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Friday, May 22, 1992

FALL RIVER, MASS.

Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly

TEANECK, N.J. (CNS) - Deacons and others involved in ministry must "warm it up, touch lives, touch people," a Chicago priest told a national meeting of permanent diaconate directors.

Father Patrick Brennan, director of the Office of Evangelization for the Chicago Archdiocese,said at the 16th annual convention of the National Association of Permanent Diaconate Directors, held in Teaneck, that most fallen-away Catholics have not left because of doctrinal disputes but because of "human relations issues."

The convention, themed "Evangelization: Go Forth and Teach All Nations," drew over 160 U.S. and Canadian permanent' diaconate directors and representatives.

Pope Paul VI, in his 1975 apostolic exhortation "Evangelii Nuntianrli," stressed that "we have the antidote to the depression and dejection of the world," Father Brennan said. The antidote is the good news, but "Christ has no voice except your voice and my voice," he said.

The essence of evangelization and conversion "is calling people to place Christ at the center of their lives," said Father Brennan.

"We are being called to use pas-

cooperation engendered by the revision of the 1917 Code of Canon Law which began during Vatican

II. The revised code, containing 1,752 canons dealing with church life and organization, was promulgated in 1983, and "the level of collaboration [between canonists and the bishops) has decreased over the past several years," said Sister Euart.

Now that the code is established, she said, the Canon Law Society Of America must move from its former role of advisor in the revision process to that of advocate and educator in the implementation of specific canons.

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Appeal at $1,823,683 The diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal has reached the $1,823,683.04 mark, said Diocesan Director Rev. Daniel L. Freitas.

Since the last report, the following parishes have surpassed their 1991 total: St. Stephen, Attleboro; St. Joseph, Woods Hole; Sacred Heart and Santo Christo, Fall River; St. John the Baptist, Westport; St. Hedwig, New Bedford; and Holy Rosary, Taunton. It is hoped that all remaining parishes will do the same as the Appeal nears its end.

Although the official closing date for the parish phase ofthe Appeal

was May 13, campaign books will not close until May 26. All Special Gifts and parish solicitors are therefore requested to complete their contacts by this weekend.

Because of post office delays, it is further asked that reports be made in person to Appeal headquarters, 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River.

Father Freitas reiterated his gratitude to all who have contributed and worked for the success of the Appeal.

See pages 2 and 12 to 14 for ,details of Appeal returns.

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ATTLEBORO AREA Catholic Charities Appeal representatives with Dioces~n Administrator Msgr. Henry T. Munroe and 1992 lay chairman Charles Rozak, second and third left, are, from left, George Audette, Father John J. Steakem . . ' Wilham Curran, Sister Therese Landry, SUSC, Father Ralph D. Tetrault. (Hickey photo)

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By Marcie Hickey More than 65 canon 'Iawyers, including nine from the Fall River diocese, gathered at the Cape Cod Plaza and Convention Center May II to 14 for the annual Eastern Regional Canon Law Conference.

Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, a judge in the diocesan tribunal, and Father Jay T. Maddock, judicial vicar, were cochairpersons for the event, themed "Visions for the Future: Helping Canonist!> Prepare for the 21 st Century."

Am9ng speakers was Sister Sharon Euart, RS M, associate general secretary for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC. She focused on how canonists and the U.S. bishops can collaborate now and in the future to rekindle the spirit of

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Lantern A ward to former Boston mayor Former Boston Mayor John F. Collins, now a resident of Falmouth, is the 36th recipient of the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus Lantern Award for outstanding citizenship. It was presented by Massachusetts State Deputy John F. Oteri at recent ceremonies in Framingham attended by Cardinal Bernard Law, Archbishop of Boston, and over 700 Knights of Columbus.

Cardinal Law is a past recipient of the award, as are Hartford Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin, who was Bishop of Fall River at the time he received it, Dr. Mildred Jefferson and Congressman Henry Hyde.

In his acceptance speech, former Mayor Collins recalled his early years as a member of Jamaica Plain K of C Council 120. It was the time immediately following World War II and he recalled that his generation "had grown accustomed to the notion of service. We

had served in the armed forces; now we came home expecting to serve our families and our neighbors.... We assumed that the way to get ahead was by serving other people: earning their respect, their confidence and their support."

The streets of that era, he said, were safe, schools taught the difference between right and wrong, policemen were looked upon as friends, and parishes were the center of community life.

Today, he said, homes in the neighborhoods in which he grew up are bolted, barred and fitted with alarms, cars have security devices and walking is considered a hazardous occupation. "What went wrong? Where did we fail?"

Answering his own question, he pointed out that in the I940s, families, neighborhoods and the church were stable institutions. "Is it any coincidence that all three are under attack today?"

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toralchurch imagination to re-imagine of the future.

It cannot the look as it does now, a church of 47 years of age plus, attending 50minute Eucharists."

There needs to be a "new image of parish" with larger structures being broken down into sections the priest said. "Let deacons and diaconal couples be the heads of the sections," he suggested.

Father Brian Joyce, director of personnel for the diocese of Oakland, Calif., spoke of the difficulties of evangelizing in the domi-' nant American "culture of in" dividualism."

"Evangelii Nuntiandi" said evangelization involves "transforming humanity from within and making it new," said Father Joyce. That view of evangelization "demands fidelity to the Gospel but also sensitivity to both the expressions of faith and the values embodied by cultures ... including our dominant American culture," he added.

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Leading Parishes ATTLEBORO $46,502.00 St. John the Evangelist 30,726.00 St. Mary, Seekonk 25,351.00 Mt. Carmel, Seekonk 22,282.00 St. Mark, Attleboro Falls 18,940.00 St. Mary, Mansfield CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AREA $75,189.00 St. Pius X, So. Yarmouth 47,619.00 St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis 35,836.62 Our Lady of Victory, Centerville 34,147.38 Holy Trinity, W. Harwich' 26,967.00 51. Patrick, Falmouth FALL RIVER AREA $35,324.00 Holy Name 23,069.00 St. Thomas More, Somerset 22,763.00 St. John of God, Somerset 22,118.00 Our lady of Fatima, Swansea 20,167.00 Holy Rosary

NEW BEDFORD AREA Immaculate Conception Mt. Carmel St. Mary, So. Dartmouth St. Mary St. Patrick, Wareham TAUNTON AREA St. Ann, Raynham StMary St. Joseph St. Anthony Immaculate Conception, N. Easton

$36,486.00 26,580.00 25,742.00 24,971.00 19,132.00 $21,635.00 20,263.00 18,085.00 17,292.00 16,715.00

Parish Totals ATTLEBORO Attleboro Holy Ghost St. John St. Joseph St. Mark St. Stephen St,)heresa

$10,171.00 46,502.00 9,339.00 22,282.00 12,519.00 18,360.00

Mansfield-St. Mary North Attleboro Sacred Heart St. Mary Norton-St. Mary Seekonk Mt. Carmel St. Mary CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA Brewster-O. L. of the Cape Buzzards Bay-St. Margaret Centerville-D. L. of Victory Chatham-Holy Redeemer East Falmouth-51. Anthony Edgartown-St. Elizabeth Falmouth-St. Patrick Hyannis-St. Francis Xavier Mashpee-Christ the King Nantucket-O. L. of the Isle North FalmouthSt. Elizabeth Seton Oak Bluffs-Sacred Heart Orleans-St. Joan of Arc Osterville-Assumption PocassetSt. John the Evangelist .Provincetown-St. Peter the Apostle Sandwich-Corpus Christi South Yarmouth-St. Pius X Vineyard HavenSt. Augustine WellfleetOur Lady of Lourdes West HarwichHoly Trinity Woods Hole-St. Joseph FALL RIVER AREA Fall River St. Mary's Cathedral Blessed Sacrament Espirito Santo Holy Cross Holy Name Notre Oame

Special Gifts NATIONALS $3,000 Rev. James F. Kelly

$1,000 In Memory Of John J. Oliveira $500 Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford Rev. Arthur K. Wingate

$350 Rev. Justin J. Quinn

NEW BEDFORD

$250 St. Jacques Conference Holy Cross Conference, South Easton

$100 Queen's Daughters St. Peter Conference, Dighton ICI Americas, Inc., Dighton Alan M. Walker & Co., Inc.

$50 Epicurean Caterers, Inc., So. Easton Davol/Taunton Printing Co. St. Jacques Women's Guild Riendeau Funeral Home

$2,000 Catholic Salvage Bureau of New Bedford

FALL RIVER

$500

$2,100

The Standard Times

White's of Westport

$400 Denmark Pharmacy & Surgical Supplies

$2,000 Stevens Realty Co.

$200 Ashley Ford Sales, Inc.

$1,700 St. Stanislaus Bingo Group

$100 State Rd. Cement Block, No. Dartmouth Mr. & Mrs. Dominick Roda & Family, Fairhaven Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Roda & Family,' Fairhaven George P. Ponte Insurance Co. Knights of Columbus, Bishop Stang Council

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Poyant Signs, Inc. Simon's Supply Co. Riverside Mfg. Co. Staffon Florist & Greenhouse, Fairhaven

TAUNTON $660 Taunton District Society of St. Vincent de Paul

$500 Montfort Father, St. Peter Church, Dighton

$400 Reed & Barton Foundation, Inc.

$300 J. Frank Conley Funeral Home, Brockton " f

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$1,200 Staff of St. Vincent's Home

$800 Montie Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.

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St. Vincent de Paul Society, District Council of Greater Fall River Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank

$650 Knights of Columbus, Fall River Council #86

$4.50 Thomas P. Egan, Inc., Somerset

$350 Aberdeen Mfg. Co.

$300 Leone's on the Waterfront Met Fisheries, Inc., New Bedford

$250 Colonial Wholesale Beverage Corp.

$200 Aluminum Processing Corp.

Jackson Co., Inc. Lafayette Federal Savings Bank Holy Rosary Women's Guild

Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Sacred Heart 51. Anne St. Anthony of Pad ua St. Elizabeth St. Jean Baptiste St. Joseph St. Louis St. Michael St. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul St. Stanislaus St. William Santo Christo Assonet-St. Bernard Somerset St. John of God St. Patrick St. Thomas More Swansea Our Lady of Fatima St. Dominic St. louis de France St. Michael :) WestportO.L. of Grace St. John the Baptist

18,940.00 6,450.00 15,647.00 13,221.50 25,351.00 30,726.00 $23,857.00 9,749.00 35,836.62 26,293.00 22,467.00 2,400.00 26,967.00 47,619.00 23,834.00 12,421.00 20,616.00 3,640.00 21,935.00 19,117.00 21,950.00 6,276.00 19,364.00 75,189.00 3,900.00

18,531.00 6,268.00 20,167.00 4,814.00 14,530.00 10,396.00 9,843.00 4,180.00 7,083.00 9,970.00 7,640.00 11,123.00 8,227.00 11,100.00 . 16,765.00 10,557.00 19,240.00 10,625.00 22,763.00 13,560.00 23,069.00 22,118.00 12,524.50 13,827.00 11,668.00 11,799.00 15,267.00

NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name Assumption Immaculate Conception Mt. Carmel Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

Sacred Heart .•St. Anne St. Anthony Padua St. Casimir St. Francis of Assisi

3,530.00 34,147.38 11,159.50

$10,748.00 3,243.00 12,397.00 3,340.00 35,324.00 10,284.00

$175 Daughters of Isabella, St. Patrick Circle #335, Somerset Knights of Oolumbus, Cassidy Council #3669, Swansea' .

$100 White Spa Caterers Manuel Rogers & Soris Battleship Cove Gas Beacon Garment Co., Inc.

$75 Gustave Mattos Electric Contractors

$50 Crescent Machine & Supply Hathaway Funeral Service Poirier, Inc. Jim Rogers Cigar Store

CAPE COD &THE ISLANDS $4,500 St. John The Evangelist Bingo, Pocasset

$2,500 St. Pius X Conference, So. Yarmouth

$1,500 Our Lady of the Cape Bingo, Brewster

$1,200 Our Lady of the Assumption Conference, Osterville

$1,000 St. John The Evangelist Conference, Pocasset

$800 St. Vincent de Paul Patricular Council of Cape Cod and The Islands

$550 Holy Redeemer Conference, Chatham

$500 ' Falmouth Lumber, Inc., E. Falmouth Our Lady of the Cape Conference, Brewster LaSalette Community, Brewster Christ The King Catholic Women's Club, Mashpee Our Lady of Victory Conference, Centerville Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of Hope Women's Guild

$400 St. Francis Xavier Women's Guild, Hyannis

$350 Our Lady of Assumption Guild,Osterville St. Patrick Conference, Hyannis

$12,892.00 3,211.00 36,486.00 26,580.00 6,089.00 5,711.00 5,652.50 3,649.40 5,664.94 3,399.00 4,523.00

St. Hedwig St. James St. John the Baptist St. Joseph St. Lawrence St. Mary St. Theresa AcushnetSt. Francis Xavier East FreetownSt. John Neumann FairhavenSt. Joseph St. Mary Marion-St. Rita

2,864.00 9,989.00 15,875.00 9,078.40 15,687.00 24,971.00 8,149.00 11,107.00 16,360.00 12,680.00 3,617.00 6,953.00

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St. Anthony North DartmouthSt. Julie Billiart South Dartmouth-St. Mary 'Wareham-St. Patrick WestportSt. George

11,921.00 16,982.50 25,742.00 19,132.00 10,345.50

TAUNTON AREA Taunton Holy Family Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Lourdes Sacred Heart St. Anthony St. Jacques St. Joseph St. Mary St. Paul Dighton-St. Peter North DightonSt. Joseph North Easton. Immaculate Conception Raynham-St. Ann' South Easton-Holy Cross

$300 Association of the Sacred Hearts, Chatham

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Nickerson·Bourne FuileralHlime, Bourne

$200 Atty. Joseph H. Beecher St. Augustine Conference, Vineyard Haven Holy Trinity Thrift Shop, West Harwich Ladies Association of the Sacred Heart, West Harwich St. Anthony Council of Catholic Women, East Falmouth

. $150 Spartan Cleaners, Inc. Benson, Young & Downs Insurance Agency, Inc.

$100 Our Lady of the Cape Men's Club, Brewster E.T. Mello Electrical Knights of Columbus, Hyannis Elm Arch Inn, Falmouth Paddock Restaurant, Hyannis Puritan Clothing, Hyannis Adams Pharmacy, Inc. Marcey Oil Company, Inc. The Mayflower Cafe, Inc. Seaman's Savings Bank Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of Hope Men's'Club

$14,940.00 6,087.00 9,844.00 10.770.00 11,302.00 17,292.00 7,772.00 18,085.00 20,263.00 10,198.00 6,141.00 10,570.00 16,715.00 21,635.00 13,323.00

Knights of Columbus, Falmouth Bonito Construction Co., East Falmouth St. John The Evangelist Women's .::Guild, Pocasset . .

Cronig's State·Road .Market, " Vineyard Haven St. Augustine Women's Guild, Vineyard Haven Dean R. Swift Co., Inc., Vineyard Haven Waystack Realty, Inc., Harwichport

$75 Stage Shop Candy

$50 Family Foods, Inc., E. Falmouth Doug's Country Florist, E. Falmouth H.N. Hinckley & Sons, Inc., Vineyard Haven Hart Farm, Dennisport Thomas H. Peterson Seaview Playland Doane, Beal & Ames, West Harwich Doane, Beal & Ames, Inc., So. Yarmouth Blanid & Francis A. Obert, Truro Sea brook Flowers Bradford Hardware Doane, Beal & Ames, Hyannis Fireside Insurance Agency John/Turners Candies James J. Roderick, Inc. Snow & Snow, Attorneys At Law Macedo Plumbing, Falmouth Sophisticated Junk & Antique Shop, Falmouth Falmouth Bark & Topsoil

Parishes 'FALL RIVER . St. Joseph's $1,000 Rose DeNadal; $800 The Misses Valerie & Alma Foley; $200 M/M Russell Pichette; $150 M/M James D. Salvo, Joseph D. Harrington; $100 Mr. Paul Boulay, M/M Antero Oli· veira, Mrs. Leroy Borden, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Miss Julia Harrington, Mr. Francis Harrington; $50 M/M Belisarlo A. Almeida, Honora Foley, M/M William Nugent, M/M Jose Borges, Mrs. Henry Mercer, M/M Leonardo Cabeceiras $70 Linda Ravenscroft Saints Peter & Paul $275 SS Peter & Paul St. Vincent de Paul; $150 Mrs: Flor-

ence Taylor; $60 Mrs. Theresa Nientimp, In Memory of Lois B. Slater, Mr. John Tyrrell; $50 M/M Robert Hoore, M/M David Latinville, M/M James L'Heureux $100 Saints Peter and Paul Women's Club, Dr. Edward Shannon Espirito Santo $100 M/M Michael Martin; $50 M/M Raimundo Viveiros, M/M Louis Ferreira, M/M Heitor Sousa St. William $600 St. William's St. Vin- . cent de Paul Conf.; $100 In Memory of Mary L.'& Paula Martin; $50 Christopher Lake, Jr., M/M John V. Arruda, M/M Turn to. Page 12

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New Bedford's St. Hedwig to be joined to O.L. Perpetual Help parish Apostolic commitments of the members of St. Hedwig parish to Conventual Franciscan Friars of discuss its proposed pastoral adminiSt. Anthony of Padua province stration. The parish will be atare being examined in the light of tached to ,Our Lady of Perpetual the charism of the order, as inspired Help,also in New Bedford, and its

by St. Francis of Assisi, as well as administrative offices will be moved with regard to aging of the friars to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. and the decreasing number of Father Roman Chwaliszewski, available community members.

OFM Conv., pastor of Our Lady In the spring of 1991, the friars of Perpetual Help and a friar of decided to withdraw from St: the St. Anthony of Padua proHedwig parish, New Bedford. vince, has accepted responsibility However, after a meeting with the for St. Hedwig Church. Father Most Reverend DanieL Cronin, Sebastian Slesinski, OFM Conv., then Bishop 'of Fall R'iver, 'and a' the current·pastor'ofSt. Hedwig's; subsequent meeting with Rev. will move to Our Lady of PerpetMsgr. Henry Munroe, diocesan ual Help and will assist with paroadministrator, the Very Reverend chia ministry at both parishes.

Mark Curesky, OFM Conv., MinAssignments for Father Isidore ister Provincial of St. Anthony of Kowalski, OFM Conv., current Padua province, and the friars agreed to continue presiding at parochial vicar for Our Lady of weekend, Masses at St. Hedwig Perpetual Help, and for Father Church, one Mass on Saturday' ,Jeremy Chollacki, OFM Cqnv.,. evening and one on Sunday morn-. the current parochial vicar for~t. ing. Masses of Christian Burial Hedwig, have not been finalized.

"These are challenging times," and for weddings will also be celebrated at St. Hedwig's for par- said Father Mark. "The challenges we face cannot obstruct our faith ishioners. that the Lord remains with us and On May 19, 1992, Father Mark is guiding us on our journey as he and Reverend Msgr. John J. Olihas always guided his people. Our veira, diocesan chancellor, met with

Statement - Diocese of Fall River In the past few weeks the media have publicized events alleged to have occurred within the Diocese of Fall River. We lament the burden of sorrow placed on those who are the alleged victims. In response to these reports the Diocese has had the opportunity to initiate certain procedures to assist those in need of the pastoral ministry of the Church.

All of our Catholic Social Service Agencies have been alerted to the need which may arise for their services. They are ready to receive and treat with compassion those who come forward seeking counseling. Priests have responded to individual parishioners seeking their counsel and pastors. have undertaken measures to address the concerns of their parishioners..

We cannot deny the seriousness of allegations which have been made or the suffering of those who may have been involve'd. They must be assisted in the alleviation of pain. Our "nderstanding, compassion, an~ offer of assistance ar~ sincerely extended to them.

The recent allegations should not detract from the work of so many good and holy priests who have given themselves to'the spiritual welfare and sacramental life of those in their care.

Andre H. Faria Jr. of St. An- the United' States," said Father thony's parish, Taunton, was . Joy. among four students at St. Mary's _ CRS is the international relief Seminary, Baltimore, who yester- and development arm of the Uniday completed a IO-day tour of ted States Catholic Conference.

Honduras and Guatemala under Incorporated in 1943, today CRS auspices of Catholic Relief Serv- has relief and development proices. Faria's expenses were defrayed grams in 75 countries throughout by the Fall River diocese. the world. It operates on an annual "The trip was intended to expose budget of more than $240 million. these future priests to the developing world," said Father William Better Than Cards Joy, director of church affairs for CRS. "We wanted to share with "It does not matter how small them the vital work that the U.S. the sins are, provided their cumchurch and CRS are undertaking tive effect is to edge the man away in low-income countries." from the Light and out into the The students visited Guatemala Nothing. Murder is no better than from May II to 16 and Honduras cards if cards can do the trick."from May 16 to 21, seeing devel- C.S. Lewis opment projects cosponsored by CRS and other church-related organizations that provide clean OUR LADY'S water and health and nutrition RELIGIOUS STORE services to needy populations.

Man. . Sat. 10:00 ' 5:30 P.M. "We hope the experience contributed to the students' formation GIFTS as diocesan priests and will remain with them wherever they serve in CARDS

faith calls us to place our trust in him."

Msgr. Munroe thanked thefriars for their years of service to the parishioners ofSt. Hedwig and for the proposed arrangement to continue filling some of the parish's ministerial needs. He pointed out that the situation serves to encourage all to pray for vocations.

Worcester workshop onimmigrants.~~t· The New England Catholic Conference of Social Ministries will sponsor a workshop, "The World at Our Doorsteps," focusing on the role of the church in welcoming immigrants, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

JuneS at the House of Affirmation on Hill Street.in Whitinsville.

The program \S designed for. staff members of Catholic Chari-' ties, the Campaign for Human Development, refugee and migration services, multicultural apostolates and social ministries.

It will begin with prayer and a welcome from MarcelO: Charpentier, ACSW, NCCSM president and executive director' of the Providence, RI, diocesan Catholic Social Services.

Following at 10: 15 a. m. will be keynote speaker Rev. Richard Ryscavage, SJ, executive director of Migration and Refugee 'Services of the U.S. Catholic Conference.

Responding to his message will be panel members Gerard A. Noel Jr., supervisor of immigration and resettlement for Catholic Social Services of the Providence diocese; Sister Marie Prefontaine, SNDdeN, associate director ofthe Ethnic Apostolates of the Boston archdiocese; Deacon Antonio daCruz of the New Bedford Cape Verdean Apostolate; and Rosa Membreno of the Hispanic ProLife Apostolate in Lawrence.

Luncheon will be followed by group discussion and the final session, to be moderated by Father Ryscavage, will allow participants to discuss the challenge of ministry to immigrants and refugees.

Registration information is available from Beatrice Bois, Catholic Charities, 15 Ripley St. Worcester 01610, tel. (508) 798-0191.

Registration closes May 25.

Brother Dumaine to be professed

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Brother David Dumaine, MS, son of Richard and Yvette Dumaine of St. Michael's parish, Swansea, will make perpetual proNEED A GOOD PLUMBER? fession of vows as a LaSalette brother at 12: 10 p.m. Mass Sunday at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.

Father Gilles Genest, MS, provincial superior of the community, will receive his ·vows.

I ..Brother.D.umaineis.a.studentat . 'I. Plumbing & Heating' tlltholic University, Washington, I Esi. 1920 Lie. 10786 DC. He will complete requirements I for a bachelor's degree before re- I ceiving an assignment within the I LaSalette community.

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themoorin~ A Call for Compassion Few mortals can consistently rise above their own weaknesses and brokenness. It is our condition and lot; it is our constant hurt. Each of us knows this in his or herheart and each day the confrontation of self goes on.

Nevertheless, when brokenness surfaces and bec@mes the subject for strident headlines, we are all too often appalled and even self-righteous. If the offender is Qne whom we have presumed to be beyond fault, our outrage is even greater.

I~ such an atmosphere, reason is supplanted by irrationality. This indeed seems to be the case with regard to the allegations that have surfaced in reference to a former priest of this diocese. When such charges are made with regard to a member of the clergy, they admittedly take on an added dimension of pain and hurt for all involved.

Those who freely choose to follow the call of the Lord must at all times strive as best they can, given their own natures, to live up to their vocation. The call to perfection can never be ignored. 'It is a lifetime process involving ceaseless striving towards the highest ideals.

There are theorists who say this is impossible; but we have the example of u'ncounted holy men and women to contradict such a defeatist stance. Noone said it would be easy but priests and religious have freely committed themselves to the quest for perfection. That is why when such a person fails, emotions often rise to fever pitch.

This certainly ha~ occurred in the c~se at JIand, much of the turmoil caused by media personnel who have gone far beyond the bounds of responsible reporting. To present allegations as a matter of information is one thing, but to exploit a story for syndicated gain is quite another. Once again, as in so many other situations, the media have become judge, jury and hangman, raising the question as to whether they are informing or inciting. Certainly they are not clarifying the situation.

What has been most notably lacking in the reportage ,of tllis, particular'case is compassion, defined as a sympathetic con-: sciousness of others' distress, together with a desire to alleviate it. But such sympathetic concern is stifled by the very events that elicit it. In a derogatory atmosphere continually inflamed by strident shills interested only in blaring headlines and television scoops, compassion will be buried on a back page.

But as the case at hand is engulfed in the inevitable litigiousness of our times, compassion should not be suppressed. In the entire process, it is essential that all of us should recall that real growth begins when blaming ends. We must also remember that we are dealing with' very subjective matters. If we feel blame' must be assigned to certain persons, we often lose objectivity.

The above reflections are not mere pious platitudes but represent a sound psychological approach to a very difficult human tragedy. Those who seek revenge rather than remedy, ruin rather than repair, frustrate the healing process so essential to the human condition.

The Editor Letters Welcome Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home or business address.

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THE ASCENSION

"Behold, the Lord will ascend upon a swift 'cloud." Is. 19:1

.AI) unlikely s~en~rio . ~BY' F'aitlie'f '~-eViil ~J.

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The Twelfth Amendment also provides a mechanism for election of a vice president when there is no clear 'electoral majority, with the Senate doing the honors in this case. Oddly enough, only the top two electoral vote winners would be considered for this slot. By eliminating the third place finisher, a vice president would likely be elected on the first ballot. To be elected vice president, one would need the approval of 51 Senators. : I .

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The presidential election in November may provide a scenario that has not existed in our recent political history. Back in high school civics class, everyone studied the electoral college and understood that its role usually amounted to a mere formality after the presidential election. . . However, because of the expected'third party candidacy of H. Ross Perot, the situation may be different this year. If he can win Texas and California, the likelihood of either Bush or Clinton winning the majority of electoral votes necessary to be elected president would be slim.

The idea behind the electoral college was to assure that whoever was elected president would have a mandate from the whole country before assuming office. Our Founding Fathers were well aware that a regional candidate could amass large numbers of votes that might not reflect the will of the entire nation. For example, without the college, if a southern candidate were so popular that 99 percent of registered voters cast their ballots for him or her, it could negate the will of thl; majority of states with lower voter turnout.

While most Americans are aware of the electoral college, few are equally aware ofthe Twelfth Amendment to our Constitution that mandates that if there is no presidential candidate with a majority of electoral votes, the newly elected House of Representatives will decide who the next President will be. The majority of each state's delegation would cast one vote until one candidate was approved by 26 of the 50 states.

This would mean that states with only one congressional representative in the next House, such

praye~BOX Pray r or Selection 'a Bishop Lord God. you are our eternal. hepherd and guide.

In your mercy grant your Church in the dioc.e.'le of Fall River a .'lhepherd who will walk in your ways and whose watchful care will bring U.'l your ble....\路ing.

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needed 36 ballots to elect Thomas Jefferson, but in 1825 only one ballot to elect John Quincy Adams.

If a president has not been elected by noon on Jan. 20, which the 20th Amendment designates as inauguration day, and there is a vice .president-elect, he becomes acting president until the House elects a president.

If neither a president nor vice pres~dent has bee~ selected, the Presldental Suc~esslOn Act of 1948 becomes operatIve and the.Speaker of the House becomes actmg president.

The present Senate has 57 Democrats to 43 Republicans. Democrats c.ontrol t~e House, 268 to 166, WIth one mdependent, have majorities in 31 states and are tied with Republic~ns in eight stat~s ..

The Repubhcans have maJonties in only 10 states. The inde-, pendent is from the state of Vermont and his vote represents the entire state's delegation.

Clearly, therefore, Democrats have a greater majority in the House than in the Senate. Conceivably, the 1992 election could reverse the majority in the Senate in favor of the Republicans ,but it would be impossible to reverse the majority in the House.

Though an unlikely prospect, there is a possibility that Governor Bill Clinton and Vice President Dan Quayle could be sworn in together in January!

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By FATHER ROGER Almost 20 years ago Father Ray, KARBAN mond Brown, in his book "Biblical Reflections on Crises Facing the Church;" coined the terms "blue- tiles as Gentiles is based on much print and building-set ecclesi- more than just "if it seems good, ology." Though his context then do it," or on a majority vote of revolved around the question of those present.

The leaders call for serious rewomen's ordination, his basic inflection on how evangelizers like sights can help us in other fields. . Some Christians believe the his- Peter, Paul and Barnabas have torical Jesus passed on a detailed experienced their' ministry, what blueprint of what he wanted his effects Gentile conversions have church to become. Foreseeing the had on the community and its future, the Lord told us exactly faith, and how this entire question how to construct the institution, fits into the plans Yahweh has what sacraments to employ and consistently had for his people. So the precise things to do to achieve when finally "it' was resolved by the apostles and the elders, in salvation.

Other Christians, according to agreement with the whole JerusaFather Brown, "believe they are lem church" we see a realization free to go ahead and build the that though it was necessary to go church as utility directs. Jesus beyond the practice of the historigave a commission to build a cal Jesus, they were still following community, but no blueprint. He God's original plan of salvation.

We see this same struggle in our gave some ofthe components, like pieces in a building set, but no Gospel pericope. John quotes book of instructions, other than Jesus: "Anyone who loves me will ' that the church should be so built be true to my word, and my Father as to serve well the people of God will love him; we will come to him and make our dwelling place with who live in it." . Father Brown believes that nei- him always."

Yet Jesus' word seems to be conther of these ecclesiologies corresponds to what actually happened. tinually developing and evolving.

And when we carefully listen to' "The Paraclete, the Holy Spirit today's first and third readings, we whom the Father will send in my see why he; op,~~.for an '~in;bCftween nal,l1e," he pro~ises, :'wiU ins~ruct you ineverything~ remind you ecclesiology." .

Blueprint ecclesiology falls apart of all that I told you." Two chapwhen we read all of Acts 15. There ters later, he is even more explicit: the early Christian community is "I have much more to tell you, but forced to deal with one of our you cannot bear it now. But when faith's most basic questions: Is it he comes, the Spirit of truth, he necessary to become a Jew before will guide you to all truth." John's you can become a Christian? Can community understood that though you be saved without first being they had to go beyond the histori"circumcised according to Mosaic cal Jesus, they could never go beyond the boundaries within practice?"

The important point is that, in which his Spirit was leading them.

Along with the author of Reveall the debating in this entire chapter, no one ever quotes Jesus! (Just lation, we all want to be "carried as Paul, arguing the same issue in away in spirit to a very high mounGalatians, never quotes Jesus.) If tain and be showed the holy city the Lord passed on a detailed Jerusalem coming down out of church blueprint, he accidentally heaven from God." Yet it is not always clear how we are to acleft out some essential elements.

Yet neither can this chapter be complish this.

Today's readings show that we used in support of building-set ecclesiology. The community's should be expecting much more eventual decision to admit Gen- than just cosmetic changes in a church which must follow both the teachings of Jesus and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. But in May 25: Acts 16:11-15: Ps order to distinguish what should and should not be changed, we 149:1-6,9; In 15:26-16:4 must continually learn more about May 26: Acts 16:22-34; Ps the mind of Jesus and the directions in which Yahweh has always 138:1-3,7-8; In 16:5-11 led his people.

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May 27: Acts 17: 15,2218:1; Ps 148:1-2,11-14; In 16:12-15 May 28: Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3,6-9; Eph 1:17-23; lk 24:46-53

May 29: Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-7; In 16:20-23 May 30: Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3,8-10; In 16:23-28 May 31: Acts 7:55-60; Ps 97:1-2,6-7,9; Rv 22:12-14, 16-17,20; In 17:20-26

Top Hats conferred Attleboro area conferences of the St. Vincent de Paul Society met recently at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Seekonk, for their 36th annual Mass and communion dinner.

The "Top Hat" service award was presented to members Serge Maredo of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; James Lennox, Holy Ghost, Attleboro; and John Drane, St. Mary, Norton. The award was given posthumously to Father Thomas C. Mayhew, who was pa!!tor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish when he died Dec. 30,1991.

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gram in Jemez Springs, N.M., focused on prevention through careful evaluation of seminarians and priests. He spoke on intervention,. evaluation and treatment programs for priests.

Richard Csarny, a clinical social worker at St. Luke's Institute in Suitland, Md., said at workshops on health issues and stress that priests have to satisfy their"human needs" for touch, connectedness, approval and a sens.e of selfworth.

He said priests should maintain family ties and develop friendships outside their parishes so that their relationships are not totally workbased.

He stressed the importance of having an outlet for anger and aggressiveness and having a "wisdom figure" to whom one can turn for help or reassurance.

While touch needs are very important, celibate priests must meet those needs in different ways from others, Csarny said, noting that, such needs should be met by people to whom they are not sexually attracted.

He urged priests to be honest about any abuse they may have . experienced as children.

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priesthood as a reaction to physical and sexual abuse in childhood, but hurt people hurt people," he said. "Get some help."

He said the average age at which troubled priests realize their problem is 27, but that typically they do not seek help until they are in their 50s. "Don't wait until you have started to sabotage yourself.. ..

Stop, take time and do some selfcare," he said.

NCCB Statement In connection with discussion of sexual abuse problems among priests, an often-quoted document is a statement of child abuse released in 1989 by the administrative committee ofthe National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Excerpts from it follow: The problem of priests and child abuse is a serious one, but not a very common one.

Seen in proportion, it is in fact quite uncommon. Several such cases have been reported widely by the media in recent years, but those accounts need to be seen in comparison to the 53,000 priests in the United States.

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with CNS reports Some 250 priests from across the country attended the 24th annual convention ofthe National Federation of Priests' Councils.

They did not include any priests representing the Fall River diocese, since activities of the local presbyteral council are in abeyance until a new bishop is appointed for the see.

However, Fathers Marc H. Bergeron, pastor of St. Joseph's parish, New Bedford, and Timothy J. Goldrick, administrator of St. . Rita's parish, Marion, attended a retreat preceding the convention; and Father Edward J. Healey, parochial vicar at St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth, was a delegate as a Boston Province representative to the NFPC board.

Among issues addressed at the meeting were priestly ministry, clergy morale and stress, and how to deal with sex abuse, substance addiction and other problems among priests.

Questions of personal integration, sexual maturity and the problem of sexual abuse by priests emerged from the convention as priorities for priests' councils to address.

"SHOREWAY ACRES IS A SURE THING" . Father, Thomas McCarthy, .

It's 'What Life On Cape Cod Is All About" NFPC president; suggested that in :"~W Enllldnd C;.IAwdY' ~ldlldllnt· light of those concerns it may be time for the federation to develop a code of professional ethics for • Th~ P~"ondl dll~nl,on tound only d' priests. d tdmily",wn~d R~''''l Inn Concerns of personal and pro• 8 SUPERB m~dl, pt', wupl~ fessional growth formed a main • Full S("VIC(' B,y'a.B. B.. convention theme but also took a 81.,\'(' ~lu"c,Ddncinll,S,"Kdl,.nll' close look at the issue of troubled , 8 All'dCI'v{' ACCl!mmoddllon,: pries!s. Aml)ng featured speakers . • . Indoor Pllol-Sduna~ were representatives of two insti.,per person. per night; db!. h.r rt"'t;>r\"dll"n,. tdll T'III·lrno In ~t"w I:n~ldnJ occup. 1/31/92 thru 6/27/92. tutions that work with priests suf1-800-352-7100 0' 508-540-3000 Holidays: 3 nights. Tax & tips fering from sexual problems or ' not included. substance addictions.

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Buying for baby: Part II

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L· Dr. JAMES &' MARY KENNY Last week I offered a basic baby needs list for a young couple having a first child.

Here is a list of items you do not need.

If you choose to breast-feed, you can eliminate virtually all items

connected with feeding. Breast milk alone is the optimum food for your baby for many months. Most babies do not like water. Hence, you will not need bottles, formula (a big expense), special dishes or spoons, juice or baby food.

You do not need a crib. Babies like a snug enclosure such as a lined cardboard box described in our earlier column. Frequently moms like to nap with their baby, and babies like the closeness and sleep soundly.

While a custom sometimes frowned upon, babies have slept with parents for most of the history of the human race. However,

Special soaps and shampoos are if a relative offers you a crib, take fine if you like them, but unnecesit, as your child can use it later.'

If you have a spare dresser . sary, as ordinary soaps and shamdrawer, an extra shelf or the shelf poos are quite gentle. space in a changing table, you do You do not need disposable not need an extra dresser. diapers. Rinse soiled diapers in the toilet and put them in the diaper You do not need fancy clothing. pail. Each day wash diapers along Babies don't care, and you will probably get some as gifts. Special with other baby clothes this way: outdoor clothing is unnecessary, empty the soiled diapers into the washing machine and run the rinse as blankets are sufficient to keep cycle. Add other baby clothing an infant snug and warm.

You do not need special bathing and, if desired, family clothing to equipment or materials. A kitchen fill the washer, and wash as usual. sink makes a fine bathtub for an If you have problems with sensiinfant. Other mothers find it con- tive skin, give the clothes an extra venient to bathe baby right along rinse. with themselves.

You do not need a playpen, cra-

die, swing or more than one bed.

When your child begins to crawl, and then walk, the chance to explore is the most important factor in his development. Do not limit it by attempting to imprison baby in a playpen. .If you are given rocking, swinging or twirling devices to hold and entertain baby and if you have room, enjoy them. If you don't have them, being rocked, set in a baby seat or.carried from room to room in an adult's arms will be just as interesting and pleasing for baby.

Reader questions are invited by The Kennys; 219 West Harrison St.; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

A monstrous example of needless suffering By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

Stories about how the rich got richer in the 1980s have been making the news recently. The figures are enough to make one ill. The growing inequality between the rich and the poor borders on plain immorality.

A recent report by the Federal Reserve showed that during the Reagan administration the very rich increased their share of the nation's wealth: In 1989, the rich-

est one percent of families held 37 percent of the nation's $15.1 trillion in household property, including real estate, securities, automobiles and bank accounts.

By contrast, the bottom 90 percent held only 31 percent of the nation's private property.

In 1983, the richest one percent held 31 percent of the nation's $10.2 trillion in wealth, a bit less than the 33 percent held by the bottom 90 percent of households.

Interestingly, I had just come across a book that was considered a kind of prophetic treatise back in the 1960s. It was "The Other America," by the late Michael Harrington. This book made us take a really good look at the state of property in America. Harrington

gave us a new phrase to think about - "the invisible poor."

"The millions who are poor ilJ the United States," Harrington wrote, "tend to become increasingly invisible. Here is a great mass of people, yet it takes an effort of the intellect and will even to see them."

Harrington died at age 61 in 1989. If he were here today, I am sure he would be focusing on the issue he spent so much time in his life bringing to light. Only now I wager he would be writing about the "visible poor." In the last decade the numbers of poor have escalated sharply.

The situation of the homeless is the most blatant. So little is being done to help those who are unemployed, underemployed or falling

between the cracks in the system.

If anyone doubts the system is bad, consider the action taken by the Midwest Coalition to End Homelessness which claims to represent 400,000 homeless in five Midwestern states. In January this group announced it was seeking aid from 42 countries to help America's poor because no help was available for them at home.

The coalition cited cuts in the federal public housing budget and low wages as the reason many popr Americans cannot afford housing costs.

A recent story in the New York Times gave statistics on how young families are significantly poorer than their counterparts a decade ago. Incomes of these families have dropped considerably; making

In one of his books, Harrington described the situation of the poor as a "monstrous example of need.less suffering in the most advanced society of the world." . I believe that we as a nation have a moral obligation to end this monstrous unfairness to the poor so that they can begin to enjoy the basic neces'sities and comforts of life.

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have learned one when another comes along.

What happened to the old policy of repeating songs that we learn? We know the melody, we know the words and we can enjoy them. (Texas)

Q. Perhaps you'd comment on how we are subjected to so many new songs in church during the year.

We're senior citizens and like to sing, but seldom will they keep a song around long enough for us to do it well and enjoy it. We hardly

A. I'm sure your feelings are shared by many others and they deserve to be seriously considered.

Two dangers lurk in liturgy planning. One is to have everything always new, the other is to have everything,always old.

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has a core that remains the same.

A family may have its own traditional manner, for example, of celebrating birthdays.

In the Mass we have a basic core of actions and words that we call liturgies of the Word and Eucharist. Even outside that core, however, there needs to be a'degree of continuity and familiarity, or as you say, enjoyment.

The ability to be comfortable and free in singing chants or hymns is essential to individual community worship.

The other kind of error, always

just as disastrous. Even within a family birthday "liturgy," the celebrant usually has choices.

Well-prepared hymns, used long enough for people to come to enjoy praying with them, are also essential for any community that wants a living liturgy.

Obviously there can be no strict rules about this. So much depends on the nature of the worshiping c'ommunity, its age and culture, even its understanding of and commitment to good liturgy. .

What is essential is that everyone sincerely claiming this inter-

more children fall under the poverty line.

Hunger is another specter, with as many as 20 percent of lowincome American families saying they have at times experienced hunger, according to a study by the Food Research and Action Center, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington. D.C.

scale. If you feel one or other of these considerations is lacking in your community, you have every right to surface your concern and request whatever insights might be offered by those responsible for your parish services.

A free brochure outlining marriage regulations in the Catholic Church is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to the same address.

Creditable classes for divorcing parents By DOLORES CURRAN

The kids of divorce in Marietta, GA; Marion, Ohio; Wichita, KN; and Indianapolis, IN; are luckier than their peers. In these cities, divorcing parents are required to attend a class on how divorce affects children before they are granted a legal hearing.

"If you don't go, you don't get a divorce," Marietta judge Watson L. White said bluntly. "The purpose is to make parents listen to experts who say. 'This is what is happening to your children, and here are some things you can do to lessen the trauma,''' Parents and lawyers, for the most part, resent the mandate and chalk it up to bureacratic med. dling, but after taking the fourhour session, most parents admit it is valuable in g!ving them new

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"I don't advocate mandated programs," one father said, "but this has a lot of value."

The program, called "Children Cope with Divorce: Seminar for Divorcing Parents," began in Marietta in 1988 and has since served as a model for similar programs in other cities. It covers the emotional, psychological, social and economic fallouts of divorce for children of varying age and development levels. While lectures are an essential part of the seminar, films and role-playing touch on the reality of the divorce dilemma.

"Parents see themselves in our role-playing and they begin to recognize things they typically do out of anger toward each other," said Bev Bradburn-Stern, designer of the Families First seminar in Atlanta.

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Mark Patinkin wrote ina ScrippsHoward column on the subject: "If you have children, and you love those children, the only decent thing to do after separating is to make some kind of peace with each other. I know that is hard.' I know it is easier to each simply grab an arm of the child and pull with all your strength." .

But children's arms are too frail for all that pulling. They don't initiate or understand the hostility between those two grownups they love the most and want desperately to love them the most. I remember the six-year-old who told me his parents divorced because he broke his glasses. What a burden to carryon little shoulders.

I applaud the social service agencies and courts who are beginning to call divorcing parents to accountability by mandating such programs. More than one million

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Many churches and schools offer a valuable program for these children. Rainbows for All God's Children: a Program for Children Who Live in Single-Parent Families, Step-Families, or Families in Painful Transition by Suzy Yehl and Medard Laz, receives high marks from children and patents alike for meeting the emotional needs of these children: (Address:

913 Margret St., Des Plaines, IL 60018) The Judith Wallerstein research on long-term effects of divorce found that emotional scars of divorce can follow children well into adulthood and cause anger, depression and fears of betrayal and abandonment. .

Anything we can do to minimize such wounds will insure healthier children and, perhaps, create healthier marriages in the next generation.

Investment urged PORDENONE, Italy (CNS) Pope John Paul II is encouraging Western investment in Eastern Europe, saying it would help establish a labor-management ethic based on human rights. Western investments are a concrete sign of solidarity "for the poorest and the weakest," he said to workers and managers who came to their factory on their day off to hear him speak. "At the moment in which the frontiers of Europe are open, •• "

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Power of prayer Dear Editor: It seems whenever news is broadcast or published I learn of more and more dire occurrences in the world. Such items certainly weigh heavily upon me and I wonder what ever can be done to correct such ills. One morning recently, Mark's GoWel (ch9,vI4-29) was read and I was suffused with great hope. H is account of Christ's curing the young man with epilepsy and the apostle's own confusion at being unable to effect that cure, struck me as so uplifting.

Christ's own words that some things can only be achieved through prayer offer to all of us that missing measure of our own power.

Just knowing that all things are possible with God gives me the courage to ask, even when the petition seems beyond human reach.

The older I get, the more I see how life has unfurled its flag of beauty and how pleas entered upon my knees so long ago are indeed coming to pass. The how, the why and the manner of their transpiration certainly rests with the Lord but in a very minute manner I feel uplifted for having asked.

It would seem that in his great wisdom; God allows us to open the door of life a crack with our prayers, then throws it open wide in his own time. The waiting is the hard part. During that delay, he offers us hope with his words.

Jean Quigley Rehoboth

Paying th,e;pri~\fDear Editor: Governor Weld's views on 3rd trimester abortions were once more made public as he filed a bill in the Massachusetts legislature that would amend existing abortion laws.

He states he would "pay a price" in order to have the State government refrain from making regulations on third trimester abortions.

For a state high official with the education and experience the governor possesses, it is difficult to see what price, if any, will be paid by him. . The only one to pay a price, regardless of the time period of the pregnancy, is the defenseless and innocent unborn, who will be murdered in an abortion mill, just prior to his or her birth! These so-called family planning clinics where abortions are carried out, are the only ones who support the Governor's views, The I-don't-care attitude of the Weld administration on the abortion issue leaves the decent people of our state flabbergasted! This indifference staggers the imagination! , Thomas A. Walsh, Secretary Morality in Media . of Massachusetts

St. Paul VI? VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Italian bishops voted in March to begin working on the sainthood cause of Pope Paul VI. Born Giovanni Battista Montini in Concesio, Italy, Pope Paul was elected to the papacy in 1963 and died Aug. 6, 1978. As with all sainthood causes, his will begin on the diocesan level - in this case, the Vicariate of Rome - with an investigation of his life for evidence of heroic virtue.

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Feehan science students reach new heights

By Marcie Hickey When Sheila Fisher introduced "The Sky's the Limit" project to her conceptual physics class at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, she intended to live up to the challenge.

So on May 12, the class's 40 seniors ended the academic year on a high note: by taking to the skies in a hot air balloon.

It was a fitting culmination to a yearlong project on "how things move through the sky," Mrs. Fisher explained.

On their last day of class, about .halJ ~Q~.studel}ts were able to. lift ':.?fr .tw,o. or t.~re,e. :~t a"-iiJne and hover above the'school field before uncooperative weather forced an end to the balloon outing.

Anyone familiar with Mrs. Fisher's usual classroom fare would not have been surprised to see her students in a hot air balloon, In her three years at Feehan, she has enhanced the science curriculum with both innovative teaching and the funds to support it.

The conceptual physics class benefited from a Toyota Corporation Tapestry Grant of $10,000, which covered materials for all projects during the year, including the hiring of the hot air balloon and its operators.

Other projects had students constructing kites, radios and musical instruments; still another had them devising ways to tell time without using a clock.

"They came up with water drips, turntables, pendulums - lots of clever ideas," said Mrs. Fisher, The course, she said, delves into the traditional fields of physics light, color, sound, motion, electricity - with emphasis on practical applications through a hands-on approach.

When the topic was heat, the class examined a nearby bridge and discussed expansion space needed for various materials so students would learn "why you get cracks in some bridges," said Mrs. Fisher.

When the topic was magnetism, students studied compasses and had to draw a map of the school grounds for someone else to follow. Their grade was based on how successful the map-reader was in finding his or her way back to class!

The "hang times" of ballerinas and basketball star Michael Jordan were studied in a unit on projectile motion and students learned to duplicate the French impress-

ionistic painting style when light was the subject of study. Solar power was explored through construction of solar ovens. The practical application? Melting chocolate and marshmallows to make s'mores.

A class favorite is "Amusement Park Physics":- a project completed on an annual visit to Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH. This year students took the trip on May

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The conceptual physics program also allows for non-physics teachers to speak to the class about applications of physics to their discipline.~ " " ..

A h·istory teacher discussed ancient civilizations' views of how the world was formed; an earth science teacher talked about weather; and a music teacher presented an analysis of band instruments.

In addition to classroom projects, students have at least a halfhour of homework a night, said Mrs. Fisher, adding, "It's been a really great year academically.

We've been able to cover more than in previous years."

Mrs. Fisher, who in addition to

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conceptual physics teaches two other physics courses, freshman biology, and anatomy and physiology for seniors, has also sought additional grant monies. ..As a private school, it is hard to come up with sources of money, so you have to look for someone who likes your ideas and thinks what you want to do has merit," she said, One such source is Attleboro's Project Interserve, which awards the Eisenhower Grant for professional development of science and math teachers.

That grant allows Feehan teachers to take courses and to attend workshops and conventions such as the National Science Teachers Convention in Boston in March, at which Mrs. Fisher was a presenter.

She discussed "The Physics of the Prom," a program she developed as "something to do with the kids on the day of the prom that will be interesting."

The presentation shows "how everything from the dress to the limo to the music is related to physics," Other monies obtained by Mrs. Fisher have annually allowed three Feehan students to take a college credit course in physics at Harvard University and establishment of a regional science fair for grades 4 to 6 to be held yearly at Feehan.

The first science fair, held May 3, drew 60 entries from nine area schools, with winners chosen by

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science teachers from Feehan and the participating schools, With no other such science fairs for those grade levels in the area, Mrs. Fisher expects more entries next year.

She also has plans for her own science curriculum next year: she'll be offering a "crime chemistry" course for non-science-oriented students that will explore how ch,emistry is applied in solving cnmes.

Another course will combine the disciplines of health, psychology and physiology to have class members develop a personal train· ing program for a course finale to rival the hot air balloon: participation in the Boston Marathon.

"Some [projects] work v.ery well," Mrs. Fisher concluded. "It's trial and error. You can't do the same thing every year - it would lose meaning and enthusiasm."

So far there's no danger of that in Mrs. Fisher's classroom. After all, as her students have learned, there, even the sky's not the limit.

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11 MEMBERS of the Fall River Diocesan Council" of Catholic Women recently completed a 13-hour Leadership Institute training program presented by the National Council of Catholic Women. Held at Genesis Spiritual Life Center, Westfield, the program was hosted by the Springfield DCCW and Councils of Catholic Women of the Boston and Hartford provinces. Top picture, NCCW President Carroll Quinn, second left, meets with, from left, Bella Nogueira, DCCW 1st vice president, Fall River; Theresa Lewis, 3rd vice president, New Bedford; Lillian Plouffe, 4th vice president, Taunton; bottom, NCCW leadership trainers with members of the DCCW leadership team; from left, K. LaVerne Redden, Toledo, 0., director of the Cincinnati province; Claudette ~rmstrong, past Fall River DCCW president; Sue Robinson, faculty member, College of Notre Dame, Baltimore; Mary Anne Kramer, NCCW immediate past president; Madeleine Lavoie, DCCW Organization Services Committee subcommittee member.

FROM LEFT, Cardinal Bernard Law, former Boston Mayor John Collins and Massachusetts Knights of Columbus State Deputy John Oteri at ceremonies at which Collins became the 36th recipient of the K of C Lantern Award for outstanding citizenship. (Brett photo)

Lantern Award to former Boston mayor Continued from Page One "The legal scholars of my generation," he coritinued;'''did' not debate questions such as sexual orientation, or abortion, or euthanasia, or even school prayer. I don't mean merely that everyone agreed on those topics - although nearly everyone did; I mean that the topics did not even occur to us as relevant subjects for legal disputes.

"We took it for granted that the law would uphold the moral principles that sustained us: the sanctity of marriage, the freedom of association, the right to public expressions of religious faith. But over the years, a tiny minority of aggressive lawyers, representing dissenters from that moral consensus, have sought and received special treatment in our courts.

Far, far too often, the power of the law has been used as a lever to topple the very institutions on which our society is founded."

Commenting that Cardinal Law has often spoken of the church as countercultural to today's society, Collins said that among "symptoms of the disease our counterculture might hope to remedy" are random violence in the streets; public schools that cannot teach "the rudiments of grammar and mathematics" and are "too cowardly to say that sexual promiscuity is wrong," instead giving

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"The time has come," he concluded, "for us as Knights to unsheath our swords."

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has asked that the church throughout the world remember the sick and focus on its obligation to care for them with an annual celebration Feb. II, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.

The pope, speaking to the sick at a recent general audience, announced his institution of the "World Day of the Sick."

A papal letter formally establishing the event was also released.

Addressed to Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, president of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, it said the new celebration has several aims: - To make Catholics and the rest of society sensitive to the need for ensuring the sick receive the best care possible; - To help the sick value their suffering both naturally and supernaturally; - To involve dioceses, Christian communities and religious in pastoral care for the sick, support volunteer activity and affirm the importance of the moral and spiritual formation of health care workers.

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"The sins that we should hate most are not those of our neighbor but our own. These are the only sins over which God has given us immediate power."-Raphael Simon.

the need to'care for spiritual needs of the sick.

The pope said he chose the feast of OUf Lady of Lourdes because that shrine "symbolizes the hope and the grace" of those who accept suffering and offer it for salvation.

Deacons Continued from Page One public dialogue on major issues," he said.

While evangelizing in the dominant American culture is important, deacons must also be sensitive to minority cultures, such' as Hispanics and African-Americans, said Father Rosendo Urrabazo, preside.nt ofthe Mexican-American Cultural Center in San Antonio.

Father Urrabazo said his father, a deacon in the archdiocese of San Antonio, told him to remind the diaconate directors that the permanent diaconate is a "ministry of presence with people."

When ministering at baptisms and funerals, deacons must "be present" with those either celebrating or mourning and relate to them personally. "You can't do a ritual and leave," he said.

During the convention, Father Frank Silva, diaconate director for the Boston archdiocese, was installed as president of the permanent diaconate directors' association. Ann Healey ofthe diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, was elected president-elect and Maury Reed of the diocese of Green Bay, Wis., was elected treasurer.

Retreat set for Scouts, Camp Fire The diocesan Program for Catholic Scouting will sponsor a retreat for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 6 at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

The theme will be "A Time to Blossom" and the day will be directed by Father Stephen B. Salvador, program chaplain. Partici-

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Stephen J. Nawrocki and Brooke Anne Silva with (from left) Catholic Woman's Club president Catherine Audette, scholarship chairman Marcella Hayden and moderator Father Vincent F. Diaferio. (Hickey photo)

Where is Alba Rosa?

I7-year-old Alba Rosa Kuilan wrote an essay on the Eucharist for a contest held in connection with a Northeast Marian-Eucharistic conference held May I and 2 at the Centrum in Worcester.

She won a $500 scholarship, but has not come forward to receive her 'prize, say contest organizers.

They note that her essay was read to 2500 young people attending

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Fall River Catholic Woman's Club awards two scholarships The Fall River Catholic WomNawrocki, son of Mr. and Mrs. an's Club has awarded $500 scho- StephenJ. Nawrocki of Fall River, larships to Stephen J. Nawrocki will major in economics and finance and Brooke Anne Silva, both mem- at Bentley College. At Durfee he bers of the class of 1992 at B.M.C. has been on the Principal's List all Durfee High School, Fall River. four years and this year was voted Miss Silva, who ranks fourth in Most All-Around Student. He has her c1a~s of 594 students, is the participated in football, baseball, daughter of Anne E. Silva of Fall winter track and ski club. He was River and the late Edward A. also Varsity Club president.

Silva. She plans to study physical Nawrocki works for the Fall therapy at Boston University.

River Office of Recreation and In high school she participated Tourism and is a middle school in extracurricular activities includsports official. ing clubs for tennis, swimming, The Catholic Woman's Club also d'rama and history. She was also a has elected officers for the 1992-93 peer counselor, peer tutor, and member of the National Honor season. They are: Catherine Audette, president; Barbara Sullivan, Society and the Varsity Club.

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During the latter half of the 19th century, French-speaking immigrants in Fall River greatly desired an educational system which would preserve the French heritage for their children. Earliest records indicate that several attempts were made to establish and maintain a French school in the basement of St. Anne's Church, then on land bounded by Hunter, William, Grant and Hope Streets.

A Sunday school operated by the Sisters of Jesus Marie served the parish during 1878-1879, and a regular parochial school, staffed by two French-speaking Sisters of Mercy opened on September I, 1879, in the basement ofSt. Anne Church. The Sisters of Holy Cross took over the teaching reins from 1883-1895.

Meanwhile, the French population grew at a tremendous rate and besides establishing a new facility on Hope,Street,:the Dominican Fathers saw the need of mission schools to serve their widely scattered parishioners.

St. Dominic mission school, located in the Townsend Hill area of Fall River, was initially staffed by Dominican Sisters, then lay teachers, Sisters of Cliarity and finally Sisters of St. Joseph. St. DomilJic was established in 1891, as was another South End mission school, St. Jean Baptiste. In 1897, St. Jean's became known as St. Thomas Aquinas mission.school to avoid confusion with the school operated by St. Jean Baptiste parish. Two other mission schools were St. Antoine in the Maplewood area and St. Joseph at 88 Lowell Street. These satellites educated parish children too far away to attend St. Anne School itself.

Since 1980, Dominican Sisters have staffed the various schools under St. Anne's auspices.

Christian Brothers also taught at St. Anne's from 1895-1930, first sharing teaching facilities and duties with the sisters, then opening St. Anne's Commercial College, a 3-year French-English program which continued from 1897 to 1926.

In 1925, the present magnificent structure on Forest Street, capable of housing the pupils from all St. Anne's satellite schools, was dedicated and the Dominican Fathers' dream of a comprehensive education for all the descendants of the first French immigrants had become reality.

For over half a century the school continued under Dominican auspices, but in January 1978 the Fall River diocese took over administration of the church and school, assigning Father John R. Foister as pastor.

In the early 70s, as financial problems forced the closing of many Catholic schools, St. Anne School cut back its enrollment to one 30-pupil class per grade. By 1985, however, St. Anne's looked to the future and once again prepared for expansion. The top floor of the school was renovated and reopened, affording added classroom space and allowing increased enrollment, for a total of 537 pupils from 39 parishes. .

St. Anne's'curriculum is centered on the precepts of the Catholic Church, with values teaching an integral part of core curriculum subjects and other courses, such as computer, physical education, music, French and human sexuality.

St. Anne's has its own chapel where classes may celebrate prayer services and liturgies. A children's library, intermediate library and research room enhance the academic programs and a science laboratory reinforces the "hands-on" science courses.

Religious and sacramental programs, including Thanksgiving services, a Christmas pageant, "Banner Sunday" and Lenten projects are carried out in coordination with the director of religious education. A children's choir enhances programs and liturgies. . .Extracurricular activities include Music on the Move, an after-school program, and a boys' basketball team. In our Extended Care program, children participate in classes such as knitting, aerobics and soccer; study and tutoring rooms are also available.

We have an active parents' group that links home and school, offers workshops on such topics as parenting, health care and marriage annulment procedures; and for the children has sponsored "Mr. Wizard," family suppers and a gigantic Family Festival.

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Tightening the noose on the death penalty VATICAN CITY (CNS) coverage of the U.S. executions to When the Vatican condemned a stories about the Operation Rescue pair of executions in the. United protests in Buffalo, N.Y., and the States during April it showed an oral arguments before the Supr~me increasingly rigorous church judg- Court on Pennsylvania's abortion ment on when it is acceptable to law, all during the same week. use the death penalty.

Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, preThe statements made by Vati- sident ofthe Pontifical Council for can Radio, the Vatican newspaper Pastoral Assistance to Health Care and a Vatican official did not pro- Workers, said, "Among the indiclaim the end of the church's tradi- viduals and groups against legal. tional recognition of the right o(a ized ~bortion in the United States, state to impose the death penalty . there are some who support the , under certain conditions. continuation ofcapital punishment.

But they condemned April 21 This is an inconsistency and an California and April23 Texas exe- unacceptable contradiction." cutions as cruel and barbaric acts Msgr. Virgilio Levi, director of motivated by vengeance and as communications for the Vicariat"e violations of prisoners' right to of ,Rome, had a different starting , dignity. point.

Because there is sin in the world, "Some who criticize the death the church affirms the right of an penalty equally criticize those individual to self-defense anCl the opposed to freedom for abortion," right of a state to protect itself and he wrote. "Why are there two its citizens. weights and measures for life? This But as with recent Vatican state- is an aberrant thesis for Christians." . ments about war - and specifi:rhe statements by Cardinal Ancally, Pope John Paul II's com- gelini and Msgr. Levi, like those of ments about the Persian Gulf War bishops and church leaders through- Catholic theologians, bishops out the world, promote consistent and pastors throughout the world respect for life whether with regard are more critically questioning the to questions of war, capital punconditions under which those rights ishment or abortion. are exercised.

The church's growing alarm at Many are saying capital pun- threats to life throughout the world ishment is incompatible with the and an increasing sensitivity to the Catholic faith, and all are calling sacred ness of all life and to human for a more exhaustive search for dignity are seen in its evolving alternatives. positions on war and capital punOutrage and amazement at the ishment; abortion always has been U.S. executions were not confined condemned. to Vatican and Catholic media in Cardinal Angelini reflected the Italy. They were the top story on trend with his opinion that "in state and private television net- other times Catholic theologians work news programs and on the accepted the death penalty. But front page of Italian newspapers. today itis no longer admissible."

Common themes in the Vatican While there has been no Vatican and Italian coverage were: statement condemning all capital - The l2-hour "see-saw" of executions outright, popes and court stays and orders to execute Vatican officials in various forums Robert Alton Harris in California over the past 20 years have made it and the 40-minute search for a clear that the church seeks univervein in which to inject the lethal sal abolition of the death penalty. solution to execute Billy Wayne The last Vatican document on White in Texas. the subject was a 1976 study paper - A widespread feeling that prepared by the Pontifical Council capital punishment is anachronis- for Justice and Peace at the request of the U.S. bishops. tic and barbaric.

The study said the church rec- Puzzlement that the United States, which is seen as a key ognizes the right of states to impose promoter of human rights through- the death penalty, but has never out the world, is denying some of supported or prohibited the exercise of that right. its citizens the most basic right The council said there is no conthe right to life. vincing evidence that the death - A suspicion that revenge and penalty is a deterrent and it obin: ecurity are at the root of public viously negates the possibility of su 'port for capital punishment in the criminal's rehabilitation. th'~ United States, a country that The bottom line was: "For the WI uld seem to have the resources ethical values involved and because to find other ways to protect its of the lack of probative arguments Cil izens while punishing and at- to the contrary, the abolition of teo npting to rehabilitate offenders. capital punishment is to be faSeveral newspapers tied their vored."

Dalits: children of a lesser God? MADURAI,lndia(CNS)-As Today, there are still separate "A brahmin will never take a sweeper's job, even if he's dying," the story goes, one day after Mass churches for high and low castes in a pastor in India's Tamil Nadu many communities. Where there is Father Macias said, adding that state told his sacristan to be sure to a single church building, the lowpoor brahmins won't clean up their wash the sacred vessels thoroughly caste parishioners sit in the back. own waste for fear ofgetting bumpin hot water because a "low-caste" High castes go to Communion ed downward in caste status. first and cemeteries are divided priest had just used them.

"Brahmin" is the name given to The tale, widely told among along caste lines. the highest caste, to which less In one incident, low-caste Chris- than 10 percent oflndia's populaChristians in the southeast Indian state, represents an aberration, not tians literally tried to break down tion belongs. Untouchables make the norm, say "high-caste" Chris- the wall of the caste system. A up about 15 percent ofthe popula. group of "dalit" parishioners de- tion. tians.

Low-caste Christians admit such molished a brick barrier separatBrahmins are 30 percent of Tamil blatant bias is rare, but they add ing the two sections oftheir church Nadu's Catholics - and 96 perthat the story serves to highlight cemetery. But within a few days, cent of its priests. When dalits ask the discrimination they face in the wall was back up, and stronger for a vocations recruiting campaign in their community, Father Raj society and' in the church as the than before. self-styled "dalit" clas:; - the Tamil , Jesuit Father Antony Raj, until said, the response is: "Vocations word for "oppressec.." Indeed, dal- rec'ently the leader of the Dalit come from God." Dr. John Varadarajan, a highits often feel like "children of a Christian Liberation Movement, said the movement shuns the use caste Catholic, agrees with Father lesser God;" Although caste discrimination of the terms "untouchable," "low- Raj about the problem, but not is banned by civil rights laws, the caste" and "scheduled caste" -the about its cause or solution.

"The church is giving equal opcustom has endured for thousands latter a term used by the Indian government for equal-opportunity portunity to the dalit people to of years.

Witjl the arrival of St. Francis and affirmative-action programs join the seminaries, to become Xavier and the other early mis- - because the terms are inven- priests," he said. "But nobody is moving forward.", sionaries to India four centuries tions of the upper castes. . Varadarajan said there is "equal "As much as Hinduism failed to ago, many low-caste Hindus sought escape from their class inheritance welcome us in the social order, so opportunity" in education, ecoby con"erting to Christianity. But has Christianity continued to treat nomics and spirituality, "so we are neithe: conversion nor the passage us as untouchables," said Father treating them as partners."

As for the issue of separate Raj, himself a dalit. of tin ,e have erased that heritage.

"What is really a problem for cemeteries, "traditionally, they are me," he added, "is the attitude of living separate. So naturally they the church toward this problem of have got separate cemeteries," the untouchables or the dalits," he Varadarajan said. ~ets said. "Even ira dalit became rich, _ The separatism is "absolute nonWASHINGTON (eNS) - The you will always be low. The high- sense," he said. But the Dalit Chrisinternational trade embargo im- caste, even ifhe is poor, will always tian Liberation Movement is wrong "to demonstrate against bishops in posed on Haiti after a military stay high." an ugly manner, (to) demonstrate Father Raj's interpretation of coup last September gets mixed church attitudes closely mirrors against priests. That is not good. reviews in the Caribbean nation. attitudes of Hindus themselves, They have had violence in differOn the one hand, a group of according to Father John Macias, ent forms. They can protest in a Haitian bishops said at a meeting a Spanish Jesuit who has lived in peaceful manner their grievances." wi~h ~.S,. ~bi.~h0ps in':Washing~Qn .lndia''sinGe: 1948. t: ;~: :.' ~:":J.J ~':: ;" f.'atbJ:r Rl}j:-;h~ jbt;en, arr.ested that the embargo is destroying In the Hindu belief system, one twice for his participation in the their country. goes through life accumulating wis- mass protests.

On the other, members of aU .S. dom for eventual union with God, "The hierarchy says, 'You are church delegation recently returned and the person is reincarnated introducing violence in the from the Caribbean nation said until oneness is achieved, Father church' "with the demonstrations, Haitians told them that the inter- Macias said.

Father Raj said. "We say, 'Don't national community has never enA life of good works will earn you know how much violence you forced the embargo and that they one higher caste status in the next have perpetuated in this already?' " wished it would.

Leaving the church is not an life, while other actions - from The U.S. delegation, which in- marrying a low-caste person to option, he added. "If it is our own leatherworking to an ocupat'ion of church, why should we step out?" cluded representatives of Pax Christi USA, the Washington Of- disposing of dead animals - will Father Raj asked. The church fice on Haiti, the Leadership Con- earn a return visit to untouchable should change and "demonstrate to others" a casteless society. ference of Women Religious, Glo- status. bal Exchange and Witness for Peace, reported that Haitians see the embargo as a way to restore a constitutional government to their nation. The delegation issued a statement on its finding's in April.

Haiti embargo mixed reviews

But Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua said that at the Washington meeting Haitian bishops said that they opposed the embargo because it was "destroying Haiti."

The trade embargo, backed by the Organization of American States and nations including the United States, was imposed following a military coup in Haiti last September. The coup ousted Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's democratically elected president.

In its statement, the church delegation said that Haitians living in rural areas told delegation members that their suffering and hardship were the result of Haiti's political crisis and military repression, not because of the economic embargo.

The statement said many Haitians accused the coup leaders and military officials of making money from the embargo.

It said that every group with which the delegation met said that the only possible resolution of the crisis 'was the return of Father Aristide.

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Continued from Page One had little experience with canon law and could benefit from the counsel of canon lawyers.

She suggested that canonists could enhance such collaboration by "letting the bishops' know you're available to assist them. Make known the recent work of the [ClSA)."

When the 1983 code went into effect, she continued, the ClSA sponsored workshops explaining its details to the bishops. "Many bishops would benefit from the opportunity" if the ClSA were to revive such workshops, she suggested, this time exploring the impact of the first decade of the 1983 code.

Also, Sister Euart added, the bishops should be invited to work with the ClSA and to speak to gatherings of canonists.

"They can bring a perspective on the experience of the church in this country that [ClSA members) don't have," she said.

The speaker noted three areas in which: canon 路'Iawyers cant be of immediate particular assistance to the bishops: interpreting norms for lay ministry; dealing with sexual misconduct of clergy; and continuing implementation of the 1983 code.

These areas, she said, are "on the front burner" in importance to the U.S. church today.

First, Sister Euart said, canonists can advise on "how dioceses can prepare for the radical change in pastoral ministry" due to larger numbers of laypersons and religious working in parishes.

"There are nearly 20,000 lay and religious employed 20 hours a week or more at half the parishes in the U.S.," said Sister Euart. Eighty five percent of pastoral ministers are women, she added.

'She cited a "revolution" in which pastoral ministry is becoming more "laicized, feminized, localized and ministerialized." .

A survey of 52 parishes in 13 regions of the U.S., reported by Father Philip Murnion, director ofthe National Pastoral life Institute, showed that overall lay ministers "are doing very well and par. ish life improves in conjunction with their presence."

Secondly, Sister Euart said that handling situations of sexual misconduct by clergy is "one of the priorities ofthe Canon law Society of America in planning for the year 2000."

The topic "is at the top of the bishops' agenda" and is of concern to canon lawyers because they serve as advisors to bishops on these matters and as advocates for priests involved, said Sister Euart.

She continued that clergy members guilty of sexual misconduct must receive treatment, and three points must be addressed: the right of the cleric to ministry after treatment; the canonical aspects of

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Child abuse is, of course, not a church or a clerical problem exclusively, but one which plagues secular groups as well - including those involved in education and child care. Sadly, the most frequent offenders are found among individual parents and step-parents.

But the Church can take no comfort from the fact that many groups in society are affected, nor from the fact that the relative incidence of child abuse among clergy is very low. Even a single case is one too many - which is why the Church

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reassignment after treatment deemed successful; and options for clerics determined not I suitabh:' Jor future ministry.

The fundamental service canonists can offer in this area is to assist in developing a diocesan policy for handling of such cases, so that when they arise the public can be assured of "a full hearing and just and equitable treatment of all involved."

Finally, Sister Euart urged col- . laboration with bishops on the diocesan and regional as well as national level. Implementation of the specific canons of the 1983 code "provides an ongoing challenge to collaboration" as canonists can advise on "how best to respond to the needs of particular churches," she said.

Sister Euart concluded that "the complexity of collaboration makes it something that is easily avoided" but that "is not an option today. It is rooted in who we are as church and is inherent in pastoral ministry. I'm hopeful that the relationship between the bishops and the ClSA can be rekindled."

The convention opened with a prayer service and welcome at which diocesan ad ministrator Msgr. Henry T. Munroe presided.

Rev. Edward G. Pfnausch, professor in the department of canon law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, followed with an address on "Canon law and Canonists in the Next Millennium."

Father Pfnausch explained that canon law gives the Christian faithful certain rights as church members and that the law ciw assist in assuring that those rights are safeguarded and fulfilled. Father Maddock summarized.

Canonist Sister Mary Margaret Modde, OSF, and civil lawyer lawrence Singer, Esq., both affiliated with a Chicago law firm and experienced in mergers and affiliations involving Cathoic health care

institutions, gave a joint presentation on "U niting Civil and Canon "Lawin Ca'tholic'Health Care Institutions." .

They said that if Catholic health care facilities are to fulfill their missions as church institutions, they must assure that all requirements of both canon and civil law are met, said Father Maddock.

Rev. Theo Rush, OFM, a specialist on base and covenant communities who is affiliated with the Mother of God Community in Gaithersberg, Md., spoke on the canonical implications of such communities. These charismatic groups of clergy and laity meet for study and prayer but as yet have no formal canonical status. With many such communities forming all over the United States, their standing and rights in canon law must be examined, Father Maddock explained.

Alcoholism was the topic of Rev. Donald J. Gilbert, adjutant judicial vicar of the diocese of Manchester, NH, and Dr. John Wallace, director of treatment at Edgehill Newport center for alcoholism and chemical dependency in Newport, RI. Father Gilbert spoke on problems regarding adult children of alcoholics and Dr. Wallace discussed alcoholism as a disease.

Also part ofthe convention were morning prayer services and a Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, celebrated by Msgr. Munroe.

A special effort was made to see that the prayer services "set the spiritual tone" for the conference, said Msgr. Harrington, who had coordinated planning of the convention with Father Maddock since last October.

"It was gratifying to have the people coming to our a~ea and the talks were very good, as was the response of the participants," summed up Msgr. Harrington.

views even a rumor of such an occurrence with intense concern. Church leaders are advised to investigate immediately, to remove a priest rapidly where the evidence warrants it, to seek appropriate treatment for the offender and to extend pastoral help to the victim of such a tragedy and to the victim's family.

However such cases may have been handled in past decades - when psychology was less sophisticated and when child abuse may have been viewed as simply a moral failing for which one should be repentant, rather than a psychological addiction for which treatment was mandatory - today things are different. The hint of such a case is viewed by a bishop with alarm.

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F ATHER WILLIE BOYLE (left) discusses construction of Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine with its director, Father Joseph Harte. (eNS photo)

Queen of Disney World too?

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) Amid banging hammers, shifting cranes and screaming power drills, tourists seek serenity on the grounds of a shrine under construction.

By next spring, Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine will officially be open to visitors in search of a few moments of prayer away from the bustle ofthe church's imposing neighbor just across Interstate 4 -Walt Disney World.

The 2,OOO-seat shrine is also near several other Florida attractions. Like them, it will offer a multimedia approach to teaching about the church. .

A theater will be used to relate Gospel stories, the history of the church in the United States, Catholic beliefs and the lives of the saints.

Outdoor gardens will include the Stations of the Cross around the 17-acre complex.

"The dream is becoming a reality," said Father Joseph Harte, director of the shrine.

He attributed the success of a drive to build the shrine to many volunteers from Holy Family parish in Winter Garden, where he is pastor. Contributions from parishioners and supporters around the world have rendered the project debt-free.

About 13 million visitors come to the Orlando area annually, including thousands who attend Masses in th'e shrine's existing chapel. About 18,000 people participated in Easter celebrations at the chapel.

"The shrine is already functioning in an intense spiritual way," said Father Harte. "People of all faiths stop here to pray. Everyone is welcome. We want the shrine to be a spiritual home away from home."

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89 students were inducted May 5 into one or more ofthe fOllowing national honor societies: French, 36 fifth-graders at St. Mary's Spanish, Latin and Art. school, New Bedford, are creating The program began with an Recent box office hits an interactive bulletin board. Each invocation by Father David Costa, student has an area on the board in 1. Basic Instinct, 0 (R) school chaplain, followed by a which to display something depict2.

White Men Can't Jump, welcome by senior Deirdre Palering his or her favorite hobby. . A-III (R) mino, president of the Spanish All are reading books related to and Latin honor societies.

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Beethoven, A-II (PG) their special interest. For example, Students also heard from prin4. Split Second, 0 (R) Steven Azar is interested in archicipal Brother Robert Wi~kman, tecture, so he has read David Mc5. Folksl, A-III (PG-13) FSC, and guest speaker Brother 6. The Player, A-III (R) Cauley's books "Pyramid," "CasRobert Dashkiewicz, academic 7. Wayne's World, tle" and "Cathedra1." Jonathan dean at Salve Regina University, . D~rling .has read several books A-III (PG-13) Newport, RL 8. Stephen King's Sleepabout baseball card collecting.

Honor society officers, in order Justin Brodeur, interested in marine walkers, 0 (R) of president, vice president, secrebiology, is reading about sharks 9. White Sands, A-III (R) tary and treasurer, are: Art, Lisa and other Sea life. Kim Bills is 10. The Babe, A·II (PG) Rowe, Dana Alexander, Allison reading about the Olympics and Stolte, Brendan Dee; French: Diskating, inspired by her heroine, erdre Palermino, Heather GalliKristi Yamaguchi. gan, Heather McCaffrie, Allison At the end of the school year the Harden. students will build ice cream sunI Latin: Dierdre Palermino, Derek daes, with size depending on how list COlJtesy of Vanety Wesley, Melissa Langley, Paula many books were read.

Crane; Spanish: Donna Anderson, Paul Flanagan, Paula Crane, Cristina Cataldo.

Bishop Connolly High School, Recent top rentals Fall River, has received a certificate of achievement from the Amer1. The last Boy Scout, 0 (R) ican'Heart Association for efforts 2. Frankie & Johnny, A-III (R) towards prevention and reduction ' 3. Deceived, A-II (PG-13) Kelly Wilbur, an honor student of teenage smoking. Biology teach4. Ricochet, 0 (R) and member of the 1992 graduater Katherine Mowry, in conjunc,5.

The Fisher King, A-III (R) ing class at Taunton Catholic tion with American Heart AssociMiddle School, is one of 10 recip6. Uttle Man Tate, A-II (PG) ation representative Robert Colients of BishopStang High School lette, presented the week-long 7. Dead Again, A-III (R) Principal's Achievement Awards program in each freshman health 8. The People Under the for incoming freshman. Recipients class.

Stairs, 0 (R) are chosen on the basis of acaEnglish teacher Hanna Sullivan 9. Shattered, A-III (R) demic excellence and performance has received a stipend to attend an ,10. CUrly Sue, A-II (PG) on Bishop Stang placement exams.

Advanced Placement SummerTeachMiss Wilbur, her family and ing Institute at Bates College in TCMS principal Kathleen SimpLewiston, ME. The program, fundson attended a ceremony yestered by the Mellon Foundation, is day at North Dartmouth High for secondary school teachers School, where Miss Wilbur received planning to teach Advanced Placea plaque acknowledging the flward. ment courses in economically disTCMS student council president advantaged areas.

Melissa Simas recently presented Miss Sullivan has also been acheck for $350 to Michael Donly, named coordinator of Bishop ConONLY FULL·lINE RElIGIOUS headmaster of Coyle-Cassidy High nolly's self-evaluation, to be held GIFT STORE ON THE CAPE School, Taunton, for C-C students in connection with renewal of the to use for mission trips to Ecuador. school's college accreditation.

• OPEN MON-SAT: 9-5:30 The funds were raised by TCMS SUMMER SCHEDULE Two Bishop Connolly students OPEN 7 DA students through dances and a are part of a 20-student delegation ~social. Donly praised the students from Bristol County that will tour -"" at both schools for their willing- the former Soviet Union. Pedro ness to address the plight of the Fernandes, the son of Mr. and Sullivan's needy in "the community of the Mrs. Luis D. 'Fernandes of Fall Religious Goods poorest of the poor" and said that River, and Sarah Anne Ryder, the 428 MaIO SI. HyanniS Coyle-Cassidy students were al- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen 775~4180 ready planning another Ecuador Ryder of Tiverton RI, will bejoinJohn & Mary.

Lees, Props, trip. ing David Connelly and Rev. Jim Mattaliano, S.J. of Connolly on an excursion into the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Nine sixth-grade students from Each year, 52 delegations from St. Francis Xavier School, Acush- across the United States are chosen net, were awarded certificates for as goodwill peace ambassadors in completing a career exploration the C.I.S. They are chosen on the program at Old Colony Regional basis of communication skills, l02 Shawomet Avenue Vocational Technical High School maturity, flexibility, initiative and Somerset, Mass. in Rochester. personal knowledge.

The students visited the school Tel. 674-4881 The Student Ambassador Proon six consecutive Tuesdays, dev- grams were founded in 1956 by 3Vz room Apartment oting four hours to each of three President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 4% room Apartment career 'areas offered at Old Col- who sought to bring about world Includes heat. hot water, stove reo ony, including offset printing, peace' by introducing American friprator and maintenance service. electronics, cosmetology and culi- high school students to their Soviet nary arts.' , counterparts.

"They teach you things you could use in the real world," commented student Andrea Goggin.

Based on nominations by former students, Therese Ledoux and Sisters Louise Place and Beatrice LaPalme, OP, have been selected for inclusion in Who's Who Among American Teachers, 1992. TtJe pub, NOW Checking lication honors a select five perfrom Citizens-Union. cent of the nation'~ teachers.

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TEN STUDENTS from St. Joseph School, Fairhaven, were inducted into the Sacred Hearts Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society during a candlelight ceremony May 13.

Members qualify on the basis of scholarship, character, leadership, service and citizenship.

Inductees are: 8th graders Daniel Osuch, Tarek Saab, Tanya Pinto, Nathan Pierce, Heidi Jo Gonsalves and Joshua Couture and 7th graders Douglas Costello, Mary Eustace, Christine Ferreira, and Kathleen Foley.

The NationaI.Junior Honor Society advisor is,8th grade teacher Paulette Dansereau.

Coyle-Cassidy The music department of Coyle- . as "Sea Cruise,""We Go Together" Cassidy High School, Taunton, and "Chapel of Love." presented its annual concert on May 20 with the theme "Music around the World."

Performers included the CoyleFred Mello, Fall River, and Cassidy concert band, which of- Erin Prior, Westport, both juniors fered music from the soundtrack at Bishop Stang High School, of the movie "Robin Hood" in North Dartmouth, have been aaddition to other selections. warded national I Dare You LeaderAlso featured were numbers by ship Awards in recognition of perthe jazz band and a mini-musical sonal integrity, balanced living and by the chorus with such selections potential for leadership.

The award takes its name from the book "I Dare You" by industrialist William H. Danforth, who dared young people to achieve' their highest potential and to influence others through lives of service.

The award is made available each year by the American Youth Foundation in cooperation with principals, headmasters and 4-H county agents across the <r0untry.

In addition to a certification of recognition, Mello and Miss Prior received a copy of Danforth's book and a scholarship opportunity to attend the Ame'rican Youth Foundation's national leadership conference: As a result of high scores on the PSAT/NMSQT, juniors Geo'rge Santos, New 'Bedford and JENNIFER BASTILLE of Dos Deanna Lohnes, Sagamore, have Assonet, a 1991 graduate of been invited to participate in the Coyle-Cassidy High School, 1993 Na,tional M,erit Scholarship, Taunton, was a key member progrill,n's college plans reporting of the 1992 Plymouth State service. Only a fraction of the College women's softball team, more than one million students taking the test each year are invited which compiled an 18-10 re- to join this program. cord, one of the best in the Seniors will attend their prom from 7 p.m. to midnight May 26 at college's history.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri~, May 22,1992

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Due to limited space and also because notices of strictly parish affairs normally appear In a parish's own bulletin, we are forced to limit Items to events 01 general Interest. Also, we do not normally carry notices of fundralslng activities, which may be advertised at our regular rates, obtaInable Irom The Anchor business office, telephone (508) 675-7151.

On Steering PoInts Items, FR Indicates Fall River; NB IndIcates New Bedford.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON, N. FALMOUTH Men's Club monthly food drive this weekend; donations may be left in church hall. Bereavement support group meeting I to 2:30 p.m. May 24, church hall; all welcome. Information: 563-6807 or 548-8665.

VINCENTIANS, FR FR District St. Vincent de Paul Society is administering financial aid program for Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). Monies are available for people threatenec;l with utility shutoffs, eviction for nonpayment of rent or mortgage foreclosures. Information: 673-7831.

WIDOWED SUPPORT Taunton support group meeting 2 to 4 p.m. May 31, Immaculate Conception rectory, Bay St., Taunton.

Attleboro area support group Mass 10 a.m. June 14, St. Mary's Church, N. Attleboro; breakfast will follow; reservations: 226-0147.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR All are wi:lcome and families are especially invited to a free performance of Angel on My Shoulder, a musical to be presented by Rays of Sunshine, a group of young people who have made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, in the church hall at 6 p.m. Sunday. The event is part ofthe 90th anniversary celebration of the parish. The musical tells the story of four children in St. Michael's Orphanage who find out about angels in an unusual way. It also features Sister Rita of Perpetual Pain.

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May 27, St. Lawrence rectory, NB. O.L.LOURDES, TAUNTON Holy Name Society communion breakfast following 8 a.m. Mass June 7, school hall; speaker will be Ralph Charlwood, a convert to Catholicism and president of the Holy Name Society at St. Joseph's Church, N. Dighton. He is also a eucharistic minister and has been involved with Cursillo and marriage preparation.

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SECULAR FRANCISCANS of St. Francis of the Cape and St. Francis of Peace fraternities will host Father· Andrew Wyse, OFM, of St. Anthony Shrine, Boston, at a joint communion breakfast May 31 at St. Pius X Church, S. Yarmouth, following a 9 a.m. Mass.

Father Wyse is postulator for the beatification causes of the Franciscan Martyrs of Georgia, 16th century missionaries among the Guale Indians of the Georgia/ Florida area. Fathers Pedro, Bias, Miguel and Francisco and Brother Antonio were martyred in 1597 in defense of the sanctity of marriage.

Their cause was formally opened in 1984 by Bishop .Raymond W. Lessard ofSavannah.

Information on the breakfast is available from Dorothy Williams, 394-4094, or Robert Liddell, 563-2698.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Memorial Day Mass 10 a.m. May 25, St. Joseph's Cemetery; it is suggested that participants bring folding chairs. Mass will not take place if weather is inclement.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Bereavement support meeting 1:30 t04 p.m. Sunday, rectory basement; all who have lost a loved one are welcome.

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SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS' Attleboro area support group meeting 7:30 to 9 p.m. May 24, St. Mary's rectory, N. Attleboro; information: 695-6161.

FR area support group meeting 7 p.m. May 27, Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport; spiritual director Father Gerard A. Hebert.

NB support group open discussion and potluck supper 7 to 9 p.m.

May 25, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth. Questionnaires will be distributed to assist Atty. Raymond Veary, former Bristol County assistant district attorney, in preparing a June 10 presentation on legal matters pertaining to divorce and separation cases.

Taunton area support group meeting 7 p.m. May 26, St. Joseph's parish, N. Dighton; information: 8221425.

SACRED HEART CEMETERY, NB Memorial Day Mass noon May 25, Cemetery Chapel.

SANTO CHRISTO, FR The Holy Ghost feast will be celebrated Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14, with the Sunday program including solemn Mass and crowning ceremony at noon and a following procession and feast.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Corpus Christi Community Connection will sponsor Ice Cream Sunday including children's games 12:30 to 3 p.m. May 31; for information or to assist in organizing call Bob and Sue Bourque, 833-0042, or Frank and Ann Mastroianni, 8886770. On Memorial Day rosary will be prayed 10 a. m. at St. Peter's Cemetery and prayer service will be held II :30 a.m. at Sintoni Memorial in Sagamore.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Volunteers needed to provide paper bag lunches for the homeless at Salvation Army soup kitchen, Hyannis, on Sundays through September. Calendar sign-up sheet and information available in candle room near main door of OLV.

Wines with Mass appeal ROME (CNS) - It had a bouquet that hinted of roses, a deep ruby color and a slightly sweet aftertaste - the kind of wine that would complement any altar, according to clerical sippers in northern Italy.

"Malvaxia Sincerum," a local entry of Italy's Piedmont region, was deemed the best of a dozen products to grace the palates of four elderly priests during the Third International Seminar on Altar Wine.

The spring meeting in Cocconato d' Asti aimed at promoting "ever more esteemed Mass wines," according to an organizer, Roberto Bava. The event was not taken lightly in a country that works small miracles with the grape, and it even drew a blessing from the Vatican.

Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano - who happens to be a Piedmont native - sent a telegram praising the effort to bring together "scholars and experts from all over the world, with the intention of offering the best fruits of the earth to the altar."

He said it was an ancient custom for the faithful to procure wine of "absolute purity" for worship purposes.

The "religious tasting commission" at the seminar rated the wines on a 0-20 point basis. Competing were three entries from Spain, three from Italy and six from California - all labels front a little-known but thriving Masswine industry. . "We were aiming not to ra!lk tJte , labels as much as the characteristics," Bava said, half-apologizing for the success of Malvaxia Sincerum, his vineyard's own entry.

Malvaxia Sincerum, made from Italian malvaxia grapes, was the fruit of a three-year research project aimed at finding "the perfect altar wine," Bava explained in an interview.

In 1988, eight Italian clerics were asked to draw up characteristics of the ideal wine. The profile that emerged was one of low alcoholic content (around 10 percent), not too sweet and a deep red color - a move away from the white wine tradition in most Western churches.

The Malvaxia elixir with its allLatin label was designed to suit priestly tastes, 'but is currently not beingmarketed, Bava said. It stands more as a "point of reference" for other Mass-wine producers.

Among U.S. entries at the seminar,Christian Brothers Mont La Salle,a red table wine, was singled

out for praise, along with Chateau Concannon, a sweet white wine. A California port had the strength of the spirit - 18 percent - but was the only wine rejected as unworthy by the tasting commission.

The seminar included a liturgical report on wine as a eucharistic sign, and focused on the church's historic role in spreading the "wine culture" throughout the world. In many regions, including California,local monasteries planted some of the first wines. All told, Bava said, the church has been responsible for introducing wine-growing to some 33 countries.

Anglican-Catholic bishops hopeful LONDON (CNS) - Leaders of England's Anglican and Catholic churches have expressed optimism about interchurch relations, despite difficulties that have arisen in dialogue.

Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminister and Anglican Archbishop George Carey, head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, commented as they launched an appeal for funds for the work of the Anglican Center in Rome.

"We are at a very difficult stage in our relationship, but it's a stage which offers a great deal of promise," Archbishop Carey said. "There is no going back; there is walking forward together."

Archbishop Carey spoke of former Anglican Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher, whose 1960 meeting with Pope John XXIII broke the ice between the two denominations. Archbishop Fisher s'aid the two churches were traveling parallel lines that, one day, should meet.

"It may be obscure geometry, but it will happen in God's purposes," said Archbishop Carey.

Cardinal H ume, emphasizing the need to support the Anglican Center, said, "The harder the going becomes, the more important it is that we should stick together, and the going ecumenically is not easy these days."

Catholic-Anglican relations, already tr.oubled with debate over women's ordination, ran into more trouble last December after the Vatican g8ve what some viewed as a cool reaction to the final report ofthe first Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission and its agreed statements on the Euch.arist, ministry and ordination, and authority.