnfession, is, I believe, becoming more and more common and enjoys practically all the spiritual advantages of the third rite. The experience at the parish 'Yhere I am pastor and that of many other parishes is similar to yours; hundreds of people attend these ceremonies, obviously convinced that this method of expressing sinfulness and asking forgiveness fits their personal sense of sinfulness and need for forgiveness and healing.

It combines, so to speak, the best (at least most of the best) of both worlds, our need to express personally our sinfulness and desire for forgiveness, and on the other hand our need not only of God's pardon but of "reconciliation with our brothers and sisters who are always harmed by our sins" (Introduction to the R:ite of Penance, No.5).

Finally, I would suggest that perhaps you are dismissing the value of individual confession (rite No. I) too easily. This form has enormous and important spiritual

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I wondered why her parish did not have a Committee of Friends- DOLORES to-Visit-Elderly; I wondered why her younger relatives could not CURRAN take a moment from their active social lives to be with her; I wondered why her younger neighbors did not take the time weekly to pay a five-minute visit and deliver a everyone. You, yes, and thousands reassuring hug; I wondered why like you who probably have a very the neighborhood teenagers were busy life and a good life as family. missing the rich opportunity to "However, the loner faces nothhelp: carry out the garbage, mow ing but a feeling of depression and the grass, hang the storm windows nothingness. He probably thinks, (for pay, given with her sweet on a ride, be it a plane or whatever, smile). he can find a companion to talk to.

I wondered where we saw Christ He may run into the type like - if not in her gnarled bones, yourself. (A reference to my not uncertain gait and failing memory. wanting to talk with m'y seatmate).

I wondered if Christ would have There are two unhappy people. I visited her, held her hand, listened would say I have at different perito her reminisce.· I wondered if ods in my life faced both ordeals.

Christ would have reasoned that Had I traveled more, I likely would doing so was equally important as have faced them many times. attending that meeting on how to "I have' lost a son and a husbe a good Christian. band. I do not want to hear, 'You Is her situation unique? I hope have your memories.' One can so. For her sake, for our sakes. only rely a bit on memories. My For if it is not unique, then per- loved ones will never return and haps we have not seen Christ memories do not do much for where He is. 'anyone. They bring tears, yes, but that is about all. I hope I make * * * * I thank the anonymous writer , sense." who sent me the above. She exShe does and she makes me pressed the situation far better rethink my need to be more open than I could have. and compassionate on planes and The second came in disagree- in other public places. I thank inent with my column (Anchor, both these writers for calling us to April 6) on the need for solitude in a sensitivity and responsiveness our lives. She wrote, "I do not which should mark us as Chris·· believe this statement is true for tians.

Penance rites Q.I just read your answer about communal penance services in our Catholic paper. This is something I very much agree with.

I am married, have two children and am 40 years old.. My wife is not Catholic but she goes to church with us.

Several years ago a priest nearby had a communal penance service twice a year, before Easter and Christmas. The church was filled every time I went.

This priest has been gone for years now and I know a number of people who have not been to confession since he left. As for me, I know there are things I must work on, but I don't feel the need for private confession.

A short time ago I took an adult religion class. Someone asked about the communal penance service and Father said it was not allowed.

This is a shame. As I said, at these services the church was overflowing each time. If this will get people to meditate and examine their consciences and get closer to God, we should let them continue.

Have you any reply? (Kansas) A. The church today has three rites for celebrating the sacrament of reconciliation. First is the Rite for Reconciliation of Individual Penitents. This is the one-on-one "private" ritual similar to the one we are traditionally familiar with.

Second is the rite fo'r reconciliation of a number of penitents with individual confession and absolution. This is the form of communal penance service perhaps most familiar to Catholics today.

As the ritual for penance indicates, this form shows more clearly the social or ecclesial nature of penance. Everyone listens together to the word of God, examines the conformity of their lives with that

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Friday, April 27, 1990

Divine Worship Commission names 12 members Rev. Jon-Paul Gallant, S.L.L., chairman of tl)e Divine Worship Commission has announced that the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has appointed new members of the commission to three-year terms of service. They have been selected from among priests, deacons, religious and laity of the diocese of Fall River to assist parish liturgical ministers and to advise the Most Reverend Bishop in his role as chief liturgist of the diocese.

The establishment of diocesan liturgical commissions was mandated by the Second Vatican Council in the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy(Sa~rosanctum Concilium). These commissions have been established to assist bishops throughout the world in areas of pastoral liturgy, sacred music and sacred art..

At-large members of the Commission are Rev. Henry S. Arruda, pastor ofSt. John the Baptist parish, New Bedford; Rev. David Costa, director of the Diocesan Choir; Patrick Gannon, liaison with the diocesan chapter of the National Pastoral Musicians; Sister Claudette Lapointe, RJM, principal of Notre Dame school and cantor at Holy Name parish, Fall River; and Deacon and Mrs. Paul Macedo of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford. , Five priests have bee~ named as representative members of the commission, representing each deanery of the diocese: Rev. Gerard Hebert, J.C.L., for the Taunton deanery; Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, V.E., for the Attleboro deanery; Rev. John C. Ozug for the Cape Cod deanery; Rev. Horace J. Travassos, for the Fall River deanery; and Rev. Barry W. Wall, for the New Bedford deanery. These members will be available to assist the parishes in each of the local deaneries at the monthly deanery meetings of the clergy should local matters of pastoral-liturgical interest be raised. . The membership also includes Rev. Msgr. John J. Oliveira, V.E. as an ex officio member in> his capacity as diocesan master of ceremonies.

Father Blum dies MILWAUKEE(CNS) -Jesuit Father Virgil C. Blum, a longtime advocate of religious and civil rights, died of liver cancer AprilS in Milwaukee. Hewas 77. In 1973, Father Blum founded the Milwaukee-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and served as president of the organization until his death. The organization's goal was to fight antiCatholic bigotry and protect religious and civil rights. "His voice has been stilled, but his accomplishment has remained and his work goes forward," said St. Louis Archbishop John L. May.

Suffering and Love "I saw the rivet which all souls must cross to reach the kingdom of heaven and the name of that river was Suffering. And I saw the boat which carries s,ouls across the river and the name of that boat was Love." - St. John of the Cross

AMON G THOSE gathering for the New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club Bishop's Night

e~rlier t~is month at the Wamsutta Club, New Bedford, were, from left, Constance Mello,

VIce-presIdent; Very Rev. John P. Driscoll; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; and Ethel Cataldo, president. (Rosa photo)

Gallant mayor battles cancer PRINCETON BOROUGH, N.J. (CNS) - Barbara Boggs Sigmund, 50, mayor of Princeton Borough since 1984, is battling a rare form of eye cancer that has already taken one eye and now threatens the other.

"I can't explain it. I feel I am now more beloved by God and protected by him and the Blessed Mother than ever," she told The Monitor, newspaper of the Diocese of Trenton, N.J. "I am not thinking about cancer 24 hours a day," Mrs. Sigmund said. "Nor am I on my knees bartering with God. God is more subtle than that. I am drawing on a deposit of faith gathered throughout my life. Faith really makes a difference." . Despite the cancer, Mrs. Sigmund, wearing a bright floral print dress and matching eye patch, said people need more brightness in their lives. "Life is an adventure and should be lived' like one," she said.

"Religion instructs us how to form moral values iri our personal and political lives," she said. "As politicians, we act' according to our consciences for the public wel. fare."

Politics was "a genetic decision for me," Mrs. Sigmund said. She is the daughter of T. Hale Boggs, former U.S. House of Representatives majority leader who died in a

1972 plane crash over Alaska, and Corinne "Lindy" Boggs, who still holds the congressional seat she assumed after her husband's death.

Her career involves more than politics. A poem of hers has been accepted by America, the national Jesuit magazine. Book reviews, poetry and other articles have been published in The New York Times and in New Jersey newspapers.

She has taught Latin at the Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in nearby Princeton Township, run by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. Educated by the

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order, she said that all-girl schools have helped her political career.

"All-girl schools build self-esteem and leadership," she said. "Statistics prove that a higher percentage of women in positions of influence went to women-only schools."

- She credits her husband, their three sons and her siblings including younger sister Cokie Roberts, a National Public Radio news correspondent - with support in her fight against cancer.

"Then you have my mother who is a Blessed Mother junkie;' she said. "Well, what more support could I, need."

In her mayor's office, she has a large stuffed bear with an eye patch. "Between the bear and me, we have two good eyes," she joked.

Mrs. Sigmund said she has received a number of suggestions for her cancer, called! ocular melanoma.

In 1982 she lost her left eye to it.

"One person suggested enemas every four hours," she said. "I said, 'Listen, dear, I don't even floss.' " ''I'm not ready for my 'nunc dimittis,' " said the former Latin teacher. '.

"Nunc dimittis" refers to the words St. Simeon uttered upon seeing the Christ Child, saying that "you can dismiss your servant now."

"Before I'm dismissed, I have things yet to do;' Mrs. Sigmund said.

U.8. social health i'ndex still at low' point' TARRYTOWN,N.Y.(CNS)The nation's social health, as gauged by 17 problems ranging from child abuse to housing, remains at its lowest point in two decades, according to an annual study released by Fordham University's Institute for Innovation in Social Policy.

The 1989 Index of Social Health was recently released by the university.

It said that on a scale of I to 100, the U.S. social health index was rated at 35 for 1987, the last year for which statistics were available.

The index was' unchanged from 1986, and matches a low point first reached in 1982.

The study noted that the gross national product, the Dow Jones industrial average, sports scores, and weather are followed closely.

Therefore, "should we not be monitoring as well the combined impact

of such problems as infant mortality, teen suicide, lack of affordable housing, and poverty?" the study asked. .

Eight of the 17 social problems were at their worst recorded level since statistics were researched back to 1970: child abuse, highway deaths due to alcoholism, out-ofpocket health costs for people over age 65, teen suicide, and gaps in food stamps, in health insurance, in unemployment insurance,and between rich and poor.

A ninth area, high school dropouts, also grew worse, but not to its worst-ever level. It was its first drop in 10 years. , Areas that improved from 1986 levels were homicides, poverty for those over 65, and unemployment.

Levels unchanged from the year before were those for children in poverty, drug abuse, infant mortality, lack of affordable housing,

and poverty among heads of households.

"This worsening trend, both in the overall index and in specific problems, is cause for concern with regard to the social health of the nation," the: study said.

The "central question," the study said, "is whether as a society we are prepared to act to reverse the recent decline. ", A separate index detailing social health for children and youth reached its Iowc:st level since 1970.

It studies child abuse, children in poverty, drug abuse, high school dropouts, infant mortality, and teen suicide.

"The prob1l:m area that has worsened most :;ignificantly is child abuse," the study said. "The rate of reported child abuse in 1987 is more than three times what it was in 1970 and has worsened each intervening year."

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) Bishop Thomas V. Daily, formally installed April 18 as successor to Bishop Francis J. Mugavero as bishop of Brooklyn, indicated he would make respect for, life the primary theme of his ministry.

Asked if he would ,emphasize . one end of the continuum more than the other, he replied affirmatively; declaring that the terrible nature of abortion gave reason for putting emphasis there.

Bishop Daily, a former Boston auxiliary who had headed the diocese of Palm Beach, Fla., since its founding in 1984, had taken canonical possession of his new diocese April 16 in a simple ceremony at the diocese's St. James Cathedral.

New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor presided at the installation after Bishop Mugavero spoke briefly and received a prolonged standing ovation.

Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal pro-nuncio to the United States, read the letter of Pope John Paul II appointing Bishop Daily.

Among those present were Cardinals Bernard F. Law of Boston and James A. Hickey of Washington and retired Cardinals John J. Krol of Philadelphia and John J. Carberry of St. Louis.

Among numerous other bishops, priests, deacons and religious attending were Bishop Daily's brother, Father Vincent E. Daily, who serves with the Society of St. James the Apostle in Bolivia, and a nephew of the bishop, also Vincent E. Daily, who will be ordained in the Boston archdiocese in June.

The nephew assisted as a deacon at the installation Mass.

New York State's first lady, Matilda Cuomo, and New York City Mayor David Dinkins headed the roster of civic dignitaries attending the installation. New York Gov. Mario Cuomo attended the April 16 service.

When Bishop Daily held a press conference in Brooklyn Feb. 20, shortly after announcement of his appointment, he indicated he would bar Cuomo from speaking in diocesan parishes because of his position on abortion.

It was later reported he modified that position to say Cuomo would be barred only from talking about that issue.

Some people subsequently criticized media handling of the press conference, particularly the focus on possible action against Cuomo.

But when the bishop was asked after the installation whether he found his earlier media treatment objectionable, he declined to voice any criticism, and said rather he was glad it had provoked more thought about the issue.

Asked for comment on Howard Beach and Bensonhurst, two communities in his new diocese that have become international symbols of racial conflict, Bishop Daily said he had not visited those areas, but路 viewed racial diversity as a "treasure" to enrich the community.

"Racism in any form, in the church or anywhere else, is a sin," said the bishop.

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Dear Editor: This letter is in response to a letter you printed in the Anchor on April 20, from Thomas J. Moore (Weekend Buffets?).

There was a time when the focus of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Roman Catholic faith was. on the things of the Mass and the church. To some Catholics it appeared that sacramentals were more important than sacraments.

The tabernacle (in essence a manmade cabinet) was more important than the spiritual tabernacle, the one which is God-made.

Put it all together and we had an elaborate weekend "show of shows" complete with elegant props and costumes, very ancient and out of touch with humanity, language and format.

Finally fresh air and sunshine came into the Catholic Church; finally a concentration of what and who the Catholic Church and Catholic faith are all about: Jesus' Christ, the second person of the Blessed Trinity.

The Mass has two parts that are so simple and uncomplicated, yet some people still have a problem with it. The Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist: clergy and laity working together as a team as Jesus Christ worked with His apostles.

During the Mass, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ are there, unadorned on the altar for us to worship.

Like my Jesus, the celebrant of the Mass does not turn his back on me, nor does the priest hide the holy presence from me.

The sacredness of the teachings and tenets of my Roman Catholic faith, the practice of my faith and the worship of my God are not and will never be dependent on the existence and placement of elaborate props.

As long as my soul is ready, willing and able to welcome my God, I believe it is the most important tabernacle of my faith, for it is the only tabernacle I will be able to take with me through eternity.

Betty Bartlett Norton

April 28 1959, Rev. Stanislaus J. Goyette, Pastor, St. Louis de France, Swansea April 29 1987, Rev. James Leo Maguire, Pastor, Monterey Diocese, California 1989, Rev. Adolph Szelagowski, OFM Conv., Parochial Vicar, O.L. Perpetual Help, New Bedford April 30 1900, Rev. John A. Hurley, Pastor, St. Mary, North Attleboro 1930, Rev. David F. Sheedy, Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro May 1 1882, Rev. Francis J. Quinn, Founder, Immaculate Conception, North Easton, Founder, Sacred Heart, Fall River May 2 1963, Rt. Rev. Msgr. M.P. Leonidas Lariviere, Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River

AT DCCW convention, from left, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Madeline Wojcik, Father James F. Lyons, Father Alfred McBride.

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DCCW convenes Continued from Page One Another obstacle to evangelization is that the Christian lifestyle is countercultural, Father McBride continued, commenting, "there are so many forces pulling people away from the Church."

The result: 17 million Catholics who have left the faith, he said.

"The culture says that self-image is what you do and what you own," Father McBride said. "The church says self-image is God and loye."

The goal of evangelization, he said, is to "form communities. of faith and love that offset the culture, conquer it, and ultimately transform it into a Christian culture."

Such efforts begin with the individual, said Father McBride. '''Christ said 'be a prophet to your culture,''' he said, noting that the evangelizer should reach out especially to those who have left the church.

He offered this advice: "To convince others, you must be convinced yourself. Convert persons one at a time. Convince people, convince others."

Above all, he said, the evangelizer lives by the rule "Love is t~e best argument."

"Build the bonds of friendship" before you communicate doctrine, said the priest. "People don't want to argue about their deepest beliefs; they just want to be loved."

Tradition is an important part of evangelization, Father McBride continued, noting that Catholics must be knowledgeable about their faith and willing to explain it.

He also cited religious experience and celebration as key elements.

"Our religion is not just of the head, but of the heart," he said.

Finally, Father McBride said, evangelization depends upon a sense of mission.

"There are 300 potential evangelizers in this room. Let the members of the DCCW become the new missionaries of the church," he said.

He concluded, "If you are filled with God, you will share God; if you are filled with love, you will share love."

Convention Speakers In her president's message, Mrs..

Wojcik discussed 1989 DCCW accomplishments, noting in particular increased efforts on behalf of developing .nations through the Water for Life program, sponsored

by Catholic Relief Services and the National Council of Catholic Women. To date, the DCCW has raised over $900 for the program, which provides clean water to the

poor in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

At the conclusion of her address, Mrs. Wojcik presented Father McBride with a gift for Aid to the Church in Need, an organization which raises funds for the church in Eastern Europe and the Third World. Father McBride is spiritual director for the U.S. office.

Guest of honor Bishop Daniel A. Cronin then presented the Margaret M. Lahey Memorial/Our Lady of Good Counsel Awards to women from the five DCCW districts. '..

The awards, always a slirprise to the recipients, recognize service to the DCCW in other than leadership positions. Winners were Mary Furtado, Our Lady of Angels parish, Fall River; Leonor Luiz; Our Lady of Mt'. Carmel, New Bedford; Rosalie Connors, St. Paul, Taunton; Karen Bergeron, St. Mary, Seekonk; and Mary Murray, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis.

In his convention message, the bishop praised both the DCCW and retiring moderator Msgr.

Gomes.

"You are the. backbone of the efforts to make Jesus better known" within the Fall River diocese, Bishop Cronin told the women, noting that he found it difficult to announce the retirement of Msgr.

Gomes.

"He has been, without a doubt, a jewel. I'll never be able to'thank him enough," said the bishop.

Taking over for Msgr. Gomes will be Father James F. Lyons, pastor of St. Patrick's parish, Wareham, the bishop announced.

Bishop Cronin also expressed his personal interest in Pope John Paul Irs weekend visit to Czechoslovakia.

As'seminarians in 1949 Rome, Bishop Cronin and his classmates "were constantly reminded that we were only an hour away by air from where the Iron Curtain had fallen, where priests were bearing witness to their faith from prisons."

Seeing the church of Eastern Europe, enslaved 40 years ago, now freed again inspires a twofold message, the bishop said.

First, "Pray for the Holy Father.

He has had a providential role in the resurrection of the church in Eastern Europe."

Also, the bishop said, the Eastem European church's surviving so many years of persecution "shows us that it is not the most difficult of circumstances for us [in the United States] to carry out our faith."

Convention Liturgy Bishop Cronin continued the theme of evangelization in his homily at the convention liturgy.

Speaking on the day's Scripture reading, Acts 4: 13-21, the Bishop noted that the early evangelizers, once inspired by the Holy Spirit, "had a. definite quality of selfassurance," a quality that the church needs today to bring the age-old Gospel message to the modern world.

"There was no opposition that could intimidate the early evangelizers, and there should be no opposition to intimidate us in 1990," said Bishop Cronin.

As modern evangelizers, he said, "We must be emboldened to carry out the mission which has always been ours: to make Christ better known."

Originally slated to take place at St. Mary's Church, Taunton, the Mass was celebrated at CoyleCassidy due to the rainy weather.

Thirteen priests, including Father McBride, Msgr. Gomes and Father Lyons, concelebrated, and music was provided by members of St. Mary's choir. Special convention guests from the Diocesan Apostolate to Hispanics joined the choir in singing a communion meditation in Spanish and English.

A luncheon followed the liturgy and the day concluded with participants attending one of five workshops offered by the DCCW's various commissions.

The Church Communities commission, chaired by Mrs. Harry B.

Loew, offered "The Eucharist Our Prayer of Joy and Gladness" with speaker Rev. David Costa. Other workshops were: Family Affairs commission "Family Problems: Prevention, Intervention, Treatment"; Mrs. John Schondek, chairman; Mildred Gedrites, ·speaker.

International Affairs commission - "International Catholic Peace Movement Pax Christi"; Mrs. Theodore Calnan, chairman; Rev. Joseph Costa, speaker.

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About 1,500 professional religious communicators attended the once-a-decade interfaith congress, held April 18-22 at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.

Representing The Anchor was General Manager Rosemary Dussault.

In addition to longstanding groups such as the Catholic Press Association, Associated Church Press, Religious Public Relations Council and Baptist Public Relations Association - founding sponsors of the first congress in 1970 - participants at the 1990 meeting included organizations that di'd not exist in 1970 or even 1980.

These included CAMCON, which stands for Computer Application for Ministry Conference; VISN, the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network; and CTN A, the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America.

The Catholic Press Association,

which held its regular annual conElected Catholic Press Associavention in conjunction with the 'tion president wacs Barbara Beckcongress, gave its top annual prize with, managing editor of St. , in journalism; the St. Francis de Anthony Messenger magazine.

Sales Award, to Latin American "This Is Our Faith" by Michael affairs writer Penny Lernoux, who F. Pennock took first place among died of cancer last October at the popular presentations of the age of 49.

Catholic faith in the CPA book Ms. Lernoux, best known as a awards. chronicler of the shift of the Latin "Compass: A Jesuit Journal" American Catholic Church from a took first place for general excelchurch of the rich to a church of the poor, was described as a jour- lence among general-interest magazines. It is published by the nalist of"competence, compassion, courage and commitment" who Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada.

Commonweal, a lay Catholic maghad a "passion for the poor."

In other awards, Our Sunday azine, finished second; and America, also a Jesuit magazine, pubVisitor and National Catholic lished by the Jesuits of the United Reporter finished first and .second St_~tes and Canada, fin,ished third. in general excellence for national In other CPA convention action, newspapers.

The Florida Catholic of the dio- the association's board of direccese of Venice.,won first place in tors warned against "official cengeneral excellence for diocesan sorship" of Catholic newspapers, newspapers with a circulation up declaring that it "damages not to 17,000. First place for papers only the integrity of our publicawith a circulation of 17,00 I to tions but also the integrity and 40,000 was the Catholic Observer credibility of the institutional of Springfield. For circulation church." .

"We believe that openness is above 40,000, the Catholic Sun of the diocese of Syracuse took top preferable to secrecy, that accoun: honors. The Boston Pilot merited tability is requin:d at all levels of first place in the tabloid best front the church, and that members of the church have a right to informapage category.

Bishops' ad campaign gets: raps, raves WASHINGTON (CNS) - The decision by the Hill and Knowlton public relations firm to accept the U.S. bishops as a client for Ii multimillion-dollar pro-life campaign has sparked both criticism and defense of the bishops' plan.

Criticism has come from several newspaper columns and editorials as well as from within Hill and Knowlton's staff. Objections range from the campaign's perceived threat to women's reproductive rights to the bishops' linking up with a public relations firm to get out a pro-life message.

But other columnists defended the campaign, saying the money being spent was aimed at defending the "invisible poor." . Hill and Knowlton spokesman John Berard told Catholic News Service the bishops' account was still firm, even though a contract had not yet been signed. The account is expected to be worth $3 million - $5 million over three to five years and to be paid through private donations.

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New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities, who spearheaded the push for a public relations campaign, told The New York Times April 22 that the church has thus far "not done a good job" in getting its pro-life message out.

Lay theologian Michael Novak, in a Los Angeles Times column, . also defended the expenditure. He noted that one criticism was that the bishops-could find better use for $5 million "in cities where poor people eat from dumpsters," but said: "Yet when infants in human form are torn from the womb and thrown into dumpsters, 25 million of them, perhaps that doesn't seem like such a waste of money, after all."

At Hill and Knowlton, 136 employees at its 400-member New York office signed a letter to Hill and Knowlton chief executive officer Robert Dilenschneider protesting the firm's decision to "accept an assignment whose ultimate goal is to limit our fundamental rights."

The letter said, "Our rights, it seems', mattered less than the promise of additional revenue."

Ten women in Hill and Knowlton's Washington office also sent a letter to Dilenschneider complaining they were not consulted. The Washington office had secured the pro-life account.

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The board statement did not refer to any specific instances of censorship. But Christopher Gunty, editor of The Catholic Sun in Phoenix and a member of the board, said it responded to concerns expressed at a meeting of the Western region of the CPA. The statement called "honest reporting of dissent or controversy" a "necessary sign of a healthy and credible institution."

When the statement was read at a business meeting of the CPA general membership, it was greeted with a motion to make it a statement of the whole membership; however an objection to voting on a statement on the basis of an oral reading, without written copies in the hands of members, led to a decision to table general membership action until the next session of the business meeting.

That session did not have a quorum but those present asked the CPA board to pursue development of the statement, including possibly a confidential survey of editors to learn how many. feel they are subject to censorship or exercise self-censorship.

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He acknowledged that "this is the most controversial issue with which we have b,een involved."

Hill and Knowlton, according to O'Dwyer's Directory of PR Firms, has nearly 650 clients, among them the League of Women Voters, which supports abortion; Warner-Lambert Co., which makes oral contraceptives and condoms; and Baxter Inte:rnational, which makes intrauterine devices..

Other clients include IBM, Exxon, Nestle, Plepsi Cola, RJR Nabisco, Nintendo, Kellogg, Chrysler, Mazda, Wendy's, the National Football League, Procter & Gamble, Drug Free America, Junior Achievement and Playboy Enterprises.

A Playboy spokeswoman said the firm was discussing whether to renew its contract with Hill and Knowlton because it took the bishops as a client.

Two firms, which Berard declined to name, have already withdrawn their business and one employee has quit in protest.

Berard said Hill and Knowlton clients were told of the bishops' account and that the agency will not resign the a<:count because of the controversy.

A Los Angeles Times editorial criticized the bishops' use of a public relations firm to advance their viewpoint. "Public relations and polling are not instruments of ethical persuasion or moral argu. ment," the editorial said. "They are tools of electoral politics."

The National Catholic Reporter, an independent Catholic weekly, asked editorially why the bishops would "buy into more Hill and Knowlton marketplace manipulation they deplore in other areas."

As the result, the editorial said, the bishops are "damaging themselves and the issues they feel. strongly about while distancing themselves even further from the people they arc: supposed to be sheph~rding."

Father Kennl~th Doyle, USCC spokesman, told Catholic News Service April 23 that "the entire

project will be ... consistent with our standards of ethics and values."

The National Abortion Rights Action League placed a full-page fund-raising advertisement in the April 22 New York Times condemning the campaign.

While "the Catholic bishops have every right to make their voices heard in the public debate over abortion," the "attempt by supposedly well-meaning people" to "turn their religious teachings into public policy," the advertisement said, "threatens the historical separation of church and state."

Father Doyle responded that by speaking out, the bishops are "fulfilling an obligation in a democratic society.... That's how democracy functions."

New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen said in a recent column that the public relations campaign suggests that "the church believes [women] are shallow enough to be swayed by practiced paid persuasion, as though they were buying soap powder."

Syndicated columnist Mary Costello of Lincoln, Neb., in reply to Ms. Quindlen's column, said, "Personally, I said a silent hallelujah when I read about the bishops' decision. We're putting our money where our mouth is."

Responding to Ms. Quindlen's "My God, the good we could do with $5 million" criticism, Mrs. Costello likened it to Judas Iscariol's criticism of Jesus' feet being washed with expensive oil that could have been sold and the proceeds given to the poor.

"Could it be that instead of using the money for the visible poor," Mrs. Costello wrote, "the bishops are washing the feet of Christ by investing it in the invisible poor?"

The Right Touch "When a soul reaches a certain pitch of conflict, it ceases to be absolutely logical; it is, rather, a very tender, raw thing, shrinking from the lightest touch..,desiring only to be dealt with by hands that have been pierced." - R.H. Benson

Charities Appeal underway

By Marcie Hickey At last Wednesday's kickoff meeting for the 49th annual Catholic Ch1irities Appeal, lay chairman Horace J. Costa of Sacred Heart parish, Taunton, illustrated the very real need of those who benefit from the many apostolates of charity, mercy, education, social services and health care funded by the Appeal.

"Bob has AIDS," said Costa.

"He's sick and he's scared. Juan, a Colombian immigrant, came to this country seeking food, clothing and direction. Mary Beth has undergone a painful divorce; who can she turn to for support? Donna is 16 and pregnant. Under pressure from her family, she needs a place to share her hopes, fears and dreams: "What do these people have in common?

"They have you and me. They have the Catholic Charities Appeal," he said.

Mary-Lou Mancini, Fall River area director of Catholic Social Services, spoke about the work funded by last year's Appeal.

The Social Services programs, she said, were used by more than 800 families who visited the office 2600 times last year.

"Very few people come to Catholic Social Services who are not in great pain," she said. "They are dealing with loss - the loss of a loved one, a sense of failure, abusive situations or the loss of a longhoped-for dream."

In reaching out to the community, said Mrs. Mancini, Catholic Social Services provides "an ongoing church presence in all of our deaneries." .

Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, chairman of the Appeal, emphasized that the escalating needs of the apostolates can only be met with increased generosity on the part of diocesan contributors.

"You are the diocese," he said.

"We depend on you for every-

thing. AIl must kn~w about this 1990 Charities Appeal."

"Charity is at the very heart of our vocation as Christians," Costa noted. Now is the time to "give not only from our surplus, but from our hearts, from our very needs."

The kickoff meeting marks the beginning of Msgr. Gomes' final Appeal as chairman. He will retire in June, with Father Daniel L. Freitas, this year's assistant director, succeeding him.

In his keynote speech, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin praised Msgr.

Gomes, "whose name has become synonymous with the Appeal," he said.

Msgr. Gomes, the bishop said, "put the Appeal over the $1 million mark and then, last year, over the $2 million mark."

As the bishop thanked him "in the name of the countless beneficiaries of the Appeal in your years as chairman," Msgr. Gomes received a standing ovation from the hundreds of clergy, religious and laity at the kickoff meeting.

Said Msgr. Gomes, "We are headed in the right direction for a bigger and greater 1990 Catholic Charities Appeal."

Special Gifts The Special Gifts phase of the Appeal is now in progress and will continue through May 5. Some 850 solicitors are now contacting' professional, fraternal, business and industrial organizations in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Costa summed up, "The needs are there. The plans for the future are there. The funds are not."

At least, not yet.

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GREENFIELD, Mass. (CNS) - They live in the woods, in caves, in shacks near rivers and under bridges. They are the rural homeless.

Many people think of homelessness as just a city phenomenon, said Father Timothy Campoli, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Greenfield and dean of the Franklin County deanery of the diocese of Springfield.

But his county, which with a population of 66,000 is the leastdensely populated county in Massach usetts, there are homeless people.

Sister Kathleen Hinga, a Sister of St. Joseph and director of the Homelessness Project of the Interfaith Council of Franklin County, said that in the winter of 1988-89 there were 194 individuals and 38 families receiving shelter in the county.

She said rural areas don't have the bus terminals, shopping malls, parks with steam grates - the urban "physical structures that help folks survive."

Lt. Thomas Perks of the area Salvation Army agreed.

In rural areas, he said, the homeless often take refuge "anywhere they're not going to be bothered and can get out of the rain."

In the daylight, he said, many homeless people walk the streets, go to libraries, collect enough returnable bottles and cans to buy a cup of coffee at a restaurant where they can linger out of the cold. At night, Perks said, they "face their hardest trial." .

In Franklin County, one program operates two publicly-funded

family shelters for 2<i towns. The city of Boston alone has 12 family shelters plus eight for individuals, Springfield has five and there are five in neighboring Worcester County, Sister Hinga said.

"This reflects the state funding bias toward urban areas and a degree of ignorance about the level of human need and the cost of responding to human needs in rural areas," she said.

"In the end, the private sector responds ... but it takes a longer time," she said, "because the degree of' need is not as immediately recognized as in urban areas."

Also, Sister Hinga said, homelessness was a greater social stigma in rural than in urban areas.

"There is a strong rural ethic that you don't teIl other people your problems.... It's not kosher to ask for help," she said.

Besides, she added, "you're not guaranteed a'nonymity if you look for help ... there is more of a chance the homeless are people you might know."

Adding to rural trials is a lack of transportation and the fact that most telephone caIls are toIl calls.

Clergy in the county are trying to educate members of their churches about the plight of the homeless, Father Campoli said.

Sister Hinga urges them "to join with other sectors of the community in advocating for a public-private partnership to respond to the needs of the homeless."

"It certainly is a right - not a privilege - to have adequate housing," Father Campoli said. "It is part of our Gospel caIl to respond" to need.

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According to Ms. du Plessix Gray, "Religion helps to answer that prevalent sdf-questioning of the Gorbachev era which goes:.

'Who are we? We're not soCialists anymore. we'll never be capital. ists, w~at in hell are we?' "

Francine du Plessix Gray is a tall, impressive woman who has been known for her fine writings, many of them intertwined with her deeply-rooted .Catholicism. But these days she is getting considerable attention for her startling new book, "Soviet Women, Walking the Tightrope" (Doubleday).

The idea of having an American woman write about Soviet women came from a Moscow publisher, Progress, in conjunction with New York-based Doubleday. She was invited to take on this assignment because she is half Russian, She did not find answers, only "brought up exdusively by Rusparadoxes, she admitted. As for siim women," and also speaks the- the women, the first in Soviet hislanguage, she told me recently tory to be fully "emancipated," when I interviewed her in her they have had enough of an "equalConnecticut home. ity" that only meant women were In several visits to a number of taken out of their homes to do the Soviet republics, the writer came away with many observations worth reflecting upon. She found, for example, that what has been wrought in the Soviet Union by

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"J ogging sweats?" "Good idea. Be right back. (Pause). Nope."

Next you name every flat surface in your house, the neighborhood, the city, the county. If you are still playing the game after a prolonged period, it is always fun to ask, "Have you checked the car door and trunk lid?"

If you need further proof of women's superiority, ask yourself if you have ever seen a woman hitting her forehead against a trunk lid and whining, "I can't believe it.

I can't believe it. I can;t believe it While it is not polite to rub it in, it is good to keep this reality in . mind, especially when men try your patience and whimper silly things on the phone like, "You're at the mall and you locked your keys in the car? Not again."

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Henry V The Hunt For Red October Joe Versus the Volcano

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Bishop-elect Dupre has worked in the diocesan tribunal, as a pas,. tor, and with Vietnamese refugees, In January he was appointed diocesan vicar general. "'I His episcopal ordination will take place May 31. Springfield's former auxiliary, Bishop Leo E. O'Neil, last Nov. 30 was installed as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Manchester, N.H, Bishop O'Neil was the Springfield Diocese's first auxiliary bishop when he was installed in 1980.

In a statement, Bishop-elect Dupre said that when he first heard of his appointment, ". felt myself in a semi-dazed condition eNS photo BISHOP-ELECT DUPRE and felt numbness in my hands."

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has appointed Father Thomas L. Dupre, 56, chancellor ofthe diocese of Springfield, Mass., as auxiliary bishop of that diocese.

Bishop-elect Dupre was born in Holyoke. He studied for the priesthood in Montreal seminaries and was ordained in 1959. The bishopdesignate later pursued canon law studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington.

He has served as Springfield diocesan chancellor since 1977 and , is a diocesan consultor, a member of the presbyteral council and a member of the bishop's commission for the clergy.

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Area Religious Broadcasting The following television and radio programs 'originate in the diocesan viewing and listening area. Their listings normally do not vary from week to week. They will be presented in the Anchor periodically and will reflect any changes that may be made, Please clip and retain for reference.

On TV "Spirit and the Bride," a talk show with William Larkin, 6 p.m.

Each Sunday, 8:00 a.m WLNE, Monday, cable channel 35.

Channel 6. Diocesan Television Mass. Those in the Greater New On Radio Bedford area who do not have "Be Not Afraid," 15 minutes of cable TV can see a rebroadcast of music and Gospel message coorthe Mass at 11 a.m. on UHF dinated by Father Craig A. PreChannel 20 gana, parochial vicar at St. John Portuguese Masses from Our the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, is heard at 8 a.m. Sundays on New Bedford: 12:15 p.m. each ,station WARA, 1320 AM. The Sunday on radio station WJFD- Catholic clergy of the Attleboro FM,7 p.m. each Sunday on tele- area sponsor the program. vision Channel 20.

"The Beat," Christian rock "Confluence," 8:30 a.m. each music and information produced Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel by Building Block Ministries of program moderated by Truman Taunton, is broadcast at 6:00 Taylor and having as permanent a.m. Sundays on station WVBF participants Father Peter N. Gra- Boston, 105.7 FM, and may be ziano, diocesan director ofsocial heard in the Attleboro, Fall River, services; Right Rev. George Hunt, New Bedford and Taunton deanEpiscopal Bishop of Rhode Island, eries. and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

Charismatic programs with Father John' Randall are aired "The Beat," produced by Buildinl Block Ministries of Taunton. from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday and aired on many cable systems through Friday on station WRIB, 1220 AM; Mass is broadcast at I in the Fall River diocese features p.m. each Sunday. videos from and information on contemporary Christian rock art"Topic Religion," presented by ists. Check local listings for times two priests, a rabbi and a Prot" and dates. estant minister, is broadcast at Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday to 6:06 a.m. and 9:06 p.m. each Sunday on station WEEI BosFriday, WFXT, Channel 25. ton, 590 AM. "Breakthrough"6:30 a.m. each Programs of Catholic interest Sunday, Channel 10, a program are broadcast at the following on the power of God to touch lives, produced by the Pastoral times on station WROL Boston, Theological Institute of Hamden. 950 AM: Monday through Friday 9, 9:15, 11:45 a.m.; 12:15, Conn, 12:30, I p.m.

"Maryson," a family puppet A Polish-language Mass is show with moral and spiritual perspective 6 p.m. each Thurs- heard from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. day, Fall River and New Bedford every Sunday on station WICE, 550 a.m.

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AS ONE of his captors watches, Blessed Miguel Pro prays moments before his 1927 execution. (CNS photo)

BI. Pro execution recalled as papal Mexico trip nears VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II is scheduled to bless the new headquarters of the Mexican bishops, ordain priests and distribute first communion during a May trip to Mexico and Curacao.

Most of his stay will be in Mexico, where he arrives May 6 and leaves May 13 for a seven-hour stay in the Caribbean island of Curacao, the largest island of the Netherlands A'ntilles.

The schedule calls for the pope to beatify several Mexicans during a May 6 Mass at Mexico's most important religious shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The Vatican schedule does not name the people to be beatified.

The Mexican bishops have said they will include three childmartyrs killed during the colonial period. It is also hoped that the pope will canonize Juan Diego, a 16th-century Mexican Indian to whom Mary is believed to have appeared as Our Lady of Guadalupe. Last month the Vatican formally recognized public veneration of Juan Diego and also recognized his heroic virtues.

Also among saintly Mexicans is Blessed Miguel Pro, a Jesuit executed by the Mexican government in 1927 during a period 'Of fierce church persecution and beatified

by Pope John Paul II in 1988.From the moment of his death, when he stood with his arms in the form of a cross and shouted, "Long live Christ the Kingf" the priest symbolized the spirit of Mexico's Catholic resistance movement under a series of repressive regimes.

Some Catholics in the "Cristeros" rebellion eventually took up arms aga,inst the government, but a Vatican investigation found that Blessed Pro was not involved in violence, but carried on a clandestine ministry to Catholics after laws limiting church activity were enacted.

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out trial four days after a carbombing attempt on the life {)f former President Alvaro Obregon.

Obregon was not seriously injured.

The priest, his brother Humberto and two other men were killed by firing squad Nov. 23, 1927.

The Pros were members of a militant Catholic opposition group, the National League f~)f the Defense of Religious Liberty. A paramilitary wing of the league carried out the bombing, and the car used in the attack was traced to the priest's brother, who had apparently lent it to a friend before the assassination attempt.

Church sources say no evidence ever turned up to prove that the priest was involved in the bombing and that the government and Obregon were aware of this.

"His killing was the.expression ofthat anti-religious hatred which, in the 1920s, unleashed a violent persecution against the church," Jesuit Superior General Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach wrote recently.

As a seminarian, Blessed 'Pro fled Mexico in 1914 because of

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Jesuits think Ignatills would have hated his Roman resting place VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The final resting place of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, is one that many Jesuits say the saint would have hated.

And after being cleaned and restored for the first time in almost 300 years, the tomb's gleaming opulence is an even more blatant contrast to the ramshackle rooms 100 yards away where he died in 1556.

The tomb is in Rome's Gesu Church, built on property purchased by St. Ignatius.

Adjacent to the church are the rooms where the saint lived, worked and died after his order was approved by Pope Paul III in 1540.

While the gold, silver, bronze, marble and Russian lapis lazuli of the tomb might not have been congruent with St. Ignatius' vow of poverty,it is his burial site and a place of pilgrimage for members of the church's largest order of men religious.

The restoration of the tomb is one of many projects the Jesuits' - and the Italian government, which owns the church - have undertaken for the coming "Ignatius Year."

The Jesuits are celebrating the society's 450th anniversary in September and the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius' birth in 1991.

The tomb and its surrounding towering monument could be described as "busy" even without its three sculpture groups - one on the right. one on the left and one topping it off at about 80 feet.

It was designed in 1695 by Jesuit Father Andrea Pozzo, a theatrical set. designer. One hundred fulltime workers spent five years constructing it.

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water路 marks of baroque design," said Jesuit Father Thomas Lucas, a Californian who worked on the restoration.

Father Pozzo "pulled out all the stops," using "layer upon layer of opulence and splendor to honor a man who died in simplicity," he said.

Father Lucas, a stained-glass artist, helped reset the glass and jewels in the silver chasuble the tomb's'statue ofSt. Ignatius wears.

The restoration involved counteracting 20th-century Roman realities and toning down CounterReformation theology.

Running alongside the Gesu, a couple of yards behind the tomb, is Via del Plebiscito, one of Rome's main thoroughfares. The street and sidewalk narrow as they approach the church in order to miss the cornerstone. The taxis, cars, trucks and especially I:he hundreds of buses that pass daily have shaken loose many of the pieces of marble, alabaster and gems adorning the tomb.

A two-inch-thick layer of grime witnessing to 300 years' worth of candlelight worship by dust-bearing faithful was worsened by Rome's pervasive: air pollution.

After several chemical compounds failed to cut through the grime, the restorers used surgical scalpels to scrap(: it off.

At the tomb's peak is a white dove set against a sunburst of gold, signifying the Holy Spirit. It

is part of a sculpture group portraying the Trinity.

Father Lucas said the sculpture was so blackened by dirt that everyone was surprised to discover God the Father's cope was gold. They expected to find bronze.

The sculpture group on the right portrays "The Triumph of Religion." Engraved in the "book of the damned" are the names of gods of other religions.

The left-hand group is called "Faith Beats Down the Heretics."

Clearly visible on a similar book were the names of Martin Luther; who sparked the Reformation in the 1500s, and John Calvin, who came after Luther and formulated Protestant doctrines.

While a self-respecting restorer would not edit - for example, by sandblasting - the names away, Jesuits sensitive to ecumenical and interreligious relations were willing to give the engravings a wax filling.

Even with the tomb's new lighting, designed for theatrical effect

by Vatican engineers, the names are now visible only if one climbs over the ornately carved altar railing.

The lighting emphasizes the tomb's texture and intensifies the play of light and shadow that are hallmarks of baroque design.

But the most piercing beam of light picks out the tomb's altar.

Under it, beneath "the fussy, fanciful carvings and statues, is a simple urn containing St. Ignatius' bones.

Vatican l1lixes U.S. lay preaching norms WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Vatican has reje:cted a series of proposed guidelines on lay preaching approved by the U.S. bishops in 1988.

It did so in a h:tter from.Cardinal Anto~io Innocenti, prefect of the Vatican Congregation' for Clergy, to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.

Father Michael Walsh, director of the bishops' Pastoral Research and Planning Office, which formulated the guidelines, said they will be "redrafted" and submitted to the bishops at their November 1990 general meeting.

They retained a centuries-old tradition against lay preaching during Mass but cited instances when the laity could preach and

anti-Catholic policies. He resumed his studies in California.

His career as a priest - cut short by his death after only two years - coincided with a new crackdown on the Mexican church.

Under Obregon's 1920-24 presidency and the 1924-28 administration or' his successor. Elias Plutarco Calles, the government expelled two apostolic delegates and all foreign priests. backed a split within the church and sharply curtailed clerical activity in schools and public places.

The Mexican bishops responded in 1926 by suspending all Masses and sacraments for three years-a step that increa~ed opposition to the government among the preVATlcANcrry (CNS) - Pope dominantly Catholic population.

John Paul II has called for a Later, Catholic economic boycotts "sytematic study" of the Second were organized. and eventually an armed struggle began against t~e . Vatican Council's teaching on Jews and Judaism. His action drew government. praise from an Americ~n JeWish Father Pro, who had been studyleader who said it could signifiing and teaching in seminaries in cantly advance interfaith dialogue.

Nicaragua, Spain and Belgium, returned to Mexico in 1926 because The pope made the call at a meetof chronic ill health. He imme- ing with a delegation from the American Jewish Committee, notdiately founded a secret pastoral that aspects of church teaching network, taking the Eucharist from house to house, organizing spirit- ings on Jews and Judaism are conual exercises for workers and stu- tained in numerous council documents. dents and visiting prisoners.

According to Father Kolvenbach. the priest was known for his wit, his talent at mimicry and his ability to delight with songs and jokes.

"Miguel managed to amuse others, drawing from the optimism he found in the heart of Jesus," Father Kolvenbach said.

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"The purpose of these guidelines is very limited: they are to assist the individual diocesan bishop to establish diocesan policy' regarding preaching by laypersons in a church or oratory," the guidelines said, adding that they were "not intended to serve either as a pastoral exhortation or as a comprehensive theological treatment of lay preaching or of the ministry of the Word." .

Synod Continued from Page One in handling many aspects of church activity.

- Forming structures such as a strong bishops' conference and a nationwide network of parishes and seminaries.

Because the pope arrived less than two months before national elections, he avoided partisan politics by not discussing specific approaches to solving Czechoslovakian problems.

He also showed sensitivity to the country's main ethnic division between the majority Czechs and minority Slovaks. Hespoke mostly Czech, and his major speeches were in the Czech part of the country.

But in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. he spoke Slovak, a language similar to his native Polish.

The pope also symbolically participated in Earth Day by planting a tree to commemorate his visit after his April22 morning Mass in Velehrad.

He told journalists on the return flight to Rome that he hoped his trip would "open new doors in the relations between Eastern and Western Europe and foster European unity."

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The program sought comments on findings of a Leadership Conference of Women Religious and' Conference of Major Superiors of Men meeting held last summer in Louisville, Ky., on the theme Tradition and Transformation. Participants identified "10 transformative elements for religious life in the future" and are now seeking reactions of congregation members to their conclusions.

Also on the workshop program was a video presentation of an address given by Sister Clare Fitzgerald, SSND, at a recent convention of diocesan directors of vocations.

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However, there can be situations where a relationship meets a crossroad. If you currently are dating, this is a point worth thinking about: A person may ask you to act in ways that violate,your own beliefs and values.

If you remain in such a rela(ionship~ tile cos~ -to your dig-' nity will be high.

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The program will begin with a brief auditorium program followed by a clinics in 17 interscholastic sports.

- Connolly athletic director Cindy DeCosta sai!i the afternoon is "geared to expo:;e students and families to the opportunities commonly offered at the high school level and will feature demonstrations of basic skill.s within the context of values and sportsmanship

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25 Connolly students and chaperones recently returned from an educational tour of Italy during which they visited Rome, Venice, Florence and Sorrento. The tour was coordinated by Elizabeth Oliveira of the Connolly language department.

Student government members Katie Abrams, Phil Nadeau, Tom Pavao and Amy Almeida attended a Massachusetts Association Of Student Government conference April II at Randolph High School.

The program. featured activities geared toward building school spirit and workshops on leadership and fundraising.

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The C,onnolly baseball team has compiled an early season record of 4-3 (1-1 in SMC play). With Scott Tripp ~n the mound,,~he Cougars beat Westport ,15-,4 in Ii recent non-league c~nte.~t., ' ! . The boys' tennis .team won its .Divisi'on II opening match 3-2 at Attleboro, : . " .,:' The golf team stands at 3:2 with recent wins over Somerset and Da~tmout~.

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3,3 (grade point average) or better, that's one Jess worry fo~ us. I, , :' Students,who commit themselves At the age of 9, when I was in easy, I craved one, so I' bumln-ed in the c1assr.oom, she believesp put ,fourth' grade, )',h'ad my first en- , one and lit up yet again. ' forth similar effort on .the basketIn the 1950s there 'were· no TOM counteF with an addictive" bodyb~llcourt.: "Good, studer,ts are probably disciplined to do better," altering drug. treatment centers for nicotinics~ Ms. Bluder said, ' I was alone at home, my mother' no weekend' workshops, not even The Queen Bees boast a 3.3 having gone downtown and my;, books on' how 'to quit smoking. I brother having been delayed at ( discovered'l was a hopeless, helpgrade point aver~ge. Six of the 13 . high school. He had just lately got- less addict, players were on' the latest dean's list.

In the next 15 years my cigarette ten hooked on nicotine, much to This time I succeeded. A new Ms. Bh.ider also maintained that consumption went up to two packs Mom's displeasure. and wonderful life began, This was a commitment to faith is an imporOn a s'mall table by (he book- a'day, Sore throats were frequent, 25 years ago, ,case was his newly, acquire'd ash' and so were headaches and colds. tant part of her team's success. , The smoke-filled years yielded About halfofthe players'are Cath'tray - full of ci~arette l>utts. One' Although the cigarettes calmed me me some pleasures, but, mostly olic and most are Christian. was long, and I fingered it and' sii~htly l;l~d temporarily, the overthey brought me trouble, aggravasmelled it, and"after a brief strug- all effect was to make me more "There are some devoted Christion, headaches, sore throats and tians on the team," she said, who gle with my conscience decided to nervous. And I began to read scatthe like, So if you haven't started, "use their faith to make them a ' ,tered news reports of a suspeCted try it." smoking, my suggestion 'is, don't. better player."

I lit up'and took a' long puff; link. between lung ,cancer arid If you already are smoking, be Ms. Bluderencourages team mem'" exhaled and after a moment took a' . smoking. a~are that you can get help in bers to join the Fellowship of second long puff and inhaled. Then One day at work I picked up a breaking rhe habit. Paperback Christian Athletes chapter at the came the coughing. I took a third copy of Reader's Digest and read a booksand weekend workshops at 2,OOO-student St. Ambrose, which puff and really inhaled. Then darne condensed version of Herbert the dizziness, and I quickly decided, " Brean's pioneering book,"H ow to , hospitals can give you direction is owned by the Davenport Diocese. , and support: "Phooey!" Nicotine? My verdict Stop Smoking." ' "We look at the total person, the And if at first you don't succeed, type of person they are," she said. was "yule!': He outlined what seemed such a remember me - and my 'seven "We would like to have'Christians For the 'next '10 years I had no simple program for quitting. But of struggling: years - people who get along well with desire for' a cigarette' and' didn't '.. addictions":- genuine apdictions other people, who have, a good ,even flirt with the idea of smoking.' - are rarely simple. Despite feel~ attitude. It makes our job a lot In college one year I had a ing wonderful when I did quit for a , summer job working in a lens facsh,ort time, I always reentered my IRVING, Texas (CNS) -Ben easier in the long run." tory. It was boring, and there was' , slavery: . , Being coach, of the year is "a " Love, chief Scout executive of the For seven years I struggled and , Boy Scouts of America, has been great honor," Ms. Bluder said, but a lot of lltanding around doing nothing., 'One, day I bummed a was never able to stay off nicotine awarded' 'the St: George Emblem "any award that I receive like this cigarette from a generous buddy 'for more than a week. Sometimes I , by the National Catholic Commit- is a direct reflel;tion of the team who worked near me.' . would throw a pack away on my tee on Scouting, The St. George and of St. Ambrose University."

Ms. Bluder has compiled a 169Twod:ayslater I bummed trip home from work. Then I would, Emblem recognizes members of another one, and 'thus a habit was wake up at 3 a.m. and on my knees the laity and clergy who have 36 record in her six years at St: search in the wastebasket hoping made significant contributions to Ambrose and turned down job slowly born. Six months later I to find a precious cigarette butt. was smoking half a pack a day. A the spiritual development of youth offers at bigger schools because "1 One morning I woke up with a in Catholic Scouting. Love directs like it here," she said. year later I 'decided this habit was The St. Ambrose administration dumb and expensive so I decided fierce headache, a sore throat and the Boy Scouts of America's adone morning I would quit. I did. infinite weariness. I decided that ministration; which includes nearly and staff "try to make my job But by noon I found out that quitting cigarettes would be the 5,000 professionals and I million easy," she said, "They support me I00 percent." absolute top priority in my life. quitting cigarettes was not all that volunteers. ,

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WILLIE W'IN ONE, the 1990 mascot for the' U.S. Olympic Festival, is more , than a symbol of fair play for Viola rv1pser and her fourth-grade class &t Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School in St. Paul, Minn.

The white, furry figure wit,h a bright red nose and 'round black eyes 'p'layed a vital role in sequing their seats for the'July 6 opening ceremonies of Olympic Festival1990at theMetrodome in Minneapolis.

A~tually,' the C'lass won the tickets, - family passes for four for the teacher and , each student - by naming, the mascot in' a contest 'sponsored by' area chain 'sfores and the festival organizing committee. ' , At a surprise school assembly in February, the students and Mrs. Moser learned they'd won' when a chain store's representative presente'd' them :with the passes and a $5,000 check.

Principal Roy Dick said the money would help finance playground and athletic equipment.

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By Christopher Carstens When you turn 16, you and your parents are likely to view your new status somewhat differently. Look- ' ing at you, they see a child somehow disguised as a semi-growQup person. Scrutinizing yourself in the mirror you see an adult cruelly trapped in the body of a high school sophomore. ' This difference in perception becomes even more acute when you come to the most critical American rite of passage - your driver's test. There is nothing like a brand new driver's license to liven up the conflicts between parent and teen.

You imagine being able to drive to school, take your friends to the mall and do helpful little errands for your folks like driving them to work so you can have the car all day.

But it rar'ely works that way at first. The long-dreamed-offreedom can seem like a hoax as your parents come up with lists of new rules' about who you can and, can't take for a ride and how often you have to call home when you're out with the car.

Perhaps more than any other event, the driver's license focuses parents and teens on the central conflict of teen life - freedom vs. control. Teens, aware of the excitement and challenges of life, tend always to seek new freedom, new chances to choose their own path. Parents, more aware of life's dangers and pitfalls, work hard to maintain their protective control. , "Let me do It on my own," demands the teen, filled with self· confidence. "Let us shield you little longer," answer the parents, simultaneously filled with pride and anxiety.

"Cars kill,people, they kill more teens than ,drugs and alc<;>hol and

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crime," say the parents. "I'm a good driver and I won't do anything stupid," answers the teen.

And so it cycles on.

This conflict revolves around three issues: competence, reliability and self-control in the face of temptation.

Competence is the easiest to prove. The state, after all, tests your ability to steer, park and look before you change lanes. Parents can readily judge your ability to move the car about in traffic and even nervous moms and dads can tell if you drive with reasonable skill.

Reliability is harder to demonstrate. Over time you must establish that you actually go where you say you will go and bring the car in on time. Getting to the library and getting back safely once only proves that you didn't have an accident that time. Doing it 20 times confirms that you can handle the trip dependably. Similarly; consistently coming in by curfew helps your parents feel calmer about your driving.

Resistance to temptation is the hardest to prove. No matter how nice your friends are, someday somebody will offer you beer when you are out with the car. There will be an evening when a red Porsche cruises by at 80 mph and your friends prod you to try and pass it.

And there will always be the temptation to see how fast you can get home if you really push it.

The truth is that you can never certify that you are 100 percent resistant to temptation. No matter how you may have done in the past you could still falter the next time, and as you pull out of the driveway your parents simply have to'trust you. Thattrust takes time to build, and trust isn't issued with the driver's license. It has to be ear'ned and carefully nurtured. ,

Catholic school student';'writer ,earns national' recognition SALT LAKE CITY (CNS)'-, A til,' editor of his school's iiterilry story abou,t a Brazilian gold miner m a g a z i n e . , ' . " has brought a Catholic high school ,Powell, ~ho 'attributed' his'writstudent in Salt Lake City national ing 'interest to avid reading, S;lid literary recognition: his story ideas blossom irihis mind The·'student J. Eii: Powell a but that he does a grea.t, ~eal of senior at Judge 'Memorial Cath~li~' r~search for background 'inforrtHiHigh School, recently wona $3,000 tl~? , , award from the National FoundaMost of my ston,es have to do tion for Advancement in the Arts with journeys of theselC" he said. for a fi'ctional story. The founda"Th~ settings an.d characters are tion also sent hini to Florida for a ' all different. Typically, ~hey are all writers' works:hop. part.s of every'daylif~. A lot of my ' ", Id 'ct h' u stones come' from my own expeTh e 18 -year-o Sal . IS wor.... nences or f rom t h'mgs I encounter. " revolved around the main characJ h M G' ..' . I fJ d ' h ,,' b l ' 0 n c ean, pnnclpa 0 u ge ter,ago Id mIner,W 0 Isuna eto M :1 C th I' . ..' emona a 0 IC H'Ig h SC h 00 I relate to hIS species, IS estranged d 'p II' d d I t and isolated," . . an . owe s a vance. p ace men " , ,. .

English teacher, praised Powell f~r his work. ' He.doesn t fit In hl~ worl,d and the unlv~rse"as far as It ~ela~es tQ "We are very proud of Eli," humankind, Powell smd In an McGean said. "I think it's marveinterview with the Intermountain lous th'at he's won this award. He's Catholic, newspap~r of the Dioone of those fairly rare students cese of Salt Lake City. who is truly excited about school, The award money will help pay classes, intellectual encounters and for his college education, said Powlearning in general."

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

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

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; 4-separate classifi· cation (given films not morally offen· sive which. however. require some analysis and explanation); O-morally -offensive.

Catholic ratings for television movies are those of the movie house versions of the films.

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

New Films "The Gods Must Be Crazy HI" (Columbia): Mildly amusing, intermittently funny sequel set in Africa's Kalahari Desert in which a pair of poachers, two opposing soldiers and a couple whose plane has crashed get lost but receive help periodically from a bemused bushman (N!Xau) who is on the trail oftwo missing children. Written and directed by Jamie Uys:the South African procfuction has some charming moments with the two youngsters and bits and pieces of slapstick comedy, but the endless predicaments of the strangers strain patience and credibility. Bare-bottomed bushmen and several occasions in which the woman's dress gets caught exposing her under. garments, A2, PG "In the Spirit" (Castle Hill): Spacy New-Age widow (Marlo Thomas) and spoiled matron (Elaine May) are forced to patch up personal differences and join forces to' trap a murderous stalker.

Director Sandra Seacat misses a grand opportunity to explore intriguing questions abo,ut women "and middle 'age, friendship and self-r-eliance in this/6therwise disjointed buddy caper comedy.' Some

rough language laced with explicit sexual references. A3, R

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bles" (1987) - Almost camp parody of the TV original as federal agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner), portrayed as an inept family man, gets the goods on infamous Chicago gang boss AI Capone (Robert De Niro). The violence is dreamlike and distanced in a highly stylized crimestopper story which has some harsh language and brutal intensity. A3,R

"Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed" (Miramax): Wildly romantic French comic fantasy about the head of a yogurt company who falls helplessly in love with the black woman who cleans his firm's offices at night after she reveals the Tuesday, May 8, 9-11 p.m. EDT plot that almost causes his finan(CBS) - "Beverly Hills Cop II" cial ruin. Written and directed by (1987) - Tiresome vanity producColine Serreau, the comedy has tion featuring Eddie Murphy as some delicious moments of devious the clever Detroit cop who helps cor'porate backstabbing but the his California colleagues break up romance is so outrageously unlikely a gang of thieves and gunrunners. that one can't take it seriously.

Unfunny, vulgar sight gags, ramSubtitles. Though there are sev, pant profanity, brutality and vioeral discreet bedroom scenes and lence are fused with extended brief partial nudity', the movie's demolition chase sequences. O,R moral is clearly that people are more important than material riches. A4 "Vital Signs" (Fox): Sudsy melodrama about five medical students (most notably, Adrian Pasdar and Jack Gwaltney) trying to make the grade as doctors while dealing with their personal problems, chiefly those of the heart. Directed

by Marisa Silver, the movie fails to generate anything but surface interest in its youthful characters.

The daily rounds in a teaching hospital will be of interest only to inveterate fans of medical programs. Several sexual encounters, one of which is depicted graphically in the shadows of a medical- , supply room. A3, R TV Film Wednesday, May Z, 9-11 p.m.

EDT (PBS) ..;. "Eat a Bowl of Tea"(1989)- Wry comedy about family life in New York clty's Chinatown of 1949 depicting the pressures on a newly married Chinese-American couple (Russell Wong and Cora Miao) to have children. Because of immigration restrictions, Chinese-American communities of the period had many· old men but few women, making this couple's marriage, child-bearing abilities and the husband's impotence fraught with intergenerational and cultural pressures humorously and touchingly evoked. Brief graphic violence, an adulterous liaison a!Jd ~ome rough language laced with sexual innuelJdoes. A3,PG 13 Sunday, May 6, ,9 71i:30 p~ni..

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Iteering pOint, PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are askeli to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall' River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of a.llactlvItles. Please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not normally carry news of fund raising activities. We are happy to carry notices of spiritual pro-' grams, club meetings, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundralslng projects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business offlce,-telephone 675-7151..On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

WIDOWED SUPPORT Cape Cod area meeting 3 p.m.

Sunday, Christ the King parish religious education center, Mashpee.

Topic: Renewing Interests. Information: 428-7078, evenings.

Taunton meeting 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Immaculate Conception church hall.

SKIN CANCER DETECTI9N CLINIC Free clinic conducted by FR dermatologists 5-9 p.m. Wednesday Truesdale Clinic, 1030 President Ave., FR. Appointments: 676-3411.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN LaSALETTE SHRINE, St. John Neumann, E. Freetown: ATTLEBORO junior high twilight retreat 4-8 Healing service with Maria Rocha tonight; confirmation retreat 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. May 22. People's Chapel.

5 p.m. tomorrow. Emmaus retreat Healing service with Father Andre tonight-Sunday. Ultreya 7-10 p.m. Patenaude 2 p.m. Sunday.

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DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA SECULAR FRANCISCANS Alcazaba Circle 65, Attleboro, W. Harwich pre-fraternity and St. monthly meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, Francis of the Cape Fraternity joint K. of C. Hall, Hodges St. May communion breakfast following 9: 15 baskets for shut-ins will be filled. a.m; Mass May 6, St. John Evangelist Church, Pocasset. Guest speaker ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH Women's Guild Mass and lunwill be Father Louis Foley, OFM. cheon Sunday. Msgr. John J. Regan, Dorothy Williams, Information: pastor, and Rev. John Kilmartin of 394-4094. the Don Orione Fathers of Divine BIRTHRIGHT, FALMOUTH Providence will concelebrate the New volunteers welcome for 11:15 a.m. Mass; luncheon will foltraining session 7-9 p.m. May 3,161 low at Falmouth Quality Inn at Spring Bars Rd., Falmouth. Infor- 12:30 p.m. mation: Susan Antonangeli,' trainST PATRICK,FR ing instructor. 563-2464.

Confirmation rehearsals 7 tonight LaSALETTE CENTER, and tomorrow night.

ATTLEBORO "Roots and Wings" family retreat ST. STANISLAUS, FR RCIA 7-8:30 p.m. Monday.

May 11-13. Provides families with a chance to reflect on what has given, HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON First communion 10:30 a.m. Sunthem roots and anchored them together as a family. Information: day.

222-8530.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON ST. KILLIAN, NB Confirmation 7 tonight.

Healing service 3 p.m. May 6.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Vicentians will attend 10 a.m. 'Mass Sunday to honor their founder. First communion rehearsals II a.m.-12:30 Br~ad p.m. tomorrow and May 5, church.

Pax Christi of Southeastern Confirmation class Mass of PresenMassachusetts, in conjunction tation lOa.m. Sunday. Explorer Post with Pax Christi USA, will mark I youth group youth and adult leadtlie. sixth anniversary of "The ers meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, parish center. (i)(iallenge of Peace," the peace p!$((nal of the U.S. bishops, SACRED HEART, FR wiP. "'Bread and Roses: A Pax Sacred Heart Women's Guild offers the Rose E. Sullivan Scholar(ilj,risti Can to Action," a pro... ship to a senior student whose moth. 'tc)bebeld from 4 to 9p.R1•. er has been a guild member for the ay, May 6, at St. Vincerit's last five years; applications at area ~2425 Highland Ave., Fall high schools.

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First Eucharist family Mass to froto"flax Cbr.istl U§4, a.m. Sunday. Rev. Jon de Cortina, 'as~ift frommilit~~ S.J., a colleague of the six Jesuits g to .~pellding(Qit~e murdered in EI Salvador in Novem.socialn~eds intbe natiOit ber, will speak 4: 15 p.m, Sunday. orld~ NationaIlY"it,,"" ST. THOMAS· MORE, regiQ.rud actionsinCali~' SOMERSET 1l~~,Nebraska,Min~ First Eucharist II :30 a.m. Sun.; . Lquisiana, Mil:higap, day. Parents are reminded of the ,ork and. WasbingJon,Q~;. second Eucharist workshop'9- U a.m.

Saturday, parish center.

•. fall. River theprogral1l egin with Mass Ilndc(miST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA. 'witl) .an agape ol'pe.c~.· First communion workshop 9:3011:30 a.m. tomorrow. nd apresentatiori on,th, astoralby Father Robert SS PETER AND PAUL, FR eira, diocesan director First communion II a.m. Sunday.

Vincentians will attend 9:30 a.m. tinuing.. formation 'of Mass Sunday to celebrate the birthnd iaity. The word Ilgape day of their founder. from the Greek word ve.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Showingof"Romero" 7 p.m. SunFaURiver program is day, parish hall. Second-grade paro . . . •. . . .• to aU' but registl'ationis ent meeting 10-11 a.m. tomorrow. ...e~ttedforthe.meal.Toregistel' Afternoon of reflection for catechists . 9r9~tainfurtl)er information; and M.C.A. members 1-6 p.m. Sun~~)1679.8Stl. parish hall; potluck supper at 5 ." ··.'rhe area coordinatol' tor teax day, p.m.. fisH is Father Joseph <Nt. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE admillistrator of St.Viq~ First communion 1·:30 p.m. Sunme; .,i'.c'" .. day and May 6 at OLV, 11:30 a.m. ·':·'r-:,':'··· and 2:30 p.m. May 13 at OLH.

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,ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Parish holy hours will be held every Friday evening beginning this week, Bible study will resume its meetings on fourth Sundays; Scriptures for the following month's liturgies will be reviewed, CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Parish Scripture study will meet for noon Mass Sunday followed by luncheon for participants and their families; information: Sharon Fitzpatrick, 888-8693, or Beverly Comeau, 477-3282. The rosary is prayed 7 p.m. Wednesdays near the office of Womancare, 62 Camp St., Hyannj~.

ADORERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Holy hour 7-8 p.m. Monday, St. Theresa Church, 2693 Acushnet Ave., NB with celebrant Father Paul Guido, OFM, pastor of St. Kilian Church, NB, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament Fridays following 9 a,m.

Mass until 7 p.m. when Benediction services are held, St. Theresa Church.

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TEENAG]~ MUTANT Ninja Turtles Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello and Leonardo are considered off limits for tots, but many parents don't realize it, says columnist Mary Kenny. (eNS photo)

"Batm:in," "Ninjas" not for tots, says Mary Kenny WASHINGTO:'l (CNS) - The movies "Batman" 'and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" are not for little children, but unaware parents still bring preschoolers to see . them, a nationally known parent educator said.

Mary Kenny, who with her husband, James, a psychologist, writes a column for Catholic News Service, "Family Talk," which runs weekly in the Anchor, described the plight of parents deciding what movies their children can see.

ST. ANTHONY OF THE DESERT, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament immediately following crowning of Blessed Mother at II a.in. liturgy until 6 p.m. May 6; holy hour 5-6 Some parents "brought prep.m. St. Sharbel Chapel, 300 North schoolers" to see "Batman," said Mrs. Kenny in a telephone interEastern Ave. ORDER OF ALHAMBRA view from her home in Rensselaer, Region One Council bf Caravans Ind. They did not know it was an monthly meeting 8 p.m. May 4, adult movie because they got taken Loyola Hall, College of the Holy in "by 'Batman' paraphernalia that Cross, Worcester. was aimed at youngsters.'!

SACRED HEART, Apparently parents did not N. ATTLEBORO bother to look at how the movie First Eucharist 10:30 a.m. Mass was reviewed, said the mother of Sunday. Finance committee meets 12 children, the youngest of whom 7:30 p.m. Monday, rectory. is 15 years old. .

ST. HEDWIG, NB "It's going to bt: the same" with 15th anniversary and installation "Turtles," the recently released banquet II :30 a.m. May 10, Century movie about the popular cartoon House, Acushnet. Rev. Sebastian characters, she predicted.

Siesinski will install elected officers The U.S. Catholic Conference Louise Arruda, president; Stanley Mastey, vice-president; Loretta Office for Film and Broadcasting Benedetti, secretary; Anna Olifierko classified "Batman" A-III - adult~ anc!.Albert Arruda, treasurers.

- and "Teenage Mutant Ninja TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL Turtles" A-II - adults and adolesVolunteers sought to participate cents.

"Mrs. Kenny said parents face a in literacy training for patients through the Commonwealth. Lit~r-' time obstacle" today because movacy Program. lnformation: 824-7551· "ies are advertised on television and ext. 1 2 7 . · children know about a film before ChKIST THE KING, MASHPEE parents even hear the name of it.

First'penance7:30 p.m. Thursday.

"Parents are frustrated because ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, they didn't see tre 20-second ads HYANNIS to let them know 'what was comFirst communion practice 9:30-11 ing," she said. a.m. tomorrow, church hall. First penance 7 tonight. Confirmation 7 p.m. Monday.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN WASHINGTON (CNS) - In First-communion retreat 2-4 p.m.

Sunday, church hall. Vincentians the rapidly growing field of sowill participate in 9:30 a.m. Mass called right-to-die cases, any legal Sunday to honor founder Frederic guidelines must "rleflect sound ethOzanam. ical principles," a group of Catholic VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON health care organizations told the District meeting following 7:30 p.m. Mass May 7, Holy Family U.S. Supreme Court. Whatever precedents or guidelines the court Church, East Taunton. establishes in 'suc:h cases, "some ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO May devotions 7 p.m. Tuesdays. ethic of life is being popularized," Confirmation 7 p.m. Wednesday; the group said in a friend-of-therehearsal 6:30 p.m. Monday, parish court brief recently filed.

"The legal presumption should center. require the provision of life-sustainST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB Men's League meeting II a.m.

God the Giver Sunday, lower church. Women's League' will sponsor An Evening "Every time you give a little of with Father Pat 7:30 p.m. May 4, yourself to others, God gives himLaSalette Shrine, Attleboro. self to you."-:-Unknown

CNS recently established a 24hour, pay-for-reviews service, 1900-PREVIEW, which allows parents to hear movie reviews over the telephone. and such a system could offset some of the time problem, she said.

Mrs. Kenny said parents need to read reviews to be informed, and said that mothers and fathers who decide what youngsters can see based only on Motion Picture Association of America ratings are "taking the easy way out."

They ne'ed to read reviews to deal with nuances in films, she said.

"What's most helpful, especially for parents with older youngsters," she said, "are reviews by really good reviewers who report on both the artistic merit and moral implications of the movie."

After parents read these reviews, she said, they can decide whether they want to let the. child go to the movie themselves or not permit the child to attend at all.

Parents who read reviews might decide that "the movie touches on a topic they wish to discuss with their children," she said. "They might even decide that a movie which was given an adult classification because of bad language is acceptable because it makes a point the parent wants to discuss with the child," she said.

CNS offers USCC Office for Film and Broadcasting reviews of films and videos to diocesan newspapers every week. Capsule versions of the reviews, which appear in nearly 60 Catholic Pilpers, are the basis for the 900-PREVIEW line. ,.

Presulmption should be for life ing treatment," the brief said. "This presumption can be overridden only when one has an adeqiJate objective basis to show that such treatment would be futile or unduly burdensome to the patient."

Consultor named WASHINGTON (CNS) -John Borelli, associate director for interreligious relations in the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, and a religious historian, has been named a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue for a five-year term. The council fosters relations with other religions.