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Fall River hospitals study affiliation A preliminary memorandum of tions or other procedures unacunderstanding looking towards ceptable by Catholi.c standards of bringing together Charlton and medical ethics would not be perSaint Anne's hospitals under the formed at Charlton. umbrella of one new not-for-profit Contacted on this subject, Fred corporation was announced FriCaesar, director of media relations day, May 6. Both h()~pitals are in for the St. Louis-based Catholic Fall River and Saint Anne's, operHealth Association, said that a noated since 1906 by the Dominican . abortions agreement is usually part Sisters of the Presentation, is the of such affiliations between Cathonly Catholic hospital in the dioolic and nonsectarian hospitals. cese. He said that arrangements for referrals of patients seeking abortions The proposed association would might vary from one health care affiliate the two acute care hospitals, the Charlton Wdlness Center delivery system or physician to another. and the Sarah S. Brayton Nursing Care Center, also under the CharIStudy To Continue ton aegis. It is intended to faciliThe Charlton and Saint Anne's tate development of an integrated boards of trustees indicated that health care delivery systerp which they, together with physicians and would work with area physicians others, would continue studying in contracting with managed care the benefits of affiliation under organizations such as Blue Cross/ one corporation. They intend to Blue Shield and John Hancock to preserve their separate identities provide accessible, cost-effective while reducing duplication of serand high quality health care. vices and more efficiently managAs the affiliation is envisioned, ing costs in preparation for anticiSaint Anne's heald', care system pated state and national changes and hospital will continue to pro- in provision of health care. vide Catholic health care services, The May 6' memorandum of while the Charlton facilities will understanding was ratified at speagree tb adhere to Catholic ethical cial meetings of the boards oftrusand religious directives. In prac- tees of Saint Anne's and Charlton tice this would mean that aborTurn to Page II
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Attleboro IIrea: O.L. of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk $32,427.00
St. Mary, Mansfield St. Theresa, S. Attleboro St. Mary, Seekonk St. John, Attleboro
19,327.00 17,240.00 16,423.00 12,524.00
Cape & the Islands Area: St. Pius X, S. Yarmouth $68,636.50 St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis 41,027.00 01. of Victory, Centerville 26,572.00 St. Elizabeth Seton, N. Falm. 24,118.00 Corpus Christi, Sandwich 22,598.00 Fall River Area: $25,018.00 Holy Name, Fall River 22,552.00 St. Thomas More, Somerset Holy Rosary, Fall River 20.005.00 19,163.00 St. John of God, Somerset Santo Christo, Fall River 18,509.00 New Bedford Area: St. Mary, S. Dartmouth $22.878.00 Mt. Carmel, New Bedford 21,200.00 Immaculate Conception, N. B. 18,303.00 St. John the Baptist, N.B. 18,039~00 St. John Neumann, E. Freetown 14,614.00 Taunton Area: St. Joseph, Taunton . $16,964.00 14,049.00 St. Anthony, Taunton 11,444.00 St. Ann, Raynham Immaculate Cone., S. Easton 10,796.00 10,689.00 . Holy Cross, S. Easton
FIREFIGHTERS and police officers exit St. Mary's Cathedral after the second annual public safety Mass celebrated May 4 by Bishop Sean O'Malley. (Hickey photo)
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$100 Almeida Electrical, Inc. Meyer, Regan & Wilner San-Man Corp., Assonet St. Bernard CYO. Assonet
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Power~ $250 Mrs. Eileen Miskell, M/M George WOODS HOLE M/M Charles Kenney Jr., Dr. Joan MaloPower,'Jr.; $200 M/M Joseph McCarthy, Saint Joseph $5,000 Marian· Hogue; ney, M/M, Daniel Marini, Helen M. $250 Dr/M Eugene LaForest; $200 McHugh, Elizabeth Nethercott, M/M Co. Ruth Simmons, M/M Herbert Sullivan; $175 Richard Fitzgerald; $150 M/M Eugene & Marilyn Young; $150 Mary James Robinson, M/M Charles Sterling, Paul Boudreau, M/M William Doyle, Buckley, Harley & Carol Knebel, Paul M/M Charles Viens, Mrs.' Edward Vito Richard Tracy; $135 M/M John Donohoe McGonigle; $100 ·Falmouth Knights of kauskas $12~ Mrs. Francis Corrigan,. M/M Columbus, Eleanor Nace; $75 Richard & EDGARTOWN Joseph Montie, Mrs. Joseph Murray, Mary Heufelderi St. Elizabeth $700 St. Elie. St. Vincent M/M Williar[1 Stone; $115 Marcia Murphy; MASHPEE dePaul; $100 M&M Arthur Smadbeck $100 M/M Noel Almeida, M/M .William Christ The King $2,000 Rev. Ronald Philip Walsh; $50 Thomas Sharkey: Andrew, M/M Paul April, Jr., Mrs. IsaA. Tosti; $1000 Edward Daly; $500 Henry Chester Skubel belle Bene, Mrs. N.G. Bottiglieri, M/M Family, Hathaway Family; $400 Arthur OAK BLUFFS Richard Boudrot, M/M Cornelius Cleary, Brennan; $300 Rev.' John G. Carroll; Sacred Heart $500 Sacred Heart Con- , M/M Christopher Dewhirst, M/M William $200 Marie Lewando, M/M Howard Lane, ference; $250 Sacred Heart St. Vincent Dillon, M/M Robert Ha"lIgring, M/M Paul Dr/M Bernard Maney, M/M Thomas dePaul; $125 M&M Peter Regan; $100 Halpin, Clarence LoGiudice, Dr/M John McDermott; $120 M/M James Walker Mrs. James Rego; $75 Sacred Heart Manning, M/M James O'Connell, M/M . $100 M/M Steven Kenney, M/M Guild; $50 M&M Arthur McGrath, Gene· Leonard Roberge, M/M Eugene White, Robert Jutstrom, M/M William Irwin, vive Rogers Mrs. Gerard Weidman, St. Elizabeth Seton Knights of Columbus #813, M/M Chester BREWSTER Youth Group Brown, Ruth Segall, M/M William Sulli'h C $1 50 $75 M Our Lady 0 f t e ape , 0 Our rs. David Bercovici, Mrs. Mark van, The Sinsimer Family, Deacon & Mrs. Lady of the' Cape Bingo; $500 Eve T. Liska, Judge/Mrs. James Nixon, Clare Paul Roma, The Fitzgerald Family, M/M Emmet Harrison, Lizotte Family, M/M Slattery; $400 Mary Bond; $200 Charles O'Brien, Mrs. Julianne Palmieri; $63 X. Sampson; $100 Charles Dedon, Stan-' MlM John Kirby; $60 M/M Joel Carlisle, Andrew Carmichael, Dooley Family; $75 ley S. Warden; $50 Edward Murphy, M/M Frederick Eggleston, M/M Jack Smoller Family , $50 Santa Friscia & Ruth Pleconis, DenniS Murphy, John Vincent, Joseph Howard; $55 M/M Donald O'Connell Cheney;Robert Tonelli, Charles Malone M/M Howard Redgate ' Mrs. Paul Hurley, M/M William Wise, . SANDWICH . $50 M/M Jerry Aubrey, M/M Francis Mrs. Adele Labute, The Michaelson Fam· Corpus Christi $600 M/M Owen J. Bagarella, M/M Kevin Bazarian, M/M ily, Sarah Fordham, M/M Raymond Souza, Gaffney; $250 M/M James J. Bondarek; Robert Caron, M/M Robert Connelly, Waterman Family, Mary Abreau, Agricola Mrs. John Connolly, M/M Robert Denley' Family, The S. Maloy Family, Allietta Fam- $225 Mpy C. Gleason; $200 M/M Philip J. Cardarople, M/M Edward R. W'agner, Patrick· Donovan, Mi'M Edward Dunne', ily, Mueller Family M/M Gary M. DeliaPosta, M/M David J. . M/M Charles Fermano, M/M Barry Kent, WELLFLEET O:Connor, M/M Francis J. Curran, M/M Mrs. Charles Kenyon, M/M Peter Kirwin, Our Lady of Lourdes $600 Bernard F. Richard J. England; $150 M/M Roger A. M/M Walter Leahy, Mrs. Louise Lynch, Wills; $100 M/M John Monahan; $50 Knollmeyer, M/M Francis J. Noonan M/M Paul McGowan, M/M Richard McM/M Harold Tripp • M/M Michael A. McNa'mara 'Kinney, M/M Patrick McLaughlin, M/M NANTUCKET $125 M/M Bruce F. McDaniel; $120 Robert Miller, M/M Robert Murchelano, St. Mary's Our Lady Isle $85ll St. M/M James F. Radloff, M/M John B.' Kathleen Noonan, M/M Ralph Pellegrini, Vincent dePaul; $400 In Memory of Sullivan; $100 M/M Charles E. Hughes, M/M Robert Rubiano, Frank R. Scarito, Msgr. Lestor Hull, Deceased Benefa<:tors; . M/M James P. Donnellan, Louise Graven, ..Donald Southworth, Mrs. \Villiam Thomp$350 Father John Griffin; $100 Adele H. M/M Daniel T. Stack, M/M Robert M. son, M/M Nicholas Verven McKeever, Dr. Joseph Grochowski, John Hardy, Cecilia McDermott, Agnes L. Bixby, ' SOUTH YARMOUTH O'Neill; $50 H. Flint Ranney, Angelastro KatherineE, Bixby, M/M George C. St. Pius Tenth $1000 M/M Douglas Real Estate Campbell, M/M Michael C. Peluso, M/M Murray; $900 Rev. Msgr. John J. Smith CHATHAM Peter A. D~nahue, Lawrence E. Balboni, V.E.; $500 Mary C. Hanley; $400 M/M Holy Redeemer $300 M/M Richard , Robert L. a~alley,M/M Victor M. DeVine, V.R. Keeffe, Mrs. John O'Leary & Mary Maranhas; $200 M/M Walter Whiteley; June H. Miller, ~lleen M. Crane, M/M Riley; $375 Dr.lM Robert Clancy; $350 $160 M/M Thomas Sheehan; $125 Con- Robert E. Corradi, M/M Stephen J. MurM/M James Quirk Jr.; $300 Dorothy A. stance Gormley, Mary MacLean, M/M ray, Mary F. Mon.ahan, Adelaide I. Raso, Black, Mrs. Augustine Gouveia, M/M Thomas Mahoney;, $100 Cecilia Aide, Dr/M Sabino J. RIZZO, M/M Edward GuilRobert Welch, M/M Philip Baroni, Dorothy MiM John Allison, M/M William J. Col· foyle, M/M Robert E. Far.rell, Ewing, M/M Richard Sullivan M/M lins, Thomas Desmond, Jeanne H. Dinand, F5 M/M Kevin T. Sullivan; $65 Sally Joseph McTiernan, Michael MUIC~hY M/M Robert Donahoe, Albina & Yvonne Latimer; $60 Mary V. Owens; M/M Donald $250 M/M Philip Gunther, M/M Grant, M/M Robert Hall, Patricia Larkin, W. Lafler; $50 M/M Hugh F. McFarland, Edward Murphy Jr., Ruth Milford; $240 M/M Richard A. Klein Jr., M/M William F. M/M Rudolph W. Howes, Margaret MulMrs. William Smith; $200 M/M Paul Kellehe.r, M/M Joseph Nolan, M/M Richlan, M/M Fred W. Fay, M/M John P. Cameron, M/M Paul Long, M/M Richard ard O'Meara, M/M Paul Ralston ' M/M . . Rogovlch, M/MGerald A. Sullivan, David Delorey, Mrs. Joseph Mitchell, M(M Wil·
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$150 Aleixo Insurance Agency, Inc.
$100 Allan M. Walker & Co., Inc. Queen's Daughters
$50 Italian Naturalization Club; Beauvis Bicycle Shop; St. Jacques Wom.en's Guild; Lorenzo's Restaurant; Peter A. I\ndrade, Esquire
liam Hogan, George Finn; $175 M/M M/M Robert Routhier, Harold Hoberts, rthur LaFrenier; $150 M/M John Lally, M/M Kenneth Thomas, Carole ~, Nicho· M/M R.W. Neitz, Rosemary Macklin, las Imondi,Richard Sedlock, Janes Logan, M/M Donald Burns, Mary Young, Ruth Mary Florio-Ochoa, M/M Loui~; Florio, Donovan; $130 Mrs. Joseph Whitehead; M/M Clarence Beebe, Mrs. Brooke Evans, $125 M/M John Witheford, Charles M/M Douglas Brown, M/M I.eonard Young, Mrs. George Kirvan, Mrs. Joseph Marino, Theresa 'Occhiolini, M/M John Colgan; $120 Madelyn Clancy Burrell Sr., M/M Henry Fitzgwld; Wal$100 Helen Cunningham, M/M Tho- ter McGourty, M/M Frank Dayton, Jane mas Donohue, Mrs. Thomas Wood, Mrs. Powers, PatriCk & Anne Dineen Thomas Crawford, M/M Michael Pat· $50 M/M Peter Gatti, M/M \Jorman ,koske, M/M Domenic DiCori, M/M Wil· Gill, Dr./M William Tracey, M/M Hubert liam Conley, Rosina Dolan, Margaret O'Neil, M/M Herbert Molway, Mrs. RusCores, M/M Dennis Lucier, M/M Charles sell Weymouth, John Giorgio, M/M James Miller, M/M John Leahy, John Mitchell, McFadden, Thomas Miskell, Mrs. James Madeleine Paradis, M/M Walter Wekker, McGeary, M/M Thomas Huagli, M/M' M/M Thomas Gaffney, M/M David CasThomas Boyle, Alphonse Burokas, M/M sidy, M. Patricia Fallon, M/M Thomas Louis Cole, M/M George Lemire, Mrs. Cunningham, M/M Lawrence 'McGilliv- Joseph Walker, Mrs. John Lynch, Marion ray, Andrew Boylen, M/M Joseph Flynn Wilcox, Mrs. Harold Baker, M/ VI John Jr., M/M John Marques, Mr. George CraCormier, M/M Leo Hayes, M/M Thomas venho, Gordon McGill, M/M James Don- Lonergan, Mrs. George Flanagan, M/M ovan, Judith Maguire, Rose Caputo Paul Sillivan, M/M John McL<lughlin, $100 Joanne Pennington, M/M George M/M James Maloney, M/M Noel Hebard, W. Johnson, M/M Charles Rosenbach, M/M Robert Knedrick, M/M Joseph PatriCk Cox, In Memory of Mrs. Ralph Trzinski, M/M Edmund Sullivan Giffen, M/M Peter McNamara, M/M $50 M/M Thomas Paquin, MIM Harry James Reardon, Theodore Kappler, M/M Saucier, Arlene Rossi, M/M John Quilty, Eugene Tilley, M/M Thomas Eaton, M/M Henry Clark, M/M Edward Doherty, Capt/M Edward Quinn, Martin Conroy M/M George Charette, M/M Francis $100 G. Dorothea Ellis, M/M Thomas Tierney, M/M Harold Shaylor, Mrs. John Bailey, M/M William Daniel, Dr./M Robert CLune, Mrs. Frank McGrath, Mrs. E. Mar· . Tilley, M/M Paul Butler, Rita Richardson, shall Graves, Mrs. James Keary, M/M M/M A th B t M D Thomas Neuman, M/M Frank Tortora r ur ea ty, rs. avid Gordon, Patrl'cl'a ,Kesler, M/M Joseph Moravl'ck,' Mary Sposini, M/M Thomas P. O'Connor, M/M Albert Barbo, M/M Kenneth Streight, Dorothy Fitzgerald, M/M Antoinettl! Lioce, M/M Albert Anastasio, Mrs. Edna Crisp, Kerry Smith, Albert Curry, M/M Matthew M/M H. Doherty, Sara Gibbons, M. Donovan, M/M James Hosey, Mrs. George Dorothy Butters, John & Grayce How- Varros, Mrs, Norman Babineau, E:dward land, Marguerite Gourville, Marie Lynch, Gately, Elaine Fitzgerald, Anna rlorton, Winifred Bopp, M/M George Shannon, Joseph Panek, Mrs. Carl Palm M/MHenri Lagasse, M/M George O'Brien, FALMOUTH Edward O'Neill St. Patrick $5000 Rev. Francis X. Wal· $85 M/M Edward Streiif; $75 Dr/M lace; $1500 Rev. Msgr. John J. Hegan; Peter Amorosi, Barbara Murphy, M/M $500 Rev., James A. McCarthy, John J. Warren Witzmann, M/M Edward Curley, O'Conor ' Dr . Ambrose F'Inne II ; $251) M/M M/M Everett Shaw Jr., M/M James Richard Kinchla; $200 M/M Paul Goulet, Burns, Mrs. Ferdinand Killian, M/M Dr. Edward Fitch, Elizabeth DI!Mello; Joseph Deveney, Mrs. Francis Mahoney, $125 Katherine Robbins, Hertlert & Mrs. John McManus, Anne McGivney, Teresa Nyberg; $100 Stone's Harber Mrs. Joseph Ortman; $70 Mrs. Frank Shop, Mrs. Phillip Delphos, M/IVI Leo Woodworth; $65 M/M John Splaine; $60 Dunn Jr.. Mr. Gerald Flynn, Joseph F.X. Mary McGowan, M/M Donald Stevens, Hill, M/M Edmund J. O'Connor, Mrs. Mrs. John Hurley, M/M Victor Costanzo, B.ernard O'Hayre, M/M Armand Ortins, M/M Edward Cambell; $55 Rita Church Mrs. Wallace Pierce, M/M Richard Eotsch, $50 M/M James Hoar, Edward Lud- M/M Dayid Carr, Ms. Anne G. Corsini, wig, M/M John Hopkins, M/M John Enreco Ltd.; $75 Cyril & Olga A. Fennelly; Franz, M/M Gerald McCarthy, M/M $70 Mrs. Agnes Montilio; $60 Mrs. John Armand Jalbert, M/M William Griffith, Flynn M/M William Garrity, M/M Francis $50 ~/M Leonard MatthewsJr., M/M O'Brien, Mrs. Arthur Gorman, Gail KenJesse Miller, Mr. Donald Moitozo M/M ney, M/M Edward Pytka, Gertrude Whe. Arthur O'Keeffe, Jeanne Peterson' M/M Ian, M/M Frank Oliva, M/M John Curran, John P. Quirk, Mrs. Charles Russel! M/M M/M David Gallagher, M/M Thomas Milton Steele, M/M Edward 'St~dley, Conroy, Irene Dempsey, Helen Donahue, Mrs. Lillian Tegan, M/M William Tynan; Clarence King, M/M John Danforth, Olga In Memory of Mary Barrows, M/M Daniel Ryan, M/M Richard Cipullo, M/M Daniel Bartolomei, Marian Brown, Mrs. J)hn J. Casey, Edward Junleavy, M/M Robert Burke, Margaret Burke, M/M Thomas F. Sullivan, M/M John Cunningham, M/M Dorsey, Russell Doucet, M/M Charles U. Jame Phillips, M/M Robert Masiello 'Fay, M/M Albert E. Fetters, M/M Anthony $50 ,M/M Richard Brenner, M/M Ghelfi, A.R. 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Thr.ee priests are silver jubilarians Three diocesan priests marked not ony learned to s~rve Mass but their 25th anniversary of ordina- were kept busy wito a variety of tion May 3. All were ordained in worthwhile activities. Over the Yf:ars he has also been a St. Mary's Cathedral by the late chaplain for Boy Scouts of the Bishop James L. Connolly. They are Fathers Normand J. New Bedford and Attleboro-TaunBoulet, Richard R. Gendreau and ton areas; and East Goast regional advisor for Knights of the Altar. John A. Gomes. He was also the recipient of a ServFather Boulet Father Boulet, in residence at ice to Humanity pin for work with St. John Vianney House, Fall the mentally handicapped. . Fatber Gendreau River, said the anniversary was a "We're low-key," said Father day of special memoriies for him as he visited his parents' gravesite Gendreau, in discussing his own and his native parish of St. An- anniversary observance and those of his ordination Classmates. "I thony of Padua, New Bedford. After attending St. Anthony's mentioned it" at a May 7 first grammar school and its then high communion Mass at the parish school, from which he graduated [St. Joseph, North Dighton]," he in 1959, he prepared f9r the priest- said. "Otherwise, I'll be celebrathood at Our Lady of Providence ing this month with my immediate Seminary, Providence; St. Mary family and in August with the , Seminary, St. Mary, KY; and St. extended family." A Fall River native, Father GenMary Seminary, Baltimore. Following ordination, he served dreau attended Notre Dame and at St. Stephen's and $1. Joseph's Msgr. Prevost Annex grammar parishes, Attleboro; Immaculate schools and the former Msgr. PreConception, Taunton; Our Lady vost High School. After graduatof Grace, Westport; I)is native St. ing from Stonehill College in 1963, Anthony of Padua, ]'I;'ew Bedford; . he studied for the priesthood. at St. John's Seminary, Brighton. and St. Jacques, Taunton. He was a deacon at St. Joseph's At St. Joseph's, Attleboro, Father Boulet organiz.ed 55 young- parish, Attleboro, and Immacusters into Knights of the Altar who late Conception, North Easton, and after ordination was parochial vicar at St. Michael's and St. Louis de France parishes, Swansea; St. James, New Bedford; and St. George, Westport. While at St. George's he concurrently served as This weekend dioclesan parishes chaplain at then ~outheastern will distribute a pamphlet, "What Massachusetts University. Every Parent Should Know about Human Sexuality Education." The pamphlet, produced by the Human Sexuality committee of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, addresses parental concerns with regard to health and I ' I human sexuality programs in use in many public schools in the Commonwealth. Many such programs, said Bishop Sean O'Malley in a letter to pastors, "are offensive to Christian values and, in some instances, violate parents' right to choose a value system for their children." He expressed hope that the pamphlet would "raise awareness among parents, and all concerned, about the moral education of our youth ....
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In 1986, Father Gendreau was named pastor ofsi. Stephen's parish, Attleboro; and in 1993 of St. Joseph's, North Di,ghton. Father Gomes Parishioners at Our Lady of Angels Church presented Father Gomes, their pastor, with a plaque last Sunday. The inscription read "Reverend John A. Gomes, in recognition of 25 years of service to Our Lord7"·Our Lady of Angels parish, 1994," The pastor's mother, Cisaitina Freitas Gomes, was honored with a bouquet of roses. Family and friends met with him after the liturgy. The honoree was born on the Portuguese island of Madeira and came to the United States at age 5. He graduated from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel grammar school and the former Holy Family High School.in New Bedford, then entered St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT, and finished his preparation for priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. He was a deacon at St. Michael's parish, Fall River, and parochial vicar at Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton; St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River; and St. John of God, Somerset, before becoming pastor at Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs, then at Our Lady of Angels. Additionally, he was chaplain at the Union division of the former Union-Truesdale Hospital, now Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River; and assistant Taunton area CYO director.
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tunnel vision, so intent on our goals and objectives that we try to avoid outside intrusions lest they upset our own little applecart. Some feel that mind-set is destructive; others think it may be a person's salvation. This dilemma has become more immediate, due to Internet, the ever-widening-world of computer networks. Most do not understand its working; many just can't believe what is happening. The merger of computer, telephone and television dynasties is in our near future. Even now, what is available in our electronics stores is already outdated. What was a cause of wonder as last year's Christmas gift is already relegated to the junk heap. We have unknowingly stepped into the future, where our great corporations and their movers and shakers are, racing to take control. Video is now bouncing over telephone wires, telephone calls can move via television cables. Soon we will be able to fast forward over 500 ch~nnels. The computer chip is outracing itself and the information highway has no speed limit. The major companies are merging at an unbelievable pace and cost. Giant communications and information companies are buying everything they can get their hands on, while institutions such as universities, libraries and data processing organizations which possess massive amounts of information are ever seeking new methods of expanding their electronic paths across the nation and into space. Lord knows how many satellites with the ability to process almost limitless amounts of information are already out in space. What all of this means for each of us is as yet unknown but in the meantime any child with access to a home computer can frolic in the electronic wonderland. Actually, no one really owns all that is developing in this field even if he or she sends bills to consumers. The politics is unbelievable. Simply reflect on the status of cable television companies in our own Commonwealth. Seemingly no one can get a handle on these elusive businesses as they continue to dictate fees. Even Congress has failed to regulate the cable industry despite the bravado of legislators. What about privacy? Personal information is being bought and sold as rapidly as the needed.,technology develops. The . right of the individual to personal privacy is a myth. Credit ratings, social security numbers and telephone listings are very marketable. Just think of how mailing lists are merchandised. As a result, people are being buried injunk mail, yet all this is only the beginning. The ever-expanding world of computer networking has also, of co'urse, a inherent potential for disaster. If a less than moral mind should gain (;ontrol of a global system, the result could be that 'humanity would be captured and enslaved by computers. At present, this does not seem to be the case; but if just the wrong corporate merger took place, the entire future of world communications could be at stake. ' Probably it is better not to dwell on such a scenario. One could go mad! Yet, on the other hand, one cannot ignore the possibility of disaster. As we keep a watchful eye on the world of computer development and the building of the information superhighway, let us be prepared to defend our human rights. The Editor
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Ascension is "Yes" of God to his Son By Father Kevin J. Harrington Yesterday the Church in the United States celebrated the feast of our Lord's Ascension. (In Canada this feast day is celebrated this coming Sunday instead of the seventh Sunday of Easter.) Nineteen years ago I was ordained on this weekend of the Church's liturgical year and with typical seminary humor a classmate quipped that it was' the perfect weekend for an .ordination 'because Jesus had ascended into heaven and the Holy Spirit had yet to descend upon the Apostles! When the American bishops studied the issue of holy days of obligation, 'they concluded that the Ascension was the one least attended. Of course, since it is a movable feast day, dependent on the date of. Easter, most people need to be reminded when it occurs. One way and another, however, we often underestimate this feast. The familiar words of the angel recorded in the Acts of the Apostles provide an important focal point for' the celebration of the ascension: "Men of Galilee, why do 'you stand looking in the sky? The Lord will return just as you have seen him ascend!" . The Ascension' is not an observance of a departure but a celebration of a presen~e. It is 'a call to look with the eyes of faith at the words which St. Paul speaks to the first-century people of Ephesus. We are called to share that inner vision that sees the great hope, glorious heritage and immeasurable scope of Christ's power. The true significance of this feast bec'ame clear to me some 18 years ago when I celebrated it at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer. From
that Cistercian experience I learned to see this feast as more than a footnote between Easter and Pentecost. During the fifty-day Easter season the Ascension offers an invitation to enter openheartedly into the fullness of Christ's presence. When we celebrate it, we are doing more than remembering the occasion on which Je~us took leave of his disciples in a spectacular way. Jesus is taken up as his Apostles, those who believe in him, look on. God made their faith "oculata," as St. Thomas ~quinas would say: he gave eyes to their believing. The Ascension is the resounding "Yes" that God gave JesuS' in raising him from the grave. The authority of Jesus sitting at the right hand of his Father is never ques. tioned because his power is crystal clear to those who believe in him. Faith means living as people who do see that. . We encounter the risen Christ in two gr.eat signs, each a sign both of
praye~BOX To the Blessed Mother Mary, our model and mother, by your obedience and patience you have taught us how to be true children of God. Please help us by your powerful assistance to overcome all our weaknesses, and to fulfill perfectly our tasks in life. Amen.
the world and Qf the.1ove ?f God: the poor and the sacraments. The poor are primarily a Hign of the brokenness of our wor:.d: the / oppressed, the homeless, the naked, the hungry, all who stand in need of our help. In assisting thl:m we stand with Christ in judging the poor not by the world's standard but by the standard of the love of God. The second sign of Christ':, presence is in the sacraments. Not surprisingly, Christ left us with two lasting remembrances of hi!: presence on the night before hi: died for us: the washing of his disdples' feet and the breaking of the bread at the Last· Supper. The Ascension teaches us never to lose hope norforget the promise of eternal life inherent in our baptism. It is a day that remind!: us of the promise that Jesus willl'eturn in glory. The kingdom. to which we are dedicated in our baptism, which is founded on the new bodily life of the resurrection of Christ, i!, a life in which we will,encQunter Christ neither in the poor nor in the sacraments; for there will be neither poverty nor the sacred symbols of religion iO'the coming kingdom. The Church will have passed ,iway, poverty will be no more. Then we will be fully and bodily presl:nt to our risen Lord for eternity. In the meantime, we are not to gaze at the sky but to strive to live the values of the kingdom in the here and now. As present as Christ is in this life there is also always a sense of his absence. That is why we are called so urgently to proclaim his death until he c,omes in glory' through our servke of others and our worship of God Almighty.
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Bishop Sean O'Malley has announced the appointment effective May 9 of Susan E. Desrosiers MSW as director of a Sexual Abuse Unit. a new program within Catholic Social Services of the Fall River diocese. Establishment ot this program continues Bishop O'Malley's commitment to deal with the issue of sexual abuse within the diocese. In making the announcement, the bishop stated: "When our diocesan policy on dealing with allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by a cleric was published last year, I wrote that it was only a first step in what I wanted to be a comprehensive approach to the issue of sexual abuse. ' DR. COLLAMATI "I indicated my intention to develop educationl\-I programs in FATHER BLAIS the area of human sexuality and to review personnel procedures that govern accusationsl of sexual misDCCW'kE~ynoter conduct by any employee or volunteer of the Church. With the appointment of Mrs. Desrosiers, we Father Ernest E. Blais "was a are ready to move forward with Dr. Ernest Collarnati, chairperpriest who loved his people and these initiatives." son of religious studies at Regis whose people loved him in return," As director of the new unit, said Father Rene Levesque, his' College, Weston, will be keynote Mrs. Desrosiers will monitor close friend and the homilist at the speaker at tomorrow's 41 st annual diocesan policies which address veteran pastor's Mass of Christian convention of the Diocesan Counthe sexual abuse of minors and cil of Catholic Women, to take Burial on Tuesday. will provide educational programs place at St. John of God parish That love was evidenced at Fall on the issue to clergy, teachers, center, Somerset. HI: will speak at River's Notre Dame Church, crowdother diocesan personnel, volun- ed on a weekday morning with 9:20 a.m. on the topic"We Uphold teers ,and parents. the Dignity and Sanctity of Life." parishioners, including a full choir, She will receive all reports allegDr. Collamati holds a bachemany taking time from work to be ingsexual misconduct towards mi- there. Also present were people' lor's degree in the humanities from nors by any lay employee or volun- from other parishes Father Blais Providence College and master's and doctoral degrees in theology teer and will notify the appropriate had served, sisters from many reliparties of the allegation and con- gious congregations, permanent deafrom the University of Notre Dame. Prior to jQining the Regis faculty duct initial investigations of the cons and scores of brother priests, matter. Shl: will a'so serve as a he was chairperson of the departled by Bishop Sean O'Malley, prinment of philosop'hy and theology staff person for the diocesan sex- cipal celebrant of the Mass of at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College ual abuse review boar~. , Christian Burial. "It is my hope,!' said Bishop in Indiana. In his homily, Father Levesque, O'Malley, "that this new position He has spoken throughout the pastor of Blessed Sacrament within our diocese will help streng- Church, Fall River., said that on nation and in most of the New then our programs and policies to England dioceses to college and two occasions he had recuperated prevent any tragic occurrence of from illness at Notre Dame recprofessional groups. His current area of research is in the field of sexual abuse ofa child." He added tory, thus had come to know Father that it is his "prayer that these the spirit and vision of CatholiBlais as a "kind, compassionate efforts will be a source of encour- and understanding person." cism and he has been involved in projects funded by the Lilly Foun- agement to previous victims of He recalled that only 10 days abuse and will help in their healing." earlier, at a golden jubilee celebradation and the National Institutes The bishop expressed thanks to of Mental Health. tion pushed up from June due to all who assisted him in the formu- the state of Father Blais's health, He is married to Susan Maslation of the Sexual Abuse Unit, the pastor had presented a chalice troianni, theology department especially members of the dioce- to Notre Dame parish saying, with chairperson at Bishop Feehan High san review board. School, Attleboro. They are the tears in his eyes, "I leave you this Mrs. Desrosiers holds a mas- chalice so that you will remember parents of Anthony and Dominic, ter's degree in social work from both Feehan students. me and my love for you." Rhode Island Colle~e and a bacheAlso on tomorrow's morning Later in the Mass it was also schedule will be an address by , lor of arts degree from the Univer- through tears that choir director Bishop Sean O'Malley and a con- sity of Massachusetts in Dart- Jeannette Masse asked all to join mouth. She is a licensed social in "All I Ask of You," one of two celebrated Mass. Planned for the worker in the state of Massachu- hymns Father Blais had asked to afternoon is a forum, beginning at 2:20, on "How the Media Por- setts. be sung at his funeral Mass. The Prior to accepting her new posi- other, also sung, was "I Am the trayal of Violence Affects the Famtion, she was at New Bedford Bread of Life." ily." Presenters will be WHJJ talk Child and Family Service where At the end of the Mass, Bishop show host Maurice Lauzier; Atty. Karin Morin of Mass.achusetts Cit- she was coordinator of the Sexual O'Malley declared that Father Blais Abuse ,Intervention Network was a man who "loved his priestizens for Life; and RI:V. Mark Hession, parochial vicar at St. Mary's (S.A.I.N.). In that capacity, she hood and loved Notre Dame parwas responsible for establishing ish and it was beautiful to see how Church, New Bedford, a member it was reciprocated-that parishthe network in Bristol County and of the ethics committee of St. for coordinating investigative in- ioners came throughout last night Anne's Hospital, Fall River, and terviews for the Department of to keep vigil by his casket." U ntil9 of the diocesan marriage tribunal. Social Services, the police depart- the previous night an honor guard ments, and the district attorney's of Knights of Columbus had also Meeting Half Way office in Bristol County. In addi- kept vigil, honoring the priest who "When the Christian reaches up as far as he can, God will reach tion, she is an independent con- had been Faithful Friar for the down the rest of the way." - Our tractor who provides consultation Bishop Stang and Bishop Cassidy services to agencies related to sex- counciis of the Knights. Daily Bread ual abuse. Survivors From 1977 to 1983, Mrs. DesFather Blais is survived by two 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 rosiers was a childcare supervisor sisters, Blanche A. Howland of THE ANCHOR (USPS..545-020). Second at the former St. Mary's Home for Cranston, RI, and Sister Ella R. Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Children, New Bedford. 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By ANTOINETTE BOSCO
I wonder if we who work for the news media have k,ept up with the' growing interest am~ng the p/:ople we serve in important spiritual questions: Why do we exist and where are we going? One noted journalist, GaryWills, said recently that "media people are ignorant of religion, afraid of it and try to stay away from it." That certainly parallels the theme
By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. The first verse of Genesis says, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." My question is, What did God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit do before Genesis I:I? We know God had no beginning, but always was and always will be. Is there anywhere in Scripture that tells us what was going on with God in the eons before creation of the heavens and 'ttie earth? (North Carolina)
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路A 'neW 'interest in religion is surfacin'g of "The Culture of Disbelief," written by Stephen Carter, who teaches law at Harvard University, Carter, an Episcopalian, writes that the American elite is routinely disdain'ful or hostile to religion, He refers specifically to "rhetoric that refuses to accept the notion that rational, public-spirited people can take religion seriously," A U.S. News and World Report article on a Freedom Forum study of religion and the news media recently voiced the same opinion. It said that some TV reporters and producers "assumed that churchstate separation means that religious dealings in mora~-political, issues are inappropriate subjects in the news." One of the most extensive sur-'
veys on religion and media was done recenHy by Editor and Publisher, a weekly magazine for people in the news media. I spoke to Gerald Renner, religion writer for 'The Hartford Courant in Hartford, Conn., who was interviewed for that survey. He said that one of its major findings was that newspapers with fulltime religion editors and writers do a "far better job of covering religion."
that there is a "perceived bias" among readers. "You always have people looking over your shoulder. If you write something about Catholics, some will say you're antiCatholic. If you write about Jews, some will say you're anti-Semitic." I got the point. He sees the news media going after more "issue-oriented" religious stories, while spirituality is considered "private and personal."
The bad news, however, was that few papers do have full time peo'ple covering religion. Ren'ner, a Gatholic, pointed out some of the problems with religion and the secular press.
Yet, as a religion writer, he has found "people in religion to be very interesting people, and there are many, many stories that reporters can pick up on,," he said. He believes it is "essential for a newspaper to have a fulltime religion writer." To put a final punctuation mark
"It's so easy to avoid religion because it's so emotional, so controversial," he said, speculating'
MARY KENNY Dear Mary: My oldest child Is 16. He is almost eligible to get his 4river's license, and all he aalks about is driving. He wants to get a job so he can buy a car. I realize this is every teen's dream, but I am concerned about the effect 011 his schoolwork. Can most teens manage a job and school as well? Are some jobs preferable to others? I have noticed that the kids working at fast-food restaurants do not seem to stay with the job for very long.-New York' Your questions are not easy
By FATHER 'EUGENE HEMRICK Not 'only is there a need today for ethics in the marketplace and the sciences, but also on the electronic highway, as a recent Washington Post article pointed out. Why be so concerned about ethics? "The sordid side of the emerging electronic culture got a very public airing at the University of Michigan,"/ according to the Post article. "Officials there are investigating an incident involving
The editorial also said something that we should now ar.:d then think about: "The United States remaiqs one of the most re.ligious nations on earth and by far the most religious country Ln the Western world; nine out of 10 Americans profess a belief in God." It's encouraging to see thl: signs that God is alive and well in our midst, and that the media is starting to take notice.
Did God do anything' before creating the universe A. There is nothing, it seems to me, that so dramatically confronts us with the infinite abyss of mystery between us and the Creator God as the question about what went on "before" creation of the universe. First, nothing at all happened "before" God created the universe. That word before implies time, and time begins with God's creation of what St. Paul, i'n a wonderful (Greek) phrase, calls "ta panta," the everything.
lion miles fro路m one place to another, and we call it a light-year of time. I n other words, unless one material object is moving in relation to another material object, there is no such thing as time in the sense we know it. To put it another way, it is meaningless to speak of any time before creation. There'were, therefore, no eons that God had somehow to fill "until" (another timeconnecteq word) he created "the everything."
Time is defined most fundamenAs St. Thomas Aquinas explains, tally as the measure of motion. The earth revolves on its axis once, God and eternity are outside of and we call it a day. It moves once ,time, where things change from around the sun, and we call it a moment to moment. Eternity emyear. Light travels about 5.6 tril- ,braces everything th~t is, in one
God's actions, like creation and unchanging, instantaneous moment. (Summa Theol. 1,10,4) , redemption, create a relationship with him that begins at a certain If all this boggles the mind, it's point in time, but his existe:nce is no wonder. We're dealing here indepehdent of everything he crewith infinite mystery, with eternal, ates. totally unlimited being, and we have absolutely nothing adequate All this is simply to sa:1 that to compare it with in our human there is no before or after with experience or language. God, no past or future. With him, To place all of this in 'perspec- everything, including all ages of tive, it may help to realize that creation, is one eternally present nothing I say here is new in Cathomoment. lic teaching. A free brochure answering quesThe new Catholic catechism says tions Catholics ask about a,nnulit again. Human language will ments is available by sending a never measure up to the invisible, stamped self-addressed em'elope incomprehensible, unknowable to Father John Dietzen, Holy One; Our words will always stand Trinity Church, 704 N. Main Street, on this side of the mystery of God Bloomington, III. 61701. QUe!itions (42). for this column should be sl:nt to ' Again, as St. Thomas puts it, the same address.
Are Jobs good for I~high-sc~ool students ,
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on this discussion, I point to an editorial in The Wall Street Journal at Eastertime. That, it said, was "an appropriate time to consider the status of religion's role in the public sphere." The editorial said there are signs that "n~ligion seems to be working its way more often into the public discourse."
to answer. hi general, researchers decision making and acquiring new find that when kids work more skills. than 20 hours per week, grades go ' Fast-food restaurant,s offer down, drug and alcohol use goes opportunities to learn punctuality, up and parental authority declines, cooperation with coworkers, conOn the other hand, kids who work sideration toward customers and 10 ~ours or fewer per week get grace under pressure. They are better grades than kids who do not often convenient and close to home. work. Since they employ many teens, they might be flexible in regard to Don't blam.e work for all the s<;hool hours and activities. Some findings. Kids who are doing poorly ,offer incentives especially geared in school might opt to work more to teens. ' hours. In brief, a job in itself canOn the other hand, fast-food not be considered the best or the restaurants offer little chance for . worst thing for a teen. judgment and decision making, What do teens learn from ajob? and there is little new to learn after Responsibility can take many the first路 month or so. Nevertheforms: reporting on time, control- less, one study found that 64 perling feelings, getting along with ,cent of younger employees said others, remaining calm under pres- they enjoy their'work. Jobs which offer opportunities sure. Some jobs offer opportunities for independent judgment, for decision. making are best for
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teens. Highest rated jobs include most opportunities for independworking in a small retail store and ence and decision making. In addibaby-sitting. Small retailers are tion, volunteering can expose the often family businesses where a teen to hospitals, nursing homes, teen employee can be ,exposed to newspapers, libraries and other all parts of the operation and areas which may lead to a career assume whatever jobs he or she interest. Parents can encollrage can handle. such a job by offering to pay the Baby-sitting requires respon- teen minimum wage for each hour sibility, independence and deci- worked. sion making. On the other hand, When not excessive, wor'king it often pays less than other can benefit a teen in many ways. jobs. As a parent you are wise to get Traditional jobs like lawn care involved;'Together with your son and snow removal can be fulltime you can'look for a job that projobs in non-school periods and vides not only money but inte'fest, parttime jobs during school. When . responsibility and some possible developed and run by an ambi- career goals. tious teen, they offer benefits of Reader questions on fa mill' livself-employment, and they can be ing and child care to be answered more lucrative than working for in print are invited by The Kennys; an employer. 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind. Volunteer jobs can provide the 47978. '
Needed: Ethics for the ele,ctronic highway stolen computer passwords and a death threat against African-Americans that was sent over the global Internet computer network." , The article went on tei say that electronic mail- computers communicating with each other - is being used for "pornograhic discussions, racial invective, extremist slogarieering and general emptyheaded' blathering." Rarely a day passes that we do not hear of electronic highway abuses. This is unfortunate because of this technology's power to enhance education, business, research, international understanding and social justice. Its enormous possibilities for
uniting people or stopping them' from kjlling each other makes it imperative that ethics kee,p pace' with its growth,路 One powerful example of its ability to stop atrocities is found in the Tiananmen Square uprising. Richard Pierre Claude, a professot of government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, recently wrote that when the French newspaper Actuel learned of the Tiananmen Square atrocities, it organized a telecommunications network to alert the world and the people of China. The information that flowed through this network helped to curtail those human rights violations. Claude wrote," All the tanks
in Beijing could not stop the flow ,ginning to bring change, so too must there be a campaign to l:each of information." In my own work as a church respect,' duty, responsibility and , researcher, Internet allows instanmoral character when using the taneous access to journals of interelectronic highway. est. And I can call up what the There will always be people who Library of Congress might have. If will try to do the bizarre and I still can't find what I need, I can exploit the electronic highway. ,put out a message to "t~e world." They are like Jose Ortega y An example of the electronic Gasset's "new man" "who wants highway's power for good is found his motor car, and enjoys it, but in the story of a person with a rare believes,that it is the spontane'ous cancer who posted a request for fruit of an Edenic tree. He ... does information and received a re- not extend his enthusiasm for the sponse, which saved his life. instruments to the principles which If the benefits are to continue, make them possible." so too must education on its ethiEthics, on the contrary, is that cal use. Just as campaigns to cur~ link between enthusiasm for the tail smoking, cholesterol and the instruments and the principles able abuse of the environment are beto guide our use of them.
Parents controllers of TV, says pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) Parents bear the main responsibility for the effect of television on their families, Pope .I ohn Paul II said. "Forming children's viewing habits will sometimes mean simply turni'ng off the television set," the pope said in his message for May 15 World Communication Day. :'Parents who make regular, prolonged use of television as a kind of electronic babysitter surrender their role as the primary educators of their children," he said in the. message released n~cently at the Vatican. The theme of the May observance is "Television and the Familv: Guidelines for Good Viewing." To make the positive potential of television a reality requires cooperation of parents, television industry workers, public authorities and church personnel who work with the media, the pope said. He encouraged parents to inform themselves about the content of programs in advance, to discuss programs and the moral values presented in them with their children and to regulate the amount of time children spend in front of the set. While there are programs of value as entertainment, information or culture, he said, sometimes family life requires the TV to be off limits. The blank screen is called for not only when programming available is unsuitable, but "because there are better things to do, because consideration for other family members requires it, or because indiscriminate television viewing can be harmful," he said. Television can bring families together and inform them about cultural or religious values, the pope said. But it can also cause harm "by propagating degrading values and models of behavior, by broadcasting pornography and graphic depictions of brutal violence" and by casting doubt on . religious beliefs or presenting moral truths as relative, he added. "Recognizing thl~ importance of a free exchange of ideas and information, the church supports freedom of speech and of the press," he said. But those who work in the television industry must show respect for their au~iences and for the families who make up a large part of the audience, he said. Whether the television station or network is owned by the government or by a private company, the pope said, the airwaves are public property and must be used for the common good. "Television is often required to deal with serious themes: with human weakness and sin, and their consequences for individuals and society; with the failings of social institutions including government and religion; with weighty ques. tions about the meaning of life," he said. . "It should treat these subjects responsibly - without sensationalism and with a sincere concern for the good of society, as well as with scrupulous regard for the truth," the pope said.
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SISTER JUBILARIANS: Sisters Beatrice (left) and Francis Xavier Lapointe, seQ, with their aunt, Yvonne Lapointe, a resident of Sacred Heart" Home, New Bedford, where the sisters work and are celebrating their. 60th year in religious life.
Sister sisters plan double jubilee Sacred Heart Home's Lapointe sisters, Sister Francis Xavier (Lauretta) and Sister Beatrice (St. Julien Eymard), will celebrate together the 60th anniversary of their religious profession on Sunday with a 3 p.m. Mass in the New Bedford nursing home's chapel. A luncheon wiII folloW. Both sisters were born in New Bedford and four other sisters and a brother still Ii ve in the area along with nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. . The jubilarians entered the Sisters of Charity of Quebec one year apart, making profession in 1934 and 1935. After profession, both ministered in Quebec at St. Bridget's Home for Irish orphans and at St. Sauveur Home for French Canadian orphans. Returning to the States in 1944, both were stationed at the Franco American School in Lowell, an orphanage at that time. Sister Francis was a housemother for the students outside' the classroom hours and at night for the boarders. She transferred to Mount St. Joseph School in Fall River in 1950 and remained there until 1986. Her former pupils remember her for her smile, kindness and sense of humor. In 1986 Sister Francis came to Sacred Heart Home, where she works at the switchboard. Sister Beatrice pursued a career
Daily Readings May 16: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-7; In 16:29-3~ May 17: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11,20-21; In 17:1-11 May 18: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30,33-36; In 17:11-19 May 19: Acts 22:30; 23:611; Ps 16:1-'2,5,7-11; In 17: 20-26 . May 20: Acts 25: 13-21; Ps 103:1-2,11-12;19-20; In 21: 15-19 May 21: Acts 28:16-20,3031; Ps 11:4-5,7; In 21:20-25 May 22: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1,24,29-31,34; 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13; In 20:19-23 <
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in teaching, earning a degree at Rivier College in Nashua, NH. She taught in Lowell from 1944 until 1975, when she transferred to Sacred Heart Home and became supervisor ofthe linen room, where she uses her organizing skills and sewing abilities.
Goldlen jubilee Sister Teresa Crouteau, SSJ, of. Fall River is among 13 Sisters of St. Joseph who will celebrate their golden or silver jubilees at a 2 p.m. liturgy Sunday at Mont Marie in Holyoke. Sister Croteau ministered as a teacher and principal at St. Jean Baptiste, St. Roch and Blessed Sacrament schools in Fall River; St. Joseph and St. Theresa schools in New Bedford; St. Michael and St. Louis schools in Swansea; Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth; and St. Joseph School, Vinton, LA. She was direc'tor of religious education at St. Louis de France parish, Swansea; St. James, New Bedford; and St. Stephen, Attleboro. The daughter of Mrs. BeFtha Croteau, she entered the congregation from St. Jean Baptiste parish.
May 16 1941, Rev. William McDonald, SS., St. Patrick, Falmouth 1960, Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Joseph Sullivan, P.R., Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall River 1981, Rev. Arthur C. dosReis,' Retired Pastor, Santo Christo, Fall River . May 17 1951, Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, D.O., Third Bishop of Fall River 1934-51 May 19 1941, Rev. Thomas Trainor, Pastor, St. Louis, Fall River 1988, Rev. Arthur C. Levesque, Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford May 20 1952, Rev. Antonio L. daSilva, Pastor, Our Lady of Health, Fall River
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Catholic Memorial names assistantadministrator Manuel Be.nevides has been promoted to assistant administrator at Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River.. . Benevides recently earned his Massachusetts nursing home admiFlistrator license after completing an administrator-in-training program at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven. Benevides has worked in the nursing home for three years as director of environmental services. He will assume .administrative duties in quality assurance and strategic planning while continuing to supervise environmental services. He has 14 years of managerial experience in manufacturing. He is a licensed Massachusetts real estate broker and is a registered member ofthe National Executive Housekeepers Association, Inc. A Somerset resident, Benevides holds a degree in busi.ness management from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and is a candidate for a master's degree in health services at Salve Regina University, Newport, RJ.
Pilgrim cross MANILA, Philippines (CNS) - The pilgrim cross Pope John Paul II presented to young people at the first World Youth Day more. than a decade ago has begun journeying through the Philippines, which will host the 1995 World Youth Day.
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Clinton, in a message to the VATICANCITY(CNS)- Pope John Paul II, 73, recovering from pope May 3, said he looked: fora broken thigh bone, has post- ward to seeing him in June. The papal accident has postponed a meeting of the world~s cardinals until mid-June' but a poned a pastoral visit to Belgium planned meeting with U.S.Presi- May 13 to 15, which was to indude dent Bill Clinton in .early June beatification of famed leper priest Damien de Veuster. . remains on the calendar. . The pope missed the final" sesThe pope is expected to stay in Rome's. Gemelli hospital until sions of a special Synod of Bishops mid-May following surgery April on Africa and a consistory of car29 to reconstruct the top of his dinals, originally scheduled for May right thigh bone. Doctors expect 9.-10, will take place June 13-14 him to .recover fully but say his instead, allowing the pope to premovement will be limited for sev- side over the meeting. It was c,illed . to discuss worldwide church preperal weeks. The Clinton meeting has shaped arations for the year 2000, a proup as particularly important fol- life encyclical that is nearly r~ady lowing repeated papal criticism of . for publication and the role of a draft U.N. document on popula- retired bishops. The pope's general audiences at tion control, which the United States supported. Although a for- the Vatican - the weekly encounmal ceremonial meeting may not ters with the faithful that are a be feasible, there should be no highlight for many visitors to Rome problem with one-on-one talks, - have been suspended until further notice. said Vatican officials.
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An occasional column reporting deaths, 'changes and appointments among members of the hierarchy, especially in the United States. POPE JOHN Paul II has confirmed election of Msgr. Javier Echevarria, a Spaniard, as the new head of the 77,OOO-member Opus Dei. Msgr. Echevarria, 61, was elected prelate of the predominantIy lay organization April 20, and was confirmed in the post April 21. He succeeds Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, who died March 23 at age 80. At the time of his election, Msgr. Echevarria, a native of Spain was the orga!1ization's vicar general.
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AUXILIARY BISHOP Patrick V. Ahern of New York has resigned for reasons of age. Bishop Ahern, 75, had been an auxiliary in the New York Archdiocese since 1970 and archdiocesan vicar for development since 1990. The archdiocese said his retirement will take effect July I. Bishop Ahern, whose outgoing personality hides a lesser-known scholarly side, will write and speak on St. Therese of Lisieux, whose cause to become a doctor of the church he is promoting.
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BISHOP ENRIQUE San Pedro of Brownsville, TX, is undergoing outpatient treatment for prostate cancer. "The prognosis is good," said
Pam Downing, diocesan dire'ctor of planning and resource development. The bishop, 68, has headed: the Brownsville diocese since November 1991. A native of Havana, Cuba, he isa Jesuit and one (If 21 active Hispanic bishops in the United States.
* * * * A JUBILANT Bishop Edward P. Cullen became the 17th a,lIxiliary bishop in the history of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, saying at his April 14 installation he was grateful for the grace of God that brought him to that day.
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'COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP Harry J. Flynn of S1. PaulMinneapolis is embarking upon what he called a ."breathtaking 'adventure of making the naffil~ of Jesus Christ known and loved" in the archdiocese. At an April 27 ceremony welcoming him as coadjutor, Archbishop Flynn borrowed a page from what he caJ.led Jesus' "final pep talk" for his homily. Jesus didn't lecture about responsibilities or dwell on negatives during his final prayer with his friends, h'e said. "But ins'tead, he prayed, and Jte spoke to them of the gift, the gin of divine love,'" he added:
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Miinisters to sick commissioned Thirty-three partidpants in the 1993-94 Pastoral Care Education Program for the Si(:k were commissioned during a graduation liturgy last month at St. Patrick's Church, Somerset. The Diocesan Office of Pastoral Care to the Sick, dire(:ted by Father George Bellenoit, offers the education program from September to May to prepare volunteers for parish ministry to the sick, elderly and homebound in nursing homes, hospitals and home s{:ttings. Sister Shirley Agnew, RSM, assistant director ofthe pastoral care office, directs the education program, and Sisters Jacqueline Dubois, SSA, and Dympna Smith, RSM, are team members. Graduates received a certificate stating in part: This certificate represents your serious commitment to personal growth in your faith and your generosity in enabling the faith of others, especially the sick and elderly. You have had th{: opportunity to witness the faith com-
mitment of others from all areas of the diocese in your class and therebY grow in Christian community with them. The education program will enter its seventh year thiS fall with sessions to run from Sept. 7 to April5 at the Family Life Center in North Dartmouth and St. John the.Evangelist Church, Pocasset. Its three components are "Theological Education: Awareness of Godl Church"; "The Person as Minister to the Sick: Awareness of Selfl Human Life"; and "Experience of Pastoral Care to the Sick: Awareness of Others." Clinical experience and a weekend retreat are included in the program. Information on registration, required by July 31, is available from Sister Agnew, 829 Shore Rd., P.O. Box 600, Pocasset 02559; tel. 564-4771. Those commissioned this year are: St. Patrick's parish, Fal,l River: Sis-
ter Mary Noel Blute, RSM, Mary Grace Correia, Carol Campbell. St. John Neumann, East Freetown: Lynn Bonville, Joan Cyr. St. Patrick, Somerset: Cynthia Campbell, Robert Durette, Edward Hussey, Janet Rausch. Immaculate Conception, Taunton: Lauren Caswell, Helen Correia, Pau'line Heal, Mary Leach, Carol Murray. St. Pius X, South Yarmouth: Sheila Finn. St. Peter, Dighton: Normand Fournier. St. Mary. South Dartmouth: Leo Goguen, Judith Viera. St. John. Pocasset: David Good. Mary Good. Pauline Hubert. Barbara MacKinnon. St. Patrick, Falmouth: Jane Hopewood. Christ the King. Mashpee: Claudette Lajoie. Patrick Schmidt. St. Ann, Raynham: Elizabeth Larkin. St. Joseph, Fairhaven: Deborah. Osuch. . . Our Lady of Victory, Centerville: Dorothy O'Toole, Margaret Wroe, Maggie Sweeny. St. Rita, Marion: Robert Riley. St. Julie, North Dartmouth: Ken Sylvia.
Stonehilllto award honorary degree to Bishop O'Malley Bishop Sean P. O'Malley will be among honorary degree recipients as Stonehill College, North Easton, confers more than 550 baccalaureate and honorary degrees at its forty-third commenc:ement II a.m. Sunday. Irish theatre and film producer Noel Pearson will dc:liver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of arts degree. Bishop O'Malley and Thomas F. Shields, president of the Brockton-based Shield.s Health Care Group, wHI receive honorary doctor of humanities dl~grees. Pearson, a Dublin native, in 1988 produced hill first movie, "My Left Foot," a biography of disabled Irish writer Christy Brown. The film won two Oscars and several other awards in the United States and Europe. Pearson also produced the movie "The Field" and the 1992 Tonyaward winning best play on Broadway, "Dancing at Lughnasa." This summer he will. produce a ·film. based on the novel "The Dork of Cork" by Stonehiil physics professor Chet Raymo. Pearson was chairman and artistic director at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin from 1987 to 1991 and is currently chairman of the Irish
School of Film Studies at University College, Dublin. He lives in Dublin and New York. Thomas F. Shields is founder and president of Shields Health Care Group, the largest provider of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests in New England. He and wife, Mary Jane, also own Madalawn Nursing Horne in BrocktOil.
Shields is a 1952 graduate of St. Michael's College, Vermont, where he is currently a member of the board of trustees. He was recently elected chairman'ofthe Stonehil1 College board of trustees. He is a. member of the' college's President's Club and has served on the President's Council.. He also founded the Thomas and Mary Shields Scholarship, awarded annually to a Stonehill premedical student from the Brockton area, Formerly of ~rockton, the Shields now reside in Boston. They have seven children, two of whom are Stonehill graduates: Wiiliam, '84, and Thomas, '92. . In addition to the honorary degrees, Stonehill will present its President's Award, This year's recipient is Linda I. (Lafer).Sullivan, '77, associate dean for academic services and registrar at Stonehill.
She has served in the registrar's office for 33 years. The college will also make a surprise presentation to a faculty member of the Excellence in Teaching Award, which memorializes Stonehill administrator and faculty member Louise F. Hegarty. Commencement exercises will be held on the college quadrangle, or, in the case of inclement weather, in the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex. Music will be provided by the United Brass Quintet. Master of ceremonies will be Patricia H. Sankus, associate professor of theatre a~ts and director of the theatre arts program. Marshals will be James P. Dillon, professor of philosophy; Elizabeth V. Mahoney, professor of Spanish; and Francis J. Phelan, professor of English. Bishop O'Malley will celebrate a Baccalaureate Mass 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex.
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Breaking an aged person's communication barriers By Monica and Bill Dodds "Oprah" is blaring from the television. You got off work a little early so you could stop by and see your 80~year-old father, and now he won't even turn down the volume. He stares at the screen and ignores your attempts at conversation or answers with a curt grunt. Finally, he gives you a disgusted look, gets up and storms out. What's the point? you wonder. What's going on here? A lot. With spoken communication between any two people there's a lot that goes on. And a lot that can go wrong. I. I must be able to hear. The physical mechanics have to work correctly or I'm not going to catch all that you're saying. 2. My brain has to be able to understand and interpret those sounds we call words. 3. I have to be able to call up the . words I ~eed when I need them. 4. My physical-mechanics of speech have to be working properly for me to be able to say those words intelligibly. ' A hearing loss, a memory 10Hs or a stl'oke are only some of the'malfunctions that can make it difficult to talk with an elderly family member. Identifying the problem or problems can be the first step toward compensating for the road blocks that might be the source of the older person's fear, frustration, anger, isolation and paranoia. I~ helps if younger generations keep in mind that losing one's hearing can be terrifying and eaS7 ily leads to frustration. ' It forces me to admit I'm getting
older. I can't catch what another person has said. I'm embarrassed to realize I've been asked 'a question and have no idea how to respond. I feel overwhelmed in a group of people who all seem to be speaking at once. ' Finally, mad at my imperfect, aging self and the world in general - including those around me - I decide it's easier if I simply don't try. I'll isolate myself and avoid all these problems entirely, What can the falTlily do? When talking with an older person, be sure to face him. Speak slowly. It may take Dad a little longer to come up with the right word. Don't finish his sentences for him. If Mom has a problem with complicated questions ("What did you have for breakfast today?"), substitute a series that can be answered with yes or no. ("Did you eat breakfast today? Did you' have toast? Did you have fruit?") I'n groups, ha,ve one family mem~ bel' bethe "summarizer": someone sitting next to Dad who can tell him what's being said, but not word for word. ("Sue is talking about her new car.") Make the summarizer a rotating position so the older person won't come to depend on only one family m'ember. Be patient. Remember that in our world of microwave meals, instant replays and fax machines, some things still cannot be rushed. Conversing with an elderly parent can give a frazzled baby boomer a much needed opportunity to slow down, take a deep breath and remember what's really impoftant in life.
Doing the diet duet ,Secret to a Lasting Marriage, No. 28: Do not tread on your spouse's diet. I don't want to appear to be sexist (translated: I am going to be sexist, but hope to cut down on the mail pointing it out). However, this is more of an admonition for women than for men. Wives tend to enjoy trail-bossing husbands' diets to a much larger degree than husbands wish to hover, over their wives while they count grams, calories and fat content.. There's the trouble. Men and women do not ~ount alike. For example, my wife is a zealot when it comes to diets.
When I lost 10 pounds in two days, she ma,de a big.fuss about me putting the scale against the wall so I could lean against the wall with my forehead. I am absolutely amazed there has been no federal study on the dangers of spouses dieting while still married and residing in the same domicile. You would think there would be warning labels on that pulverized chalk sold as dehydrated diet milkshakes, or at least signs on doctors' walls. Here is a suggested text: '
What every parish needs By Mitch Finley Each of us has our own idea of what a parish should be, and I'm no different. , I have no grand plan for rest ructuring the parish, just some modest suggestions for' improving parish life. Here- are a few things I , think every parish should have: First, a church that looks like a church on the inside, unlike some modern and modernized parish churches where the sanctuary area . looks like a television talk show set. I'm talking about sanctuaries that 'have a carpeted stagelike area that curves out into the main part of the church, and the pews form a semicircle around the "stage." No wonder some priests think they have to entertain the congregl!-tion during Mass. The second thing a parish needs is a parish council, a 'group which gets together once a month to tell the pastor what they think he should do, even if some do go home afterward get on路the phone and gossip about what everyonll else on the parish council said and what they really meant. This keeps everyone on their toes and guarantees that parish life is never 'dull. The next 'thing every parish needs is an old but reliable pickup truck. Many people today can't afford one, and it's always nice to have one available when you need to haul a load of junk to the dump or to help a friend move a refrigerator. So few parishes have a pickup truck ministry, and that's a shame. Trundle yourself down to McDonald's any weekday at \Iunchtime, and you'll see several pairs of parents - usually women but now and then a male or two - eating lunch together surrounded by a couple of babies or toddlers each. . You know that one called the other that morning and said, "Let's get together for lunch." They ate desperate to talk to an adult, a'ld the parish should help. Every parish should have a weekly brown-bag lunch and speaker for stay-at-home parents, plus a nursery for the kids. Not only will stay-at-home parents in the parish appreciate this, but word will get around, and they'll bring their friends, including non-Catholics. Eyangdization city! Finally, every parish should have an adult sex education consultant. Ideally, this should be a qualified volunteer who belongs to the parish, but it could be another quali~ fied person who has a healthy faith pel'spective. , Several times each year this person should offer adult sex educa,tion sessions for engaged and married couples, for single adults, for parents of infants and toddlers, for parents of teenagers, and for parents and teens together. We live in a culture that bombards us daily with some very unhealthy ideas about sex, so parishes should try . to help counter that. Feel free to' clip this column, make copies and give them to the movers and shakers in your parish:
"Warning. Simultaneous dieting. with your spouse may be hazardous. Consult your priest, marriage "Hey, Mr. Waistline Wastenot, counselor, psychic hotline or horoyou didn't write down those three scope." crackers you just ate," she accuse d . 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 "Hey, what's in cheese and sal" The poor woman becomesexplotines?" I ask. ''I'm on a little diet, sive. She'll do the Dance' of the, cream, butter and bacon on' the not a math quiz." Sugar Plum Broccoli if she t.hinks baked potato.") Picky, picky, picky. She wants to argue over every- I'm ':cheating" on the diet. Meanwhile, I keep a polite and thing - even when it's my diet. _' She monitors my breath for calm distance from her diet.路 I She claims that both feet have to chocolates and canned oysters. She allow her unpressured serenity and be on the scale at the same time hangs a cowbell from the refrigerspace. Uniess, of course, she even and that your hands cannot touch ator door. She doublechecks my has a hint of my secret stash of math. ("You didn't count the sour anything. Campfire Girl mints on her breath.
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JUST HANGIN' OUT: A toddler finds a key chain entertaining during Mass. Taking small children to church can be stressful for parents, but it can also be beneficial because it gets children in the habit of going to Mass. (eNS photo)
: Taking baby to Mass PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) - Can parents should bring their ch,ildren parents take their young children . to Mass as soon as they are born, to Mass every Sunday and still and keep them out of thec:rying room unless they are crying. maintain a prayeiful attitude? Children need to be involved in Patrick DiVietri, associate director of the Office of Family Life what is going on during Mass, , iii"the diocese of Peoria, 'says parFather Cassidy said. He tries to get "ents must realize that taking a them involved by. offering special Masses' for children, talking spebaby into church is going to change cifically to them during homilies what Mass is for them. "Children alter the way parents , and asking them questions. Children not old enough to participate in Mass, when they are receive the Eucharist may also young," he told The Catholic Post, diocesan newspaper. "It',s not going benefit from going up and n:ceivto be the same for the parent. ~hey ing a blessing from the priest during communion, he said. are not going to have the same Parents can also encourage their attentiveness because they also have child's participation in Ma:>s by to be attentive to the needs of a sitting closer to the altar. "The baby." Attending to the child's needs closer they ate to the altaI the often means takirig the baby out of more they can see what is going on" and the more involved they , the pew - usually to a crying will be, F:ather Cassidy said. room, if available. While a baby's crying is probaBut DiVietri said the effect that bly the most common problem children have upon their parents' parents face during Mass, they participation in Mass is not neces,sarily bad. Parents "learn to refo- . also have to deal with feeding and cus themselves" and "return to the . diaper-changing responsibilitieswhich also force parents to seek awareness .of the presence of the refuge outside the worship area. Eucharist" with ,each return to But as children grow into toddlerMass, he said. hood and beyond, parents might DiVietri said his family has experience their children wanderalways emphasized the importance ing around, throwing tantrums or of the Mass by, making sure the children get used to going early in just plair fidgeting during M:1SS. It is in these cases that discipline life. Georgette Williams of St. often comes inte play, says D:iViePhilomena parish in Peoria agrees, empbasizing the importance of trio He said the type of discipline used should be tailored to the spemaking Mass attendance "a natucific child, with more latitude g:iven, ral process" for children. for example, to younger child reno "We've always taken them [to "A child needs to be shown the Mass) since they were really young," proper disposition and the proper she said of her five children attitude," he said. "If a chi:,d is Harry; 12; Anna, II; Maria, 9; Laura, 6, and Mary Rose, 2. misbehaving, they would be corrected." Under these circumstanMrs. Williams and her husband, ces, he added, "you usually would Harry, made'not only Sunday Mass take the child out [of church). It is 'a practice with their children, but more respectful to discipline a (:hild also daily Mass, family prayer and in private." weekly eucharistic adoration. She Often parents bring toys or other said this participation has had an items to occupy' small children impact on the children's lives. "They du'ring Mass. DiVietri said this is really have a beautiful faith," she fine, but suggests that such diversaid. Father Terry Cassidy, pastor of sions be faith-oriented, such as St. John's parish in Lostant and children's books containing E:ibl~ St. Mary's parish in Wenona, said stories. '. I
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Affiliation Continued from Page One hospitals and Charlton's existing affiliates, the Sarah !Brayton nursing home and the Wellness Center. The joint announcement was made by Sister Joanna Fernandes, OP, chairperson of Saint Anne's health care system; Robert F. Stoico, lay chairman of the Saint Anne's system; Barry Robbins,chairman of the board of trustees of Charlton's health care system; and Carol O'Connell, chairman of the board of trustees of Charlton Hospital. Frederic C. Dreyer, Jr., and James M. Dawson, presidents respectively of the Charlton and Saint Anne's systems, participated with the trustees in developing the affiliation proposal. The presidents agree that the affiliation would centralize and strengthen the position of both units in dealing with the federal government under the health reform measures now under consideration by the: Congress. A new corporation would also, they say, be in a strong position when negotiating contracts in the rapidly changing environment of managed health can~. In the forthcoming months, financial analyses of the existing health care system!, will be conducted and possible organizational structures will be developed. "I am optimistic about the affiliation," said Sistf:r Fernandes. "Everyone in health care knows we need to restructure from top to bottom and help each other rather than compete against each other. "I have been pleased to work with the leadership from Chariton," she added, "anel pleased that we're doing what's best for the community." Admitting that there is much work to be done before an affiliation could take place, Sister Fernandes said, "That's why we've made it public-to get everyone involved [in the pro(:ess) who needs to be."
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Ade Bethune organizing senior housing in Newport By Barbara C. Jencks Barbara Jencks was on the staff of the Providence Visitor, newspaper of the Providence diocese, for many years and in retirement continues to contribute an occasional column to its pages. The following article discusses an innovative use planned for the former Cenacle convent and retreat house in Newport. Editor
SISTER GERTRUDE Land reville, librarian at St. Anthony's School, New Bedford, receives handmade cards from students on Thank Your School Librarian Day.
Parish mission statements impetus for action
WHEELING, W. Va. (CNS)Every time Pat Vincent works at the food and clothing cupboard of St. Margaret Mary parish in Parkersburg, she is reminded of the mission statement that hangs in the church baptistery. In another parish within the diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, experience with a 'parish mission statement led one parishioner to become involved in religious education and to adopt a family missi.on statement at home. Both churches found use of mission statements led as well to the role of small pal-ish groups in renewing and strengthening parish life. Members of St. Margaret Mary parish, "through the power of the Holy Spirit," committed themselves "to be ... a caring people, open to sharing our time, talents and materral goods in service to others...." The statement is regarded as a powerful tool for focusing all aspects of parish life, including banquE~t liturgy, religious ,education, and social outreach, and is also a means The Fall River Area CYO basfor obtaining input from parish ketball season camf: to a close with members. the naming of division champions "I don't really think I talk about as follows. Regular season cham- the mission statement so much as I pion is listed first, followed by try to live it," Ms. Vincent told The playoff champion; where one team Catholic Spirit, ~iocesan newsis listed, it won both championpaper. She said the parish members ships. do so by their attempts to share Junior A Girls division: Our with and care about "people who Lady of Grace AI. Junior B Girls: come in need." Our Lady of Grace. A parish mission statement Junior A Boys: HolyName(won provides "a tangible way to evaludiocesan championship by defeat- ate, to pray abo",t, work toward ing St. Ann's, Raynham). Junior B new directions and to hold ourBoys: St. Stanislaus. .I unior C Boys: selves to some sort of accountabilSt. Anne C2. ity," said Father Edward Bell, St. Prep Boys: Santo Christo, St. Margaret Mary pastor. William's I (won diocesan chamThe parish adopted its mission pionship by defeating Holy Fam- statement in 1987, on Pentecost ily, East Taunton). Sunday. Those who drafted it began Senior A Boys: St. William, by inviting both longtime members Santo Christo Al (won Tony and new parishioners to consider, Medeiros Trophy given to playoff. as a group, the parish's past, preschampion). Senior B Boys: Santo ent and future. ' Christo, St. William's B2 (won "I'm not wild about processes or Sam Priestly Memorial Tourna- meetings," said ~ather Bell. "But ment). The annual CYO banquet will 1111111111111I111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 be held 6 p.m. May 17 at McGov- junior A and B girls divisions and en's Restaurant with guest speaker the junior A boys division. One Pete Gillen, new h·ead coach of the boys' scholarship and one girls' Providence College men's basket- scholarship to summer basketball ball team. camp will be awarded. For reserTeam trophies and individual vations call Father Jay Maddock, awards will be presented along 675-7503, or Viviane Burke, 673with sportsmanship trophies in the 9492, by May 14.
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you have to go through the process. It doesn't have any ownership by anybody until people have had the chance to give input." Once the mission statement was formulated and affirmed by the entire. parish community, "it became a living document, and also the core around which we operate," said Deacon Gerry Goetemann. St. Margaret Mary, which recommits itselfto its mission every Pentecost, is not the only church in the Wheeling-Charleston diocesen that follows a parish mission statement. Blessed Sacrament parish, in South Charleston, has had one since 1983. Brecken Streit and her family were not parishioners then, but two years ago, when parishioners recommitted themselves to the statement, they participated. This involvement, plus the process of pondering the mission statement during annual parish council retreats, led Ms. Streit to apply for the post of parish director of religious·education. Working with the statement also prompted Ms. Streit and her family to put together a family mission statement. She said the family prepared it "because we liked the idea of a way of looking at what you are doing, what you could be doing, and making a path for yourself into the future."
.Quick action asked WASHINGTON (CNS) - In an open letter, 21 church leaders, including the heads of groups for Catholic men and women religious, have urged Congress to overhaul the U.S. foreign aid program so that it promotes peace, alleviates poverty and protects the environment and human rights. Stating that "our nation has a unique opportunity to make aid a more effective tool to achieve human and national development that will contribute to peace," the religious leaders called on Congress to move quickly. Signers included Sulpician Father Gerald L. Brown, president of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, and Mercy Sister Doris Gottemoeller, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, as well as heads of Protestant and Orthodox bodies.
"What will become of me in the tomorrows?" That is a foremost concern of most seniors. There's a group in Newport, RI, which appears to have an answer to such worries as the fear of living alone; the possibly empty years of retirement stretching ahead; the problem of a home that once housed many and is now too large. "Star of the Sea," a nonprofit corporation, could make living in the sunset years a dream come true for 40 seniors. Have you dreamed of living in or even owning part of a Newport mansion? It could happen. Do you remember the old Cenacle convent, later the Corpus Christi retreat house, that faced the ocean on Battery Street in Newport? Now it may be on the verge of a new life las a retirement center. Newporter Ade Bethune, an internationally known liturgical artist who is also known locally for her work on behalf of restoring old houses, is heading an interdenominational committee that hopes to convert the Cenacle and adjoining buildings into luxury accommodations for seniors. With five varying living plans for 40 units, a wide variety of lifestyles will be possible, accommodating both those who enjoy privacy and those who seek companionship. Residents may bring their own furniture and there will be dining rooms, lounges, library and a public hall for lectures, concerts and other events. The former
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convent chapel will be available for services. An institutional atmosphere will be shunned, promises Ms. Bethune. Meetings of those interested in residing at the development are already in progress. Most people plan to sell their present homes and use the proceeds to purchase a "share unit" at the Cenacle. Once a person is in residence, it is estimated that his or her monthly fees for utilities, taxes and upkeep will be between $400 and $450. It is also hoped that it will be possible to offer accommodations to those without assets. Ms. Bethune sees the project as her "I have a dream" undertaking and stresses that it will provide elderly people in reasonably good health with a "~ome together" in contrast to "Home Alone" living. Further details on the venture which combines independent living with freedom from loneliness and insecurity are available from Star of the Sea Corporation, 118 Washington St., Newport RI 02840.
He Wouldn't Others may, if they will, call a man wise, even though he fears not God and loves him not. I never would." - St. Bernard
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Holy Rosary $900 Conventual Franciscan Friars; $100 M/M James Ferreira, Mrs. Natalie Foss, M/M Marcellus D. Lemaire, Mrs. Victoria Ulak; $75 John Kearns Jr., $60 Mrs. Anna Sienko $50 M/M Robert BIHltley, James & Ann V. Kelliher, Anne l~ Stacia Sienko, Mrs. Palmeda Ziomek St. Paul $200 M/M Robert J. Hill; $150 Frank Casella, Tim Driscoll; $100 Mrs. W. Baxter-Green, Dr. Robert Levesque, M/M Neil McGrath, Mrs. Manuel Oliver, Alan Thadeu; $75 Mrs. Albert Nunes, M/M Walter Sowyrda $60 M/M John Connors; $51 M/M Joseph Mastromarino $50 Mrs. Suzanne Bornstein, M/M Edward Castle, Vivian COllto, Mrs. Hector Demers, M/M Robert Moitoso, Richard A. Nunes, Mrs. Joan Silva, Mrs. Francis J. Tummon St. Anthony $1,354 i\ Friend of Catholic Charities Appeal; $175 SI. Anthony's Holy Rosary Sodality; $150 Raymond Coute, AFriend; $100 M/M Manuel Medina, Anthony Medeiro:>, M/M Andrew, Marshall, M/M StephEJI1 Correia, M/M Leonard Rocha, A Friend $75 MlM Aniceto O.DeCosta, Beatrice Pereira; $60 Humberto Jacinto; $55 M/M John Camara $50 Lydia M. Pina, M/M Joseph Sousa, M/M Charles Ferreira, Joseph Amaral, Edward Cabral, Luisa Cabral, Jose C. Cabral, Manuel Camara Jr., Emma Andrade, M/M Ernest Andrews, Louis Dansereau, Natalia Mendes, A Friend; $40 M/M Manuel Costa Saint Joseph $1,200 Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, V.F.; $600 Joseph A. Medeiros; $500 M/M Robert Martin; $150 David Bisio, The Garvin Family; $125 MlM William Scully, M/M James Peters; $120 ·M/M John Costova. $100 M/M Elton BUCkley, Stephen and Diana Joiner, M/M Stanley S. Pawlowski, In Memory of Msgr. Armando Annunziato, Gerald and Renae Ferris, M/M Edward Kennedy, M/M Donald J. Raible, M/M Alfred Borges, M/M Robert Thomas, Mrs. Gertrude Taylor, M/M Joseph Santos, M/M Stephen Callahan; $70 M/M Stephen White, M/M Frank Pirozzi & Family; $60 M/M J. Thomas Coulombe, M/M Richard Simmons, M/M Richard Griffith $50 Mayor Robert G. Nunes, Mrs. Joan Ventura, Mrs. Emma Hill, M/M Robert Berube, M/M Edward Pirozzi, M/M Peter Schondek, Ronald J. 8. Maureen L. Morris, M/M Francis Guay, M/M Edward Aleixo, M/M John Sheehy, M/M Raymond Ducharme, M/M Edward Ferreira, Miss Kathleen Peterson, Miss Martha Peterson, Linda Callahan, Atty. & Mrs. Peter B. Gay, Marjorie Kjeldsen, Dorothy NEW BEDFORD Busiere, M/M Edmund Mulcahy, M/M Saint Lawrence $800 Rev. John P. Driscoll; $150 John A. & Rosemary S. Richard Borden, Mrs. Charlotte Carr, M/M Daniel Chisholm, M/M Michael Tierney; $125 M/M Dalpha Lavalle; $100 Cochran, M/M Joseph Maciejowski, M/M . Cecilia Felix, M/M Thomas Ryan, M/M Richard T. Saunders; Jr. . George Hickey, M/M Michael Rodrigues, $50 Mrs. Florence Brower,l n Memory M/M Philip Medeiros of Charles W. Burke, M/M Alan Houghton, Sacred Heart $91;0 M/M Richard Mrs. Arthur Kirkwood, M/M Thomas F. Andrade; $500 Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill; $175 M/M Joseph ~\uper; $100 M/M Parker, Jr., M/M Louis A. Robillard, Jr., M/M Paul Servais, M/M Thomas M. SulEvans Lava, Francis Boudreau; $75 M/M livan, Evalynne A. Turner-Burr Francis Souza; $65 M/M Gilbert Perry; $60 M/M Edward Trucchi Saint Joseph $200 SI. Vincent dePaul $50 M/M Richard Palazzi, Eileen Mac- Society; $100 In Memory ofM/M Raphael Carthy, M/M Roland Lortie, Carol Mills, Beaulieu, M/M Raymond Belanger; $75 M/M Oscar Maynard, Philip Cronan, Mrs. Carol Bolton; $60 Mrs. Anna Dupuis
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WAREHAM Saint Patrick $600 Very Rev. James F. Lyons, V.F., M/M John C. Raymond; $500 Mrs. John J. Callahan; $400 M/M John Joyce; $300 M/M Kevin Donahue; $250 M/M Roger Elliott; $220 M/M Manuel Sylvia; $200 M/M George Barrell, M/M Thomas Costello, Rev. M/M William A. Martin; $150 Marie G. Hobbs; $125 M/M Christopher O'Toole; $110 M/M Robert Reynolds; $105 M/M Colin Gordon $100 In Memory of Julie M. Babbitt, M/M Hildeburto Borges, Mrs. William L. Brackman, M/M Paul J. Dever, M/M Roy Franklin,ln Memory of Delia Franklin, In Memory of Marion J. Grenda, M/M Frank Krystofolski, Mrs. Ada Lukey, Emilie & Deborah Rose, M/M Chester A. Smith, Jr.; $75 M/M Michael Galavotti, Mrs. A. Rhue; $60 M/M Charles Crocker, Hugh O'Brien $50 M/M Manuel Andres, Jr., Joseph Cafarella, Jr., M/M Robert Cahoon, M/M Charles Cassidy, Mrs. RobeI'll. Donahue, Mrs. Margaret M. Duclos, M/M Fred Ferioli, M/M Charles Galligan, M/M Antone Gomes, Sr., M/M Joseph Gonsalves, John Griffin, Laura Horgan, M/M Harry Hinckley, Mrs. R.M. Lackie, M/M John McPhee, M/M Matthew Mutch, Kim Oliveira, M/M Mark Rogers, Eva Rozario, M/M John A. Sarson, M/M Michael L. Souza, June E. Stec, William G. Stevenson, Maureen VanderStaay, Laura Vecchi, M/M Paul J. Williams FAIRHAVEN Saint Mary's $365 Anonymous; $200 M/M Matthew Hart; $100 Escolas, Plaud, & RudieI' Families, M/M John Ferro; $50 M/M Jose M. Andrade, M/M John Botelho, Arnold T. Cejka, Leonard G. Cejka, M/M Gilbert Powell Saint Joseph's $300 M/M Domenic Nicolaci; $100 M/M Donald Bachand, M/M Joseph Begnoche, Mr. James Ferris, M/M August Gonsalves, M/M Raymond Starvish; $75 M/M James Buckley; $70 M/M Roger Peloquin; $60 Mr. Andrew P. Lawton $50 Michelle J. Desrosiers, Ms. Margaret Goggin, M/M Frank Jarvis, M/M Ernest Pare, M/M Curtis Pepin, M/M Manuel Rezendes, Mrs. Anita Carroll Rose, Mrs. David Sibor, M/M Walter Silveira, Jr., Mr: Robert Wood, Jr. EAST FREETOWN St. John Neumann $250 M/M Martin Murphy; $150 Robert & Barbara Smith, Suzanne Thompson; $100 M/M Gilbert Champagne, M/M Gary Lucas, John & Theresa Rita, M/M Mark Pepin, M/M Paul G. Hamel, M/M Don Letourneau $75 M/M Joseph Gavigan III, M/M Richard Robisheau; $60 M/M Gerald Lynch $50 M/M Paul Pelletier, M/M Douglas J. Desjardins, A. Louise Bolton, M/M Eugene Bergson, SI. John Neumann Women's Guild, M/M Maurice Bruneau, M/M Joseph Herman, M/M Christopher Mello, M/M George Manny, M/M Francis Xavier, M/M James Lanagan, M/M Glenn DeManche, Donald L. Payelle, M/M Leonard Medeiros, Sandra Romero, M/M Douglas Sylvia, M/M Nunzio Romano, M/M Thomas Stone, M/M Neil C. Rosen, M/M Joseph Medeiros, Lorraine Roy Hawkes, M/M John Bastoni ACUSHNET St. Francis Xavier $50 Anne M. Hopp MATTAPOISETT St. Anthony $1,000 M/M Paul Duchaine; $600 Rev. Barry W. Wall; $200 SI. Vincent dePaul Conference; $150 In Memory of Joseph W. Hurley; $100 M/M Edwin Allard, M/M William Carter, M/M John Gibbons, Catherine F. Hassey, M/M Charles Kelly, M/M Charles Rodrigues, Timothy Watterson & Melanie Lane, Jane Breton $85 M/M David Mcintire; $75 M/M Edmund Butler, M/M William Goetz, Barbara Silva; $50 Helen Dahill, Maribeth Dahill, M/M Donald Deangelis, M/M James Gardiner, M/M Bernard Talty, M/M Francis Grennon SWANSEA Saint Michael $1,200 Rev. Roger J. Levesque; $500 In Memory of Mrs. Idola M. Hargraves; $125 M/M John Farias;
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$100 M/M Manuel Silveira, John J. Szuba; $75 St. Michael Women's Club; $60 M/M John McAniff $50 M/M George Bedard, M/M Billy Dolin, In Memory of Catherine G. & James P. Fox, M/M Paul Gagnon, M/M Roger Lamonde, Joseph R. B. levesque, M/M Robert McMahon, M/M John Nuttall, M/M Michael Pacheco, M/M Robert Peloquin, M/M Edward Thompson, MIN) Edw~rd Whalen, Sr. St. louis de France $500 St. Vincent dePaul Conference; $300 M/M Normand. J. LeComte; $250 M/M Armand A. Gauthier; $125 M/M George W. Blaser; $100 M/M Alfred Almeida, M/M Manuel S. Azevedo, Gaston A. Bernier, M/M Rudolph Bernier, M/M Walter Pierce, M/M Edward L. Sullivan $70 M/M George T. Costa, M/M Law· rence Mannes; $60 M/M Joseph H. Belanger, M/M Richard Machado; $50 M/M lawrence Aguiar, M/M Fernand C. E. Auclair, M/M Edwin Booth, Fernand J. Boulay, Mrs. Raymond A. Dumont, Sr., M/M Roland Goddu, M/M Richard D. Levesque, Leo Mathieu, M/M William R.. O'Neil, M/M Lawrence P. SchlernitziJuer, M/M Alfred G. Souza, M/M Robert Sykes, M/M Brian J. Vautrin $500 Our Lady of Fatima St. Vincent dePaul Socity; $400 Rev. ·TerenceF.· Keenan; $250 Our Lady Of Fatima Guild; $200 Mrs. Donald MacDoald, Miss Mona . Kennedy, M/M Robert P. Laflamme; $175 M/M Stephen Serry; $150 M/M Andrew R: Boisvert · $100 M1M Russell B. Cochrane, M/M Leonard Connors, Sr., M/M Gerald Coffey, Mrs. Leonard J. O'Neil, M/M Craig J. Sherwin; $80 MlM Paul J.V. Parente; $75 Mrs. Lillian Vanasse, M/M Alfred R. Bento, M/M Roger BciusCju!!t; $60 M/M Maurice Vidal $50 M/M David Tuttle, M/M John F. Gunn, M/M John Lyons, Jr., M/M Alfred Mello, Mrs. Margaret Garvey, M/M llier· bert E. Chace, M/M Peter G. McMurray, M/M Conrad Fortier, M/M Carlos Car· valho, M/M John Hunt, M/M Arthur F. Turcotte, M/M Joseph F. O'Neil, Mrs. James T. Waldron, M/M Horace Pelletier, M/M Frank Cusick Jr., M/M Daniel McConaghy SOMERSET St. Patrick $650 Rev, George C. Bellenoit; $250 Dr.lM Roger Cadieux, In Memory of Elizabeth Darcy; $200 In Memory of Raymond R. Adam, N.N Hiseog Natthews, Patricia Tod, MlM David Dunne; $125 M/M Donald Corri· gan; $100M/M Carlton Bo~rdman, M/M Timothy Breidegan, Mary E. Quirk, M/M James Bradbury, Richard Leonard, M/M. Denis Gaudreau, Edward Leonard, Mrs. Raymond Bachan.d, M/M Donald Mayer,
Dr.lM Thomas Clark, M/M John McCarthy, Czerwonka; $60 Mrs. Patrick Leonard, M/M Edward Hussey M/M Thomas M. Quinn III, A Friend, .$75 Dr./M Philip Robitaille, M/M M/M Roberth Kitchen Thomas Reis; $66 Arthur Cassidy; $60 $55 M/M Ronald Gagne; $52 In M/M William Ready, Mrs. Edward Kelly; Memory of 'Norman J. Roy; $50 M/M $50 Mrs. John Gormally, M/M Normand James M. Gibney, In Memory of William Heroux, M/M Clifford Clement, M/M J. Shea, Mrs. Joseph McGuill, MlM Vin· Cha,rles Raposa Jr., Joan Whittington, cent Mannion, Dorothy C. Sullivan, M/M Merilda Brooks, M/M Austin O'Toole, Albert Remy, M/M James Melvin, M/M M/M Michael Martin, M/M Valentino Thomas Dunn, Veronica M. Dunn, MlM Pallotta, Mary A. Streim, M/M Edward William Mello, M/M William N. McHenry, Rausch, M/M Edward Dempsey, Dr./M MlM Thomas N. McHenry, Benevides Owen McGowan, M/M Raymond Bibeau, Family, M/M Robert Margetta,' M/M In Memory of Harold Meehan, M/M Joseph F. McGrady, M/M James Murphy Joseph Ferreira, M/M John Killoran, In $50 M/M Dennis Griffin, M/M Armand Memory of James C. Noonan, M/M Desmaris, M/M P. Henry Desmond, WilArthur Gagnon, Mrs. John Hogan, Mrs. liam Nuttall, William F. Wordell, Ann R. Walter Palmer, M/M Guy Borges. Monahan, Mildred Malone, William Brad'" St. Thomas More $350 Barbara Dunn; bury, Albert E. Mobouck, Mrs. Thomas J. $100 Peg Dunn; $50 M/M Alan Arruda, Hickey, M/M Stephen Long, M/M Ber· M/M John Carvalho, Jr., M/M Ronald nard Ryan, M/M Matthew Golen, M/M Furtado, John F. Kineavy, Joann V. Place,George D. Kelly, Margaret M. McCaffrey, M/M John Powers, M/M Ernest Rogers, Margaret J. Turner, MlM William Hack· Mary E. Santoro, Mrs. Rob~rt Wood ing, Mrs. Edward B. Downs WESTPORT Our lady of Health $400 Holy Name St. Geo~ge $400 Rev. Roger D.leduc; Society· Our Lady of Health Church; $120 Daniel Boucher; $100 John Szyszko, $100 Deacon Robert A. Faria; $50 Chao . M/M John Segalla, M/M $60 Joseph R. rles Motta LeBlanc; Mrs. Ronald Perrier St. Anthony of Padua $275 Rev: John $50 M/M Paul Bruneau,' M/M Ste· J. Oliveira . . phen J. Dias, Roland J. Emond, Jeanne Notre Dame de lourdes'$600 Rev. Lavalle, M/M Edward McGinn, M/M Daniel A. Gamache; $500 Rev. Ernest E. Robert Swallow, Palmina Vaillancourt Blais 0ur l ady·o f Grace $600 Rev. R'IC har d St. loul's $600 In M' emory of the L Ch t' $500 A F' d $300 0 . re Ian; nen ur Tobin, Hussey & O'Neil families, Kath· l~dy of Grace Saint Vincent dePaul. leen Tobin; $50 Elaine Blair, Theresa . Society; $200 M/MStephlln Byron, M/M. Ryan, Francisco A. Maurisso John MacDonald, III; $125 M/M John Sparks' St. Elizabeth's $1,000 Rev. Arnold R. $100 M/MJosephMoniz, M/M Manuel. Medeiros; $300 St. Vincent DePaul Vale; Gladys Cronan, M/M Alvaro Vivei.· Society; $100·SI. Elizabeth's Holy Name, ros, M/M Andre Lavoie, M/M Augusthino Holy Gh~st Society, Daniel. Barbosa, Feliz M/M James Rebello M/M Dennis Samuel Silva; $94 Charles Andrade; $50 Heaton, M/M Gregory Tetr~ult, Sr., M/M '. St.. Eliza.b~th's Credit Union, Wome~'s Russell Olson M/M Bradford Perkins G~lld, SIIVInO Castello, Ronald Correia, . M/M Joseph G o s l i n ' D.imas .Craveiro, Mede~ros Fa~ily, Gil FAl( RIVER Silva, Victor Teves, Viveiros Family Holy Name $1,000 Ruth P. Brown; Espirito Sa~to $200 AFriend; $100 $500 Frances E..John J. McNiff', $400 M/M Duarte Silva, M/.M Antone Cabral, J C Ih & F I $75 ES Ch M/M Roger Sullivan; $350 In Memory of oao .arva 0 ami y;. ' . . aRev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo; $250 M/M nsmatlc Group; $50 Mana Massa, .Olga Herve Bernier; $150 In .Memory of Dr. Figueroa, Holy Rosary Society, A Fnend Thomas F. Higgins & Dr. Anne Marie HigSt. Michael $300 Anonymous; $100 gins, Mrs. Elizabeth Soares,Eliiabeth Parishioner, A Friend; $80 Anonymous; Neilan, Robert B..Reid, Mrs. Wilson Cur- $75M/M Antone Souza; $60 'A'Friend; tis; $120 In Memory of John & Margaret $50 Mrs. Mary Fonseca, M/M Joao McDermott Aguiar, AFriend, M/M Manuel Medeiros, .$100 David J. Robertson, Catherine P. Anonymous, Mrs. Mary Gonsalves & Harrington, M/M'Joseph Callahan, M/M Family, Cecelia Oliveira, Parishioner, In Fred Zebrasky, M/M Henry J. Lemerise, Memory of a Loved One John F. & Ellenor Fanning, M/M Freder· . St. Joseph $800 The Misses Valerie & Ick B. McDonald, In Memory of Decease.d Alma Foley; $300 In Memory of Cecelia Franco Family Members.; $80 M/M loUiS M. Moloney,Kathe~ine P. Harrington, Shea; $75 M/M Edward J. Ponte,M/M Mary L. Harrington; $100 Mrs. Leroy Steven Sabra; Maureen .Ryan, Theresa Borden, Paul Boulay; $75 Honora Foley; Ryan, Mrs.. Mary L. Braz, tMM Fred $60 Mary D. Sullivan; $50 MI.M Robert Gagnon, Arthur Machado, Mrs. Henry Mercer, Mrs. James Perkins, M/M John M. Senra, M/M Dal.e F. Tommer, Sr. Holy Rosary $1,000 Rev. Vincent F. Diaferio . . St. Jean Baptiste $300 M/M'Donald Vezina; $125 M/M Lionel Dupont, M/M Daryl Gonyon; $75 M/M. Ronald Cote; $~O Antonin Bedard, M/M ~omeo Bosse, M/M Hector Coulombe, M/M Ronald Dionne, MlM Raymond Francoeur, M/M C.harles Grinnell, M/M Robert Messier, Jeannette & Doris Patenaude, Mrs. Leo St. Laurent, M/M Robert Theberge, Mrs. Armand Thiboutot. A Friend Immaculate Conception $125 M/M Raymond Lafleur, Mary Lennon; $100 M/M Albert W. Jalbert, A Friend; $75 Flora Mellen; $50 In Memory of James Bentley, M/M James Gillet, M/M Stephen Guinen, Deborah Longchamps, Henry Nuttall, Peter Sullivan, Mrs. Roger Messier, Immaculate Conception Women's Guild, Louis A.Cyr, Edward P., Ferreira , 'Ble'~sed Sacrament $150 Robert Levesque; $100 Parishioner; $60 Jean Demers; $50 M/M Kevin Ainsworth, Par· ishioner, Patrice Dussault, M/M Albert Beaudoin, Irene. Gagnon .
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St. Mary-Sacred Heart School Book Float Parade. The children Students in grades 2-5 at St. constructed floats represe nting Mary-Sacred Heart School, NOI:th Attleboro, recently attended a Bos- their favorite books and parents ton Ballet performance of "Rum- were invited to view them.. pelstiltskin" at the Berklee PerThird-graders visited the Little formance Center in Boston. The Red Schoolhouse and the Woodtrip was funded by the North Attle- cock Garrison House as they en"boro Arts Lottery Council. acted a school day from the 1850s. Prior to the trip, third grade Meanwhile, fifth-graders studying teacher Dalaine Cummings and the New England Colonies le;lrned fourth grade teacher Christine that class member Danny Follet is Haughey attended a workshop a descendent of Stephen Hopkins, offering background on the Bos- a passenger on the Mayflower in ton Ballet. Students were prepared 1620. Hopkins survived the first for the event with integrated cur- winter in Massachusetts along with riculuminvolving literature, music his son Giles, who later fathered 10 and art education. The music childre'1. Their descendents include teacher focused on famous com- Follet, who showed his, cla~is his posers, language arts teachers dis- ,- family's extensive genealogy.: cussed fairy tales and art classes A slide presentation titled "A studied costume design. ' Year in the Life... SMSH Students Students in kindergarten through 1993~94" will be shown at the grade 6 participated in a No Smok- year's final Home and School As.ing Poster' Contest sponsor~d by sociation meeting 7 p.m. May 23 Senator Cheryl Jacques. Kinder- at St. Mary's Church Hall. gartener Meaghan Brennan and School chorus members will sing third-grader Marc McBrine won . in an intergenerational choral third place in their age groups, presentation sponsored by the receiving a citation, baseball cap North Attleboro Council on Aging and anti-smoking T-shirt. Ten 2 p.m. May 15 at AmvetBlvd. , SMSH students earned honorable . School. The children and seniors mentions. have been corresponding as pen First-graders celebrated Read- pals and will meet at the dress ing Week 1994 with a Favorite rehearsal.
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BALLET LESSONS: Lacey Roome and Tyler Linehan examine items from the ballet at St. Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro.
ST. JOSEPH'S School, .Fairhaven, second-graders recently attended a day of recollection in preparation for first communion. The program consisted of prayer~ bread-making, music, a video aDd a closing ceremony at which each partici'pant received a .stole and communion ca~dle. Principal Si~.ter Muriel Ann Lebeau, sS.ce, and pastor Father Patrick K'ilIilea; sS.ce., coordinated the session. Pictured with Father Killilea are secon,d-gr~ders].fiom left, Kayly Wilson, Caro.lyn Brod~ur, Melissa G.ray, Lisa Duclos;· 'Brian Foster, Sarah H~nnessy arid Heather Rivard.
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Coyle-Cassidy. Six juniors at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, have been named High Scorers on the 1'993 PSAT/NMSQT exam given last October. I Alexa Connell of Assonet, Peter Fletcher of Bridgewater, Laurel ~oj of Taunton, Robert Kinney of Middleboro, Jeffrey Ladino of New JJedford and Amy Wong of Taunton are among 50,000 students r~cognized as High Scorers out'of the more than one million who took the exam. 15,000 will be named National Merit Semifinalists and will have the opportunity to compete for about 6,500 Merit Scholarships to be awarded in 1995. , For the third marking period at Coyle-Cassidy, 230 students are listed on the honor roll. I Freshman Tara Good of Brockton made the Headmaster's List. 'with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. 22 students achieved highest honors for a GPA between 3.75 and 3.99. I
SEEING RED: Children at Espirito Santo School enjoy a performance by Red Grammer. (Hickey photos)
A "Red" letter day· at Espi.rito S'anto By Marcie Hickey All eyes in Espirito Santo School's auditorium were fixed at the same spot: on thl: man on stage strumming the guitar and ~earing a T-shirt splattered with a'rainbow of colors. The audience, ho,wever, was a bit more monochromatic, blending into a red sea as students and faculty alike wore the bright color in honor of the May 2 visit from children's entertainer Red Grammer. Through lively music the youngsters were absorbing Grammer lessons in getting along, working together and promoting peace, all part of the Fall River elementary school's "Celebrating Our Differences" theme day. Grammer also performed a family concert that evening at Bishop Connolly High School in the city. Espirito Santo faculty members familiar with Grammer's albums and engaging style invited the
entertainer to spend the day at the NY, with his wife and three ~hil school because "we thought he dren. had nice messages for kids," said Though not specifically religious, teacher Barbara Domingue. his message promotes positive .. !t's more than entertainment, values and is also, in a word, fun . . it's a learning experience." Espirito Santo students seemed Grammer writes most of his to think so, singing along enthusisongs with his wife Kathy, a former astically to such tunes as "Hooray elementary school music teacher, for the World," about appreciatand they have designed a curricu- . ing the environment; "Shake Your lum tQaccompany the music, which Brain," about activating "what's Espirito Santo faculty used to lead under your hair" to solve probup to the event. Grammer spent lems; and "With Two Wings," time on lessons with children in which told kids that, just as a bird kindergarten through fifth grade needs two wings to fly, society before wrapping.up with an after- needs the contributions of both noon concert. men and women to flourish. Grammer, who deligh~s in antics, The entl:rtainer, who has appeared on radio and television silly voices and involving children in the action, is determined to programs including "Eureka's Castle" on Nickelodeon and his counteract potentially negative influences in the media and to stimuown Disney Channel concert and late the wonder and imagination has released three albums ("Down the Do-Re-Mi,....Teaching Peace" of childhood. "I want to remind children and and "Can You Sound Just Like their parents that the world is a MeT'), performs about 100 conwonderful place to live," he says. certs a year. He lives in Chester,
Three TCMS students earn scholarships In ceremonies April 29 at Taunton Catholic Middle School, three eighth-graders were awarded scholarships to attend Coyle and Cassidy High School in. Taunton next year.
Mrs. Lysaght, who died last winter, was a 1917 graduate of S1. Mary's and taught at Taunton's Cohannet SchooL Her son, Dr. Michael Lysaght, daughter-in-law
Carmenand niece Winifred Laugh-. lin presented the scholarship. It is awarded based on scholastic performance and exemplary Christian citizenship.
Karen Cannata of Norton and Elizabeth Coyne of East Taunton r~ceived William M. Halpin Memorial Scholarships at the annual TCMS Scholarship Mass celebrated by former school chaplain Father Arnold Medeiros. The award honors a long-time supporter of Catholic ed ucation at TCM S and Coyle-Cassidy who died suddenly in 1990. Presenting the scholarships were Halpin's wife, Gail, and sons Robert and John. Miss Cannata and Miss Coyne were selected on the basis of academic excellence and good citizenship at TCMS. Tim' Barney of East Taunton received the first Helen Regan Lysaght Memorial Scholarship for graduates of S1. Mary's School in Taunton who enroll at CoyleCassidy.
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More than 30 Coyle-Cassidy students and faculty advisor John IHealy braved downpours and blisters to join more than 600,000 par.ticipants in the recent 20-mile Walk for Hunger·in Boston. The event, celebrating its 20th anniversary, 'raised $3 million in pledges to help . local programs in the state feed th~ hungry. Coyle-Cassidy's food pantry tias been a recipient ofa grant from the Project Bread program. The school 'distributes, on average, 175 bags of groceries on the last Saturday of the month to needy families in the ,Taunton area. "Hunger is on tl:ie rise in our' community," said food pantry coordinator Michael Cote. "Many newly unemployed families and I working poor are having to choose between buying food and paying : the rent and utility bills. Unable to make ends meet, they find them~ selves turning to us for help in , feeding their children." I
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Bishop Connolly Two foreign language national honor societies were established in recent ceremonies at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Susan Silvia, foreign language department chairperson, inducted members and presented each with a certificate. Twenty-two students were inducted into the Societe Honoraire de Francais for achievement in French ind 27 students were inducted into the Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, six for achievement in Portuguese and 21 for achievement in Spanish. Next year, students in the language honor societies will assist the foreign language department i"n running Connoily's Mentor Program, which offers foreign langtlage instruction for area Catholic elementary school students.
Sports award Rob Pereira, a graduate of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River and a sophomore at Rivier College, Nashua, NH, received the men's basketball Unsing Hero Award at the college's athletics banquet.
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Iteering pOintl D. of I., NB Daughters of Isabella Hyacinth Circle 171 will rrteet 7:30 p.m. May 17, Holy Name Church center, NB. Sister Jane Sell mayer will speak on "Our Lady" and a tribute to mothers is planned. K.·ofC., FALMOUTH Knights of Columbus Council813 will hold social meeting 6:30 p.m. May 17 with guest speaker and business meeting following at 8 p.m. PAX CHRISTI OF CAPE COD Monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. Sunday, O.L. Victory Church, Centerville, with topic"How Do We Create ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS a Just Peace?"; this is the second of Vincentians food pantry collection four sessions reflecting on the U.S. bishops' 1983 pastoral letter "The this weekend. Challenge of Peace: God's Promise SECULAR FRANCISCANS and Our Response." St. Francis of Peace Fraternity, W. Harwich, annual communion .SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, CAPE breakfast noon May 22, Riverway Support group meeting 7 p.m. Lobster House, following 10:30 a.m. Sunday, St. Pius X parish center. S. Mass at St. Pius X Church, S. YarYarmouth; Dorothy Levesque will mouth, celebrated by Father Cornespeak on "Coping With Difficult lius Kelly, OFM. Sister Dympna Smith, RSM, chaplain at Cape Cod People." Newcomers welcomed 6:30 p.m. Information: 362-9873. Hospital, will speak at the brunch about pastoral care to the sick. SACRED HEART, NB Information: Dorothy Williams, A church yard clean-up day will 394-4094. be held beginning 8 a,m. May 21. Participants should bring rakes, LEGION OF MARY garden tools and food for pot luck A Mass to mark the 50th anniverlunch. 'Information: Paul LeBeau, sary of the death of Edel Quinn, a 997-8718. Legion of Mary envoy to Africa, will be celebrated 7 p.m. May 19 at St. ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Anthony Church, Mattapoisett, by Vincentian "troubadours" will visit Fathers Barry Wall and Matthew , M~rian Manor nursing home 1:45 Sullivan, SS.Cc. Legionaries are p.m. Sunday; volunteers welcome to working towards the beatification of entertain or serve refreshments. Ms. Quinn. All are welcome at the MCFL, FALL RIVER . Mass. The Fall River chapter of MassaLaSALETTE SHRINE, chusetts Citizens for Life is holding a ATTLEBORO special meeting at 7:30 p.m. May 16 Healing service with Brother at St. Patrick's School. 760 Slade Armand Binette, MS, 2 p.m. Sun- St., Fall Rivei'. The chapter, once day; participants will have oppor- winner of MCFL's Chapter of the tunity to be anointed and prayed Year a ward, feels its level of activity over individually. has declined in recent years and has CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE asked MCFL state president MadeA memorial liturgy for families line McComish and executive direcwho have lost a baby through mistor Joe Reilly to be present in order carriage or stillbirth or in early to update those in attendance on state priorities and to explore means infancy will be held 10 a.m. Sunday. A memorial book will be available of expanding membership. All interfor parents to list their child's name ested in the pro-life cause are urged for future remembrance., to be present. PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town ahould be Included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events. Due to limited space and also b(!cause notices of strictly parish affairs normally appear In a parish's own bulletin, we are forced to limit items to events of general Interest. Also, we do not normally carry notices offundraising activities, which may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business offlce,telephone (508) 675-7151. On Steering Points Items, FR Indicates Fall River; NB Indicates New Bedford.
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Bishops speak. out on welfare The Massachusetts Catholic bishops have released a statement on federal and state welfare reform, titled "We Are Responsible for One Another." A summary 'of its contents follows. "We Are Responsible for One Another" follows on the bishops' previous statement, "Family: The Key to a Healthy Society," especially with regard to its comments on public assistance. The current statement outlines the Church's role as a caregiver to poor children and their families, and discusses Catholic social teaching anQ welfare, and current trends in welfare reform. The bisHops' central point is that the overarching goal of any
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welfare reform program should be to lessen the poverty of those dependent on welfare, particularly women. and children. While we cannot be indifferent to the increasing costs of welfare assistance to the taxpayer, we must remind ourselves of our responsibilities oneto another. ' The disease is'child poverty, not welfare. We as a people and a Church that'put children and families first, feel that true welfare reform in Massachusetts must address the shame of the hundreds of thousands of children who endure poverty in one bf the wealthiest states of this nation. The bishops make a number of recommendations for changes at the federal level, including a national minimum AFDC benefit and various financial supports and community services designed to help families get off welfare. At the state level the bishops wish to be supportive of proposals with the following components: --.: adequate subsistence income through cash payments or subsidized employment; - health care for all members of the family; - child care, as needed; - traini'ng for real-life jobs at real-world wages. Further, with regard to rec.ent 'proposals to reform AFDC, the bishops take the following positions: . - workfare: not opposed to work provisions if not unjust or coercive and do not deter rehabilitation; - job creation: strong support, pro,viding that total resources available are not reduced; - time caps: opposed, because each family needs individual assessment of readiness for self-sufficiency; - family caps: strongly opposed to.any attempt to deny support to children born while family is on AFDC; -·establishment of paternity of illegitimate children: for, and enjoin all parents to support their .chil-' dren financially and emotionally; ,- minor teenaged unwed mothers required to live with parents or
in supportive housing: strongly support. The function of public welfare is to provide care for those una ble to do so for themselves. We are re:sponsible for one another. That responsibility goes beyond providing subsistence sufficient to keep those dependent on us alive to return again tomorrow. Our responsibility to the families and children of today arid the society of tomorrow is to fn:e the very poor from 'the soul-stifling servitude of long-term welfare dependency. The dignity of h'lJman persons is fulfilled ~hen the)' provide for themselves and their families and contribute to the greater society. At this time, the bishops are not supporting any specific wt:ifare reform program or plan at the national or local level. We n:alize the complexities of'the issuc:s involved, including the investment costs of real welfare reform. We are also aware on a day-to-day basis of the human costs. We are calling on public policymakt:rs to approach this matter in a re!:ponsible, concerned manner, and to seek ways in which all citizens are able to demonstrate their 10vl: and sense of responsibility onl: for' another. As public policy proposals ,on welfare reform take more dc:finitive shape, we wiB consider them not only through the prism oJ our 1991 Statement on the Family, but against the recommendations that we are now making, and that we consider components of a just approach to this matter.Especially at the local levd, as our Commonwealth develops its approach to the welfare issut:, we urge legislators, policymakers, and all citizens to heed our call for social justice, mutual respom:ibility, and compassion toward the poor, a call outlined in specific terms in our statement. 'Because we believe that child poverty is the root problem; more than assistance to their needy families, we also call on all persons of good will to work toward the .day on which the need for that assistance will be greatly diminished.