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SILVER .JUBILEES: During the annual Catholic teachers' convention, Bishop O'Malley and Father Richard W. Beaulieu, director of the Diocesan Department of Education, award silver bowls to, educators who have served in diocesan schools for 25 or more years. (Hickey ~~
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I:ducators told to be advocates for children and families By Marcie Hickey When people live their faith, "it transforms not only their lives but the world around them," Bishop Sean O'Malley told Catholic educators of the dioct:se at their annual convention. "That is the challenge of Catholic education," the bishop said, to guide students to live their faith "so that the transformation in their hearts will touch the lives of people around them," Bishop O'Malley was Mass celebrant and keynote speaker for the convention, held at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, April 30, This year's co nVerltion theme, "Children and Families First," was taken from the U, S, bishops' Catholic Campaign for Children and. Families begun in January 1992 to implement new church programs to aid children and to promote children's interests in legislative policy, In his'address, Bishop O'Malley' told the story of a dying Indian chief who sent his three sons to' a holy mountain in search of something beautiful. The most successful son would succeed him as chief. The first son returned with a delicate flower, the second with a smooth marbled stone, But the third son returned empty-handed. The beauty he had seen he could not bring back: be had climbed to the mountaintop and spied a rich valley in which their people could settle and flouish. He brought to his people "a vision of a better future," said the
bishop and this son became the new chief. We, too, are a people with a vision-"a vision of faith," said Bishop O'Malley. "Being Christian means saying 'yes' to Christ-not saying 'yes, but' or 'maybe'-but 'yes' when there are so many 'nos,'" the negatives of anger, distrust, violence 'and self-centeredness which permeate society.
Current returns put the 1993 Catholic Charities Appeal total at $1,413,894.72, Appeal director Father Daniel L. Freitas has announced. Father Freitas said that S1. Anthony'S parish, New Bedford, is the first parish to surpass its 1992 collection figure, with a total of $6,922. He expressed hope that all diocesan parishes will report similar results as the Appeal continues. Appeal books remain open until 10 a.m. May 25 and Special Gifts and parish solicitors are asked to complete their contacts by that time. To ensure credit to this year's Appeal, all reports from now on should be brought in person to Appeal Headquarters at 410 Highland Ave., Fall River.
Catholic educators, he said, are called to "boldly say yes to Jesus in all we do" by becoming "disciples of prayer" and professing the truths of"what true success means, where true happiness lies." To do so, he added, "we have to have had that vision ourselves-to have seen and experienced the risen Lord in our own lives." The bishop urged educators to stress personal faith gro~th, for "our Christ-identity is a treasure that must be nurtured." He praised such efforts as the "Sharing the Faith" program at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, which enables faculty members to deepen their spirituality and understanding 'of faith. The bishop recalled that while a priest in Washington, DC, he had opportunities to meet with farm labor leader Cesar Chavez, who died last month. "It was obvious that his vision of the world came out of faith," said the bishop. "It always made me proud to be a Catholic, because when someone lives their faith, it transforms not only their life but the world around them." The Christian vision is something "not simply to be taught, but a reality to be lived," said Bishop O'Malley, so that through Catholic education students will be transformed and "touch the lives of the people around them." "Let us truly be men and women of God's life-giving community, and continue to go out to all the Turn to Page Nine
leading Parishes Attleboro Area S1. Joh n the Eva ngelist $38,331.00 S1. Mary, Seekonk
25,713.00
S1. Mary, Mansfield
23,178.00
M1. Carmel, Seekonk.
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D.l. of Fatima, Swansea
22,251.00
S1. John of God, Somerset
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Holy Rosary
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24,345.00
St. Mary, S. Dartmouth
17,957.00
St. John the Baptist
16,695.00
St. John Neumann, E. Freetown
14,754.00
Taunton Area
15,510.00
S1. Francis Xavier, Hyannis
D,l. of Victory, Centerville
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Holy Rosary Women's Guild Beacon Garment Co., Inc.
$1,250 Staff of St. Vincent's Home
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$700 St. Vincent dePaul Society District Council of Fall River Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank
Battleship Cove Gas Clover Club of Fall River Lacava & Sowersby Auto Parts
$100 Chaves Market Electrical Associates Co., Inc. Atty. and Mrs. Robert J. Marchand Sacred Heart Women's Guild
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L. Chretien; $300 Our Lady of Grace St. Vincent dePaul Society; $150 M/M John Sparks; $50 M/M Alvaro Viveiros, M/M RobertTremblay, Lorraine Emond, Grace Parenteau, M/M Raffaele Iannozzi, M/M William Carpenter SOMERSET St. Thomas More $1,750 Rev. Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, V.G.; $600 Atty. Richard M. Peirce; $550 St. Thomas More Youth Ministry; $500 Rev. John M. Sullivan; $350 Barbara A. Dunn; $300 M/M Eugene J. Pepin, St. Thomas More Conference; $200 M/M Michael Stubbs; $150 M/M Norman F. Bessette, M/M Francis J. Sil路 via; $125 M/M Louis F. Fayan; $110 M/M Edward Sullivan, Jr.; $100 CharlesJ. Burke, Jr., M/M Andre Carrier, M/M Vincent A. Coady, Catherine C. Connelly, M/M Paul Daley, Margaret L. Dunn, M/M John R. Fennessey, M/M D. Scott Jameson, Frances M. LaSalle, M/M Charles W. Latham, M/M, Gilbert F. Leonard, Atty.lM Stephen C. Nadeau, Jean O'Brien, Margaret O'Grady, MlM John G. Winters, In Memory of Chester & Eleanor Goodwin and Joseph & Alma Smith; $75 M/M James Mullins; $70 M/M Harry Hynes $65 MlM John Gaspar; $60 M/M Richard Crowell, M/M Donald Hussey, M/M Richard Kelley, Helena B. Mahoney, Mrs. Frances Ryding, Allen Smith, Mrs.. Harold W. Soule; $52 Reginald C. Marchand; , ,$50 M/M Charles H, Adam, M/M Albert Capeto, Raymond Cormier, M/M Richard P. Co ute, M/M John F. Daley, Jr., M/M Vencent 0' Andrea, L'orraine Davidson, M/M Joseph Diogo, M/M Gerald Driscoll, Mary C. Fallon, M/M Gabriel Furtado, M/M Edward Gauthier, M/M Joseph Gondela, M/M Solomon Haddad, M/M Joseph ladicola, M/M Philip Kukielski $50 Dr./M William Langfield, Jr., M/M Robed Lima, Mary McNulty, Cecilia M. Mahoney, M/M Dominick Massa, M/M Joseph Murphy, M/M Robert Murphy, M/M Leonard F. Nicolay, Katherine Peirce, M/M William Phaneuf, Mary Philipp, M/M Walter Prayzner, M/M Joseph Reidy, M/M Frederick Roitz, MlM Alphonse Saulino, The Shea Family, MlM Stanley Sieczkowski, Jr., Anna Smith St. Patrick $400 M/M Leonard Worsley; $250 Dr./M Roger E. Cadieux; $200 M/M David Dunne, In Memory of Raymond Adam, M/M Joseph Matthews; $100 Helen Adam, Mrs. Malcolm Borden, Arthur Cassidy, Dr. Roland Chabot, M/M Denis Gaudreau, Dr./M Simon Kim, M/M Edward Leonard, M/M Donald Mayer, M/M John McCarthy, M/M Robert Mee-
TAUNTON $800 St. Joseph Conference, Taunton
$350 St. Joseph Conference, North Dighton
$300 North Easton Savings Bank St. Jacques Conference In Memory of Deceased members of Medeiros and Vaz Families
$250 Holy Cross Conference, South Easton Immaculate Conception Conference, Taunton han, Mary Quirk, M/M Francis Shea, M/M Richard Morgan Jr., Ruth Friend $75 M/M Carlton Boardman, M/M James Bradbury, M/M Edward Rausch, M/M William Ready, M/M Dennis Sullivan, Dr.lM Philip Robitaille; $60 M/M Richard Mello; $52 M/M James Bancroft; $50 M/M Raymond Bachand, M/M Raymond Bibeau, M/M Guy Borges, M/M Clifford Clement, James Darcy $50 Mrs, John Gormally, William Hayden, Mrs. John Hogan, Douglas Medeiros, Mrs. Harold Meehan, In Memory of James Noonan, M/M Austin O'Toole Jr., M/M Valentino Pallotta, Mrs. Walter Palmer, M/M Thomas Reis Jr., M/M Charles Raposa, M/M Edward Rego, John & Patricia Smith, M/M Frederick Storch, M/M Robert Vaudry, Joan Whittington St. John of God $150 MlM Arthur Carvalho; $100 Dr./M Kenneth Arruda, M/M Lawrence Borges; $60 Luis Ramos; $55 Mary C. Silvia; $50 M/M Emmanuel Chaves, M/M Gil Freitas, In Memory of John P. Miranda, M/M Raymond Perry, In Memory of Kevin Vieira SWANSEA St. Dominic $500 Rev, Albert J. Ryan; $250 M/M Richard M. Mello, St. Vincent de Paul Conf.; $192 Mrs. Oswald Medei路 ros; $110 M/M Manuel Travers; $100 M/M Rene G. Bernard, M/M William E. Carty, In Memory of Ann C. & Michael G. Lingard, MlM Donald Souza, Marthe W. Whalon; $65 Janet Barbelle; $60 M/M Ronald Andreozzi, M/M Richard Haskell $50 M/M James Carr, In Loving Memory of James P. & Catherine G. Fox, M/M John Gibney, M/M Philip Griffin, M/M James N. Manton, Angela Nystrom, Mrs. Eugene Orosz, Mrs. Albert Rousseau, John R. Schaefer Our Lady of Fatima $1,500 Anonymous; $500 O.L. of Fatima St. Vincent de Paul; $400 Rev. Terence F. Keenan; $200 M/M Robert P. LaFlamme, Mona Kennedy, Mrs. Donald L. MacDonald, M/M Paul Perkowski; $150 Michael Ziobro; $100 M/M Joseph Bushell, Virginia Paquette, M/M Craig Sherwin, M/M Russell B. Cochrane, M/M Gerald Coffey, Joseph L. Morissette, Mrs. Leonard J. O'Neil, M/M Leonard Connors $80 M/M J.V. Parente; $75 M/M Alfred R. Bento, Lillian Vanasse; $60 Manuel Ponte Sr. & Jr.; $50 MlM Joseph F. O'Neil, Gabriel Costa, M/M John Hunt, M/M Frank Cusick Jr., John & Alice Gunn, M/M Peter G. McMurray, M/M Conrad P. Fortier, M/M Herbert E. Chace, Jean Mullensky, M/M John Lyons, Mrs. James T. Waldron, John McCarthy, M/M Arthur F. Turcotte St. Louis de France $500 St. Vincent de Paul Conference; $300 M/M Normand J. LeComte; $200 M/M Armand A. Ga uth ier; $100 Helen L. & Theresa Archard, M/M George Blaser, M/M Normand C. Fortin, M/M Walter Pierce; $75
$200 Armand Yelle, MD. O'Keefe-Wade Funeral Home
Frank M. Tomase, M.D., Raynham H & L Bloom, Inc. St. Jacques Women's Guild
$175 St. Maximillian Kolbe Guild, Holy Rosary Church
$150 Robert Kane Funeral Home, South Easton Polish American Citizen Club St. Paul Conference
$100
Holy Rosary Church ceo Mr. & Mrs. Marcellus D. LeMaire St. Paul Council of Catholic Women Holy Rosary Conference St. Anthony Conference Sowiecki Funeral Home Queen's Daughters
$50 Davol/Taunton Printing M/M Emile A, Boilard, M/M George T. Costa; $60 M/M Joseph H. Belanger $50 M/M Alfred Almeida, M/M Fernand C. E. Auclair, M/M Daniel H, Berthiaume, Fernand J. Boulay, M/M Richard Boulanger, M/M Edwin Booth, Emile J. Cote, M/M Michael R. Facchiano, M/M {Jerald Fontaine, Sr., M/M Roland Goddu, MlM Arthur Grimes, Jr., Leo Mathieu, M/M Robert Normandin, M/M William R. O'Neil, M/M Alfred G. Souza
NEW BEDFORD $1.000 Immaculate Conception Conference
$500 New Bedford District Council St. Vincent dePaul
$200 Glaser Glass Corp. Sisters of The Sacred Hearts, Fairhaven
$100 The Pine Framery State Road Cement Block Co., Inc., No. Dartmouth
$50 Members of The Sacred Heart
Binns, M/M Francis Birch, Donald Bonnette, M/M Joseph Bono, M/M F. Boschert, M/M Joseph Botelho, M/M Brian Boyd, M/M Andrew Burt, George Bussiere $50 M/M Joseph Caponigro, M/M Frank Carroccia, M/M John Carty, M/M Ralph Castro, M/M John Cherecwich, M/M Salvatore Ciccio, A. Cipriano, Mrs. Herbert Clegg, Norma Cloutier, Dorothy Coogan, Joan Cooper, M/M Raymond Coppola, M/M Roy Corso, Robert CoughATTLEBORO lin, Mrs. John Cummings, M/M Roger St. John the Evangelist $400 M/M DesVergnes, Mrs, Clifford Dieterle Thomas Cuddy, Jr.; $300 M/M Russell $50 M/M Guido DiFilippo, M/M John Morin, Jr., MlM Jerome Coogan; $250 Dolan, Dennis Donnelly, Margaret Doran, Dr/M John Killion; $200 M/M Mervell Delphine Dowdall, Florence Doyle, Gerald Cronin, M/M Edward Murphy, M/M Doyle, Adela Dudovicz, Ann Dupee, M/M John Reardon, M/M Robert Rovzar, Mrs. Malte Ebeling, MlM Frank Fanning, Mrs. Leland Smith; $175 MlM Luca Fan- G. Farrington, Jr., Robert Figuerado, M/M taccione Patrick Fitzgibbons, M/M Robert Folan, $150 M/M Frederick Bartek, M/M Mrs. James Foley, M/M Oscar Frechette, Edward Casey, M/M John Costello, M/M Mrs. Richard Froment Peter Guimond, Dr/M David Ison, M/M $50 Marian Gagnon, M/M Michael Paul Kelley, M/M John Mcintyre, M/M Gamboli, M/M Paul Garon, Mary GianniGilbert Rea, M/M Paul Scanlan, Dr/M telli, M/M Robert Girling, M/M Roland Richard Shea; $138 Dr. Keith Choquette; Goudreau, M/M Eugene Goulet, Sr., $125 M/M Richard Marsh, M/M Ralph Michael Graney, M/M Raymond Guillette, Sears; $120 M/M Richard Coffey, M/M M/M William Habershaw, Julie HamEarl D. Kelly mond, Edward Healey, M/M Michael $100 Clare Boardman, M/M Edward Herlihy, M/M Ronald Holcomb, M/M Breslow, Francis Canary, M/M Wilfred James Howarth Cardin, M/M Douglas Clark, Dr. J.M. $50 MlM Alexander Incera, Christine Daley/J. Ottaviani, DCN/M Oscar Drink- Jasikoff, M/M William Jost, M/M Robert water, M/M Robert Edwards, R. Fantac- Joy, M/M Michael Keane, Sharon Kelley, cione, M/M ,Robert Fife, Doris Flynn, M/M Robert Kenny, Mrs. Joseph Klein, M/M Stephen Fontes, M/M Walter Gas路 MlM Norman Lacroix, M/M Robert Laior, Mrs. William Goff, M/M C. Guillette marre, M/M Pasquale Lattari, M/M Paul $100 Mary Hafey, M/M Edward Kel- Lorincz, MlM Gerald Lynch,M/M Robert ley, M/M Francis Kelley, M/M Gerard MacDonald, M/M Anthony Magina, Susan Kenton, K.J. Lawless Corp., Kiwanis Club Mahesh, M/M Joseph Marchetti, Mrs. of Attleboro, M/M Donald Lange, M/M Eugerte' Martin, M/M James Martins, Kenneth Lechtanski, MlM Gerard Le- Tracy McCann . Francois, In Memory of John & Theresa. $50 M/M Francis McGowan, M/M Mahon, M/M David McGee, M/M Everette John Mungo, M/M Paul Murray, ElizaMedeiros, M/M Edward Mellon, M/M beth Nazzaro, ,Claire Nicholson, M/M James Murphy, III, M/M Kevin Myles Michael Nolan, Victor O'Clair, M/M Joseph $100 Vincent Nihan, M/M Daniel Pacheco, M/M Raymond Paille, M/M Nolin, M/M James Nunes, M/M Edward Jose Palomo, M/M Jose Pedro, M/M O'Brien, M/M Edward O'Donnell, M/M Miguel Peixoto, Linda Pemberton, MlM Alfred Paille, M/M Donald Pelletier, Mrs. Tiagd Pereira, M/M James Pinocci, M/M John Picchi, M/M Raymond Raposa, Albert Pion M/M Armand Roy, M/M Anthony Sche$50 M/M Richard Pires, M/M Pispis, Joseph Spinale, M/M Paul Rockett, tocco, Mrs, Edmund Rainville, M/M MiM/M Egino Savioli, Peter Silvia, M/M chael Randall, M/M David Raposa, M/M George Stafford, M/M Gerard Vachon, Edward Raposa, Helen Roffinoli,M/M David Walsh Frank Rose, M/M Gerald Rousseau, M/M $95 Arlene Doherty; $80 M/M Richard Ronald Rudat, M/M Michael St. Pierre, Doherty; $75 M/M Alan Blaha, Charles Helen Shanley, M/M John Shea, Helen Bowen, M/M Joseph Collins, M/M Joseph Sheehan, Karen Singelais DeStefano, Donald DesVergnes, M/M $50 MlM William Skivington, M/M David Foley, M/M Lawrence Habershaw, John Speer, M/M Robert Stoops, MlM 'Dorothy Redding, M/M James Rocha, Edward Sullivan, M/M Alan Svendsen, Mrs. Richard Smith; $70 M/M Mark M/M Robert Sweeney, M/M PaulTaylor, Cuddy; $66 Rosemary Lesage; $60 M/M M/M Raymond Taylor, M/M Peter Joseph Graney, M/M Paul Ruzanski, Tetreault, Janina Towl, M/M Gary Trudo John Souto, Jr., Michelle Ventola $50 Robert Turcotte, M/M Harold $50 Mrs. Donald Abbott, Mrs. David, Washburn, M/r-A Gary Wheelock, M/M Adams, M/M Kenneth Anderson, Martha Gerald White, M/M John White, Jr., M/M Anderson, M/M Mario Araujo, Steven John Wilson, M/M Frederick WolI, Alison Babiec, Bernard Beatty, M/M Frank BelWood, Mrs. Richard Zern lomo, M/M John Bergeron, M/M David . Turn to Page 12
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FATHER FITZGERALD
FATHER HARRISON
FOUlrpriests Qlark 25th annliversaries May 18 Four priests of the Fall River In 1986 he was appointed addiocese will mark their 25th anni- ministrator, then' pastor, of St. versary of ordination next week. John the Baptist parish. He conFathers Edward E. Correira, Ed- ' tinued inthat capacity when named mund J. Fitzgerald, George E. to direct the Diocesan Health FaHarrison and Kevin F. Tripp were cilities office which oversees the ordained May 18, 1968 at St. four diocesan nursing homes. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River. Father Fitzgerald is certified by the National Association of CathoFather Correia Pastor of St. Anthony of Padua lic Hospital Chaplains and by the Church, Fall River, since June United States Catholic Conference 1991, Father Correia is a New as a chaplain for general health Bedford native. H,~ graduated from care facilities. He has held posts as chaplain of Holy Family High School in that city and prepared for the priest- the Daughters of Isabella Circle hood at St. Thomas Seminary, #74 in Fall River and as a notary Bloomfield, CT, and St. John's and pro-synodal judge on the diocesan marriage tribunal. Seminary, Brighton. He is also moderator of the Following ordination, he was Diocesan Council of Catholic twice parochial vicar at Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, also Nurses, liaison to the Cursillo serving,asCapeCod area assistant movement, and a member of the CYO director, and was parochial presbyteral council. Father Harrison vicar at Sacred HI~art, Oak Bluffs; Father Harrison plans an anniOur Lady of Mil. Carmel, New Bedford; and at St. Anthony of versary Mass 3 p.m. June 13 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Padua. Before being named pastor at Seekonk, where he is pastor. A St. Bernard's parish, Assonet, in reception for parishioners, family 1986, he was on the pastoral minis- and friends will follow in the partry staff at St. Luke's Hospital, ish center. New Bedford, for four years. A Fall River native, he attended Msgr. Coyle High School, St. Father Fitzgerald Father Fitzgerald, pastor of St. Mary's College, St. Mary, KY, John the Baptist parish, Westport, ' and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltiand executive din:ctor of diocesan more. He also holds a master of 'health facilities, will celebrate his education degree in guidance counordination anniversary with a 2 seling from Bridgewater State p.m. Mass of Thanksgiving May College. Father Harrison's assignments 23 at'St. John's, with a reception as assQciate pastor were at St. following in the parish center.' , Born in Fall River; he is a grad- ' Joseph's and St. Mary's parishes uate of Msgr. Coyle High School in Taunton; St. Mary's, New Bed'in Taunton and attended Boston ford; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; College for two years before enter- and St. Julie Billiart parish, North ' . ing St. John's Seminary, where he Dartmouth. pastor of St. John NeuHe was , earned a master oJ divinity degree. He also holds a master's in coun- , mann Church, East Freetown, from selingand guidance from Bridge- ' 1984 until he was assigned to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in January. water State Colle,ge. His appointments while he served Following ordination he served as parochial vicar at Holy Name at Taunton parishes were as area CYO director, chaplain ofthe area parish, 'Fall River, until 1974. Serra Club and Catholic nurses He was then named director of ,chapter, and Coyle-Cassidy High pastoral care at St. Anne's HospiSchool chaplain. tal, Fall River, continuing in that He was secretary to the bishop post when he was appointed coorand assistant chancellor in 1971. dinator of pastoral care for the Later he was a member of the sick, a diocesan department in Diocesan Service Committee to charge of hospital and nursing the Charismatic Renewal, director home ministries established in of campus ministry at Southeast1977. , ern Massachusetts University (now 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I11I1111111111111 UMass-Dartmouth) and chaplain THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second at Bishop Stang High School, Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass, North Dartmouth. Published weekly except the week of July 4 In 1983 he was named director and the week after Christmas at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Mass, 02720 by of Cathedral and Our Lady of the the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall Lake camps in East Freetown, and River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid in 1989 he was appointed director $11.00 per year. Postmasters send address of the newly-created Diocesan changes to The Anchor, 1',0. Box 7, Fall Office for Catholic Youth MinisRiver. MA 02722,
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Movement, an ecumenical movement among seminaries. He also holds a master's degree in liturgical research from the University of Notre Dame, and following ordination was a consultor to the U.S. bishops' Committee on Liturgy. In the Fall River diocese he served as parochial vicar at St. Patrick's and Holy Name parishes, Fall River, and St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, before joining the pastoral ministry staff at St. Luke's,Hospital, New Bedford, in 1974. He was the first chaplain in the diocese certified as.a hospital chaplain and the first certified chaplain supervisor. In the late 1970s he became coordinator of Catholic ministry at St. Luke's and organized the Sister-Volunteer Program at the hospital. He was also education committee chairman for the,National Association of Catholic Chaplains. His pastoral ministry work later took him to Baton Rciuge, LA,
where he was director of pastoral education at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. In 1986 he was elected president of the USCC Commission on Certifica~ tion and Accreditation, responsible for certifying chaplains and pastoral ministers and accrediting pastoral training programs.
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A Sense of Mission In spite of the many difficulties our church faces-beginning with media Catholic-bashing-there is evidence that a new sense of purpose and direction has taken hold. For lack of a more developed term, it probably can be summed up in the word "mission." It seems a truly grassroots approach to church is evolving, one that is first and foremost peopleorientated. There is a renewed spirit of care and concern, rooted in a beatitudinal approach rather than demanding precept; one of heart and hope in contrast to law and legislation. This does not mean that necessary order and form are being ignored. Rather, it represents an attempt to use the system in order to implement the church's mission to heal and help. For far too long many in the church have tried to go outside of church to achieve their own goals and objectives, disregarding necessary structures for personal satisfaction. This approach tended to divide rather than unite. Few have been helped; many have been hurt. Today an awakened spirit to serve is indeed surfacing. This mindset is reflected in our own diocesan household by renewed outreach to our Portuguese and Spanish brothers and sisters; the work of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in our jails and hospitals; and the many parish food pantries and other service programs. These are but a few of the efforts that are being accomplished as a result of hands-on helping rather than theoretical proposals. Globally we are witnessing profound changes in the fate of peoples. The breakup of the Soviet Union and the turmoil in Bosnia are having a tremendous impact on our world. What will happen in China and Hong Kong is currently a matter of speculation. The mass exodus of people from Central and South America has created a. whole new set of difficulties. These are but a few examples of the needs of the 90s. As the laity becomes more involved in the church's mission, there is a growing awareness of human need and concerns. Led by the Gospel and the mind of the church more and more Catholics are becoming involved in the mission. Wherever there are people in need of food, clothing and housing; wherever people lack the facilities for a truly human life; wherever there are to be found the dissipated and ignored, you can find church presence. Catholic Christian charity is working for a better world and relieving suffering with the gift of help and hope. The motivation for this renewed charity does not come from an insular and narrow vision of church but rather from a sense that we are a beatitudinal people. The Semon on the Mount has become a mission statement to be applied to local needs and sufferings. There are many who are pessimistic and have doubts about where the church is going. Let's hope that by opening their eyes and looking around, they will see new signs of hope and encouragement...a new sense of mission.
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Gender bias in the workplace
managerial jobs are women, but By Msgr. George G. Higgins Employment discrimination of they account for four of every five any kind, whether based on gender, employees in clerical and secretarrace, color, national origin, reli- ial jobs, lower-paying posi~ions. gion, age or disability, is a menace A 1990 survey found that ofjust to decent societies. It thwarts social over 4,000 people listed as the and economic justice. highest-paid officials of the 1,000 However, the persistence of largest companies in the United gender bias in the world of work States, only 19 - less than I peraround the globe - in industrial cent - were women. In Japan the The Editor as well as developing countries major company Toshiba had only is depressing and unacceptable. Its 10 women among 7,000 managers. cost to society is incalculable. Letters Welcome Throughout the world, in rich Yet the International Labor Or- and poor nations alike, women are Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the ganization, a specialized agency of concentrated in jobs with the least editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All the United Nations, reports that a prospects of economic gain and letters must be signed and contain a home or business address. women's advocacy group estimates . self-esteem. This is evident in ILO it will take up to 100 years for findings that women in industrial women to achieve complete occucountries failed to make substanpational integration in the U.S. tial pay gains in the 1980s and that work force. And, the ILO estiin some countries the pay gap mates, at the current rate women between men and women wideried. are moving in managerial posiEqually disheartening, the pay gap tions, it will take nearly 500 years in developing countries, where路 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER before women and men are repre- women earn less than half what sented in equal numbers in the top men are paid, is even wider. Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall Rive~ echelons of economic and political 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 . "Many societies have only given life worldwide. Fall River. MA d2722 Fall River. MA 02720 These estimates are mind- lip service to the idea of equal pay Telephone 508-675-7151 boggling. The ILO says that in a forequal work," says ILO DirectorFAX (508) 675-7048 majority of countries women hold General Michel Hansenne. "Nabetween 10 percent and 30 percent tions must move during the 1990s Send address changes to P.O. Box 7 or call telephone number above PUBLISHER of managerial positions and less to give women real equality in the than 5 percent of the very highest work force." .Most Rev. Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., PhD. posts. In the United States, where Another problem confronting EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER progress is being made, a little working women is sexual harassRev. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussa.ult more than half the workers'in pro- ment. The ILO estimates .that sex. . . .5 路LEARY PRESS - FALL RIVER fessional specialty occupations and ual harassment drives one in 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.. 1 just over 40 percent of workers in women out of the work force in
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industrialized countries. Some surveys cited by the ILO report that some 15 percent to 30 percent of working women questioned say they were subjected to frequent and serious sexual harassment. Often these demeaning experiences led to stress and related ailments. Clearly, the community of nations, equipped with a wide array of ILO conventions, including measures dealing with equality of opportunity and equal remuneration, must move in their own societies to eradicat~ all forms of discrimination. These conventions - and many others that seek to improve the employment and workplace opportunities for women are similar to treaty obligations when ratified by one of the ILO's 162 member nations. As ILO chief Hansenne says, "For women to be equal, they must have equal access to the economic resources of society. The equality of women begins with their ability to participate fully and on an equal basis with men in gainful activity which enables them to be economically independent." Without a clear commitment in this direction, the number of women held back through no fault of their own will increase alarmingly. We must act decisively to assure equality - and we must act now.
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diverse theol()gies Acts 8:5,·8,14-17 I Peter 3:15-18 John 14:15-21 Interviewed se:veral weeks ago by America magazine, venerable Scripture scholar Msgr. Myles Bourke reflected on his recent return to the seminary classroom (after a 25 year absence). "I was teaching New Testament," he observed, "and that is something that you would think would be of , great interest to sl~minarians. With rare exceptions, the only ones who showed much interest were those, including some rather bright students, who seemed to think that my rather middle-of-the-road exegesis was horribly liberal and that it would lead to all kinds of doctrinal aberrations. For me, it was a very distressing experience." I know the feeling. Scripture scholars are often regarded as the Chruch's troublemakers. Disturbing the peace and equilibrium supposedly willed by Jesus for his community, they frequently cause conflict and create controversy. Yet Bible teac:hing should be one of the Christian community's most essential ministries. Unless we continually return to the Church's earliest traditions, we're always in danger of veering from the path Jesus originally marked out for his followers. Perhaps some Scripture scholars do their job too well. They show how we've already veered from that path...(:specially the essential path of cultivating diverse theologies. (Remember, a theology isn't a narrative of what happened; it's the meaning of what happened.). 'Some modern Christians think only one set of implications flows from Jesus' death, and resurrection. All who join the Lord in dying and rising should have the same experience. We simply learn what it is, then judge everyone against that criterion. If someone doesn't have a theology identical to ours, he or she must not be a true Christian. Since the authors of the Christian Scriptures (includin'g the evangelists) are theologians and not historians, we should anticipate diversity, In today's three readings, for instance, we find several implications of the Holy Spirit's presence in the community...some at odds with others.
By FATHER ROGER KARBAN The author of I Peter, reminding his newly baptized that their lives are quite different from others around them, falls back on the Spirit as one 'way to explain suffering. Jesus' experience should be an example for us. "He was put to death," the preacher proclaims, "insofar as fleshly existence goes, but was given life in the realm of the Spirit." His Holy Spirit theology is meaningful but rather neutral when compared to what we find in Luke and John. Both agree the Spirit is present in the community, but each has experienced that presence in a different way. The theologian who composed Acts believes leaders in the community exercise some kind of gobetween role in bringing about the Spirit's arrival. Though Luke never teaches that the Spirit is controlled by those "in office," he does hold that it always operates in communion with the apostles who are the witnesses of Jesus' living presence on earth. So we're not surprised to read that ..."When the
apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them ...The pair upon arriving imposed hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit." John, on the other hand, has problems with the "apostolic faith" of some early church communities. Never once in his original 20 chapters does he mention the names of the Twelve or give them any authoritative function. (The faith of Peter, for instance, is always inferior to that of the "Beloved Disciple.") The Holy Spirit comes directly on the individual Chrisfian. There's no need for gobetweens. So it's logical for John's Jesus to promise, "If you love me and obey the commands I give you, I will ask the Father and he will give you another Paraclete to be with you always: the Spirit of truth ... he remains with you and will be within you." I trust that over the years our Catholic Scripture scholars have been able to convey the richness which comes from such diversity in theology. If not, some of us might also worry about "doctrinal aberrations," and even try to determine which theology is "right" and which is "wrong."
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By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: Should we buy our daughter a car for her 16th birthday? We can afford it. My husband is a CP A and I am a physician. He thinks it's a good idea but I am not so sure. What do you think? (Ohio) Affluence can be used to try to buy love. Among other abuses,
Teens should learn how to spend their own money this has given money a bad rep. So long as you continue to give your daugher your time and attention, the extravagance of your birthday gift is not the major factor. More important with teens than the amount of money or the gift itself is the way it is given. Money can foster independence, a critical learning task for teens, or it can continue childish styles. Frankly, I believe that parents should foster decision making in their teens as much as is possible. Money presents one such opportunity. Gifts and allowances can be given in an open-ended way to allow the teen latitude to make his or her own choices. Consider redesigning your birthday gift. You might allow your
teen to choose her own major purchase, or to choose her own car. Offer her a fixed sum with no s'trings attached: NSA: That way she can do her own shopping, determining the costs and choosing the type of car. We are so accustomed to being parents and taking charge of our children that NSA gifts represent a major change in our parenting. We fear perhaps that our teen might not make the "right" choice. Yet we forget that it is the act of choosing that we are teaching, not the choice itself. Another way to foster independence in teens is through an allowance. Many teens are still on the "gimme" system. Each and every time they want something,
they make a case to their parents. The parent~ then weigh the matter and decide whether to buy or not. Instead, give your teen a substantial amount of money each month and let the teen be responsible for his or her own clothing purchases, recreation, meals out, gas for his or her car, everything but medical and school expenses. How do you know how much to provide? Give them what you are spending on those items now. Instead of you buying for them, give them control. Won't they make foolish purchases? Of course they will. That's how they learn. Simply refrain from giving them extra money to fill in for their "mistakes." Better
that they make these mistakes while they are still under your roof and the money amounts are relatively small. We can give to our children according to our 'means. Some families can afford more than others. But we should not give in such a way that we continue to keep our teens dependent upon our wishes. Teens need to learn to take control of their lives. One way for parents to help is to give open-ended gifts with no strings attached and to let teens make their own choices. Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited by The Kennys; 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.
Family with "too many" children rejected by landlord By ANTOINETTE BOSCO
Once again I feel my blood boil reading about how a couple can't find a house to rent, not because they don't have the money, but because they have "too many" chiidren. This particular situation concerned a young couple, Warren and Maureen Fairclough from
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Long Island, N.Y., who answered an ad for a house rental. The agent was encouraging on the phone until he learned they have four children. He put them on hold; then suddenly they were told the house had been rented. They believe they were turned down because a landlord did not want to rent to anyone having that many children. Mrs. Fairclough said that the agent asked, "What kind of people would have four children in ·this day and age?" Since then, the Fairclough's have filed a grievance with the DepartmentofHousingand Urban Develop-
ment, the federal agency which handles such complaints. I know how the Faircloughs feel. My encounter with that kind of prejudice happened years ago, when my husband got a job in Syracuse, N.Y., and we needed housing. At the time, we had a year-old son and an adopted son, 15. I was shocked to discover we couldn't find a landlord who would rent to us. Some wouldn't rent to a family with a teenager, others excluded tots. We were caught in the middle, having one of each. We ended up borrowing money to buy a two-family house. We
needed the extra space for rental income. After the closing, we ran an apartment-for-rent ad in the Syracuse newspaper and included the italicized line, "must have children." Within a few days we received nearly 200 calls. We ended up renting to a family with four children. The local newspaper considered the ad newsworthy and ran a front-page story. Then a radio station cited the ad as the best humaninterest story of the week. Sixteen years later, as a divorced mother with six children, I was in the position again of needing a rental house. Once more " had to face the
humiliating responses of rental agents telling me they wouldn't consider me for rentals, not a woman alone with six kids! In those days there were no laws to protect anyone from such discrimination. It makes me sad and angry to see discrimination against families continues. I have found that families with one child, or two at most, are usually considered acceptable. But beyond that, a family is placed in a different category. If there is one issue calling out for correction in society, I think it is how little we think of children. Certainly, as we march against abortion we should also be marching for children already born.
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Q. Our parish group is planning activities that involve the feast of the Ascension. We know the bishops made some changes about holy days of obligation recently,
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Last January, Mark Mogilka, Family Life Director of the Green Bay, Wisconsin, diocese, sent me a copy of his diocese's Study of Household Spirituality, which: attempted to assess family'spirituality so the diocese could better ,respond to the questions: How does one help to build a "house:hold of faith?" What are the values and beliefs that underpin a household offaith? What kinds ofthings happen in a 'household of faith that help to keep it alive and growing? How has the Church helped or hindered the building of households of faith? Of the 1200 surveys mailed to a random sampling of registered Catholics, a respectable 758 (63 percent) were returned. Twice as many women as men responded. One-half of the households had children. Over half of the respond-
but we can't find out for sure what they were. Is Ascension Thursday still a holy day as it always was? (Florida) A. In a decree released last fall, the American bishops did two things. First, they reaffirmed the tradition of holy days observed in the Unitt:d States: The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Jan. I); Ascension Thursday; the Assumption(Aug. 15); All Saints(Nov. I); the Immaculate Conception (Dec.
8); and the Nativity of Our Lord ,dance when these feasts fall next to (Dec. 25). a Sunday. What.Masses count for These, of course, are in addition which obligations? Which Mass to Sundays, w.hich are the primary 'formulas should be used? If Satholy days of obligation for us. urday is a holy day, may one They also decreed that when attend Mass in the morning for the Jan. I, Aug. 15 orNov. I falls ona holy day and in the evening for Saturday or Monday, the precept Sunday? And so on. In 1993, the only holy'day to attend Mass is abrogated. In other words, in those circumstan- affected will be Nov. I, which falls ces these three feasts are not days on a Monday. In effect, then, that will not be a holy day of obligation of obligation for Mass. The reason for these exceptions this year. These changes do not affect the is the confusion about Mass atten-
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Are we building households of faith? ents were over age 50 and 22% were over age 71. Two-thirds attended weekly Mass. According to the study's summary, "Overall, the respondents to the survey were an above average and committed group of Catholics. Results probably reflect some bias in this regard." Regrettably, this is a common problem in religious surveys. Those most committed tend to respond. Nevertheless, survey results reveal some, interesting information. Almost three-fourths of the households have at least one member who says morning and evening prayers while only 16 percent have a member who reads the Bibleoh a regula'r basis. Almost half said the Mass helped them to grow as a household of faith while only 29 percent felt that Sunday homilies helped them live out their daily life in their homes. Finally, the study concludes, "When all is said and done, six out' of ten (59 percent) believe their lives are better because of their religious affiliation." That's a discouraging conclusion coming from an "above average and committed group of Catholics."
Two conclusions give me pause for reflection, one of which I'll deal with this week and the other next week. The first is, "Comparing the scores of those who attended Catholic schools with those who were in religious education or CCD programs, there is no significant difference between the two groups ....There was no correlation between the number of years in which a respondent attended a religious education or CCD program .... In some instances, those' with no religious educa.tion did as well, if not better than those reporting some participation in parish religious ed ucation 'pro" grams." , Wow! Once again, ugly reality surfaces. By turning religion,into a classroom subject, we've pretty much igno'red the necessity of its being lived out at home. As one who has struggled with enriching family-based faith for over 20 years, I find this discouraging. In fact, the study found that "households with children score the lowest on marriage and family beliefs, household faith practices and parish support when compared to other housholds. Those who
live alone score the highest, followed by those who live only with their spouse, who are then followed by households that have children in them." If we faced a persecution as at the time of the Reformation when open practice of faith was punishable by 'death, I wonder if our home-based faith would flourish as it did then in England and Ireland. In other words, if we closed out all religious instruction for chil-
dren in our churches, would parents finally take on the faith responsibility they promised at the baptism of their children? Or would they just let their children's faith wither and disappear if somebody else didn't take responsibility for passing it on? I believe these are questions we are afraid to pose because, since faith isn't being nurtured at home, Catholicism might perish if we didn't teach it elsewhere. I applaud Green Bay for its courage in ask-, ing the right questions.
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ROME (CNS) - The'populations of developed cOJ.lntries are getting older, causing church and government'officials to worry about the resulting economic, health and immigration issues. While experts praise medical and scientific progress that extends life expectancy, they do not welcome the accompanying decline in the developed world's birth rate. The trend is toward a growing number of retired people and a shrinking number of economically
productive peopleproviding countries' financial backbone. This'has ,created strains on pension and health care services, said a Vatican background paper on population issues. In some countries reduced work forces have not been completely compensated for by new technology, it added. The Vatican paper was made public at a recent U. N.-sponsored meeti'ng in Geneva on population problems in Western Europe, the United States and Canada.
Salve Regina More than 150 students received recognition for excellence in scholarship, campus leadership and community service at Salve Regina University's annual Honors Convocation April 24. Valedictorian Karen Rasmussen of Fairhaven reminded her classmates of the changes - both at the university and in the world - they have witnessed during their college years. She encouraged her classmates to enter the world as a positive force for progress and improvement. Among those receiving awards were senior Patrick Mullen of Seekonk, who earned the Pell Medal, and junior Gina Mennet of Sandwich who received one of four university-wide service awards. Graduation will be held at the Newport, RI, university on May 16, with 140 students receiving bachelor's degr{:es. Five will graduate summa cum laude, 27 magna cum laude and 58 cum laude. 189 master's degrees, six associates degrees and one certificate of advanced graduate studies will also be awarded. Dr. Lucille McKillop, RSM, university president, will address the graduates. Honorary doctoral degrees will be awarded to Sister Madeleine F. San Souci, RSM, professor and chair of the university's department of nursing; Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Thomas Fay, and Mark P. Malkovich III, general director of the Newport MusicFestivaI. . Librar:~ Named
At an April 20 reception marking Sister McKillop's 20th anniversary as university president, chairman of the board of trustees Andrew M. Hunt announced that Salve Regina's new library, which opened in 1991, will be named for Sister McKillop. In attendanc!: at the Newport rec.eption were more than 600 guests including civic, religious and educational leaders from New England and Sister McKillop's hometown of Chicago. The McKillop Library is one of the most advanced learning resources in Rhode Island. It provides seating for over 450 people, volume capacity for 2.30,000 holdings, computer research laboratories, and publishing services. In addition to an on-line public access catalog and circulation systems, the library has made CD-ROM databases and the expanded 'Academic Index available to both library and off-campus users.
MllY 16 1941, Rev. William McDonald SS., St. Patrick. Falmouth ' 1960, Rt. Re~路. Msgr. J. Joseph Sullivan, P. Roo, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall Rive:r 1981, Rev. Arthur C. DosReis, Retired Pastor, Sant"o Christo, Fall River M2LY 17 1951, Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, D.D., Third Bishop of Fall River 1934-51 M2LY 19 1941, Rev. Thomas Trainor, - Pastor, St. Louis, Fall River 1988, Rev. Arthur C. Levesque, Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford MllY 20 1952, Rev. Antonio L. DaSilva, Pastor, Our Lady of Health, Fall River
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SEMINARIANS for the Fall River diocese studying at Holy Apostles Seminary, Cromwell, CT, stand with Bishop O'Malley outside Queen of Apostles Chapel after the bishop offered a day of recollection for the student body. From left are Henry Dahl, Michael Racine, Mark Parker, Bishop O'Malley, .Anthony Cerretta, Paul Lamb and Alexandro Delgado.
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Mayor Flynn to speak at Stonehill graduation Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn; recently nominated as ambassador to the Vatican, will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree at Stonehill College, North Easton, commencement exercises II.a.m. Sunday on the college quadrangle. In the event of rain, the graduation will take place in the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex. The college will confer more than 490 baccalaureate degrees, and honorary degrees will be awarded to Professor German S. Mironov, rector at Yaroslavl State University in Russia; Francis J. M ullin, managing director and chief of equity training at Putnam Investments; and Dorothy James Orr, a principal of Dorothy J. Orr Associates. Mayor Flynn, a lifelong resident of Boston, is in his third term as mayor. Since his inauguration in 1984 he has been a leading spokesman on urban issues and has made neighborhood services the cornerstone of his political agenda. As cochairman of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness, he worked diligently for the passage ofthe Stuart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, and he proposed a National Community Housing Partnership Act to put America back in the business of affordable housing. He was president of the mayors' conference in 1991 and 1992, then served as national cochair of the Clinton for President Campaign Committee. Mayor Flynn hold~ a bachelor's degree in public administration from Providence College and a master's in education from Harvard University. Appointed to the Academic All-American basketball team in 1963, he was a third round draft choice for the Philadelphia 76ers in 1963 and last cut from the Boston Celtics in 1965. In the late '60s he was a basketball coach at Stonehill. . Professor Mironov, with whom Stone hill has coordinated a student and faculty exchange program since 1990, will receive an honorary doctor of sciences degree. In 1965, he received the title of Honored Practitioner of Science and Technology in Russia. He is a deputy of the Yaroslavl Regional
Soviet of People's Deputies; a member of the regional board of directors of the D.1. Mendeleev Chemical Society and chairman of the board of the regional organization Znanie (Knowledge). Widely recognized in his own country and abroad as a specialist in organic chemistry, Professor Mironov has written four textbooks on the subject. Mullin will receive an honorary doctor of business administration degree. He is director of the Boston Stock Exchange and a member of the National Security Traders ~ssociation, the Boston Security Traders Association, and the International Equity Dealers Association. He joined Putnam Investments in 1963. He is chairman of the Stonehill Board of Trustees, on which he has served since 1987. Entrepreneur and business pioneer Dorothy James Orr, the first African-American woman to achieve a senior executive position in the. nation's insurance in'dustry, will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree. For more than a decade, she has served as corporate vice president for the Equitable Life Assurance' Society, establishing the company's office of social responsibility and overseeing the firm's strategic planning. As a principal of Dorothy J. Orr Associates, she is a consultant to national organizations, international companies, government agen. cies, and colleges and universities, concentrating on strategic planning and management development. Stonehill will also honor a facLlty member with the surprise Excellence in Teaching Award, given in memory of Stonehill administrator and faculty member Louise F. Hegarty. Music for commencement will be provided by The United Brass Quintet. Marshals will be Charles H. Curran, chairperson of the communication and theatre arts department; Judith A. Sughrue, associate professor of history; and Valeriy V. Tomashov, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. Chet A. Raymo, physics professor and director of the physics and preengineering programs, will preside. Rev. Msgr. Henry 1'. Munroe will be principal celebrant of the 4:30 p.m. Baccalaureate Mass tomorrow in the Ames sports complex. .
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Real priest featured in "Gasoline Alley" ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (CNS) "See you in the funny papers" means just that when talking to Father Robert Murphy. The pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in St. Joseph is a character in "Gasoline Alley," one ofthe longest-running comic strips in the United States, thanks to a long-distance friendship with its author-artist. Father Murphy, also the name in the syndicated strip, first appeared March 15. The story continued until May 10. Jim Scancarelli of Charlotte, N.C., who draws the strip, has never met Father Murphy. They became friends by telephone and letter through the priest's hobby of free-lance writing on theater, movie and animation topics. Scancarelli told Father Murphy. that he thought of the priest while "kicking around this idea I had about a cathedral." In a telephone interview with Catholic News Service, the 51year-old Scancarelli said he and Father Murphy were discussing
the idea of using a priest in the cartoon one day, "and I said, 'How'd you like to be the priest? The job is available,''' A Catholic who attends Sunday Mass at the Centro Catolico Hispano in Charlotte, Scancarelli said he wanted to present a priest character "in a sensible, dignified, priestly role" rather than in the buffoonish way priests are sometimes depicted in the media. "I was trying to put Roman Catholic priests in a good light," . he said. "They've been getting a lot of bad press because ofa few, and I wanted to do the reverse," Scancarelli took over "Gasoline Alley" in 1986 from author-artist Dick Moores, with whom he had worked for seven years before that. The comic strip first appeared on Nov. 24, 1918, and was the first to allow its characters to age. Father Murphy, the character, is a priest of St. Bernard's Cathedral who seeks outjunkmen R4fus and Joel to do some work for the church. "The idea of where Joel and
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ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (CNS) - Philippines military aircraft rocketed and strafed the mountain hideout of Muslim guerrillas who held a Spanish priest captive for 49 days, officials said. The priest, Claretian Father Bernardo Blanco, escaped from, his captors early May 6, saying he slipped out of the camp while his guards slept. The whereabouts of a 5-yearold Filipino boy who was believed to have been held along with Father Blanco were unknown. The priest said he had not seen the youth. Military officials said the rebels suffered heavy casualties as they fled their hideout on a remote Bas. ilan island 560 miles south of Manila. Four soldiers were wounded in running gun battles with rebels belonging to the Abu Sayyaf group, a breakaway Muslim rebel band which held 65-year-old Father Blanco. Father Blanco, who attributed his escape to "the help of the Lord," told reporters at a press conference in Zamboanga City that he left the foxhole where he was being kept to relieve himself and found his guards sleeping.
With a full moon to guide him, he said he decided to take his chances. The priest said he "ran and ran" for about 12 miles before reaching a militia post in the village of Maligi, UCA News, an Asia church news ~gency based in Thailand, reported. The militiamen, whose leader was identified only as Commander Samson, contacted Mayor Leonardo Pioquinto of Isabela, who came to pick up the priest. Although suffering a few bruises in the course of his flight from the rebels, Father Blanco said: "I still feel very healthy," He said he lived mainly on a diet of "pangge," a local dish made of fish and cassava. Father Blanco met President Fidel Ramos at the presidential palace in Manila May 7, and Ramos said that troops should take lessons from him on jungle survival techniques. Father Blanco, from Zamora, Spain, was kidnapped March 18 by Muslim bandits on the way to his parish in Basilan, where he worked for 13 years. His kidnappers later turned him over to Abu Sayyaffor guns and ammunition.
THE REAL-LIFE Father Murphy. (eNS photo) Rufus are always messing up my name came from a housekeeper I had when I was first ordained," Father Murphy told The Catholic Key, newspaper of the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese. "I was in this parish for two years and she never got my name right. It was always Father Mercy or Marco." Father Murphy believes the cartoon character's actions and expressions are close to reality but he feels Scancarelli has exaggerated somewhat. "I don't think I'm that fat or bald in real life," he said. In the strip, the junkmen and Father Murphy are in Joel's muledrawn cart on the way to St. Bernard's. St. Bernard's doesn't look like the modern church of Our Lady of Guadalupe. . "What Jim wanted to do," the priest said, "is draw a church that would have flying buttresses and a . lot of fun things." The strips include "some gargoyles, a belfry and a lot of interesting shots of the church," he added. Friends and parishioners are having fun at the real Father Murphy's expense, he said. ' "Some of the altar boys have told me that they're cutting it out every day and keeping a scrapbook," he said. "I'd like to have a nickel for every time someone comes up to me and says, 'Hi, Father Mercy or Murray.''' "I told Bishop [John J.] Sullivan in kind of mock seriousness that I was going to be in the newspaper," Father Murphy said. "He just rolled his eyes until I told him I was going to be a cartoon character. He said, 'You already are a cartoon character,'''
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Educaltors Continued from Page One worl'd and tell the good news," the bishop charged the educators. In his Mass homily, the bishop asked the convention participants to reflect on the "meaning and ministry of the pope, in the church" in preparation for Pope John Paul II's visit to the United States in August. "It is important that through our Catholic schools we begin to prepare the community for this event"-both the youth of the diocese who will attend the August World Youth Day activities in Denver and those who cannot attend but should learn about their significance. Children and Families '·M'. The convention's afternoon DIOCESAN EDUCATORS offer prayers of the faithful program consisted of three workshop sessions, with topics covering in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Polish during their convention Mass. (Hickey photo) numerous classroom strategies and exploring outside forces which can plan to deal with the death of a affect students in'the classroom, Catholic educators to fight cultumember of the school community. ral, economic, religious and familsuch as family dynamics, stereoial attitudes which can be damagtyping, violence, child abuse and Both Mrs. R uginis, director of ing to young women's self-esteem. guidance, and Ms. Revil, religion neglect and alcohol or drug use. In "Becoming Family-Friendly The Catholic Social Services department chairperson, are certiin the Age of Technology," Scottie pregnancy counseling program fied in death education and teach a Foley of the Diocesan Office of assist 70 to 75 young women a death and dying course at the Family Ministry explored what year, "98 percent of them catholic, North Dartmouth school. changes in family makeup mean still and school and mostly from They encouraged other schools for today's students and teachers. two-parent homes," said Mrs. to develop a plan like the one "We have gone from Leave it to Mancini. Bishop Stang has had in place for Through the counseling proBeaver to Roseanne families," she four years to inform students, gram, Catholic Social Service has said. "Children are more vocal and discovered that most often '~the faculty and parents of a d~ath and more demanding." provide grief counseling. pregnancy is not the result of lack Whereas in the past "it used to of knowledge" about avoiding pregbe that parents were the ultimate Mrs. Ruginis and Ms. Revil nancy but "a lack of self-esteem," pressure," today peers and the head a committee of about a dozen she said. The young woman may media have significant impact on members which in the event of a want to "escape from an intolerayouths' values, said Mrs. Foley. tragedy will formulate a statement ble home situation," or consciously to be read in person by committee Among factors affecting today's or unconsciously she wants a child families, she cited dual-earner, members' as they visit each classsingle-parent or blended family "just to have someone to love" or room individually. households; latch-key children, so she will be considered an adult. The school chapel is to be set families having fewer children, "What we see is a total disregard aside for persons who need supmaterialism and vioknce in society, for themselves and their own port or counseling or who simply and de-emphasis of religion in the value," said Mrs. Mancini. wish to reflect quietly. Counseling home. . Stereotypes about the role of professionals may be brought in if Most families suffer from a women begin in early childhood necessary. This atmosphere should "calendar crunch," with the dewhen girls and boys are bombarded remain available as long as needed, manding schedules of both par- with societal messages: women "until you reach a point where you ents and children reducing the depicted unfavorably in media from have to be able to go on," said Ms. time families spend together, she movies and TV soaps to comic Revil. added. books to the evening news; while "You can have a heartfelt desire Ms. Ruginis proposed that guiin the home "supermoms" try to to be a family, but it's not real if "raise children, work and take care dance staff members from dioceyou don't make time," said Mrs. san high schools "go a couple of of the house," feeling like a failure Foley. times a year to the grammar schools if they don't "do it all," said Mrs. All of these pressures detract . Mancini. "What kind of message and develop a rapport with the from the Christian vision that . does that give their daughters? kids" so that in the event of a "family life is holy," she continued. tragedy the guidance personnel Daughters learn to give and give Families "don't recognize their and not say no-so they can't say would be excellent resource perholiness" because they "equate sons for elementary schools. no when pressured for smoking, holiness with the saints and family drinking, sex later on." The ·Stang plan also calls for life is messy!" Other factors leading to low parents to be notified, through a But it is the family that "begins self-esteem include domestic viomailing or meeting, of what has from the first moment of a child's lence or abuse, and the absence occurred and how the school is life to teach children about God," "physically or emotionally" of handling the situation. said Mrs. Foley. "Anyone who has fathers in the home, said Mrs. Other concerns for educators, ever picked up a crying child has Mancini, noting that the self-esteem the presenters noted, are the differtaught the first lesson about problem is common among young ing needs of younger and older God-someone greater than one- men as well, who will react in difchildren in such situations, identiself who reaches out and cares." ferent ways, including violence. fying students most affected by the Educators·have the opportunity "We are seeing a generation of death, communicating with the to help families rediscover holiyoung people who seem more press and media, and commemoness by becoming more aware of amoral than immoral," said Mrs. rating the deceased. the stresses on their students, Mrs. Mancini. "They have JlO sense of In thefirst matter, Mrs. Ruginis Foley said, proposing that teachers right and wrong. It's okay to have learn about children's backgrounds sex at 12, 13, 14; it's okay to drink, advised that committee members be able to deal effectively with and encourage pare:ntal involve- to hit back-everybody's doing children of different ages. Lanment in school activities. Above it. " all educators should "honor and She urged Catholic schools to guage can be a problem with small encourage the need for families to be "on the front lines" in support- children because "things we say to soften the impact"-like that a spend time together," she said. ing and ~mpoweringyoung women. person is "at peace"-"can lead to "Let's put children and families "We must tell them they are misunderstanding," she said." "Y ou first, starting with our own fami- important just because they are need to be honest and explain it; lies and then moving into the who they are," said Mrs. Mancini. classroom," Mrs. Foley concluded. "If we say nothing about the blat- kids will ask if they don't underIn "Our Young Vvomen Don't ant immorality we witness, who stand," she said. Know How to Say No-Is It Our will? If we don't advocatefor young Educators may think that the Fault?," Mary-Lou Mancini, di- women, who will?" only students affected by a death rector of Fall River Catholic Social Dealing with Death are the ones closest to the deceased, Services, pointed out that values In the workshop "When Death said Ms. Revil, and those students taught in Catholic schools "often Comes to School," Bishop Stang will get a lot of attention and care are not lived at home." She urged High School faculty members Jean following a tragedy. But adults
must also look for grief in "exboyfriends or ex-girlfriends, rivals," and even those with unresolved grief not connected to the current situation, she said. The most important rule, according to Mrs. R uginis, is "Never judge someone else's grief." In cases such as the recent stabbing and shooting in Dartmouth and Acushnet schools, students may fear coming back to school, the presenters said. But they did not recommend closing school after a tragedy because they feel students and faculty would need to talk to one another and draw support from the school community. They added that the Stang plan requires that media contact be handled exclusively through the principal's office so that students and faculty will be left "in peace." Finally, many schools would wish to commemorate the deceased, the presenters said, offering as suggestions a Month's Mind Mass, scholarship or library book donation. . In closing, noting that the stabbing of a student in a Dartmouth High School classroom took place only a mile away from Bishop Stang, Ms. Revil asserted that "We are at a point now where we realize all schools need a plan. It's better off to have it and not use it
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than to be caught without it when you need it." 25-Year Reco:gnitions At the last diocesan Catholic education convention in the fall of 1991, the Diocesan Department of Education awarded silver bowls to educators who have served in Catholic schools 25 years or more. The tradition was continued at this year's gathering, when Bishop O'Malley presented bowls to Claire Allard of Notre Dame School, Fall River; Milton Breault, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, New Bedford; Michael Donly, CoyleCassidy High School, Taunton; Sister Patricia Harrington, Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro; and Theresa Dougall and Gertrude Vessella of Bishop Stang High School.
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At a time when prophetic voices tions. A Florida judge, Laura are decrying the loss of the sense of Melvin, ordered the Ten Commandments on the wall outside her BERNARD the holy in our lives and calling us to return to our religious roots, it courtroom covered during a murder . is worth noting that many of our trial. The courts are not alone. Dur- CASSERLY roots were not always religious. ing the Easter season justended, May is a timely example. Most Catholics know it as the month of one shopping mall set up a "Great Bunny," for children to line up and column that the Los Angeles riots Mary. but it did not begin that talk to, an Easter version of Santa and the Savings and Loan scanway. Although May and Mary Claus, I guess. Whatever happened sound alike, they are not related. dals illustrate what happens when The Romans named the month for to the Resurrection? moral inhibitions fall away. In what may be a long-simmering the goddess Maia, the wife of "Take away the restraints of reaction to this state of affairs, we Jupiter. Long before the coming of Christ are now hearing calls for greilter conscience," he wrote, "and people grab whatever they can .... And emphasis on our religious roots. the month was marked by festivithat moral consensus depends in but I The voices are not numerous, ties like hanging May baskets, turn on a strong religious faith .... As think their impact will grow. dancing round the Maypole and crowning the Queen of the May. "When God is removed from our nation turns away from God, These secular celebrations took on our national life," according to a we are losing the only sure basis religious overtones with the spread moral theologian at St. Charles for a moral order in society, an of Christianity. Seminary, Philadelphia, PA, "noth- order that applies to all people, Across the centuries Marian ing is sacred. Without God, ours black or white, in ghetto neighdevotions became increasingly has become a civilization of death." borhoods or in corporate boardpopular. Almost every month has Professor John M. Haas told a rooms." The secularization of American a Marian feastday. During May, "Human Life and Family" dinner Mary's favorite prayer, the rosary, in Minneapolis, MN, in March society has taken a long time, but ~as prayed daily privately and in that "our national tradition it can be reversed. We've seen how outdoo.r marches, especially on affirmed the place of religion in Christianity transformed pagan May Day, once the communists' life," and it is essential to recapture festivals in the past; it can still perform wonders today. The power of favorite day ofcelebration. the sense of the holy in society. The earthquake in the Church Chuck Colson, the reformed prayer has not been taken away, MADONNA MANOR eucharistic minister Roland Fre- called Vatican II shook things up, Watergate conspirator. put it even just allowed to get rusty. gault (left), resident council president Lea Arthur, and chahowever, and a mistaken de-emphamore strongly. "We are stripping This Weeks Senior Sally sis of the role of Mary brought a religion away from public life to plain Father Justin Quinn were among those celebrating at the After installing a new sound sysdecline in Marian devotions. Other our great and everlasting peril," he home's volunteer appreciation dinner. long-established liturgical practi- said in an Associated Press inter- tem, the pastor was somewhat view. "It's the most self-destructive taken aback by a comment from ces also were abandoned. MADONNA MANOR, North ters at Mass and in individuals' process the nation could embark one parishioner. "If J wanted to The changes were mirrored in Attleboro, residents and staff rooms, and being friendly visitors. the public square as well, espehear, "he said, "J would have moved on." recently h'osted an "Appreciation Certificates of appreciation were cially in the United States. Courts Colson, who won the $1 million up/ront. " Dinner" to thank the nursing distributed by Mrs. Lea Arthur, have removed some signs of reli- Templeton Prize for Progress in St. Olaf Parish Bulletin, home's 57 volunteers for their president of the home's Resident gion that have endured for genera- Religion, wrote in his syndicated Minneapolis, MN many hours of service over the Council, a resident since 1989. The event included a showing of past year. Vplunteers perform a variety of important functions at "Care with Compassion," a video the Manor: transporting residents that explains the philosophy of to activities, sorting and delivering care at Madonna Manor. Manor mail, serving as eucharistic minis- administrator MarthaJ. Daneault explained some ofthe new services INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) the world and to increase aware- Native American boy in Arizona that the home offers, including With one 5,000-mile walk behind - ness about the plight of youngsters made the project worthwhile. When short-term rehabilitive programs, hospice care, intravenous therapy him, Irishman John Scully, a Cath- , living in poverty. Along the way he heard about Scully's plans to olic, might hit the road again, all in people would donate money or help impoverished children of all and respite care. pledge money for miles he walked. races, the boy told him, "I want to Many people- in the greater the name of po~r children. Retired engineers, scientists and He collected $40,000 in Ireland thank you for helping my people." In 1991-92 Scully, of Galway, science teachers are invited to con- Attleboro community, Mrs. And that, Scully told The CriIreland, organized the "Walk and $90,000 in the United States tribute to middle school science Daneault told the volunteers, hesiAcross America: Give A Child A for the Pamela Scully Memorial terion, "meant more to me than if education through Project RE- tate to apply for admission at he had come up and given me a Chance" fundraiser. Recently, he Foundation for needy children. SEED (Retirees Enhancing Science Madonna Manor because of the was in Indianapolis to meet with He organized the foundation and thousand dollars." Education Through Experiments mistaken idea that there is a waitAfter speaking at a Catholic volunteers who helped with that named it after his wife. and Demonstration), sponsored by ing list. Scully said he often prayed the church in Maine, Scully said many However, with the addition of first walk to discuss the possibility Northeastern University. rosary while walking and frequently ofthe parishioners gave him money. The project allows retirees to several new rooms at the home of a second one in 1994. From and the brief stays of individuals in Indianapolis he went to Chicago thought of his wife as he tried to One man offered $5 along with an serve as science resource agents, apology. "I'm sorry I can't give deal with her death. working with middle school phys- rehabilitative care, Mrs. Daneault for similar meetings. more," the man said, "but I haven't Scully would like to start out said, there are openings currently ical science teachers in hands-on Throughout the "Walk Across worked in 10 months." available for those in the greater from Miami on his 67th birthday demonstrations, activities and exAmerica," Scully was accompanThe money Scully raised beneAttleboro community who may Feb. 17, 1994, and walk northwest periments. to Seattle. ied by several bishops who joined fits underprivileged, deprived and or shortneed either long-term Volunteers are also sought to him on a leg of the journey. The spirit of wanderlust and the handicapped children in the Phiprepare other retired science pro-. term nursing care. loss of his wife to cancer prompted "I n Austin, Bishop John Mclippines, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Scul53 adult and four junior volunfessionals to be resource agents. him to set out on last year's unusCarthy walked with me," he said. ly's native Ireland, a Native AmerParticipants will attend a free teers were honored at the event. ual journey, Scully said in an in- "His ancestors came from my home- ican community in New Mexico three-week residential. leadership terview with The Criterion, newstown in Ireland." and a variety of community protraining program at Northeastern jects in participating cities in paper of the archdiocese of InReflecting on the walk, Scully University in September. then condianapolis. He said the walk was a said aconveisation with a young America. duct RE-SEED workshops in Massagood way for him to deal with his chusetts communities. A team conl!;rief while helping others. sisting of a retired science teacher "I've always liked walking," he and a retired engineer or scientist said, "but I've never attempted Mother of God will be selected for each of 14 trainsomething like this before. ing sites in Maine and MassachuMary, Mother of God, "Before the walk started, I said I setts, including Fall River and above all creatures in heaven was going to do this thing once... Taunton. But I think having done something Application deadlines are June and earth, Christ has given like this, there is the yearning to 4 for the leadership training proyou his people as a firm get out and do it again." gram and August 15 for workbulwark and protectress, to On July II, 1992, Scully waked shops which will begin in October. shield and save sinners who into Calais, Maine, ending a 5,000 For information contact Deirdre fly to you. Therefore, 0 Murphy or Claire Duggan at(617) mile trek that had begun in Dublin. He had walked 500 miles across 437-5154. Lady, all-embracing refuge, Ireland, then flown to San Diego. we solemnly recall your He left there Nov. 4, 1991, and sweet protection, and beg walked an average of 25 miles a Christ forever for his mercy. day on a 4,500-mile course that Amen. meandered across the United States. National Shrine chapel He walked to raise money for prayer DR. JOHN SCULLY (CNS photo) underprivileged children around
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Massa.chusetts bishops oppose "reproductive choice" act Bishop Sean O'Malley, along with Cardinal B(~rnard F. Law of Boston, Bishop John A. Marshall of Springfield and Bishop Timothy J. Harrington of Worcester, issued the following statement on Monday, May 10, regarding the "Act Relative to Reproductive Choice" introduced th,at day in the Massachusetts House of: Representatives. On Monday May 10, the Massachusetts House of Representatives will vote on a bill entitled, "An Act Relative to Reprod uctive Choice" (House 3239). This euphemism, "reproductive choic:e," gives the false impression that the pro-
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Tilley, Brian, John J.Jackmauh, M/M Raymond Bois; Too many years 'yourself in a romance, there 'is Sullivan, Martin Conroy, M/M George F., M/M Louis A. Florio, Mrs. Joseph-F. Ort-" " " Tonight. only control; not love. £/iarette, Rita Richardson, M/M Law· ' man, Margaret M, MiJrphy, .Carl Palm; , Tell me what you dream at night . Overreactions or catastrophizfence McGiIli\lray, M/MJames Donovan; M/M John Cunningham, M/M-James T. ' While. you're sleeping ing over little things that, your M/M PaUl R.Trapp Sr., Roseila Donlan, Phillips, M/MJames lee , Tell Die -What. you see at night datirig partner says or does mirM/M R. G. Sibley, M/M John Carroll,$350 Dr.lM Robert E. Glancy; $30Q.. In your dreams•. ror deeper pains within yourself. , . Is it someone else's arms Perhaps aperson who overreacts, That holdyoQ ~ight, ,to such· things has not gotten . Or, darling, is it me? over a rejection by someone he or Tell me what you dream .she dated in the past. Maybe ,At night while you sleep. one's current responses stem 'for Deep in the night " the time when a person was hurt, You whisper so low ,. as a child. I lay by your side, ' , Whatever the cause or origin' I feel so alone, alone ,of hurt, God's healing is aV,aihiI reach for your arms ble. However, we cannot attain You call out a name this healing by ignoring emotional It wasn't my own injuries. We need to talk to a It caused me such pain inside. trusted individual about our feel-, ings and painful memories. Written by Josh Leo; Vince Melamed, Timothy Schmidt. Gradually, we can release the Sung by Restless Heart © 1993 by BMG Music past hurt and anger. In most schools or parishes, THIS COLUMN reviews Top country has grown in popularity. tl1ere are people who can help us Forty music. But consider some I don't mind reviewing, the coun- find such healing or who can of the names on the Billboard try sound, especi~lly when songs refer us to individual who do this charts during the last year: Billy like Restless Heart's "Tell Me kind of work. When we try to control anothRay Cyrus, Kenny G, the "Alad- What You Dream" cross over to ' er's dreams, the problem lies the pop charts. din" soundtrack cassingless, even THECONFIRMATION class ofS1. John of God parish,' This song describes a sure way within ourselves, not in the other. Garth Brooks and George Strait. Somerset, held its annual walk-a-thon to benefit the Catholic The list is hardly a "Who's Who" you wreck a romance. The guy in Start replacing jealousy and conCharities Appeal on May 1. Participants in the IO-mile event the song has a problem with trol with trust and healing. of rock! Your comments are welcomed w.ere able to visit some of the apostolates the Appeal funds, Maybe I should get more with trust. He hears the woman in his life by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box the times! Personally, I doubt if such as this, the Catholic Social Services office in Fall River. rock is fading away, but surely whisper someone else's name 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635.
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COYLE-CASSIDY National Honor Society outgoing president Amanda Terra passes authority to new president Mark Estrella during a recent ceremony at which officers were installed and ne:w members inducted into the Taunton high school's NHS chapter. . At right: Bishop O'Malley with seven Coyle-Cassidy students who were altar servers for the Channel 6 Easter Sunday television Mass. They are, from left, Bill Frazier, Anthony Maffini, Greg Napier, Kevin DePathy, Jamie Frazier, Mark Estrella and Danny Bourque. (Breen photos) .
St. Anne's School St. Anne's School, Fall River, ofEducation and Stonehill College. students have been. submitting their Joshua Medeiros earned honors classwork to are:a competitions from the Mass Relief/National with successful results. Arbor Day Foundation. Eight students will have their Seventh-graders John Mariotti poems published in the 1993 Chil- and Katherine Fanning received dren's Poetry Anthology. They are: first and third place awards in Cheryl Arruda, Melissa Larrivee, Bishop Connolly High School's Kara Nadeau, Gina Mauretti, Leah junior high art/ science fair. MariVieira, Steven Medeiros, Carlos otti also placed first in the MassaSilva and Jennifeli Potvin. chusetts Regional Science Fair and Jason Lavoie, Uobyn Wing and received a special medical award Melissa Medeiros received first, for his project on the circulatory second and third places respec- system. tively for creative writing in the Adam Chapdelaine, Allyson "Newspaper in Education" pro- Cook and Amy McIntyre· earned gram sponsored by the Fall River diocesan geography awards. Herald News. Miss Wing also Teachers, too, are earning recogearned a first plac,e award from the . nition for their work. Fourth grade Massachusetts De:ntal Association teacher Patricia Souza received the Providence Journal's $100 for her poem "The Smile." Jennifer Leath,erwood received March award for her class project, a $50 U.S. Savings Bond and a "Christmas Around the World." certificate for fi,:st place in the Sister Mary Dumond, CP, earned Health Fair poster contest' spon- the $100 award for April for her sored by the D,iocesan Department p~oject "Parents Reading."
:Bishop Connolly The 14 members of the Bishop Connolly High School Law Team were honored fOf their finish as District 8 champions at a luncheon with Fall River Mayor John R. Mitchell, .... The Cougars' fi nish pla~ed them eighth statewide in a field of 120 teams. The staff of Paw Prints, Connolly's literary magazine, has published this year's third volume of original poems, ,essays and short' stories by students aild staff. David Morey is faculty·moderator for the publication, Which·has 13 contributors. The Connolly National Honor Society chapter has raised $1,200 through its 1992-93 activities. $1.50 each will be don.ated to ·St. Vincent's Horne, Fall' R\ver, arid the Wish Come TrUl~. Foundation. A $400 scholarship will be given directly t.o ~ ,ConnollY student, while the 'remaii"ling $400 will be set aside for a fwcure scholarship. School"co~nseior Joan~e L. Beaupre atte,ndel1 the May.2 Massachusetts School Counselor'sAssociation annual conference in Hyanni,s.· This year's conf~rence theme was "Enhancing Human Potenti!ll:- The' Visipn/The, Mission." , PiinclpaT'Fatfier John Murray,
SJ, Father Robert Levens, SJ, rector or'the Jesuit community at Connolly, and faculty members David Morey and Carol Medeiros will attend the national Jesuit Secondary Educators Workshop June 22-26 in Chicago. The program will focus on lay collaboration within Jesuit high sch09lS.
Jeanne St. Yves earned the Eastern Edison Award for her project on "Forms of Energy." She and Sister Dumond will participate in a three-year science mentoring project in conjunction with Simmons College. They also completed the project "From Seed to Table" through a business alliance with Medeiros Bakery in Fall River. Lincoln Press of Fall River has . adopted St. Anne's School as its "Newspaper in Education" partner. Students will visit the press and the Fall River Herald News.
Bishop Feehan Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, recently hosted its second annual regional science fair for students in grades 4, 5 and 6. Participants were from Attleboro, North Attleboro, Plainville, Norton, Wrentham, Mansfield and Pawtucket and Providence, RI. Winners are as follows: Grade 4, first place: David Shields, Dawn Langevin. Second: Kimberly Berard, Rashima Shukla. Third: Kendra.Champagne, Megan Freitas. Outstanding: Sarah Gannon. Grade 5, .first: Julee Lyn Thom-' as, Corey Desmarais. Second: Jeffrey Salin, Eric Santos. Third: .Ronelle Anderson, Alison Lane. Outstanding: Sarah Riley. , Grade 6, first: Rishi Raj Shukla, Emily Elizabeth Gingras. Second: Lyndsey Aubin, Nina Nigro. Third: Sheena Weatherston, Tyler . Tuomisto. Outstanding: Adam Koelsch. '
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WASHINGTON (CNS)-NBC is scheduled to show an hour-long documentary focusing on the contributions of Catholic women to church and society. "My Soul Proclaims: Voices of Catholic Women" will be distributed to NBC affiliates II a.m.noon EDT May 23, although indi·, vidual stations may air it another time or day. The program is funded by the Catholic Communication Campaign. The program will look at Catholic women in U.S, history, including Dorothy Day, St. Frances Cabrini and Blessed Katherine Drexel, as well as highlight Catholic women of today. Among those to be profiled are: - Susan Muto, founder of the Epiphany Association in Pittsburgh, whose work aids in the development of personal spirituality. She was also the staff writer in the nine-year effort by the U.S. bishops to write a pastoral letter on women's concerns. - Sister of Notre Dame Bar: bara Markey, director of the family life office for the Archdiocese of Omaha, Neb. She developed FOCCUS (Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understanding and Study), a marriage preparation program used by 120 U.S. dioceses. - Vicki Thorn, founder of Pro-
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DCCW District V. Cape and Islands, open meeting 2 p.m. Sunday, St. Francis Xavier parish center, Hyannis; Lloyd McDonald, vice president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, will speak on the Freedom of Choice Act.
CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Tres Dias Women's Retreat May 13 to 16. MCFL Cape Cod Chapter of Massachusetts Citizens for Life will meet 7 p.m. May 18, Stop and Shop meeting room, Independence Park off RI. 132 in Hyannis.
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ST. JAMES RETREAT CENTER The Holistic Counseling Department of Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, and the Community Resource and Renewal Center, Portsmouth, RI, will cosponsor a day of reflecton on "A Hope for These Times: Work as Soul-Making" 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 21, SI. James Retreat Center, Tiverton, Rl. The program will explore how careers and professions can enhance spiritual life. Preregistration required by May 17; information Audrey Banks. (401) 683-4472: Jack Childs, (401) 847-6650 ext. 3179. LOWER CAPE ULTREYA Meeting 7;30 tonight, Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster, with theme "What Does Ultreya Mean to You?,: HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Attleboro District Vincentians Mass 3 p.m. Sunday; buffet and social will follow. Leo Pinson and Mrs. G. Colson will speak about their experiences as volunteers for Mother Teresa. Vincentians are in need of food items, baby diapers, etc. .
Bone Marrow Drive A bone marrow donor drive for Jose Rodriguez will be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Anthony of Padua Church, corner of 16th and 17th Streets, Fall River. Rodriguez is a 23-year-old student who is suffering from leukemia. Without a bone marrow transplant from a compatible donor, he could die within a year. People from the Fall River area, especially those of the Hispanic and Portuguese backgrounds, are encouraged ,to give two tablespoons of blood in hopes that their bone marrow will match Rodriguez's or anyone of the 16,000 children and young adults who are searching for a life-saving donor. For more information, contact the "LA Registry Fo'undation at (617) 268-9277. LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Brother Ron Taylor will lead a one-day pilgrimage to Weston Priory in Vermont June 19, leaving LaSalette Shrine at 6:30 a.m. Information: 222-54 I O. Dinner with concert by Father Andre Patenaude ("Father Pat") 7 p.m. May 22, Shrine cafeteria. For reservations call the Shrine. HOLY CROSS, FR The parish will host the Franciscan Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe May 22 to 27. The image, blessed by Pope John Paul II, is a faithful copy of the original sacred image. Father James McCurry, OFM Conv., custodian of the pilgrim image, will preach at all Holy Cross parish Masses May 22 and 23, and devotions will be held at 12:30 p.m. daily May 24 to 27. CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Job Seekers Support Group meets 7:45 p. In. May 17, parish center; information: Carl and Joanne Claussen, 833-0425. Food pantry contributions will be accepted Sunday. HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR Linda Valley, executive 'director of Hospice Outreach, Inc., and Deborah Osuch, RN, will present "Hospice and the Role of Pastoral Care" noon to 3 p.m. May 18 in Clemence Hall at St. Anne's Hospital, FR. The program will offer for pastoral caregivers an understanding of Hospice philosophy and the role of pastoral care for the terminally ill and their families. Preregistration is required. The organization will hold its annual meeting 6 p.m. June I at Independence Harbor, Assonet; Paula D' Arcy, a grief specialist, author, lecturer and psychotherapist will be guest speaker. Reservations required by May 17. Information on either event: 673-1589.
CHANGE OF SCENERY: The Lenten meditation scene at St. Peter the Apostle Church, Provincetown, depicting abuse of the environment (Anchor, April 2, 1993) has 'been transformed into a glorious, flower-filled scene for the Easter season, illustrating the environment's potential. CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Cape Cod deanery pro-life Mass 7:30 p.m. May 17. Ecumenical open house 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. ST. ANNE, FR Rosary making sponsored by Dominican Laity 7 p.m. third Fridays, rectory meeting room; all welcome. Information: Anne Fennes' sey,674-1899. ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Mass for deceased Vincentians 7:30 p.m. May 17. Calix meeting 6:30 p.m. Sunday, parish center. Vincentian troubadours will entertain at Wedgemere Nursing Home I:30 p.m. Sunday; all welcome.
BORNOFTHESPIRITSEMINAR St. Mary's Prayer Group will sponsor the five-week seminar"Born of the Spirit" 7: 15 p.m. Thursdays May 27 to June 24, SI. Mary's parish center, Seekonk. Information: 7248465,222-4977,222-7047. SECULAR FRANCISCANS SI. Francis of Peace Fraternity, West Harwich, and SI. Francis of the Cape Fraternity, Pocasset, Mass 9 a.m. Sunday May 23, St. Pius X Church, S. Yarmouth, followed by communion breakfast in parish center. Brown University chaplain Father Howard O'Shea, OFM, will speak on "The Current Situation in Yugoslavia." Information: Dorothy Williams, 394-4094.
Pope Paul VI sainthood cause begun ROME (CNS) - Nearly 15 years after the death of Pope Paul VI, the Italian church has officially launched his sainthood cause. In a ceremony May II at Rome's St. John Lateran Basilica, leading church representatives gathered to open the "diocesan" phase of the cause, which has been under con'sideration for a year. The investigation of Pope Paul VI's life for heroic virtues responds to "a strong sign that has risen from the church through its pastors and faithful all over the world," Cardinal Camillo Ruini, papal vicar of Rome, said in a speech. Cardinal Ruini said the late pope had guided the church "with wisdom and love in the fascinating, fruitful, difficult and arduous years" of the Second Vatican Council and afterward. ' "This is a moment of great joy for the whole church," he said. Born Giovanni Battista Montini in 1897 in the northern Italian
province of Brescia, Pope Paul VI spent mC)st of his career in Rome. His cause is being handled primarily by the diocese of Rome, because it is considered the diocese of all popes. The initial evaluation of the late pope, based on careful study of his writings and interviews with those who knew him, is expected to take several years. After the diocesan phase, the cause goes to the Vatican. Beatification, in which a person is declared blessed, and canonization, a declaration of sainthood, are the two main steps in the process, which can last decades. Cardinal Ruini recalled that Pope Paul VI spent the first 35 years of his curial career in "indefatigable service" to the Vatican Secretariat of State. But the late pope's diplomatic skills never overshadowed his priestly and pastoral qualities - including charity, mercy and generosity - that made him such a memorable pope, the cardinal added.