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State pastoral leaders in "total opposition" to Weld abortion bill The pastoral leaders of the four dioceses of Massachusetts have released a statement ex~ pressing "total opposition" to proposals by Governor Weld that if passed would "abolish virtually every restriction against abortion up to birth that exists in Massachusetts law." The statement follows: The Judiciary Committee ofthe Great and General Court has before it a package of proposals from Governor Weld. The purpose is to abolish virtually every restriction against abortion up to birth that exists in Massachusetts law. The pastoral leaders of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Massachusetts wish to go on record in total opposition to these measures which are harmful to children, harmful to women and harmful to society. They would be fatally harmful to the unborn child who never has a voice, never can be listened to and becomes a discardable life.
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They are harmful to women. If all are passed, these mea-
sures would allow abortion on demand at any moment up to the time of birth. They would allow a 16-year-old to abort without reference to her parents. Abortions, no matter how medically risky, could be performed in any clinic that has a license. Safeguards for the physical and psychological health ofthe mother would now be set aside. They are harmful to society. Abortion would be included in all town, city and state administrative services, services paid for by the taxes of citizens, many of whom are in principle opposed to abortion. Even more, our society would be coarsened by demeaning the value of life, desensitizing the consciousness of the citizens and contributing to the disregard of life that is mirrored in the violence that has become so commonplace in our own day. In the name of all the responsible citizens of Massachusetts, in the name of the millions of innocent unborn, Turn to Page 13
COMMITTED TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL: From left at Appeal kickoff meeting, Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, diocesan administrator, Annette Rozak, wife of Appeal lay chairman, Charles Rozak, Father Daniel L. Freitas, Appeal director. (Hickey photo)
Appeal returns at $202,694 •
Ethics symposium topic is dilemma of euthanasia To address mounting concern over euthanasia or assisted suicide, the ethics committee of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, will present "The Dilemma of Euthanasia: The Catholic Response" from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. "We have assembled an impressive group of experts who will speak to the subject of euthanasia from the medical, philosophical and religious points of view," said ethics committee member Father Mark Hession, parochial vicar at St. Mary's Church, New Bedford. "With this overview of recent collective wisdom, we hope to influence the broader culture in which we live." The symposium's keynote address, "The Dilemma of Euthanasia: Philosophical Considerations,"
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will be delivered by Francis Gendreau, Ph. D:, associate professor of philosophy at Stonehill College, North Easton. Also making presentations will be Father James O'Donohoe, STD, associate professor of theological ethics at Boston College, whose topic will be "The Official Catholic Position on Euthanasia: Its Interpretation within the Clinical Setting"; and John R. Delfs, M D, director of ElderCare and geriatric medicine programs at New England Deaconess Hospital and a specialist on ethical issues in cases of dementia. Dr. Delfs will speak on "The Right to Decline Medical Treatment: the Health Care Provider's Perspective." Concluding the program will be a one-hour case discussion with Father Hession as moderator and Turn to Page 12
The reports from the pa'fish, and Special Gifts phases bring the current total of the 1992 Catholic Charities Appeal to $202,694. Collectors for the Special Gifts and' Parish Phase of the Appeal are asked to complete all their calls as soon as possible and to bring their reports to their respective headquarters or parishes. The Charities Appeal Office will
be closed on Memorial Day, May 25. The Appeal books will be open until 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 26. All reports received by this time will be credited to the 1992 Appeal. To assure credit, reports from May 20 on should be brought in person to the Appeal Headquarters, 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Parish Honor Roll Parishes which have surpassed
their 1991 final Appeal totals in this year's Appeal will be enrolled on the honor roll. Last year 93 parishes achieved this status. Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan director of the Appeal, said, "We are anticipating that every parish III - will be on this year's honor roll. We must have substantial increases in every parish to surpass last year's total of $2,291,186.30."
L.A. ravaged, nation guiltridden With Catholic News Service reports LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A controversial verdict and resulting racial violence in Los Angeles have left the ethnically diverse city with the task of rebuilding and a stunned nation in an introspective and guiltridden mood. Violence flared in many cities far removed from Los Angeles, while in other places rumors of trouble led apprehensive merchants to shutter their businesses. In New Bedford, for example, warnings that a demonstration might take place occasioned a brief closing of the North Dartmouth Mall. There were no incidents, however. A spate of editorials and columns expressed the national feeling of guilt over the riots and their aftermath across the l;ountry. Pul-
itzer Prize-winning columnist Anna Quindlen, for one, said that her 8-year-old son watched the oftrepeated videotape of the beating of Rodney King, flinging his own arms over his head as if to ward off blows. Finally he asked if police were really allowed to beat people like that. His mother said the question broke her heart, but then she thought how much worse the question would be coming from a black son to a black mother, whose reply tragically would be "Yes." Catholic leaders across the nation expressed shock at the acquittals of four white police officers in the beating case of a black motorist and said they were stunned by the violence that followed announcement of the verdict.
Many said the acquittals only sparked deep-seated alienation and hopelessness already felt by the nation's poor. After four days of violence that resulted in at least 50 deaths and thousands of injuries and incidents of vandalism, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony urged the city's residents to begin recapturing a "sense of what is morally right and wrong." He said those who had looted stores during the disturbances could return stolen goods to Catholic churches, no questions asked. The cardinal said the church would turn over the goods to authorities who would return them to their rightful owners. Cardinal Mah'ony made the unTurn to Page 12
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Eight priests mark ordination anniversaries in May Eight priests of the Fall River diocese are marking significant anniversaries of ordination this month. They are Fathers Cornelius J. Keliher and Maurice H. Lamontagne, 60 years; and Fathers Henry S. Arruda, Richard L. Chretien, Brian J. Harrington, James H. Morse and William W. Norton and Msgr. John J. Oliveira, 25 years. Father Keliher Father Keliher, born in Taunton in 1907, attended Immaculate Conception grammar school and St. Mary's High School in that city. He attended Boston College for two years, then entering St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, NY. He was ordained May 21, 1932, by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy. He was associate pastor at St. Patrick's Church, Wareham, Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville, and St. Louis, Fall River, before joining the U.S. Navy as a chaplain. He served in the chaplain corps from 1944 to 1946. Returning to the diocese he was assigned as associate pastor at SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, where he remained until 1956, when he was named pastor ofSt. Mary's parish, Seekonk. He was appointed pastor of St. Mary's, North Attleboro, in 1971, retiring from that post in 1981. For many years he was moderator of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses and taught at the former St. Anne's Hospital School of Nursing. He also served on the Diocesan Board of Education and as chaplain of Benedict Circle, 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllllliliII11I1111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. Published weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 887 Highland Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail. postpaid $11.00 per year. Postmasters send address eha'nges to The Anchor. P.O. Box 7. Fall River. MA 02722.
North Attleboro Daughters of Isabella. In retirement, Father Keliher lives in South Attleboro. He assists regularly at weekend Masses and at penance services at St. Mary's, Seekonk, where he was pastor for 15 years, and also takes part in preparation of children for reception of the sacraments of reconciliation and first Eucharist. An avid golfer, he continues to enjoy the game. Friends and parishioners at both St. Mary's, Seekonk, and St. Mary's North Attle- boro, where the jubilarian served from 1971 until his retirement in 1981, will attend a reception in his honor following 8:30 a.m. Mass May 24 at the Seekonk St. Mary's. The reception will continue following both the 10 and II :30 a.m. Masses that morning, said Father Thomas L. Rita, the present pastor. Father Lamontagne The founder of Our Lady of Grace parish, Westport, was born in Fall River on Jan. 30, 1908. After early years at Mt. St. Joseph Academy in Fall River, he completed studies at the College de Levis, P.Q., Canada and prepared for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary in B,altimore. Bishop James E. Cassidy ordained him to the priesthood on May 21, 1932 at St. Mary's Cathedral. Father Lamontagne served at the former St. Roch and at Blessed Sacrament parish in Fall River; St. Joseph parish in.Attleboro; St. George parish in Westport. On Oct. 14,1954, he was named founder and first pastor of Our Lady of Grace parish. In retirement, Father Lamontagne resides at the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River. Father Arruda Father Arruda, pastor of St. John the Baptist parish, New Bedford, is a native of Remedios, St. _Michael, Azores. Ordained May 20,1967, in St. M,ary's Cathedral,
as were all silver jubilarians, he was twice parochial vicar at St. Anthony's parish, Taunton, and also served in that capacity at St. Michael's, Fall River, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk; St. John of God, Somerset, and Immaculate Conception, New 'Bedford. After being named administrator at St. John the Baptist, New Bedford, he was appointed pastor May 21,1986. He has served on the Diocesan Music Commission, as treasurer of a priests' study group and as Fall River area CCD cochairman. He will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving at 3 p.m. May 24, followed by a parish reception. One of to children, he jokes that his family will fill the church by themselves. Members include 48 nephews and nieces and 37 greatnephews and greatnieces. One sister will journey from the Azores for his celebration and anoth~r is coming from Canada. Father Arruda, who plays the organ and the piano, enjoys classical and liturgical music. _ Father Chretien Father Chretien, a Fall River native, was born in 1942 and attended Notre Dame School and the former Msgr. Prevost High School before preparing for the priesthood at Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Providence, RI, d S M ' S' B' an t. ary s emmary, alhmore. He served the parishes of St. George, Westport; Sacred Heart, North Attleboro; and St. Joseph, New -Bedford, as parochial vicar before being appointed pastor of St. Theresa's, New Bedford, in 1983. He served there until 1990, when he was named to his present pastorate at Our Lady of Grace. '
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the moorina-, The Signs at Hand The recent election in England should indicate to Americans that we need to change our system. But given the nature of our democracy, hopes for change in this area are slim indeed. This being said, there is little doubt that as White House candidates continue to woo delegates in less than honest fashion, the electorate is more and more fearful. The current frontrunners are doing very little to alleviate the anger and doubts of voters and the primaries have clearly demonstrated this. All indicators show that the electorate is concerned not only with present conditions but also with what the future may hold. Certainly, current revelations of congressional high jinks have done very little to calm toe nation. Historically, Americans react well to situations, such as depressions and recessions, that test their mettle. But fraud and deceit on the part of elected officials infuriate us. The coverup of the so-called Keating Five along with the savings and loan bailout /lave yet to hit with full force. Add to this the ever-mounting national debt and you have a terrifying prognosis for the future. This is really what is panicking voters. They are more and more convinced that there is something terribly wrong with the system and that down the road they and their children will be in real trouble. All indications are that our standard of living is on toe downgrade. Young college graduates are having real problems in finding any job, neve~ mind one in their field of study, while the oudook is truly dismal for sohool dropouts. Indeed, even high school level skills do not of themselves constitute a job recommendation, since our secondary education is in many cases substandard. Europeans and Asians have, for the most part, a much better record in this regard because in their cultures education is viewed as a necessary priority, not as a waste of time and effort. In language skills alone, our youngsters are in nursery school" compared to students of other nations. ' Despite all this, we are doing very little to change and develop our educational programs to meet tom'orrow's challenges. In fact, we ar'e doing very little in most areas. We have poisoned our land, water ,and air and no one in Washington seems to care, any more than anyone seems to worry about our rotting urban centers, beset by crime, ill health, poverty and despair. What all this has done is create a mood of skepticism. Few believe that politicians really want to or can tackle our monumental problems. Each day there is more evidence to support our national cynicism. We bailout rich bankers, we' continue to support an overstaffed military and we enrich entitlement programs, as aIr the while people lose their jobs, homes and health. A fat government lives off its people. A lean government works with its people. But despite the gibberish of our electionyear presidential and congressional politics, we can be sure that the fears and anxieties of the voter will eventually have their effect. There will be'a time of reckoning, a date on which the debts will have to be' paid, a moment when falsehood will" be exposed. We must pray that all this will not be at the cost of a revolution that would make the Civil War look like child's play. Let us heed the signs, lest Armageddon find us unprepared.
"Virgin. Infant and 51. John" by Sandro Botticelli
MAY IS THE MONTH OF MARY
"I am the mother of fair love and of fear and of knowledge and of holy hope." Ecclus. 24:24
By Father Kevin J. Harrington The Cosby Show has come to a conclusion after eight years and some 200 episodes. Those responsible for this show deserve to be commended for its high standards. It is disheartening to see how few television programs of this caliber achieve the backing of the networks or the support of the public enjoyed by The Cosby Show. Bill Cosby asserts that the secret ofthe show's success was to attract talented people who were committed to a cause in which they believed. For Bill Cosby, the cause was to overcome the negative stereotypes of the black community that primetime television presented. In the process, The Cosby Show accomplished a great deal more. It showed that both parents can work without neglecting their family life. It proved that parents and children can communicate when there is mutual respect and that children can absorb positive values from their parents. Most popular situaThe Editor tion comedies feature children of single-parent homes who are brighter than the single parent. Television-writers revel in putting wisecracks into the mouths of precocious children who are forever upstaging an adult authority figure. No wonder the Fox TeleviOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER sion Network countered with The Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River Simpsons, featuring Homer, an 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 oafish father, and Bart, a problem Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 child who steals the show by encour, aging underachievement. Telephone 508-675-7151 Perhaps in real life, families FAX (508) 675-7048 sometimes resemble the Simpsons Send address changes to P.O. Box 7 or call telephone number above more than the H uxtables of The Cosby Show, but television shortGENERAL MANAGER EDITOR changes youth when it fosters negRosemary Dussault Rev. John F. Moore ative stereotypes of parents. While ~ Leary Press-Fall River The Simpsons may provide entertainment to some, it does little to
foster the positive value of respect for authority. A generation ago the television show Leave It To Beaver promoted moral values in much the same way as did The Cosby Show. Growing up in the 1950s I knew that Ward and June Cleaver were unreal, but Iwas aware that my parents encouraged us to watch the show because they felt that important lessons were being imparted. There are as many similarities between Leave It To 13eaver and The Cosby Show as there are differences. Both .shows were criticized for presenting a sanitized view of family life. The Cleavers' and Huxtables' lives were free of the many dramatic situations that char-
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BILL COSBY captured the hearts of th.e nation for eight years as Dr. Cliff Huxtable on NBC-TV's The Cosby Show. Church officials praised the series for its positive image of a black family. (CNS/NBC photo)
acterize family life as depicted by most situation comedies. As in real life, the little dramas that unfold daily in the ,context of a normal family life can prove instr.uctive'. The Cosby Show ended la'st week,on an upbeat note with the graduation of-Theo Huxtable from college. In real life, Bill Cosby has always valued education. After coming off a ,successful and lucrative costarring role in I Spy, as well as appearing in several network shows that failed, he entered the U niver'sity of Massachusetts graduate program and earned a doctorate in education in 1976. At the age of ,54, he can look back on the success of his show, knowing that his investment in education paid dividends. To his credit, he has also made the largest single contribution to a black college: $20 million to Spelman College in Atlanta. Time will prove that Cosby's greatest contribution to education has been how he used television to show the positive' impact the love of a husband and wife can have on their children. He changed forever the negative stereotypes that have plagued the black community since the days of vaudeville. The show proved that a family can spend more time in communicating with each other and doing homework than in watching television. Above all, he brought to television proof that what the pundits derided as "corny" had an appeal that kept his show number one in the nation from 198路5 to 1989. This year it bowed out at a respectable number 17. Hopefully, another television series will soon follow The Cosby Show with similar values and as talented a cast.
See>king··..· the true faith Acts 13:14,43-52 Revelation 7:9,14-17 John 10:27-30
By FATH£R ROGER One of the reasons Luke comKARBAN posed his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles was to respond to those who claimed the historical his theology about this iinportant Jesus had actually intended to issue at several points in Acts. found a brand-new religion, dis- Today's first reading contains one tinct from Judaism. The propo- of those statements. "The word of nents of this false doctrine taught God has to be declared to you that Gentiles had always been [Jews] first of all," Paul proclaims. Jesus' main interest. He merely "But since you reject it and thus used Judaism as a springboard to convict yourselves,as unworthy of launch his divergent beliefs toward everlasting life. we now turn to the Gentiles." foreigners. Non-Jews had not been comLuke seems to have understood pletely omitted from God's plan of that the Galilean carpenter did not intend to found a new religion as salvation. Paul's quote of Deuterosuch. He simply wanted to reform Isaiah ("I have made you a light to the religion he had grown up with: the nations. a means of salvation Judaism. He had no .master plan to the ends of the earth.") shows to discard it in favor of something , they were "on the list." But they would only be evangelized after different. But the evangelist also had to the Jews were converted. The Jews' refusal to accept Jesus' deal with facts. By the time he wrote. in the 80s A.D., Jewish faith did not slow down the early converts to Christianity were rare. Christian community's "plan for A faith which had begun as 100 salvation". it completely rewrote percent Jewish around 30 A. D. it. Now Gentiles (with their differhad become almost 100 percent ent customs and culture) became the norm. Jewish conversions were Gentile within 55 years! According to Luke. this shift in put on a back burner. Hopefully. membership happened not because ' when the Chosen People saw how Jesus willed it. but because those fulfilled Gentiles were in their faith, whom he had originally called to they would begin beating down reform rejected his invitation. the doors to get in. By the time the Book of RevelaWhat Jews discarded, Gentiles tion is composed. Judaism is no eagerly picked up. Though Jesus does not even talk to Gentiles 'in longer a prerequisite for salvation.', the Gospel. his followers would "I saw before·me... ·John writes. "a eventually make the conversion of huge crowd which no one could non-Jews a top priority. as shown count from every nation and race. people and tongue." There is no in Acts. Luke has Paul solemnly state mention of religious affiliation. They are simply"...the ones who have survived the great period of trial; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Whoever believes in. and suffers with, Jesus can be saved. It makes no difference whether they are Jew or Gentile. This turn of events also seems to Prayer for Selection be why John the Evangelist, in taking up the idea of the Good Shepof a Bishop herd, emphasizes the sheep's reLord God, you are our sponse to their leader as much as eterna/.rihepherd andguide. he emphasizes the shepherd's dedication to his flock. "My sheep In your mercy grant your hear my voice," Jesus states. "I Church in the diocese of know them. and they follow me. I Fall River a shepherd who give them eternal life,' and they will walk in your way.\" and shall never perish." The shepherd who.\"e watchful care will cannot gather everyone. just those who respond to his call. bring us your ble.Hing. On one hand. the early ChrisAmen.
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DAILY READINGS May 11: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3;43:3-4; In 10:1-10 May 12: Acts 11: 19-26; Ps 87:1-7; In 10:22-30 May 13: Acts 12:24-13:5; Ps 67:2-3,5-6,8; In 12:44-50 May 14: Acts 1:15-17,2026; Ps 113:1-8; In 15:9-17 May 15: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11; In 14:1-6 May 16: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; In 14:7-14 May 17: Acts 14:21-27; Ps 145:8-13; Rv 21:1-5; In 13:31-35
tian community knew they were _.not the group Jesus had originally. invited to join in his reform. Yet on the other hand, they realized they had responded when those others had refused to listen to his voice. The religious makeup ofthe audience turned out to be of little significance. Their willingness to grow beyond their religion became all important. How foolish for Jesus' modern disciples to ignore his voice because we already profess the "true faith." Could we have so quickly forgotten our beginnings, and once again fallen into the trap of those against whom Luke writes?
This is- Not! WASHINGTON(CNS)- With Vatican approval, U.S. bishops may now have parishes drop the words "this is" in the acclamations following the Scripture readings at Mass. As dioceses adopt the change, readers will say only "The word of the Lord" after each of the first ' two readings, and "The Gospel of the Lord" after a reading from one of the Gospels. In a decree announcing the change in U.S. liturgical practice. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati said it will become mandatory nationwide next Feb. 28 but may be adopted locally any time'before that. It should be implemented only "after appropriate instruction has been given to the Christian faithful, particularly those who exer'cise the liturgical ministry of reader," he said. He issued the decree as president ofthe National Conference of Catholic Bishops in a notice to bishops dated March 25. The Yatican'sCongregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments confirmed the decision in a decree dated Feb. 27, he said. In proposing the change last fall, the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Liturgy said use of "The word ofthe Lord," though a minor and subtle change, should make it clearer that the speaker is referring to what was just read, not to the whole book of readings. ONLY FULL·L1NE RELIGIOUS GIFT STORE ON THE CAPE • OPEN MON-SAT: 9-5:30 SUMMER SCHEDULE OPEN 7 DA
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Secular publisher SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNS)Controversial Franciscan liberation theologian Father Leonardo Boff says he will use a secular publisher for his newest book on the history of Latin America. Titled "Latin America: From Conquest to New
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Evangelization," the book has a chapter, "The Future of Brown Catholicism," which defends creation of a "brown" Catholicism integrated with African-Brazilian culture. Father Boff said he will use a secular rather than a Catholic publisher because of problems in obtaining an imprimatur from the Sao Paulo archdiocese.
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The Anchor Friday, May 8, 1992
A non-idealized 'image of the Mother of Jesus writers like Father Anthony Paone who wrote a little gem called "The Bread of Life."
By ANTOINETTE BOSCO
I visited my 83-year-old mother' recently. She wanted me to look over the books she had piled up over the years, to see if I wanted any of them.
The visit was like a nostalgia trip. I began to read again from Thomas A Kempis, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and from lesser known
But the book that really brought a glow to my eyes was one I gave my mother in 1954. It was a 64page book titled "Mary, God's Masterpiece," published by the Redemptorist Fathers to celebrate the first centenary of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Every page of "Mary, God's Masterpiece" is a treat, showing reproductions of paintings of the madonna by the greatest artists of the centuries. The Redemptorists chose to dedicate the book to Mary' under what they called "her chosen title," Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
I always have felt I could turn to Mary for help, for perpetual help. If anyone can understand our pain and our trials of faith it has to be Mary. Some of us tend to think of Mary as having had an easy life, that she had a hotline to the Holy Spirit and experienced constant visions of eternal life. I've heard people speak of her as though she weren't real, only a materialized being from heaven who could rest in comfort knowing she was the mother of God. But I have never seen Mary that way. I see her as a teenage girl, frightened by a maternity she didn't ask for or expect; as a young mother with a son who was different and hard to understand; and
then as an older mother with a son who roamed the countryside with a message that some considered inflammatory. I often wonder how much fear she felt in having a son who didn't fit the role expected of Jewish sons, who risked being beaten and imprisoned. Was she terrified that his preaching could ~et him killed? Imagine the kind of faith she must have had to believe that Jesus knew what he was doing. But she also must have had fears for his life. And then her fears become realities as she watched her son die. Only a mother who has been in that crucible can know what Mary was going through. So who better than Mary, who suffered with her
dying son, can help the rest of us accept our pain? As I looked at the depictions of those glorious paintings in "Mary, God's Masterpiece," I was struck by how most of them were of the mother and Christchild. Perhaps it is easier to think of Mary in her happier hours of motherhood than' in her years of pain.. But the real devotion to Mary comes to me when I think of the reality of her life. That's when her motherhood becomes, at least for me, a soul connection. She best understands the darkness I sometimes feel around me, the searing pain of my losses, and my desperate need for comfort. . .Mary has been through these sufferings. That is why I always ask for her help.
She doesn't buy the mother-in-law stereotype By DOLORES CURRAN
When I wrote about nun-bashing once after hearing about the brisk sales of nun pinatas, I received a lot of mail. Most of it supported my premise that it's time to grow up and stop blaming our behaviors and neuroses on our first grade nuns. Predictably, however, there were letters indicating I'd lost my sense of humor. It's a charge heard frequently by feminists who are told
to lighten up and enjoy sexist jokes. To some, if a joke, story or incident is funny, it should be immune from criticism. I don't agree. There's a thing called taste and I find racist, ethnic, moron, sexist, and yes, some religious jokes, tasteless. The bottom line for me lies in stereotyping. Ifthe victim or butt of ajoke reinforces a negative stereotype, I find it more offensive than humorous. I'm the first to chuckle over a good Catholic joke and by good, I mean one where our language, customs or frailties are exposed and/ or misunderstood, like the pastor who thumped his mike and homily time and said, "I think there's something wrong with this," and the congregation responded,
"And also with you." It's as critical of the inattentive flock as of the pastor, if it's critical at all. But I don't find humorous those jokes which reinforce the stereotypes that Catholics are superstitious, enslaved, or ignorant because my experience tells me otherwise. Neither did I find funny the large lighted advertisement in the. United concourse of O'Hare Airport in Chicago which read: San Quentin Dinner with your mother-in-law The Airport National Emerald Aisle makes one of these easier to get out of National Car Rental In its way, the ad is funny, I suppose. But I can't imagine that an ad agency passed this off on a national car rental agency which
certainly rents a considerable number of cars to mothers-in-law. Nor can I imagine them replacing the line with, "Dinner with your son-in-law." To put dinner with your motherin-Ia w in the same category as languishing in San Quentin reinforces the idea that mothers-in-law constitute one of the miseries of life. What about those of us who disagree? By the way, for those ready to accuse me of paranoia, I am not a mother-in-law. Dinner with my mother-in-law was one of the most enjoyable of family times. Not only could she cook, but she patiently and graciously passed on her secret of making gravy without lumps and putting together a fine meal without stress. She was always encou-
raging and supportive. We had many fine days of lunch and shopping together away from our men. She generously offered to free us for a welcome weekend away by coming to care for the children. That's why I don't buy the stereotype. In a recent survey by Parenting magazine, most of the 3,500 husbands and wives who responded had nice things to say about each other's moms. When asked, "if someone offered you a chance to trade in your mother-in-law for a better model, would you accept?" only 25% of the husbands said they would. I don't think the National Car Rental agency read that statistic. Maybe we should make them aware of it the next time we rent a car.
Son's punishment harder on mother By
MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: My IS-yearold son was kicked off the school bus for the rest of the year for saying obscene words to another boy. I'm a single parent with three children, and this punishment is harder on me than it is on my son. I leave for work at 6 a.m., and I attend college classes in the afternoon.
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To complicate matters, my son denies that he said the words, but the principal has five witnesses besides the bus driver. I want to support my son but not if he is truly guilty. Should I ask to meet the superintendent? Should I request a school conference? I'm mixed up. What can I. do? (Indiana) Thanks for sharing a difficult situation. Actually, you describe two problems here. Separating them might make them easier to handle. Let's start with your problem. You already have a full day. You are working and studying extra hours to support your family. You have no time or energy left over to
dence to indicate that he may well be guilty. You need to take a neutral position and let your son work this matter out directly with the school. The school has many disciplinary options within its own system. They can require a written apology. They can require Saturday school or extra work after school. In fact, they have numerous sanctions which might convince your son to guard his mouth. You can be supportive of your son without defending his plea of not guilty. You can be there silently with him without insisting that he's telling the truth and everyone else is lying.
Getting mother to fight his battles for him or to pay the price of his alleged misdeed is not a very grown-up way to behave. Far better for your son to face his problem, explain and defend himself, confront his accusers and deal with the school's judgment himself. In summary, you need to tell the principal directly how their sanctions present more trouble for you than for your son. Then stay in the background while, one hopes, your son and the school work out an alternate solution. Good luck! Reader questions on family living and child care are invited by the Kennys; 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, IN 47978.
Why the need for parish greeters?
just plain courteous to people when they come to our spiritual home, to treat them as Christ 路and to exercise the spiritual works of JOHN J. mercy. Visitors of course always appreciate being welcomed and assisted. DIETZEN But it goes beyond that. Perhaps more often than not, Q. How did the position of people arrive at the doors of church for Sunday Mass with something greeters originate? Do we not feel welcome in the house of God with- less than the ideal time of reflecout someone greeting us at the / tion behind them. Families may show up after risdoor? (Iowa) A. The practice of assigning vol- ing at the last minute, searching unteers to serve as greeters or frantically for sqmeone's shoe or hosts at parish Sunday Masses is, I sock or dress, chasing each other in and out of the bathroom and believe, becoming quite common. Ushers, by the way, at least par- maybe arguing with a child who tially (ulfill this role if they do their doesn't want to go to Mass in the first place. jobs well. Even couples and individuals The source for this practice is not hard to find. It lies in our could probably tell their own simresponsibility to be hospitable and ilar story, at least occasionally. FATHER
chauffeur your son back and forth to school. See the principal again and explain this. Don't try to defend your son. Simply make clear that the bus expulsion is more 'a punishment of you than your son. This punishment makes your life more difficult by further stressing you and handicapping you as a parent. Cooperate with the school. Tell the principal that you too are interested in having your son speak and behave properly. Request that the school impose a consequence that affects your son rather than you. Now for your son's problem. He is accused of obscene language on the school bus, and there is evi- .
It is the task of the greeters, by a smile and a kind peaceful word of welcome, to prepare all these people to share in the Mass more tranquilly and reflectively and actively. Someone will object, I suppose, that it is precisely those cares and frustrations which we should bring to place before God at Mass. That is true. But a little less inner turmoil and a little more inner quiet can make our encounter with God's word and the Lord's sacrifice a lot more fruitful. Caring and thoughtful greeters can help greatly in making that happen and enhance immeasurably the prayer that goes on in our Sunday worship. Q.. In your column on receiving the Eucharist some time ago, you said that receiving communion by
intinction precludes the option of receiving communion in the hand. In our parish we have communion by intinction. If the communicant wishes to receive the host in the hand (not having it dipped into the chalice) he or she simply extends the open hand, as when communion is distributed under one species. (Missouri) A. While actually drinking from the communion cup is identified by liturgical documents as the more symbolically desirable way to receive the precious blood, communion by intinction is of course permitted. A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the Mother of Jesus is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main
St., Bloomington, Ill. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to the same address.
Stop feuding, says pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II urged Catholics and Orthodox in Eastern Europe to settle practical disputes so they can take advantage of their ne'Vly won religious liberty. The pope, in a message to the two communities, said today's positive outlook for East European churches was .clouded by continuing CatholicOrthodox tensions, especially over places of worship. Christians who have "shared the same suffering and trials should not now oppose each other, but should look together to a future that shows promising signs of hope," he said.
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Fri.,, May 8, 1992 . THE ANCHOR ,. -. ..--:-, Diocese of Fall River -/ 'OrtSundaf, We-celebrate Moth':' ,er's Day - honoring all mothers jiving and no JongcT with us. ouette, secretary and Judy CorBishop Fulton J. Sheen in his reia, treasurer. chapter the Family of his book "Way to Inner Peace" told us Plato was right when he said "The Cheryl Souza and Heidi Waring Dear Editor: primary purpose of education is are. the 1992 recipients of Rose E. The most important electoral the inculcation of the distinction Sullivan Scholarships awarded by issue, especially with varying of right and wrong." This should the women's guild of Sacred Heart expectations for economic soluMay9 be - and usually is done - in the parish, FaIl_Ri~er. tions from either camp, is the 1940, Rev. J.E. Theodule Gighome and by the mother. abortion question. Cheryl is the daughter of guild uere, Pastor, St. Anne, ,New Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty Even those who hate the label of member Louise Poole and Heidi is Bedford who suffered so much from the "one-issue voter" must realize the the daughter of member Colette 1941, Rev. John P. Clarke, PasCommunist KGB (Secret Police) importance, the overriding imporWaring. Both recipients are seniors tor, St. Mary, Hebronville in his memoirs wrote: tance, of voting for the best way to at B.M.C. Durfee High School. May 12 "The most important person on prevent the killing of the unborn Scholarship committee chair1920, Rev. John F. deValles, earth is a mother. She cannot on a national scale. man Helen Piper presented the Chaplain, Uoited States Army claim the 'honor of having built Fred McCracken scholarships at the guild's installa1986, Rev. HerveJalbert, Retired Notre Dame Cathedral. She need Attleboro SISTER L'HEUREUX tion ceremony May 4. Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall not. She has built something more Installed as officers for 1992- River magnificent than any cathedral 1993 by pastor and moderator May 13 a dwelling for an immortal soul, Rev. Edward J. Byington were 1955. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Osias the tiny perfection of a baby's Amelia Soares, president; Margie Boucher, Pastor, Blessed SacraDear Editor: body... The angels have not been Among 16 Sisters of St. Joseph Brown, vice president; Rita Ca- ment, Fall River I'm so glad we get the Anchor blessed with such a grace. They here at Cape Cod Nursing I-Iome_uannol share in God's creative bitt:t:¥ juiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiliiiiii_iiiiiiiiliiiiiiiililiiiiiiiiiliiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiiiiiiil_ • • •_ - , celebrating and silver Maygolden YClt-Mont Marie;--.--- --- --where I'll be the rest of my life - a miracle to bring new saints to Holyoke, was Sister Therese beautiful spot, excellent workers. Heaven. Only a human mother L'Heureux of Blessed Sacrament I'm even getting back !o being can. Mothers are closer to God the Convent, Fall River. able to play piano after so many Creator than any other creature; She entered the congregation in years at St. Rita's playing organ. God joins forces with mothers in 1942 from Blessed Sacrament parThe attached poem by my wonder- performing this act of creation. ish, Fall River. ful Dad who became Catholic at What on God's good Earth is more Sister'L'Heureux is skilled in age 55 was sent back to me by my glorious than this: to be a mother?" Sunday, May 10 (Mother's Day) carpentry and has her own workoldest New York friend years ago The young should listen to the shop at the convent. at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15.00 to cheer me up. I had forgotten it. advice of their mothers _ the old A first and second grade science ELIJAH ORATORIO Maybe you'd like to reprint it. He should remember it still. teacher for 35 years, she miniswas greatly loved by his wife and Mary, the Mother of Christ is by Felix Mendelssohn tered at St. Joseph and St. Therefive children! the best example of motherhood sa's parishes in New Bedford and The Anchor has more in it about - but Mother Teresa who never also served for a time in Vinton, Pope John Paul II now, which bore a child, except in her arms La. She retired from teaching in with love and compassion also pleases me always. the early 1970s because, she says, We eagerly await our new bishop. teaches us much. . "I felt I was more useful here" at God bless you - your editorials A Happy Mother's Day! the convent. are splendid. I send some to friends In the heautlfu) She's done "plumbing to carin New York. pentry to everything else," said St. Anthony of Padua Church Kay Nowak Sister St. Louis Paquette, SSJ, Buzzards Bay 1359 Acushnet Avenue principal o!St. Joseph Montessori P'.S:-M Marian MedalIsroudl" " , . r is er eureux hanging framed by my brother in has built shelves and repaired furmy room. niture and just about anything else Editor's note: the poem written needing fixing by Mrs. Nowak's f.tller, the late The children call her "Sister Father Edward J. Burns, pastor A.W. Ellis, follows, along with Soloist ROBERT HONEYSUCKER Fix-It," said Sister St. Louis. Mrs. Nowak's 1983 Mother's Day of St. Mark's parish, Attleboro and the 250 voices of The New Bedford Choral letter to the Anchor. Falls, was principal celebrant yes- "She'll fix toys, clocks, anything Society, The Sippican Choral Society, The terday at the Mass of Christian that breaks down." Her projects at the convent have The Pussy Willow Burial offered at St. Thomas More Concord Chorus, The Boston Archdiocesan included paneling the chapel and Church, Somerset, for his sister, Upon a slender branch I found Boy's Choir and an octet from Donna RoU's M. Dolores Burns, who died May fashioning support railings for the One day in early Spring hallways. Opera at Longy 5. These little pussies with caps Sister L'Heureux says her talent A native of Fall River, she was o/brown is a "God-given gift" which she This concert is funded in part by the the daughter ofthe late Edward J. To me a wondrous thing. ZEITERION developed by attending vocational Massachusetts Cultural Council as and Ann L. (Reilly) Burns. A BOX OFFICE So I pausedfor a while to say administered by the New Bedford, Fairhaven, graduate of Bridgewater State school at night in New Bedford in good day (508)994-2900 Mattapoisett, Acushnet, Westport and College, she also held a master of the 1970s. To my friends of many a Wareham Arts Councils. She also assists at the convent arts degree from Boston University. yearby driving and is an avid gardener. As a Fulbright Scholar in 1950, For they nodded to me in a TICKETS A VAILABLE AT THE DOOR "That's a hobby," she says ofthe she taught in England and therefriendly way latter. after was for many years a member With their little heads so dear. of the English department of "Now tell me. pussies. why you B.M.C. Durfee High School, Fall come River. From 1966 until she retired While the air is yet so chill, in 1972, she headed the department. Before the daisies or buttercups In addition to her brother, she is Or the violets on the hill?" survived by a sister, Dr. Ann B. ATTLEBORO FALL RIVER NEW BEDFORD CAPE COD The little pussies smiled at Hoversen of Bloomington, Minn. 783 SLADE ST. me261 SOUTH ST. 10 MAPLE ST. 59 ROCKLAND ST. And not om;e did they frown P,O, BOX M - SO, ST A, HYANNIS 226-4780 "We get here early, don't you 997-7337 674-4681 771-6771 see, The Mass of Christian Burial While all the fields are brown • ADOPTIONS • INFORMATION/REFERRAL For ifwe came in the Summertime was celebrated May 6 in Framingham for Sister Mary Dorothy CalWhen the fields are green and • CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN • PREGNANCY SERVICES lanan, RGS, 91, who died May 4 gay- . at Cranberry Pointe, Harwich. She DEVELOPMENT I fear you'd scarcely notice us • PRISON MINISTRY had been' a Sister of the Good As you passed us on your • CATHOLIC AIDS MINISTF.Y Shepherd for 71 years. • REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT wayBorn Rita Callanan in Everett, COUNSELING • "But now you watchfor us each • ST. FRANCIS RESIDENCE FOR WOMEN she was the daughter of the late Spring , • INFANT FOSTER CARE Jeremiah and Catherine (Maho• SOCIAL ADVOCACY As you've done oft' before, ney) Callanan. SPONSORSHIP: And maybe miss us if we're SPECIAL APOSTOLATES She entered the Good Shepherd late novitiate in 1921 in Peekskill, NY, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS APOSTOLATE FOR PERSONS And love us all the more!" and received training to work with WITH DISABILITIES SOUP KITCHEN And then I left my little friends deprived and troubled children. And homeward went my way APOSTOLATE FOR SPANISH SPEAKING She is survived by a sister-inHow well, thought I, the Lord law, Dorothy Callanan of Orlando, REV. PETER N. GRAZIANO, LlCSW has planned Fla., nieces, nephews, grandnieces His workfrom day to day! Executive Director and grandnephews. ,",'
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Homes plan host of May activities While some of the events planned at diocesan nursing homes this month are designed solely for the enjoyment of residents and staff of each home, others are planned to remind the larger community of the value of our older Americans and the vital role that nursing homes play in serving the frailest Opening Day ceremonies for Nursing Home Week will be held at Marian Manor on May II , with Taunton Mayor Robert Nunes issuing a Vroclamation and the CoyleCassidy High School Jazz Band performing. Also part of the week will be an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. May 15 to celebrate the home's 30th anniversary. The event will feature guest speakers, information about planning for long-term care, refreshments and tours of the home. The event is free and open to the public, both to those who would like more information about the home and those who would simply like to take a peek at recent renovations to the Manor's lobby, sitting room and chapel. Employee appreciation days during Nursing Home Week will have a 1930s theme in recognition of the home's origins as theJfaunton Inn, built in 1938. Other highlights will include the Senior Olympics throughout the week and an Olympic awards banquet May 18.
Madonna Manor residents began the month of May with a crowning of the Blessed Mother on May l. They also met new friends from St. Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro, and took a trip to see the Pawtucket Red Sox earlier this week. Nursing Home Week activities nna wi inc u e e annua Older Americans Banquet; an ice cream sundae social; a dance recital by students of the April, May and June Dance School; an OverNineties Tea; and a bingo game sponsored by the local Daughters of Isabella. Capping the month's events May 29 will be a community Older Americans luncheon, free and open to all senior citizens in the Greater Attleboro area. Advance registration is required by May 22. At Our Lady's Haven, a hot-air balloon, courtesy of Balloon Adventures, will remind the Fairhaven community to "Discover Old Friends" when residents and staff begin National Nursing Home Week on May II. Guests will include entertainer Dave Valerio as well as Patrick Mullen, chairman of the board of selectmen, who will issue a proclamation for National Nursing Home Week and Older Americans Month. The public is invited to a Spring Flower Show I :30 to 3:30 p.m. May 15 at the Haven. Staff, volunteers and local florists will donate
plants and arrangements for display. Other May events planned for Our Lady's Haven. are a bell choir concert by the Fairhaven Wood School, Senior Olympics games and an Olympics award banquet, Magic and Music with entertainer Wayne Cote, and a May 24 visit rom prayer pals" from St. Mary's Church Fairhaven, who recently made their first communion. t'll of Catholic Memorial Home's 288 residents will be honored this year at an OverNineties Tea at 2 p.m. May 13. Most of the honorees, along with family members and staff, are planning to attend this event in the home's auditorium. Also that day, a 10 a.m. social will celebrate the many family relationships at the home among staff and residents: spouses, siblings, cousins, in-laws, etc. On May 14, students from St. Vincent's Home's adopt-a-grandparent program will stage a play in the auditorium for their older friends. Other highlights of the month will include a concert by the Somerset Senior Chorus, an ice cream social, a children's fashion show featuring relatives of staff and residents, and appreciation days for employees and volunteers. For information on any of the events Ii~ted above, contact the corresponding nursing home.
Take some time jar oldjriends Celebrate National Nursing employee for his or her dedHome Week and Older Ameri- ication, cans Month by... • Spending time with older • Visitirtgrelatives, fmads and friends and relatives, letting former neighbors Who Dve in them know how much you value nursing hom•• It doesn't have their contributions to your famto be ,a long visit, and you can ily and community. make it more meaningful by . ' Encouragtag public policy bril'lging along something to makers in every level of governshare: a puzde, hand lotion, a ment to be more sensitive to the magazine. Children and small .health care and social needs of pet.s are almost always welcome! older Americans. • Sending a gift or a card. • Learning more about longSmall plants, large print books, term care and services for the books on tape, family snapshots elderly in your community and Or a cheery card will brighten across the nation. The provi,anyone's day. sion of quality services for older AmerJCal1$ a.t1ec;tsus aU. • T......DI . . . . . . .'
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NEW OLD FRIENDS: Marci~ McCormick, left, and Megan Keams, setlenth,graders at St. Joseph's School, Fairhatlen, tlisit with Our lAdy's Hatlen resident Gloria O'Brien; Members of Mrs. Susan Lopes' fifth gralle class at Taunton Catholic Middle School meet residents Tony DeMoura and Mary Sullitlan while at Marian Manor to make May baskets for the home's chapel.
School kids discover old friends in diocesan homes As the group offour boys sat down with 96-year old David Allain, a deck of cards - with large figures appeared. Within seconds, everyone was checking his hand and asking for more cards. Mr. Allain won the first hand - but he'd won much more than a simple card ga)'lie; he'd won four new friends: ~tt, Paul, Joel and Kyle, all seventh-graders at St. Jose h' . Mr. Allain, a resident at Our Lady's Haven, and the students are part of an intergenerational program established two months ago. "After their first visit, the students just couldn't wait to come back," said teacher Claudette LeBlanc. "They really loved coming here. You can see that it's good for the residents, but it's also good for the children. They're learning that their visits here are to make someone else comfortable and happy." The diocesan nursing homes have sponsored many such youth programs throughout the years: first com-
munion children· paired with prayer pals, teens working on service projects for school or confirmation, scout troops and dance troupes visiting. AU have offered residents a chance to make new friends or, at the very least, enjoy the energy and high spirits of youth. While some of the programs have spann~d only a ~ew weeks or mont.hs,
connections in their own communities, the three smaller homes have chosen the month of Mayas a time to renew and strengthen ties with neighboring Catholic schools: Our Lady's Haven with St. Joseph's, Marian Manor with Taunton Catholic Middle School, and Madonna Manor with St. Mary'sSacred Heart school in North Attleboro.
program. Each of the four seventh grade classes will visit the home once and also attend three school assemblies, where Manor staff will discuss aspects of their professions. Topics will include Alzheimer's disease and reasons why some elders need nursing home care. Additionally, TCMS fifth graders have created May baskets to decorate
ties to neighboring St. Vincent's Home and 1he Wilbur School in Littkq Compton, RI. I he Wilbur School program, organized by guidance counselor Carolyn Mintz and school nurse Deborah Lambert, also includes an educational component. The eighth-graders' monthly visits to the home are part of a course in gerontology, the study of aging. One class is taught by Memorial Home social worker and Little Compton resident Sharon E. Martin, who shares information about her field with students. In order to promote similar school
generational activities socials, shared Masses, a spelling bee - to bring students into the nursing homes for visits with residents. Additionally, staff members will visit the schools to offer educational programs about the aging process, health careers and the role· of the nursing home. . In each case, the May events will sere as an introduction to a regular program for the 1992-1993 school year. Taunton Catholic Middle School principal Kathleen Simpson and Marian Manor activity director Alice Tiffany have organized an ambitious
Blessed Mother. Madonna Manor activity director Gary Poholek spoke to St Mary, Sacred Heart seventh and eighth grade students about elders and nursing home care prior to their May 6 visit to the home for a "bowling alley" activity with residents. In Fairhaven, Mrs. LeBlanc's class will make a "Discover Old Friends" banner and other decorations for the home and attend opening ceremonies for National Nursing Home Week on May II. They will also host staff and residents from Our Lady's Haven at a school assembly on May 27.
First system-wide service awards planned Long time employees ofthe four diocesan nursing homes will be recognized May II at the first service awards ceremony to encompass the entire Diocesan Health Facilities system. The ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. at White's of Westport. Over 200 employees and guests will attend the event. In the past, the nursing homes planned separate awards ceremonies. "The homes are working together more than ever before, as we share ideas and resources, and serve together on projects and committees," said Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald, executive director of the diocesan homes. "We thought it would be more meaningful to have a unified ceremony to honor the hard work and dedicated service that these employees have given to the diocese and to our residents. In all, we will be celebrating over 900 years of employment at this event," said Father Fitzgerald. "The longevity and stability of our workforce is a special source of comfort to our residents and elr families," he added. "It's 1m=portant to know that the same
nurse aide will be there to greet you by name in the morning and that the kitchen staff knows. about your personal likes and dislikes."
Catholic Memorial Home is among the first nursing homes in the country to offer support services designed to serve the needs of men and women whose spouses require longterm care. The Spousal Support Group provides a confidential, nonjudgmental environment for spouses to express feelings and to provide support through association with others in a similar situation. The social workerBvhoflllmded the- group--'iecently published an article in Provider magazine about their successful program. Sharon E. Martin and Nancy Pavao authored the article with former colleague Beverly M. Noiseux, who recently became director of social services at the Fall River Jewish Home for the Aged. The article has resulted in phone calls from social workers in several facilities around the country who want to know more about setting up a program. The Memorial Home's Spousal Support Group meets monthly from September through June and is modeled after the home's Family Circle, which provides support for family members of nursing home residents. "Many nursing homes now sponaddress their concerns about a lovtld one's nursing home placement," explained Mrs. Pavao. "However, the spouses of nursing home residents have concerns and needs that are distinctly different from those of other family members. They are dealing with a prolonged separation from a husband or wife, sometimes after many years of married life. They are feeling losses that touch many areas: companionship, decisionmaking, financial affairs, family life." As the social workers noted an increasing number of Memorial Home residents with spouses residing in the community, they decided to establish a group that 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Singled out for particular praise will be Edith Caisse and James Hegarty, each with 25 years of service to Madonna Manor, and 10 other
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home employees with 20 or more years of service. Names of all of the honorees follow. Catholic Memorial Home 5 years of service: Fatima Aguiar. Gabriela Arruda. Colleen Aubry. M. Grace Batista. Sister Denise Bourbeau; Helia Borges. Maria Brown, Cidalia Bulhoes. Sheila Carlton. Gail Charest; Celina Chaves. Elizabeth Comiskey, Sister Sean Connolly, Howard Copper. Natalie Cordeiro; Conslance Couto, Lidia DaSilva. Maria DeAguiar, Carol Deschenes. Elaine Emond: Hilda Ferreira. Maria M. Ferreira. Estelle Frazier. Steven Gabus. Ana Goncalves; Jeanne Hubert. laurie HUbert. lynn Knight. Rita lafleur. Virginia Means; lorraine Medeiros. Judith Moniz, .Armanda Oliveira. M. Fatima Pereira. Isabel Resendes; Elizabeth Rosa. Karen Rose. Frances Souza, Marisa Moura. 10 years: William Cyr. Elizabeth Miguel. Nancy Pavao. Irene Wrighl. 15 years: Mary Anna Arruda, Maureen Camara, Dante Lachica, Claudia Martin. Rosemary Rego. 20 years: Prudence Aspin, Mary Freilas. RUlh Hochu. Jeanne Tunney. Madonna Manor 5 y.an· Carol Balll1, Martha Daneault. Grace DaSilva, Julieta DaSilva, Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Harris;
Eleanor Inman, June Mann. Dorothy O'Connor. Sue Savil. Marilyn Vezina. 10 years: Eloise Carley. Joyce Desmarais. Michael DiFilippo. Joanne Hagerty. Kathleen Hayward. Mary Lou Houle; Terry Kovacs, Catherine Parker. Audrey Pike. Joseph Schriever, Eleanor Wilfrel. 15 years: Barbara Cote. Ann Nisil, Evelyn Pellow. Muriel Shields. Esther Sousa (retired), 20 years: Thelma Allard. louise Carvalho. Thomas Destefano. Muriel Fitzgibbons (retired). 25 years: Edith Caisse. James Hagerty.
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Organizers chose a sunny sitting room scheduled an afternoon meeti~g time, mailed invitations and followed up with personal encouragement to attend. About 10 spouses attended the first meeting in the fall of 1989; attendance at meetings since then has been as high as 12 and has never dropped below eight. bault have attended the spouses' group since it started. Both Mr. Hoss's wife Helen and Mrs. Archambault's husband Wilfred have lived at Catholic Memorial Home for the past three years. "Everything is different when your spouse has to go to a nursing home," said Mr. Hoss, who is 83 and visits his wife daily. "My wife and I had been married 54 years when she became sick. No one, not even your children or a really good friend, can understand what you are feeling. In the group, though, I met people who were like me, and I found that I could talk about my feelings. Then, you're not so filled with selfpity. Being in the group is a big advantage." Mrs. Archambault said, "In the group, we are able to talk about different things, like the separation, living alone at home, and the guilt feelings.
"In the beginning, I was here every day visiting with my husband, and I was worrying about him all the time I was at home, too. I remember Mr. Hoss telling me at one ofthe meetings that I've got to put it out of my mind sometimes: that's when I realized what I was doing. I still visit a lot, but the group has helped me to cope. My husband is getting excellent care here, and I know the staff will call men thereiS-aprohlem..when..I'm_not here." Mrs. Archambault said that she feels more at ease now if she has to take time for herself to do shopping or housecleaning. She credits the encoqragement of the group and her own confidence in the staff as factors in being able to visit relatives in California two years ago. Although the group is designed for the community-based spouses, special events are planned to recognize the married status of the members. The December and June meetings, for example, are socials to 'which resident spouses are invited. The group welcomes newcomers and tries to strike a balance between meeting needs of new members while continuing to serve veteran educamembers. It . has planned ., tion on such t~pics as heart disease Alzheimer's disease. financial plan~ingand public transportation. "We encourage people to stay with the group, even after they've started to cope with the emotional issues of the nursing home placement," said Mrs. Pavao. "There's a sense of gratification in being able to help newer members through a difficult time'" "I encouraged one woman to join our group," said Mrs. Archambault, "and she told me it did her a world of good." "I think more people should join, to get things off their ch~sts. You shouldn't bury those feelings down inside you," added Mr. Hoss. "And even after you've begun coping, there are new twists, new problems that come up. You need continuous support from people who know what you're going through. You constantly need tbis interaction.". '.~
Marian Manor 5 years: Elizabeth Botelho. Mary Duarte. Richalee Irving. Marjorie Murphy. Bing Sum Wong. 10 years: Fernanda Bulcao, Cynlhia Pelczarski. Maria Teixeira. 20 years: Rose Scott. Our Lady's Haven__ . 5 years: Amelia Amaral,- Patricia Arruda. Natalie Bean, Sherri Brownell. Nancy DeSouza. Carolyn Horton. Linda Rodriques. 10 years: David Cambra. lorraine Mendoza, Brenda York. 15 years: Margaret Gill. Lucy Makara. Anita Souza. 20 years: Irene Pinard (retired). Diocesan lIealth Facilities Offh:e 5 years: Leland MacGregor. Barbara Moniz. Maria Soares.
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Soup Kitchen. station loeated at the Catholic Social Services builc;f~ ing behind the church. He was also known for his forthright expression of views on such matters as a murder within his parish, on Fall River's need for homeless shelters and on the 1989 slaying of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter in EI Salvador. Msgr. Oliveira Msgr. John J. Oliveira will offer a Mass of thanksgiving at 5 p.m. June 7 in St. Mary's Cathedral. Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin of Hartford will return to the Fall River diocese to preside at the liturgy, which had been arranged before the prelate's appointment to the 1iartford see. Msgr. Oliveira wi!1 greet friends and parishioners following the Mass, which all are welcome to attend.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., May 8,1992 ..
Eight anniversaries
Stonehill College will hold its 41st commencement exercises at II a.m. May 17 on. the college quadrangle. The college will confer over 580 baccalaureate and honorary degrec:s. In the event of rain, the ceremonies will be held in the Sally Blair Ames sports complex. Honorary degrees will be awarded to Stonehill's sixth president Father Ernest J. Bartell, C.S.C.; author Mary Higgins Clark; businessman Donald F. Flynn; artist Patricia J. Hakim; and missionary Father Richard W. Timm, e.S.C. Father Bartell, Stonehill's president from 1971 until 1977, will receive an honorary doctor oflaws degree. An economist and author, he is executive director of the Bornin.1'l.ewBedford.-~juhi Helen Kellogg Institute fOi hIlerlarian graduated from that city's national Studies ,at the University Mt. Carmel grammar school and of Notre Dame, where he is also a Holy Family High School. professor of economics. He has As a parochial vicar, he served been a fellow and member of the at St. John of God parish, Somboard of trustees of the University erset; Mt. Carmel, Seekonk; St. of Notre Dame since 1973, and a John th: Baptist, New Bedford; regent of the University of PortSt. Anthony, Taunton; and St. Mary's . land since 1984. Cathdral. He was chaplain at the Ms. Clark, a mystery writer, will form:r Mt. St. Mary Academy, receive an honorary doctor of letFall River, and at Coyle and Cas- ters degree. Known as the "Queen sidy High School, Taunton. of Suspense," she is the author of He was named episcopal secre- nine ~estsellers, several of which have been made into feature films. tary in 1972, vice.-chancellor in Flynn, a leading executive with ! 976, a papal chamberlain in 1977 Waste Management, Inc. and and a prelate of honor in 1987. In Blockbuster Video, will receive an 1986 he was appointed chancellor honorary doctor of business adand episcopal vicar for adminisministration degree. As chief fitration. The latter title ceased when nancial officer with Waste Manthe Fall River see became vacant. Flynn helped transform agement, Msgr. Oliveira is diocesan directhe compa~y f~om a $20. m~lI!on ' a aoca 0 tion of the Faith and diocesan archivist. He is an advocate on the' dollar international environmenDiocesan Tribunal, diocesan archi- tal servicesenterpri~e. Flynn is a at Mar. Vlst, a IOcesan consu or alma mater. quette University, his member of the personnel board Ms. Hakim, Stonehill's artistand the Presbyteral Council. in-residence in 1988 and 1989, will receive an honorary doctor of fine He is also director of the Missionary Cooperative Plan and arts degree. !:lorn in India, Ms. Hakim is an internationally resecretary ofthe Diocesan Pastoral nowned artist and her portrait Council and the Divine Worship subjects have included Pope John Commission. Paul II and Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the 28th Jesuit superior
Continued from Page Three sis II retreat program and now in a He plansa--Mass of thanksgiv- project under the aegis of the Naing at 11:30 a.m. June 7, to be tional Conference of Catholic Bishops. In the latter post he is followed by a buffet in the parish involved in preparation of videocenter from Ito 2 p.m. and a reception from 2 to 3 p.m. Reser- tapes for use in Catholic hospitals. While in the Fall River diocese, vations are requested for the buffet. in addition to his parish duties, Looking back over "25 good Father Morse was assistant direcyears," Father Chretien said he tor-ofthe Attleboro area CY 0 and has enjoyed all his assignments. taught religion at Bishop Feehan His recreations include reading, High School, Attleboro. walking and "watching the Red Father :Norton Sox lose." Father Norton, pastor since 1990 Father Harrington Father Harrington, pastor of at St. Joseph's parish, Woods Hole, St. Patrick's parish, Somerset, was will offer his Mass of thanksgiving parochial vicar at Sacred Heart at St. Patrick's parish, Falmouth, parish, Taunton; St. John the at 2 p. m. May 17. A reception will follow. He is using the Falmouth EY<Lngeli~t, At!J~!JQrQ;~t•.Francis Xavier, Hyannis; St. Mary, Nor- -panshoecauseof the small sizeo-r t(m; and St. Mary, New Bedford, St. Joseph's Church. He was parochial vicar at' St. before being named pastor of St. Kilian's, Holy Name, and St. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford, in Mary's parishes, all in New Bed1984. ford, and at St. Patrick's, WareAfter serving at St. Francis until ham. He was parochial vicar at St. 1988, he was appointed to his Patrick's, Fall River, before bepresent pastorate. Father Harrington has three sis- coming pastor there in 1985. In other diocesan activities, he ters, Patricia, Kathleen and Sheila, taught and was chaplain at Bishop all Sisters of Mercy. A brother, Stang High School, North DartKevin, has continued the family's mouth, was New Bedford area tradition of Irish names with CYO director and chaplain of the daughters Sharon Mary and Erin Bridget. Among their uncle's New Bedford nurses' guild, and favorite relaxations is working in was active in the New Bedford preCana program. He was also chahis mother's garden in Fairhaven. plain and director at the former St. Father Morse Mary's Home for children in the Father Morse, who prepared for the priesthood at St. Thomas city. Last summer he wrote a series of Seminary, Bloomfield, Conn., and Sj. John's Seminary, Brighton, was columns for the Anchor and plans a arochial vicar at St. Mary's a second series for this summer. e IS a gourme coo an Cathedral, Fall River; St. John the pastor at St. Patrick's parish, Fall Evangelist parish, Attleboro, and Holy Name, New Bedford, before River, . regUlarly ..took part in prebeing granted leave from the dio cese to work initially in the Gene- meal at the Fall River Community
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"Being Old In a Culture That Caters to the Young" is the topic of an educational seminar to be offered to area clergy 10:30 a.m. May 13 in the community room of the Silver City Galleria Mall in Taunton and again at 2:30 p.m. in the cafe room at the Highlands, 1800 Highland Ave., Fall River. Father William Norton, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Wood's Hole, will speak on how the clergy can work with, advocate for and assist the elder population. Father Norton, who has given similar presentations' across the country, focuses on topics such as living on a fixed income, loss of self-esteem at retirement, and Medicare coverage. The session also provides suggestions for utilizing elders as volunteers, protecting elders' assets, and advocating for elders' concerns. The presentation is free and open to all area clergy and leaders of community religious groups. For further information, contact Bristol Elder Services, Inc. at 675-2101 or 1-800-427-2101.
Destiny "Young liars turn into old thieves."-Hebrew proverb
Amnesty granted WASHINGTON (CNS) - Capt. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn, an Army Reserve physician convicted of desertion for refusing to go to the Persian Gulf, has been released from prison after serving eight months of a 30-month sentence. Dr. Huet-Vaughn, a Catholic, was one of the most vocal critics of the war, calling it "immoral, inhumane and unconstitutional." Army Secretary Michael Stone granted her clemency. During her imprisonment, Amnesty International called Ms. Huet-Vaughn one of28 U.S. "prisoners of conscience" jailed over conscientious objection.
general. She ha.s resideciilrid \\l()rked in Rome since 1958: f . . Father Timm, a missiQilar§:and teacher in Bangladesh who 'promotes intercultural unde,standing, will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree. Father Timm is the 1987 recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding, known as "The Nobel Prize of Asia." A prolific author of scientific articles, he is also the 1987 recipient of the Abu Sayeed Chowdhurry Award for Human Rights in Social Service. In addition to awarding th~ baccalaureate and honorary degrees, the college will make a surprise presentation to a faculty member when it bestows the Excellence in Teaching Award, in memory of former Stonehill administrator and faculty member Louise F. Hegarty. Msgr. HenryT. Munroe,administrator of the diocese, will be principal celebrant at a 4:30 p.m. baccalaureate Mass May 16 in the Sports Complex.
New associate superintendent of schools named James McNamee, assis.tant principal and direCtor of guidance and curriculum at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, has been named associate superintendent of diocesan schools, effective during the summer. He will be ",
Ellis Island honors NEW YORK (CNS) - Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia and two priests were among 124 prominent Americans named recipients of the 1992 Ellis Island Medal of Honor at ceremonies at the restored Ellis Island immigration center in Upper New York Bay. The priests honored were Jesuit Father William J. Byron, the soon-to-retire president of Catholic University in Washington, and Father Casimir A. Pugevicius, a priest of the Baltimore archdiocese who has directed lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid in Brooklyn for the last 16 years.
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CND, who completes 12 years of service'in thllt position. Sl1e\vnl'be spending a orie-year sabbatical at the nstItute or as ora u ie at Berkeley, California. McNamee began his career in Catholic education in 1974 as a teacher and guidance counselor at Bishop Stang. For the past 19 years, he has served the school in various administrative positions. He is particularly concerned with curriculum development, McNamee holds a bachelor's degree from Boston College and a master's degree in education from Bridgewater State College. He has also pursued graduate studies in theology in Rome; completed courses in religious education at St. Louis University; and earned credits towards master's degrees in theology and guidance and counseling at St. John's College, Camarillo, CA. McNamee and his wife Arlene have two children, both pupils at St. Mary's School, New Bedford. The family is active in St. Julie's parish, North Dartmouth.
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"We were starting up a new line of unorthodox business books, but I thought Gracian was too experimental," she said. The business climate was also different then, she noted. "[Junk bond king Michael R.] Milken hadn't been indicted yet." Business leaders of the '80s were drawing their inspiration from works like Sun Tzu's "Art of War" or Machiavelli's "The Prince," which argues that "a prudent ruler
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cannot, and must not, honor his word when it places him at a disadvantage." But as the U.S. business climate changed imd Do~bleday's new business book line, Currency, became established, Ms. Rubin decided the market was ripe for a book that "tempered practicality with spirituality."
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Citing company policy, Ms. Rubin declined to say how many copies had been printed or sold. But she said it hild also made the best-seller list of Bookland, a chain of book stores in the Southeast, and Maurer had been interviewed about it on National Public Radio. "I'll tell you this: We're rushing back to press," she said.
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THE COVER of Father Gracian's book. (eNS photo)
17th-century book becomes 1992 best seller WASHINGTON (CNS)' ~ When Jesuit Father Baltasar Gracian wrote "The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle," he had no idea it would make The Washington Post's best-seller list. No need to ask him: He couldn't have known because he died long before The Washington Post, or even Washington, existed. The , priest lived in Spain in the first half of the 17th century, and his book, now issued by Doubleday, was first published in 1647. It contains 300 pithy aphorisms, each expanded on with advice on how to reach perfection, at the same time being held in high esteem by others. Some urge high moral ideals ~ not for morality's sake alone, but because they are the key to success. Others urge craft and wile, arguing that being right or wise or good isn't enough ~ it's important to make sure others see you that way too. Gracian has sage advice for poli_ticians, as well as for many other groups. On debating strategy: "Know how to contradict. It is a great way to provoke others: they commit themselves and you commit 'nothing." On campaign tactics: "Keep changing your style of doing things. Vary your methods. This will confuse people, especially your rivals..' .. It is easy to kill the bird that flies in a straight line, but not one that changes its line of flight." On the nature of political life: "Live neither entirely for yourself nor entirely for others.... If you hold public office, you must be a public slave. Either bear the burden or give up the berth." On behavior: "Good conduct has departed, debts of gratitude now go unpaid and few people I
give others the treatment they deserve.... Take notice of the bad behavior of others, not to imitate it but to defend yourself from it. Your own integrity can be ruined by the ruinous behavior of others. But the honorable man does not forget who he is because of what others are." , On on-the-job conduct: "Being defeated is hateful, and besting one's boss is either foolish or fatal. Superiority is alwa'ys odious, especially to superiors and sovereigns.. " Most people do not mind being surpassed in good fortune, character or temperament, but no one, especially not a sovereign, likes to be surpassed in intelligence." Harriet Rubin, Doubleday -executive editor responsible for bringing the little-known classic back into print, said she became interested in -it during the 1988 presidential election campaign. , The New York Times had asked a number of scholars and writerswhat books they would recommend to the candidates for summer reading, and novelist Gail Godwin suggested Gracian's work. " 'The Oracle' scintillates with Machiavellian know-how, only with scruples," Ms. Godwin said. A candidate who read and followed it, she added, could avoid being a fool "and may even go on to become useful and wise." Ms. Rubin told Catholic News Service that she was a longtime fan of Ms. Godwin, and when she saw the Times article"I was fascinated by what she said." She tracked down a copy of "The Oracle" in English, gathering dust in the New York Public Library. She liked it but frankly hoped someone else would republish it, she said.
SS. Peter & Pilul School 240 Dover St. Fall River, MA 02721 Telephone 672-7258 Founded 1923 Serving K-8 Tuition $93 per month $73 per month with parish subsidy SPECIAL OFFERINGS: integrated computer lab learning for K-8, extended care, instrumental music lessons, chorus, student council, enrichment programs.
SS. PETER & PAUL School has provided quality Catholic education for 69 years. Today, the parish elementary school contin'ues its strong faith commitment to the religious convictions' and beliefs on which the school was founded, a l o n g K t J with a flair for academic excel- Rev. GeraldP.Barnwellinstructs lence. students
Rev. Peter N. Graziano pastor/director
The school opened in 1923, staffed by the Sisters of Mercy, who are still teaching there along with a dedicated lay staff. Together they work to guide the mission of SS. Peter & Paul: to foster spiritual aqd educational growth among faculty, students and parents in an atmosphere of Christian love and respect.
Academic Excellence: Each year students are of parents and students alike will prove worth recognized for honor roll, fitness and other many weeks of practice. achievements at an Honors Night awards assemMembers of the Potato Chips Computer Club explore computer applications and programs in bly. An award honoring Sister Albertus Clancy, RSM, a longtime science teacher, will be presan atmosphere of guided discovery. They sponented for the first time this year. Sister recently sor a Computer Open House each October to retired after 50 years of teaching. celebrate Computer Learning Month. The school also accomodates students who Elected members of grades 6, 7, and 8 form a need a reduced course of study. The principal student council, which plans and implements service projects and activities for the older stustresses that "you have only failed when you have failed to try." , dents. In its third year, the council has conducted Computer Assisted Learning: In 1985, SS. a Math-A-Thon for St. Jude's Hospital and Peter & Paul was selected as one offive Catholic sponsored social activities for the middle grades. schools in the nation to pilot a computer learnExtended Care: The Extended Care Program ing package of lessons in reading, mathematics, provides care for children enrolled in the school writing and keyboarding. The school's 13-station both before and after school hours. computer lab provides all students with 45-50 The morning program begins at 7 a.m. each minutes of instruction each week. school day, with breakfast offered. Lessons give tutorial instruction, reinforce ' The after-school program is most important to class work and provide enrichment. A special working parents. This2:20t05 p.m. period allows program introduces kindergarteners to the comparents to complete their workday with full assurputer through headphone/ microphone sets which ance that their school-aged children are in a safe, comfortable environment supervised by caring aallow them to talk back to the computer. Ser.vice: Activities that emphasize our call to dults. After a snack is served, the children participate in both educational and recreational activities. live the Gospel message are an integral part of the curriculum. Each grade level is involved in Parental Involvement: At SS. Peter & Paul, apostolic services too numerous to list; however, parental involvement in education is emphasized and nurtured. ' the Thanksgivin,g Soup for Seniors has been a school outreach project for the past 12 years. All ,"1 never feel o~t of place or ill at ease when I students donate vegetable canned goods which enter a classroom," says Mrs. Messier, mother of become stock for the soup. Children make two children attending SS. Peter & Paul. "Several favors, lead grace, and accompany a senior at times I've had to pick my children up early from the meal. This year nearly 200 seniors attended. school, or maybe drop off a forgotten book or As with the multiplication of the loaves and lunch. I've always been welcomed into the room and at times I've been invited to stay and particifishes, there is always plenty of soup in the pot. Extracurricular, Extra Fun! When the bell pate! Also, because communication between teachersand parents is so free-flowing and easy, I usualrings at 2:20 p.m., the doors ofSS. Peter& Paul School don't close-that's when the activities ly feel I know what's going on in school. It's been begin! Students may choose to participate in a my experience that each teacher has a specific number of clubs and activities. way of ensuring that parents know what homeAmong them is the Drama Club, whose 1992 work assignments are. The result? Less stress for production, "Cheaper by the Dozen:' was a me and my children during each term and grades resounding success. The Chess Club challenges on the report card are never a surprise!" students to improve their ' SS. Peter & Paul is game whether they be always anxious to have novice or advanced playparents share skills. ers. ' At SS. Peter & Paul The St. Pete's Chorus School, Faculty + Children + Parents = One fills the building with song as they rehearse Terrific, Educational for their annual spring Team.. .in fact, not just concert, where the smiles In the classroom in theory. Ph%lroplrs by WlnlO/' Ph%lrophy
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Kendrick; $400 Hendricks Pools, Inc.; strom Family, William Marshall, Peter $325 John Hendricks; $250 M/M Wil- Nolan,. Manuel Spencer Jr, Humberto (eNS/ Reuters photo) liam Cuddigan; $150 M/M Jesse Hen- Jacinto, Francisco Correia, Friends of dricks, M/M Arthur Ready; $125 Char- CCA, M/M Joseph Sousa (P,), AFriend lotte Mello, Mrs. Manuel Mello; $100 Immaculate Conception $200 ImmacMrs. Frank Gamboa, M/M James A. Hall, ulate Conception Women's Guild; $125 Continued from Page One shared by "all of us who have seen Jerome Ernst, executive director M/M John Mellen; $80 Jane Barker; $75 _ M/M Alfred Florence, George DeMoura; of the National Catholic Confer- M/M Randall P. Silveira; $60 M/M $10Q M/M Robert Sullivan Sr, Elmer C. usual request at Sunday Mass May the filming with such frequency." Eugene Rebello, Lucille Stark; $55 M/M Slater, Bridget Morrison, M/M William The'verdict was "merely the ence for Interracial Justice. 3 in ravaged South Central Los Angeles. spark that ignited" racial tensions Cardinal Mahony faxed a letter Edward Martin; $50 M/M Daniel Arico, McGowan, Allan Curley; $92 M/M ShelAfter riots erupted April 29 in that had been smoldering since the to Pope John Paul II, asking him M/M Charles Brett, M/M John I. Brown, don Ehrenzweig; $65 M/M EdwardWalsh, Los Angeles, the nation's second- Watts riots of 1965, according to "to keep the City of Angels very M/M William H, Callaghan, M/M Charles Helen Nichols; $60 M/M Richard Paullargest city, thousands of residents Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Fran- much in your prayers ... in the Covill, Jr., Mary DeSilva, M/M J. James son; $50 M/M Brian Wojtkunski, M/M Drapeau, M/M Alfred George, M/M James Bruce Velon, Anthony Thomas, Donna ofthe city's poorest neighborhoods cis of Newark, N.J., who lived in midst of our turmoil." Thayer, Mildred Murray, Patrick MeDer· . Vatican Secretary of State Car- Handrigan joined in a frenzy of looting and Watts at that time. $50 M/M William Heaney, M/M Robert mott, M/M Andrew Isaacsen, M/M Allen arson. Relations between the races in dinal Angelo Sodano, responding Holme, M/M Joseph H. Karis, Jr., M/M People could be seen walking Los Angeles have worsened since with a telegram, said the pope Thomas Kerwin, M/M Eugene L'Heu- Hathaway, Margaret Ford, M/M Ernest· down the streets in the middle of 1965, said Bishop Francis, another "entrusts all the people of Los reux, M/M John Medeiros, J. Mulvey, Camara, Patricia Bissonnette Saint Joseph $1,500 Rev. Msgr. Tho· the day, loaded down with televi- of the nation's black bishops. He Angeles to the loving intercession Louise Oakland, Rita O'Connell, M/M mas J. Harrington; $300 M/M Robert sions, videocassette recorders and attributed the problem in part to of the Mother of God and the Daniel Pimentel, Dr. & Mrs. Peter Pizza· Martin; $250 In Memory of the Deceased "the arrogance ofsome law enforce- watchful protection of His holy rello, M/M Winfield E. Pray, Antonio clothing. Members of the Medeiros and Vaz Fami· angels." Cardinal Mahony called the ment officials." Ribeiro Jr., M/M James Roberts, M/M lies; $150 Sister Beth Mahoney, CSC; Thirty-four people were killed Los Angeles church officials and Richard Sweetland, M/M William E. TanRodney King beating just "one $125 The Garvin Family, M/M Stephen glimpse" of the "enormous in- and about 4,000 arrested during parish priests reported no injuries sey, Jr., M/M Ralph Tomei, M/M Paul R, Callahan, M/M William Scully, M/M Tortolani, M/M Peter S. Ward equalities and injustice" in servi- the 1965 riots in the Watts section or damages to church property. Lawrence Masterson, M/M Edward F. ces, schools, jobs and employment of Los Angeles. The riots grew Jesuit Father Fernando Arizti, Kennedy, M/M Dennis Proulx, David and NORTON opportunities in southern Calif- from a scuffle between' a black associate pastor at St. Brigid parCarolyn Mortensen; $100 M/M Stanley Saint Mary's $500 Rev. John J. Steamotorist and a white California ish in South Central Los Angeles, ornia. S. Pawlowski, M/M William E. Dias, M/M kem; $300 M/M Joseph E, Fernandes; Highway Patrol Officer. Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop said he and other local church Elton Buckley, Joseph and Therese SanThe verdict illustrated that "the leaders spent the whole night "in $125 M/M George A, Yelle; $120 M/M Carl A. Fisher, one of II active tos, M/M Robert Boucher, Tracy Murphy, Paul O'Donnell; $100 Darlene L. 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'fHE-ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River---::F,r.!., May 8, 1992 Continued from Page One in the name' of women who need the care of society in times of crisis, we sincerely ask the Legislature to reject these proposals. The statement is signed by Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop of Boston; Most Reverend John A. Marshall, Bishop of Springfield; Most Reverend Timothy J. Harrington, Bishop of Worcester; and Reverend Monsignor Henry T. Munroe, Administrator for Fall River. Proposals Summarized H2934, the Weld-Cellucci bill, "An Act to Improve Access to Reproductive Health' Care," is summarized as follows: • Eliminates the requirement that the governor annually designate the month of October as "pro-life" month. • Repe,als the prohibition against payment for most abortions from state-appropriated funds, including Medicaid funds. • Allows "emancipated minors" to grant consent for abor,tion or steriliiation. • Revises the legal definition of abortion from "the knowing destruction of the life of an unborn child or the intentional expulsion or removal of an unborn child from the womb other than for the principal purpose of producing a live birth or removing a dead fetus" to "the intentional termination of a pregnancy other' than for the prindpal purpose of p,roducing a live birth or removing a dead fetus." • Strikes' these' definitions Pregnancy: the condition of; a ,!!!~ther ~~,:r'yi!lgan uIlb~~~_chil~.
Unborn child: 'the' individm\l human life in existeri,c~ and developing from fertilization uritil birth. • Eliminates a requirement that emergenqy abortions performed after 13 weeks of pregnancy be done in authorized hospitals. • Provides new criminal laws for persons' who knowingly obstruct access to a medical facility. • Eliminates criminal penalties for advertising of abortion and contraceptive services. • Eliminates' the requirement that group heaJth insurance policies covering state, cities, counties and towns exclude most abortions from coverage. . • Removes the 24-hour waiting period before the abortion. • Lowers the. age at which minors must obtain the consent of their parents from 18 to 16; allows for one-parept consent.
Diocesan Projects On the diocesan level, more than 100 members of parish pro-life committees recently attended a workshop at St. Ma.ry's parish, Fairhaven, at which they discussed "what to do and how to do it" with regard to right-to-life action. All agreed on a major project: collection of signatures in opposition of a proposed Freedom of Choice Act, which would'legislate a national policy of' aboition on demand. The act would prohibit the 50 states, Guam and the District of Columbia from placing any restrictions on abortion at any time during pregnancy, with the exception of minor stipulations regarding medical equipment used for abortion procedures. , The Freedom of Choice Act states that: "A state may not restrict the right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy (I) before fetal viability or (2) at
any time if such termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman." Signatures will be collected after all Masses the weekend of June 6 and 7 and the petitions will be sent to members of congress representing the signatories. The speaker for the Fairhaven meeting was Rita Martin, le~isla tive director for the Pro-Life Office of the Metuchen, NJ, diocese. Involved in pro-life work for 20 years, she was pro-life director in her diocese for seven years. But her claim to fame, she said, is that she is "mother of four, grandmother of four." Mrs. Martin' outlined the U.S. bishops' pastoral plan for pro-life activities, issued in 1975 and reaffirmed in 1985. It calls for dioceses to use church resources to mount pro-life efforts in three areas: education, pastoral care and service, and public policy. The speaker cautioned pro-life representatives not to assume that anyone has all the facts about abortion. But 'oncethey do have the facts, she added, people will often find "they are a lot more pro-life than they thought ~hey were." She cited a recent Gallup poll which found that 77 percent of those surveyed believe abortion is the taking of a human life; 82 percent believe that the unborn child's right to life outweighs a woman's right to choose; and 73 percent believe abortions should be banned after the first,three months. There is 'a lot of pro-life sentiment out there "and we have to build on that;" said Mrs.' Martin. :: The parish pro-life co'm'mittee, 'sh'e' sil'id;:i's'inten<l eo 'iO"fu!l'R'e'parishioners more aWare of the n'eeds [outlined in the bishops' pastoral plan] and to recruit people to meet those needs;" , •The group "must be dynamic; it has to grow, expand and change." Members must "have enthusiasm and know the issue. You have to read and keep updated." A new parish pro-life committee needs to "take time to sit down with the pastor and members to discuss and plan what it is you want to do. The people you're speaking to want to see a reasoned, careful, caring committee," she said. 'M rs. Martin advised that groups start with something spiritual: "Prayer is the underpinning of ,everything." , '. Such activities could include a holy hou,r or rosarY'for Ijfe or a Mass for expectant families. Then when a c,oinmittee gains momen-,
tum it can expand into pastoral efforts, such as assisting Birthright or similar crisis pregnancy assistance groups with volunteers or material donations. To influence public policy, Mrs. Martin suggested lobbying legislators, arranging letter-writing sessions and meeting with state and federal representatives "when something is current or you have a new legislator." She added, "As the pro-life representative ,of your parish, you may not endorse a candidate, but you can be involved in legislation." Many ideas for parish activities were outlined in a bOok received by all workshop participants, "A Pro-Life Primer: The ARCs of Working in the Parish," written by Joyce Lively of the Camden, NJ, diocese, who had been scheduled to speak at the workshop but was unable to appear. Mrs. Martin also suggested that pro-life groups not limit themselves specifically to opposing abortion., "There isthe problem of euthanasia and other areas whe~e the dignity of life is threatened,'" she noted, and anything that is profamily can attract positive attention to the group. In the Metuchen diocese, pro-life committees handed out' Mother and Father's Day prayer cards that were very popular and "got people who weren't paying attention to us before ,to start paying attention," said Mrs. Martin. Most,important to remember, she told the pro-life representatives, is that "what you do can have the direct effect ,of saving lives - even though you may never know about it." , , ,
meeting in February and plans to Masses. A rack of pro-life literature is set up'in the back of the meet monthly. , "We're going to take the ideas church, said the committee memgiven here tonight and get more bers. Education is the committee's 'people involved," said John Mcintyre, committee chairman. "We're main focus, said Ms. Gualtieri. "Most people get their informaasking everyone who was at the last meeting to bring one more tion only from the media - TV and newspapers- and it's all negperson to the next one." The parish already sponsors a ative, pro-abortion information. I "Lifeline" pro-life message in its feel that it is essential that the weekly bulletin and Respect for church be a leader and teacher of Life intentions are read during the the truth, the positive pro-life mesprayers of the faithful at weekend . sage. Our stress is love."
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.If!> Contagious Father Stephen' A. Fernandes, director of the 'diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate, said parish' pro-life commi,ttees are intended to provide- "positive, constructive" responses to life issues. There is so much "angry shouting" on both sides of the abortion issue that parishes need to get the message out through prayerful and charitable example, he said. "It's contagious,'~ wo'rkshop participant Pam Gualtieri commented about parish pro-life work. , She was one 'of three members of the pro-life committee of St. Mark's parish, Attleboro Falls, at ' the Fairhaven meeting. "The key to turning this whole abortion movement around is getting the message to people in our parishes. Then I believe it will start spreading," she said. The St. Mark's committee began
OPERATION RES.CUE members arrested during the group's effort to shut down Buffalo, NY, abortion clinics await police transportation. Nearly 600 pro-lifers were arrested during the "Spring of Life" rescue campaign that ended May 3. Participants in the campaign received a letter of support from Mother Teresa and they said 12 women told them that the protests had changed their minds about having an abortion. (eNS photo)
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., May 8,1992
By Charlie Martin
EVERYTHING CHANGES
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The two of you have agreed on going out together this weekend. It might'be your first date, or you may have been going out for some time. 'And then someone asks the question. "What do you want to doT'The inevitable answer jumps right out of the other party's mouth, "I don't know. What do you want to doT'
This can go back and forth several times, until both of you decide that thinking of anything special is too much work. You'll just rent a video and watch it at home. Boring. Dating can be more' fun if you invest some creative energy in thinking about things you'd enjoy doing together. Some of the most memorable dates started with just a little extra thought and planning. Hundreds of young men and women recently were asked what made for a fun date. They had interesting ideas. Some respondents suggested that the first few dates can be much more comfortable when the new couple isn't forced to keep up a conversation. On an early date, . going out for dinner might not be such a good idea. There's nothing to do but talk while you wait for your meal. Sports activities were the most popular suggestions. Riding bikes, taking a hike on a nature trail or going to an archery range are exactly the kinds of activities that let two people talk while they keep busy. And with ice skating in the winter and miniature golf in the summer there's always something in season. One fellow asked a young woman to go bowling. "Little did I know that she was a serious bowler, and she really beat me bad," he said. "Asking her out wasn't a problem. Patching up my male ego afterward was, however." A girl in the survey noted that anything outdoors is a good choice. "Taking a. walk or cycling, y~u can get to know someone without having to focus 100 percent on them," she said. "Sometimes that complete focus is uncomfortable." . Concerts were another popular choice in' the survey. But laying out $23 each for tickets to a big rock band concert may be beyond your budget. You c~n hear live music for a lot less money. In the spring and summer, lots of towns and cities have concerts in the park, and they're almost always free. Take along a picnic. If you live near'a college or university, there are free or inexpensive concerts nearly every week On campus. You may find these concerts advertised in student newspapers or on bull~tin boards arou~d campus. Some colleges have a telephone
activity line with recorded information . about what's going on. Most college-sponsored concerts do not serve alcohol, and teens are generally welcome. There were numerous other suggestions from the students. They said boat shows and car shows offer good chances for walking and talking, and there's plenty to talk about. Some young people liked art exhibits - almost always . free - and others thought getting an ice-cream cone and walking around downtown made a great afternoon out. People who think of creative activities for dates have a lot more fun, and their dates are more mem~ orable. The key is investing a bit of energy in finding out about what's happening in your town. Often it's a lot more than you think. And when the question gets asked, you'll have a better answer than "I don't know - what do you want to doT'
Beware "Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details."-William Feather. Sr.
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Well you came into my life like a ray of light Shining through the clouds in my heart I just looked at you and the love was new It was right, right from the start You came to me With a love so sweet Well I will never ever be the same Everything changes Nothing looks the same through the eyes of love Every~hing changes . When you love someone Everything changes Well there has never been anyone for me Then you came and changed everything Now I shine like new because I got you Love is a wonderful thing . You took my blues Made them yesterday's news Well I will never, ever be the same Standing in the light of a bright new sun Everything changes When you love 'someone Everything changes I'm looking around me And I'm loving what I see Because I found somebody You came to me Somebody who loves me You came to me With a love so sweet I will never ever be the same Written by D. Warren. Sung by Kathy Troccoli (c) 1992, Reunion Records NOW ROCK has it all: a new asked to remember that "everystar whose last name rhymes thing changes when you love with broccoli! Do you suppose someone" and "nothing looks one gets added nutritional value the same thro'ugh the eyes of by listening to her music? love." My question may be silly, Whileweknowthis,weforget but Kathy Troccoli's rise up to put love's power into practice. Consider how love might the charts is quite different. Her debut hit, "Everything change one's perspective in the Changes," demonstrates her dyfollowing life situations. namic vocal talent. I. A teen is having a difficult time talking with his parents. The song's message is more than familiar, yet still challenges Anger and misunderstanding us to examine our lives. We are dominate how everyone is feel-
ing. However, ifthis teen "takes' on the eyes of love, he begins to see his parents as more than two people trying to make his life miserable. He might realize how his parents are attempting to show that they care, even if in ways that are not very helpful to his life. Consequently, he asks his parents for a cease.fire in the war of words, and perhaps requests that they seek help in learning how to talk to each other again. 2. Half the children in' the ~nited States live in singleparent families. Some of these children are hurting because they'do not get enough attention from one or both parents. A teen who looks at our world through the eyes of love might decide to reach out to these children. If old enough, he or she volunteers to become a Big Sister or Big Brother, a program available in many communi.ties. Such a commitment takes a lot of time and energy, but then love is always ready to give. If you are not old enough to provide such a service, talk to a teacher or someone in your parish about how you might reach out to children. 3. It doesn't take much reading in the daily paper to see how our human family hurts. One way to respond to others' pain is through generously sharing your money. Some teens practice tithing, that is each week giving away 10 percent of their income. If you are unsure which organizations to give to, ask a trusted adult. Your financial sacrifice can make God's healing more available to others in our human family. . The song is right. Everything does change when seen through the eyes of love. Resolve today to sharpen your vision of how love can transform your life, the lives of others and the well. being of our planet. Your comments are welcomedby Charlie Martin, R.R. ~,Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.
St. James-St. John St. James-St. John School, New Bedford, sev~nth grade teacher Barbara Lavigne has received Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School's "Excellence in Teaching" award. Carrie Sylvia, a freshman at the high school and a former
student of Mrs. Lavigne, wrote an essay describing Mrs. Lavigne as a teacher who has had a particular impact on her life. Mrs. Lavigne was chosen to represent all the area parochial schools. Winners, and the students who nominated them, will be honored at an awards
banquet at the'high school on May 14.
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MARISSA OLIVER, left, and Julia Cardoza were eighth grade science fair winners at St. James-St. John School, New B·edford. Each won second place honors at the Region III Science Fair at Bristol Comm"unity College. Their projects were on water filtration and salt, respectively.
. Brandyn Keating also earned a jects during the day, while parents The Anchor , came in the evening to investigate.' Friday, May 8, 1992 cum laude certificate. Mrs. Jeanne Mendes, who coorJunior Mark Doherty of Lakeville has been selected by the Mas- dinated the program along with sachusetts High School Football Sister Rhea Quintin and Mrs. Anne will attend a performance of Jack Marco, announced the winners and the Beanstalk by the Yates Coaches Association for one of its hosting house parties or condon~ 1991 Courage Awards. Nominated the evening of the convention. Musical Theatre Company. Nicole Turcotte and Paul ScanSecond grade winn :rs were: Sarah by head coach Steve Winslow, ing illegal use of alcohol. Roy, first place for ner "Nail Picker lon were recipients of an Elks Also part of the program was a Doherty was cited for his "teamUpper"; Amanda DaSilva, second; award during the Elks National drug paraphernalia expose by Tom work, spirit, and sportsmanship. Youth Week. Erin Gendron, third. He injured a vertebra in the Gibney, director of the Bristol Award winners were also named Fourth grade: Jeremy Letendre, Alliance Against Drugs. sixth game ofthis sophomore year. in a grades 5 through 8 social studAn" first for a "Shower Scooper"; , Among students earning recog- ' He played the entire '91 season gela Chieppa and Michelle Rossi, ' ies fair. They follow in order of with a molded acrylic spinal cast. nition recently were Kelly LaHe did not miss a practice or any second; Jason Mota and George first and second place. brecque and Selena Bates, particiGrade 5: Sean Graney, Ryan playing time. Doherty was the Coto, third. pants in a regional science fair at Sixth grade: Kevin Duggan, first Ebeling. Grade 6: Emily Manion; team's leading ground gainer last Bristol Community College. Miss fall, and earned Eastern Athletic for "Splinter Remover"; Ruth Lori Mahoney and Amanda Labrecque earned a third place David, second; Brian Costa and Vought. Conference all-league honors. finish and Miss Bates earned Grade 7: Kendra Bussiere, MatHe and Anthony Maffini have Brian Padelford, third. honorable mention. The first place winners will ad- thew Scott. Grade 8: Nicole Turbeen named co-captains' for the Junior George Dos Santos vance to regional competition in ' cotte, Keri Stanovitch. Twenty stu1992 season. placed seccnd at a regional Citizen The Warrior sports teams have hopes of reaching the national dents earned honorable mention. Bee competition at Apponequet enjoyed many successes in the early competition in Washington, DC. High School. He received $200 Bright ideas also abounded in HEATHER GALLIGAN, and will continue to the state level spring season. The baseball team, sporting a the school science fair for grades 7 a senior at Bishop Feehan of competition at the Kennedy 5-4 record, has taken both games and 8. Winners were, for grade 7, High School, Attleboro, has Library in Boston. Senior Luke Wrobel sang in the with their city foes, Taunton and , Carolyn Jasinski, Kara Sylvia and won one of 150 Principal's All-State Chorus in March and Bristol-Plymouth. The Warriors Jessica Desrosiers, first, second An educational fair will be held Leadership Awards given Cara Mac played the, flute in a upset Taunton, the state's second- and third, respectively. Eighth May 20 at Holy Family-Holy Name throughout the country. She 567th Air Force Band Concert in ranked team, 7-6, on Patriot's Day. grade winners in the same order School, New Bedford. It will inJunior Aaron LaChance scored were Meghan Doherty, Karen Azar clude ciassroom displays of stuwill receive a $1,000 college Plymouth. dents' work and a musical about the winning run and got the win on and Felicity Ashworth. scholarship. Kara Sylvia won an award for Columbus performed by the Glee the mound. Miss Galligan is ranked first Coyle-Cassidy also beat Bristol- her project on diabetes and Karen Club. Azar earned honorable mention in in her class and is a member of The eighth grade graduation will Plymouth, 20-0. Coyle-Cassidy High School the National, French and Latin Academic Principal Dr. Donna A. The girls' softball teain upset a recent regional science fair at be held at II a.m. June 7 at Holy Honor Societies. She has been Boyle has released the Taunton previously unbeaten Dennis-Yar- Bristol Community College, Fall Name Church. River. May students of the month for a captain and league all-star school's honor roll for the third mouth on its way to the 1992 title preschool and kindergarten are in the D-Y Softball Tournament. in varsity softball and volley- marking period. Victoria L'Etoile and Jacob RoFor the period ending April 3, The Lady Warriors beat Sandwich, ball. manowicz and Sarah Lawrence. 182 Coyle-Cassidy students achiev- 4-1, in the championship game. CUpcoming activities at St. John , For grades I through 4: ElizaShe is a member of the ed honor roll status, including C also beat Provincetown, 8-7" Evangelist School, Attleboro, in- beth Braley, Jennifer DiPaola, school's student council, big freshman Kara Sault of Berkley, and now sports a 7-4 mark. clude a basketball awards night Sara Sosnowski, Chris Guilbert. sister program, debate team, sophomore Laurie Poyant of New For grades 5 through 8: Ryan beginning at 7 tonight. Team memenvironmental group, news- Bedford, and Jonathan O'Reilly bers in grades 4 through 8 will Howarth, Heather Chandler, Cara paper and literary magazine; of Norton who were awarded high Telesmanick, Han-Mi Park. receive trophies and certificates. honors for all As. Grades 2, 4 and 6 at St. Mary's A teacher appreciation luncheon she also participates in peer Three Coyle-Cassidy students School, New Bedford, recently parLotus 1-2-3 software counseling, tutoring and Stu- who participated in the 1992 Amer- ticipated in Invent America!, a na- is planned fOf May 12 and there be a faculty retreat on May 22. dents Against Drunk Driving. ican Classics 'League-National Jun- tional program that has students willMay offered to schools 12 is also the date of a 7:30 Outside of school she was ior Classics League National Latin combine social, science, language p.m. meeting of alumni and school St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedregional winner of a Lion's Exam received awards for their and other skills to devise an inven- advisory council members to plan ford, is offering to donate Lotus superior performances on the test. tion they think would make life a "Rediscover St. John's" Mass 1-2-3 software packages to ,area Club speech contest and a Freshman Robert Kinney was easier. and social for the fall. participant in Girl Scouts. She awarded a silver medal and a maxschools upon request. The hospi'Participants displayed their crestudents will participate tal has approximately 40 copies of is an amateur snowboarder ima cum laude certificate; fresh- ations in an Invention Convention in Eight the third annual Massachusetts and member of the Massa- man Jessica Munyon received a at the' school. Students from Quiz Bowl for grades 5 and 6 on Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.2 and 3.0 which it is no longer using. chusetts Patriots volleyball cum laude certificate; and junior nursery to grade 8 viewed the pro- May 13. The SJE teams will comFor fu.-ther information contact pete with 72 other schools in cate- Linda Palmieri of St. Luke's Manclub, which travels throughgories ranging from children's agement Information Systems Deout the East Coast area. literature to current events. partment at 997-1515 ext. 2102. Miss Galligan plans to study Grade 5 team members are Jespre-medicine at either the U nisica Kosowski:Christina LaFleur, Only, Alternative versity of Vermo"nt or Bafes' ' Nicholas McNamee, Francis "The reason people blame things Quimby and alternate Molly Lade~ College. on, previous generations 'is that bauche.' there's only one other choice.", ,The grad'e 6 ~~am hilS as members Doug'Larson 'carl ~llze'n, Shanna Brierley, S,arah Rando, Lori Mahoney and alterKatheri'ne Marino; Jaime Ren~te Eleanor Sbardelli. bello, Michael Terry and Matthew ,~On May 20, g:I,"ades K through 3 Tracy, students at' Bishop Con~ nolly High School, Fall River,will :,'..p'...... _--~_...-........- -... attend a Community Leadership Workshop (CLEW) 'May-,16 in _. MOnt,le" ; 102 Shawomet Avenue ' , ' , ,', , Middleboro. ' , , " ""~&: Heating Somerset, Mass. There, stu~ents will hear com- ' .
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, FIRST COMMUNICANTS: 47 students of St. Joseph's " School, Fairhaven, topk partin a day-long retreat as fin~l preparation for their first· communion. Activities included making banners, bread arid t~ble decorations. The day ended with an Agape ceremony at which students received communion candles and stoles ~ade by Sue Lucas, Tammy ~tephens and Charlene Barslow; Among retreat participants, pictured with Father Brian Margraf~, SS.Ce., wer~, from left, James, Kelly, Patrick Stephens, Kimling'Fink, Sara Lucas, Sara Aiello, Jeffrey Brodeur and Christopher Kelly. '
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FR Clothing, diapers and other articles for newborns are being collected for Birthright and may be left at rectory or given to a Guild member. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB,NB Annual meeting 7:30 p.m. May 13, Wamsutta Club, County St., NB; entertainment: songs of the New Bedford Whalers and Yankee Seafarers. HOSPICE OUTREACH, INC. Significance, support group for family and friends ofcancer patients, meets 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays May 14 and 28, June 4, 11,25 at Bayview Retirement Community, 4380 North Main St., FR, tel. 677-0833. Facilitated by Mary-Ellen Whittle, LICSW, and Deborah Osuch, RN, BS. Information: Hospice Outreach, 673-1589. MCFL Area chapters of Massachusetts Citizens for Life will conduct the annual Rose for Life drive May 10. Silk roses will be available at many area churches, including 38 in the Greater NB area. In some churches, vases of roses will be placed in front of a statue of the Blessed Virgin, honoring her in the month of May. SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, NB Support group meeting 7 to 9 p.m. May 13, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth. Dr. Kate Moriarty Ackerman wilI speak on communication. Information: Louise Reinsch, 991-4019.
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ROSARY FOR LIFE, NB Rosary will be prayed for the unborn, pregnant mothers and the softening of hearts of abortion supporters 10:30 a.m. Saturdays through May at St. Joseph's Church, Acushnet Ave., NB. STONEHILL COLLEGE, N. EASTON John Gallagher, curator of the Knock Folk Museum in Ireland, will present the illustrated lecture "Knock - The Story of the Apparition" of the Blessed Mother 7:30 p.m. May II, Chapel of Mary (second building on right from Rt. 123 entrance).
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. CATHEinlAL cAM'P, E. FREETOWN . Diocesan Vocation Retreat today and tomorrow. St. Jean Baptiste 8th grade graduation retreat 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Job Seekers Support Group meeting 7:45 p.m. May II, parish center; information: Carl and Joanne Claussen, 833-0425. SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, ATTLEBORO Support group meeting 7:30 to 9 p.m. May 12, St. Mary's rectory, N. Attleboro; information: 695-6161. EMMAUS/GALILEE . Galilee monthly reunion 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Neumann Hall, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown. Mass celebrant will be Father John Sullivan ofSt. Thomas More parish, Somerset; Marie Guy, an emergency room nurse at St. Luke's Hospital, NB, will speak on "Life In Crisis! Life After Life." All welcome. CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUB Southeastern Massachusetts and RI chapter of international singles club meets for dinner 6:30p.m. May 17 at the Brass Rail, 1125 Fall River Ave. (Rt. 6), Seekonk. Discussion of activities will follow. Meetings, held each third Sunday, are open to all. Other activities planned this month: movie night 6:30 p.m. May 16 at Showcase Cinema, Seekonk, followed by dinner; miniature golf 2 p.m. May 17 at Fantasyland, Rt. 6, Seekonk. SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, CAPE COD Support group meeting 7 p.m. May 17, St. Pius X parish center, S. Yarmouth. Rev. Kaye Hult, advisor for the New Beginnings Group in Falmouth, will be guest speaker. Hospitality and welcoming of new participants will begin at 6: 15 p.m. Information: 362-9873 or Father Richard Roy, 548-1065. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB,NB Annual meeting 7:30 p.m. May 2, Holy Name School auditorium, FR. Club scholarship winner will be announced. Entertainment by Somerset Senior Chorus. SECULAR FRANCISCANS St. Clare Fraternity annual meeting 6 p.m. tomorrow, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, FR.. All welcome.
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Jewish scholars approve Auschwitz prayer center KRAKOW, Poland (CNS) Jewish intellectuals have welcomed establishment of a religious center built by the Catholic church near the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. The International Center for Prayer and Dialogue, under construction a few hundred yards from the camp walls, will also provide a new home for a controversial Catholic convent that has for years caused a worldwide furor among Jews. The center will also host a German youth organization devoted to promoting remembrance of Auschwitz - the most notorious of the World War II Nazi death camps in which millions of Jews perished. Jews have for years objected to the Carmelite convent, established in 1984 in a former theater which was turned into a warehouse for killing camp inmates. The convent was denounced as an intrusion on the world's biggest Jewish graveyard. The Polish church finally agreed
last year to move the nuns into the new center, probably in October" ending a dispute that gravely em~ bittered Jewish-Catholic relations. Jonathan Webber, an Oxford University lecturer in Hebrew studies, is leader o(the Yarnton Group, an international Jewish think tank. He was speaking after weeklong discussions on the future of Auschwitz by a group 'of 32 Jewish intellectuals in the southern Polish city of Krakow. "We welcome emergence of new centers for discussion and dialogue in the vicinity of the Auschwitz museum," said a statement issued by the group, which included eight U.S. Jewish intellectuals, three Israelis and others from Belgium, France, Canada, Great Britain and Poland. Webber said the group wanted "to move away from the heat and passion of the Carmelite convent issue. In this context, the very idea that Poles and Jews can meet and discuss Auschwitz is an important factor."
Don't dispose of Teddy; treat him to a,makeover It may be tattered and torn, missing an eye or a nose, and the stuffing may be falling out... but despite a less-than-perfect appearance, an old teddy bear or doll is still a child's best friend. When people are sick, they have many options for care and treatment, but what about teddy bears and dolls? Where can these faithful companions be repaired after years of hugs and tugs? On May 14, Communicate: Health! '92, Fall River's first comprehensive health fair, will offer a free Teddy Bear and Doll Clinic to help that special pal look and feel better. "Toys like these are treasured," says Sue Willen, Nurse Manager of Pediatrics at St. Anne's Hospital, "But their tattered conditions can sometimes be dangerous. Children can swallow ioose buttons and eyes and choke on cotton stuffing.
it can also break their hearts to see friends like these thrown away." At the clinic, nurses wili listen to the bear's heart, sew eyes and repair rips, and conduct an "overall check-up," says Willen. "Seeing their favorite playmate receive stitches, bandages, and other necessary medical treatments, the children may become less afraid of receiving similar care in the future." The fair, sponsored by St. Anne's Hospital and WSAR radio, will be held from 12 to 8 p.m. at White's of Westport. In addition to the Teddy and Doll Clinic, there will be free health seminars, clinics, and screenings, as well as more than 100 health-related community exhibitors. Specific needs of target groups will also be addressed: seniors from noon to 4 p.m.; families from 2 to 6 p.m.; and the business community from 4 to 8 p.m.
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F AMILY CIRCLE: mom Tramell Alexander of Bethesda, Md., pictured at a playground with son Anthony, will be among American mothers celebrating on Sunday, Mother's Day. (CNSphoto)