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Appeal at $480,559 The first reports from parishes and special gift solicitors have increased the total of the 1980 Charities Appeal to $480,559. Special gift solicitors are requested to make their final returns by this Saturday, Parishes will continue to make calls on parishioners not contacted last Sunday. The parish phase ends on May 14. The Appeal books will be open for contributions until May 23 at 1 p.m., the closing date for th~ Appeal. Parish Honor Roll Parishes which surpass their 1979 final Appeal totals in this

year's Appeal will be enrolled on the 1980 Parish Honor Roll. Last year, 85 parishes were on the Honor Roll. Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Appeal, said: "We are anticipating that every parish - 113 - will be on this year's Honor Roll. We must have substantial increases in every parish to meet this year's Appeal goal of $1,250,000." The first parishes to achieve Honor Roll status are St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis; St. Boniface, New Bedford; and Our Lady of the Angels, Fall River. (Parish Listings, page'two)

Education changes

IN THE TEHERAN MORGUE, Archbishop Hilarion Capucci sprinkles holy water on the remains of the eight American servicemen who died in the aborted Iranian rescue mission. The archbishop afterwards took custody of the remains to arrange their return to the United States. (NC Photo)

F ather~ Drinan cannot run WASHINGTON (NC) - Jesuit Father Robert F. Drinan, a fiveterm member of Congress, has been denied permissiol) by his Jesuit superiors to seek another term in office this fall. The directive ordering the Massachusetts Democrat not to seek re-election was issued by Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Society of Jesus in Rome. Father Arrupe said his direc路"

tive reflected "the express wish" of Pope John Paul II. Bishop Thomas Kelly, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, said church law always has prohibited priests from participating in partisan politics. Jesuit Father Edward M. 0' Flaherty, Father Drinan's religious superior in the New England Jesuit province, noted that an exception was made for

Father Drinan when he first ran for Congress in 1970. That exception had been upheld in succeeding years, Father O'Flaherty said. "Nevertheless, 'it is obvious that, in the pope's view, the reasons that commended the idea of Father Drinan's candidacy up to now no longer apply," saKi Father O'Flaherty in a statement released May 5. Tum. to Page Seven

The naming of four religious to staff positions in the Diocesan Department of Education was announced today by Reverend George W. Coleman, Director of Education. Sister Doreen Donegan, S.U.S.C., presently assistant director of religious education, will assume directorship of that department as of July 1. A native of New York City, Sister Doreen taught in the Archdioceses of New York and Baltimore. Before coming to the Diocesan Department of Education, she was chairman of the religious department at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton. She holds a master's degree in religious studies from Providence College. Sister Laurita Hand, 'P.B.V.M., pr~sently assistant superintendent of schools, will become superintendent on July 1. Sister Laurita, from Woonsocket, attended Regina Coeli College, Fitchburg, and Rivier College, Nashua, N.H. She has studied at the University of the Pacific in California and at Exeter College of Oxford University in England. Prior to joining the staff at the Education Office, she taught at schools in Rhode Island, including Bishop Keough High School and St. Benedict's elementary school. Two new staff persons will join the Education Department

next academic year: Sister Ann Moore, C.N.D. and Sister Frances Sidebottom, S.S.J. Sister Ann Moore will become assistant superintendent of schools. For the past four years she has been a member of the provincial administration of her community, the Congregation of Notre Dame in Ridgefield, Conn. She holds master's degrees in counselling and in English from lona College and Fordham University. For several years, she served as principal in schools of her community in Connecticut and New York. On September I, Sister Frances Sidebottom, S.S.J. will join the diocesan staff as assistant director of religious education. She has had extensive teaching experience in Catholic schools in Massachusetts and for the past five years has been religious education coordinator in the Diocese of Springfield. In 1978, she received a master's degree in religious education from Providence College. The vacancies in the Department of Education resulted from two staff members' departure from the office. Sister Marion C. Geddes, R.S.M., after 19 years of service in the Diocese of Fall River will leave her position as super-, intendent of schools. Sister Marion, the principal of Bishop FeeTurn to Page Three

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., May 8, 1980

Leading Parishes ATILEBORO AREA 13,723.00 St. John, Attleboro 10,257.00 St. Mary, Seekonk, 9,267.00 St. Mary, Mansfield 8,688.00 Mt. Carmel, Seekonk 8,505.00 Holy Ghost, Attleboro CAPE COD, ISLANDS AREA 25,777.00 St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis 16,458.00 St. Pius X, South Yarmouth 10,391.00 Holy Trinity, West Harwich 9,870.00 St. Patrick, Falmouth 8,144.00 Holy Redeemer, Chatham FALL RIVER AREA Our Lady of the Angels, Fall River St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River St. Thomas More, Somerset Santo Christo, Fall River St. Patrick, Somerset

16,277.95 13,267.00 9,642.00 8,843.50 8,113.00

NEW BEDFORD AREA

Immaculate Conception, New Bedford Mt. Carmel, New Bedford St. Joseph, New Bedford St. Mary, New Bedford St. Mary, South Dartmouth

13,375.00 12,079.08 6,710.00 6,172.00 5,370.00

TAUNTON AREA Holy Cross, South Easton . St. Ann, Raynham

6,369.00 .5,449.00

Special Gifts NATIONAL $1,000 .Fathers of the Sacred Hearts $500 Rev. Msgr. Bernard J. Fenton Rev. Lucien Madore $400 Rev. Msgr. John IF. Denehy Rev. James F. Kelley $350 Rev. Thomas L. Rita $300 Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan $250 Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Considine Rev. Msgr. Joseph R. Pannoni $200 Rev. Msgr. Arthur W. Tansey Rev. Msgr. Christopher 1. Broderick $192 Mass. State Council K of C $100 Rev. Normand J. Boulet

TAUNTON $250 St. Mary Conference, Taunton $200 Immaculate Conception Conference, .Taunton $150 St. Joseph Conference. No. Dighton $100 O'Keefe Funeral Home St. Mary Women's Guild, Taunton Nu-Brite Chemical Co. $80 Holy Rosary Conference $60 Nason Oil Company

Holy Family, East Taunton St. Joseph, Taunton St. Mary, Taunton

5,110.00 5,01'7.00 4,559.00

Parish Totals ATILEBORO AREA Attleboro 8,505.00 Holy Ghost 13,723.00 St. John 5,828.00 St. Joseph 4,614.50 St: Mark 5,756.00 St. Stephen 7,299.00 St. Theresa 9,267.00 Mansfield-5t. Mary North Attleboro 5,357.00 St. Mary 4,298.00 Norton-St. Mary Seekonk 8,688.00 Mt. Carmel 10,257.00 St. Mary CAPE, ISLANDS AREA Brewster--our Lady 6,760.00 of the Cape -Buzzards Bay-St. Margaret 3,280.00 Centerville--<>ur Lady of Victory 6,314.00 8,144.00 Chatham-'-Holy Redeemer 2,411.00 Edgartown-St. Elizabeth Falmouth-St. Patrick 9,870.00 25,777.00 Hyannis-St. Francis Xavier Nantucket- Our Lady . 1,750.00 of the Isle North Falmouth- St. Elizabeth 5,659.00 Seton

$50

Sowiecki Funeral Home Norwell Manufacturing Co., Inc. $30 Polish American Ciitzen's Club $25 Edward St. Pierre, Inc. Children's Shop Frank Noone 'Shoe Co. Tony's Variety Coyle-Cassidy Mother's Club

NEW BEDFORD $900 Cliftex Corporation $500 Fairhaven Savings Bank $350 American -Press, Inc. $100 George Bernique & Co. . Atty. Donald J. -Fleming Macedo !Pharmacy Park Oil Company Stanley Oil Company $80 Sullivan-Foster, Inc. $65 Cooper Insurance :Agency $50 :Adams & Adams, Inc. Coaters, Inc. LaFrance Jewelers Walmsley & Hall, Inc. $35 Cornish & Co., Inc. Atty. Raymond Mitchell $30 Thad's Steak House $25 M. F. Considine & Sons Park Motors Pearson~Miller, Inc. Andrew & Evelyn 10. Pifko Rock Funeral Home Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Silva

Osterville-Assumption Pocasset-St. John South Yarmouth-St. Pius X Wellfleet- Our Lady of Lourdes West Harwich- Holy Trinity FALL RIVER AREA Fall River St. Mary's Cathedral Espirito Santo Holy Cross Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Sacred Heart St. Anne St. Anthony of Padua St. Elizabeth St. Joseph St.Louis St. Michael St. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul St. Stanislaus St. William Santo Christo North Westport--o.L. of Grace Somerset St. John of God St. ,Patrick St. Thomas More Swansea Our Lady of Fatima

7,740.00 4,770.00 16,458.00 1,830.00 10,391.00

13,267.00 6,768.00 2,147.00 16,277.95 4,542.50 2,782.00 3,378.00 4,628.00 2,576.00 3,383.00 1,214.00 4,738.00 3,166.50 5,120.00 5,227.00 6,252.50 5,325.50 3,978.00 8,843.50 4,975.00 5,559.00 8,113.00 9,642.00 6,842.00

St. Dominic St. Louis de France St. Michael

NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Immaculate Conception 13,375.00 12,079.08 Mt. Carmel Our Lady of Perpetual Help 2,327.00 Sacred Heart 3,006.00 1,239.00 :St. Anne 3,479.00 St. :Anthony of 'Padua St. Boniface 1,163.00 St. Jo~eph 6710.00 1,232.00 St. Kilian 6,172.00 St. Mary 2,414.00 ·St. Theresa Fairhaven 3,407.00 St. Mary 2,648.00 Marion- St. Rita Mattapoisett-St. Anthony 4,419.00 5,370.00 South Dartmouth-St. Mary 4,713.00 Wareham-St. Patrick

TAUNTON AREA Taunton Holy Family Holy Rosary Our Lady of Lourdes Sacred Heart 'St. James St. Joseph St. Mary Raynham--'St. Ann South Easton-Holy Cross

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$1,000 Our Lady of the Cape Bingo, Brewster St. Margaret Bingo, Buzzards Bay $500 St. Pius X Women's Guild, So. Yarmouth $400 Our Lady of the Isle Conference, Nantucket $300 St. Patrick Conference, Falmouth Our Lady of the Cape Conference, Brewster $250 Holy Trinity Conference, W. Harwich $200 Our Lady of Victory Women's Guild, Centerville St. Joan of Arc Conference, Orleans Our Lady of the Cape Ladies Guild, Brewster $100 St. Francis Xavier Women's Guild, Hyannis Vetorino Bros., oInc., Barnstable St. Elizabeth Womeli?s Guild, Edgartown St. Elizabeth Conference, Edgartown Mr. & Mrs. James ·F. Pendergast, Hyannis • $50 Fern Engineering Co., Buzzards Bay Our Lady of the ,Isle Women's Guild, Nantucket .

$1,320 White's 'Family Restaurant $210 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. McMahon $200 Robert A. Wilcox Co. A C Lumber Co. $160 White Spa Caterers $125 Dr. Paul P. Dunn $100 Zayre Department Store National Contracting Co. Railings Unlimited High Point Paper Box Durfee-Buffinton Insurance ~oloni;al Wholesale Beverage Corp. Aluminum Processing Corp. $80 .Andy's Rapid Transportation Co. $75 Sterling Package Store, Inc. Holy Name Women's Guild The Spectator $60 Tri-City Office Equipment Corp. $55 ·Fall River Glass Company $50 Spindle City Dye Works J. 'B. Travers Lumber Co. Gibmar Electric Co. J C Roofing Co., ilnc. Coca Cola Bottling Co. Craft Corrugated Box, Inc. Coffee Sam Industrial Caterers Travis Furniture Co., Inc. Gamac:he Trucking Co. Lavoie & Tavares Co. $40 Mr. 8~ Mrs. Bernard A. G. Taradash

. $30 Coca Cola Bottling Co., Vineyard Haven

4,947.00 7,209.00 4,612.75

5,110.00 1,651.50 1,877.00 3,691.00 3,190.00 5,017.00 4,559.00 5,449.00 6,369.00

ATTLEBORO $1,800 Krew, Inc.

$600 Creed Rosary Co. $350 St. Theresa Conference $200 R. V. McGowan Insurance $150 Conlon & Donnelly Co. $125 Holy Ghost Conference Leach & Garner Co. Morins Diner $100 St. Theresa Holy Name Society Confraternity of Christian Mothers, St. Theresa's Parish Richardson Insurance Swank, Inc. Leavens W. H. Riley & Son St. Mark Conference Art's 3 Hr. Cleaners $75 E. G. Lambert Insurance Agency $50 Foster Metal Pelletier's Auto Service Demers Bros. B & .0 Auto Parts Colonial Lithograph Armstrong, Pollis & Clapp ·Fireside Motors $37.50 Sousa Bros. & DeMayo $35 Castro County Square Charles Thomae & Son 'Plastic Craft Novelty M. A. Vigorito & Son Lavery-Irvine, Inc. $30 Baldwins Office Supply J. P. Reynolds & Co. I

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., May 8, 1980

SISTER MARION

FATHER METHOT

SISTER DOREEN

SISTER LAURITA

SISTER ANN

SISTER FRANCES

Education changes Continued from page one han High School in Attleboro for its first five years, was diocesan supervisor of education for four years and assistant superintendent of schools for three years. Since 1973 she has held the position of superintendent of schools. Although leaving full time work in the Diocesan Office, Sister Marion will continue her endeavors as Diocesan Consultant in Education. A Mass and reception at 2 p.m. $unday, May 18 at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, will honor the retiring administrator, who has taught every

grade from one through 12 in School, Fall River, for the 25th annual Catholic Education Conher 49 yearS in religious life. Revereqd Michel G. Methot vention,. Father George W. Coleman was a member of the original . staff of the Education Depart- will be principal celebrant at an ment in 1973. From 1973 to 1977 opening Mass and Dr. Elinor he served as director of adult Ford, vice-president of Sadlier education with responsibilities Publishers, will address two for the continuing education of general sessions of the one-day clergy and campus ministry. In meeting. 1977 he became director of religious education, the position Miss Grace Taylor, education he currently holds.. who has been convention business manager since its inception, Convention will be honored during the day. Catholic school students will Also to be recognized are organenjoy a free day tomorrow as izations who have exhibited at teachers and religious educators the convention for all of its 25 meet at Bish.op Connolly High years.

Dr. Ford Dr. Ford, a New York native, holds a doctorate in education from Columbia University' as well as doctorates in humanities and law from Le Moyne Cpllege and Marymount Manhattan College. She has taught on the elementary and college levels and as the superintendent of schools for the New York diocese was the first woman superintendent of a major U.S. school system. She was a consultant 'to the National Catholic Educational Association before accepting her present position.

She is active in many professional organizations anll has contributed to many educational television programs. Her publications include "Continuous School Growth," "Innovation by Inches not Leaps" and an administration manual for the schools of the New York archdiocese. Her practical philosophy is indicated in a quotation from an article on "The Teacher as Minister:" "Parents, too, must feel the responsibility for the healing and educational ministry. Our youth imitate what they see their parents doing and they do not always heed what their parents say."

Africa welcomes pope

FATHER ASDRUBAL CASTELO BRANCO

Father A. Castelo Branco Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford, for Father Asdrubal Castelo Branco, for 22 years its pastor until his retirement in 1979. Father Branco died on Tuesday. His body will lie in state at Immaculate Conception where a wake service will take place at 7 tonight. A quiet and unassuming priest, Father Branco was noted for his devotion to his people and his love of children. He did good "in secret ways," said a fellow priest, always preferring that his charity remain anonymous.

Father Branco was born in Lisbon, moving to St. Michael, Azores, as a young high school graduate. He was ordained June 29, 1927, in the Azores, where an elder brother is also a priest. After five years service in the islands he came to the Fall River dioce~e, where he was initially assigned to Immaculate Conception parish, New Bedford, where he was later to be pastor, as a curate. He then served in several Fall River parishes, including Our Lady of Angels and St. Anthony of Padua and was pastor of Our Lady of Health parish, also in Fall River, before being named to the New Bedford post. Tum to Page Six

KINSH~SA, Zaire (NC)---Pope John Paul II arrived in Africa amid wildly cheering crowds, dancers on 10-foot stilts and the colorful pageantry of black Africa. When the pope landed in Zaire, the first stop of his sixnation tour, he turned the welcoming ceremony into a symbolic gesture toward all Africa. He kissed the ground and said: "God bless Zaire. God bless Africa." After several days of activity, however, the cheers were interspersed with tragedy- and controversy. The tragedy occurred when nine people were trampled by the early crowds trying to enter a park where the pope was scheduled to celebrate Mass. The controversy involved the speed with which African custom should be incorporated into church life in Africa. The other countries on the African tour (May 2-12) are the l'.::ongo, Kenya, Ghana, the Ivory Coast and Upper Volta. At Kinshasa's airport, the pope was greeted by President Nobutu c;ese Seko and Cardinal Joseph Malula of Kinshasa. Pope John Paul said he came as a religious leader to "purify, elevate and affirm" the religious nature of the African soul. He also said he was a messenger of peace and rejoiced with the independent African nations who have gained independence thus taking their destiny in their own hands. Yet each African nation has a

struggle to forge its own person" ality and culture, he said. For this the countries need peace, independence and non-partisan aid, he added. Upon arriving, 'Pope John Paul immediately was confronted with the challenge of Africanizing the church. 'While the pope quickly expressed support for efforts to deepen the African personality and culture, Cardinal Joseph Malula of Kinshasa directly warned against Vatican resistance to Africanization. -In Zaire, the issue revolved around the pope's call for a slow, measured Africanization as opposed to the faster paced urged by many zairean Catholics. From the airport, the pope travelled 25 miles by motorcade to the cathedral in Kinshasa where Cardinal Malula issued his warning. â&#x20AC;˘'As for liturgical life, we would have wished that your holiness could have had a first hand, living experience of a Eucharistic celebration in the so called 'Zairean' rite. And we would have liked to have informed you more fully about the 'work of the theological reflection, which has ceaselessly been pursued in the various departments and research centers of our faculty of Catholic theology," the cardinal said. In a speech to married couples, the pontiff criticized the polygamous customs native to many African' cultures. He presented monogamous marriage as "the design of God."

Regarding the African tendency to place little value on celibacy, he declared that priests and Religious "must have solid convictions about the positive and essential values of chastity in celibacy." The pope highly praised other African marriage and family values. "The African traditions, used judiciously can have their place in the building of Christian homes in Africa; I am thinking especially of all the positive values of a sense of family, anchored in the African soul, which carry many aspects that are certainly able to cause reflection by socalled advanced civilizations," the pope said.

Non-public school assistant named WASHINGTON (NC) - Edward R. D'Alessio, former director of the U.S. Catholic Conference's division of elementary and secondary education, has been named assistant secretary for non-public education in the . new Department of Education. For the past year, as deputy U.S. commissioner of education, D'Alessio has been responsible for ensuring participation of nonpublic school students in federal educational programs for which they are eligible. For three years prior to that he was president of the College of Our Lady of Elms, Chicopee, Mass.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., May 8, 1980

Faith should not be boring Sixteen years ago, at the New York World's Fair, I began to be fascinated by the art and architecture of. the church. The viewing of St. Patrick's Cathedral and of Michelangelo's Pieta left a lasting impression upon me. Art and architecture can communicate certain subtleties of truth not knowable in any other way. The haunting beauty of a Gothic cathedral exalts both our minds and our spirits. The capturing in marble of the scene of love between the Virgin Mother and our Lord has remained surpassed. The visual masterpieces of previous centuries have helped preserve the heritage of our faith. The same can be said of the doctrinal definitions that have preserved the integrity of the deposit of faith. These. valued insights from ,"our past may never be dismissed as mere anachronisms. Conversely, I am appalled at the lack of beauty in the popular church art, architecture and teachings of our own age. Beauty may be difficult to define but it is easy to realize its presence or absence; and its absence from both religious education and contemporary liturgical art should ' be lamented. It should come as no surprise that our youth find the Mass and CCD so boring. We are born with an aesthetic sense that is meant to be stimulated. Boredom is a product of the under-use of this sense. Liturgy arid religious education should better reflect the wisdom of the church's teaching throughout the ages. If they did, they would be anything but boring. Recently I directed a ,retreat for eighth graders that centered on the history of the church's art and architecture. The closing Mass incorporated the use of incense at the offertory and periods of silence for, private prayer. At the offertory -the students also brought forth biblical scenes sculpted in plaster, the making of which had been one of the day's projects. The assignment proved to be the most challenging and rewarding activity of the day. Young people are quite capable of expressing the truths of their faith if they are given more than just a few minutes and more tools than a few crayons or scissors and paper. In the past 15 years great emphasis has been placed upon modernizing our religious education program. During this period many of oUI: young people have been taught little more than that they are loved by God and that they should love their neighbor. Our modern church art and architeCture reflect the same over-simplification. Our efforts to make the profound truths of our faith understandable in our liturgy and our religious education programs may have reached the point where their relevance is more to our culture than to revealed truth. Since culture is always in a rapid state of change, it is impossible to remain always relevant to it. Last fall I taught the Baltimore Catechism to seventh and eighth graders. The I\ovelty of such words as sanctifying and actual grace, original sin, mortal· and venial sin and redemption sparked keen interest among them. While religious educators may argue that these same concepts are being taught under other names, it can hardly be disputed that they are more clearly understood when the traditional terms are used. Many students were attracted by the fact that everything was 'so organi~ed and made such good sense. All agreed that they learned more new things about their faith in that one semester than ever before. They were challenged and not placated, hence they left the course feeling a sense of accomplishment and not bored. The richness of our faith heritage should never be boring! By Father Kevin Harrington

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The new Secretary of. State Sen. Edmund S. Muskie (DMaine), chosen by President Car,ter to succeed Cyrus R. Vance as secretary of state, is the first Catholic to hold that office. A secretary of state in the 1940s, the late James F. Byrnes, (1945 to 1947) was baptized a Catholic, but had renounced, Catholicism by the time he was appointed. "I'm very pleased with· the appointment," said Bishop Edward C. O'Leary of Portland, Maine. "I think he will be a moderating influence and bring stability to our foreign policy." Archbishop Peter Gerety of Newark, N.J., formerly bishop in Maine, said Muskie was a "great choice." The archbishop added: "He's highly respected and I think he's a very fine man. Father J. Bryan Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conference associate secretary for international justice and peace, said Muskie' has a strong foreign policy background from his years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was an intelligent participant in hearings on the ratification of the Salt II arms limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. "He brings a strong mind and a strong personality to a job that takes a strong person," Father Hehir said. Muskie is "a good substantial Christian, not just a nominal Catholic," said Msgr. Vincent A. Tatarczuk, vicar for temporalities and former chancellor of the Diocese of Portland. Muskie is "a man of great integrity, who

would never compromise his faith and who has carefully developed his conscience," said Msgr. T'atarczuk, who 'has known Muskie since the early 1950s and who officiated at the weddings of two of the senator's children. The Portland diocesan official was asked about the senator's stand on the abortion issue, which ha.s been criticized by some members of the pro-life movement. The senator has opposed a constitutional amendment to ban abortions and has also voted. for the use of federal funds to pay for abortions in certain cases. Muskie "is personally very much opposed to abortion," the priest said, Muskie "sees it as a matter of reconciling his conscience with what his constituency is asking him to do. He felt he was not in any way condoning the practice of abortion but was accommodating the consciences of others." The priest said that during_ his two terms as governor of Maine from 1954 to 1958, Muskie had been a member of the Catholic' Lawyers' Guild in the diocese. Msgr. Joseph B. Coyne, pastor of Little Flower Parish in Bethesda, Md., where the Muskies are parishioners, said that they are practicing Catholics, but have not been active in church organizations. "I didn't expect that," he said because of other commitments the senator and his wife have. "Mrs. Muskie had duties in

the school while the children were here," the pastor said. All five Muskie children attended Little Flower school and four of them graduated from the school. Edmund Jr., the youngest, transferred after the sixth grade. The three Muskie daughters all graduated from Holy Child High School in Potomac, Md. Muskie's Senate voting record on foreign policy issues is that of a Democrat strongly supportiv~ of a president belonging to the same party. He backed Carter's decision to try to rescue the U.S. hostages in Iran. That decision prompted Vance to resign. He has supported most of President Carter's foreign policy decisions, including the Panama Canal treaties, the decision not to develop the B-l bomber, the sale of advanced fighters to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and maintaining economic sanctions against Rhodesia, which has now become independent as Zimbabwe. Although he took no formal position on the Salt II treaty with the Soviet Union, the senator has been a supporter of arms control. The 66-year-old' senator, a native of Rumford, Maine, is the second of the six children of Stephen and Josephine (Czarnecki) Marciszewski. His father, a tailor, had fled to the United States in 1903 to escape czarist tyranny in Poland. An immigration official in New York, unable to spell the family name, shortened' it to Muskie.

rrhe month of May If April comes, can May be far behind? May, with its poetic imagery of newborn animals, flowers, lovers? No, May with its end-of-the-year merry-go-round of dinners, field days, and school picnics; its graduations, continuations, and evaluations; its band concerts, musicales, and Scout banquets; its CCD potlucks, parish council dinners, and award nights. Somewhere along the calendar we lost May and it's too nice a month to give up without a fight. Last May I believe we ate together four times as a family all of them at a potluck or picnic. The rest of the month, Jim and I ate with one child at his picnic, with another at her potluck, or with each other at an end-of-the-year-business affair. Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, surviving homesteaders shared good old reliable Kraft Dinner and each other. Evenings were the same. Because we managed to have our three in three different schools last year, we often found our presence suggested at two or more programs simultaneously. So we split, amoeba-like, one to the band concert, the other to honor society. Or we dipped into each, leaving from one, arriving late at another, deing justice to neither.

It was a bad scene in ways other than spending family time together. When each child is tied into a school that has a final function, a class that has one, a church class and at least two activities that offer them, that's a. minimum of five per child. Multiply by the number of children and parents in the family, add final exams and term papers, and you get an idea of the level of family harmony in May. It's also unfortunate that children can't witness their siblings' achievements, talents, and awards because they are so taken up with their own calendar. I regretted, for example, that our younger son couldn't attend his brother's band concert last year (especially since they both play trumpet) because he had a Cub Scout picnic. A sense of familiness is helped along by sitting proudly as a family while one member sings, plays, pitches, or accepts a perfect attendance award. Where is it written that every program, function, affair, club, business, and institution has to schedule its wrap up in May? Why not spread the pleasure around a bit so it can still be pleasurable? I know that it makes sense to honor people at the end of the school year, but not if people find it a chore or a bore to at-

Poet-pope needed I am prepared to believe that the abuses of the Eucharist the pope described in his Holy Thursday letter have happened. In fact, I know of some things much worse than what the pope described. I will hastily add that much of the blame for this deterioration must be laid at the doorstep of church leadership, which lost control of liturgical experimentation in the late 1960s. But I'm afraid the papal letter will not do much to correct liturgical anarchy. No one is listening to rules any more. However, what surprises me about the letter is its attitude towards the fragility of the sacred. I find it' hard to reconcile the pope's fears about "desacralization" with his enormously impressive awareness of the power of the sacred in his poetic writings. For Wojtyla the poet, the sacred lurks everywhere. "Otherness" - soon to be the Other - is around the corner, down the street, over the next hill, right behind you. You can no more repress the sacred than you can eliminate the mountains, the ocean, the desert, the coming of spring. I'm not saying that the pope denies any of this; rather, I am saying that I think that if Wojtyla the poet, as well as John Paul the theologian, had worked on the letter, it would be a much richer document. I guess I've

been spoiled by the extraordinary series of audience talks in which Wojtyla the phenomenological philosopher and John Paul the pope have produced a remarkable and revolutionary "theology of the body" (one which, be it noted, has been ignored in America). I would like to see a parallel theology of grace from the point of view of a philosopher and a poet and a pope. I think we need that more than warnings about irreverence. We need to be told in rich and elaborate detail that our sacred rites ought to be performed with reverence and respect because they point to the sacramentality of all of creation, and that reverence for the Eucharist· is required because it points towards reverence to the whole of the material environment. Perhaps I expect too. much. Having read every word of the pope's in the English edition of Osservatore Romano for the last 19 months, I think I know his style pretty well. The Holy Thursday letter does not sound like him. Perhaps it was drafted by someone else. There's nothing wrong with that; a man can't be a poet all the time and still produce the volume of material the pope seems to feel that he must. Yet we still need illumination of the sacramentality of the

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., May 8, 1980

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tend. I suspect schools use concerts and field days to keep students motivated the last warm days of May when attention and behaviors begin to wane. Okay. Then let's give May to those whose classes might otherwise degenerate without a performance. For the rest, I suggest we develop a traditional month other than May for honors, retirements, wrapups, and awards. Like maybe having a traditional parish council dinner in early November, an honor society recognition in April, a Scouting banquet in dull old January, an employee-appreciation kickoff in October rather than a wrapup in May, a family-centered church picnic in August, and a DCCW luncheon in March. All of life doesn't have to be recognized in May. ,Let's tell the institutions in our lives how tough May can be on the family and encourage them to spread the joy throughout the year. Meanwhile, for this year, just pray your stamina survives the harried month of May.

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ANDREW GREELEY

world of material creation to dispel the foolishness of those who babble about "secularization." I hope the pope gives us this illumination soon.

[necroloCiY) May 23 Rev. William F. Donahuf), 1944, Assistant, St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet May 24 Rev. James 1". Clark, 1907, Founder, St. James, New Bedford May 25 Rev. Michael P. Kirby, 1925, St. Mary's, North Attleboro Rev. James V. Mendes, 1961, Administrator, Our Larly of Angels, Fall River

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Words • campaIgn too By now you know only one thing for certain, and that is that nobody knows what is going on in this election. The reason why they don't know is because the election is "skewed," which is fast becoming the front-runner for 1980's catchword of the year. Every campaign generates its own terms and phrases. Sometimes it's a slogan, like "Four More Years." That was also the year of "alienation," a word much favored by George McGovern, who turned out to be rather seriously alienated from the voters. "Skewed" began appearing on Kennedy managers' lips early on. The Iowa results were "skewed" by the hostage situation. The Carter camp uses it, too, as in "the inflation rate skewed by the price of oil, over which Wfi have no control." Running a close second is "volatility." Volatility is the most useful term yet invented, and indispensable to pollsters, pundits and managers trying to explain why yet another Tuesday has brought yet another nasty sur· prise. "Volatility" is a polite way of saying that Democratic voters are indignant about being asked to decide between President Carter and Sen. Kennedy. "Volatility" has brought into prominence the- only really en· lightening exercise in this year of political whitewater, the "exit poll." Citizens have been systematically misleading the experts in what might be called "entrance polls," but when they have finally made their decision, they are so glad to have it' over with - at least until November - that they are quite forth· coming. The reason they slide around so much from day to day and from state to state is because of "the negatives" the candidates carry around wjth them the way Jimmy Carter toted his garment bag in 1976. "Negatives," which used to be known as "liabilities" or "minuses," are very big this year. John Connally's "negatives" drove him out of the race. Ronald Reagan's age, which was supposed to be a crippling "negative," was sent to the showers in New Hampshire, after he had uttered the campaign's most memorable line to date: "I paid for this microphone, Mr. Green." Ted Kennedy's "negative," which is euphemistically called "character," is his real competition in the contest.·1t comes and goes, ran a strong race in New Hampshire, hit the skids in New York. "Character," by the way, is a perfectly good word which has acquired a bad name in this campaign. It used to be, as we

By MARY McGRORY

all know, a splendid noun connoting' moral strength, self-discipline, fortitude, etc. Today, however, it means Chappaquiddick and is so thoroughly invested with its new and dire meaning that Vice President Mondale self-righteously refused to discuss it on a television interview in the New York primary. "Family" and "values," other code terms that are first cousins to "character," are much employed by Carter's chief surrogate, the first lady. When it is over, let us hope "character" can reassemble its shattered "image" - which, by the way, has hardly been heard from this year, having been edged out by "perception." No word, except possibly "gay," which was unaccountably attached to homosexuals,' who hardly ever were until their recent exit from the closet, has taken such a beating as "character." "Honing in" is having a good run. George Bush, having had a brief and passionate attachment to "IBig Mo" after Iowa, belatedly began to "hone in" on the issues. The press has recently been "honing in" - formerly known as "zeroing in" - on ROnald Reagan's cavalier way with facts. Kennedy was extremely grateful that reporters were diverted in this wise. For several months, his slips of tongue and pauses had undergone a "honing in" of exceptional severity. "Viable," the Harold Stassen of political campaigns, is still around. Kennedy refuses to give it house room - - he doesn't care whether he is or isn't. "Viable" is expected to make a strong comeback with the new candidacy of John Anderson of IllinOIS. The White House has contributed only one word to the discussion. It is "arithmetic," which in other campaigns was known as "the numbers;" it is used to prove that no matter how well he does in industrial states, Kennedy cannot get the necessary number of delegates to win the nomination. Kennedy's continued presence in the race has occasioned much heavy talk of a most unusual stripe. You hear, for example, that the voters are "punishing" him for his past, and that he accepts their punishment with uncommon grace because he knows it will lead to expiation. He is running not for the presidency, but for redemption. It's pretty heavy stuff that cries out for the pen of a Dostoevski. Growing up in Czarist Russia, the master never frequented a political headquarters, but he knew a great deal about guilt and atonement, which some people think is what this campaign may be all about.

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ROME (NC) - Four relatives what results of the papal audiof the 53 American hostages ence would be, but added, "God held in Iran since Nov. 4 con- moves in mysterious ways and cluded their five-nation Euro- the pope is his emissary on pean tour by meeting Pope John earth. He does things." Paul II. "He told us he's been praying all along," said Pearl Goladnski of Silver Springs, Md., after the Continued from Page Three brief papal audience. "As long A lover of art, Father Branco as he prays, we feel they're in delighted in adorning his church safe hands." Mrs. Golacinski's son, Alan, with outstanding pieces of ecwas a regional security officer clesiastical workmanship. He alat the U.S. embassy in Teheran, so enjoyed travelling, often reIran. She said the pope spoke visiting his native Portugal and to each of the women individ- other countries of Europe. ually and gave each a rosary. He had a deep devotion to Our The group also included LouLady of Fatima and in 1948 isa Kennedy of Washington, published "The Crusade of Fatiwhose husband, Moorhead, was ma," a book about the Marian an economics officer at the em- apparitions in Portugal. bassy; Jeanne Queen of LincolnIn 1977 Father Branco marked ville, Maine, whose son, Rich- his golden jubilee in the priestard, was U.S. vice consul in Te- hood and in 1979 retired to the heran; and IBarbara Rosen of Catholic Memorial Home, Fall Brooklyn, N.Y., whose husband, River. Barry, was an embassy press attache. Mrs. Rosen, the only Roman Catholic in the group, expressed a mixture of gratitude and wonNEW YORK (NC) - Concern der after the papal audience. for the protection of innocent "Just being in his presence was . life against the "legal injustice" wonderful," she said. of abortion laws has forced The hostages' relatives repre- Catholics in recent years to resented the Family Liaison Ac- think the morality of "caprition Group (FLAG), an organ- cious" death penalty legislation, ization of hostage families. according to Bishop Rene GraMrs. Kennedy, an Episcopal- cida of Pensacola-Tallahassee, ian, said no one could be sure Fla.

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Others at the ceremony, in addition to the new deacon's parents and Father Ferreira, were another son, David; Father Steven R. Furtado .of the pastoral care department of St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford; Mr. Peter Joyce and Mr. John Kelly, seminarians of the Providence diocese who were classmates of Rev. Mr. Avila at Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Warwick; and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Brazil and Miss Lisa Brazil of South Dartmouth. Rev. Mr. Avila graduated from New Bedford High Schol and Providence College. He was assigned to the North American College in 1977. Last summer he served as an acolyte at St. Anthony's parish, East Falmouth, assisting with the music program. He had previously served as organist and choir direc:tor of St. John Baptist parish for some six years, beginning at age 14.

Spokane diocese censures schism SPOKANE, Wash. (NC) - A schismatic Catholic sect headquartered in the Spokane Diocese has been censured for its erroneous teachings on Catholic tradition by Bishop Lawrence Welsh of Spokane. While acknowledging that the 500 Catholics in the Boise (Idaho) and Spokane Diocese who have joined the Tridentine Latin Rite Church (TLRC) are sincere in their beliefs, Bishop Welsh said the TLRC "cannot be identified as a legitimate expression of the Roman Catholic faith." Founded in 1968 in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, the sect uses the Tridentine Mass and refuses to recognize the successors of Pope Pius XII as "true popes." The sect's founder and leader, Bishop Francis Schuckardt, says Vatican II decrees destroyed the "true" Catholic faith because council reforms are in "complete contradiction to past papal decrees and chuch doctrines." Bishop Schuckardt obtained episcopal consecration from a schismatic bishop in 1971.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Catholic leaders participated enthusiastically in the Washington for Jesus rally last week despite concern by some critics that politics and not prayer was the rally's real intention. Two priests, Father John Berc tolucci, of St. Joseph's Church in Little Falls, N.Y., and Father John Randall of St. Charles Church in Providence, R.I., spoke on Washington Mall at the main rally that attracted a crowd estimated at 200,000. Both priests are active in Catholic charismatic renewal, and served as national sponsors of the interdenominational event. The theme the priests emphasized in their addresses to the largely evangelical and charismatic Protestant audience was that of unity among all Christians. As for the future, "this is just the beginning," Father Randall said. "The rally is definitely a building block that God will use. Perhaps it is the most significant event ever in bringing together the Body of Christ, and certainly it is the largest ecumenical gathering."

Justice topic of meeting Lay persons and members of religious communities from the Fall River diocese were. among participants in a Solidarity meeting held recently at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. With the purpose of sensitizing participants to various peace and justice issues, the meeting was an outgrowth of a New England Convergence Solidarity conference held last June in Holyoke. Presentations included an explanation of the uses of art to promote social causes, a play dealing with the 1912 Lawrence mill strike, eight workshops and studies of social analysis and theological reflection. Father Ernest J. Corriveau, MS, La Salette provincial superior, was celebrant of a concluding Mass.

Sister Francella Sister Mary Francella Feeney, RSM, 68, who taught at the former Mt. St. Mary Academy in Fall ,River from 1937 to 1943 and at Holy Family High School, New Bedford, from 1943 to 1956, as well as at other diocesan schools, died last week at Mt. St. Rita Health Center, Cumberland, R.I. A native of Milford, Mass., and the daughter of the late Ambrose and Mary Feeney, she entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1934. Her last assignment before retirement was at Bay View Academy, East 'Providence.

Treasure '''The hour of Gethsemani is in exhaustible. We all must draw from it as much as our hearts will hold." - Romano Guardini

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The TroubleS Dear Editor: It was with, a great deal of' interest and empathy that I read' your column. "~he mooring," in the 13 March issue of The Anchor. Your appraisal of the British and American governments' respective roles in Northern Irish politics is honest and accurate, and as such, merits much attention - for rarely do these quaJities describe the, American media's "coverage" of the Troubles. (With the Carter A'dministration's inconsistent - if not downright hypocritical policies regarding British imperialism, one wonders why Senator Kennedy has not made this a more urtportant campaign issue -?)Americans in general are either ignorant of "or indifferent to the gross violations of civil and human rights the North. But what I find more appalling stin is the response of American Cl¢bolics - Irish otherWise - to the desperate pleas of our Northern Irish counterparts for an end to the eenturies-old persecution.

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Abortion Dear Editor: It has been over seven years since the Supreme Court decided that. the outright killing '9f unborn children was legal. It has been longer than this that some 'of us have made an effort to overturn this d.ecision by speaking out against -it at every opportunity. For over nine years I have been a Cursillista. But in all those years, only one Ultreya group has shown apy interest in becoming educated in the facts of abortion. I have advertised in The Anchor, and offered my services 'to any Catholic group to motivate them to become involved in the pro-life movement. The response bas been anything but overwhelming. MoSt groups llave ignored my pleas. Some even lack the courtesy of responding to letters, while others consider me a fool or a radical. " At least three parishes" and a \ couple of Cape K' of C councils

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (NC) - The Nicaraguan Bishops have asked the government to divert moneys destined for church· building improvements to the National Literacy Crusade. The govenunent had earmarked the money for the maintenance of churches in several areas.

advertise bingo weekly but cannot be concerned about abortion. Guilds, Holy Name groups and others have various affairs but be concerned about the unborn. And in the past two years,- at least, I can't recall any of my parish priests speaking out against' abortion. .someone, sometime must answer to God for this acceptance of ,abortion. Perhaps others are willing to accept the responsibility. I am not. Edward F. Acton Hyannis

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·R E BEL LO' S NURSERY FATHER RON HENERY, OP (left) and Father Robert Vaughn; OP celebrate the Eucharist at all-day observance of Dominicans of St. Catherine of SJena, Fall River, honoring the ~h anniversary of their patron saint's death.

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The friendly family of. American the concept of Catholic evangeli- went forth. The reaction to their zation, but this had been fore~ visits was overwhelmingly favorseen and did not cause insur- able on the part of the vast majority of Catholics and nonmountable problems. throughout the Fall River diBy the initiation of phase one Catholics. Since the home visitors had ocese in November and Dec- of .the program, preconceived ember. In last week's An- ideas of evangelization hadbEien been instructed to make return chor a pilot program held ,substantially overcome. Car visits to any home in which there recently in Somerset and bumpers were 'supporting stick- was no response initially, the finSwansea was described byers proclaiming; "We Care/We , al tally indicated that less than Share - the Catholic Family of 10% of the population could not Father Timothy Goldrick, r the Diocese of Fall River." Suf· be contacted. Actual coverage may have been diocesan We CarelWe Share' ficient numbers of workers had coordinator. His description v()lunteered to accomplish the even higher, since three of the participating parishes opted to concludes this week. goals of the program. To complete the awareness of continue return visits after the Remote recruitment for Somersetand Swansea We Care/We Share committees began last, October, as soon as parish leaders .had been briefed. This took the form of short bulletin and pulpit announcements, church posters and personal approaches. Also during October the ecumenical liaison for the program completed his contacts of area ministers, explaining We Care/ We Share to them. In mid-October, the Diocese of Fall River sponsored an evan· gelization workshop for clergy and lay delegations from all 113 parishes. The seminar was facilitated by Father Alivin Illig' and included a summaiy explanation of the pilot program and the plans to extend it .on a diocesan basis. On the first weekend in Nov· ember the pilot program was officially. launched by means of a pulpit letter from the bishop. Proximate recruitment for the parish committees began immediately. With the bishop's letter and inetteasing press coverage,general awareness of the We Care/ We Share program began to heighten. Initially, some experienced a cel'tain difficulty comprehending "We Care/We Share" is a program ofevangelizatiol'\ which will be conducted

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ing events and inviting attend·' ance. The first of the six parishes conducted a program entitled "A Strategy for Community Liv· ing," It consisted of a series of skits presented by youth and adults portraying the theme of Christian ~ospitality. The function appealed primarily toactive Catholics and served to increase their awareness of the evangelical possibilities of their existing parisH ministries. _ Another parish held a program cajIed "Open Hands, Open Heart,

Candles," was a candlelight Cbristmall concert which attracted several hundred people of, various- religious denominations. This program drew the largest crowd of all the Advent programs. "Where in God's Name Have We Been,?" an audio-visual presentation on changes in the church, addressed questions on interest to Catholics in general. The last presentation in the Advent series was an ecumenical prayer service. Baptist, Methodist and Congregationalist minis·

be said that the message was given that the Catholic Church was very much interested' in its inactive members. With the conclusion of the pilot program, the area committee met to evaluate effectiveness. It was unanimously agreed that We Care/We Share had sur· passed aU expectations. First, there had been an increased awareness of the mission of evangelization, as well as the active participation of' hundreds of Catholics in an evangelical project. Secondly, both the local church and the individual parishes had obtained the' vital statistics they sought for future planning. Thirdly, there had been a person-to-person out reach on the part of a loving diocesan family to the inactive and unchurched. Fourthly, ecumenical relations had been improved on all levels. The purpose for conducting the pilot program was to eliminate flaws in the' system. Those minor problems which were identified will now be corrected and We Care/We Share will soon be ready for implementation by the whole diocese. The Catholic family of the diocese of Fall River is entering the 1980s with renewed en· thusiasm for the mission of 'evangelization given to each of us in the Sacrament of Baptism. In the words of one lay leader, the surface has only been scratched. As for' the more distant fu-' ture, the effects of We Care/We Share, or any other effort at evangelization, can '11ot be fore- . cast or -forced. The Catholic' evangelist must step back and • allow the Holy Spirit to work.

Open House." Displays of parish organizations and sacred ob· jects were set up in the church and parish center. The open house attracted scores of nonCatholics and even a few ministers', A third parish directed its attention towards Catholics who might be inactive because'of divorce. A panel discussion on the annulment process drew ,a sizable crowd and helped to dis· seminate information on church laws a~d processes, to those who needed it most. A fourth event, "Carols and

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A. Nursery school combines learning and' play experience for children, 3 to 5. It' offers opportunity for social and intellectual development. Children usually attend nursery school for a two-or-three-hour period, from one to five days a week. Nursery school is not babysitting or day care. Many nursery school teachers have studied early childhood education and have extensive first-hand experience with children. Many educators of preschool children recommend nursery school starting at age 3. However, I recommend that the decision be made on an individual basis by' those who know the child best, the parents. The child is ready for nursery school when he is: a) interested in the outside world; b) ready to tackle it: Interest in the outside world js often indicated by its opposite boredom ~ at home. If the preschooler frequently grows tired of his toys, constantly looks for something to do and someone to play with~ then he may well profit from nursery school. The

child is ready when he shows an attraction to outsiders, ap.proaches new experiences with confidence and enthusiasm. Many 3-year-old children -are rather retiring and quite happy with. the activities at home. At 4, this same child becomes outgoing, boisterous and bored. Keep in ~ind that first-time parents frequently think their child is ready for experiences too soon. They enroll theirchildren in programs at the miiiimum ages, complaining that' program directors were blind to the fact that their child was ready months earlier. Parents of later children, however, are apt to delay entry into school. They know that the child need not do everything this year. Next year might be even better. "You can find out about-nursery . schools in several ways. Visit the school, observe the children. r Talk with the teacher, Ask others who have sent children to the school. Most nursery schools are glad to let parents observe the class, which is the best way to gain an impression. However, leave your own children with a friend when you go. You wimt to disrupt the school's normal procedure as little as possible. Notice the number of children in- the class. Eight or 10 children is comfortable ·for a single te'adler with no helpers. Fifteen

or so is the maximum a single teacher can handle effectively. Observe the kind aod amount of equipment. Will the equipment be interesting and challenging to· your child? Is 'there enough? Is ,it different from what he has at home? Observe the amount of play space. Do the children have' ple opportunity to move arQund? Or do they appear reUless from too much sitting still? Above all, does the balance seem, suited to the energy level of your child? How does the teacher relate to the children? Is she warm and enthusiastic? Does she control the class effectively without being too harsh or too casual? Does she' encourage learning activities, neither pushing too hard nor being indifferent to the child's achievements? Do the children seem happy? No schoo'l' or teacher will conform perfectly to your preferences. Use these questions as guidelines, not as standards of perfection. Finally, talk lIJ>out 'your decision with friends who have sent children to nursery school and whose opinion you value. . They can help you decide Whether to send your child and where to Send him.

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For a rare treat, I would suggest that. interested gardeners attend the annual meeting of the American Rhododendron Society to be held in Hyannis from May 29 to June 1. The gathering gives those attending an opportunity to exchange ideas, see the latest in rhododendrons and azaleas and hear firsthand about advancements in growth and reproductive methods. For the all-around gardener there is the opportunity to zero in on a field that may be only vaguely understood.

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uestion corner Q. I need your advice desperately. I am a Catholic and my family has been Catholic for generations. About nine years ago I married a nOo-CatbolJc man. After seven years of heart· break and disappointments I finally got the courage to get a divorce. Even now after two years I feel ashamed of it and hate the word divorce; it's like death. My former husband just did not want to give up his single lifestyle, like drinking with the boys and coming home when he wanted. A lot of other things were involved but the hardest part was when I found out after we married that we could not have children. I thought we would adopt but he absolutely refused. I prayed for a long time that he would change his mind, but he didn't. I'm going on 34 and hope to marry again and have a child before I get older. I do, however, want to marry in the church and with God's blessing. I'm writing to you to say I would like an annulment and I feel I really deserve One. I need your advice on this greatly. (California) A. You obviously have been hurt much and feel frustrated and betrayed. I hope you will be able to find new hope and a way to put things back together. .. The first thing you should have, even more than an annulment, is a healing of all these past hurts and some serenity of mind so that you can make a new beginning in your life. I

urge you as strongly as I can to search for some assistance to achieve this, whether through confidences you can share with a wise friend, or through one of the many groups designed to help people such as yourself get a new start, or perhaps both. Many people have suffered as you have and have learned much about how to help others through such tragedies. A new movement caned "Beginning Experience" gives precisely this kind of support and guidance to divorced, widowed and separated Catholics. You may obtain information abOut it by writing to Beginning Experience, 5108 Woodview, Peoria, Ill. 61614. The details you give make me strongly suspect that the mariage tribunal of your dio· cese would investigate your case for a possible annulment. This would require, however, that you _discuss the matter with a priest in your area who would begin the process. I understand your reluctance to discuss the matter with a priest who knows your family well. Ask a friend in another area of the city to suggest a priest who may not be an acquaintance of yours but who would be open to talking with you. Follow his ·adv'ice. You might also ask him to suggest ways of finding the type of personal assistance I spoke of above.

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A brass quartet and timpani will augment the choir for three selections and a piano will accompany selections by vocal soloists Carol Wrobleski, Christine Lafleur, Rene Latinville and Paul Allard. Miss Wrobleski and Questions for this column Deborah Ross will also be should be sent to Father Diet· featured in choral ·selections. zen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Among works to be heard Fall iRver, Mass. 02722. are Gounod's Ave Maria; An Easter Alleluia; Everything's All Right from Jesus Christ Superstar; and comrefugees, within Cuban communities all over the United States, positions by Leoncavallo, Ms. Pittman said. Only com- Verdi and Debussy.

First U.S. Mass for Cubans FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (NC)-Some 250 Cuban refugees, attending their first Mass in years, were told they now have the opportunity to turn to God after living under the "false god" of Fidel Castro. Father Todd Hevia, vice officialis of the 'Pensacola-Tallahassee Diocese and a former Cuban refugee, delivered the homily at a May 4 Mass concelebrated witb Bishop Rene H. Gracida at the Fort Walton Beach refugee camp. The Cubans began arriving at Eglin Air Force Base near \Fort Walton Beach the morning of May 3 with a first planeload of 128 refugees. By' the evening of May 4 nearly 1,000 had made the one-and-a-half hour flight from Key West. ,A 48-.acre tent city has been hastily erected by the military at Fort Walton Beach fairgrounds to serve as temporary quarters for the refugees. The U.S. Catholic Conference (USCe) is the sole agency responsible for resettlement at the camp, according to Janice Pittman, southeastern regional di· rector for the USCC Migration and Refugee Services in Fort Walton Beach. The agency has already received offers to sponsor 15,000

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Ministry to divorced By John Maher Franciscan Father Edgar Holden, 61, brings a varied background to his work as director of the Newark, N.J. Archdiocesan Ministry to Divorced Catholics. Holder of a doctorate in theology from the University of Montreal, he has taught, traveIled to 78 countries as director of the Franciscan Mission Association, and was director of development for the Latin America department of the U.S. Catholic Conference. The Newark Archdiocese has 1.4 million Catholics, Father Holden pointed out in an interview. "We get a lot of exposure," he went on. Recently he ran newspaper ads addressed to divorced .and separated Catholics, asking: "Depressed? Angry at your church? Frustrated? Mistrust the opposite sex?" They continued: "If 'yes' to any of those questions, you might try: Jumping off - a chair (nothing higher, . please), or gulping a couple of aspirins and going to bed for a month." Instead, the ad suggested, "Try meeting the warm and empathetic folks waiting for you at 'Ministry to Divorced Catholics.' No fee. No commitments. No 'Sign right here ... '" and offered a free newsletter and Father Holden's address. Because of the ads, a New York television station covered the Newark ministry on its nightly news for four nights in a row. One meeting featured the topic "Annulments: Frank Sinatra, etc., etc." referring to the disclosure that the singer's first marriage was declared nuIl. "We had 400 chairs for the meeting," Father Holden said. "We. ran out of chairs and dealt a lethal blow to the myth that rich people receive special treatment in the matter of annulments." The ministry holds 10 or 12 meetings a month for froin !)o to 100 people. Discussed are various aspects of the situation of divorced or separated Catholics: parenting, psychological, legal, financial and moral problems, and the spiritual life. A free newsletter goes nine times yearly to about 2,000 persons. Father Holden also conducts an annulment information program once a week and does much counseling.

"I teIl everyone," he said, "I don't care what your situation is. We can do something for you." Describing himself as "deeply respectful"" of the church's tribunal, or court system, Father Holden said nevertheless that it is not the answer to the U.S. situation. "Let's say there were 35,000 annulments granted in 1979. There were about 200,000 to 250,000 Catholics separated and divorced last year, and there are already 6 million to 8 million divorced Catholics." "Marriage is for adults," Father Holden said. "Many of the people whom the church has permitted to marry were not adults." He continued: "t think the laity have a much keener moral insight into what marriage is than bishops, priests, popes. "Often neither party is guilty. One or both were lacking the capacity to make an ongoing, developmental relationship." Father Holden pointed out that an annulment does not grant permission to remarry. "Where the tribunal sees that the capacity (to sustain a marital relationship) is still lacking, it will reTurn to Page Thirteen

For children By Janaan Manternach Once upon a time there was a very good man named Job. He loved God and avoided all evil. Job had a beautiful wife and 10 children. He was also very rich. He owned much land and many animals. He was very happy. One day three messengers 'rushed into Job's house at the same time. Each brought bad news. "Enemy soldiers stole all your oxen and donkeys and killed your herdsman," said one. "Lightning struck your flocks of sheep, killing them and their shepherds," the second announced. "Bandits captured all your camels and killed the men who cared for them," said the third. Job could hardly believe his ears. But even worse news was still to come. A fourth messenger came in weeping. "Master," he said, ''all your children are dead. A hurricane destroyed the house they were in. The roof feIl and crushed them." Turn to Page Thirteen

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When annulments are denied By Cecilia M. Bennett "HeIlo, Mary? This is Father Reilly. Could you and John come to see me tomorrow evening?" "Do I have bad news? WeIl, yes. Your marriage case did not go through." "Yes I know how much you both want to receive Communion at your daughter's first Communion. Mary, I know you are upset, please try to calm down. When you and John come in tomorrow night we will talk about it and see what can be done." Or, "I am sorry, Mr. Johnson. It will take at least two years to process your case, and then you know there are no guarantees that case will go through." An annulment denied, for whatever reason, whether the case was given what is caIled a negative decision by the court, or because a tribunal does not .have the resources to give a speedy trial or to even hear a case, can trigger a whole series of negative feelings. Feelings ranging from frustration to anger, depression to bitterness are common when the hope of a second marriage is dashed. For those already in a second marriage a negative decision or lack of decision affects the spiritual lives and development of the whole family, especiaIly the children. They easily and quickly perceive their parents' confusion,

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uncertainty and bitterness about what has happened. Even if the parents try to maintain some normalcy in the practice of Catholicism, the children eventuaIly begin to ask questions: "Why don't you ever receive Communion with us?" "Does that mean you and Mom are sinners?" As they grow older: "But why can't the c;hurch see that you both love the church? You've been married now for 15 years. You take us to church every Sunday. We always pray together at home. Why doesn't the church stop punishing you?" Explanation usuaIly faIls short of the lived experience and youngsters tend to make moral judgments that add to an already confused situation. Unfortunately, in many such cases, the prac-

tice of religion becomes a source of division instead of unity. This deeply affects the children's participation in the church, their feelings for the church and their personal relationship with God. Despite the best efforts of parents to raise children as Catholics, without bitterness or anger, such marital situation's affect them I have often seen children, as they mature, bitterness toward a church that they believe has treated their parents unfairly. T~ey often leave the church, doing what their parents worked so hard and so long to avoid. Fortunately, today, because of the more readily available services of tribunals, whole families are offered the opportunity for greater spiritual development and unity.

Annul~ents rethought By Antoinette Bosco Whenever there is a discussion of the new ministry to divorced and separated Catholics, the subject of annulments almost always comes up. Invariably, the discussion indicates that facts about church annulments still remain one of the best kept secrets around. Not that the obscuring is deliberate. Any Catholic who wants answers to such questions as: Can I apply for an annulment? Will it cost me a lot of money? Will my children become illegitimate if I obtain an annulment, etc., merely has to caIl the marriage tribunal office in his or her diocese for help. More difficult to obtain than specific answers is a real understanding of why the church has in the past 10 years made annulments so apparently "easy" to o.btain. Statistics certainly show that a change in annulment policies and processes has occurred. In

1968, 442 church annulments were granted nationaIly, and 10 years later, in 1978, this figure had taken an exponential leap to more than 25,000, reflecting a major change in the definition of what constitutes an invalid union. Time and again confused Catholics have insisted that greater ease in obtaining annulments must mean that more and more people, including church leaders, are pushing the doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage aside - in effect, saying, divorce is all right, and Christian marriage can be a temporary arrangement. Nothing could be further from the truth. I know no priests and no divorced and separated Catholics who believe that the bond of a true marriage can be broken. And furthermore, all those I know believe firmly that Jesus declared, non-negotiably, that Turn to Page Thirteen

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A Verdade E A Vida Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego

Maria E 0 Cristao Todos precisamos de pontos de referencia para viver. Temo-los desde 0 nascimento ate a morte. Pontos de referencia aos outros e em todos os niveis: pessoal, social ... Tambem a nivel religioso precisamos desses pontos de referencia. Maria exerce este papel no Cristianismo,nao so a niv€l teologico, ou seja, com a sua ac~ao na historia da Salva~ao etc. mas tambem na vida da Igreja, povo de .Deus. Tambem na vida pessoal de cada cristao, depois de Cristo, Maria e 0 mais importante ponto de referencia. Os proprios acontecimentos da Incarna~ao e da Reden~ao deram-se"nao sem Maria". Falar de Maria sera, por isso, falar do cristao autentico. Ja Origenes escreveu: "Todo 0 verdadeiro dis~ cipulo de Cristo e como urn segundo filho de Maria". Muitos tentam definir 0 cristao de maneira aceitavel pelos nao-crentes, utilizando abundantemente os seus conceitos e categorias. Assim, 0 comportamento do cristao deve ter ou deixar transparecer qualquer coisa mais que 0 comportamento do nao-cristao. ~, afinal, a denuncia que os nao-praticantes nos atiram a cara: nao sermos melhores que eles. Nesta perspectiva, os militantes cristaos, na sua actua~ao profana, na sua vida diaria, trazem na mente, quando nao na boca, estas perguntas: Que mais podemos fazer? De que outra maneira podemos agir? Utiliz~-se 0 Evan~elho para lembrar 0 perdao, a aten~ao aos mais pobres, a exclusao do odio ou outros comportamentos que, sem duvida, se situam numa logica evangelica. Fica-se, contudo, profundamente insatisfeito, porque se verifica que os nao-crentes tambem 0 fazem. Tenta-se, entao, buscar a raiz do agir. Invoca-se a inten~ao e 0 sentido profundo da ac~ao. Pretende~se discernir os comportamentos pelos valores que os inspiram. Define-se 0 cristao pelos valores cristaos, valores evangelicos. Ora, situando estes valores fora dos valores humanos naturais, situamos 0 cristianismo fora da vida. Nao podemos, portanto, admiti-lo. Nesta sequencia dos valores humanos, e preciso reconhecer honestamente que ha descrentes sinceros que agem em nome destes mesmos valores, a fraternidade universal, a humildade, a justi9a,etc. Ape~ar di~s~, rejeitam eX~licitamente a fe ou 0 t~tulo de cristaos. Ora: "A fe nao dita outros valores ao homem que os que pode descobrir na vida humana". Surge ainda outra tenta~ao: refugiar-se numa defini~ao de tipo ontologico. Muitos internam-se na pura interioridade. Verificam, entao, urn estatuto diferente: 0 cristao tern a gra~a da fe e os outros nao a tern. Este criterio e porem tao· inconsistente como os outros, pois a gra~a, e oferecida a todos os homens.

Annulments rethought ment, proclaiming that the union Continued from page twelve when God joins two people in was never a Christian marriage marriage, such a marriage can- and freeing the Catholics involved to put aside their past not be dissolved. The area where the search for pain and start afresh. truth is crucial in the marriage For divorced Catholics, who situation rests in the four words, live by faith, this is a superlative "whomever God joins together." "welcome home." That long misunderstood phrase is now being interpreted, not legalistically, but realistically. The definition of Christian marContinued from Page Twelve riage no longer consists of the Job could scarcely bear all equation - consent plus conthis sad news. He tore his summation equals Christian clothes, fell on his face and marriage. prayed. Now, progress in both theology The next day Job awoke to and the behavioral sciences has find his body covered with ugly led to a revision of that equation. Among these developments sores. Even his wife turned from have been: deeper understand- him. Overcome with sorrow at ing of biblical texts; the develop- his tragedy and humiliated by ment of a marriage theology his ugly condition, Job went which sees the covenant, that is, outside and sat alone. Three old friends heard of the mature love bond between people, as an essential ingredi- Job's misfortunes and came to ent, at least as a possibility, be- comfort him but for days they fore two people can call their dared not even speak to Job, union a Christian marriage, and so great was his sorrow and scientific progress in under- pain. standing the psychology ·and By now Job was becoming emotional make-up of people, very bitter. He began to curse making it possible to determine the day he was born. "Why me?" if and when a person is capable Job cried out, "Why am 1 sufof entering into a Christian mar- fering so much? Why have these riage. . terrible things happened to me?" Finally, a person has to have Job's friends spoke up. "Your a faith commitment to be able sufferings are caused by your to enter a Christian marriage. sins," they told Job. "Confess God cannot join two people for- your sins." ever In matrimony if one of them "But 1 have not sinned," Job doesn't believe in God or his insisted angrily. "I have always Son. done what God wanted. It is All these developments have not fair that 1 suffer like this." led, not to a change in the docHis three friends argued loud trine of the indissolubility of Christian marriage, but rather, and long with Job. Job now to a deeper insight into what is directly challenged God. "Lord, needed to make an indissoluble why are you doing this to me? Why are you torturing me? Why marriage. Now that the church, in look- have you ruined my life? I deing at Christian marriage, is fo- mand to know'" cusing on the living, growing reJust then a great storm arose. lationship of two people, as well Out of the winds Job heard a as on the needed legal contract, voice. It was the voice of God. broken marriages are being re- "Who is this that demands an examined. With compassion and answer from me? Where were wisdom, the church is asking, you, Job, when 1 created the Were these two people capable world? Who sends the rains to of making vows requiring ma- bring life to the earth? Do you? turity, or at least the basic po- Have you set the stars in the tential for maturing? Was there sky? Then is it right for you to ever a Christian marriage in the challenge· me? Job, you would first place? correct your God, answer me." When the answer is negative, Job bowed low to the ground. the church will grant an annulNow he understood. "My Cod," he whispered, "I was wrong to challenge you. 1 know you can do all things. 1 know you care for me. 1 do not understand your Continued from page twelve fuse permission to remarry until ways, but I know they are good. a psychiatrist says the person is I don't know why you allow me capable of sustaining a marriage to suffer so much, but 1 trust relationship. Maybe the vetitum you now. I'm sorry for my bitter {prohibition to remarry) is not complaints. 'I will challenge you no more. 1 place my life in your applied frequently enough. hands." "I'm convinced that there is a vocation to the single life, to a celibate life. Many of these people should never have married." Father Holden said that in the WALL-lO-WALL past five years the Ministry to A COLLECTION OF HELPFUL FLOOR HINTS BY 'AL' GARANT Divorced Catholics has dealt with thousands of people. "We GARANT have had only one marriage outFLOOR COVERING side the church of people who 30 eRAWFORD ST. (Runs parallel to South Main met through the Ministry to behind Ray'S Flowers) Divorced Catholics," he said. FALL RIVER • CARPETING • CONGOLEUM "We are uncovering people • CERAMIC TILE • ARMTRONG whose religion means a great 674-5410 deal to them," he concluded.

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On the brink By Cecilia Belanger As storm clouds continue to gather, the subject of war rears its unwelcome head and youth and parents alike are uneasy. So many questions are asked for which there are no answers. Has the United States been slumbering? Did our leaders not foresee events? War is failure. War is deception and murder. Christians realize the pacific nature of their religion and constantly pray for peace. There is a guilt in war that no nation wishes to carry. One hears路 parents and youth on talk programs expressing their fear of war. One young voice still rings in my ears: "I'm scared!" A mother: "I don't want my son killed in some senseless war." We live on the brink of peril because we are in a world in which no one trusts another. What has brought us to this brink? One hears many answers: everybody wants too much; there is selfishness; pride; the desire for power. Isn't it sad that natio.ns do not try to surpass one another in decency, compassion, respect, truth and honor. What a world this would be! The other day I was discussing the Iranian situation. The man to whom I was speaking said, "We ought to bomb them back to the Dark Ages. We ought to go over there and take the oil fields. We need them." On and on he went. It is this attitude, that other nations exist only for our welfare, that sickens. No nation today is the universe! It is false patriotism that causes a nation to go under. Let us not make war glamorous. Let us not deck it with splendid trappings, with joy when casualty reports come through. Who can exult in men killing one another? War is an evil, especially as commonly waged. A war of defense may be something else, if all other means have failed for a nation to protect its existence and freedom; but let us not make the battlefield a nursery for heroism. Let us not delude youth into thinking that the conqueror is the most honorable of men. Speeches are made, the trumpets sound, the bands play and pulses beat high as youth are herded to far-off lands, many never to return. So young, they march to their Gethsemanes, their crosses, their Calvaries.

Victory Noll head Sister Jeanette Halbach has been named to a second term as president of Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters, also known as Victory Noll Sisters. ,General councillors who will serve with her are Sisters Virginia Schmitt, Alma Bill, Mary Dolores Tringl, Lucille Martinez and Beatrice Haines. Community members serve in the United States and Bolivia.

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Anyone have pre-1958 yearbooks from the former St. Mary's High School or a 1938 or 1970 book from the former Coyle High? If so, the prinCipal's office at Coyle-Cassidy, their successor school, wo.uld like to have them to complete the archives. A girls' sPOIts JimJam is scheduled for this Saturday and Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m. Those attending will be rooting for either the Blue or Gold team to come out victorious. Margaret Wilson heads the Blues, Sue Berthelette the Golds. In the regular "Hats Off" column of the Taunton school's weekly "Update," kudos go to Jeff Kirouac, winner of a Bowdoin scholarship and first prize winner in a magazine short story contest that had over 2000 entries. Also recipient of a Bowdoin scholarship, as well as being accepted at Brown University, was Nelson Oliveira.

Holy F.amily BUTCH, POOCH, CHUBBY, TINY AND RALPH TAVARES SHOW FATHER RAPHAEL FLAMMIA THEIR TOP路SELUNG RECORDS

Tavares brothers hometown hit Tavares 路came home in triumph. The five Cape Verdean brothers, who grew up singing in Our Lady of the Assumption parish, New Bedford, and have becQllle a Grammy award winning rock group, came home recently to put on a benefit concert for the parish's 75th anniversary. "It was great," said Father Raphael Flammia, SS.CC., pastor, who recalls the brothers as little boys singing at a 1957 par-

ish benefit put on by Frank Fontaine. Even then the only Cape Verdean parish in the United States was attracting show business greats. The brothers brought along their framed gold and platinum albums to show Father Raphael, whom they regard as their second, father and who proudly wore the official Tavares jacket they had previously given him. Their gold album, selling over half a million copies, is "Sky

By Charlie Martin

wnH YOU 1'M BORN AGAIN Come bring on your softness Comfort me through all this madness Woman don't you know That with you I'm born again Come give me your sweetness Now that there is you there is no weakness Lying safe again within your arms I'm born again I was half not whole Instead with none Reaching through this world In need of one Come show me your kindness In your arms I know I'll find this Woman don't you know That with you I'm born again Lying safe with you I'm born again Written by C. Conners, D. Shire, sung by Billy Preston and Syreeta, (c) 1979, Motown Records Corp.

High" and the platinum, topping a million, is "Saturday Night Fever." "More Than a Woman" earned them their Grammy. The New Bedford concert offered a review of Tavares hits, including selections from their new album, "Tavares Supercharged." Hut a standout was "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel," which they sang to their grandmother, in a front row seat of honor.

BILLY PRESTON is most identified with the Motown soul sound. His new hit causes listeners to reflect on the relationships that mean most to them. It provides insight into love's meaning when it says, "I was half, not whole, instead with none, reaching through this world in need of one." Even the most gifted individuals need intimate involvement in others' lives. WhE:R love binds people together a new dimension of life is discovered. For .Christians the word redemption describes the process of finding life's ultimate meaning in love's power. Jesus shows how love's redeeming power is present in the world. But redemption is not over. The process begun in the life of Jesus now looks to us. When our friends are lost within the world's harshness and madness, we can be sources of softness and purpose. When life seems incomplete because of loneliness, the gift of love gives another a sense of belonging and being cared for. We can bring others back to life by being present to them in their pain.

The glee club of Holy Family High, New Bedford, will present a spring concert, "Rhapsody in Blue," directed by Arthur Buckley, at 7:30 p.m. May 9, 10 and 11.

Linda DeFarias, Monique Labens, Gail Medeiros, Lucie de Oliveira, Colleen Taylor and Sister Eugenia Margaret represented HF's National Honor Society at the annual meeting of eastern Massachusetts NHS chapters, held at UMass Boston. Activities Included a visit to the John F. Kennedy Library.

Bp. Gerrard Senior Karen Cobery has been named an alternate in the 1980 National Honor Society scholorship program. She was selected from among some 11,000 nominees from across the country on the basis of her leadership, scholarship, character and service. There is a busy schedule on tap today for the Fall River girls' school. A presidential primary will be held, following registration of eligible students for the November elections; and a career day is scheduled for 'freshmen and sophomores, who will take aptitude tests and hear speakers representing various careers. The junior-senior prom will take place tonight at Hawthorne Country Club.

Bp.Feehan With the theme "All My Love," juniors and seniors at Feehan High in Attleboro will hold their prom tonight. Honors recently garnered by Feehanites include a first place typing award for Nancy Fortier in the Aquinas Junior College annual contest; Charlene Iwuc's participation in an Ameri~an Legion Girls' State program in Newport, R.I.; and the winning of an award by Mary Greatorex in an essay contest sponsored by the Office of Environmental Affairs. .

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By Bill Morrissette

portswQtch Feehan, Connolly Strong Contenders Entering this week the Bishop Feehan High Shamrocks and the Bishop Connolly High Cougars were in a tie with the Case High Cardinals for first place in Southeastern Mass. Conference Division Two West baseball, all , with 3-1 records. However, it is likely that the tie has been broken as a result of games played Monday and yesterday. Case was host to Feehan Monday as Connolly entertained Westport, CoyleCassidy visited Dighton-Rehoboth, and' Seekonk, only one game back of the pace, was home to Diman Yoke. All three co-leaders were favored to win their games yesterday. Tomorrow's schedule lists Connolly at Diman, Case at Coyle-Cassidy, Feehan home to Dighton-Rehoboth and Seekonk

at Westport, as the division winds up its first half. Holy Family is home to Wareham tomorrow as Division Two East also winds up its first-half schedule. The Blue Wave is home to Fairhaven on Tuesday and at Falmouth on Thursday. In Division One New Bedford High, then 5-0, was setting the pace with Durfee in second place with a 3-1 record and DennisYarmouth, 3-2, in third place. Tomorrow Bishop Stang's Spartans will entertain Durfee, New Bedford hosts Dennis-Yarmouth, Taunton is at Attleboro and Somerset at Barnstable. Stang will be home to New Bedford next Tuesday and to Somerset on Thursday. Tomorrow's games also, end the division's first-half.

Parish Loop Opens 25th Season St. Anne's Junior Baseball League, the only intra-parish league in the diocese, opened its 25th season last Sunday at the Father Rene Patenaude Athletic Field, the loop's home. Father Patenaude, the league's founder, was unable to attend the season opening festivities because of illness. Fred Heinig, league president, was master of ceremonies. Rev. John R. FoIster, pastor of St.

Anne's, and Rev. Jean Dominque Pare, league chaplain, also took part in the opening ceremonies at the field. In addition to Heinig, league officers are John Pacheco, vicepresident; Daniel Lyne, treasurer; Norman Mo'rrissette, secretary; Robert Lavoie, umpire-inchief; and, Harvey Donnelly, player agent. On Sept. 21, the league will sponsor a gala banquet marking its 25th anniversary.

Hockomock Race Close Already well into the second Franklin is at Oliver Ames, King half of its schedule with its Philip at Mansfield and Sharon championship yet a long way to at Stoughton. be decided, the Hockomock Baseball League has full card However, a critical game for for tomorrow, Monday and the contenders is the one in Wednesday. which Franklin will be home to Among the leading contenders, Canton Monday. Canton is at Canton is home to Foxboro to-' King Philip on Wednesday. Penmorrow. Franklin and King nant races in all other HockoPhilip and Stoughton are within 'mock spring sports are also reach of the top. Tomorrow close.

Statistics! Changes! Rumor! Over the first four games of the season two Coyle-Cassidy girls were among the top five in batting in the So. E. Mass. West Division softball. Laura Van Cott, .500, and Sue Berthelette, .464, ranked third and fifth, respectively, Kim Gagne, .650, Terri Diogenes, .600, and, Sheila Russo, .500, all of Somerset, were the other leaders. Somerset also dominated the pitching with Lisa Thibault 4-0 and Debbie Kelley 3-1. Case's Sandy , Nunes was 2-1. Although the high school football season is still nearly five month away coaching changes are already in the winds, notably at Durfee High School of Fall River. John Sullivan, who has been

at 'the Hilltopper helm for the past four seasons, is leaving that post to become head coach of football at Hanover High School. When Sullivan took up the coaching post at Durfee, the school's achievements on the gridiron were somewhat less than brilliant. Sullivan said he needed three years to turn Durfee football around. After a 9-0 season in 1976 and one tie and eight losses in 1977, Durfee had a winning season - five wins, four losses in 1978. Five wins, three ties and two losses was the 1979 record. Who will replace Sullivan? There are rumors that Steve Winslow, coach at Coyle-Cassidy High School, has the inside track.

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Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for gen路 eral viewing: PG-parental guidance sug路 gested: R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: At-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 explanationl: C-condemned.

New Films "Touched by Love" (Columbia): is an unpretentious film which tells its simple and true story with such skill and restraint that it will be the rare viewer who is not moved. The plot deals with Lena Canada (Deborah Raffin), a young college dropout who becomes a nurses' aide at a Canadian institute for handicapped children. She loves her' charges and they reciprocate, except for one withdrawn teenager, a cerebral palsy victim. Eventually, however, Lena wins over Karen (Diane Lane) and discovers that she is a devoted Elvis Presley fan. Lena suggests that Karen write to Presley. The project motivates the young girl to labor until her handwriting is legible and she mails her letter to the star. To her delight, she receives a personal letter and Presley continues writing to her for the rest of his life. ,Excellent acting and a realistic, sympathetic view of handicapped children combine to recommend this film for family viewing. PG, Al "Heart Beat" (Warners): This film biography of Jack Kerouac, focusing on his friendship with Neal and Carolyn Cassidy, is a botched effort that tells us next to nothing about the author or his significance. The gratuitous use of nudity and the film's muddled moral outlook are offensive. R,B On TV J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy about the Hobbits and their part in saving Middle Earth is grandly told in "The Return of the King," an animated special airing Sunday, May 11, at 7-9 p.m. on ABC. The story concerns the Ring of Doom, whose evil power must be destroyed or else Sauron, the wicked lord of Mordor, will win his war of conquest against the free peoples of Middle Earth. The mighty task is undertaken by two tiny Hobbits - Frodo and his servant, Samwise. Unless you are familiar with Tolkien's grandiose mythology, the program may seem too complicated. But viewers will soon discover the enchantment of a magical world and come to care deeply about its inhabitants. Films on Tv Sunday, May 11, 9 p.m. (NBC) "Capricorn One" (1978):

When a Mars landing becomes impossible, certain government officials decide that, rather than canceling it and putting the whole space program into jeopardy, to fake the landing of Mars, a course of action that the three astronauts involved are coerced into going along with. Solid if unspectacular entertainment with some clever twists. A2 Monday, May 12, 9 p.m. (ABC) A Fistful of Dynamite" (1972): James Coburn, an Irish revolutionary and Rod Steiger, a Mexican bandit team up to become, inadvertently, heroes of a Mexican revolution. There are some good moments but not -enough, and the violence is far too abundant. A3 Friday, May 16, 8:30 p.m. (NBC) "Casey's Shadow" (1978): Walter Matthau is a supposedly lovable Cajun horse trainer who has to decide whether or not to run a horse with an injured leg in a race that could mean fame and fortune for him. The racing episodes are colorful. and the acting is good, but the condoning of the trainer's moral failings and frequent profanity make this mature viewing fare. PG, A3

CCD heads study media Father Michel G. Methot, diocesan director of religious education, and Sister Doreen Donegan, SUSC, assistant director, represented the Fall River diocese in St. Petersburg, Fla. at a fourday meeting of the National Conference of Diocesan Directors of Religious Education-CCD. Over 300 directors from 110 dioceses were present at the parley, which focused on what keynote speaker Dr. Richard Byrne termed "the roaring current of change in communications media." Sessions included seminars, demonstrations and hands-on experience in operating audiovisual equipment. Dr. Byrne, of the communications faculty of the University of Southern California, described television as the principal force of cultural affirmation in the United States. He predicted that cable television would become a major public influence and that "more and more sophisticated computers will dominate information gathering and management." Father Michael Dempsey, director of communicating for the diocese of Brooklyn, told the conference that American Catholics lag behind Protestants and Catholic missioners in their use of audiovisual resources; and Father John Kavanaugh of St. Louis University presented a detailed analysis of television advertising as a shaper of values and culture.

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OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK The Women's Guild meeting for 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 14 will feature an international night buffet.

ment of the fIrst commUnIcants , in the brown scapular. Adults wishing to receive the ST. PATRICK, sacrament of Confirmation at the FALMOUTH cathedral on Sunday, May 25 Copies of a booklet, "Days to will meet at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Remember," are available at no May 20 at the cathedral school. cost at the side entrance of the ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, church. The booklet offers spirit- POCASSET ual suggestions for celebration Children will receive first comof birthdays and holidays. munion at 10 a.m. Mass Saturday. CCD classes for the year ST. JOSEPH, conclude this week. WOODS HOLE 'May crowning ceremonie;! ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, were held last Sunday with con- FALL RIVER gregational participation in singHospital observance of Na. ing. tional Hospital Week will include the second annual ChildFRANCISCAN mIRD ren's Day Monday, when over ORDER, FALL RIVER 200 schoolchildren will tour the Secular Franciscans of St. Louis Fraternity will attend hospital. Also on Monday, a ser6:30 p.m. Mass Wednesday, May vice' awards reception will hon14 at St. Louis Church. A meet- or over ~OO longtime employes. Friends of St. Anne will hold ing will follow. their annual employe tea WedST. JOHN EVANGELIST, nesday. ATTLEBORO The annual Ladies' Guild ban- HOLY NAME, quet and installation ceremonies NEW BEDFORD After attending May devotions 'will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14 at Highland at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Women's Country Club. Father Richard Guild members will meet in the Delisle, MS of Enfield, N.H. will CCD center. speak on today's c!lurch. Members may bring guests. and reservations, which may be made "Constant Concern with Carla LaPlante, close toFor Th,ose In Need" morrow.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER Children who participated in the Holy Thursday Mass will take part in the May procession at 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. All who ordered bibles during Lent may pick them up at the church office. Two meetings are scheduled in the rectory Tuesday, activities at 7 p.m. and CYO advisors at 8 p.m.

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ST. ANTHONY, TAUNTON The feast of Santo Christo will be celebrated this weekend, with transferral of the statue of Santo Christo into the main church taking place at 5 p.m. Mass Saturday, the feast Mass at 11 a.m. Sunday and a street procession at 2 p.m. Sunday. A homily and Benediction service will follow the procession. ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER Parish board of education elections will follow all Masses the weekend of May 17 and 18. OUR LADY OF THE CAPE, BREWSTER New Women's Guild officers are Charlotte O'Donovan, president; Anita Beebe, vice-president; 'Eileen MacCarthy, secretary; Peg Lefebvre, treasurer. First communion will be received at 10 a.m. Mass Saturday. ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH

The Women's Guild will sponsor a day of recollection beginning with Mass at 9 a.m. Tuesday, followed by a program at the parish hall. Guests are welcome and all are asked to bring a sandwich. Dessert and coffee will be ser-ved. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN The rosary will be recited nightly during May before 7 p.m. Mass. A collection to benefit the Cambodian refugees sponsored by the parish has totaled $922. 38, $2.38 above the amount needed to reimburse a government transportation loan of $920. A summer program for 3 to 5year-olds will be held at the parish school from July 14 through Aug. 13. Further information is available by telephoning 9961983.

Volunteers are needed for grades 3 through 9 in the CCD program. Those interested may call Sister Eleanor, 994-8679. ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SWANSEA Ladies of St. Anne will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 21 in the parish hall. A meat pie supper will be followed by installation of officers and presentation of a visual narration, 路"Women in the Bible," which met with great success at the recent Diocesan Council of . Catholic Women convention held in Taunton. The program 'will be open to member~ of all Somerset and Swansea parishes. Information is available from Mrs. Aubrey Armstro~g, telephone 672-1658.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Three Masses wilt be offered today, the feast of St. Stanislaus: 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. New members will be received into the Confraternity of Our Lady of Czestochowa at the 7 p.m. Mass. Registration for Christian Living classes for the next school year will take place at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 18. First penance will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 16. STONEHILL COLLEGE, NORTH EASTON Expanded and renovated science facilities will be dedicated at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the James A. Merkert Science Center, built at a cost of over $2 million and named in memory. of James A. Merkert, a Stonehill student at the time of his death and the son of Eugene F. Merkert, a college Board of Advisers member.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET The Holy Name Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the rectory.

ST. THERESE, NEW BEDFORD A week of- prayer and teaching on Mary: Woman of Faith and Mother of the Church will be held May 10 through 18. The Pilgrim Virgin statue, escorted by the Men of the Sacred Hearts, will be in the church and the daily 7:30 p.m. Mass will be preceded by devotions and teachings. A May procession, crowning and solemn Mass at 11 a.m. Sunday will highlight the observance. CAmOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, FALL RIVER The annual business meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Name School. An election slate will be presented and the scholarship committee will make its awards. Entertainment will 'be by Italian tenor Angelo Picardi.

BIRTHRIGHT, NEW BEDFORD Information on current Birthright activities is available from Mrs. Claire Loranger, telephone 995-4113.

LITURGICAl. DANCE, WESTPORT Sister Pa.uline Morrissette, CSC is holding liturgical dance classes from 7 to 8 p.m. each Thursday. Information is available from her at 636-4909.

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One of the Beneficiaries of the Appeal will be St. Anne's Hospital, the only Catholic Hospital in the Diocese, for its Modernization Program.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK The rosary will be recited following each Mass during May.

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ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD . The Women's Guild will meet at 1241 Church Street at 8 p.m. Monday. A display and talk on antiques will be featured.

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER . Esplrito Santo feast meeting will be held Monday. Those with Domingas are especially asked to be present. The Holy Name Society will sponsor a Red Sox trip to Boston Sunday, June 29. Further information is available from Tony Michaels, 673~6583.

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