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By Pat McGowan At last Saturday's election-year convention that highlighted a keynote address by Boston Auxiliary Bishop Roberto O. Gonzalez, OFM, at 38 one of the nation's youngest bishops, nearly 400 members and guests of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women converged on St. Mary's parish ce.nter, South Dartmouth.

It was a Franciscan sort of day for the women, who unanimously elected a slate of officers headed

by Madeline Wojcik ofSt. Joseph's parish, Taunton. First to fifth vice presidents, representing each diocesan district council, are Mary Mikita, Holy Redeemer, Chatham; Jeannette Bauza, St. Mary, Norton; Bella Nogueira, St. John of God, Somerset; Mildred Almeida, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford; Lillian Plouffe, St. Joseph, North Dighton.

Recording secretary, Theresa Lewis, St. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford; treasurer, Mary Geary, Holy Name, Fall River; corresponding secretary, Angela Medeiros, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk.

All will serve for two years.

DCCW district presidents, also serving for two years, are Colette Waring, Fall River District I; Helen Stager, New Bedford Di~trict II; Martina Grover, Taunton District III; Caroline Long, Attleboro District IV; Betty Mazzucchelli, Cape and Islands District V. Speaking to the theme of the 36th annual convention, "Lord Make Us Instruments of Your Peace," which was taken from the Prayer ofSt. Francis, Bishop Gonzalez, his brown habit contrasting sharply with his magenta bishop's zucchetto, discussed the prayer phrase by phrase.

"Francis often spoke of obvious things but we need to be reminded of them," he said in discussing the phrase in the prayer, "Where there is hatred, may we sow love." Francis, said the bishop, pointed out that Christ called his betrayer "friend."

"Thus," explained the bishop," those who injure us are our friends.

Through causing us suffering, they are really offering us eternal life."

Much of St. Francis' prayer, admitted the bishop, "seems to express the opposite of what we'd want if we were left to ourselves; yet in losing ourselves, we find ourselves:" In that light, he said, the prayer's petitions that one may con~ole rather than be consoled, understand rather than be understood and love rather than be loved, are understandable.

The bishop spoke of Lady Jacoba, a dear friend of St. Francis who helped the 13th century saint in his good works, and of the DCCW commissions. which through their works of charity "take a step beyond what is ordinarily called for."

Recalling that St. Francis said "We are mothers of Our Lord Jesus Christ when we carry him lovingly in our hearts and give birth to him in our service of others," .he told the DCCW members that "you are the Lady Jacobas of Fall River and you are indeed mothers of Christ, for you carry him in your hearts lovingly, purely and with a clear conscience."

Business Session At a convention business session, Dorothy Curry, outgoing DCCW president, drew applause when she explained t~e absence of Turn to Page Six

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Part of the crowd attending the CCA kickoff meeting

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By Joseph Motta Hundreds of clergy, religious and laity attended last Wednesday'S kickoff meeting for the 48th annual Catholic Charities Appeal. .

Among them was Walter E. Deda OfSt. Stanislaus parish, Fall River.

"I've never missed the kickoff yet," said Deda, 74, who earlier this year retired for health reasons as CCA chairman at his parish.

Deda was, according to pastor Father Robert S. Kaszynski, for some 40 years Mr. Catholic Chari.ties at St. Stanislaus.

The veteran chairman has now passed the Catholic Charities torch to Christopher Haponik, Father Kaszynski said. .

"He's actually inspired the younger generation to take over," said the priest. "It was on his own initiative that he suggested to me that this 29-year-old fellow take over."

Father Kaszynski wrote in a recent parish bulletin t:,at the transition "is an excellent example of the seniors of Community calling forth the talents of younger members."

Deda's work, the priest told The Anchor, was always extremely well-organized and thorough. The chairman emeritus, he said, is "like Mr. Go-Getter, he has more energy and zip."

Deda, a retired assistant mailroom foreman at the Fall River Herald News, is a 1973 Marian Medalist.. A Fall River native, he is a lifelong member of St. Stanislaus parish.

He married wife Lillian 40 years ago next month at nearby St.

Patrick's parish, where the couple also maintains membership. "Two sets of envelopes," he chuckles.

Deda is probably unique in the diocese or possibly anywhere in ushering at three parishes: St. Stanislaus, where he has captained the ushers for 28 years; at St. Mary's Cathedral, where he has served for 47 years; and at St. Patrick's, where he's a fill-in.

For years he has delivered the St. Stanislaus parish bulletin by hand to Fall River's Leary Press, where The Anchor is printed, to ensure that its news will appear in the Steering Points column. ;The active senior also belongs to his parish men's club and was for years the St. Stanislaus publicity chair.man. He still does publicity for the parish seniors' group.

Deda said his job as collection chair included many hours of telephone work, asking parishioners to solicit appeal donations.

"I've always done pretty well," he said. "Very few of them refuse me."

And he noted that he's never passed up an opportunity to collect a contribution.

"If I have to go six times, I go," he said, referring to the many times a collector might find a collectee away from home.

The chairman has often succeeded at homes where other solicitors have failed. "Year after year," he grins, "we've gone over our previous total."

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HEIR APPARENT Christopher Haponik with Lillian Deda and chairman emeritus Walter Deda (Studio D photo)

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DETROIT(NC) - The National Organizat,ion for Women has called for a national boycott of Domi-' .no's Pizza after the company's owner made a major contribution to an anti-abortion campaign.

N'OW is protesting a $50,000 contribution made last fall by Domino's owner Tom Monaghan tothe Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions, a main organizer behind a successful referendum to end state-funded abortions in Michigan.

Monaghan, whose company is based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is the founder of Legatus, an organization for Catholic business leaders.

Domino's Pizza spokesman Ron Hingst told The Michigan Catholic, Detroit's archdiocesan newspaper, that "Tom is standing behind his conviction that making the contr.ibution was the right thing to do."

However, the company thinks it unfair that the boycott could affect Domino's franchises which are not owned by Monaghan, Hingst said.

Nevertheless, he added, sales have been watched "very closely" since the boycott was announced and revenues are not declining.

HONORED RECENTLY at St. John of God parish, Somerset, for 25 years of service in religious education were Cora Silvia, Hazel Chellel, Laura Furtado and Agnes Barboza. "Their generosity, love and zest for all that is good are a constant re.minder of what Christian commitment should be," said Kathie Barboza, parish religious education coordinator.

Papal trip to Africa starts today

Last September the Diocesan Office of Pastoral Care for the Sick pioneered a two-semester pastoral ministry course designed to help participants minister to the sick and elderly at home, in nursing homes and in hospitals.

Its 39 graduates will be commissioned for service at a ceremony to be held at 7 p.m. May 8 in St. Julie Billiart Church, North Dartmouth.

Building on the program's success, it will be offered a second time, beginning this September and concluding in April, 1990, said Sister Shirley Agnew, RSM, course chairperson and assistant director of the diocesan Pastoral Care office. Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald is director of the office and also of diocesan nursing homes.

Sister Agnew said the new course will be slightly restructured from that of last year but that, like its predecessor, it will include theological education, the study of suffering, loss and grief and practical training in listening skills and the techniques of pastoral visiting. A prayer weekend will come at its midpoint.

Except for pastoral visits to the sick, last year's course took place at the diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth, but .the new program will be held in part at Tobey Hospital in Wareham, said Sister Agnew.

Registered and licensed practical nurses as well as Category 2 social workers will be eligible for credit of 100 contact hours for completion ofthe course, she noted.

Working with her in planning the course will be Sisters Jacqueline Dubois, SSA, and Dympna Smith, RSM, and Rev. Bruce Cwiekowski. .

Applications for the 1989-1990 program are available from Sister Agnew at PO Box 600, Pocasset 02559, telephone 564-4771.

ROME (NC) - Pope John Paul In Madagascar, a former French believed ·to affect as much as 15 II's fifth trip to Africa, which colonial island offthe eastern coast percent of the population. Crime starts today, will take him to three of Africa, the Catholic Church has and corruption are running out of of the continent's poorest coun- worked in an uneasy alliance with control. tries, where the church's mission is the socialist government headed The Zambian church, like that a daily effort in promoting Chris- by President Didier Ratsiraka, who of Madagascar, has experienced tian hope and relieving social came to power in 1975. growing pains, notably in the area burdens.

The church runs a network of of vocations. With the gradual The pope will travel to Mada- hospitals, leprosy clinics and out- withdrawal offoreign missionaries, gascar, Zambia and Malawidur- patient centers in the country, the pastoral burden is being met ing his visit April 28-May 6, with staffed largely by women religious. by fewer and fewer priests - curan overnight stop in the French This is appreciated in a nation rently one for every 3,500 Cathol/territorial island of Reunion. It is where infant mortality in some ics: There has been a recent rise in the pope~s first trip to each of the areas is estimated at 200 per thou- the number of seminarians, but at countries, and organizers expect sand, where tens ofthousands died present many Zambian Catholics large and enthusiastic crowds at of malaria last year, and where see a priest only once a month. the eight outdoor Masses he will basic medical supplies are in conIn their place, basic Christian. celebrate. tinual short supply. communities have flourished, with The visit, coming on the heels of The church also operates some lay people involved in leading and a papal trip to Africa last fall and 1,700 nursery and primary schools preaching at Sunday services withthe recent announcement of an throughout the island. At one time, out a priest. Thousands of lay Africanwide synod, is a sign of the the Catholic secondary school sys- catechists also have been trained. church's interest in:evangelizing a tem was equally strong, but free Proving successful is the Marcontinent where Christians are still government high schools have reriage Encounter movement, in a minority and where Catholics sulted in declining enrollment. make up 13 percent of the populaInculturation, or adapting native which Zambian Catholic couples tion. . beliefs to the Christian faith, will explain to other couples their own WASHINGTON (NC) - PresLocal church leaders are also no dOUbt be an underlying issue in experience with Christian mar- ident Bush in a meeting last week hoping that the trip will highlight . Madagascar and in other coun- riage. with evangelical Christian leaders the current suffering in the region tries on the papal itinerary, where "It's the one thing from Europe reiterated support for the idea of and recharge pastoral energies. traditional religious practices co- that is really catching on in Zam- tuition tax credits for families who "The Holy Father has often exist with Christianity. bia," said a priest. pay private school tuition, but said spoken in favor of human rights In Madagascar, for example, In Malawi, a sliver ot:land lodged there was no room for it in the and justice, and I think it's not to the annual ancestral exhumation, between Zambia, Tanzania and federal budget. be presumed that after indepen- once condemned by the church, Mozambique, an influx of refuBush met with the church leaddence we have a state of perfect has more recently been given a gees has strained the agricultural ers and others at the White House justice," Bishop Dennis De JOhg Christian meaning by pastors. They economy and the church's pastoral to discussfamily issues. They told Temporary administrator of Ndola, Zambia, said recently. now compare the practice, which capabilities. In places south of him they were concerned about his "He's coming to us really at a involves cleaning an ancestor's Blantyre, the city where the pope recent comments 'on tuition tax named for St. Vincent's .' .

St. Vincent's Home,' Fall River, moment when we feel very' eco- corpse and replacing the winding will spend most of his time, Mo- credits. received on Monday, April 24, nomically depressed. So we hope sheets, to the church's respect for zambicans now outnumber Malawi On March 29, Bush told a stu1989, a Directive from the Massa- his visit will help remind the world saints. dent who asked if families should natives 3-to-1. that we all belong together and chusetts Office for Children.

In Zambia, where the pope will The Malawi church, with gov- get a tax break for sending their In compliance with this Direc- that there should be more justice. spend two days, the severe eco- ernment encouragement and sub- children to private schools: "No, tive, the Most Reverend Daniel A. It would be a great boost for us. It . nomic crisis - dating to a copper sidies, .runs about 1,000 schools they shouldn't."

Cronin, the President of St. Vin- would give us new hope," he said. market crash in the 1970s - has and more than 170 health and "1 think that everybody should The Catholic .Church operates' had direct effects on the church's cent's Home ~orporation, in consupport the public school system," social.centers. Malawi Presidentsultation with' the Board, has with relative freedom in each of . ministry. For example, state sub- for-Life Hastings Kamuzu Banda. Bush told the student. "And then, named the Reverend Peter N. the countries, and the governments ~ sidies to church-run hospitals have . has given his blessing to church if on top of 'that, your parents Graziano as the Temporary Ad- are in turn grateful to the church been sharply reduced. In local par- social activities, as long as the think they want to shell out, in ministrator of the Home. The for providing urgently needed social ishes, foreign aid must now.. be church stays out of politics. addition to the tax money, tuition Home will also maintain the staff- services. mon.ey, that's their right and that sought to pay many priests' salaries..

Despite a recent upturn in voca- should be respected."

But even with church help, social ing pattern detailed in the DirecThe transportation situation ,is tive, and will work with the State disintegration is a real threat in the so bad that the country's bishops tions, Vatican officials have exThe president's, press' secretary, in the hiring of a consultant to countries along the papal route.. are worried about finding buses pressed concern about the quality. Marlin Fitzwater, later said there study the Home's administration. The precarious economies of Mad- for pilgrims during the pope's trip. of priestly formation in Malawi. had been a misunderstanding. He While complying with this Di- agascar and Zambia are slipping Given the economic reality, The pope stressed the need for said the president supported the rective, the Home will file a writ- further under massive foreign debt President Kenneth Kaunda·s "Zam- solid formation in a talk to Mala- concept of tuition tax ~redits, but ten request for reconsideration with and imposed austerity. Life in bian humanism" - a mix of wi's bishops last year, and the budget constraints would not allow the Office for Children. Because of Malawi is showing the strains of a socialism, capitalism and Chris- Congregation for the Evangeliza- such a measure: .

At the April 18 meeting, Bush the strict laws regarding confiden- refugee population that now num- tian principles. - ha~ not flour- tion of Peoples recently said the tiality in these matters, however, bers about 800,000, most of them ished. Inflation and unemployment lack of good seminary personnel said that "philosophically he still the Home cannot release the details Mozambicans fleeing civil strife in are rampant. Health care is failing, has created some "uneasy situa- thought credits were good but that tht~ir'homelillld': . . ..•. of this recbnsiderafion request. the budget would not allow it." and the virus that causes AIDS is tions" inthe country.

In a recent issue of Domino's corporate newsletter, Monaghan wrote that reaction to his d.onation has "been more dramatic than what I anticipated. We've received many letters and phone calls. The reaction is pretty much split; some are against my stance, but others have been in support and that response has been heartwarming."

In retrospect, he wrote, "I'm not sure I would have made such a public statement about my convictions against abortion if I would have known the reaction: I am not worried about myself or my financial welfare. I am doing fine and I can weather the storm. But I do feel a responsibility toward others in Domino's Pizza, especially the franchises. " But his stance on abortion hasn't changed, he said. "My faith teaches me that abortion is murder, and I cannot, in good conscience, accept that."

Another factor in NOW's boycott decision, said spokeswoman Maxine Parshall, was ·that Domino's canceled a NOW-sponsored function last year at Domino's Farms after learning that some of the money raised would support abortion-rights efforts.

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Apri128, 19893

By Pat McGowan It was a wake but you could

FRIAR CAMARA

Friar Camara ordination set Friar Michael M. Camara, OFM, of the Franciscan province of the Immaculate Conception, will be ordained to the priesthood at 10 a.m. May 27 at St. Michael's Church, Fall River, by 'Bishop Virgilio Lopez;'OfM, of the diocese of Trujillo in 'Colon, Honduras.

Friar Camara is the SOn Of Anthony and toe late Rbse'(Correia)' Camara and "is a native Fall River. Following completion Of his primary and secondary'educatio'n, he' served 'in the'U .S·. Air Fdrcefo'dt>ui' yeirs, lh~n ~nte~eij' . th€ maer'o('f'tlRrs'MtRBf ,•.,!; ~'(':: He pre'pa'red tor 'the p·t~stH"o{{d at" Immacphtte Conception Semi-' 'nary, Troy, N.Y. and St. Vincent Seminary/Latrobe, Pa. He holds a' bachelor's degree in religiou~ edu- . cation from St. Vincent College in Latrobe and a master of divinity degree from St. Vincent Seminary.

Ordained to the transitional diaconate last May at St. Kilian's Church, New Bedford, he served" his diaconal year at St. Agnes Church, North Huntingdon, Pa. Friar Camara will offer aMass of thanksgiving at 3 p.m. May 28 at St. Michael's Church, Fall River.

The homilistwill be Msgr. Donald D. Velozo of Cape May, N.J.

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Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, . diocesan Representative for Religious and the national appeal's local coordinator, said money collected in the Fall River diocese and across the nation will offset current retirement costs and allow congregations to invest money for future needs, thus making it possible to phase out' the emergency program in 10 years or less.

She said "In the bishop's name and for all the retired religious in our congregations, I extend gratitude to all 'who' assisted in this' endeavor."

have called it an alumnae reunion as scores of students of the former Sacred Hearts Academy in Fall River came together on a soft spring evening to say goodbye to "Madam John."

Sister John Elizabeth Creamer, SUSC, 89, died April 23 and her Mass of Christian Burial was offered Wednesday in Sacred Heart Church, Fall River.

Born in the city on June 29, 1899, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Elizabeth (Turley) Creamer. She attended Sacred Hearts Academy from third grade through high school and was later to say that part of her died when the school closed in 1975.

Before entering the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts in 1925, she graduated from Trinity College, Washington, D.C., and worked in New York City for four years, concurrently doing ,graduate work at Columbia University.

She made her novitiate in Belgium, returning to the United States in 1927 to begin her long career as

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Even then she remained involved with her beloved school, maintain.. ing alumnae records and master.. minding an all-years reunion tha'~ drew some '800 people to a' gala . evening at Venus de Milo r~stau.. " rant in Swansea. The event was a' highlight of theHoly Union c~m:.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (NC) - A mlinity's celebration of the cen·· Catholic peace. activist, arrested tennial of its ~ri-ival i'ri Fall River.' fo·dhe 15'th tim'e aia Nevada T<iIly Sister John Elizabeth taught Eng· to bari nucl~ar w~apons testing, lish at Sacred Hearts' "Academv said her days behind bars are not from '1927 ..until.19.52, "along. tli;: over. ' ~ar"ara Wi~d~:er: wh.ci:fd~n'd~.<,l ': way studying at Bpstbn Universitl; . a~~.e~r~ing ~ .ma~.~er:s.A~gre~. i.i\ lf G(I/p.~!1fqtJle(s Jo~·P~a,c~.iri~S\!cia,:. .. a:~C4thoti'c· Utii'VHsi,ty)n mJ:RL9'.·;S,~I$~~;"lM~;a~~h~::J.)9:6~;': Iji):~H~h ~¥llipgro#:~JQ"iij~ '{faj/s :w1}ep~(li(' p~,o~est~~Sir?~4\l.r~\ln~ ,\~,t: WorJ51., academy na<I ,,'o'arders "arid HoI'/' arrested at a recent American Peace u"rlion si~ters were address~d a'~ Test rally at'a' nu'cIear testsite'in "Madam," it was Madam John' the Nevada desert:Theprotesters, who was the co~f<>rter of: home-: charged with Civil resistance, were sick st,udents. .~ ". arrested for defying Department of Energy "no trespassing" signs at Among her treasured memories the test site. . was that of a time when five "God's love calls us to this place academy alumnae were area schoo I today to witness to his truth, which principals, Asked the person who nad most influenced their live!, is lOVe. love for the planet he gave us and for one another;" Mrs. each of them named Madam John.

The admiration of her students Wiedner told the estimated 3,000 was shared by her community and antinuclear protesters.

Shortly before her arrest, Mrs. professional colleagues. Twice she Wiedner told the crowd that her was a delegate to Holy UniO::l general chapters in ,Rome, twice 15th arrest for civil resistance would coincide wiih the impending birth she was regional superior of Fa:J of her 15th grandchild, an arrest River sisters. She was a New En~~ land regional officer for the trend which she expects not to break. Her 16th grandchild is due National Cath'olic Educationa.l later this year. , .

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She w.as awarded the Marian for ea.ch ,gra~dchild;: sh.e said. "I g~e.ss, 'with, r~e 16th coming; my Medal by the diocese of Fall River, life'of cri'me is riotov'er:"'. .: for whose Department of Educa$itlc~ its inceptionthree'yea'is ' tion she ~erved on, several 'curricuago, die American Peace Test has lum development committees. attracted more than 18,OPQ people She is survived by over 100 nie-to protests in Nevada imd Wash- ces, nephews, grandnieces and grand.-. ington, D.C., and about 6,000 neph,ews. One niece, Sister Ruth Kindelan, SUSC, is a fellow compeople 1'tave'been arrested for civil munity member. . disobedience at the rallies.'

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Fri., April 28, 1989

themoorin~ Forever Young, Forever New As we end the old century and prepare as best we can for the new, one fact is emerging: the majority of Americans will be over 50 years old. For many that age used to mark the beginning of the downhill slide. One prepared for retirement or death, whichever came first.

Meanwhile, marketing centered on youth, appealing. to a buying public that never became large enough to warrant major efforts. In fact, the bulk of Americans are middle-aged, graying, bulking and hoping that oat bran will give them a few more good years. r They have, however, discovered that going over the hill isn't all that bad. So too, the case with the marketing world. With an estimated annual income of close to $1 trillion, senior citizens 路are suddenly being seen as an en<;Hmous influence looming over the nation's future products and devices.

Designers, marketers and advertisers are b,eginning to realize that although they grew up in an era dominated by youth, for the rest of their lives this will not be the situation.

Witnessing to this reality is the enormous growth of senior organizations such as the American. Association of Retired Persons, a nonprofit organization with clo'se to 30 million members age 50 and over.

No longer do the traditional senior citizen stereotypes fit. In fact, if many of the current senior organizations are to survive, they will be forced to change their goals, objectives and format.

Sitting around playing cards is not in vogue. Half of all health club memberships and exercise machines are sold to mature consumers, who are also the backbone of the restaurant and cosmetic industries.

Mature consumers spend. They like to travel and more and "more are returning to sc~ool. " As a result, a new breed of consultants is offering the business world tips on tapping into the senior market. Item: The mature aging tend to look at themselves as 10 to 15 years younger than they are, thus to sell to 75-year-olds your ads should feature energetic 60-year-olds.

You might think this is rather a foolish editorial for The Anchor, despite the fact that the editor is in the mature category. Yet it is important to be aware of these matters.

The entire national family is going to be very much affected by them. Even now the AARP has a powerful political punch.

Its lobbying efforts on all governmental levels are more than significaIit, reflected in the awareness of seniors evidenced by the business world.

The church too faces the impact of a maturing affiliation.

Empty inner-city churches. offer mute testimony that elders have moved from what once were thought of as unchanging neighborhoods.

The "sunshine belt" across the land is a living reminder that older people are on the move. In these areas the church is in a state of rapid growth and development even as midwest and northern congregations dwindle.

The lesson is that our world, our land, our communities and our lives are in flux and we must deal with that reality. To路 merely sit back and mutter about the so-called good old days is useless. To adjust, compensate, reconcile and order our lives to this new truth is essential.

How well we路do this will determine the quality of our future days.

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 508-675-7151 Fall River Mass. 02722 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.o.. S.T.D. EDITOR Rev. John F. Moore

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ASCENSION THURSDAY

"Behold, the Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud." Is. 19:1

.The plight of Israel NEW YORK (NC) - The Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations says recognition of Israel by the Vatican depends on resolution of such problems as Palestinian rights, the status of Jerusalem, and peace with Lebanon.

However, Archbishop Renato R. Martino, also papal nuncio to the United Nations, said lack of formal diplomatic ties did not mean denial of Israel's existence.

He noted that Pope John Paul II has recognized Israel by meeting with that country's officials and referring to Israel in public statements.

The archbishop gave a comprehensive survey of Vatican policies related to the Middle East in an address at a colloquium sponsored

by Fordham University'S Middle East studies program.

Archbishop Martino said the Holy See's interest in the Middle East comes from concern for the human rights of all people and its responsibility toward Catholic communities in the region.

It has special concern for the Holy Land, which for Christians is "our country of origin," and for Jerusalem, "the church's hometown," he said.

"The Holy See's concern is not just for our holy places but also for our holy people - our Christian brothers and sisters whose ancestral" addresses are the streets of Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut," he said.

Regarding Palestine, Archbishop Martino said the Holy See "defends equally the rights of both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples to their own homeland where they can each live in freedom, dignity and security, and at peace with their neighbors." " Regarding Jerusalem, 'the archbishop said the Holy See maintains that the city must enjoy a special status with international guarantees covering "equality 01 rights and of treatment for the three monotheistic religious communities."

On Lebanon, Archbishop Martino said restoring peace there was a prerequisite to Vatican relations with Israel.

Alluding to a traditional arran-' gemeilt giving Maronite-rite Catholicsdominant positions in Lebanese government, he said the church "acknowledged" that revisions of the constitutional system were perhaps needed.

But he said that "for a time" Lebanon had exhibited "an exemplary way of living together, a peaceful coexistence which the church sees as the only alternative to mutual annihilation in a multireligious society."

New Director Speaks

Also discussing the Israeli-Palestinian situation was Dominican Sister Rose Thering, new director of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, who said she has taken the post at a time when criticism of Israeli actions to quell the Palestinian uprising is making the job tough.

praye~BOX .Salve Regina Hail, holy Queen, Mother our swee(ness:and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we sendup our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley oftears. Turn then, most gracious A dvocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us and after this our exile show unto us the blessedfruit of thy womb, Jesus, 0 clement, 0 loving, 0 sweet Virgin Mary! Amen. olm~rcy, our life,

The nun, long active in Catholic-Jewish relations, said she deplored beatings by Israeli soldiers and regretted the loss of life on both sides.

"But Israel has to respond to the violence of the Pales.tinian Arabs," she said. "Look what we've done here when riots broke out in cities like Miami and Newark and Detroit. We wouldn't stand for it."

The National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel was established in 1978 by Protestant and Catholic supporters of Israel to celebrate the country's 30th anniversary and provide a Christian agency to promote support for Israel among U.S. Christians.

Recalling the founding of the conference, Sister Thering commented, "We needed it then, and we need it now more than ever."

Since the Palesti/lian uprising began, she said, many Christians who formerly gave Israel vocal support have become quiet, and the conference has come under pressure to explain Israel's response.

In March, after extensive consultatian, the conference issued a lengthy statement that concluded, "It is vital that the people of Israel receive the continued support of the United States and other free countries ofthe world as the search continues for a peaceful and just solution to the crisis in the Middle East."

"Israel, the only authentic democracy in the region, still yearns and strives for peace," but "finds itself struggling in anguish, policing an occupied territory it did not seek," the statement said.

It acknowledged that ."many people of good will, both in America and abroad, have been voicing an understandable concern over the injuries and death being inflicted" by some Israeli troops, but added that "in view of Arab hostility, Israel could not be blamed for "approaching the present peace overtures from the Palestine Liberation Organization with extreme caution."

Document mentality Ever notice how we've become a document-oriented society? Whenever there's an issue that won't go away, we gather a commission and issue a paper on it. There's no problem with this unless we come to believe that issuing a paper calling for but without implementing action is all we need to do.

It's as if parents issued a statement that their children would be responsible human beings and if someone pointed out irresponsible behavior, said, "Oh. but we've taken care of that. We have a family paper on it." " These reflections come to me now because of a long and scathing letter in Albany's diocesan paper, The Evangelist, in response to my recent column calling for due process in the church. Written

by Rev. James D. McDermott, chairman of the diocesan administrative review board, the letter begins: "I read with interest, not to mention concern, Dolores Curran's column in The Evangelist, 'Church Needs Due Process.' I only wish that Ms. Curran had done her homework before writing such a potentially damaging article. My point is, what Ms. Curran calls for has already been done!

"In necessary, but typical, journalistic fashion, Ms. Curran presents several stories concerning in-

justices suffered by employees at the hands of dioceses in the United States. The gist of the article is that there should be some recourse to the forms of injustices suffered by these diqcesan employees. The fact of the matter is, recourse is available."

He then points out that the National Conference of Catholic Bishops addressed the issue of due process in 1968 which resulted in a document, "On Due Pr'ocess," in 1969. He quotes that document as saying that the NCCB is "equally eager to promote adequate protection of human rights and freedoms."

Then he adds that in 1987 the Canon Law Society "continued to publish scholarly works ... aimed at the protection of the rights of employees and laity in general," and that, "in 1979, Bishop Hubbard approved the first constitution of the diocesan administrative review board, our effort at living up to the guidelines of the document, "On Due Process ..."

He ends his letter with, "It is my opinion that Ms. Curran is way out of line in suggesting that due process is a novelty whose time has come, when, in fact, it has been here for the past 21 years. Perhaps, like Dear Abby, Ms. Curran isjust reprinting an old (very old) article while she takes.a vacation."

I think the over 200 of you who wrote or called me to talk about

Renewing penance There are signs that the sacrament of penance yearns for renewal.

Capuchin Father John Riordan ofSt. John the Baptist Church in New York City told the Long Island Catholic newspaper that he was seeing an increase in the use of penance in his church, where priests are in reconciliation rooms from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily to hear the confessions of commuters.

Father Riordan believes the unique schedule for confessions brings people to the church and encourages them to bring their friends.

We also are seeing more studies on the subject of reconciliation, and it is a subject of which the pope frequently speaks.

For a true renewal of the sacrament of penance, however, we need to focus on its essence.

It is one thing to ask how frequently one should go to confession, whether it should be every month or weekly. It is quite another thing to ask whether those who go to confession today are utilizing it better, regardless of how often they go. Are their confessions more meaningful and less mechanical?

The bigger question here is repentance. How does the church best respond to people who want 'to repent and feel reconciled with God? Some people question the value of confession for children. There is, for example, a fear that it will lead to an unnecessary sense of guilt on the part of young children.

Some would say that the first thing to do is to help children develop their own self-esteem and a positive image of God. The bigger question that needs to be addressed is when to begin to help children form their consciences.

There are some who think of reconciliation only in the context of confession. Of course retreats, pilgrimages, action for social justice and devotion all foster greater reconciliation and conversion to God. But anyone who has experienced the sacrament of penance in its fullest reality knows that it offers one of the strongest means of opening our hearts to God. The sacrament also"offers us an occasion for understanding the communal nature of our Christian life. Our faults can have a diminishing effect on others and on Christ's body. Our forgiveness comes through contact with the community and its representative.

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DOLORES CURRAN

Readers' I comments 'on live-ins

your experience with lack of due process will be relieved :0 know that there is no problem any longer because we have the documents, Perhaps the writer from the Albany diocese will be particularly gratified.

I respectfully suggest that those who wrote me send their 5.toriesto Father McDermott in care of The Evangelist (39 Philip St., Albany, NY 12207). In that he seems to think the issue is taken care of, he is sure to have better advice f'Jr you than I. (Include a self-addressed stamped envelope, please.)

If indeed, Albany has imple- mented due process, it co~ld serve as a shining light to the rest of the Church. If you live in a diocese where the documents haven't made a difference, you might get hold of them and quote from them whl:n lack of due process rear50 its ugly head.

I don't know how much th,ey will help, since they've been around 20 years and we still suffer tile problem of lack of due proce!,s, ,but I guess it's comforting to know we have the words on paper.

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FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

Often today's parishes offer the opportunity to prepare for conft:ssion of individual sins in a communal setting; however, ma:IlY people do not advert to the deeper, communal dimension of penance, viewing it solely as an individual undertaking.

If the sacrament of penance is to be embraced more fully, we must address it on a deeper level.

Still persecuted WASHINGTON (NC) - An underground Ukrainian Catholic bishop says that despite apparent human rights progress in Soviet路 society, the Ukrainian Catholic Church "remains an object of persecution." "One can justifiably say that our government is playing a dual game: one for export - full of smiles, demagogic declarations about democratization, the signing of documents in the field of human rights - while domestically there is a brutal persecution of Ukrainian Catholics, under the guise of 'perestroika' and 'glasnost,"'said Ukrainian Bishop Pavlo Vasylyk.

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Diocese of Fall River -:- Fri., April 28, 19895

April 29 1987, Rev. James Leo Maguire, Pastor, Monterey Diocese, California April 30 1930, Rev. David F. Sheedy, Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro 1900, Rev. John A. Hurley, Pastor, St. Mary, North Attleboro May 1 1882, Rev. Francis J. Quinn, Founder, Immaculate Conception, North Easton; Founder, Sacred Heart, Fall River May 2 1963, Rt. Rev. M.P. Leonidas Lariviere, Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River May 5 1973, Rev. Leo M. Curry, Ch2.plain, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River 1985, Rev. Albert Rowh:y, SS.Cc., in residence, St. Fran~is Xavier, Acushnet

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JOHN

DIETZEN. Several weeks ago (Anchor, April 14) a mother wrote saying that her daughter had moved into an apartGod will see us through, keeping ment with a young man. She asked the doors open and encouraging for help on dealing with the love and communications, with situation. the understanding between God How should she keep the door and us that he will make the final open and still make her own feeljudgment and enlighten us and our ings clear? Should the daughter's children to understand our responfriend be invited to family funcsibilities." tions?

Some of the most encouraging I indicated some of the many and inspiring notes, finally, were factors that need to be considered from adults, now happily in good in coming to a good decision, and and strong Catholic marriages (with also invited readers who have faced their former live-in partner or such decisions to write to me of someone else) who express their their experience. gratitude for their parents' patience The response was overwhelmand goodness during a period they ing, not only in volume but in the know now was a tremendous test evidence it gave once again of the of ttiose parents' love. faith in God and of the beautiful, These children, now with childalmost primitive, parental instinct ren of their own, admit they would of love and protection that guides never have kept their faith, or pergood mothers and fathers. haps their emotional balance, if To adequately summarize the their parents had not stuck with hundreds of letters is impossible. them.

I'm studying the possibility of preA free brochure answering quesparing a small book with perhaps tions many ask about Mary, the six or seven dozen letters that mother of Jesus, is available by might most help relatives and sending a stamped, self-addressed friends of people in similar situaenvelope to Father John Dietzen, tions gain understanding, insight Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main and support in their own decisions.

St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

But for now here are some highlights.

First, by far the majority insist that parents have a right and responsibility to make clear they believe that what is being done is wrong and why; but absolutely no shunMan. . Sat. 10:00 . 5:30 P.M. ning, no keeping them out of famGIFTS' ily' gatherings, even if that means inviting the live-in partner also CARDS and showing basic Christian kindness to him or her as well.

BOOKS Everyone who mentioned the subject agreed that the couple 673-4262 should not be permitted to share a 936 So. Main St.. Fall River bedroom in the parents' home.

Not more than 1 or 2 percent of the parents pushed a hard-nosed approach: These "children" made their choice; they're out and they can come back when they change their ways. N one of this group, incidentally, gave evidence in their letters to me of having faced the Train for careers In situation personally.

There was much difference of opinion about under what circumstances parents should visit the other home. Many made the point, however, that parents should offer no support, financial or otherwise, to the upkeep of the couple's home.

For the moment I will allow'one Rhode Island couple to speak for nearly 300 others who expressed similar convictions.

"First and foremost we have to remember that our children, a gift from God, pass through us. We do not own t h e m . ' "Second, we are admonished by God not to judge or we will be judged. So at this point, it is Train to be a Professional obvious we do not have much control except perhaps a negative 路SECRETARY approach like shunning them, .EXECUTIVE SEC. which I think is against all Christ's .WORD PROCESSOR teachings.

HOME STUDY IRES. TRAINING "The answer sounds simple, but, .FINANCIAL AID AVAIL. it is not, because of the heartbreak .JOB PLACEMENT ASSIST that comes from watching those we love do harm to themselves and others ...

THE HART SCHOOL II. DIv, of A.C.T. Corp.

"The true -solution is to do and Nat'l. hdqtr., Pompano Bch. FL . accept the above, having faith that

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Friday, April 28, 1989

WASHINGTON (NC) - Cardinal William W. Baum, the highest-ranking American in the Vatican, was recovering in Washington from eye surgery, his secretary, Msgr. James Gillen, has reported.

"He's doing fine. We hope to be back home [in Rome) soon," Msgr.

Gillen said. ' Cardinal Baum, 62, is prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Educatio·n.

Msgr. Gillen said the cardinal came to the United States earlier

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• "'~h' annual meeting of the State.Ci~cle:' Kubera of ;Spr.ingfield; ·president .. " of the Qaughters of Isabella, to"be '.....of the newly-established Council ... .,. held .tonight·Jbrough Sunday at of Catholic Women in that diocese. :, , " Assista'nce'in forming the nfw • tl!e Sheraton Tara, Hotel, Springfield. ., " , group 'hllS been). given. to, Mn. ' 'Mrs. Reilly will·be·assistedby· Kubera and' her asso<;iat'es by state chaplain Rev. James"Laner- ~ DCC'W' past ~r'e'Sident 'Claud€;tte gan"df Plymouth; stlltevice~reghnt:. Armstrong, and Q~h~r: Fall \,Riter ,,,' Virginia Corey, SI!~e,~s~U!r; past, ~CP\V ,!pe~~~rs~ Itl,te!ef!?Pt tht re :~~ regent Elaine Leger, 'Fitchburg;; was,~u9lt"int~rc;~~!iIUI).~,e~i~g~he -:JoT secretary Marin Fortune, Newb4ry-; Springfield deleg~~ion; .at Satpr- f> port; treasurer Terry Lewis, I'l'ew day's meeting.

Bedford; and parliamentarian Jose- ' Award Wiimers phine Dowd, Amherst.

Standing before a statue of St. Special guests will include-Springfield Bishop Joseph F. Maguire; . Francis backed by a trellis adorned Fall River Diocesan Council of with spring flowers and fronted by Catholic Women immediate past a birdbath complete with jaunty president Dorothy Curry; North cardinals, women from. the five DCCW districts received Margaret Attleboro Benedict Circle chaplain M. Lahey/Our Lady of Good Rev. Justin Quinn; international regents and directors; and other Counsel awards from Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

New England state regents.

Meeting events will include busThe awards, always a surprise to iness sessions and a memorial ser- the recipients, recognize service to vice for deceased members. Pro- the DCCW in other than leaderceeds from a craft table will go ship positions. They went to Mary towards expenses connected with R. Medeiros, St. John of God parestablishment of new Washington ish, Somerset; Mary Feeney, Holy headquarters for the U.S. Catholic Name, New Bedford; Assunta FinConference. negan, St. Ann, Raynham; Dolly Ratcliffe, St. Mary, Norton; and Georgina Tavares, St. Patrick, Falmouth.

Continued from Page One Convention Liturgy special gifts, said he has complete At the Mass concluding the confaith in his young successor, to vention's morning session, Bishop whom he will be available to give Daniel A. Cronin expressed gratiadvice and assistance. tude to outgoing and encourageHaponik, he said, was accounment to incoming DCCW officers tant for St. Stanislaus' recent 90th and thanked priests associated with anniversary celebration. council affiliates.

"What a job he did!" Deda Cont~nuing the Franciscan theme exclaimed. of the day, he said that the tradiSpecial Gifts tional Franciscan greeting is "Pax The Special Gifts phase of the et bonum," meaning "Peace and PRINCIPALS at CCA kickoff, from top, Bishop Cronin, Charities Appeal is now in pro- good," to which the response is and will continue through "Holy joy."

David L. Hautanen, Msgr. gress May 6.. Some 850 solicitors are He said that during his years in AT DCCW CONVENTION, from top, Dorothy Curry, Anthony M. Gomes, Rev. now contacting professional, fraRome he often encountered a Vat- outgoing president; Father James F. Lyons, District II moderHorace J. Travassos and Irene ternal, business and industrial or- ican worker, always hurrying along Monte, director of music for ganizations in Southeastern Mas- the halls ·to his various tasks, but ator; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Madeline Wojcik, incoming Our Lady of Angels parish, sachusetts. never too busy for a smiling "Pace president;.the bishop with recipients of Margaret Lahey/ O.L. Diocesan lay chairman David Fall River, who led kickoff L. Hautanen and CCA director bene," the Italian form of the Good Counsel Awards, from left, Dolly Ratcliff~, Mary Medeiros, AssuntaFinnegan, Georgina Tavares, Mary Feeparticipants in her original Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes joined greeting. .

"He lived out the spirituality of ney; newly installed DCCW officers, from left, Lillian Plouffe, song, "It Is in Giving That We in urging support of the Appeal, 'holy joy; " said the bishop, "and Receive," based on the 1989 citing this year's theme, "It Is in this holy joy can radiate from each Bella Nogueira, Mildred Almeida, Mary Geary, Mary Mikita, Jeannette Bauza, Theresa Lewis. (Rosa photos) CCA theme. (Studio'D photos) Giving That We Receive." of us.

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and obscenity be inserted in the provisions of the bill! In that way our citizens and their families, especially their young childro~n, may have the minimum standa::ds of public decency restored to the m.

The latter are surely entitled to that much, both morally and , constitutionally! nancy. We will not give you death Thomas A. Walsh as a solution.

Secretary-Treasurer Morality in Media Janice Vinci of Massachusett~ New Bedford

A bout abortion Dear Editor: With shades of the past, in 1973 they duped the Supreme Court Dear Editor: with their phony Roe vs. Wade . I have been an Anchor subCase where Jane Roe, the plain- scriber' for several years and find tiff, lied when she said she had most articles informative and some been raped. In the companion case, quite inspiring.

Doe vs. Bolton, the plaintiff Mary However, for some time now, Doe, never wanted an abortion. some of the editorials have annoyed Both cases were founded on lies. me because of what I perceive as This time around they are frying to their' political bias - namely do it with numbers.

Republican. gift I believe human life is I am not referring to the pro-life from God and begins at the mo- . issue ~ut rather, to the frequent ment ofconception. A unique hu- criticism ofthe Democratic party's man 'being never to be duplicated . agenda (aside from pro-life and is formed in the womb. This is con- their pro-choice position ·on this firmed by modern technology, issue) :.... m'ost recently higlilight- . ultrasound and fingerprinting. It ing Governor Dukakis' current is a scientific fact that life begins at financial shortcomings in relation the moment of conception when to his recent running as a presidenthe father's sperm unites with the tial candidate. . mother's ovum.

As a matter of fact, it 'was this Twenty-three million abortions past summer during the political of innocent victims from the 1973 campaign that I particUlarly noted Supreme Court decision have only this bias, which surprised me in a resulted in a callous attitude to- religious paper where I expected a wards life. Murder is rampant, ·more balanced political view. Bechild abuse common and the dis- cause of your influence on a great posal of aborted babies treated many people, I question the wislike garbage. dom of this policy (separation of The feminists and the abortion church and state). industry led by Planned ParentAfter all, the Democratic party, hood are worried about coming while not above criticism, stands changes in the Supreme Court's for the common person - those thinking about abortion on de- disenfranchised people struggling mand. We are talking about a mul- to participate in the American timillion dollar abortion business dream versus the wealthier, more that has to be protected from an privileged members of our society adverse Supreme Court decision. who have their own selfish politiAARP Modern Maturity for cal agendas.

April-May 1989 has an article dealAlso in other ways, this "Repubing with the much heard-about lican bent" seems pervasive in the women's right to control their own church's hierarchy with periodic bodies and reproductive processes. publicized meetings between memThey forget that the reproductive bers of the hierarchy and wellprocess involves another human known Republicans. . being, the unborn baby. Human I would be .interested in your life is a' wonderful gift, and if it is response to these concerns. created, the responsibility must be Mary R. Hauser taken to nurture it, not destroy it..

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SAN SALVADOR, EI Salvador (NC) - The tomb' where he is buried is covered with dozens of simple messages, all tributes from, those who believe Archbishop Oscar A. Romero is a martyr and a saint of the Salvadoran church.

The messages are inscribed on plaques of marble and wood; one is hand-painted on a square of tile flooring.

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Positioned to one side of the main altar in San Salvador's Met,,\\ N i~ R-\.';1\ NC/ KNA photo ropolitan Cathedral, Archbishop ::::::{:::::::::::::::::::::::::::=;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,:t Romero's tomb is a silent tribute ARCHBISHOP RQMERO to a man who preached a Gospel message that disturbed the rich ran prelate goes much beyond either is threefold: first, to stress that and powerful of his country, earn- the annual remembrances of his there is a type of violence which ing him their hatred and, ultimately, death or the multitude of personal originates all other violence, many belit:.ve, ,.his death at their pilgri~ages made ~o h,is !omb. and therefore is the worst type of hands. ' Those who knew Archbishop violence, and that is injustice," INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL On March 24, 1980, in the inidst Romero say his message and his Father Sobrino said. of a wave of political repression death have profoundly influenced "Second, he said those who want and human rights violations, Arch- the church and the course of his-· to' fight violence, those who are BURNER BOILER EQUIPMENT' COMPLETE REPAIR SERVICE bishop Romero was celebrating tory in EI Salvador.. 'against armed struggle, should fight Mass in the chapel ofDivine ProvAmong 'those for whom the 'with determination against this • BOILER INSTALLATION TO 1100 HP • 24 HR, BURNER SERVICE idence Hospital in San Salvador. ' menlory of Archbishop Romero type of injustice:" • COMBINATION BURNER REPLACEMENT • BOILER TUBE REPLACEMENT The archbishop had' delivered a Third, Archbishop Romero has not faded is Jose Aureliano • PIPING & WElDING • CERTIFIED WElDING AVAILABLE lengthy homily explaining the sigLopez, the 36-year-old sacristan at ' taught that "in accordance with • BOILER MONITORING SYSTEMS . • INDUSTRIAL BOILER CLEANING nificance for' Salvadorans of the cathedral who started out in the traditional doctrine of the Christ's passion and sacrifice and 1965 at the age of 12 as the sacris- church ... theoretically, the time FALL RIVER P.O. BOX 276 " had moved to the altar. . tan's assistant. ' might come when a popular insurF'ALL RIVER MA 02724 Recorded on tape, the archbi,675·7801' "We learned a lot from him," rection, an, armed struggle might Shop said, "This body .an.d., this _",QP~.i sa.id. "We.1e.arn~d ~Q, se.~Jhe be legitima,te," Father S,obrino ~aid. ,blood,: sacrificed for mankind, - 'suffering"of 'anyone" no· maHer "'But,·-"he'sard'that'·even·if~vioH:nce nourish 'us as well in givi~g up for who 'he was.'" '. or armed ·struggle might become our people our blood, suffering In keeping with thatspirit, Lopez legitimate, we should never make and pain as did Christ,' not for said, Archbishop Romero lived on out of violence a mystique."

"SHOREWAY ACRES IS A SURE THING" himself but to generate a process the premises of the hospital because Archbishop Romero's message It's 'What Life On Cape Cod Is AI" About" of justice and peace among his he wanted to be near the sick and disturbed the rich and powerful of ",New England GetAways Magazine people...." the suffering. his country and, said Lopez, "there He had just finished those words In the work of Tutela Legal, the were many who did not want to when he was shot once and kiIIed hear his message because his mesarchdiocesan human rights office, • The Personal attention found only at by a gunman believed linked to Archbishop Romero's death has sage was too clear." a family-owned Resort Inn death squads controlled by the had a concrete effect. His assassiArchbishop Romero's last SunSUPERB meals per couple country's right-wing oligarchy and . nation so outraged international day homily, given the day before • Full Service B.Y.O.B. Bar the military. public opinion that it contributed he was killed, is often seen as too • Live Music-Dancing-Singalongs For the many Salvadoran Cathtoward forcing the military and disturbing for the military and the • Attractive Accommodationsolics who draw a parallel between the right wing to end direct attacks ultra-right. , Indoor Pool-Saunas the death of Christ and Archbi- against the Catholic Church. That, In the now-famous homily, Arch·.'-~r person, per night db!. occup.

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Archbishop Francis Zayek, in an interview the day after a meeting between Bush and a delegation concerned with Lebanon, said the president was "very gracious and understanding and willing to help."

R. Empie photo But the head of the nationwide KATHLEEN SIMPSON Diocese of St. Maron, established for Maronite Catholics whose Eastern-rite faith is rooted in Lebanon, noted that the president "didn't say exactly" what type of aid the United States would consider.

Archbishop Zayek said he spoke to Bush about humanitarian help, Mrs. Kathleen Simpson, now adding that he spoke "in the name principal of St. Mary-Sacred Heart of all Lebanese, Christian and School in North Attleboro, has Moslem." . been nam,ed principal ofthe Taun"To have a hospital [ship) float- ton Catholic Middle School. She ing on the ocean" and to take the will replace Sister Patricia Mulwounded "to other countries w~~re ryan, SUSC, who completes II they can be treated" would be one years as principal on June 30. Her such help, he said. . appointment will be effective July I. Lebanese ports have been ~Iosed Mrs. Simpson earned an urid,erfor weeks at a time by shelling' graduate degree from Rhode Island from Syria!1-held territory around College in 1968 and completed the the Christian enclave qf east Beil:ut.

"We don't want to call in [for- Master's in Education Program at eign) arms" to end the war in Boston College in 1988. The masLebanon, Archbishop Zayek said ter's'degree wa,s part ofthe Cat,holic School Lead~rship Program, an emphatically. academic degree with special focus The archbishop was part of a on the unique nature and develsix-member delegation of Lebaopment of Catholic schools. , nese Americans and Lebane.se,pol- , Rev., Richard W.Beaulieu, di~)tical and ,.!'e~,igio.us~o(fid~:lsjn~t- ;~'Re~~a~i'4ir~~!~~',b!~d'lr¢.a4~ri,;!1~ing with Bush and his chiefof staff, nounced the appomtment on Apnl John Sununu, April 21. The same 12. He s;lid the screening process day thousands of Lebanese, Lebafor the TCMS post had taken sevnese Americans and supporters eral weeks and that many "fine candidates" had submitted applicademonstrated in Lafayette Park across from the White House for tions.

U.S. action to help end the fierce' Father Beaulieu said: "I am fighting'in Lebanon and to press ple'ased to be able to make this Syria to withdraw its troops from announcement and look forward the country. to building on the fine traditions that have developed at TCMS J They included Msgr. Norman. since its establishment in 1971.

Ferris, pastor of St. Anthony of Sister Mary Bridget was principal the Desert parish in Fall River. in the 1970s; Sister Patricia through Msgr. Ferris led two busloads of the 1980s; and now we look forparishioners to the Washington demonstration. ward to the 1990s with Mrs. Simpson at the helm."

Following the Antiochene Rite, Sister Michaelinda Plante, diSt. Anthony's is one of two par- ocesan associate superintendent for ishes for Maronite Catholics in the primary schools, said, "Mrs. SimpFall River diocese. The other is son has proved herself a capable Our Lady of Purgatory in New administrator in her four years at Bedford. Both parishes are memSt. Mary-Sacred Heart in North bers of St. Maron.

Attleboro. She is enthusiastic, has, Among those meeting with the a fine vision for Catholic schools president was a Shiite Moslem and has the energy to lead TCMS member of the Lebanese legisla-' into the coming decade." ture, Hamid Dakroub, said ArchTCMS is a diocesan middle bishop Zayek. school serving the 15 parishes of the Taunton deanery of the dioFor nearly a year, the legislature cese as well as several parishes outhas been unable to gather enough side the deanery. members to hold a session needed to elect a new president. The' !lHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllll , artillery duelling between Chrisrity, with the disbandment of miltian-led forces and Syria and its Moslem militia allies since mid- itias and the withdrawal of all foreign forces," Fitzwater said. , March has made a meeting even Fitzwater also said Bush had more unlikely.

Presidential press spokesman spoken by telephone with French Marlin Fitzwater said after the President Francois Mitterand president met with the delegation about their "mutual interest in that Bush "expressed the deep con- finding a solution to the Lebanese cern of the United States for the problem."

The United States has also carviolence now going on in Lebanon." ried on a low-key dialogue with The president also said the Uni- Syria about the situation in ted States "remains committed to Lebanon. Both countries are said an independent, free Lebanon and to be fearful of upsetting that diathe restoration of Lebanese unity. logue through any public confronSovereignty and .territorial integ- tation on the issue.

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During the May 14 praye:r service, a child from each of the participating denominations will be baptized.

Presiding over the baptisms will be Episcopal Bishop John Thompson of the Diocese of No:rthern California; Bishop Francis A. Quinn of Sacr~mento; Lutheran Bishop Lyle Miller of the Sierra Pacific Synod; and Archbishop Votche Hovsepian, primate of the Western Diocese of tile Armenian Apostolic Ch urch of North America.

Each bishop will baptize a member of his own congregation according to his denomination's ritual. A common baptismal font will be used.

"We regularly recite the same , Creed, professing belief in one, holy, catholic and apo:,tolic church," Bishop Thompson said.

"This event gives concrete expression to that shared faith."

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Bishop Quinn said the w'ords essential for the validity ofthe sacrament are the same for ea,:h denomination: "I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."

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JOAN McNAMARA shows student Laurel Goj a weighty oldtime flatiron. (Motta photo)

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By Joe Motta WhenK,evin Marcondes, asixth grader at Taunton Catholic Middle School, wants to take in a 'movie, he has to layout a few bucks fOf Ii ticket. Add popcorn and a soda at today's prices and we're talking mucho investment.

When Fred Szteliga was Kevin's age and he wanted to catc~ a cowboy flick, all he needed was a dime.

Those were' the days.

Szteliga, 72, was among senior Tauntonians who participated in a recent Taunton Council on Aging oral historian program at T,CMS. The program, according to COA educational coordinator Jean Therrien, is "bringing people of different generations together" so that youngsters could learn what life was like when the oldsters were their a~e.

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The intergenerational event, to be held at all Taunton middle schools, is informal and fun, beating the stuffing out of any textbooklearning alternative. Ms. Therrien , said TCMS is the program's first stop; two years ago, she said, it was the pilot place for a COA . intergenerational outreach program which sought to break down communication barriers between young and old and destroy stereotypes the groups have about each other.

Some 95 TCMS sixth graders, coordinated by teacher and guidance counselor Dan Thompson, participated in the oral historian program, asking seniors questions from a list they had earlier developed with Ms., Therrien.

The seniors who met with the TCMS group were Szteliga; AI Dutra, 66; Louise Yelle, 68; Joan McNamara, 66, Ray Smith, 75, and his wife, Betty Golder Smith, 71. TauntonCOA Drop-In Center coordinator Mary Ann Riva moderated the session.

The elders informed and entertained their interviewers with tales of silent movies, jitterbugging and foxtrotting, homemade root beer and old-fashioned dating.

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The Smiths earned much applausewhen they announced that they wed several months a~o. ~ot~ widowed, they had met at a semors ' function. ' "When I went to' school, we wore knickers," said Szteliga, whose admission that he and boyhood buddies often went skinny dipping in Ta:lmton's Sabbatia Lake made him an instant star and caused student Mary Gibbons to collapse in laughter. , The seniors told the kids that Babe Ruth and Ted Williams were their sports heroes, that no one had ever heard of credit cards and that only rich families could afford luxuries like television.

But, said Louise Yelle, "the radio was going all the time." All present agreed that "Amos 'n' Andy" was by far their generation's favorite radio program.

Louise also spoke of the stringent religious training she received at Taunton's former Immaculate Conception School. She was there, she said, when the building was lost in a fire.

Dutra, once a fireman and now a member of the Taunton City Council, told the youngsters he was one of 11 children and that he remembers his family spending much time under quarantine with one sibling or another down with a contagious childhood illness.

A flapper-era wedding gown, beaded' but-extremely simple by today's standards, was shown to the students. There was talk of trust, when a familypaid whatever it could afford on a grocery bill and was trusted for the balance.

A question: "Were there skateboards back then?"

An answer: "Absolutely not!"

Joan McNamara, who attended St. Mary's grammar and high schools, said she loved every minute of the sharing opportunity.

She laughed as she related how she'd forgotten about movie star cards, once collected and traded like baseball cards, until another senior told the students about them.

The youngsters were asked to finish the statements "I learned that..." and "I was surprised that ..." to conclude the session.

"I learned," read one response, "that old people never really change and that they're fun and they're funny."

He'altb needs grow

By How reliable are the statistics The difference in life expectancy bandied about by demographers, figures arises because the governpoliticians and health care providment isn't giving enough weight to BERNARD ers as they try to predict the growth rapidly increasing improvements of the U.S. population? in medicine, the study claims, I get mailings from the Social Those who back the government CASSERLY Security Administration full of figures charge that the new study statistics telling me not to worry errs in expecting that the present about its financial stability. That two percent annual decline in mor- basic disabilities will double or triple by the year 2030. always makes me worry - even if tality will continue.

While the federal government it's only about how much it costs Why worry about life expectan- turns down long-term care because to send those little folders out. cies late in the next century, when of its big price tag, and sets up Now it appears that the Census most of us reading these lines will commissions to study the matter, Bureau predictions on numbers of be long dead and gone? Well, for the elderly 50 years from now are one thing, it should teach us to be individual states are taking steps too low. That charge was reported wary in accepting any prognosti- to meet the problem. Maine has a in a recent news bulletin from the cations ~ no matter what their "sick tax" on hospital beds to finance health insurance for those American Association of Retire!;l source. who can't afford it.

Persons (AARP).

The most - reliable predictions Minnesota was the first state to Unless policy makers pay atten- are those based onpeople now livtion, said the author of a new ing, and even they are limited by adopt a health irisurance pool to study on aging, "such programs as , our inability to predict epidemics, , cover high-risk people and is now Social Security and Medicare are 'majordisastersand breakthroughs considering expanding the program going to have even more problems in battling cancer, heart disease to further assist the "growing numbers needing health care. in the future." ' and other major killers.

Sen. David Durenberger;R-MN, Edward Schneider, dean o(ger-. , 'A study based ontoday's s.eniors says 37 million Americans are with,ontology at the University of shows that the fact many people out health insurance af least part Southern California, coauthored are living to be very old means a, of a year. He serves on a ))ody the study with two Natioriallnsti- "sigrnficant increase in the demand studying' Iortg-term care for the ,tute on Aging researchers,' the for long-term and acute ~ealth. aged, insuranc::eforthe unempl9yed AARP Bulletin said. care and for finanCial resources to and child health care. , ' Average life expectancy of meet these needs."

Regardless of the reliability of Americans is going to exceed curA 1984 study claimed that almost the statistics on our growing and , rent projections of the Census five million people (almost 18 per- aging population, more steps'must 'Bureau and the Social Security cent) ofthose over 65 need help in be taken to meet the nation's health Administration by eight to IQyears, one of five basic daily activities: needs. State-by-state action is not the joint study claims. dressing, eatin" bathing, using the enough.· , "Thus, a woman born in 2040 bathroom or getting in or out of a The U.S. bishops put it tersely , could expect to live nearly 9~ bed or chair. . in their 1981 pastoral letter on years," the Bulletin reported, "not As' those of us over 65 grow Health and Health Care: "We sup83, as the Census Bureau projects. older, according ~o Urban Insti- port the adoption of a national Men could gain 10 years (over cur- tute researcher Timothy McBride, health insurance program as the rent estimates), according to the number and percent needing best means, of insuring access to Schneider's figures." help with one or more of these high quality health care for all."

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URBANDALE, Iowa (NC) When he was going over the budget at St, Pius X Parish in Urbandale" last July, Father Edward Hurley thought that the first item h~ ~ight cut if necessary was the position of minister of health.

"We couldn't do without her now," he said recently, "You mention Kathleen Fleming to this group out here [daily Mass-goers) and they're ready to canonize her."

As health minister, Ms. Fleming is employed in an occupation that is relatively new in churches. SL Pius X is the first Catholic parish in the Des Moines area to hire, someone specifically for the post.

It is not entirely a Catholic endeavor however. Iowa Lutheran Hospital has developed a tra~n­ ing program and matches t~e mInisters, who must be registered nurses, with interested congregations.

The Rev. David Carlson, who administers the program, said Iowa Lutheran is committed to continuing the effort, although ini~ial grants for it have begun runmng out.

He said that while participants are nurses they provide no "handson" nursing care.

They spend three weeks of tr~in­ ing in clinical pastoral educatIOn at Iowa Lutheran. The hospital work helps them make the transi-·

tion from a medical role to a pastoral role so that "they see that they're there for a slightly different, expanded purpose," said Mr. Carlson. "It's exciting to see what happens when they do that."

A follow-up training period is spent working with the chUICh congregation.

Mr. Carlson said that some 130 congregations are now involved in the ministry, first used in Chicago, and Iowa Lutheran is a participant in an effort to set up such programs nationwide.

"We couldn't foresee how rapidly this would take hold," he said.

Ms, Fleming started an internship at St. Pius X in September 1987 and was hired in July 1988.

As the parish minister of health, she visits hospitals and nu~sing homes, brings communion to shutins coordinates activities of euchari;tic ministers and makes pastoral and health referrals. She has also organized 160 volunteers into the Pius Cares network.

The volunteers provide meals for people undergoing a crisis, do emergency babysitting, and offer transportation to medical offices or church. They have also set up 11 "prayer trees" for those who need the po~er of prayer.

"We had a gentleman in the parish who needed cataract surgery," Ms. Fleming said. "His wife was

disabled with a stroke, and he was the caregiver. I took him for surgery, another woman stayed with his wife, and others took meals to the house. Another person took him back to the doctor's office.

"Without this," she added, "he probably wouldn't have had the surgery."

'Her work also has brought together diverse groups in the parish.

For example, the school has the names of parish shut-ins and the children remember them with cards or notes on their birthdays: The Brownie troop made Thanksgiving decorations for those living in an apartment building across the street from the church. The Altar and Rosary Society made Christmas plates for the shut-ins and nursing home residents.

According to Ms. Fleming, "the main part is getting other people involved - enabling other people.

I'mjust coordinating and allowing people to be church to other people."

She said she had tried other occupations - in business and in volunteer work. A member of the parish for 10 years, she was active, in the parish renewal program, where she began to realize some needs were not being met.

"Then this program came up and I saw it filling a lot of that vision," she said. "This is where I want to be."

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The Jesuits and the Vatican VATI CAN CITY (NC) - Over Asia, Africa and Latin America the last two decades, the Societv of -areas that represent the church's Jesus has traveled a rocky road on future. The number of Jesuit semthe way to better relations with the ina~ians worldwide has increased 20 percent since 1980, while the Vatican.

More than five years after Father overall membership is now nearly Peter-Hans Kolvenbach was elected stable at about 25.000.

The recent spate of polemics is Jesuit superior general. the order is still hitting a few bumps - but . exactly the kind of thing Father their problems today, Jesuit offi- Kolvenbach, a 59-year-old Dutch cials say. are no longer with the scholar and ascetic, has tried hard to avoid. Shortly after his election, Vatican.

Instead, the order lately has the Jesuit press office was scaled been battling books, rumors and down considerably, and Father articles suggesting that the Jesuits, ~olvenbach has given few interNC UPI-Reuter photo once considered the pope's "shock views. during one of them: As he said troops," are finished as a force in The pope with Lech Walesa "I don't understand why the general today's church. of the society should have to speak The release in ltaly of Malachi Martin's "The Jesuits: The Society on all the pro bleins of the world."

Father Kolvenbach has logged of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church" spawned tens of ~housands of miles since 1983, visiting local provinces to a series of articles rehashing the VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope country were due to "the efforts of his blessing to this difficult road of book's accusations against the see their work firsthand. Discipli- John Paul II last week met with t~ose who have overcome preju- reform," he said. nary measures and internal proborder. The author's thesis is that Other Polish church leaders ha~e Solidarity leader Lech Walesa at dices, resentments and mistakes the. Jesuits have turned against lems have been handled without already expressed strong support which have' divided them." the Vatican and said he hoped their own traditions and are failing fanfare.

Poland had embarked on a new After the meeting, a pleased for the round-table results. Among "It's true, he has taken a lowPope John Paul II. The book has course of social transformation.

Walesa said he felt he had "re- those accompanying Walesa on profile approach, and I think it has been. denounced by several leading his trip to Italy was Bishop Tadeusz The 30-minute encounter April charged his batteries" and was worked." said the Jesuit official.

JesUits as false and misleading.

G~cl<?wsk! of Gdansk, the ship20 was a richly symbolic one ready.to "tackle any problem."

That does not mean Father KolA recent report, also circulated bUlldmg city where Solidarity was crowning a series of Polish politi~ I .Walesa also met for 45 minutes in Italy, said the pope, shortly venbach's first five years have born in 1980 and where Walesa cal changes that have made Walesa With ~he Vatican secretary of state, after his election in 1978, was on lacked c<?ntroversy. In that period, still lives and works. and his once-outlawed labor union Cardmal Agostino Casaroli. Wathe ~erge of dissolving the Jesuit the JesUits have expelled NicaraVatican sources said the bishop's key players again in the life of the lesa, his wife Danuta and several order completely but was talked guan Father Fernando Cardenal presence in the official delegation country. advisers later lunched with the out of it. Jesuit officials shrugged for holding political office and demonstrated the church's direct Walesa said he had come to per- pope. and said it was barely worth U.S. Father John J. McNeill for sona~ly thank t~e Polish-born pope Walesa gave the pope a gift of a interest in Poland's social reform. his dissent from church teaching for ?IS unwavenng support of Solidenying.

-Introducing Bishop Goclowski book titled "How Solidarity was Last fall, the Italian Catholic on homosexuality. danty and social reform in their 路Born." T~e pope, in presenting at Sacred Heart University, Walesa In 1987, after the Congregation l!1agazine 30 Giorni (30 Days) pubcommon homeland.

Walesa ~Ith a mosaic depicting described him as "one of the hshed a long, largely negative piece - for the Doctrine of the Faith or"I cannot imagine my own life Mary, said he wanted it to be "a authors and .planners of the rounddered. an Indian Jesuit, Father on the Jesuits, describing the order table talks" between government AlOySIUS M. Bermejo, removed or the life of Solidarity without the memento for a reborn'Solidarity." as a long way from resolving its ex.istence ofthis great man;" Walesa .and opposition representatives. from a teaching post, Father KolIt was Walesa's first visit to the problems. The article ended with A few days before his visit to the venbach decided that "from now said before the meeting.

Vatican since 1981, the year maran unnamed Jesuit priest stating The pope greeted the labor leader tiallaw was declared and Solidar- Vatican, Walesa met with Polish on, he would make those decisions that "our order . .. is already with unusual warmth. When Wa- ity was closed down by the govern- leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski himself;" the Jesuit official said. dead." _ lesa walked. into the pope's study ment. The two leaders have met for ~he first time since 1981, a sign Father Kolvenbach has also At Jesuit headquarters, a coma?d fell to hiS knees, the pope drew during the pope's visits to Poland of his new standing in the country. plex of offices a half-block from emphasized the peculiarly Jesuit him up. pulled him back in front of in 1983 and 1987. method of consultative "discernWhen he arrived in Rome St. Peter's Square, an official rephotographers and hugged him.

Walesa was met at the airport b; I~ a talk shortly before the papal cently slapped the magazine arti- ment" and the importance of spir"We need to show them how audience, Walesa said the pope's Poll!-nd's ambassador to Italy, who cle down on his desk and said: ituality as developed by the order's Mr. Walesa greets me and how I . moral support had been essential gave the labor leader two roses "Ridiculous! Where do they find fo~n~er, St. Ignatius of Loyola. welcome him," the pope said. for Solidarity's hard-won success. one red and one white, Poland's these things? And why do they ThiS IS best seen in the 26-page ~uring the private meeting, a confidential text of Father Kol~ He said that if the pope had not national colors. print them?"

Vat.lcan spokesman said, the pope venbach's September 1987 report A Polish Vatican official said lived following a shooting in 1981.

Whatever the路 cause he said -praised all those who have worked Solidarity would not have survived Wal~sa's meeting with the pope, what emerges from such "dooms~ on the "state of the order." It is .for reconciliation in Poland. commg after the recent flurry of day" treatments is a false picture ~I~w reading for the layperson, but The pope reemphasized a point either.

Walesa was speaking at Rome's political. gains, represented a "perof the church's largest religious It Illustrates what the Jesuits are all made theyrevious day during a he sonal tnumph" for the Solidarity order. The reality, he said, includes about. general audience talk, saying that Sacred Heart University, home of The report,' made once every Policlinico Gemelli Hospital, where leader. the following bright spots: he hoped the country "will have a The official also noted that the - Relations with the Vatican three years, contained some cannew opportunity" to transform "the the pope was operated on after the pope had met five days earlier with shooting. are good (and Vatican officials did criticism. Father Kolvenbach social, political, economic and "Precisely here the life of Soli- Jozef Czyrek, a top member of confirm this). That is abig change spoke of "apostolic immobility" in moral life of the entire society," darity was saved, because here the Poland's Communist Party hierfrom the painful period of the some areas, underlined the need to the spokesman said. life of our great Polish pope was archy and a foreign affairs official. early 1980s when the pope sus- refer explicitly to the Gospel when ~he legalization of Solidarity, pended the society's process for promoting social causes, and warn- an mdependent trade union, was saved," Walesa said in a poignant That meeting, the officia'i said, in a meeting with doctors and nurses sense balanced that of Walesa and choosing its own leader and named ed about "possible complicities with announced in Poland April 17, showed that the Vatican is work~ of the hospital staff. his own delegate to temporarily the ideologies and the slogans of one of a series of reforms worked our times."

Immediately after he arrived in ing with both sides. govern the order. . out in round-table talks involving The Walesa meeting came at a At the same time he found reaRome April 19, Walesa said the - Internally, while new vocagovernment and opposition leadpromising moment in Vaticanson for hope in the order's "undenitions are down in Europe and the' pope "has always been at our side" ers. Other announced steps include Polish relations.

United States, they are growing,in able apostolic fervor," the renewed in the past. elections under a multiparty system.

Poland's bishops and state repreinterest in Jesuit spiritual exercises The pope said the changes in the "I want to ask the pope to give sentatives recently agreed on a and the willingness of young Jesuits proposed law that would give the to live their mission "on the cutchurch and its organizations legal ting edge" - with the poor, among standing for the first time under y<?ung churc~es and in dialogue ROME (NC) - Some 88 Cath- and six seminarians have been Poland's communist regime.

With other rehgions. olic missionaries have been killed killed since January 1988.

Vatican officials have said the The report did not mention move opens the way to the estabFathers Cardenal or McNeill nor since 1980, 24 of them within the The U.S. dead are Passionist past 15 months, according to the Father Ca~los Schmitz, killed April lishment of full diplomatic reladid it refer to headline-grabbing Vatican's mission congregration. tions between the Holy See and books and articles. Rather, it coun7, 1988, m the Philippines, and In March alone, three Capuchin Dominican Sister Susan WojcickPoland. Diplomatic relations have seled Jesuits that "instead of emmissionaries were killed in Mozam- owski killed Aug. II, 1988, in been sought for years by the Polish b~rking o~ personal, public polebique and a Canadian priest was Pakistan. miCS, particularly before a public government. murdered in Japan, said InternaOne reason for Walesa's visit to already disorientated and doctritional Fides Service, news bulletin Italy was to open .up trade and nally confused, Ignatius leads us of the Congregation for the Evaneconomic aid possibilities with the toward a greater service of theoWest, which is considered essengeliza路tion of Peoples. logical and scientific competence, In the toll since 1980, the church tial for Poland's economic survival. of apostolic vigor and creativitv."

During his visit, Walesa said That seems to sum up Father in Angola has suffered the most, Solidarity now wanted to help the with 13 missionaries dead, it said.

Kolvenbach's approach to the ;\iC photo government obtain Western help bumpy road of ecclesial public A~cording to bulletin figures, 13 pnests, three brothers, two sisters for the economy.

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Large deficit reported in Boston archdiocese BOSTON (NC) - In its 1987· 88 fiscal year the Boston Archdiocese had an operating deficit of nearly $2.8 million, according to a financial report issued April 14 in The Pilot, the archdiocesan newspaper.

The archdiocese's central offices had expenses of $30.1 million and an income of $27.3 million, the report said.

The difference was made up by the sale of two surplus properties, which brought in slightly more than'$2.8 million.

Paul Devlin, archdiocesan chancellor and secretary for central services, said in a telephone interview that the deficit was "an unusual one-year event."

He attributed much of the deficit to an unusually low $670,000 received that year in the form of estates, trusts and similar gifts. Generally, the archdiocese receives nearly $2 million a year through such gifts, he said.

The low 1987-88 figure for bequests and gifts followed an unusually high 1986-87 figure of $2.9 million - about $1 million above its average over the previous five years - which contributed to an operating surplus in 1986-87 of $1.6 million, he said.

He added that the two property sales had been planned for some time, took place before the archdiocese knew it would end up with a deficit that year, and were in no way related to the deficit itself.

Vatican opens new, labor office VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II told members of the Vatican's new Central Labor Office to handle sensitive personnel issues with charity and justice in order to be a living example of the church's social teaching.

The office will be headed by Archbishop Jan Schotte, a Curia veteran who has helped mediate several labor disputes between the Vatican and its lay employees.

In his first meeting with the group, the pope urged its 15 members to "charity, fraternity, justice and solidarity.

"Without a clear example set by the operating procedures of those who make up this office, the social teaching of the magisterium would lose much of its incisiveness," he added.

The pope's remarks referred to the various tasks to be faced by the labor office, which had been re\quested by Vatican lay employees.

It will provide a permanent forum for settling collective labor issues, handling individual work grievances and implementing a uniform personnel policy.

Several times in the past, the' Vatican's lay employees have threatened to strike over pay and other issues. Once they held a short work stoppage to press their point. Vatican officials and the lay employees both said they hope the new structure will make such actions unnecessary.

The office members include eight lay people - two of them representatives of the Vatican's 1,800 lay workers.

The pope reminded office members that Vatican activities are service to the pope and the whole church and that workers are in a sense employed by Catholics around the world whose donations allow the Holy See to keep operating.

Devlin said that Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, archbishop of Boston from 1970 to 1983, had instituted "severe" cutbacks in central archdiocesan personnel and prog'rams. to eliminate an archdiocesan debt he inherited, which had peaked at $80 million.

Under his successor, Cardinal Bernard F. Law, the last installment on that debt was paid off in 1985, Devlin said. .

He said that since then Cardinal Law has worked to bring archdiocesan services back up to a better level and to maintain a generally balanced budget while developing

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an investment endowment. now worth nearly $9 milli:m.

Last year was the first yea r since the debt was paid off that the archdiocese had a deficir, he said.

NEW YORK (NC) - Bishop Philip J. Furiong, 96, the nation's oldest bishop and the oldest priest of the New York archdiocese, died in New York April 13.

He was auxiliary bishop of the U.S. Military Vicariate from 1956 until his retirement in 1969.

During his 70 years as priest and bishop, Bishop Furlong was also'a pastor, military chaplain, history .professor, college president and author of a widely used series of history textbooks.

Born in New York Dec. 8, 1892, he was ordained to the priesthood May 18, 1918.

In 1920, he became a history professor at Cathedral College and in 1922, earned a doctorate in history from Fordham University. He later became dean and then president of Cathedral College.

From 1941 to 1945, he was first principal of Cardinal Hayes High School'in the Bronx, and' was briefly archdiocesan secretary of education.

He was also author of the "Furlong History Series," an eightvolume series of texts widely used in U.S. Catholic schools.

Named <\ monsignor in 1941, he was national Catholic chaplain of the Civil Air Patrol 1942-45, a member of the U.S. Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board 194245, and a chaplain with the rank of major for the 8th Regiment of the New York Guard 1943-48.

He was national Catholic chllplain of the Girl Scouts 1946-55.

He was a pastor from 1946 until his retirement in 1969.

In December 1955, he was named auxiliary bishop to the U.S. military vicar, then Cardinal Francis J. Spellman.

When Cardinal Spellman died in 1967, Bishop Furlong was named, interim administrator of the Military Vicariate until Cardinal Terence J. Cooke was appointed the new archbishop of New Yark and military vicar.

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- puring the S'cripture readings, search for just one sentence or one' phrase that has some special meaningin your.life and world. Let it be for' you· the start of an informal..' conversation;'with God. ,: For example"last. week .n:tyeYe .. fell on this sentence in. the respOJ1sorial p~alm, "I love, you, 0 Lord, .., my strength}' I began thinking of times in ~y, life. when ",had beel) discouraged, " or.sa~, or hurt, and of how illlPortant it had been for me in.'t1iose times to lean on God and depend on him',for ·strength. And I asked God for strength in the' uric'ertain, future': .

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By Mick Conway My phone rang at 5:30 a.m., the voice on the other end tearful and frightened.

"Our daughter's friend committed suicide during the. night. She had been drinking at a party earlier in the evening and following an argument with her parents upu.; returning home she shot herself in the head," Why would a teen-ager choose to end his or her life before it has really begun?

There are many explanations, all of them inadequate, insights into the "whys" of teen-age suicide. Listing some of the reasons teens give may help people understand what is behind this phenomenon.

- "I don't want to live. It's too hard. Nobody cares about me anyway, so why should I keep trying?

I'll show them. They'll be sorry," Psychological stress, family problems such as divorce or separation, trouble with peers or social groups and substance abuse are all considered to be risk factors in teen suicide. Interpersonal experiences may cause such severe stress for teens that the idea of suicide becomes pervasive.

- "It's no use. There's no way out of this mess. I can't take it any more."

Alcohol is considered to be a major precipitating factor in many youth suicides. Alcohol lowers inhibitions, allowing an individual to overcome fears or other constraints on committing suicide. If suicidal thoughts are present, alcohol can be the catalyst that prompts the act.

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make the team. I'm a bjg nothing in school. I hate myself."

Violent deaths such as thos~ caused by accidents, suicides and homicides (in that order) are the leading causes of death among youth. A number of suicides of substance abusers may be hidden in accident classifications, adding to suspicions that "accidentally on purpose" deaths are more prevalent than we can document accurately, - "My parents hate each other.

They hate me too."

All available evidence suggests that substance abusers are at increased risk and are less likely to give warning of impending suici- . dal actions.

Substance abusers are notorious for high risk-taking behaviors.

Drug or alcohol intoxication may enhance risk-taking .that leads to inadvertent self-inflicted harm.

Teen-agers are risk-takers by nature, so adding alcohol or drugs to what they perceive to be insurmountable problems can cause a definite emotional overload. . - "I'll never be able to face my friends again. They'll laugh at me."

Interaction between prescription medications and alcohol is another cause of teen deaths. Asthma medication or a variety of prescription drugs combined with aicoho'l can be a lethal combination to an unsuspecting teen-ager or adult.

The examples mentioned here are but a few reasons why teens may feel isolated and unhappy. If alcohol has given comfort when emotional pain becomes too much to bear, it almost certainly will be used again in a pattern which may cause harmful dependency.

Youngest foundress canonized VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has canonized a 23year-old woman, the youngest foundress of a religious order in the history of the church, praising the "brief but intense life" of Clelia Barbieri as a model for young people.

The April 9 canonization took place at an outdoor Mass in St. Peter's Square, where some 25,000 people heard the pope praise the young saint for her "full and total faith in Christ and in the church."

Although her' exterior life was "simple and· ordinary," he said, , within her was a "flaine of love so intense and' burning for the divine Spouse that·her physical body felt it: still very young she collapsed as if consumed by the interior ardor."

The pope said her life was divided between her family and her parish; documenting "the perennial valid~ ity of these two fundamental cells of social and ecclesiallife."

By her example, he said, St. Clelia. tells young people they can be 1;10ly at any age.

Among those at the canonization Mass was Laura Stefanutto, whose h~aling from lupus was at~ tributed to the intercession of St. Clelia.

St. Clelia was born in 1847 into a poor family in a small town near Bologna, Italy. Her father died of cholera when she was 8 years old., Although suffering from tuberculosis, she helped her mother support the family and worked as . a catechist in her parish. When she was 21 she and three other young women dedicated their lives to God. In 1870 she died of tuberculosis.

On her tombstone, her parish priest had inscribed that she "was admired from childhood for her retiring nature, her modesty, her charity and for her gift of drawing souls t9 God." After her death, her communit yl was named the Little Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows and received approval as a religious order: She was beatified by Pope' Paul VI in 19(i8. Not, on,ly the youngest foundress ever canonized, she is als'o fhefirst saint fr'OinBolognato; be canonized in 277 years.

No' other saint bears the Dlime of Clelia, a classical name meaning a renowned person. In Roman legend".Clelia'was a,maiqenwho swa.m· th"e Tiber ~iver to escape Lars·Porsena"an·Etruscan king.·

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

General ratings: G--suitaIJle for general viewing; PG-13-parental guidance strongly suggested flJr children under 13; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restrictE'd, unsuitable for children or young teens, Catholic ratings: Al--approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3approved for adults only; A4--separate classification (given films not morally offensive 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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"Disorganized Crlrne" (Touchstone)- Four cons (Ruben Blades, Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond! Phillips and William Russ) hl:ist a small-town Montana bank without their ringleader (Corbin Bernsen), who is dodging the clutches of two detectives (Ed O'Neill and Daniel Roebuck). Th.e dimwitted detectives, the four disorga,nized bank robbers and their deslJCrate boss spend lots of time seeking each other in the wilds of Montana. The derivative SlCript i:J very lame. Rough langua.ge, cartoon violence and a glamorized pClrtrait of career criminals. A3,R "Heathen" (New World) - A disturbing satire of nasty teens who seek revenge on nasty'peers by murdering them and passing off the deathsas suicide. No one c:omes off well in this grisly look at peer pressure and compassionless ado-

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to protect his life and that of a young Amish boy who witnessed a murder. He and the boy's widowed mother (Kelly McGillis) ine drawn to each other. A good romantic melodrama that offers reflections on violence and non-violence. Some graphic violence and brief nudity are handled as restrained but essential plot devices, A4, R

lescents. Winona Ryder is excellent as the muddled voice of reason, but her character and the ease with which she conspires with the school psychopath (Christian Slater) don't make sense. Profanity, sexual. vulgarities, acceptance Religious Radio of teen sexual promiscuity and Sunday, April 30 (NBC)-"Guidemockery of suicide and murder. line" -Dominican Sister Michaela O,R "La Lectrice (The Reader)" Connolly discusses her work as a (Orion Classics) A young woman pastoral associate.

(Miou-Miou) is a professional reader who matches her clients' with suitable literary works. VnCornwell Memorial fortunately, she becomes both Chapel, Inc. reader and sex surrogate to a frustrated male client. In French, with 5 CENTER STREET English subtitles. O,R WAREHAM, MASS. DIGNIFIED FUNERAL SERVICE "Powwow Highway" (Warner DIRECTORS GEORGE E. CORNWELL Bros.) - Explores philosophicalconEVERETT E. KANRMAN flicts between two Native Ameri295·1810 cans as they travel from their Cheyenne reservation in Montana to Santa Fe, N.M. One is an activist (A Martinez) who sees Cheyenne tradition and culture as irrelevant AWIDE CHOICE OF SAVINGS in his fight to raise his tribe from & INVESTMENT PlANS poverty. The other, a sweet-natured loner (Gary Farmer), cherishes Cheyenne ways and wants to be a spiritual warrior., Little suspense but the characters are fascinating.

Some profanity and violence and a flash of nudity. A3,R "Say Anything"(Fox)- Acharming teen love story between a misfit jock (John Cusack) and a beautiful brain (lone Skye) that addresses issues of open communication, honesty and trust between a closeknit father and daughter. With minimal profanity and solid relationships be~ween peers and family members, it's a sensitive, optimistic portrait of teen-agers. V nfortunately, the girl ultimately has off-screen sex with her boyfriend despite objections from her father.

Father-daughter talks about the pressure to have sex make the film useful for parents and older children to discuss. A3, PG 13 Sunday, May 7, 9-11 p.m. EDT (CBS)~"Witness"-(198S)-Philadelphia police detective (Harrison Ford) hides out among the Amish

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"They face serious days," said Father Edwin D. Condon, assi!>tant chaplain for the Atlantic fleet in Norfolk, Va., the ship's home port.

About 3,000 gi-ievingrelatives and friends of the fallen crewmen were joined by President Bush, Defense Secretary Dick Ch.en,ey and Veterans Affairs Secretary Edward Derwinski for II memorial service April 24 at the Norfolk Naval Air Station. . Father Condon said a Navy chaplain and military escort ~ere expected to attend each of the funerals for the crewmen who died April 19 in a fiery blast that tore through a gun turret 011 the battleship during a training exercise about 300 miles northeast of Puerto .Rico.'

The families were very strong and supportive of each other and faithful throughout the "overwhelming tragedy," Father Condon said.

At 'an April 23 service at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Auxiliary Bishop Angelo T. Acerra. of the Archdiocese for the Military Services said, "There are ·young people in the world who unselfishly give their service to their nation. As long as we have such young people, we have nothing to worry about.". .

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SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Women's Club meeting Wednesday with 6 p.m. Benediction followed by potluck supper and sJide show of Somerset and Fall River in the 20s and 30s. CYO Boston Harbor cruise and visit to Quincy Market May 13. CYO meeting and elections Tuesday, trip to circus Wednesday.

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D of I, EASTON Easton Circle, Daughters of Isabella will hold an evening of recollection for diocesan women at 6:30 p.m. May 17 at Holy Cross Retreat house, North Ea-ston. Information: Maureen Papeneau, 238-4824.

VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON Holy Rosary parish Vincentians will host Taunton district members for Ozanam Sunday, April 30. A SECULAR FRANCISCANS, banquet will follow a concelebrated Mass at 5 p.m. The regular VincenCAPE COD tian meeting will take place at 6:30 Mass, May crowning and breakp.m. Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes fast 8:30 a.m. May 7, residence of church, Taunton, be'ginning with the Sheriff John De Mello, West Barnrosary and Mass. stable. Information: Ernest Foley, 540-5392; Dorothy Williams, 394FRESH AIR FUND 4094.

Cape Cod host families are needed for New York City youngsters for ST. JAMES, NB two-week summer breaks from city Pro-Life Committee activities will life. Sponsored by New York's 112include Mother's Day Roses for Life, year-old Fresh Air Fund, children newspaper ads and billboards. Chilarrive July 13, staying until July 27; dren's Mass 9:30 a.m. Sunday to and July 28, staying until Aug. II. close the CCD year. Children's musFurther information: Brenda Silvia, ical, "Who Built the Ark?", presented 677-4608; Judy and John Shorrock,

by CCD classes 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, church. All welcome. Vincen564-5550; Sandra Rondeau, 9977513. . tian drive for canned and non-perishable goods at all Masses this weekend.

ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR May crowning follows II a.m.

ST. THOMAS MORE, Mass May 7 and the Blessed SacraSOMERSET ment will be exposed until 6 p.m., First Communion at 11:30 a.m. with a holy hour at 5 p.m.

Mass Sunday, preparatory workshop from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow, par- ST.ANTHONY,MATTAPOISETT ish center. Applications available in The family of Seth Martin exchurch entry for Women's Guild presses gratitude to those who have Rev. Howard A. Waldron Memor- supported them with cards, flowers, ial Scholarship. meals and donations.

VINCENTIANS, FR ST. ANNE, FR District Council meeting 7 p.m.

Cub pack meeting 7 tonight. PenTuesday, Notre Dame Church, Fall tecost and Marian evening of praise River. Registration closes May 13 and healing, 7 p.m. May 15. for Northeast Region meeting June CAPE IRISH CHILDREN'S 3.

PROGRAM FAMILY LIFE CENTER, Families needed to host 10 and N. DARTMOUTH II-year-olds from Belfast, Northern Marriage Encounter weekend be- I~eland, from June 27 to Aug. 8. gins tonight; Lamaze natural child- Information: 362-4023. birth class 7 p.m. Monday; Conference for Separated/ Divorced May ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET 6.

Parents of high school seniors are O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE asked to help serve 'a brunch at the May procession noon May 21. parish hall following 1O:30a.m. Mass Children wishing to participate May 21. Information: Gloria Walsh, should call the CCD office. Meeting 759-5200. Parishioner Kellie Walsh 7 tonight, religious education center, will represent the parish as an Outfor adults seeking confirmation. standing Young Church Woman of Graduating high school seniors are Cape Cod. She and others will be asked to send a small picture and honored May 5 at First Congregainformation on their future,plans to tional Church, Yarmouth port. Inthe parish office by May 12. formation: Ruth Foley, 759-5106.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO The parish issued a special sheet Adults participating in May 14 Living Rosary are asked to meet at of information on upcoming Supreme Court deliberations on aborthe church 7:30 p.m. May 10. tion issues.

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ORDER OF ALHAMBRA ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Family, curriculum and liturgy Leon Caravan members will attend committees will meet 7 p.m. Sunday. 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday and will distribute information about the organST. KILIAN, NB ization, which aids persons with speHealing service 3 p.m. May 7. All cial needs. A breakfast for- members Welcome. will follow at Somerset Lodge.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN ST. Life in the Spirit Seminar May 6 New Jerusalem prayer meeting and May 7, churcn hall. Informathis evening, rectory. A church piction: Mary Farrell, 896-3309. nic is planned for Aug. 6 at Our HOLY NAME, FR Lady of the Lake Camp, East FreeNew Women's Guild officers will -town. be installed at a banquet at 6:30 p.m.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK May 2 at McGovern's restaurant.

AA group meets 7:30 p.m. each They are Helen Marie Booth, president; Mary Bigelow, vice president; Wednesday, church basement. Youth Barbara Sullivan, secretary; Ann Ministry planning committee meetTerceira, treasurer; Beverly Arruda, ing 7 p.m. Sunday, parish center. financial secretary. Catherine Au- Bincentian Mass for canonization of dette headed the nominating com- founder 8:30 a.m. Sunday. mittee. Retreat program 7 p.m. Sun- HOLY NAME, NB day, school.

A 50th anniversary Mass is planned for 5 p.m. June 4 to honor Father FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, FR Mass 6 p.m. May 5 followed by John Murphy, pastor. Singers are supper in church hall and address by invited to a rehearsal of Mass music Rev. Peter N. Graziano, diocesan on May 31. Women's Guild members director of Catholic Social Services. will meet at the church at 7 p.m. May Information: Daryl Gonyon, 672- 8 for a crowning ceremony and rosary. A regular meeting will follow.

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PATRICK, FALMOUTH ST. LaSALETTE SHRINE/CENTER New St. Patrick's Guild officers ATTLEBORO Retreat for adult children of alco- are Celine Holly, president; Pauline holics May 12 to 14, Center for Gradeski, vice-president; Jane Christian Living. Enneagram retreat Walker, treasurer; Patricia Costa May 26 to 28. Information: 222- and Rosanna Lamothe, secretaries.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, 8530. Second annual pro-life living SWANSEA rosary rally cosponsored by shrine and Knights of Columbus I p.m.

Instruction session for parents of May 13, including address by Dr. babies to be baptized 7:30 tonight, Mildred Jefferson and Mass at which religious education center.

Archbishop George Pearce, SM, will ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA preside.

Parish Catholic Charities chairST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR man is Frank Sullivan. Parishioner Health and fitness courses: "ChoClaire St. Laurent has repainted the lesterol and You," monthly, beginchurch statues of Our Lady-and St. ning 3:30 p.m. May 3; "Walk Your Dominic. First communion workWeight Down," IO-week walking shop 9:30 tomorrow morning. program including behavior modifiHOLY TRINITY, W. HARWICH cation and follow-up sessions. InApplications for Ladies' Associaformation: 674-5741, ext. 2635. tion scholarships are available at the NEWMAN LECTURE, SMU rectory. A Mass of anointing and Southeastern Mass. University May crowning are planned for 2 Newman Club series, "Our Shared p.m. May 21.

Campus Ministry," lecture by Donald CATHEDRAL CAMP, Mulcare noon Monday, student E. FREETOWN center. Information: 999-8224.

Diocesan vocation experience toST.GEORGE,WESTPORT night through tomorrow; O.L. Cape Women's Guild will award Woman parish retreat tomorrow through of Year recognition award May 22.

Sunday; St. John Evangelist, AttleA kindergarten religious education boro, confirmation retreat tomorprogram is in formation; interested row; Pastoral Ministry to Sick eduparents may contact Judi Moniz, cational program 6 to 10 p.m. coordinator. Adults wishing to be Wednesday. baptized or confirmed may register CHRIST THE KING, now for the RCIA program.

COTUIT/MASHPEE SACRED HEART, Adult choir rehearses Tuesdays, N. ATTLEBORO Junior choir 9: 15 a.m. each Sunday.

Vincentians will meet Sunday in Both welcome new members. Teens the rectory after 8:30 a.m.. Mass. meet 7 p.m. each Wednesday. InAdults wishing to be confirmed May formation: 420-1409.

31 are asked to contact the rectory.

BIRTHRIGHT, ATTLEBORO Birthright is in need of baby furniture. Information: 226-2220.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM Women's Guild open meeting 7 p.m. May 3, with rosary, Benediction and business meeting.

D of I, ATTLEBORO AlcazabaCircle meeting 7:30 p.m.

May 4, K of C Hall, Hodges Street.

Slides of Medjugorje will be shown.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Some 50 young people have joined a newly-formed folklore dance troupe. Women's Guild scholarship applications available at school office. Pierogi-making lessons will be offered starting at 8 a.m. May 6 in the school.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON First communion class pizza party 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Youth 'group members request-donations of empty deposit bottles and cans, which may be brought 'to the church garage.

Roses for Life available at Mother's Day Masses.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH Women's Guild banquet 6:30 p.m.

May 10, Century House. Guild scholarship recipients Christopher Mosher, Jennifer Lyn Tomasik, Tammy St. Pierre and Wendy Ann Mello will receive the awards at the banquet.

Papal defender to West German see VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has selected Father Walter Kasper, a leadi.ng West German theologian and a defender of papal teaching authority, as bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, the Vatican announced April 17.

Father Kasper, .56, a teacher of dogmatic theology at the University of Tubingen, West Germany, is the latest in a number of theologians the pope has named to head dioceses. He is a member of the papally appointed International Theological Commission.

Father Kasper recently defended the pope from criticism by 163 other European theologians on issues of birth control and the selection process for new bishops, declaring that the theologians had a "limited and deficient" understanding of the Second Vatican Council and that they "have it in for this Polish pope."

In 1985, the pope named Father ,Kasper special secretary of an extraordinary synod on the council and, as such, author of an important synod document.