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At 41st DCCW convention
Women ,asked to oppose birth control handouts .
By Pat McGowan At their 41 st annual convention, held last Saturday at St. John. of God parish center, Somerset, members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women were asked by retiring dnocesan moderator Very Rev. James F. Lyons to make it a priority to oppose a proposed Massachusetts requirement that welfare applicants be given birth control information. Retiring next month, Father Lyons thanked the women for the years he had spent as moderator and asked their prayers as he began hi!; new life. Another convention highlight was provided by 12-year-old Colleen Leal, a student at Somerset Junior High School and
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a member of St. Louis de France parish, Swansea. Granddaughter of Mrs. Claudette Armstrong, convention chairman, she was responsible for a beautiful depiction of the Holy Family that appeared on the convention program, was enlarged to provide a backdrop for the speakers' platform and was also used on notecards distributedas convention souvenirs. Good Counsel Awards Our Lady of Good Counsel awards, annually recognizing outstanding service to paris,h and DCCW events, went to Mary S'ullivan, FaIl River District I; Annette Dwyer, New Bedford District 11; Grace Enos, Taunton District 111; June Turn to Page 10
Changes affect 40 priests
Bishop Sean O'Malley has announced changes that affect 40 priests of the diocese. Three are retiring; one is assuming the post of senior priest; 21 are moving from one pastorate to another or assuming the post of pastor for the first time; six are assuming special ministries; and nine are moving from one parish to another while remaining parochial vicars. Retirements Father Andre P. Jussaume has been pastor of St. Louis de France parish, Swansea, since 1988. Ordained March 29, 1952, in Fall River, he was parochial vicar at Notre Dame, Fall River; St. Theresa's New Bedford; and St. Jacques, Taunton, where he was appointed pastor in 1972. While in Taunton he was chaplain at Taunton State Hospital. Father James F. Lyons has been pastor since 1976 at St. Patrick's parish, Ware-
ham, where he also served his first assignment as parochial vicar following his ordination Nov. 27,1943, in Fall River. He was later parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception, Taunton, and administrator at St. Peter's, Dighton. In 1967 he was named pastor of Our Lady of Victory, Centerville. He was also pastor' at St. Mary's, Taunton, before his assignment in Wareham. He has been spiritual moderator of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and of its New Bedford district since 1990, having previously moderated the Cape and Islands and Taunton districts. At various times he was spiritual director of Taunton district Vincentians and chaplain for Queen's Daughters, Taunton Serra Club and Wareham Knights of Columbus. He was appointed dean of the New Bedford deanery in 1990 with the title Very Reverend. Turn to Page Three
Appeal at $1,722,523 Reports from parishes and SpecialGifts bring the total of the 1994 Catholic Charities Appeal to $1,722,523.65. Collectors for the Special Gifts and parish phases are asked to complete their calls as soon as possible and to bring their reports to their respective headquarters or their parishes. The parish phase of the Appeal closes Wednesday, M.ay 25. Appeal books will remain open until 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 8. All re-
Parish Honor Roll St. Mary, Man.sfield 25,567.00 ports received by this time will be • 24,257.00 credited to the 1994 Appeal. To The following parishes have sur- . St. Mary, Seekonk 22,486.00 assure credit, reports from May 30 passed their final ~otal for the 1993 St. Mark, Attleboro Falls on should be brought in person to . Appeal: St. Theresa of the Child St. John, Attleboro 22,218.00 Appeal Headquarters, 344 High- Jesus, Attleboro; Our Lady of Mt. Cape & the Islands Area: land Ave., Fall River. Carmel, Seekonk; St. Anne and St. Pius X, S. Yarmouth $82,582.50 67,208.00 Father Daniel L. Freitas, Appeal St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River; St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis St. Thomas More, Somerset; Holy O.L. of Victory, Centerville 39,364.00 director, said he hoped everyone Rosary and Immaculate Concep- Holy Trinity, W. Harwich 32,794.00 ofthe diocese's 112 parishes would tion, Taunton. St. Patrick, Falmouth 32,684.00 have a substantial increase to surpass last year's final total of Fall River Area: LEADING PARISHES $2,226,973.22 as well as the total Holy Name, fall River $36,754.00 of the diocese's best Appeal in Attleboro Area: St. Thomas More, Somerset 26,813.00 1991, which realized $2,291,186.30. 01. of .Mt. Carmel, Seekonk, $37,893.00 Holy Rosary, Fall River 25,430.00
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Special Gifts
St. Francis Xavier Bingo., Hyannis
$4500 St. John The Evangelist Bingo, Pocasset
NATIONALS $3000 Rev. James F. Kelley
$2500
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St. Francis Xavier Conference, Hyannis St. Pius XConference, South Yarmouth St. Pius X Bingo, South Yarmouth
Dr. Charles J. Sasson Gustave Mattos Electric Co., Inc.
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The Jaffee Foundation, Providence In Memory of John J. Oliveira
TAUNTON
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Rev. Arthur K. Wingate
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Rev. Justin J. Quinn
Holy Rosary Sodality, Holy Rosary Church St. Joseph Women's Guild
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FALL RIVER $500 Knights of Columbus, Council #86
$100 Manuel Rogers & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.
Immaculate Conception Conference St. Anthony Conference
NEW BEDFORD $3000 New Bedford .Catholic Salvage Bureau
$225
$195
St. Maximillian Kolbe Guild Holy Family Women's Guild, East Taunton
OurLady of Mount Carmel Confirmation Class of 1994
$200
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Polish American Citizens Club
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$125 The Wood Lumber Company, Falrnouth
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Holy Trinity Thrift Shop, West Ha rwich Mello Electrical Co., Falmouth Roadhouse Cafe, Hyannis Paddock Restaurant, Hyannis Church of the Visitation Ladies Guild, North Eastham Martha's Vineyard National Banli Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Harwich
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Holy Family Conference, East Taunton
$200 Our Lady of Victory Men's Club, Centerville Holy Trinity Women's Guild, West Harwich .John-Lawrence Funeral Home, Marstons Mills St. Elizabeth Seton Guild, North Fa :mouth District V. NCCW
St:Pius XWomen's Guild, South Yarmouth St. Elizabeth Seton Conference, North Falmouth
St. Anne Conference, Raynham
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St. John of God, Somerset 20,769.00 Santo Christo, Fall River 18,509.00 New Bedford Area: Mt. Carmel, New Bedford $31,645.00 St. Mary, S. Dartmouth 22,878.00 Immaculate Conception, N.B. 21.303.00 St. Mary, New Bedford 19.178.00 St. Julie, North Dartmouth 18,679.00 Taunton Area: St. Ann, Raynham St. Anthony, Taunton St. Joseph, Taunton -Immaculate Conc. N. Easton St. Mary, Taunton
St. Joan of Arc Guild, Orleans St. Patrick Conference, Falmouth St. Francis Xavier Guild, Hyannis Our Lady of Hope Guild, Centerville Our Lady of Victory Conference, Centerville
$300 St. Elizabeth Seton Men's Club, North Falmouth
$250 St. John the Evangelist Conference, Pocasset
$75 Attorney John F. D.esmond
$50 Bradford's Hardware, Hyannis Sullivan's Religious Goods Spirit of Jesus Prayer Group, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis Doane, Beal & Ames, West Harwich Riedell Plumbing & Heating, Oste'ville
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St. Joseph's $200 M/M Raymond Laferriere; $120 Richard Boucher; $100 M/M Alfred Pelissey; $75 Stephen Daneau; $60 M/M William Weber; $55 M/M Roger Paille; $50 M/M Arthur Dubuc, M/M John O'Donnell, Oscar Pinault
St. John the Evangelist $200 MIrY! Mervell T. Cronin, In Memory ofTheresa & John Mahon; John H. M.ahon & Margaret Mahon Davis, M/M R. Russell Morin; $175 M/M John Costello; $138 Dr. Keith Choquette; $120 M/M Richard Coffey; $110 M/M Donald Lange $100 M/M Frederick Bartek, M/M Alan Blaha, Dorothy Burt, M/M Gerard Champagne, M/M Gerard Kenton, M/M Paul Morin, M/M Ronald Roczniak, M/M Anthony Schepis, Peter M. Silvia $75 Anne M. Meloni, Claire Nicholson; $67 Rosemary Lesage; $60- Bernard Beatty, M/M Frank Carroccia, M/M , Thomas J. Carroll, M/M Frank Luongo, St. Theresa $750 M/M Normand CarM/M Paul Ruzanski, M/M Donald Trainor; .rier; '$120 M/M Gaetan Brochu; $100 $55 M/M Walter Gotter, M/M Guido DiFM/M Robert Joubert; $75 Charles Manilippo, M/M Malte A. Ebeling fredi; $60 M/M Rodolphe Bergeron $50 Clare Boardman, M/M Edward $50 M/M Thomas Whittingham, M/M Bodinski, Mrs. Paul Bullock, M/M Salva.Henry Auclair, M/M John Casserly, M/M tore Ciccio, M/M John Dolan, Ada FraVincent Brennan, M/M John Plath, Sohn toni, M/M Frank J. Fulling, M/M Michael Hunter, M/M Raymond Drolet, .Verna L. Keane, Arlene King, Leo LaCroix, M/M Devine, Rene Therrien, M/M John McAlfred Lortie, M/M John Mungo, M/M Dermott, M/M Roland Satti, M/M AntoPaul MurraY,_M/M Andrew Nyzio, M/M nio Teixeira, Thomas Reilly, M/M Robert Laban S. O'Brien, M/M Raymond I. Laliberte Paille, M/M Tiago Pereira, M/M Albert St. Stephen $160 M/M Blaine Flores; Pion, M/M Robert Pritchard, M/M David $50 M/M Ralph Poirier Raposa, M/M Edward Raposa, Margaret
Redding, Francis Rego, Helen Schromm, $1,000 Francis A. Venditti; $200 M/M Helen Shanley, M/M John Shea, M/M Edmund McCann; $120 M/M Frank Mc. Robert Stoops, Ronald Stravinski, M/M Cabe Robert Sweeney, M/M Gary Wheelock, .' $100 M/M Anthony Andrade, M/M M/M John White William Harrison, M/M Robert J. Miller, M/M John Mellen, M/M Joseph Mullen, NORTH ATTLEBORO St. Mary's $600 Rev. John M. Sulli- M/M Raymond Naughton, Dr/M Anthony van, St. Mary's Healing Ministry, Chil- Potenza, M/M Winfield Pray, M/M David dren of the Light Prayer Group; $250 In Sanders, M/M John Whittaker, M/M Memory of M/M Nornian G. Tetrault, In George Zimmerman Memory of Derek Lea von Schausten; $80 M/M Harold Devine; $75 M/M $130 Mrs. Louis Donley Robert Tobiasz; $50 M/M David Brown, M/M Raymond Chamberland, Dr1M John $125 In Memory of M/M James A. DuValley, M/M Francis Harrington, Anna Hetherson, In Memory of Rev. Lachlan A. Larkin, M/M F~ancis Leary, In Memory of S. Kaveney, M/M John Kelleher, M/M Richard LaPorte, M/M James Lovely, Rev. Msgr. Paul F. Terracciano; $120 Oscar R. Tassone; $100 In·Memory of M/M John McKenzie, Patricia O'Hern, M/M Robert Perreira, M/M Joseph Sarie A. A.Abizaid, Mrs. Bernard Byrnes, M/M Francis M. Gallagher; $55 M/M Saleeba, M/M Barry Schupp, Seekonk Normand Brissette; $53 George J. Jacobs Oil Corporation, Suzanne Silva, M/M $50 M/M Roland Cloutier, Mrs. Frank Jo~n Tretton Fisler, In Memory of Thomas Langford,l n Saint Mary $300 M/M John S. FranMemory of Edmond E. Levesque, M/M cis; $200 M/M Charles Messier, M/M Thomas McCarthy John Harrington, M/M John O'Reilly; Sacred Heart $250 M/M Edward Dion, $150 Jacqueline Walsh; $120 Albert & Doris Lamarre, . Jr.; $240 Edward Romano; $200 Dr/M $100 M/M Richard Comeau, Veronica James Schwarz; $160 M/M James DuI. Logan, John E. Logan, Anne Sevigny; lude; $150 M/M Dennis Dion; $144 M/M $75 Ge.orge W. Casey, Jr.; $50 Agnes Kenneth Giacoppo $100M/M Ernest Lemire, M/M Mau- Blake, M/M Martin Carr, M/M Myron T. rice Dargis, Denise S. Pinson nault, Eliza- Dourado, M/M Harold McCormick, Henry beth Nalley, Annette Dion, M/M Warren Arundale, Thomas & Denise Drury, M/M Boehling, M/M,Harry Cooper, M/M Ed- Richard T. Goyette Jr., M/M Harry Parker, M/M Donald Lamond, Margaret Lockmund Macksound, M/M Paul Sauve $7Q Gerard,Desilets; $50 Mrs. Richard wood, Philip & Claire Lockwood, Eric & Bardsley, M/M Richard Deschenes, lil- Eleanor Spencer. lian Seymour, M/M Donald Charlebois, NORTON M/M Raymond Alger, Joseph H. A. Achin, , St. Mary's $500 Rev. John J. Steakem; Catherine Gagne, M/M Normand L'Hom- $300 Rev. John W. Pegnam; $210 M/M me, M/M John MacDonald, Gertrude Robert Almeida; $150 M/M George Yelle; Roy, Patricia Roy $100 M/M Ralph Foster, Mrs. Ernest Precourt, M/M Jean-Paul Sirois SEEKONK Our Lady of Mount Carniel $1,500 . MANSFIELD M/M Raymond Kelliher, Irene Venditti; St. Mary's $500 Rev. George B. Scales;
$400 John F. Gomes; $200 M/M Brian Healy, M/M Frederick Jenness, M/M Francis Baldini, Mrs. Edward Chace; $150 Dr/M Philip Sibilia, M/M Giles Dognazzi, Domenic Macaione $100 M/M Anthony Camelio, M/M William P. Casserly, Mrs. Edward Jameson, Sr., M/M James Lucas, M/M Gordon Penman" M/M Dominic Poillucci, M/M /Ronald C. Reeves, M/M Charles Bellavance, M/M A. Boldrighini, M/M Eric Butler, M/M Philip Giangarra, M/M Frederick Gibbs, Kevin F. Gilligan, M/M James Hindman, Robert J. Huddy, M/M Daniel Joyce, Lester McGoldrick, M/M Joseph Murphy, MlM William Morton, M/M Mark Niederberger, M/M Keith Ninesling, ~/M Joseph Pfeil, M/M Orlando Souzam M/M David Murphy, M/M Guy Tomase, M/M John F. Walsh $90 M/M William Lawrence; $75 M/M Robert Pietrafetta, Miss J. M. Burns, M/M William Cooney, M/M Charle~; Hopkins, M/M Todd Johnston, M/M E./ltwell, M/M Michael O'Dwyer; $60 M/M Mark Canuel, WM Andre J. Charpentier, M/M J. McCormack, M/M Thomas GranE'y, Jr., M/M Edward Sliney, Sr.; $50 M/M Frederick J. Bittner, M/M Lee Duclos, M/M John M. Moran, M/M Lincoln Musto, M/M Alan Post, M/M James Roach, M/M William Sullivcln Jr., M/M John Walgreen, M/M Albert Willey, M/M Joseph G. Allen, M/M Paul Ethier, M/M Francis McGowan, M/M Angelo Nardone, M/M Clifford Pearl, Jr. $50 M/M Michael J. Bavineau, M/M Richard Bellavance, Mary Capone, M/M Robert Collins, M/M John Connor, M/M Edward Connell, M/M Warren Cottrel', M/M Bernard Dolan, M/M James Du beau, M/M Joseph Duggan, M/M Conl~y Eagan, M/M Albert Fasulo, M/M H 0 Fuller, M/M William Harlor, M/M Michael Hea-
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Continued from Page One Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford, since 1974, was ordained June 10, 1944, at that church, where he had been baptized. He served as parochial vicar at Santo Christo, Fall River; Immaculate Conception, Taunton; and at Mt. Carmel. He was administrato'r at Our Lady of Health, Fall River, before his first assignment as pastor at St. Anthony's, East Falmouth, in 1964. He was subsequently pastor at St.
Michael's, Fall River, and St. John of God, Somerset, before returning as pastor to his native parish. He was appointed vicar general in 1971 and a prelate of honor in 1974. He has been a.diocesan consultor since 1976. In 1974 the government of Portugal bestowed on him the. Military Order of Christ in recognition of his promotion of Portuguese culture within the Fall River diocese. Senior Priest Father Louis R. Boivin, who has been pastor of St. Theresa par-
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OFFICIAL Retirements His Excellency the Most Reverend Sean O'MalJey, O,F.M. Cap. has accepted the requests of the following pastors .to retire: Very Rev. James F. Lyons of St. Patrick's Parish, Wareham. Rev. Andre P. Jussaume of St. Louis de France Parish, Swansea. Rev. Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, New Bedford. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following appointments: Senior Priest Rev. Louis R. Boivin, Senior Priest at St. Jean Baptiste Parish, Fall River. Pastors Rev. John F. Andrews, St. Dominic's, Swansea. Rev. Henry S. Arruda, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New Bedford. Rev. Gerald Barnwell, Immaculate Conception, Taunton. Rev. Richard W. Beaulieu, Notre Dame, Fall River. Rev. Marc H. Bergeron, St. Anne's, Fall River. . Rev. William G. Campbell, St. Patrick's, Fall River. Rev. Edward E. Correia, St. James, New Bedford. Rev. Jose A. IF. dos Santos, Our Lady of Health, Fall River. Rev. John R. Foister, St. Louis de France, Swansea. Rev. Richard R. Gendreau, St. Michael's, Swansea. Rev. Timothy Goldrick, St. Bernard, Assonet. Rev. James F. Greene, St. Rita's, Marion. Rev. Robert F. Kirby, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, South Attleboro. . Rev. Roger J. Levesque, St. Joseph's, New Bedford. Rev. James ~IcLellan, St. Joseph's, North Dighton. Rev. Michael R. Nagle, St. Augustine, Vineyard ~aven. Rev. Gastao Oliveira, St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River. Rev. John J. Oliveira, St. John the Baptist, New Bedford. Rev. Robert A. Oliveira, St. Mary's, North Attleboro. Rev. Ralph D. tetreault, St. Patrick's, Wareham, Rev. Joseph F. Viveiros, Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford Special Ministry . Rev.' Stephen J. Avila, Personal Secretary to the Bishop, with residence at Holy Name Rectory, Fall River. Rev. Michael Camara, O.F.M., Chaplain at Taunton Catholic Middle School. Rev. Stephen R. Furtado, Hospital Ministry at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, with residence at SI: Anthony of Padua, Fall River. Rev. Jay T. Maddock, Diocesan Director of Catholic Youth Organization, while remaining Pastor at St. William's, Fall River, and Judicial Vi<:ar. ' R'ev. James S. Medeiros, Chaplain at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. Rev. John J. Perry, Director of Continuing Formation of Clergy, while remaining Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of Victory, Centerville. Parochial Vicars I Rev. Michael Camara, O.F.M., Holy Family, East Taunton. Rev. Mauricl: O. Gauvin, Santo Christo, Fall River. Rev'. Philip N. Hamel, St. Anne's, Fall River. Rev. James S. Medeiros, St. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth. Rev. Jose Medeiros, O.F.M. Conv., St. Anthony's, Taunton. Rev. John A. Raposo, Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, New Bedford. . Rev. Daniel Reis, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, New Bedford. Rev. Jose Sousa, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford. Rev. Marc Tremblay, St. John Neumann, East Freetown. All changes effective June 15, 1994
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ish, South Attleboro, since 1990. has availed himself of the option open to priests who have reached the age of 70 to resign as pastor, retiring from administrative responsibilities but continuing active pastoral ministrv. He will serve at St. Jean Baptiste parish, Fall River. Pastors Moving from one pastorate to another are Father John F. Andrews, from St. Bernard, Assonet, to St. Dominic, Swansea; Father Henry S. Arruda from St. John Baptist, New Bedford, to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, also New Bedford; Father Richard W. Beaulieu from St. Patrick, Fall River, to Notre Dame, also Fall River; Father Marc H. Bergeron from St. Joseph, New Bedford, to St. Anne, Fall River; Father William G. Campbell from St. Dominic, Swansea, to St. Patrick; Fall River; Father Edward E. Correia from St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River, to St. James, New Bedford; Father John R. FoIster from St. Anne, Fall River, to St. Louis de France, Swansea; Father Richard R. Gendreau from St. Joseph, North Dighton, to St. Michael, Swansea; Father James F. Greene from St. James, New Bedford, to St. Rita, Marion; Father Robert F. Kirby from Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford, to St. Theresa, South Attleboro; Father Roger J. Levesque from St. Michael, Swansea, to St. Joseph, New Bedford; Father James McLellan from St. Augustine, Vineyard Haven, to St. Joseph, North Dighton; Father Michael R. Nagle from Immaculate Conception, Taunton, to St. Augustine, Vineyard Haven; Father Ralph D. Tetreault from, St. Mary, North Attleboro, to St. Patrick, Wareham. New Pastors Moving from parochial vicar to pastor are Father Jose A.F. dos Santos, from Immaculate Conception, New Bedford,to Our Lady of Health, Fall River;
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MSGR.MENDONCA Father Gastao Oliveira from Santo Christo, Fall River, to St. Anthony of Padua, also in Fall River; Father John J. Oliveira, from parochial vicar at St. Anthony of Padua. Fall River, and chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital, also Fall River, to St. John the Baptist. New Bedford; Father Robert A. Oliveira from St. Patrick, Fall River, to St. Mary, North Attleboro Father Joseph F. Viveiros from Santo Christo, Fall River. to Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford Chaplain, Administrator to Pastor .Moving from chaplain at Coyle-
FATHER BOIVIN Cassidy High School, Taunton, to Immaculate Conception parish, also in Taunton, is Father Gerald Barnwell; Moving from administrator of St. Rita, Marion, to St. Bernard, Assonet, is Father Timothy Goldrick. Special Ministry Rev. Stephen J. Avila, personal secretary to Bishop Sean O'Malley with residence at Holy Name rectory, Fall River; Rev. Michael Camara, OFM, chaplain at Taunton Catholic Middle School; Rev. Stephen R. Furtado, hosTurn to Page 16
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themoori~ America magazine America, the national Jesuit weekly magazine, is celebrating its 85th year. In the rather confused and sometimes messy world of church publications, this record is not merely one of survival but of achievement. There are few who would deny the influence of America upon the Catholic reading community. Historically, it has been on the proverbial cutting edge of issues that deeply affect American Catholic family life. For that very reason, it has not always been well received in circles that can be best described as those of the comfort~ply ensconced establishment. The print mission of the Jesuit community in the United States began in the mid-ni.neteentli century with publication of the familiar Messenger of the Sacred Heart magazine. Popular and pious, it had a large and varied readership. But as the Jesuit mission expanded to serve the specialized endeavor of educating an immigrant population, a consensus was reached that a m6re intellectual vehicle was needed, along the lines of the scholarly works the Society had for years published in Europe. It was in this historical context that America was launched in 1909. Like so many things Jesuit, it did not come easy. Both from within the community and in some areas of the diocesan church, a rather scornful attitude greeted its beginnings. Some of this mind-set persists, especially in lighcof what some consider the present state of the Jesuit family. 'Yet, despite such attitudes, America has succeeded well in its , mission. One cannot say that it is a popular publication in the sense of having a large circulation - but what Catholic publication has? It is a magazine that does ,its best to examine anq report on the temper ofthe times. Some might call it somewhat erudite and liberal; others feel it doesn't reach the masses. In other words, it can be controversial, one 'could even say very Jesuitical. But few could deny its importance in the life of the American Catholic press. The Jesuits have their detractors and skeptics and are currently in a risky state of searching and discerning. As a result, some of the positions they take are called into question, especially in the area of Catholic higher education. . Indeed, in the course of their fascinating history, the Jesuits seem to have gathered as many detractors as supporters, especially within the church. !But this has not deterred them from their mission. At a time whenman'y are armchair Catholics, it is the Jesuits who are adding martyrs to the rolls of glory. The recent Jesuit massacres in Central America and Rwanda are poignant reminders of the courage of the sons of Ignatius who ignore secular dangers to bring the word to all parts of the world. There are few communities in today's Church that are suffering so dearly for the Cross. Some may be cynics with regard to the Jesuits, but we can never cease to be amazed at their endurance and survival. It is in tribute to this spirit that congratulations are due America. We might not agree with some of its views, but it would be a terrible tragedy to banish it to the old Index of prohibited reading, as some might wish. America has served the church in this country with honesty and integrity for 85 years. May it continue to be a true reflection of the church in teaching and thought, loyal always to the spirit of Ignatius and the wonderful traditions of the Jesuit , family. The Editor
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EndIng suffering or ending lives? By Cardinal Roger Mahony Archbishop of Los Angeles Two court decisions - a jury verdict in Michigan, and a constitutional ruling by a federal judge in Washington state - have raised the stakes in our national debate on euthanasia. A Michigan jury's May 2 acquittal of Jack Kevorkian was shocking to many of us who believe in the rule of law: The state had a clear statute against assisting a suicide, and the defendant openly confessed his involvement. But Kevorkian and his attorney wove a web. of confusion around this initially simple case. Jurors ultimately said they weren't sure in what county the death took place, or whether Kevorkian intended to cause death. . Judge Rothstein's May 3 decision, claiming that Washington state's law against assisted suicide is unconstitutional, displayed even more confusion. The judge compared physicianassisted suicide to abortion, and to the refusal of life-sustaining treatment, arguing that it should have equally strong legal protection. This made no sense in light of the legal precedents she had chosen. Ever since it was made aconstitutional "right" in 1973, legalized abortion has existed without meaningful qualification. States may not prevent abortions at any stage, for any reason, for women of any age or condition: Wherever it is treated as a constitutional right, the right to refuse treatment also extends far beyond "terminally iII'~ patients. . And in both areas of law, mentally incompetent patients routine-
Iy have their rights exercised for Christ. To the rest of us it calls for them by others. Courts, guardians compassion -literally, "suffering and families frequently use "sub- with" those in our care - and for stituted judgment" to make treat- action to relieve needless suff€:ring. ment decisions for unconscious The Good Samaritan, wbo inpatients. stinctively responded with hf:aling The same happens with abor- and comfort when he saw a r.,eigh,tion. In Judge Rothstein's own· bor in need, is a model for all our state of Washington, just a few Catholic hospitals, nursing homes months ago, a court ordered a and hospices, and for all of liS. second-trimester abortion for a Shortly after the Kevorkian vermentally retarded woman, argu- diet, the ABC news pro,gram ing that "the normal woman under "Turning PQint" aired a very biased these circumstances 'would have' report called "Mercy'or Murder?" an abortion." The program did include onl: moNo, these decisions have little to ment of truth, involving a woman do with personal freedom, and with terminal cancer. She was trymuch to do with a certain way of ing to face her plight with a posithinking about human life. In both tive outlook. But at one point she cases, everyone claimed to be try- gave way to tears of despair -_ not ing to prevent suffering. Judge from pain, not from fear of death, Rothstein even said that the state but because "I don't feel like I have has no legitimate interest in pre- much purpose in life, somehow." She gave voice to the worst kind venting suicide by terminally ill patients, because in their case "pre- of suffering among the sic.k and venting suicide simply means pro- .' dying in our society. Euthanasia longing a dying person's suffering." . and phy'sician-assisted suicide are The attitude that suffering has both symptom and cause of that no possible·value or meaning is suffering - for they reflec!: the popular in our comfort-loving, deadly attitude that these suppain-free society. But Christians posedly "unproductive" members should know better. At the core of of our society have lives without the life-affirming message that fills purpose, . our lives with hope is what Pope The fact is, people who amrm John Paul U calls "the gospel of life and love from within their sufsuffering." fering are doing the most irnporThat gospel does not call suffer- 'tant work on earth. Their live:; and ing a welcome thing in and of their struggles are filled with far itself. But it recognizes that only more meaning than the petty daythrough suffering, accepted in love, to-day activities that we call "prodo we truly come to grips with the ductive" work. It's about time we real meaning and seriousness of said so, before our most meaninglife. ful citizens are shuffled off into The gospel of suffering has a Jack Kevorkian's van. message for the person who suffers, Cardinal Mahony is chairman and for the rest of us. To the suf- ofthe U.S. Catholic Bishops'Comferer it offers the model of Jesus mittee for Pro-Life Activities,
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Proto'col for Mass intentions Q. Because of my 'Work, I attend Mass in many different cities around the country. My question involves Mass intentions. In many parishes, the priest says something like, "Thi!. Mass is being offered for John Jones." Sometimes the name is e\'en mentioned again in the prayers for the dead. In other churches" names for the Mass intentions aren't mentioned at all. What is the correct rule? (Indiana) A. The custom of giving a Mass offering of some sort for the needs of the church's ministers and the community has existed for centuries. During all this time, however, the church has needed to struggle to keep this custom from being misunderstood and to avoid any apparent commercialism about these offerings. We need to keep a few doctrines in mind. Most of all, we must do nothing to confuse the fact that the intention of every sacrifice of the Mass is as universal and broad as the intention of our Lord at the first offering of this sacrifice on Calvary. The intention of Jesus Christ then remains the same as he continues that offering in the person of the church, his body on earth. As the eucharistic prayers and other parts of the Mass repeat in many ways, every offering of this sacrifice is for the whole world, all people, past, present and future. When a priest accepts a Mass offering, he accepts the responsibility to include that intention in his prayers at Mass. In the light of faith this seems clearly to be the meaning of the church law which states, "It is lawful for any priest who celebrates or concelebrates Mass to receive an offering to apply the Mass according to a definite intention" (Canon 945). There is no "correct rule" about how to announce this. We all understand, of course, that no one "buys" a monopoi,y, as it were, on a particular offering of the eucharistic sacrifice. A statement thata Massis"being offered for" an individual, or to include that naml~ specifically in the prayers for the dead during the Eucharistic Prayc:r, is generally
. By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN considered inappropriate. It places undue attention and emphasis on that particular intention rather than on the universal application of Christ's sacrifice. Most parish bull¢tins carry a list of the Mass intentions for the following week. If an additional announcement is desired, one more liturgically· and theologically proper, and less likely to be misinterpreted might be, "John or Jane Doe is being rem~mbered at this Mass." Q. There's a confusing note in the New American Bible relating to I Samuel 28:12. it says "Human beings cannot com\llunicate at will with the souls of the dead." If that is true, why do we pray to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the other saints, asking them to intercede for us? (MissQuri) A. This biblical note appears in connection with King Saul's visit to the witch at EndQr. Saul, already seriously deranged, asked the witch to conjure up the dead prophet Samuel, to seek his advice on the war against the Philistines. As you say, the explanatory note could be con,fusing, but it is this sort of superstitious effort to extract information from the dead that is referred to. Offering prayers to those who have gone to God before us, especially to the. saints, simply asks them to offer their prayers to the heavenly Father in our favor. We trust, as patt of our belief in the communion of saints, that these prayers "reach" those who have gone before us. But we do not expect, or even want, to seem to coerce them in any way to materialize before us, to predict the futljre or to relay to us any other hidden information in a manner outside of God's providence. In other words, our communication with those who have died is entirely different from what is called necromancy, attempting to make the dead present, by magic or
. superStitious 'practices; to give us information or to perform some job in our behalf. A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about Mary, the mother of Jesus, is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St.,-Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to the same address.
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,Dear Mary: My daughter is a world, they must pay for their own Dr.JAMES& junior in high school. She does necessities. They actualIy have less well in school, participates in school to spend than they did as high' MARY plays and holds a parttime job. My schoolers. What you choose to do about concern is the way she handles the your daughter's spending depends KENNY money' from her job. She has more clothes than will on what you expect her to achieve fit in her room, yet she seems to by working. Here are some possispend every pay.check on stilI more ble plans. If she is alIowed to mak,: misDo you provide her with spend. clothes. I realize it is her money, takes as a teen, some smalI foolish, but I feel she has become extrava- ing money? Ifso, you might require purcha~estoday may prevent larger her to purchase alI luxuries and gant (which her parents are not). foolish purchases in her adult years. Is this a· passing phase? Is it . personal items out of her earnings. As an extreme measure you can something to be concerned about? FinalIy, you might offer her probably confiscate her money. - Iowa incentives to change her spending As long as you are supporting her, You are not the only concerned ways. You might insist that she it is not, strictly speaking, all hers. . adult. Teen spending is big busicomplete alI or almost all of her Few parents, however, would school assignments every week. ness. According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 12- to 19-year- choose this course. The incentive You can arrange through a guito work would be lost, and the dance counselor to get a weekly olds spent $93 bilIion of their own and parents' money in 1992. damage to the parent-child rela- report. Repeatedly missing a!:signtionship severe. Although some teens may work ments would be grounds for cut~ You and your daughter might ting back work hours. If she contoward long-term goals such as colIege, the majority do not. reach an agreement on her spend- tinues to fulfill all her re!ipOnAccording to a high school survey ing. TelI her directly why you are sibilities, she deserves your respect of teens by the ColIege for Finan- concerned. You might restrain her and praise. , ciaI Planning, the typical weekly spending by I) limiting the hours You might encourage saving by take-home pay was $80 and the she may work; 2) requiring her to put a certajn percentage in sav- offering to match any amount she typical weekly savings $5. In brief, ings; 3) requiring that parents saves from her paycheck. Matchteens spend a lot of money.. Researcher Jerry Bachman from, approve alI purchases over a cer- ing funds go into a special acc:ount paid out only for a specific goal the University of Michigan has tain amount. such as taking a trip or attending even coined a term, "premature As sensible as these restraints college. affluence," for the situation you sound, there is a basic problem. describe. Since high school teens One goal of earning and spending Foolish spending is not limited are .supported by their parents, as a teen is to learn from the'expe- ·to the young. You might tolerate it they can use·alItheir ear.nings for dence. Your daughter is a beginner as a learning experience. If you luxuries. When they leave high at managing money, and beginners take action, try to use po!:itive school for colIege or the work make mistakes. incentives.
Com~orting Death u.sed to. be a taboo topic, but current bestseller lists reveal YOUNGSTERS displaced by violence in rural Colombia the popularity of books on' the find refuge at a shelter in Barrancabermeja. Run by a French' subject. People may be' p'utting nun and supported by both Catholics and Mennonites, the aside their discomfort or fear in shelter has served over 2,000 people since opening in 1988. confronting the inescapable reality that life on this earth one day (CNS photo) ends. One new book in this genre is "Let Someone Hold You,'~ authored by Father Paul Morrissey, an Augustinian priest, and published. By Mitch Finley is nothing disrespectful about by Crossroad. The subtitle tells that the book is I am reluctant to get sentimental standing. In 3,25 A.D., the First about the pre-Vatican II church. I Council of Nicaea declared that on "The Journal of a Hospice Priest." appreciate "the old days" as much Sundays and the days of Pentecost Taking this journey with Father Morrissey - whose pastoral care as the next person, but I do not everyone should stand during the has been for the urban, often poor crave a return to the churchly days Eucharist, not kneel. Does thIs mean that on alI the people of the Bronx in New York of yore. weekdays outside Pentecost peo- - is unforgettable: It is 'with some hesitation, then, ple could kneel or sit if they wanted I met Father Morrissey recently. that I pose the following question: He isa warm and' caring person Are we Catholics forgetting our 'to? Is it relevant that at the Last Supper Jesus and his disciples who still gets tearful when he recalls bodies? probably reclined on cushions? some of 'the dying people he has As I recall, in the old days the Regardless, I think the rhythm served .. His hospice work came body had a healthy place in Catholic worship and spirituality. We' of standing, kneeling and sitting about after he accepted a job as that characterized the old liturgy pastoral care coordinator for the genuflected in church out of respect makes practical and spiritual sense. hospice program of the Visiting for the Blessed Sacrament. You Frequent changes of posture led to Nurse Service in New York City. might calI this a way to pray with bodily involvement in the liturgiWith a doctorate in pastoral one's body. Today, judging by the large number of people who don't cal experience. Standing, kneeling, counseling, he chose to work in and sitting can alI be prayerful gay and prison ministries. Always genuflect, I'd say the bended knee positions. he asked himself, "Where do I still is on its way out. Today, however, liturgical times take what I learned in the classDuring the pre-Vatican II Latin to kneel are rare, and I miss it. Is it room? Where are the settings where Mass, the priest prayed three times, "Domine, non sum dignus ..." be-' better for our spirituality to hardly ·the greater need exists?" He fou!,!d an.answer in Hospice. ever kneel? fore receiving communion. The You can't read his journal withMost Catholics, I dare say, would people in the congregation made a find it difficult to be that bodily out being profoundly moved, both· gentle fist. Then they softly strul:k about their devotion to God, even for the people close to death and the vicinity of their heart three in church. Not to worry, since only for this priest who makes contact times as a bodily prayer of humility. standing and sitting are au courant. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Now we pray, "Lord, I am not Another 'prayer gesture is to ' people seem willing to give it up. worthy .. ," only once, and almost trace a smalI sign of the cross over , One mark of up-to-date, postnobody uses the old prayerful 'forehead, lips and heart. Tradi- Vatican II Catholic spirituality is gesture. tionalIy, Catholics use this gesture the conviction that the human Recently, a debate surfaced in the letters-to-the-editor section of during the prayer before the Gos- body is good. Yet this spirituality pel reading at Mass. a dicesan newspaper. Letter wriseems ready to abandon traditional ters argued about whether the COIIThis little bodily prayer calIs for postures and gestures of prayer gregation should kneel or stand at the Word of God to be in our and not: replace them with new Mass during and after the consecmind, on our lips, and in our heart. ones. ration. It is difficult to say whether this Does this mean the body is Some Catholics insist it's irrev- devotional gesture is on its way good, but not good enough to erent to stand. Others believethere out or not, but many priests and include in our praye.rand wor.ship?
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with them. Sometimes this is by' touch, as with his "black brother," Frederick. I, :r "Frederick," Father Morriss~y wrote, "pulIed open his pajama rop to show me the tumor again, his voice quivering as he recounted the relentless pain in his side.... "Remembering the lessons the nurses had given us about 'therapeutic touch,' I tried to relax and let myself be completely present to Frederick and his pain. I asked God to use me as a channel for his heali ng power of love. Very gently I placed the fingers of my right hand on his tumor. Slowly I moved. my hand back and forth, caressing it in my;palm. I felt shy doing this, but good, too. It brought the spiritual and physical dimensions of pastoral ministry together in a way that I loved," That's powerful imagery. The touching was an important part of his journey, Father Morrissey told me, saying that we shouldn't wait until we're dying to "let someone in. Why hold back? Let them in to your revolting side. That's what life is about. Then, at the end, you can let go inore gracefulIy," he said, explaining this is why he chose the title, "Let Spmeone Hold You:" He said it was amazing "how people ·let me into their most vulnerable spaces. Think of it, their homes. We're not talking about a hospital ... but a home, with clutter, dirty laundry, vases of-flowers, a blasting radio - their most vulnerable physical and emo-' tional space," Father Morrissey said . . He is now 'back in pastoral counseling, working in the Bronx where he helps "really hurting people," But he acknowledges he has been forever changed by his work with the dying, believing he was the one who gained the most fr<?m his..hospice years.
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Readers of this very 'human journal wilI join the famed author Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, wno wrote: "Thank you, Father Paul, for your .compassion!" That, after all, is one of the greatest gifts we can give to one another.
praye~BO In Thanksgiving Thank you, God, for hearing my prayer and granting my request. Thank you for the kindness you have shown me. Thankyou for your great love in giving me life,foryour patience in preserving me, for YOllr protection in the past all:d for the opportunity to serve andhonoryou in thefutuTor!. Thank you, Lord Jesu'i, for keeping me numberless times from sin and death by the tqits of your life, by the sufferings of your Pa~r sion and by your victorious Resurrection. Thank you, Holy Spirlt of God, for bestowing s,o many graces upon my so,,!1 andfor having so frequent~v renewed your life withi,rr me. May my life be a sig,rr of my gratefulness. A men,
who will neve:r see the light of day. What power these two have; may God have mercy on their souls. John Francis Waygan East Falmouth
God's love Together Again Dear Editor: The following poem was written by Mrs. Jeanne Harris of St. Patrick's parish, Somerset, for use on a memorial card for her parents, Mary Ann and Bill Souza, who died ten months apart. Togethl~r
One spring two tendrils touched and began to twi:§t and turn up life's lattil:ework together. Summer rains nourished them, Autumn changes strengthened their grasp until a cruel winter storm parted th,~m. Many cold desperate days passed when miraculously a warm Easter breeze blew and once again thE:y embraced, climbing, racing upward until they both SflW the light and feIt the warmth of the sun together. Joseph Baptista New Bedford
Small miJracles? Dear Editor: I'm looking for small miracles. I believe most people have experienced them, if the:y really think about it-the everyday sort that let us know God is alive and wella moment when hl~ touches our lives. I'm researching a book on, such miracles and I'm inviting people to share theirs. It might be something that seems unimportant, except to you-perhaps a healing, an insight, an event or an opportunity. Please share them with me. In return, if your small miracle is part of the book, I'll send you a copy when it's published. Thanks. Permanent Deacon Tom Sheridan Small Miracles Box 3003-120 Naperv:ille 1160566
Returning to roots Dear Editor: Our forefathers Wf:re God-fearing men. They were industrious, honest and caring [but) in the course of time the idea came: to some that God was not needed anymore. We see the result now: murders on the streets, in homes, in schools. No one is safe anymore. We must go back to what our country was meant to be. How about a display of God's commandment, "Thou shalt not kill" on billboard!., busses, subways, in newspapers, for all to see. People in a position to help should aid the young people, especially. the poor, thus remembering themselves another commandment: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Cecile Robbins Buzzards Bay
About graphology Dear Editor: I was disappointed to see so much of the front page of [the April.29) issue devoted to graphol-
ogy, which at best can be called a pseudo-science, and at worst, pure hucksterism. There was hardly a hint in the article that graphology is anything less thar an eminently successful method of personality and psychologic ~valuation. In point of fact, it is only somewhat more respectable than phrenology, iridology and palmistry. To a great extent, graphology has as a basis an interdisciplinary play on words: bold letter "I"s speaking of self-assertiveness; writing to the left of the page indicating a fear of advancing, or an excessive attachment to the past, or to mother; etc. If graphology were an objective science, then different practitioner$ should come up with similar conclusions, but it seems that the conclusions of different graphologists are very subjective and may have more to do with how they "read" the subject present to them than the way they "read" the writing of a subject whom they have never met, and about whom they know nothing. The way we write may have more to do with our eyesight, with our teachers, with the muscles of our hand, with the ,type of writing implement used when learning the skill of writing, etc., than with an expression of our basic personality. Certainly the front page of the diocesan newspaper could well be filled with more to do with divine faith; than blind faith in an unproven hypothesis at the very fringe of science. Rev. Martin Buote New Bedford
Two Thomases Dear Editor: I request you publish "The Two Thomases." I personally feel it will do much good. . "Thomas Aquinas believed that governments have a moral responsibility to serve people and to help them lead virtllous lives. He declared that governments must not violate what he considered human rights: life, education, religion and rep rod uction. "Thomas also taught that, to be just, laws passed by human beings must not contradict divine law." - World Book Encyclopedia "The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only object of good government." -Thomas Jefferson ,Renatb M. Ferraioli East Sandwich
Dear Editor; Early one morning while walking on a country road, I saw the tiniest sparrow hopping in the brush. I paused and watched it carefully choosing and consuming tiny morsels of plant life. Its delicate body encased with perfectly matched feathers was a marvel to me. Having never been so close to a sparrow without frightening it away, I was mesmerized by its delicate features. While watching this wonder of nature, I recalled Christ's assurances that his heavenly Father cares for the birds of the air. I realized this brief interlude was another reminder of God's love for me. He gave this tiny country inhabitant the instinct to select his 'nourish- . ment and know where to find it. It seems all too often I am preoccupied with daily pressures and forget that God is always there. Even as the sparrow is guided to that which he needs, so too, will God lead and provide for me. My country sparrow with all its natural finery and wisdom reminded me of God's ever presenflove and care. Jean Quigley Rehoboth
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VATlCAN CITY (CNS) - Anything that keeps Pope John Paul II . off his feet has repercussions around the world. It's' not just a matter of increased prayers and speculation about his health -.it also involves hopes, plans and nonrefundable plane tickets. The pope's April 28 fall, his broken leg and estiinated threeweek hospitalization scrambled his schedule and that of thousands of people - from the world;s cardinals to a dozen engaged couples. Then there are the 5,000-15,000 people who 'lttend hi~ w~ekly general audiences at the Vatican and thousands more who planned to ,see him in May and early June in Sicily, in Belgium orin Siena, Italy. Of course, the papal accident and operation to insert a 'metal prosthesis at the top of the pope's right leg gave journalists some extra work for a day or two. But the pope's i'normal, normal,
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had nonrefundable tour packages to Belgiu.m made the trip anyway, with substitute activities planned. Before the pope's fall, most of the world's cardinals had rest:rvations to fly to Rome for a May 9-10 meeting. Although someone else could have presided, the pope decided he'd rather postpone the event for a month so he could attend. Many of the world's 140 cardinals are now planning to come to Rome June 13-14. While the pope may have a few weeks off and miss a few events which others take care of, even the slightest shifts in his schedule mean more work for him later on. It took most of 1993 for him to get caught up with the "ad limina" visits of bishops he missed after his 1992 colon operation. He also had a backlog of am. bassadors waiting to present their credentials as representatives to the Vatican. Several big ceremonies, with one main talk and shortened individual ones, were nel:ded to take care of that diplomatic necessity. "He should slow down" was an oft-repeated phrase after the 1.992 operation and again after he broke his leg. It was the center of debate at a May II presentation of a boo:~ on "the itinerant pontiff' written by an Italianjournalist who has accompanied the pope on most of hi.s 61 foreign trips.. The journalist, Domenico Del Rio, said the pope showed ."an instinct to walk, to go among the people" from the moment of his election in October 1978.
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Maryknoll Sister Marian Teresa Dury, a native of Holy Name parish, New Bedford, is among members of her community profiled in "Hearts on Fire: The: Story of the Maryknoll Sisters" by Penny Lerto noux with Arthur Jones and Robert Ellsberg. The sister of the late Father James A. Dury, a priest ofthe Fall FOR CANCER VICTIMS AND THEIR LOVED ONES River diocese, was born Dec. 24, Every Thursday • 9:30 A.M. 1920. After graduation from Holy Name grade school and the thenST. LOUIS CHURCH existing Holy Family High School, 420 Bradford Avenue • Fall River both in New Bedford, she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing and nursing education, following that with service as an Army nurse and teaching nursing education at Catholic University, Louisiana State University and Boston College. She entered the Maryknoll community in 1953. Missioned to ~f Africa in 1956, she was cofounder ~ and a science teacher at the first SISTER MARIAN TERESA OURY Catholic high school in Tanzania. With time out for stateside service to her community, for refresher America. A lapsed Catholic who 49 years of her life. She thought of courses in nursing and to study came back to practice of the faith us as her spiritual family and we midwifery in England, she spent through contact with Maryknollers will always think of Penny as our 27 years in Africa, where, in addi- in Chile, she wanted "to write a sister." tion to teaching, she worked in book that will convert hearts dispensaries and maternity clinics through examples of the Maryand established village health pro-. knoll Sisters." At the time ofhe~ death, she had grams in Tanzania. completed research for the book Also in the East African nation, Sister Marian Tl:resa taught and had written five chapters. health-related subjects at the Uni- Thereafter Arthur Jones, her friend We'll be the first to admit it: being After all, they're the ones who are closest to our versity of Dar-es-Salaam and to and also ajournalist, took over the members of the African commun- project, preparing a draft of the final manm.cript. hospitalized can be a scary experience. patients, so when they see a way we can improve ity of Immaculate Heart Sisters. Orbis Books~ editor-in-chief, Moving to Kenya in 1982, she was coordinator of her communi- Robert Ellsberg, then completed But at Saint Anne's Hospital, our care, we listen. It's better for ty's house in Nairobi. At present the book, aided by a committee of she is a councilor at the Maryknoll Maryknoll Sisters. Sisters' headquarten. in Maryknoll, hav, an anci,Jo'/' )'0' h o . ' "<~h- our nurses. And it's better ·Mrs.. Lernoux,. who spent her . ,,\ NY. last days at the Sisters' headquar"Hearts on Fire," published by ters in New York and is buried in ~ Maryknoll's Orbis Books, t«;lls her their cemetery, waS memorialized anxiety. It's ourt.:~~rturSingstaff. Lorraine Silve.... R.N, story and those of other Mary- by Sister Barbara Hendricks, formand Del Dyer, R.N. knoll women, tracing how their er community president, in a fore"'::','::' .\.we understand that no You see, MrCU faith led them to identify with the word to "Hearts on Fire." poor and oppressed. "Penny Lernoux, was not able to matter why you're here, the well-being of our patients is Penny Lemoux finish her last book," she wrote, Penny Lernoux, who began work "yet the' memory of this valiant on the book but died of cancer in woman journalist, who was irreperson that needs c·are. in subtle ways-a kind smile, a 1989, was an award-winning author , vocably committed to truth, juswho came to know the Maryknoll tice, and compassionate love, lives nurses do much more than simply Sisters during years spent as an on in her writings, and in the relainvestigative reporter in Latin tionships that she formed over the
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Father Mark Hession, parochial vic:ar otmg t .e c ange m pr~ y~s aCI~g "We must teach our sons to respect nity and Sanctity of Life," convention planners put together a sparkling prograd~;nd hlg~hSChool:nnc~~~';t?v:;utgSe their mothers and sisters or they won't '. at St. Mary's Church, New Bedford, and a member of the Saint Anne's Hospital gram of speakers on various aspects of the past years, elshPea er sal s , respect their girlfriends and wives" he , a s s a u l t and sexua arassment now versus ' . Ethics Committee in Fall River, spoke I)n tOpIC. ' k' ' . h' d" added . Keynote speaker for the parley, attended fal mgm .mes,c ewmggu,~an weanng Lau'zier a member of Holy Name pareuthanasia, pointil1g out that today's medical techniques have outstripped the shapby some 300 representatives of parish mapPdro~nate~:othes~hen:d Thhe r~spo~~e, ish Fall River said that "there are many ing of ethical principles to guide their u:,e. guilds and other diocesan organizations, to. to ~y s ~ro ~ms, e S;I , a~. et n ISpe~ple in the ~edia who are pro-life but Quoting Pope John Paul II, he said that priest moderators and out-of-town guests, t~lbutl~n 0 dcOhn om~an s.e~~~ m tor~~f it's not politically correct [for them) to say ro technology should be at the service of tlhon- reba h t ~tda~ ~SP~I~'t on t I of so But they ask me what they can do to was Dr. Ernest Colla mati, chair of Relipeople and "that because something exi:;ts gious Studies at Regis College, Weston. t e worn '. e a e, ~s e d 0 c?n dro . hei p the pro-life cause.'" . , . . old age, wIth euthanasIa an asslste SUI. ., doesn't mean that there is an obligation to "C~t~,olics~nnk deepl~ of h~e and celecide seen by many as solutions to suffering. He then ou.t1ined ~trate~les for hIS hsuse it." br~te It, he ~ald, contrastmg wIth th~t ~he "They see no hope or meaning in sufferteners ~o use In tappmg thIS re.s?urce for Some patients, said Father Hession, attItude of a doctor wh~, on determmmg ing," said Collamati. "I'don't want to minspreadmg the pro-h~e mes~age. Conta~t that they aren't being allowed to die in feel that an unwed young gIrl was pregnant, imize the difficulties of unwed mothers o~ newspapers and radIO stat~~ns-you WIll peace, that families want everything posthe aged, but Christ walked the road of find all!es there. Be, con~lha~ory; stress sible done for a relative even if the person that you're sure they. re falrmmded, then suffering before us. Death is not the whole has indicated that he or she is ready to let story-Easter was the proof that life and be a salesperson for hfe. ' . go of life. h" "If there's an article or program you . h ope t nump . d' . d' Defining euthanasia as an action whil:h - How'do we tell others about this, he object to, call the ra 10 sta~lOn new.s .lrecby itself or by intention directly causes WASHINGTON (CNS) - Father queried, answering himself with the declator or ~he ne~s~~per pubhsher to express death, 'and physician-assisted suicide .1S Timothy M. Dolan, a priest of the St. ration that "In a society projecting death your vlewpomt. , the ending of his or her own life by a Louis archdiocese, has been appointed to and violence, you and I will look into its Atty. Morin patient with the aid of a physician, the a five-year term as rector of the North eyes and say 'Choose life.'!" The emotional fallout of,abortion was priest said "It's OK to let someone die, 1:0 American College in Vatican City. let him or her go if [the purpose) to care for discussed by Atty. Karin Morin, mother Bishop's Homily He succeeds Msgr. Edwin F. O'Brien, a Guest of honor Bishop Sean O'Malley, ofthree, a speaker for Massachusetts Citisomeone we love and to respect the priest ofthe New York archdio(;ese, whose zens 'for Life and coordinator of a propatient's self-determination." principal celebrant and homilist at the term as rector expires in July. convention liturgy, spoke of the various gram for pre-schoolers 'at her parish in Former President Richard Nixon's The appointment was announced in forms love can take: Christ's love for all; Needham. recent death is an example of the value of Washington by Bishop Edward M. Egan the Christian's obligation to love enemies "Abortion haunts you later on," she appointing a health care proxy for oneof Bridgeport, Conn., chairman of the and strangers as well as neighbors and said. "Right after an abortion, one feels self, Father Hession continued. In Ni:{North American College board of goverbrothers and sisters in faith. Joy, he said, relieved, but the relationship with the on's case, he had instructed his family that nors. father almost always ends and then both is a characteristic of love and "our joy is a no extraordinary means were to be take'n Born in St. Louis Feb. 6, 1950, Father witness to others that the Lord is alive and baby and boyfriend are gone." Later on, . to prolong his life, at age 81 feeling that he Dolan attended Catholic grade and high in his people." she continued, a woman may get m;trried had lived fully and wa~ prepared to die. schools there. He holds bachelor's and At the conclusion of the liturgy, Diocebut years into the marriage remorse usuConvention Announcements master's degrees in sacred theology froJ!1 san Council officers reaffirmed their oaths ally takes over, often because the normal Among announcements made by DCCW the North American College. of office. stages of grieving that one goes through president Bella Nogueira was that paris h Ordained in 1976, he ~as associate pasAftern«.!on Forum after loss have not been acknowledged or councils will be contacted to encourage tor in three parishes of the 8t. Louis arch"Abortion is a man's issue," declared have been replaced by denial. members to attend the weekly TV MaBs . diocese. In 1985, he earned a doctorate in Maurice "Moe" Lauiier, talk show host' .' When post-abortion depression does on specified dates. She also said that members church history from The Catholic Univerfor Providence radio station WHJJ, at an :'set in, she said, it is often accompanied by are making stoles for priests who are . sity of America. afternoon forum on violence, abortion suicidal thoughts, especially because the. completing the Emmaus program of spirFrom 1987 to 1992 he was a Vatican and euthanasia. message of much of society has been that ituality and that a leadership day is planned Embassy staff mem.ber in Washington Pointing out that "very few women get "you're supposed to go on with your life." for Aug. 28 at 8t. John of God parish and since then has been at Kenrickpregnant alone," Lauzier said that much In trying to assist stich sufferers, Atty. center. Reports of district and DCCW Glennon Seminary in St. Loui:;, where he Morin said "We may not be able to help violence stems from lack of care for the commissions were made available and is vice rector, director of spiritual formaunborn' and that abortion satisfies the them directly but we can pray for them "Newsbridge," the c;ouncil's newsletter, tion and professor of church history. needs of a man, not those of a woman. and if they. want to talk we can'listen and was distributed. Bishop Egan lauded Msgr. O'Brien's service as North American College rector, saying he would be ~'remembered for the excellent faculty he has assembled, the outstanding formation program he has instituted, and the extraordinary priestly example he has given to seminarians, student priests and staff." C
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OBITUARY Helen Nichols The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated May 17 at Immaculate Conception parish, Taunton, for Helen Nichols, 79, who died May 13. She was the wife of the late Herbert T. Nichols and the mother of Father Anthony CFR, of New York, NY, formerly Father Herbert Nichols of the Fall River diocese. Born in Stara-Tura, Hungary,' Mrs. Nichols was the daughter of the late Emmerich and Maria Forma.nek and moved to Taunton 47 years ago. She was a nurse aide at Marian Manor for 17 years before retiring and was a member of the Immaculate Conception Women's Guild. In addition to Father Nichols, she is survived by another son, Francis J. Nichols of Taunton, and three grandchildren, a great-granddaughter, and ni(;ces and nephews.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River--Fri., May 20, 1994
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DURING A :BREAK in African synod, Kingston, Jamaica Archbishop Samuel E. Carter, bottom right, leans back to speak to Castries, St. Lucia, West Indies Archbishop Kelvin E. Felix. (CNS/ Arturo Mari photo)
Documents, liturgy close Africa synod VATICAN CITY (eNS) - The Synod of Bishops on Africa closed a month of celebration, speeches and pastoral debate with two final documents and a rhythmic liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica. The synod's conclusions envisioned a marriage of Christian and African values that could help inspire solutions to poverty, ethnic hatred, personal alienation and interreligious tensions. "This synod gave expression to genuine African thoughts. We hope it will be supported and publicized, because the African church has come to stay," said Nigerian Bishop Brian Usanga of Calabar. The closing Mass, presided over by Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, was enlivened by African drums and dancing. . I n a sermon read by Cardinal Arinze, the pope said the synod illustrated the maturity of Africa's , young and energetic local churches. "Now we await the right moment to transfer its fruits to your continent," he said. The pope plans to travel to Africa to lead the second, "celebratory" phase of the assembly, probably in 1995. Both documents explored inter- . nal church policies while speaking I forcefully on African peace and justice issues. "On the eve of the 21 st century, when our identity is. being crushed in the mortar of a merciless chain of events, the fundamental need is for prophets to arise and speak in the name of the God of hope for the creation of a new identity," said the public mes.sa.~e. What emerged from the message and propositions were general positions and. some specific proposals on key topics of synodal debate: - Economicjusticll: The synod, citing unjust trade terms and pricing systems, asked for substantial . if not total remission of the foreign debt that "humiliates our nations." - War and weapons: Africa was described as "bleeding and burning in many places," with ongoing wars in Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia and elsewhere. Speaking in the name of millions of refugees, synod fathers urged U. N. intervention to establish peace. - Women: The message said' the alienation felt by many Afri-
can women demonstrates a "structure of sin" engulfing African societies. It said women need formation not only to prepare for a family role but to open up the careers from which traditional and modern society tend to exclude them. It was termed imperative that women be included in church decision-making and that the church establish ministries for wemen and champion their rights in areas such as widowhood, brideprice, 'pregnancy and single motherhood. - Inculturation: The propositions recommended that local churches change parts of the liturgical celebration in order to increase understanding and participation by the fait!lful. It also recommended creati.on of a commission on marriage with married couples among its I members to study African marriage from the point of view of theology, sacramentals, liturgy and ,canon law. Also on inculturation, a proposition recommended that as long as worship of God and veneration of saints are not diminished, ancestor veneration be permitted with appropriate liturgies. - Family: The synod denounced the preparatory dO,cument of a U. N. population conference scheduled for this September, saying it attempts to impose abortion and an immoral lifestyle upon the whole world. The synod's final documents aimed to encourage the African church's workforce, citing an increase in vocations and the growing role of small Christian Communities. They rec<;>mmended a review of the system路 of priestly formation in Africa. and stressed the value of priestly i:elibacy. In expressing appreciation for the work of me路n and women religious in Africa, the synod made it clear that religious orders that have not operated in Africa are not encouraged to seek new vocations on the continent. African church leaders have complained that some orders are yxploiting the vocations boom on the continent in order to replenish their dwindling membership. One proposition said Africa's catechists deserve greater recognition and en'couraged bishops to
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St. Joseph's NEW BEDFORD - St. Joseph's CYO girls' basketball team earned the New England CYO Basketball Championship at a recent tournament held in Middletown, CT. The team defeated Our Lady of Grace, Westport, in a best-of-three series to earn the diocesan champion" ship, then won a nail-biter in the regional semifinals against Sacred Heart of the Springfield diocese. The team down 38-36 with 12 seconds left in the game, St. Joseph's Debbie Souza sank two foul shots to tie the game. and Marcie Letendre scored a game-winning basket at the buzzer. In the final game, St. Joseph's defeated St. John's, Norwich diocesan champ, 29-22 for the championship. In addition to the above, learn members ,are Lori Cadieux, Becky Cadi~ux, Nina Casavant, Katie Balestracci; Amanda Schu'essler, Melissa Schuessler, Tiffany Lopes, Kristen Gonsalves and Rebecca Rodrigues. For coach Bob Basarache it,was the second New England championship of his tenure at St. Joseph's.
Bishop Stang High' NORTH DARTMOUTH-'-Three seniors and 31 juniors were inducted into the National Honor Soci~ty April 26.Senior Kathryn Negri opened the ceremony after an invocation by school chaplain' Father Steve Avila. Discussing aspects of National Honor S'ociety . membership, seniors ,Rosemary Fernandes spoke on scholarship, Joseph Manzone on service, Ty Olden on leadership and Kara Roth on character. NHS moder- _ ator Eileen Keavy announced honorary induction of teacher Peter Crowley.
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St. Francis'X~vier ACUSHNET ---.:.. Eighth-grader Christopher Guenette earned first place in the school History Fair for . " his project on the Holocaust and World War II concentrationcamps. r" . . , ' His was ,among 50 entries in the fair, held each spring for grades 6, 7 and 8. 'Other eighth grade winners were April Ouimet, second place fOT "Trail of . Tears," and Kasey Suprenant and Shannon Sylvia, third place for "Explorations of Columbus." . For grade 7, first place went to Joshua Bonville and Jonathan Lima, whose project describ.ed a town of the Middle Ages. Jillian Leaver and Joanna Sylvia received second place for "President John F. Kennedy's Assassination" and Maureen Rivet and Jennifer O'Melia third place for "Women's Rights:" Grade 6 winners were: Joseph Knox and Justin Guenette, first place for "Tne Cocoanut Grove Fire";' Kerry O'Malley~ second place for "The Amish"; ap.d ' James Murphy, third place for "Arms and Armour of the Middle Ages."
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VIDEO VENTURE: Espirito Santo School. : Fall River. third-graders (from left) Eric Brogan. . Christina Medeiros and Brian Hudon present seven children's vide.os to a Saint Anne's Hospital :nurse for use in the pediatric unit..
T A U~TON - Working in cooperative groups in their language arts classes, seventh-graders have created children's books to be donated to the Learn to Read Program of Connecticut. In developing the books, the students discussed topics of interest for young children, presentation (bright colors and numerous illustrations were deemed most appropriate), and cor'rect grammar, punctuation and spelling. During the two-week-Iong project, the seventhgraders produced books made of plastic, cloth and cardboard with detailed illustrations. One book had an accomp~nyingstuffed animal-and another an audio , tape fQr children too young to read. Tne books are targeted for five- to seven-year-old children of adults in the Learn to Read Program.
FALL RIVER-Seniors Teresa Carreiw and Joseph Aleardi have been named Teenagers of lhe Month for April by Fall River Elks Lodge 118. A Fall River resident, Miss Carreiro is a member of the National Honor Society, yearbook staff, law team, Peer Trainer Corps and Connolly Alcohol and Drug Awareness Team. Aleardi, a Mattapoisett resident, is presidl:nt of the ski club and a participant in varsity hockey, golf and'ski racing, He is also a member of the National Honor Society, Alchohol and Drug Awareness ,Team . and Peer Trainer Corps, as well as the Student Athletic Trainer Corps. . Senior Kevin Roy has been recognized 'as a If nited States National Honor Roll Award winner by the United States Achievement Academy. He will appear in the academy's Official Yearbook. A Westport resident, Roy is a member of the student government, law team, and staff of Paw Prints, Connolly's literary magazine. He is involved in baseball, cross country, and winter and spring track.
Bishop Feehan High ATTLEBORO - At an April 27 ceremony and reception, students were inducted into the !,chool chapters offour national honor societies. Twenty-one students were inducted into the French, 16 into the Latin, 45 into the Spanish and 26 into the Art national honor societies. The Feehan Competition Majorettes completed their season with participation in the New I;:ngland Majorette Association Championships at Durfel: High School in Fall River. Competing were three squads: The novice !,quad, coached by Katie BrandIey, is comprised of students from St. John's School, Attleboro, and St. MarySacred Heart $chool, North Attleboro, as well as Feehan. They performed to music from "Beauty and the Beast," earning several third place trophies and finishing fourth overall. The Class B squad, coached by Christine Fallning, consists of students from St. John's and Feehan. They performed to music from "The Little Mermaid." The Class A squad, coached by Brenda Loiselle, is comprised of Feehan students. They performed to music from "Aladdin," finishing third in New England. Team members will attend majorette camp this summer. ' 1994-95 student council members have been elected. ' They are: Class-of 1995: Charles Antone, Kara Aucella, Ryan Byrnes, Anne Casey, "rad Dean, Jason DeRosa, Becky Fisher, Robert Foulis, April Gentes, Erin McHale, Terry Newth, Jennifer Parker. ' Class of 1996: Kristin Adams, Erin Barlow, Nate Cesarz, Noelle Deschenes, Shawn Freeman, Ellen Harringtol~, Beth McGuire, Erin Murphy, Seana Murphy, Christine Rose;Kristen Yngve. Class of 1997: Heather Ashton, Tatum Charron, Shayne Doyle, Carla Fazio, Lauren Harris, Keith Laughman, John McBrine, Peter Owens, Elizabeth Sandbach, Douglas Vargas, Deirdre Wall. '
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TIJUANA, Mexico (CNS) -, Most people of EI Florido"live in shacks we wouldn't even let our dogs in."
Corbin King stood over a campfire talking about what he saw in that small Mexican village set in the hills south of Tijuana. King was among 29 young people who came from. Resurrection Church in Tempe, Ariz., to build suita-, ble homes 'for families in Mexico. The youths constructed nearly two houses during their recent five-day mission trip. . "It was an eye-opening expt,:rience," said the 15year-old King in an interview with The Catholic Sun, Phoenix' diocesan newspaper. "I came here a very materialistic person. Now I'm much more thank'ful for what I have. "It was a tough thing doing all that work by hand, but it was rewarding knowing that a.family who really needed it was going to have the house,'; he said. King was joined by other members' of Resurrection's "Younited" teen group, one teen from St. Pius X Church in Flagstaff, and six young adults. The group was working on the Resurrection Project, an Easter effort sponsored by Amor Ministries, a San Diegobased Christian service group.
At the construction site, the amateur builders mixed concrete by hand an'd pounded together walls and roofs with two-by-fours and nails. "We didn't use any electrical tools, but it wasn't as hard physically as I thouglit it would be," said Jen Junker. . During their stay, the youths experienced the living conditions of a shanty town. They slept in tents, used outhouses anc! bathed with a bucket and towel. EI Floridohas no running water and plumbing and there are no telephones. Some residents have electricity, but most can't afford it and so do without it. Wage-earners in the town make between $7 and $14 a , day. Nathan Romero found his Mexican friends to be rich in spirit, despite the impoverishment. "I thought I would find people 'bitter in poverty," he said. "But what I found was people much happier than I woul~ have ever imagined. I realized that in emotion and in . love they are much richer than L" One home was being built for Roberto and Ar~adia Montoya and their church. The new home will mean a , reunion ,of the family. Although the Montoyas have been in EI Florida for two years, the three eldest children live in central Mexico with relatives.
Spe.aking in Spanish, Arcadia Montoya said there's not enough room in her 13-by-I6 foot ho'use Jor the whole.family. And she has not seen her 12-;13- and I4-year-old children since August last year. During their stay, many of the teens admired the joyful attitude of the Mexican people. "What really stood out was their happiness," said Tony Yozzo, 20. "The children have practically nothing, but they are so happy." Resurrection youth minister Kathy McKeever said she prganized the Mexico trip as an alternative to other ~pring break activities. "Spring break time is such a big party time for most kids," she said. "I thought it would be good to do something countercultural to that." Ms. McKeever said she hoped that having such "a radical expc:rience of poverty" would spur the teens to action in the'ir own communities. As they left Mexico, they expressed desire!, to do mote. ' "I would do it again," said Miss Junker. Romero also said he wouldn't mind returning. "This trip made me realize h,ow little we h~ve to do ill order to change the future fot a family' so radically," he said. "I want to do more.'" '
By Charlie Martin
ROCK 'N' IlOLL DREAMS COME TRUE
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You can't run away forever But there's nothing wrong With getting II good head start You want to !.hut out the night You want to !.hut out the sun You want to shut out The pieces of a broken heart Think of how We'd lay down together We'd be Iisterlling to the radio So loud and so strong Every golden nugget coming Like a gift of the gods Someone must have blessed us When he gavE~ us those songs I treasure your love I never want to lose it You've been through The fires of hl!1I And I know you've got The ashes to Ilrove it I treasure your love I want to show you how to use it You've been fhrough A lot of pain in the dirt And I know you've got The scars to prove it Remember everything that I told you And I'm telling you again That it's true When you are nlone and afraid And you're completely amazed To find there'!i nothing Anybody can do Keep on belining And you'l discover baby There's alway!. something magic There's always something new And when you really need it the most That's when rock 'n' roll dreams Come through The beat is yours forever The beat is always true And when you really need it the most That's when rock 'n' roll dreams Come through for you Once upon a time was a backbeat Once upon a time All the chords come to life And the angels had guitars Even before they had wings If you hold 0111 to a chorus You can get through the night Written by .Iim Steinman. Sung by Meatloaf (c) 1993 by MCA ~ecords Inc. DID YOU know that "angels had guitars even before they had wings?" I can't say that I knew it. Meatloaf tells us it's so, however, in "Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Come True."
Actually, this bit of heavenly lore is just an im,age in the song, an image use~ to support Meatloafs primary assertion that "when you really need it the most, that's when rock 'n'
'. 'r~il' dream's'2o'me tJirough·t~'; - you." Apparently these are dreams about special. close times with someone you love. Yet, a romantic relationship does not consist solely of heavenly moments. There are even times when romance feels m ,re like a trip "through the fire. of helL" When this occurs, we need "something magic ... something new" to keep lo"e alive. Perhaps the song is correct in suggesting that music can help. Something that allows us to re-experience the dream of falling in love might help us ma'ke it through difficult and uncertain periods in a romance. However, it usually takes more than an image of angels with guitars. WhaUs needed is a recommitment to the shared love and a willingness to face up to the problems that are pulling the romance apart. In my counseling practice, I meet with many married couples. They have given me an insight that I want every teento know: When it comes to encountering challenges that hold the potential to destroy love, there are many ways to overcome hurt and rebuild a relationship. In our society, most things that appear broken get thrown away. It is important to realize that this throw-it-away mentality need not apply to ffiarI:ied love. We can make the choice to work through problems and rediscover endearment in a relationship. Of course, meeting and dat-. ing a number of people is part of growing up. And, yes, many teen romances will end. Still, it is good to ponder what married love is. In the Catholic Church, marriage is a sacrament. This means that God's holiness dwells within the shared love of marriage. Still, emotional injury often does occur; the effort needed to . repair the damage is well worthwhile. With most of the married couples I see, healing is possible. Sure, this requires the willingness of both partners to work on things, but where such openness exists counseling can help. If Meatloaf is referring to living the hope of having a lasting love, then indeed rock 'n' roll dreams can come true. Just remember that it may take real effort to achieve the goal. Your comments are welcomed by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.
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