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'Everything is an understatement'

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By Pat McGowan._ Diocesan women gasped as they listened and at least one veteran pastor admitted being a "babe in the woods" in his unawareness of the ,billion dollar child sex industry centered in New York City's Times Square district.

Their eyes were opened, their hearts touched by Father Bruce Ritter, a Franciscan priest and medieval theologian turned knight defender of thousands of runaway kids exploited, tortured and often murdered in the b:rothels and cheap hotels of Mimhat. tan. .Father Ritter spoke to some 400 delegates to the 28th annual convention of the Diocesan Coun路 cil of Catholic Women, held last Saturday at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton.

In flat, emotionless tones he told of a world where runaway boys and girls, some as young as 10 and 11, are bought and sold while police and judges look the other way.

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an understatement," he declared, as he related the story of an IIyear-old girl arrested eight times for prostitution and brought each time to' the adult criminal court where her pimp paid a token fine for her release. No effort was ever made to help her, "although she looked her age," said Father Ritter, noting that one court official told him, "We never look at their faces."

"She was killed before she was 12," he concluded, "thrown out of a 10th-story window."

In one of the bursts of indignation he allowed himself, the priest told of a Congressman who was reelected after being arrested for misdemeanors with a minor boy. "One month after he was arrested he announced he would run again," he said. "He was reelected by thousands of people who knew he bought children. They wouldn't have voted for him if he'd bought their son, but they didn't care about other people's sons:" Turn to Page Six

CCA solicitors prepare for Sunday's parish phase Over 19,000 volunteer Catholic Charities Appeal parish solicitors of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River will make house-tohouse calls to parishioners this Sunday, May 3, for donations and pledges to the fortieth annual Catholic Charities Appeal.

Approximately 106,000 homes, representing more than 32!5,000 people, will be visited between the hours of noon and 3 p.m. in the diocese's 113 parishes.

The Appeal provides funds for the maintenance and expansion of the apostolates of' charity, mercy. education, social sen,ices, health care, and other works of the apostolic mission of the diocese.

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, wrote a let-

ter to every family in the diocese this week in which he encouraged generous support of the 1981 Catholic' Charities Appeal.

The Bishop said: "Please be assured that I am keenly aware of the heavy financial burdens which these days impose upon all of us. None of us has escaped unscathed. Yet, as you can well understand, the many human needs t(} which our Annual Appeal responds continue to increase at a steady pace.

"If, as a Christian community, we are going to respond to those needs, as indeed we want to, it is crucial that our 1981 Appeal be marked wi,th financial success.

In this' regard, may I sincerely ask that you be as generous as

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YOUTH SERV~S YOUTH: Volunteer Laurie Young serves soup at 'Under 21,' one of Father Bruce Ritter's Manhattan shelters for runaways. (NC Photo)

Our schools, rate an"A NEW YORK (NC) - If Cath路 olic educators had doubts that their schools make a difference, speaker after speaker at the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) convention quickly sought to dispel them.

"Catholic Education: A WorIa of Difference" was the theme of the Easter week convention which brought nearly 20,000 participants to New York, including 42 educators from the Fall River diocese.

Catholic schools are a "tremendous asset" to the church, _William C. McCready said and his colleague at the National Opinion Research Center, Father Andrew Greeley, praised the schools as an asset to minority students.

The most impressive contribution to liberating the church

in the U.S. is in the Catholic schools. They have had a unique function in liberating the poor . . . Catholic schools have a magic," Father Greeley said.

"The evidence was shown that Catholic schools are even more important than they were in the past," McCready added reporting on a Knights of Columbus research study on young Cath路 olics.

Speakers also pointed to new directions for all-lay-staffed schools and encouraged the idea that the parent is the child's primary educator.

The optimistic mood was underscored by facts and figures from James S. Coleman's reo cently-published study "Public and Private Schools." That study indicated that private schools, including Catholic schools, pro-

duce better outcomes and Catholic schools more closely approximate the "common school" ideal of American 路education.

Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York told NCEA participants that tuition tax credits were among the topics discussed when the cardinal called on President Reagan at the White House April 17. The convention participants also heard a telegram from the Reagan administration pledging support for tuition tax credits.

Another telegram, from Sen: Daniel Moynihan (D-N.Y.), also expressed support for tax credits for parents who send their children to private schools. Moynihan is a sponsor of a tax credit bill.

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SPECIAL GIFTS Fall River $600 Mr. and Mrs. John R. McGinn - Leary Press Montie Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. $500 Dr. and Mrs. Francis M. James The Jaffe Foundation $250 Dr. Paul P. Dunn $200 Ashworth Bros., Inc. $125 Trends, Inc. $100 Beacon Garment Co., In~.

Pediatric Assocs. of Fall River, Inc. LeComte's Dairy Fall River Fireplace, Inc. Fall River Sheet Metal Co., Inc. $85 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Cummings, Jr.. $60 Tri-City Office Equipment Corp John F. McMahon & Son $50 Atty. & Mrs. Robert J. Marchand Attys. O'Donoghue & O'Neil Dr. Richard H. Fitton, Jr. . River Textile Printers, Inc. McGovern's Restaurant Craft Corrugated Box, Inc. $40 .Desmarais & Desmarais, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Bernard A. G. Taradash Poirier, Inc. $35 F. W. Woolworth Co. $30

John's Shoe Store $25 Catholic Association of Foresters-ourLady of Fatima Court Fall River Tool & Die Co., Inc. Cypress Tool & Die Co. Main Shell Service Station Woodland Fall River Steam & Gas Pipe Co. Mr. Henry Jacobson William Stang Assembly, Knights of Columbus Mrs. Harold S. R. Buffinton Corrigan Apothecary Fall River Luggage & Novelty Workers Local #65 Daughters of Isabella Assumption Circle #74 Dr. David Prial Wolfson Zalkind & Co. Dr. Everett Radovsky Connors Travel Agency

Catholic Associatio!l of Foresters - Our Lady of Victory Court Copley Square Ud., Inc. Jodi Sue Mfg. Corp.

National Glass Co. Our Lady of Angels Credit Union Somerset Nursery

New Bedford $2000 Standard Times $200 Alden Charities Foundation $100 Dr. Robert E. Durant George .p. Ponte Insurance Agency Sturtevant and Hook, Inc. $90 Sullivan & Foster, Inc. $75 Babbitt Steam Specialty $50 Coater's, Inc. Rex Monumental Works $30 Schafer Marine Products $25 Guilherme M. Luiz & Co. Dr. Edward D. Mackler Paragon Travel Agency Park Motors, Inc. Atty. Louis Stone Ryan & Scully, Inc.

Cape Cod $1100 Our Lady of Assumption Conference, 'Osterville $1000 St. Margaret Bingo, Buzzards Bay $500 St. Joan of Arc Guild, Orleans St. Joan of Arc Bingo, Orleans St. Joan of Arc Conference, Orleans $300' St. Elizabeth Seton Conference, N. Falmouth Rev. George Lawlor, S.J., Orleans Rev. Charles Crowley, S.J., Orleans $200 Our Lady of Assumption Guild, Osterville Rev. Lawrence Ryan, S.J. Or.leans Rev. John Madden, S.J. Orleans $100 St. Elizabeth Seton Guild, N. Falmouth Our Lady of Lourdes Conference, Wellfleet Our Lady of Lourdes Guild, Wellfleet

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AT TOP, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at Catholic Charities Appeal kickoff meeting with V. Viqcent Gerardi of New Bedford, 1981 CCA lay chairman; center, the bishop greets some ~f the nearly 1000 persons attending the kickoff meeting;- bottom, Southeastern Massa~husetts campus .ministry, among appeal beneficiaries. Father George Harrison celebnttes Mass with student Jackie Racine as lector. Sister Madeleine Tacy, OP, also a ministry team member, is at right front. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photos)

All must aid

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• • In vocatIoIls

Abortion restrictions upheld in commonwealth

VATICAN CITY (NC) - In his message for the 18tl1 World Day of Prayer for Voca1:ions, to be celebrated May 10, Pope John Paul II has stressed the responsibility of all church members to promote vocations to thte priesthood and religious life.

The pope noted that the day of prayer for vocations coincides with an International Congress on Vocations to be held in Rome May 10-16. Participants in the congress are to include bishops, religious superiors and vocations directors.

"As we reflect on the theme of the coming bishops' congress 'Local Churches and Vocations,''' the pope said, "our thoughts and our faith e:ncounter the mystery of Christ's holy church, which is present in every local church, where a part of the people of God, in thl~ pastoral care of the bishop assisted by his priests, lives and works. In each of these local churches the Gospel is proclaimed, the Eucharist is celebrated, the sacraments are administered, the Lord is praised, loving service is given, human rights are defended and the world is offered the witness of Christianity."

MEMBERS OF THE Loyola Club of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, remind campus visitors of the Catholic Charities Appeal. The new signboard will be used to advertise diocesan and school activities. From left, Richard Arruda, John Borges, Joseph Morais, Raymond Pelletier.

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Members of the church, he said, must clearly understand "the nature of the vocation and mission of the people of God as they travel through the world toward their eternal homeland."·

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"There must be," he added, "equally clear understanding of the identity of the bishop, the priest and the deacon; of the nature of their precise and irreplaceable mission at the service of the people of God; and of what distinguishes these persons, who have been consecrated through holy orders, from the other members of the people of God,"

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The ruling said states may seek to protect the woman's health during the second trimester and may move to protect fetal life only during the final trimester.

Superior Court Chief Justice James P. Lynch Jr. recently issued a directive to superior court justices, the only justices authorized to approve teen-age abortion petitions, asking for prompt, confidential sessions for minors seeking such approval.

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In observance of 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons, a service including Mass and administration of the Sacrament' of the Sick will take place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at St. Mary's Church, Fairhaven.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The Supreme Court ruled April 27 that states may outlaw abortions performed outside of hospitals for women more than three months pregnant.

and issue either a brief order or a full decision.

In arguing against any injunction, Ostrach said the opponents "have not shown any basis for the court to stay the effect of the law," He noted that the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston declined to continue the injunction that had delayed the effective date of the statute, originally set for March.

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BOSTON (NC) - Since last Thursday, an unmarried Massachusetts woman under age 18 who wants an abortion must get written permission from her parents or a judge.

According to Massachusetts Attorney General Stephen Ostrach, the law is the only one of its kind in the nation.'

The Supreme Court of the commonwealth met in emergency session April 22 to hear attorneys for Planned Parenthood and abortion advocate Bill Baird argue that the law would discriminate against mature minors who are able to make rational decisions on abortion.

The attorneys asked for a preliminary injunction and a full trial on the merits of their argument, but Ostrach said the legislature had carefully followed guidelines laid down by the U.s.

Supreme Court in 1979, when the court knocked down Massachusetts' earlier attempt to enact an abortion consent law.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. April 30,1981

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Another Challenge This year the Catholic Charities Appeal of the diocese faces one of its greatest challenges. Inflation and financial uncertainty have more than eroded the effectiveness of the private sector's ability to meet the increasing demands on its monetary,resources.

In addition, anticipated cutbacks in public aid to the needy are expected to place greater demands than ever on our diocesan agencies.

Thus it should be apparent that participation in the church's mission to help and heal the least of our brothers and sisters takes on new urgency this year. This urgency should not be viewed merely as a reaction to the events of the social order but rather as an attempt to implement the demand placed on all members of the church to live the BeatituQes. Our church must be beatitudinal not just in word but in deed. The works of charity supported by our diocesan appeal are indeed a fulfillment of the mandate that all of us have received by our acceptance of the Word of the Lord.

Catholics believe that good works flow from faith. One really should not assume the name of Christian unless one truly attempts to heed the Sermon on the Mount. Yet many are quite content to react passively to the Gospel message. For example, there are those who see the Catholic Charities Appeal simply as a do-gooders' collection.

It is, in fact, much more. Collection of funds is only a part of this appeal, important as that part is in today's social order. The spirit with which one gives is meaningful to one's Christian life, as are the prayers which should accompany one's gift. Truly in this case "the gift without the giver is bare." .

The appeal funds are the catalyst to implement the works of charity of our many diocesan agencies. Through the years the diocese has built a proud record of achievement. But past glories, especially at a time when today's world is creating' tomorrow's problems, will not supply the incentive needed to assure the success of this year's appeal.

We who really want to care and share would do well . to reflect on recent words of the Moly Father to a group .of laity: "Do not be content with what you already have achieved. If the Gospel is to be the leaven in this world, permeating the dough of earthly reality, if here too the love of Christ is to prove itself stronger, then we must have an openness to new horizons for humanity, we must have initiatives for new developments and situations.

"You must seek to reach a measured judgment and basis for Christian action in the light of the Gospel and of Christian social teaching for the solution of the questions that present themselves today. This is exactly what the Second Vatican Council wanted to promote and activate with the help of all the laity of the world."

By their honest and sincere support of the Catholic Charities Appeal, the laity of this part of God's good land have the opportunity to respond to the Holy Father's words.

Their generous support is indeed needed and encouraged; but beyond this, the appeal calls on all to become in a special way a part of the church's vocation of service to man.

Humanity, as we are beginning to realize, cannot be replaced by administrative structures. People have had enough of technical perfection. What they want is more love. What they need is true Catholic charity.

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HMONG REFUGEES IN THAILAND

'Foxes have holes and the birds of the air their resting-places; the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.' Luke 9:58

Canterbury and EI Salvador

By Michael Gallagher

Meg Greenfield observed in a recent column, is a tragic ex"After all, it goes against the ample of the difficulty of taking grain to murder an archbishop, a stand when the facts themespecially if you had the kind of selves are in dispute. Difficult, upbringing I had." The man who however, doesn't mean impossisays that is a rich Catholic land路 ble, and though some forms of owner. But despite what recent ignorance may excuse or lessen events in Latin America might responsibility, others do not. lead one to think, he's an EngThe murders of Archbishop lishman, one of the barons who murdered Archbishop Thomas a Romero and three American woBecket of Canterbury in T.S. men missionaries have made the Eliot's "Murder in the Cathe路. fundamental situation in El Salvador quite clear, however com路 drat" plex its ramifications. Those who Their hands still red with the have lorded it over an oppressed martyr's blood, the baron and people for generations want to his companions attempt to ex- keep on doing just that, and in plain why Becket's {ieath was the archbishop and the four but an unpleasant means to an heroic women they recognized a end that had to be achieved, an power that stood in their way. operational necessity, as some' And Eliot's "Murder in the governments might put it today. Cathedral," like Sophocles's Last month I was fortunate "Antigone," focuses the moral enough to see a fine production essentials of a complex issue of "Murder in the Cathedral" by with clarity and force.

St. Malachy's Theatrespace, a The murder of an archbishop professional group associated is indeed a serious matter, as with St. Malachy's Church just Eliot brings home to us with the off Times Square. power of a great poet. Serious The timing of the production not because an archbishop is could hardly have been more worth more in the sight of God apt, since the end of March than the lowliest member of his marked the first anniversary of flock, but because of what his the murder of Archbishop Oscar murder implies. If the wolves Romero of El Salvador. Eliot's strike down the shepherd, will fine irony gave the events in El they not devour the flock?

Salvador immediate:y and emoIn 1966 Pope Paul VI estabtional force. lished World Communication EI Salvador, as Newsweek's Day to symbolize the church's

regard for the media and the significance of their role in modern life. This year, though the official date for the observance is May 31, the U.S. bishops sponsored a celebration of it on April 28 at the United Nations. The theme for the day was the media and responsible human freedom.

I think it's appropriate, then, to consider the link between Canterbury an<f El Salvador which, thanks to T. S. Eliot's power to communicate, is far more apparent than it might otherwise have been. Ftor ~t stresses an aspect of communications that might get lost sight of in our fascination with new technology and its implications.

Communicating "the facts" is but the first step. Even the six o'clock news tries to go beyond that to establish the context that gives those facts significance. Finally, it can faU to the creative artist to give a further dimension of truth to the facts, a dimension that impels to action with special insistence.

And so on World Communications Day, as we honor dedicated professionals in the media, let us also honor and support those who might be able to interpret the tragedy of El Salvador as Eliot interpreted the tragedy of Canterbury and so affect the thinking of generations to come.

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Keeping honest When Carol Bumett won her case against the National Enquirer, I detected a general satisfaction on the part of the public, a SOl": of "it's about time" attitudE!. People were genuinely glad to learn the jury's decision because it was a vote for truth. The editors admitted that Carol Burnett denied the truth of the story when they called' to check on it but they printed it anyway. Th.ey risked and they lost, as well they should have. And from the number of additional suits filed against them since the finding, they may lose many more big suits.

As a writer, the attitude that bothers me on the part of the public is one of admitting that they knew all along that the Enquirer didn't publish the truth.

If that's the case, then why did Carol Burnett have to bring suit in order to keep the paper honest? Why didn't it simply fold because of lack of readers who were more interested in truth than in sensationalism?

They remind me of a woman I met a few years ago. She wore a gorgeous bracelet of sterling silver and turquoise. When someone commented on it, she replied, "I bought it for $10 at a flea market and I didn't ask any questions." That's what a lot of people do with trashy papers. They buy them for fifty cents at the supermarket and

don't ask any questions. And as long as readers don't ask questions, papers and writers are free to print whatever they wish.

We find a similar situation in the Catholic press. Not the lurid sensational character assassinations found in the pulps but the more insidious practice found in some papers who take phrases out of context, who print halftruths, who manipulate with headlines, and who slant stories as a matter of course. This is most often found in non-diocean papers, those national Catholic periodicals that promote a particular viewpoint.

These can be house organs representing a national movement, periodicals dedicated to social justice and renewal, or newspapers published by the traditionalist arm of the church.

Whatever their bent, their practice is reprehensible when the means to their end permit untruth. People who read National Enquirer don't expect the truth, people who read the Catholic press do.

Readers can keep their religious press honest by calling attention to slanted news stories, by correcting editors and columnists when they perceive unfairness, and by calling for balanced viewpoints in their papers.

The letters to the editor space is one of the most widely read in any paper, yet few readers use it. Unfair reporting hurts all

Fighting hunger Fresh from a victory last year with the establishment of an emergency wheat reserve, Washington's antihunger lobby has bunched a campaign to gain enactment of a new "hunger and global security bill."

The measure, H.R.. 2793, is described as a comprehensive effort toward the elimination of world hunger and rr.~alnutrition while contributing to the political security of both the United community.

Sponsored by Reps. Benjamin A. Gilman (R-N.Y.) and Stephen J. Solarz (D-N.Y.), the measure is being pushed primarily by Bread for the World, a religious group which is one of the major food lobbies in Washington.

The bill starts from the premise that hunger and poverty may be an even greater threat to world security than the arms race or world commu.nism.

The bill's proponents say that hunger and poverty inevitably lead to social unrest and largescale refugee problems when the "have nots" see wha.t they are being denied' by the "haves."

Such unrest can disrupt the flow of raw materials, adversely affect the world economy and tempt superpower intervention, they say.

Rather than throwing additional money at the world hunger problem, however, the bill pro路

poses several changes in the way current aid programs are administered.

For instance, it establishes new self-help standards under which countries receiving U.S. food aid would have to show their own efforts to increase local agricultural production. It also would establish new food aid standards to ensure that food would go to the neediest families in the poorest countries rather than to countries now receiving food aid because of their strategic importance or longterm friendship with the United States.

Also the bill would prohibit the United States from imposing grain embargoes which might cause malnutrition, except in cases of national security. And it would prohibit extension of duty-free import benefits to developing countries which do not give priority to alleviating malnutrition and extreme poverty within their borders.

Because of the bill's broad scope it was referred to three separate House committees: Foreign Affairs, Banking and Ways and Means. Most bills are only referred to one committee. Referral to three means additional hurdles.

Despite that, Bread for the World, rather than wait for the bill's complete enactment, hopes to have portions passed as

By DOLORES CURRAN

writers. I would rather be called on an error than not be aware of it.

As a reader, consider these challenges. If a writeup bears no semblance to the meeting you attended or the speech you heard, then write or call the editor and tell him so. He may not even be aware of the distortion of his reporters. If a particular conference was a flop and it's written up as the greatest success since Pentecost, write and say so.

If a columnist including this columnist - makes an assertion that is untrue, write him or her a letter in care of the paper and mark it "forward." If you find a sentence taken out of context from scriptures, encyclicals, speeches, articles, or books, send the whole paragraph to call attention to the distortion., Don't be lazy. Write. Catholics shouldn't have to go to the secular press for their news.

There might be a question of sensationalism there. But they should be able to go to their religious press for the whole truth, not just a biased piece of it.

By JIM

LACKEY

amendments to this year's foreign aid authorizations.

For instance, the House Foreign Affairs Committee is being asked to enact some of the food aid reforms contained in the original bill and the Banking Committee is being asked to approve the bill's provisions directing the administration to press the World Bank and similar institutions to allocate at least 50 percent of their loans to groups in the lowest income brackets of the world.

Enactment of the entire bill is not likely during the 97th Congress. But the fact that the measure proposes no additional spending and merely calls for some shifts in spending priority is seen as a strong factor in its favor. .111I""'""""111,,"1111""1111111111"'11I11'11I11'"'''''''111''',1I1"1I.111II1>1I11111'0I1I1I"'_

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MARY McGRORY

He was totally relieved from

Bobby Muller was sitting the first session. in his wheelchair in the back "The other guys had the same of the House Veterans Af- ,experiences. I didn't have to fairs hearing room. He had stop and explain. We had camaan expression of grim glee on his narrow, bright face.

"First time in my life I feel compassion for a VA doctor," said the executive director of the Vietnam Veterans of America, a paraplegic as a result of combat wounds. Dr. Carl W. Hughes, assistant chief medical director of the Veterans Administration, was stammering and gulping his way through a defense of the Reagan decision to eliminate Operation Outreach, the network of storefront "Rap Centers" which were finally set up to help Vietnam veterans dehaunt themselves.

Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, R-Ark., assured the nervous doctor and his two VA colleagues that "any attempt to take action against them for the principled exercise of their First Amendment rights will not be tolerated by this committee."

With that encouragement, and many pauses, Dr. Hughes said that he thought it would be better to phase out "Outreach" over a year rather than cut it off abruptly, as David Stockman counseled.

The odd thing about the rap center program is that nobody says a word against it.

Muller says that scientific data collected in a recently published official government study backs up everything the Vietnam veteran has been saying about "post-traumatic stress syndrome," that particular agony of guilt and shame that has led to such a high incidence of drunk,enness, suicide and drug use among those who returned from Vietnam.

Some psychiatrists say that Vietnam veterans have more in common with concentration camp survivors than veterans of other wars.

"They have seen life under horrifying conditions," says Dr. Stephen Sonnenberg, a psychiatrist who is co-director of the National Veterans Medical-Legal Clinic, a Washington organization.

The rap centers have been in operation for a year. Clients are fervent in praise.

Gerald Griswold went through the 12-week course at Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue Center. Griswold had a job as corrections officer and found the environment "stressful." He began having flashbacks and bad dreams.

"It was too much related to combat experiences," he said.

"They put us in uniform, stuck a gun in our hands and said, 'Go get 'em.'''

raderie. I understand now that everything is scratched into my mind, and I'm never going to forget it. I've learned to cope."

The threatened closing of the rap centers has been one of the high-visibility items in the Reagan budget cut. Many members of Congress know they haven't done right by Vietnam veterans and are queasy about closing down the one federal project that has helped them.

The Senate Budget Committee voted to fund the program for another year. 'Bobby Muller says it will take four or five years to reach all the "truly needy" veterans.

The chairman of the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee, Alan Simpson of ,Wyoming, voted for the September closing of the centers but can't think of anything bad to say about them.

He just wanted to "stay consistently with the president's economic policies."

Simpson thinks that the veterans must either be assimilated back into society or go to the VA for full psychiatric treatment. But a 10-year history shows that VA hospitals just didn't get what these odd veterans didn't want to talk about.

"The traditional doctors who want to know how you related to your mother and think you are sick are totally out of the ballgame," says Muller. It figured perhaps that Vietnam veterans had to treat one another.

What Bobby Muller can't figure out is how Congress could even think of depriving them of the chance to go on doing it.

(necroloQY] May 1 Rev. Francis J. _Quinn, 1882, Founder, Immaculate Conception, North Easton, Founder, Sacred Heart, Fall River May 2 Rt. Rev. M. P. Leonidas Lariviere, 1963, Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River May 5 Rev. Leo M. Curry, 1973, Chaplain, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River May 6 Rev. Thomas P. Elliott, 1905, Founder, St. Mary, Mansfield Rev. Asdrubal Castelo Branco, 1980, Retired Pastor, Immaculate Conception, New Bedford May 7 Rev. Raymond P. Levell, S.J., 1958, Professor, Springhill College, Mobile', Alabama

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"I guarantee you a heartrending letter once a month," he said.

His address, the keynote presentation of a day dedicated to Families in the Eighties, received an ovation. A similar ovation greeted the spontaneous gesture of Bishop Cronin, who turned over to Covenant House the check traditionally given him by the council.

In other convention activity five morning workshops considered various aspeots of marriage and the family and new diocesan officers were installed.

They are Miss Ethel Crowley, West Harwich, succeeding Miss Adrienne Lemieux of Taunton as council president; Mrs. David "I went back to Manhattan Sellmayer, Mansfield, first viceCollege and told the kids to come president; Mrs. Aubrey Armand help me practice what they'd strong, Somerset, second vicepreached to me," he said wryly. president.

"I ended up running an illegal, Miss Dorothy Curry, New Bedunfunded agency." ford, third vice-president and But gradually funds came. By auditor; Mrs. William Grover, 1972 the ragtag helpers had Taunton, fourth vice-president; formed Covenant House, a licensed, nonprofit childcare Mrs. Charles Russell, Falmouth, fifth vice-president. agency which now operates eight Mrs. Edmond Messier, South group homes. Additionally, in 1977, "Under 21," a multi-service Attleboro, recording secretary; facility and emergency shelter Mrs. Frans Coppus, Yarmouth, opened in the heart of the sex corresponding secretary; Mrs. district. No youngster is ever Anthony Geary, Fall River, treasturned away and in four years it urer; Mrs. Vincent Coady, Somhas offered 20,000 boys and girls erset, parliamentarian.

Reporting on aotivities of the shelter, food, medical aid, counNational Council of Catholic seling and protection.

"I have met thousands of Women, Mrs. Michael McMahon young prostitutes," Father Ritter of Fall River, national treasurer, concluded, "but never one who said that a Hyannis site had been wanted to be one, or who wasn't chosen for an NCCW general assembly to be held October, 1982. originally a runaway child."

She also asked support for herHe told the diocesan women self and Miss Crowley, both of that when he speaks about his whom have been nominated for work he always asks for volun- national posts, Mrs. McMahon as teers. "I offer room and board, NCCW second vice-president and heaJoth insurance and $10 a Miss Crowley as a member of week," he said. "I ask for a year the council's nominating commitof dedication, three hours of tee. prayer daily and one day of fastThe treasurer also noted that ing a week." He said he has the diocesan council will sponsor some 50 volunteers at present, a fall fashion show, "Sixty Years ranging from an 18-year-old boy of Bridal Fashions," in support to a 72-year-old grandmother. of a national fundraising effort He also said that he would be designed to put the NCCW office happy to put all his hearers on on a firm financial footing. his mailing list at PO Box ..731,.

The convention closed with a Times Square Station, New Mass at which Bishop Cronin York, N.Y. 10018. was principal concelebrant.

Manhattan College on living the Gospels.

"The student body president got up in chapel and challenged me to practice what 1 preached.

1 thought about it and a week later 1 asked my superiors to release me for work with the poor."

Forthwith, Father Ritter exchanged <;ampus surroundings for a rundown tenement where most of his neighbors were drug dealers. Soon street kids got the word that he would help them.

They moved in with him 'in such numbers that he was forced to find them additional shelters and recruit volunteers to help feed and counsel them.

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Gone are the days Dear Editor: Gone are the days -when annulments were granted for grave reasons, not for immaturity; .

-when people practiced selfcontrol, not birth control; -When an organization like Dignity would be unthought-of, albeit being compassionate; -when the sacrament of penance was advocated not only'for those in serious sin but for the grace received from this sacrament; -when the Holy Father's decision in the matter of ordination for women was respected because he was recognized as the representative of Christ on earth; -when "men" in the liturgy was understood to signify all men and women.

In spite of or perhaps because of these aberrations and many more not mentioned, WEl should be doubly grateful for the beauti. ful gift of the Eucharist. Along with it, the application of biblical principles to our daily lives will help alleviate many problems caused by this undisciplined approach to Christianity.

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Whole Gospel seen as need PROVIDENCE, R.Y. (NC) The Gospel, the whole Gospel and nothing but the Gospel.

That's what charismatic leader Ralph Martin says Christians need but don't always get from their churches.

Martin, an internationally known leader in the Catholic charismatic renewal, told six bishops, about 130 priests and more than 2,000 lay people and Religious in Providence that "God's word is being undermined among his people." SpE!aking to overflow crowds earlier this month, he declared that: - Jesus' role as savior and lord is being obscured through direct denial, vague presentation of the Gospel and silence.

- Some theologians are confusing Catholics with misrepresentations of church teaching on human sexuality.

- Many Christians have lost their faith in "the absolute claim of Jesus Christ to be savior and lord of all humanity."

- "False optimism," blinds Christians to God's judgment against the sins of society and to false teaching in the church.

Martin, who returned to 'the United States last fall after spending four years in Belgium working in the charismatic renewal with Cardinal Leo Jozef Suenens, retired archbishop' of Malines-Brussels, emphasized the need for Catholics Emd other Christians to proclaim Jesus as savior of the entire world.

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"I think a good deal of my ministry will be involved with my job," said Hayes.

"The leadership provides an opportunity to use those things the church feels make the. dia~ conate important to the community," he said in an interview prior to taking office. "The education, the grace of the Sacrament of Orders, the experience - all are very important in exercising that role."

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Regulating drugs and other health-related items involves much doubt and few certainties, Hayes asserted. "In many issues, a high degree of morals is important for a person, regardless of religious persuasion, but they're generally not the type of issues in which you are acting against conscience."

The job of overseeing 7,500 people and a budget of more than $300 million while regulating and monitoring drugs, food, additives, vaccines and devices such as pacemakers seems awesome to the Hershey physician.

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He will leave for Rome in May to begin his new duties.

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by Father John Braun, U.S. provindal of the MissiQnaries of Africa, also known a5 'the White Fathers. .

"Our province feels honored that Father Sorelle was selected for such a high post," Father Braun said, "but at the same time we shall miss his valuable services to our Society in the U.S. "Father Sorelle is well qualified to be the Secretary General because he carried out many of the duties of that position very well during the White Fathers' recent general chapter in Rome.

He is fluent in English and French, the principal languages of communication among our members in 21 African countries and various other parts of the world."

Ordained to the priesthood in 1953, Father Sorelle taught for two years in the seminary of the Missionaries of Africa, then located in Franklin, Pa. In 1955 he went to Rome to study at the Gregorian University, where he earned a licentiate in philosophy.

From there he went into mission work in Bukoba, Tanzania, and returned to teaching at Kati-

FATHER SORELLE gondo Seminary in neighboring Uganda.

Father Sorelle returned to the U.S. in 1960 as assistant master and later as master of novices in Franklin. In 1962 he became rector of the White Fathers' college-seminary, first in Onchita, N.Y., and later in Dayton, Ohio.

He retained' that post until his appointment as U.S. provincial of the White Fathers in 1968.

He was provincial until 1976, when he went to Tamale, Ghana, to teach at St. Victor's Seminary, where he served until beginning his present assignment.

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velopment,' an ecumenical or· ganization of mission societies.

As secretary general, Father Sorelle will supervise all communications for. his community.

"As training for my new job," he said, "perhaps I should remain silent and get used to keeping secrets. What's no secret is my sincere appreciation for my superior's trust. I hesitate to say so, but they may 'have gotten carried away with it. In any case, in the words of Jeeves, 'I will endeavor to give satisfaction.'''

Succeeding Father Sorelle as Director of Development will be Father David J. Goergen, ana· tive of Buffalo, N.Y., who has been the community's business manager since 1974.

Not perfect, just worl\:.ing at it

By John McGinn COLUMBUS, Neb. (NC) Priests have to realize they do not have to be perfect to serve well, according to Dr. Emmett Kenney, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Creighton University's school of medicine.

Priests should look to the same outlets' used by other people to deal with tensions - engaging in hard, short-burst physical' exercise, reaching out to other people with whom they have developed solid relationships, taking time to do things they enjoy because they do them well, Kenney said.

Kenney spoke at a Nebraska meeting of the National Federation of Priests' Councils.

Some of a priest's frustration is due to changed goals, and some due to a too-rapid expansion of "the system,"· the growth of the church and its institutions in the 1950s and 1960s, he said.

"We all tend to change our goals Once they're met," Kenney said. Frustration occurs when people act as if new goals were the ones they meant to achieve all along, he added. "You have to ask yourself, "What

were my original goals as a priest? Am I fooling myself pretending (new goals) were my first priority?"

'Because of the changes in the church, a generation gap developed among priests, so that some .goals have actually not been achieved, Kenney said. The practice of older priests "validating" younger priests was lost and older priests who looked forward to being respected for their wise counsel by younger priests "feel cheated out 'of their destiny," he said.

At the same time, frustration came in the form of "adolescent" Catholics with a need to put priests down, Kenney said.

"Their attitude was that if you (priests) are not perfect, you have no right to serve in areas of clergy work."

"They would have you believe that if you are not a genius and at least the equivalent of the world's greatest theologian, if you can't speak as dynamically as Billy Graham and with the appeal of Fulton Sheen - and do all of that briefly - you're not up to your job," Kenney said.

"You have to sit them down

and say 'Nonsense! I am not perfect and I do not have to be perfect.' When anybody puts you on the defensive, you have to ask, 'Well, is there anything I know of that says when I becaine a Catholic I would be entitled to perfect priests?' " he advised the priests.

Frustration can also arise from excessive self-doubt, Kenney said. "It isn't your job to ask if you are a good priest," he said.

"It's your boss' job."

"Some priests burn out because' they spend too much time trying to do the bishop's and the personnel board's job. If you don't get called in and chewed out, and if your confessor isn't giving you hell, you'rep::obably not doing too bad," he said.

Priests should help each other as friends who can be called upon to listen and provide support, Kenney said. Every priest should have a "wise counselor," usually another priest who is a little older, who will listen sympathetically to problems and complaints, offer advice and accept the speaker's freedom to· ignore that advice, he said.

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Life's beginnings explored WASHINGTON (NC) - What promises to be one of the most thorough congressional explorations of the issue of abortion opened in Washington April 2324 with several doctors testifying that conception is the point at which human life begins.

The hearings were called by the Senate separa,tion of powers subcommittee to examine a proposal that Congress reverse the Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decision by declaring "l:hat hu~ man life shall be deemed to begin from conception."

But the subcommittee"s chairman, Sen. John East (R-N.C.), said on the second day of hearings that the whole rangEl of U.S. policy on abortion would be examined.

He said the hearings would resume about May 20 and go at least into June as the subcommittee considers statutory, constitutional, ethical and other implications of the propos,~d legislation.

A famed French genet:icist, Dr. Jerome Lejeune, led off the parade of doctors by declaring that while life has "a very, very long history," every life has a "very neat beginning, the moment of its conception."

Continued Lejeune, professor of fundamental genetics at the Medical College of Paris, "As soon as the 23 paternally derived chomosomes are united, through fertilization, to the 23 maternal ones, the full genetic information necessary and sufficient to express all the inborn qualities of the new individ~al is gathered," Lejeune and others also commented that the successful production of test-tube babies proved that life has its beginnings during fertilization.

The only specialist to urge the subcommittee not to accept the position that human life begins at conception was Dr. Leon E. Rosenberg, chairman of the human genetics department at Yale' University Medical School. He argued that establishment of an "actual human life" is more a motion of philosophy and religion than of science.

He charged that other witnesses were failing to distinguish between their personal religious biases, their professional judgments and "scientific truth," He and Dr. Jasper Williams, a Chicago physician who practices in the inner city, also debated the value of amniocentesis, a fetal test which can determine the existence of some defects and diseases in the unborn baby.

Williams said the tests had a high error rate while Rosenberg said it was less than one percent and that the procedure helps women who otherwise might abort to carry their pregnancy to term after learning that a fetus was healthy.

The proposal being c:onsidred

by East's subcommittee, while short of a constitutional amendment, is a statute which according to some proponents would allow the states under the 14th Amendment to enact legislation

outlawing abortion.

States have been unable to enllct such legislation since the Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that the due process and equal protection clauses as applied to the states by the 14th Amendment do not extend to the unborn since the unborn are not "persons" in the legal sense.

While some pro-life groups favor at least the concept embodied in the proposal, others are opposed on grounds that the measure would be tied up in the courts and delay enactment of a full human life amendment.

Some constitutional schoiars, including the bishops' chief legal

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selves to monogamy, sexual intimacy with one and only one partner. I sense that your letter concerns sexual intimacy and friendship without distinguishing them.

Christians not only can but ought to have friendships with members of both sexes. Nevertheless, an honest married person knows the difference between friendship and sexual desire. A married man who phones an old school friend in a distant city knows whether his desire is to rekindle a friendship or to develop a possible sexual intimacy. Anyone who claims there is no difference or that he or she can't tell the difference is kidding himself. Honesty with yourself is the first step to healthy friendships with the opposite sex.

In a continuing man-woman friendship the possibility of sexual intimacy can arise. Feelings are powerful. Certainly a man and a woman who are friends can fall in love, experiencing mutual sexual ,desire. A second possibility is that one party is sexually attracted while the other regards the relationship as strictly friendship.

Both situations are difficult.

The risks to the marriages of the persons involved are real. Again honesty between friends is one of the most effective ways to

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handle such problems. One friend might openly tell the other, "I am very attracted to you, but I don't want to mess up either of our lives." This friend has expressed open and loving sentiments. The partnerfriend knows where the relationship stands and can respond with an equally open and honest expression of feelings. Para· doxically, friends who can be verbally open and honest with each other share a friendship intimacy which makes them less, not more, apt to drift into sexual intimacy.

The opportunities for manwoman friendships abound. Such friendships can enrich us, but they can pose risks to the marriages of the persons involved.

Somehow I cannot imagine Christ, who reached out so warmly to both men andl women, directing his people to shun half the human race. Honesty in assessing your feelings, honesty with your opposite-sex friends and recognition that friendship feelings differ from sexual desire and qualities which make possible both friendship with the opposite sex and marital fidelity.

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"You 'may wish to consider use of the pledge system as a means of making a generous offering over a time period best in accord with your finances and budget."

Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Appeal, has also suggested serious consideration of the pledge system as a way of making a substantial offering over an extended period of time. The generosity of parishioners is indispensable to the ultimate success of the Appeal.

All parishioners received their

contribution cards in the mail.

Solicitors have been given thefr assignments of the parishioners to be contacted. Solicitors are urged to make their returns to their parish centers immediately on Sunday. Each parish will be cont~cted Sunday evening between the hours of 8 and 9 by Area Appeal Headquarters.

Each area center will then be contacted by Diocesan Appeal Headquarters for the total amount of funds received from each of the five areas of the diocese.

Officially, the parish phase ends on May 13 but the books of the 1981 Appeal will be open f9 r donations until Friday, May 22.

Time to retire VATICAN CITY (NC) - For more than 50 years he kept the Vatican on time After a private papal audience for himself and his family, Max Herr, a 75-year-old German clockmaker, retired at the end of March after keeping the Vatican's clocks running on time since 1929.

Every Friday morning he made his rounds through the papal apartment and Curia offices winding and resetting the nearly 50 pendulum clocks in the Vatican, and checking and repairing when necessary scores of others.

Known affectionately as Max all over the Vatican, Herr was a friend to the six popes he worked under. .. .. _.

Pope Pius XII told him he

wanted his clocks, including his pocket watch, set a quarterhour ahead of the actual time.

Pope Paul disliked the sound of clocks and replaced those in his apartments with ornamental plants. He had one clock he liked: a small, battered alarm clock that he kept from his seminary days to the day of his death. (The Vatican press spokesman, Father Romeo Panciroli, told reporters that, according to several eyewitnesses, the clock rang spontaneously at the moment Pope Paul died.)

Pope John Paul II has a Westminster grahdfather clock in his apartment, the gift of a group of Americans.

The job of keeping the Vatican on time now belongs to 38-yearold Mario Romani.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. April 30, 1981

U0!;tion corner

By Father Jihn Dietzen Q. In connection with the recent visit of Pope John Paul to different countries, I have, read that the church is allowin,g awfully strange customs at Mass in foreign countries - Hindu ceremonies in .India, tribal c:lances in Africa and even ancestol~ worship in China. I know thil1l~S are changing, but will the MSLSS be the same from' one place Ito another at all anymore? (Texas) A. The Mass will always be

the same in its essentials .- the renewal of the offering which Jesus made to the Father on Calvary and the Commun:on of his body and blood as thl~ sign and source of the one body which Christ has formed from his people. In other words, it will always be a sacrifice and a sacred meal.

Apart from these essentials, however, eucharistic worship will depend on the culture, customs, language and temperaments of the people who offer it. Historical circumstances have caused most of us to think the Mass is unchanging and "universal" in the wrong sense. Enormous and irreparable damage has been done to the cause of the church because of smallmindedness and short-sightedness in this matter.

A few hundred years ago, for example, an imaginative missionary effort that might have brought all of China into Christianity collapsed because o::ficials in Rome insisted on such things as that all Masses be in Latin, that priests must wear Western style dress and vestments, and so on.

This attitude, long in disrepute, was officially killed by Pope Pius XII. When missionaries attempt to call a people to a better way of life under the inspiration of the church, he said, in one of his encyclicals, "She does not act like one who recklessly cuts down and uproots a thriving forest. She graft.s good stock upon the wood so that it may bear even better fruit." The policy of using anything in local cultures, even religious customs, that can conceivably be meshed with Christian belief is now wellestablished.

'Chinese, incidentally, do not "worship" ancestors. They have a remarkable reverence and honor for those who have gone before them. A misunderstanding of this custom has been a costly mistake for the church.

Q. A couple of times recently I have seen people. in one case a priest. bow toward the altar and the Blessed Sacram,ent instead of genuflecting. Clln you tell me why they do this?

Shouldn't we genuflect if we really believe in the pre5lence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament?

(Ohio) A. Genuflection, (bending one or both knees as an act of honor), happens to be the type of reverence Catholics of our time and country are most ac(:ustom-

ed to, but a profound and devout bow can be just as reverent.

Until perhaps 300 years ago, in fact, bowing was the common way of showing reverence to the Eucharist or to the crucifix. It was also considered quite proper for young girls to curtsey to the Blessed Sacrament.

Bowing is still used in preference to genuflecting by some religious orders, and is the practice almost exclusively in the Eastern churches.

Regardless of time or country, of course, some appropriate sign of reverence to our Lord in the Eucharist is required from the nature of man's relationship to God. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.

. Schools Continued from page one tion, opera star 'Beverly Sills talked about her handicapped children.

"The mother of a handicapped child is really a chosen person," Miss Stills said, relating to the experiences she and her husband, Peter Greenough, shared in rearing a daughter who is profoundly deaf and a son who is epilep" tic and mentally retarded.

Archbishop Helder Camara of Olinda and Recife, Brazil, defended the rights of Catholics in general and teachers in particular to enter the political area to speak out against social injustices.

He warned American church leaders against the dangers of being divided and urged creation of chairs of justice at Catholic universities in the United States to explore solutions to problems created by the arms race, injustices in world trade, the consumer society and multinational corporations.

"Politics as synonymous of concern with the biggest human problems," he said, "is not only a right, (it) is a duty of every human being, above all of every Christian, in ,a special manner of all Catholic educators."

Dutch-born Father Henri J. M. Nouwen, theologian from Yale Divinity School, said the ministry of teaching is "creating space where obedience to truth can be practiced."

Father Nouwen spoke at a Mass of recommitment at St. Patrick's Cathedral where Bishop Howard i. Hubbard of Albany, N.Y. was chief celebrant.

"Please help your people to listen to their own hearts," Father Nouwen pleaded. "When you teach the holy word of God, you can teach them to make it possible to be aware of the power of that word."

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Abp. Lefebvre asks to see pope ECONE, Switzerland (NC) Suspended Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre has asked to meet with Pope John' Paul II during the papal visit in June to Switzerland, a spokesman at the archbishop's seminary in Econe said.

He said the archbishop would like to meet with the pope "even if only for a few minutes."

Archbishop Lefebvre, 76, rejects the liturgical reforms and concepts of religious freedom and ecumenism formulated by the Second Vatican Council. He was suspended from priestly ministry by ,Pope Paul VI in 1976 after he illegally ordained several priests in defiance of a direct papal prohibition.

Despite the suspension he has continued to celebrate Mass and administer the sacraments.

Under Pope Paul and Pope John Paul there have been discussions aimed at a reconciliation, but so far no agreement has been reached.

Archbishop Lefebvre's Priestly Society of St. Pius X, which is not approved by the church, has numerous centers in Europe and the Americas.

It is the most prominent of the dissident Catholic movements and has attracted thousands of Catholics who do not agree with the ch~nges in the church since the Second Vatican Council.

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Helping the handicapped

By Lenore Kelly

In 1979, the social ministries committee at St. Benedict Parish in Holmdel, N.J., asked parishioner Marie Scherer to head their task force on the handicapped.

She has an insider's view of the problems facing the handicapped. Since childhood polio left her paralyzed from the neck down, she has had to lie on her back, dependent on an iron lung for survival.

A year later, the courageous leader can cite numerous accomplishments. She believes, "St. Benedict has become the most accessible church in the area for the handicapped." The

parish has reinoved parking lot curbs, built ramps, refashioned bathrooms and provide transportation for those who otherwise would be unable to attend parish functions.

Also, two church pews were removed to accomodate wheelchairs and stretchers. Ms. Scherer says, "Now a disabled person can be among parishioners and not stuck out in the aisle. It's important for a person's dignity not to feel out of place."

Besides the physical changes, there is a growing awareness and sensitivity about the handicapped among the 2,600 families of the parish. An initial activity

of the task force was a weekend seminar which evolved from requests to know more about the handicapped.

Before joining the task force, Ms. Scherer's involvement with the parish路 was minimal, limited mainly to Sunday liturgies. For years, however, she had been in a number of self-help secular organizations.

One group helped sponsor a county "Handicapped Awareness Day," hosted by St. Benedict's social ministries committee. That day sparked great interest and shortly. afterward the parish established its task force.

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Called to perfection

By Father John J. Castelot Did St. Paul feel that married people somehow were not called to a life of Christian perfection?

That conclusion often has been drawn from his remarks in Chapter 7 of First Corinthi~ns, with regrettable results for the selfimage of most of the People of God. Wittingly, or unwittingly, married people often have been made to feel like second-class citizens. But when Jesus said "You must be made perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect," he was not addressing an unmarried elite.

What could Paul have meant, then, when he wrote: "To those

not married and to widows I have this to say: It would be well if they remain as they are, even as I do myself; but if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. It is better to marry than to be on fire."

There are circumstances in which singleness is to be preferred, Paul thinks, because it is more practical. Free of the concerns of married life, Paul believes a person can be more completely devoted to the service of the larger community.

Another important consideration, to emerge later in Chapter 7, is the prospect of the imminent return of the risen Lord to establish a new order of things -

a very real prospect to Paul and his contemporaries. Why change your status, then, when it's all going to be over very soon?

Still always the realist, Paul is well aware that what may be good for him personnally is not necessarily good for everyone.

Consequently he has no hesitation in recommending marriage for those who feel that the single life would be agonizing.

Paul goes on to restate the gospel ideal of a stable union, a permanent commitment joining husband and wife. The precise situation Paul then deals with is that of a Christian married to a pagan.

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Signs of reality

By Father John J. O'Ca11aghan . Increasingly, parishes require young people to complete a service project before receiving the sacrament of confirmation.

Done well, such projects should make confirmation what a sacrament ought to be: a sign of reality. As a requirement for being confirmed, helping people in need connects the sacrament with life and symbolizes what Christian life is about.

We read in the Acts of the Apostles how deacons were named to serve. Everyday needs, like providing food to the hungry, were real to the first Christians. Meeting them was seen as

a Christian duty.

Later, the evolution of the deacon's function into a largely ceremonial one was instructive: Removed from real life sacraments lose meaning. ' Then, for centuries, until 1967, the church practice conferred the diaconate exclusivety on men en route to the priesthood. It became largely honorific, or at most a dry run for priestly ministry.

Recently, however, the church restored the permanent diaconate. In doing so, it once again emphasized a central truth: There is no contradiction between the sacraments and the

II homely needs of everyday life.

Just the opposite! A' deacon is ordained to minister to people, not primarily to assist at the altar.

"Loving and serving individuals and the community of persons in Christ is the deacon's most characteristic ministry," the bishops point out in guidelines for permanent deacons.

Like the Lord, the deacon washes the feet of others, the bishops state.

The bishops then give examples of service deacons can render: to the aged, the sick in hospitals and homes, to prisoners, Turn to page thirteen

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"THERE IS a greater need than ever today for 'people in parishes to help each other." (NC Photo)

Those who serve fact, an increasing emphasis on individual and personalized serJust before he died, Jesus gave vice. Parishes are: one of his most powerful teach1. developing numerous serings when he went around the table during his last meal with vices for the elderly; his followers. Kneeling before 2. making new efforts to help each, Jesus washed his dusty the grieving and widowed deal with their difficulties; f.eet.

3. organizing FISH (For ImHis action so violently clashed with the usual customs of lead- mediate and Sympathetic Help) ers that Peter rebelled. But Je- groups. FISH provides such sersus insisted that the apostles vices as shopping for shut-ins, understand his point: The leader minding children when a parent goes out, cleaning the house for is one who serves. a sick person or helping a frail For parishes serving the needs路 person get to a medical appointof people this is a good lesson.

For today, the services people ment; 4. providing periodic bus trips require often are provided by \ to the local cemetery for those public agencies and social service professionals. At times they who' otherwise would not be are anonymous and burdened by able to visit the graves of loved ones; red tape.

5. arranging for special holiThe problem is not just a problem for public agencies but day dinners for people who for anyone providing services otherwise would eat alone. for people in need: there is a A parish's efforts to serve tendency for the focus to shift can, of course, reach beyond away from the needy. parish boundaries. Many parThen he or she comes to be ishes cooperate to serve the peoregarded more or less as an ple of a community. Then there object who receives aid. His or are diocesan-wide services, supher dignity, perhaps even his ported financially by parishes.

In providing services, parreal desires are not always seen ishes can search for ways to reas a priority.

There is a greater need than spect the sensitivities of perever today for people in par- sons in need. There's something ishes to serve each other. Par- to be learned, for example, from ishioners should not think that elderly who care for each other, they have been supplanted by perhaps visiting or calling on public agencies. No amount of those in nursing homes. publicly organized service elimAgain, a parish expresses faith inates the need for individuals in the contribution of prayer and groups willing to serve. when the prayers of shut-ins for In parishes then, following the the work of the parish are example of Jesus, those provid- sought.

Parishes are coming alive with ing care can truly acquire the attitude of servants. But to do new ways for people to care for so, they should view the person one another. And many are disin need as someone with some- covering that when they reflect thing to offer others, not simply together with those who have needs, the ability to serve well as the recipient of aid.

In many parishes there is, in grows.

By Father Philip J. Murnion

A V erd~ade E A Vida Dirlgida piela Rev. Edmond Rego

Apelo Universal A Santidade No Antigo ']~estamento, encontramos este apelo do Senhor hurnanidade: A Sua santidade E~ inacessivel ao homem.

Ora para que este a reconhe~a i preciso que Deus manifeste a Sua g16ria, a Sua santidade: cria~io, provas, castigos e a Sua visivel protec~io, li-

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A santidade de Deus nio i apenas de .... Nem a santidade i urn atributo de Deus, i, antes, a essincia de Deus. Por isso, 0 Seu nome i Santo.

Deus quer ser reconhecido como santo. f: ciurnentoi 56 Ele i santo:"O Deus em quem niio creio".

A santidade verdadeira i pr6pria de Deus, i diferente do caricter sagrade das pessoas ou coisas que manifestam essa santidade de Deus.

Deus chama santidade: escolhe urn povo entre as na~oes. "E entre vas Eu sou 0 sant".

Esta presen~a activa de Deus entre o povo confere'-lhe a santidade. Promulga a lei da santidade.

No Novo Testamento, desaparece a ideia de santidade fisica ou ritual e acentua-se fortemente a santidade moral e pessoal. Foi, sobretudo, no Pentecostes, manifest9io do EspIrito de Deus, que surgiu esta nova visio.

Jesus incarna na Sua pessoa a santidade da Lei e dos Profetas. A pessoa de Cristo revela em todo 0 seu comportamento a santidade de Deus, a santidade moral epessoal e 0 seu poder santificador, essencialmente unida: A sua filia~io divina: "Concebido pelo Espir1to Santo".

A Suas obras nio sao apenas urn sinal de saber, mas de santidade: Tendo sofrido a morte, 0 autor da vida i,por excelincia, 0 santo.

Russuscitou segundo 0 espIrito de santidade.

A santidade de Cristo i bern diferente da dos personagens do Antigo Testamento J i idintica de Deus, Seu Pai. Jesus i Palavra, 0 Deus connosco, o Deus Salvador, ou seja, 0 Santo de Israel. Foi perfe~tamente consagrado sobre a cruz, ao mesmo tempo que nos consagrava a n6s. Sacrificando-Se, santifica-nos. f: precisamente na Sua morte que Se revela filho perfeito. E mediante ela, reconcilia 0 mundo pecador com 0 Deus Santo. Deste modo, santifica o mundo pela Sua Palavra e pelo Seu sacrifIcio.

Na fi.na Sua morte toma vida a Igreja dos Santos, 0 novo templo do EspIrito Santo.

Somos Santos pela inser~io em Cristo Ressuscitado atravis da fi e do baptismo e da presen~a do EspIrito Santo, q~e i 0 principal agente da santi ficasepara~io

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As primeiras comunidades vivem intensamente esta influincia e S. Paulo exclama muitas vezes: Sois temples do EspIrito Santo. . o apelo de Deus exige a resposta do homem, que responde santificando-se.

A Igreja em plenitude continua a ser portavoz deste apelo santidade.

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Continued from page twelve the poor, the rejected. But their most telling statement is their hope that the deacon will not look or feel different from lay Christians! True to the nature of sacraments, the deacon's ordained role focuses that of every Christian.

His liturgical role merely symbolizes his broader role of service to the body of Christ. His assistance in the sanctuary is validated, then, by his work outside it.

That same insight underlies confirmation service projects. To be an adult Christian is to commit yourself to the welfare of the body of Christ in its members, in and out of the church.

We must be ready to interrupt our ordinary lives, to change our plans and respond to the unexpected. This can be hard, but often we find ourselves rising to the occasion of such needs - no doubt prompted by grace.

There is a need, however, to program ways of meeting needs.

Many people need help consistently, over a long period of time.

A parish is an organization. It has officers, committees, policies and' structures. All are geared to helping the community live its Christian life of worship, prayer, growth and service. We cannot imagine a parish which would not provide regular Masses to meet the needs of parishioners.

In the same way, parishes which grasp the truth that being Christian means serving reallife needs will structure ways for members to carry out this commitment.

Programs using voh,mteer drivers to get elderly people to Sunday Mass might be one way.

Coordinating foster grandmothers to spend time feeding

Perfection Continued from Page Twelve In such a marriage," if the nonChristian is willing to live in peace with the Christian, respecting his or her convictions and lifestyle, then by all means let the two stay together. The unbeliever is not automatically a bad influence in the community.

On the contrary, the influence may well work in the opposite direction, with the pagan benefitting from association with the Christian community.

Paul illustrates this by referring to the children of the couple. If the children did not profit by living in a Christian environment, then one would have to say that they were "unclean," completely subjected to pagan influences. But they are in fact "holy," constantly influenced by Christian example and enjoying the opportunity to grow into mature members of the community.

On the other hand, Paul continues, if the pagan party simply refuses to live in harmony with the Christian, then let him or her go. Paul writes: "The be· lieving husband or wife is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace."

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Parishes with high schools might set up tutoring programs for underprivileged youngsters, asking juniors and seniors to volunteer such sacrifice.

Needs and ways to meet them are endless, once we grasp the notion of service as essential to Christian living.

Most readers were probably confirmed before service projects were required for this sacrament. Nonetheless, a central effect of the sacrament of confirmation for everyone ought to be grace for service.

Handicapped Continued from page twelve It sponsors programs for the elderly, blood drives, clothing collections, workshops on social justice issues, adult tutoring and baby showers for expectant mothers of the county prenatal clinic. Because of the committee's extensive work, a full· time coordinator has been hired to oversee daily operations.

Despite many accomplishments, Ms. Scherer has encountered obstacles. "The same few people 'are willing to do everything. We need to get more people involved." Last fall, she was hospitalized for a time and was unable to direct the group. Now, with improved health, she is trying to identify other handicapped people in the parish.

This committed woman sees her future tasks as twofold: educating people and helping the handicapped become integrated into society. She explains, "It is easy to send a check to an or· ganization for the handicapped but the difficult thing is to get them to be seen, heard and ac· cepted into the mainstream of society."

She hopes to survey other area parishes and to publish a booklet on their services for the handicapped. "At least that way, those who want to go to church know the places are equipped to handle their needs," she says.

As a spokesperson for the social ministries committee puts it, "The handicapped have stayed away from visibility not to em· barrass others. At St. Benedict 'we have brought them out of their bedrooms."

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Recollection day for girls' units A day of recollection for girls in fourth. through eighth grades belonging to Camp Fire or Girl Scouts will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport.

Conducted by Father George F. Almeida, associate pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Taunton, the day will include Mass, recitation of the rosary, several talks and the opportunity to receive the sacrament of penance. It will be of special interest to girls working on religious achievement awards.

There will also be a session for adult leaders.

Reservations may be made with Mrs. Peter DeTrolio, 3394795, for the Attleboro-Mansfield area; Father John Ozug, 548-0108, Cape and Islands; Mrs. Kenneth Leger, 678-6675, Fall River area; Mrs. Lawrence Harney, 992-9313, New Bedford area; Mrs. Theodore Aleixo, 8226422, Taunton area.

Those attending are asked to wear uniform and bring a lunch.

OCUI on youth

Bishop Connolly Brother John Olsen, SJ, who has taught mathematics at Connolly High in Fall River for the past year, pronounced his final vows as a Jesuit Monday at a concelebrated Mass attended by the entire student body. He will return to the Missouri Jesuit province this fall.

An art exhibit, "Shaped Form and Elemental Design," mounted by students Mark Troia and Ray Jeffries is on display at Connolly's Wolf Gallery. It will be open to visitors until Saturday, May 2.

~ BISHOP STANG students Mike O'Brien and Desiree Burba rehearse a scene from "Brigadoon," to be presented at the North Dartmouth school tonight, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photo)

Coyle-Cassidy A Jim-Jam is sceduled at the Taunton school for 7 p.m. Sunday, May 3 and May 10.

Coyle alumnus Mark Hamel, a 1970 graduate, was solemnly professed as a Trappist monk last Saturday at St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, while William Milot, CC '77, is being honored at Marquette University for leadership in service to the poor of Appalachia.

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By Charlie Martin

WHAT KIND OF FOOL? There was a tlme when we were down and out There was a place when we were starting over We let the bough break We let the heartache in Who's sorry now There was a time when we were standing still And for a moment we were separated And then you found her .

You let the stranger in Who's sorry now What, what kind of fool tears it apart Leaving me pain and sorrow Losin' you now Wondering why Where will I be tomorrow.

Forever bendin' what we are to be Without each other We'll be rememberin' when Was there a moment when I cut you Down played around What have I done I only apologize for being as they Say the last to know It has to show when someone is in your eyes Sung by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb, written by Barry Gibb and Albhy Galuten, (c) 1980 by Brothers Bigg B.V. (Published in United States and Canada by Stigwood Music, Inc. Unichappell Music, Inc., administrator.)

THIS SONG is about a love that seems to be ending. Sorrow enters into life in many ways but most easily through a relationship.

Too often pride blocks sorrow out. Pride prompts us to live in a fantasy world where we never make mistakes. Choosing to live in this kind of fantasy world costs us dearly. We miss opportunities to experience forgiveness, affirmation and real love.

Pride urges us to believe an illusion. Actually we are much freer when we accept both our strengths and limitations than when we pretend to be above failure. We must not allow pride to trap us. The price is too high.

The song presents two individuals who experience their sorrow but apparently do not express it. This suggests the second problem. Once sorrow has led us to acknowledge a failure, we need to share our feelings with the other. Of course, we cannot be certain our sorrow will \>e accepted - and therein lies the risk. Yet nothing heals the brokenness in a relationship more completely than honest admission of sorrow.

As the song states, only a fool tears apart what is truly valuable. Our integrity and our love of others mean more than pride's empty promises. Sorrow can be creative. It helps us form a better future.

Life is too important to live without the promise of this future.

Truth

By Cecilia Belanger "Students don't want to hear abou God any more," wailed a parent who felt her son was less religious since leaving home for college. I don't believe that.

The problem was simply that her definition of "religious" was far different from that of her son.

Students do want to hear about God. Several years ago at a large eastern university a scientist was asked to speak on the topic "Does God Exist?" Luckily, I went early. You couldn't have got another student into the place with a shoehorn and I never saw a more attentive group.

The speaker concluded his presentation with the declaration, "Yes, God does exist!"

At a midwestern university the graduation speaker was ask路 ed to distill his lifetime of experience in the field of education into a brief description of what he considered the key to a happy, successful life.

Responding, he gave his personal testimony to the reality of God and the high moral standards humans could attain. He encouraged the graduates to excel in the practical aspects of their university training but, more important, to build their faith and pattern their lives after the teachings of Jesus Christ.

I have heard many scientists say the same thing - those persons who stand at the confluence of the two great rivers of truth coming from the complementary sources of science and revealed religion. It is not true that all scientists are atheists!

Apparent conflicts between science and religion are largely due to false doctrines to which both sides have rigidly adhered.

Fortunately, the principle of repentance is as much a part of the scientific method as of reo ligious perfection and, properly applied in both areas, will usually effect a common understanding.

So elders should take it easy on those college students who don't always agree with them.

We have nothing to fear from truth, since it comes from God!

Enrollment rises WASHINGTON (NC) - Between 1970 and 1978 enrollment at Catholic colleges and universities rose more than e:.1rollment at other private institutions of higher education.

That was part of the message given to Catholic higher education officials at the annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU).

Virginia A. Hodgkinson, executive director of the National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities conducted the workshop, discussing "Enrollment, Finances and Student Aid at Catholic Colleges and UIrtversities," a study madE~ by Holy .Cress Father Ernest Bartell, former President of Stonehill College, North Easton.

THE ANCHOR Thurs., April 30, 198\

By Bill Morrissette

portswQtch Whither The Conference?

For several months rumbles of dissatisfaction have been emanating from the Southeastern Mass. Scholastic Conference.

There have also been rumors of some member schools defecting to other leagues.

At a meeting of princ:.pal athletic directors, coaches and other interested persons earlier this month member schools, with one exception, supported the conference but for a variety of reasons.

The exception was Taunton High School which quite some time ago made it known emphatically that it wished to leave the conference to join the Old Colony League.

According to a release by the conference, Taunton's representative at the meeting again emphasized the school's desire to depart from the conference asserting that "Our position is clear. We wish a waiver to withdraw from the ... conference to join the Old Colony League. The Southeastern Mass. Conference is like a flat tire that no one knows how to fix and we do not have the mechanics to solve the problems at hand."

By a 8-3 vote Taunton was granted the waiver and is now free to begin competition in the Old Colony League with the 1981-82 scholastic year.

Discussed at the meeting were realignment, permanent alignments, geographical scheduling and competitive scheduling, among other matters.

Also attending the meeting, but non-voting, were representatives of Norton, Apponequet Regional and Bristol,Plymonth regional high schools, which have indicated they seek to move from the Mayflower League to the Southeastern Mass. Confer-, ence.

Bylaw changes will be presented to the Board of Governors and to the conference membership at the next meeting, May 11. A committee of five principals and four athletic directors, plus representatives of the nonvoting schools, has been appointed to discuss possible changes.

The committee represents large, small, regional, vocational and Catholic high schools and is chaired by Carl McDermott, principal of Somerset High.

Other principals are Marshall Sawyer, Dighton-Rehoboth; Paul Monahan, Case; George Milot, Stang; and Joseph Barbero Jr., Greater New Bedford Yoke-Tech.

Athletic directors are Len Roberts, Old Rochester; Richard Norman, Barnstable; Carlin Lynch, Dartmouth, and Tom (Skip) Karam, Durfee.

Stang Home Today The Bishop Stang Spa:,tans entertain Case High today in a Division Two conference game.

Bishop Feehan's Shamrocks visit Dartmouth and D4ght:>n-Rehoboth is home to Fairhaven in other Division Two encounters.

Bishop Connolly High and New Bedford Yoke-Tech meet on the latter's diamond tomorrow.

Division One games list Taunton at Attleboro, Somerset at Barnstable, Dennis-Yarmouth at New Bedford and Durfee at Falmouth while in Division Three Coyle-Cassidy is host to Wareham, Holy Family treks to Old Rochester, Bourne is. home to Westport and Seekonk to Diman Yoke.

Non-league games Saturday have Middletown at Durfee at 10:30 a.m. and Fairhaven at Case at 1:30 p.m.

In Hockomock League play tomorrow Oliver Ames is at King Philip, Sharon at No. Attleboro, Stoughton at Mansfield, Canton at Franklin. Monday's schedule has Mansfield at Oliver Ames, King Philip at No. Attleboro, Foxboro at Canton, Franklin at Sharon. .

New Bedford High, with 54 points, finished second to Chelmsford, 72 points, in the State Class A Relays at Andover High School last Saturday. In the girls' competition,

New Bedford finished sixth with 24 points. Beverly, 62 points, was the winner in that competition.

In the Class D Relays at Ashland High School, Wareham took second place with 48 points.

Westwood was the winner with 55 points and Dartmouth, 32Y2 points, was fifth. In that competition the Old Rochester's girls' shotput team of Amy Dawson, Diane Cook and Mary Spang set a new Class D state record with a winning combined heave of 97 feet 9 inches.

Dave Gauvin, the Fall River CYO's outstanding amateur boxer, is the winner for the second straight year of the New England AAU 119-pound championship.

The New Bedford High soccer team will be honored at the Booster Club's annual Soccer Banquet at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Green House, New Bedford.

Heads JesuI"t UDI" t WASHINGTON (NC) - Jesuit Father John J. O'Callaghan, 49, has bee.n named president of the U.S. Jesuit Conference', a national organization representing the 10 U.S. Jesuit provinces and fostering planning, cooperation and collaboration among the nearly 6,000 Jesuits in the United States.

tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger .teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

New Films "Amy" (Walt Disney): This amiable Disney movie, set in the early 1900s, is the story of a determined young woman (Jenny Agutter) who leaves her wealthy but unloving Boston-lawyer husband (Chris Robinson) to teach at a school for the, deaf. The youngsters who play the deaf children are actually deaf and turn in delightful. performances.

The film would be ideal for young children, except for the marital estrangement aspect of the plot. It is therefore classified A2, G. "Caveman" (United Artists): This unpretentious slapstick comedy has some laughs but is basically only for those whose weakness for buffoonery borders on total disability. Because of its frequently vugar jokes, it is rated A3, PG. "Oblomov" (International Film Exchange): This Soviet film based on the famous Goncharov novel about a slothful absentee landlord offers a marvelous recreation of late 19th century Russia and some good acting by Oleg Tabakov as the somnolent hero whose pampered boyhood leaves him ill-p'repared for adult life. Despite incidental defects, "Oblomav" is an engrossing film, rated A2.

"Private Eyes" (New World): This anemic little slapstick comedy stars Tim Conway and Don Knotts as a Sherlock Holmes-Dr. Watson duo, and it serves up all the predictable comic cliches of this genre. There are a couple of mild vulgarisms, and it's classified A2, PG. Films on TV Friday, May I, 9:30 p.m.

(ABC) - "Americathon" (1979) - America is about to go bankrupt in this dismal comedy, and a massive telethon is held to rescue the national finances, Besides being unfunny, the film is seriously objectionable because of language and graphic depiction of misconduct. B, PG. Friday, May I, 8 p.m. (ABC) "For the Love of Benji" (1977) - This is an extemely entertaining sequel that is surefire entertainment for younger children. Our lovable canine, on vacation in 'Greece, is the central figure in an international plot concerning oil and the chase is on. AI, G. Sunday, May 3, 9 p.rn. (ABC) - "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" (1979) - A handsome liberal senator (Alan AIda) almost

destroys his marriage with an affair with a beautiful civil rights lawyer (Meryl Streep).

Even though adultery is presented as wrong, the vividness with which it is depicted, together with, vulgar and profane language, rate A3, R. Saturday, May 9, 8:30 p.m.

(CBS) - "The Exorcist" (1974) - This film about demonic possession is shaky theologically but exciting entertainment. Because of its violence and obscenity however and the powerful effect its subject matter and special effects could have on young viewers, it is strictly for adults.

A4, R. Religiou~ Broadcasting Sunday, May 3, WLNE Channel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Television Mass.

"Confluence," 8 a.m. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. each Tuesday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social ~ervices; Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; and-Rabbi Baruch Korff.

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Desert Church, Fall River, with address by Dr. William Rotondi, the program including opening "Adjustment after Separation and closing Masses,' a holy hour and Divorce"; May 24, discuss~ and recitation of the rosary. A coffee break will take place at ion, "The Four Stages of Learning to Love Again"; May 31, 10· p.m. talk by David Wolohojian, "Insurance and the Divorced."

DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA, ATTLEBORO KATERI TEKAKWITHA Alcazaba. Circle will meet at LEAGUE, '7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at AURIESVILLE, N.Y. K of C Hall on Hodges Street.

The first public celebration of Members are asked to bring the feast of Blessed Kateri, fresh fruit to make Maybaskets named last year by Pope John for shut-ins. A plant party will Paul II, will be held at a 4 p.m. also be held.

Mass Sunday at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in AuXAVIER SOCIETY, riseville. Father Joseph McBride NEW YORK CITY The Xavier Society for the SJ, U.S. vice-postulator of Blind offers braille or large print Blessed Kateri's cause, will be Sunday Mass readings to the . principal celebrant and homilist.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. April 30, 1981

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ST. MARY, SOUTH DARTMOUTH Parishioners will mark the church's silver anniversary the weekend of May 9 and 10. A dance will be held at the parish center May 9, with music by the Glenn Jordan orchestra, and a concelebrated Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. May 10, followed by a coffee hour in the center. . A commemorative hot plate tile will be available in connection with the celebration.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, FALL RIVER Area Vincentians will meet for 7 p.m. Mass Tuesday, May 5, at Notre Dame Church, Fall River. A meeting will follow.

"FOt'ty Years of Caring, Sharing, Giving"

"Forty Years of Constant Concern For Those ·In Need"

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For the Works of Charity, Mercy, Social Service and Education to All People in the Southeastern Area of Massachusetts ... The Appeal provides care for all regardless of Race, Color and Creed .•. The Appeal is supported by Fraternal, Professional, Business and Industrial Organizations.

The Appeal provides care for the Unwanted Baby, Youth, Engaged Cou-ples, the Sick, the Poor, the Elderly, Family Life, Education and many other people in need.

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ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FALL RlVER Natural Family Planning classes will begin on Wednesday, May 6, 13 and 20. Further information is available from Mariette Eaton, RN, at the hospital.

A symposium on "Anxiety: The Therapeutic Dilemma" will be offered to physicians and medicpl personnel Wednesday, May 13. Further information on the all-day session is available from 'the hospital's Physician's Education Office."

A four-session educational program for oncology nurses will begin Monday, May 11, at the hospital and will be open to the first 100 registrants. It will be conducted by the regional oncology program of Boston University Medical Center and registration forms are available from St. Anne's Oncology Clinic.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER A youth retreat will take place the weekend of May 22 to 24.

Parents will meet in the church at 7:30 tonight and a fellowship meeting will take place in the school cafeteria at the same time.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Holy Rosary Sodality will hold a communion breakfast following 9 a.m. Mass Sunday.

Confraternity of Our Lady of Czestochowa members will meet for their monthly conference Thursday, May 7, in Polish at 8:30 a.m. and in English at 7 p.m.

ST. MARY, NEW. BEDFORD Second grade parents will meet in the school with Father John F. Moore at 7 p.m. Monday, May 4. Third grade parents will meet at the same time Monday, May 11.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, RIVER . The summer Mass schedule will begin Sunday, June 7, with the 5 p.m. Sunday Mass dropped until Sunday, Sept. 13.

Cars will be blessed at ·1 :30 p.m. Sunday, May 31, in the church parking lot.

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SSe PETER & PAUL, FALL RIVER CCD graduation .ceremonies will be held at 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. The parish council will meet at 7 p.m. that night.

Senior CYO members will plan a summer excursion at a' meeting set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in Father Coady Center.

Officers for the coming year will be nominated at a Women's Club meeting at 8 p.m. Monday.

ST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD The rosary will be recited at 6:45 p.m. each May weekday.

The Pilgrim Virgin statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be in the church following 7 p,m. Mass Saturday, remaining there through Saturday, May!}. Devotions will follow the 7 p.m. Mass daily, under sponsorship of the Legion of Mary.

ST. FRANCIS OF THI~ CAPE, POCASSET Secular Franciscan novices will be professed at a Mass at CATHEDRAL MUSIC, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at St. John FALL RIVER . Evangelist parish center, PocasThe Greater New Bedford set. Prospective members are inChoral Society will be heard at vited.

8 p.m. Saturday in a performance of Mozart's "Requiem" with four ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN area soloists and orchestra, diSingers and guitarists are rected by Gerald Dyck. The presentation will be repeated at 8 needed for the junior and senior p.m. Sunday at Grace Episcopal folk choirs. Further 'information is available at the rectory. CCD Church, New Bedford. classes will end Monday for 7th DEAF APOStOLATE, and 8th grades on Saturday, FALL RIVER DIOCESE May 9, for grades 1 through 6.

Members will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, for Mass ST. JOHN OF GOD, and a following social hour and SOMERSET business session at Sacred Heart In preparation for the Holy Church, Fall River.

Ghost feast the rosary will be A captioned movie, "Babes in led by a priest of the parish at 8 Toyland," will be shown at 2 ,tomorrow night at the home of p.m. Saturday, May 9, at St. Linda Marie Viveiros, 39 Paul Dr. John the Baptist Church, New Requests for pensoes may be Bedford. submitted to any Holy Ghost SoChapter 91 of the International ciety member or to one of the Catholic Deaf Apostolate will priests. mark its 15th anniversary SaturA prayer meeting will be held day, June 13, at St. John of God Thursday, May 7, beginning with Church, Somerset. A banquet 7 p.m. Mass and followed by a will follow 7:30p.m. Mass. Paul- social hour. ine Raiche and Father Joseph Viveiros will 'attend the ICDA SACRED HEART, national convention to be held in FALL RIVER Washington, D.C. in July.

A children's liturgy at 10 a.m.

Sunday will close the CCD proFIRST FRIDAY CLUB, gram for the year. Senior citiFALL RIVER zens will travel to Vermont in Rev. Jon-Paul Gallant, associJuly. Non-members are welcome ate pastor at St. Mary's Cathedral, wiH address the club at a and may contact Stella Pavao, 673-6881, for further information. supper meeting tomorrow night Women's Guild members will following 6 p.m. Mass at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River. Elec- hold a communion breakfast foltion of officers will also be held. lowing 8 a.m. Mass Sunday: Rev. Xavier Nawrocki OFM. Conv., of Holy Cross Church, Fall River, will speak at the club's concluding meeting of the .~ CATHOLIC CHARITlES season on .Friday, June 5.